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    Never Panic Early (eBook, ePUB)
    The extraordinary autobiography of astronaut Fred Haise, one of only 24 men to fly to the moon In the gripping Never Panic Early, Fred Haise, Lunar Module Pilot for Apollo 13, offers a detailed firsthand account of when disaster struck three days into his mission to the moon. An oxygen tank exploded, a crewmate uttered the now iconic words, "Houston, we've had a problem here," and the world anxiously watched as one of history's most incredible rescue missions unfolded. Haise brings readers into the heart of his experience on the challenging mission--considered NASA's finest hour--and reflects on his life and career as an Apollo astronaut. In this personal and illuminating memoir, illustrated with black-and-white photographs, Haise takes an introspective look at the thrills and triumphs, regrets and disappointments, and lessons that defined his career, including his years as a military fighter pilot and his successful 20-year NASA career that would have made him the sixth man on the moon had Apollo 13 gone right. Many of his stories navigate fear, hope, and resilience, like when he crashed while ferrying a World War II air show aircraft and suffered second and third-degree burns over 65 percent of his body, putting him in critical condition for ten days before making a heroic recovery. In Never Panic Early, Haise explores what it was like to work for NASA in its glory years and demonstrates a true ability to deal with the unexpected.
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    Never Panic Early: An Apollo 13 Astronaut's Journey
    The extraordinary autobiography of astronaut Fred Haise, one of only 24 men to fly to the moon In the gripping Never Panic Early, Fred Haise, Lunar Module Pilot for Apollo 13, offers a detailed firsthand account of when disaster struck three days into his mission to the moon. An oxygen tank exploded, a crewmate uttered the now iconic words, "Houston, we've had a problem here," and the world anxiously watched as one of history's most incredible rescue missions unfolded. Haise brings readers into the heart of his experience on the challenging mission--considered NASA's finest hour--and reflects on his life and career as an Apollo astronaut. In this personal and illuminating memoir, illustrated with black-and-white photographs, Haise takes an introspective look at the thrills and triumphs, regrets and disappointments, and lessons that defined his career, including his years as a military fighter pilot and his successful 20-year NASA career that would have made him the sixth man on the moon had Apollo 13 gone right. Many of his stories navigate fear, hope, and resilience, like when he crashed while ferrying a World War II air show aircraft and suffered second and third-degree burns over 65 percent of his body, putting him in critical condition for ten days before making a heroic recovery. In Never Panic Early, Haise explores what it was like to work for NASA in its glory years and demonstrates a true ability to deal with the unexpected.
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    Bone Crier's Dawn
    Ailesse and her friends change the afterlife in the gripping conclusion to the fantasy duology that began with Bone Crier's Moon from New York Times bestselling author Kathryn Purdie—perfect for fans of Stephanie Garber and Roshani Chokshi. Now available in paperback. Love is a matter of life and death. Bone Criers have been ferrying the dead into the afterlife for centuries, a dangerous duty only possible with the powers they gain from sacrificing their amourés, the men destined to love them and die. But Bone Criers Ailesse and Sabine—along with Ailesse's love, Bastien—are working to chart their own course and rewrite the rules of the afterlife. If they don't break the soul bond between Ailesse and her amouré, she could die—just as Bastien's father did. Sabine struggles to maintain her authority as matrone of her famille—the role always destined for her sister—even as she fights to control the violent jackal power within her. Bastien is faced with a new dilemma as the spirits of the Underworld threaten the souls of his friends—and his father. Ailesse attempts to resist her mother's siren song as she's drawn into her own version of the Underworld. How will she save her friends once she's cut off from their world? This pulse-pounding follow-up to Bone Crier's Moon is a story of love, sisterhood, and determination as three friends find the courage and power to shatter the boundary between the living and the dead.
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    The Dachshund Wears Prada (eBook, ePUB)
    "London's characters leap off the page... It's a delightful start to a series that promises to be good fun."-Publishers Weekly "This is the romcom Carrie Bradshaw would have written if she were a dog person, and I'm obsessed!"-Teri Wilson, USA Today bestselling author of A Spot of Trouble How do you start over when the biggest mistake of your life has more than one million views? Forget diamonds-the internet is forever. Social media consultant Isla Thompson learned that lesson the hard way when she went viral for all the wrong reasons. A month later, Isla is still having nightmares about the moment she ruined a young starlet's career and made herself the most unemployable influencer in Manhattan. But she doesn't have the luxury of hiding until she's no longer Instagram poison. Not when her fourteen-year-old sister, Dani, needs Isla to keep a roof over their heads. So, she takes the first job she can get: caring for Camilla, a glossy-maned, foul-tempered hellhound. After a week of ferrying Camilla from playdates to pet psychics, Isla starts to suspect that the dachshund's bark is worse than her bite-just like her owner, Theo Garrison. Isla has spent her career working to make people likable and here's Theo-happy to hide behind his reputation as a brutish recluse. But Theo isn't a brute-he's sweet and funny, and Isla should not see him as anything but the man who signs her paychecks. Because loving Theo would mean retreating to his world of secluded luxury, and Isla needs to show Dani that no matter the risk, dreams are always worth chasing. Paws in the City
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    Everest: It's Not About the Summit , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 581min
    In 2014, Mount Everest was closed to all climbers after a devastating avalanche claimed the lives of 16 Nepali mountain workers ferrying loads up through the Khumbu Icefall on the mountain's southern approach through Nepal. Almost a year to the day later, in late April 2015, the mountain was once more rocked to its core after a large earthquake struck Nepal, sending shock waves rippling across the Himalayas. These ripples left a trail of devastation in their path causing, yet again, another avalanche to wreak havoc on the mountain. This time, 22 people lost their lives, in what would become the deadliest day in the mountain's history.Back in 2013, Ellis J. Stewart, a then 40-year-old from the UK, had but one goal: to climb the mountain. Something he had targeted achieving for over 20 years. This book is the author’s story of those endeavors during the two most devastating years in the history of attempts on Everest.Not every climber who goes to Everest succeeds; not every climber returns to tell the tale, but to return unscathed after such a large loss of life is a story to be told. This is that story.Everest: It’s Not About the Summit is a very honest account of a lifelong dream shattered in tragic circumstances. From the streets of northern England through to the valleys and high mountains of Nepal, Stewart shared his story with thousands of followers on social media, winning over the hearts and minds of many. A groundswell of support sent Ellis to achieve his dream, not once but twice. Nobody could have anticipated the events that would follow. Events that would define Stewart in ways he couldn't possibly have imagined.This book invites you into an intoxicating world - one where the margin between success and failure is brutally slim. This is a moving book with tragedy and commitment to a cause as a very central theme. It is a real story about real people. Whether it’s your usual genre of book or not doesn't matter, as it's b ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: John Weston. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/160875/bk_acx0_160875_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Mommy Burnout: How to Reclaim Your Life and Raise Healthier Children in the Process , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 528min
    The ultimate handbook for the modern mother: a practical, and positive tool to help free women from the debilitating notion of being the "perfect mom", filled with funny and all too relatable true-life stories and realistic suggestions to stop the burnout cycle, and protect our kids from the damage burnout can cause. Moms, do you feel tired? Overwhelmed? Have you continually put off the things you need to do for you? Do you feel like it's all worth it because your kids are happy? Are you "over" being a mother? If you answered yes to these questions, you're not alone. Parents today want to create the ideal childhood for their children. Women strive to be the picture-perfect Pinterest mother that looks amazing, hosts the best birthday parties in town, posts the most "liked" photos, and serves delicious, nutritious home-cooked meals in her neat, organized home after ferrying the kids to school and a host of extracurricular activities on time. This drive, while noble, can also be destructive, causing stress and anxiety that leads to "mommy burnout". Psychologist and family counselor Dr. Sheryl Ziegler is well-versed in the stress that moms face, and the burden of guilt they carry because they often feel like they aren't doing enough for their kids' happiness. A mother of three herself, Dr. Z - as she's affectionately known by her many patients - recognizes and understands that modern moms are all too often plagued by exhaustion, failure, isolation, self-doubt, and a general lack of self-love, and their families are also feeling the effects, too. Over the last 19 years working with families and children, Dr. Z has devised a prescriptive program for addressing "mommy burnout" - teaching moms that they can learn to re-energize themselves and still feel good about their families and their lives. In this warm and empathetic guide, she examines this modern epidemic among mothers who put their children's happiness above their own, and offers ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Lisa Larsen. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/harp/006598/bk_harp_006598_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    The Hard Stuff (eBook, ePUB)
    In this humorous, action-packed crime thriller, a strip club bouncer working for a coalition of mob bosses must steal $4 million in diamonds-twice. Ex-black-ops-specialist-turned-strip-club-bouncer Joe Brody has a new qualification to add to his resume: an alliance of New York City's mob bosses has deemed him its "sheriff." In the straight world, when you "see something" you "say something" to the law. In the bent world, they call Joe. Still reeling from a particularly difficult operation-and having plummeted back into the drug and alcohol addiction that got him kicked out of the military as a result-Joe has just managed to detox at the clinic of a Chinese herbalist when the mob bosses phone. They need Joe to help them swindle a group of opioid dealers (of all things). But these are no typical drug-ferrying gangsters. Little Maria, the head of the Dominican mob, has discovered that her new heroin suppliers belong to an al Qaeda splinter group, and that they're planning to use their drug funds to back their terrorist agenda. With Joe in command, the mob coalition must pull off an intricate heist that will begin in Manhattan's diamond district. At stake is not only their business, but the state of the world. For readers who like a liberal dose of humor mixed with gritty crime, The Hard Stuff is a brilliant, action-packed thriller from a fresh virtuoso of the crime caper genre. Praise for The Hard Stuff "With The Bouncer (2018), Gordon established himself as a major player in comic thrillerdom, right up there with Thomas Perry... Much of Gordon's genius comes from his ability to build character in a few subtle brush strokes, so his entire cast... get under our skins in an instant and stay put. There are some grisly doings this time, but the lightness of touch that distinguishes Gordon's prose, whether his characters are bantering or dismembering, is still what makes this series soar." -Booklist (starred review) "Highly entertaining.... Gordon has a knack for twisty story lines, nonstop action, and over-the-top sequences." -Publishers Weekly "Gordon is fashioning himself an impressive crime world niche somewhere between Donald Westlake and Elmore Leonard, with his raucous, rollicking stories of New York City crime.... Come for the intricate, surprising crime scenarios; stay for the banter." -CrimeReads
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    The Indispensables: The Diverse Soldier-Mariners Who Shaped the Country, Formed the Navy, and Rowed Washington Across the Delaware
    * The Indispensables shines a spotlight on John Glover's Marblehead Regiment that included white, Black, and Native American soldier-mariners, fathers and sons, who fought during so many of the desperate days and major battles of the American Revolution-from Lexington and Concord, Bunker Hill, Brooklyn and New York to Trenton, Princeton, and Saratoga. * The regiment's diversity was way ahead of its time and set a standard that the US Army would not reach again for more than 170 years. * The regiment also established the origins of the US Navy prior to and during the Revolution. And it provided the key members of Washington's Guard, which protected the commander of the Continental Army throughout the war and provided the template for today's Secret Service. * Immortalized by Emanuel Leutze's painting Washington Crossing the Delaware, in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Marblehead Regiment was responsible for the safe passage of Washington's army across the Delaware River on December 25-26, 1776, making possible the momentum- and morale-shifting victory at the Battle of Trenton. The regiment was also instrumental in ferrying Washington's entire army across the East River from Brooklyn to New York City on the night of August 29-30, 1776, thereby saving it from certain capture early in the war. * Patrick O'Donnell is steeped in the history of America's wars. His most recent book, The Unknowns (2018), received glowing coverage in the Wall Street Journal, USA Today, Washington Times, and many other outlets, as well as praise from luminaries including Carlo D'Este, Alex Kershaw, and John C. McManus. It has sold almost 30,000 copies in all formats. * O'Donnell's previous book on the American Revolution, Washington's Immortals, was the winner of the Daughters of the American Revolution National Excellence in American History Book Award, listed as one of the "100 Best American Revolution Books of All Time" by the Journal of the American Revolution, and a finalist for the 2017 Library of Virginia People's Choice Award for Nonfiction. It has sold over 50,000 copies in all formats. * O'Donnell has appeared on countless television and radio shows, including NPR, CNN, MSNBC, Fox News, C-SPAN, the History Channel, and other networks. He is a superb speaker and very well connected with the media. * An expert on espionage, special operations, and counter-insurgency, O'Donnell has been involved as a writer and historical consultant for numerous documentaries produced by the BBC, the History Channel, and Dreamworks's Band of Brothers. * O'Donnell is the recipient of the Military Order of St. Louis and is currently a fellow at the Fred W. Smith Library for the Study of George Washington at Mount Vernon. In 2012, the OSS society awarded him with the John Waller Award, which is given for historical scholarship. He was the recipient of the 2002 William E. Colby Award for his first book, Beyond Valor.
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    El Presidente Y La Rana / The President and the Frog
    Nominada para el PEN / Jean Stein Award De la pluma de la aclamada autora de Cantorasllega una novela incandescente -política, mística, actual y alentadora- sobre el poder de la memoria y la búsqueda de la justicia. En su casa modesta a las afueras de la ciudad, el expresidente de un país latinoamericano anónimo recibe a una periodista en su famoso jardín, para discutir su legado y las circunstancias funestas que amenazan a la democracia en todo el mundo. A él lo conocían como el Presidente Más Pobre del Mundo, y su reputación es mítica: fue guerrillero y lo encarcelaron por incitar a la revolución antes de convertirse en la imagen de la justicia, los derechos humanos y el altruismo para su país. Ahora, mientras habla con la periodista, se pregunta si debería revelarle el extraño secreto de su encarcelamiento: mientras lo tenían en un confinamiento solitario brutal, sobrevivió, en parte, discutiendo sobre la revolución, la búsqueda de la dignidad y qué significa amar a un país con la única criatura que le contestaba: una rana insolente. Tan cautivadora como innovadora, vívida, conmovedora y llena de ingenio y humor, El presidente y la rana explora la resiliencia de la naturaleza humana y lo que es posible cuando el peligro se cierne sobre nosotros. Mientras nos transporta entre una lúgubre celda y el exuberante jardín del presidente, el relato atraviesa todas las fronteras y nos invita a pensar desde cero qué significa gobernar, atreverse a hacer las cosas y soñar. ENGLISH DESCRIPTION PEN/JEAN STEIN BOOK AWARD NOMINEE An incandescent novel-political, mystical, timely, and heartening-about the power of memory, and the pursuit of justice, from the acclaimed author of Cantoras. "A joy to read. Playful and profound, unearthly yet deeply rooted, this sublime and gripping novel is above all about hope: that within the world's messy pain there is still room for transformation and healing."-Madeline Miller, New York Times bestselling author of Circe At his modest home on the edge of town, the former president of an unnamed Latin American country receives a journalist in his famed gardens to discuss his legacy and the dire circumstances that threaten democracy around the globe. Once known as the Poorest President in the World, his reputation is the stuff of myth: a former guerilla who was jailed for inciting revolution before becoming the face of justice, human rights, and selflessness for his nation. Now, as he talks to the journalist, he wonders if he should reveal the strange secret of his imprisonment: while held in brutal solitary confinement, he survived, in part, by discussing revolution, the quest for dignity, and what it means to love a country, with the only creature who ever spoke back-a loud-mouth frog. As engrossing as it is innovative, vivid, moving, and full of wit and humor, The President and the Frog explores the resilience of the human spirit and what is possible when danger looms. Ferrying us between a grim jail cell and the president's lush gardens, the tale reaches beyond all borders and invites us to reimagine what it means to lead, to dare, and to dream.
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    Machine Learning Engineering in Action (eBook, ePUB)
    Field-tested tips, tricks, and design patterns for building machine learning projects that are deployable, maintainable, and secure from concept to production. In Machine Learning Engineering in Action, you will learn: Evaluating data science problems to find the most effective solution Scoping a machine learning project for usage expectations and budget Process techniques that minimize wasted effort and speed up production Assessing a project using standardized prototyping work and statistical validation Choosing the right technologies and tools for your project Making your codebase more understandable, maintainable, and testable Automating your troubleshooting and logging practices Ferrying a machine learning project from your data science team to your end users is no easy task. Machine Learning Engineering in Action will help you make it simple. Inside, you'll find fantastic advice from veteran industry expert Ben Wilson, Principal Resident Solutions Architect at Databricks. Ben introduces his personal toolbox of techniques for building deployable and maintainable production machine learning systems. You'll learn the importance of Agile methodologies for fast prototyping and conferring with stakeholders, while developing a new appreciation for the importance of planning. Adopting well-established software development standards will help you deliver better code management, and make it easier to test, scale, and even reuse your machine learning code. Every method is explained in a friendly, peer-to-peer style and illustrated with production-ready source code. About the technology Deliver maximum performance from your models and data. This collection of reproducible techniques will help you build stable data pipelines, efficient application workflows, and maintainable models every time. Based on decades of good software engineering practice, machine learning engineering ensures your ML systems are resilient, adaptable, and perform in production. About the book Machine Learning Engineering in Action teaches you core principles and practices for designing, building, and delivering successful machine learning projects. You'll discover software engineering techniques like conducting experiments on your prototypes and implementing modular design that result in resilient architectures and consistent cross-team communication. Based on the author's extensive experience, every method in this book has been used to solve real-world projects. What's inside Scoping a machine learning project for usage expectations and budget Choosing the right technologies for your design Making your codebase more understandable, maintainable, and testable Automating your troubleshooting and logging practices About the reader For data scientists familiar with supervised machine learning and the basics of object-orientaFor data scientists who know machine learning and the basics of object-oriented programming.ed programming. About the author Ben Wilson is Principal Resident Solutions Architect at Databricks, where he developed the Databricks Labs AutoML project, and is an MLflow committer. Table of Contents PART 1 AN INTRODUCTION TO MACHINE LEARNING ENGINEERING 1 What is a machine learning engineer? 2 Your data science could use some engineering 3 Before you model: Planning and scoping a project 4 Before you model: Communication and logistics of projects 5 Experimentation in action: Planning and researching an ML project 6 Experimentation in action: Testing and evaluating a project 7 Experimentation in action: Moving from prototype to MVP 8 Experimentation in action: Finalizing an MVP with MLflow and runtime optimization PART 2 PREPARING FOR PRODUCTION: CREATING MAINTAINABLE ML 9 Modularity for ML: Writing testable and legible code 10 Standards of coding and creating maintainable ML code 11 Model measurement and why it's so important 12 Holding on to your gains by watching for drift 13 ML development hubris PART 3 DEVELOPING PRODUCTION MACHINE LEARNING CODE 14 Writing production code 15 Quality and acceptance testing 16 Production infrastructure
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