John Hennessy: 42 books

Book cover of The Ghost of Normandy Road
by John Hennessy
Language: English
Release Date: February 11, 2016

Three Legends. One True Horror. An old house stands on Normandy Road, uncared for and uninhabited for years, until one day, believing an urban legend that no-one dares to live there, a young boy decides to cross its threshold. Yet the house is far from empty - within its walls, a terrible evil has...
Book cover of Life Descending (The Cry of Havoc, Book 1)
by John Hennessy
Language: English
Release Date: July 4, 2012

War, plague, and mad kings promise to rip the world of Leterra asunder. With the memories of a loyal Scout for the Northern Army, Tom Navo endures to wrap up one last brutal assignment, with dreams of living out a peaceful life with his family. As chaos threatens the continent, his imagined...
Book cover of Leading Matters

Leading Matters

Lessons from My Journey

by John L. Hennessy
Language: English
Release Date: September 4, 2018

In Leading Matters, current Chairman of Alphabet (Google's parent company), former President of Stanford University, and "Godfather of Silicon Valley," John L. Hennessy shares the core elements of leadership that helped him become a successful tech entrepreneur, esteemed academic, and venerated...
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Computer Architecture

A Quantitative Approach

by John L. Hennessy, David A. Patterson
Language: English
Release Date: November 23, 2017

Computer Architecture: A Quantitative Approach, Sixth Edition has been considered essential reading by instructors, students and practitioners of computer design for over 20 years. The sixth edition of this classic textbook from Hennessy and Patterson, winners of the 2017 ACM A.M. Turing Award recognizing...
Book cover of Upon the Fields of Battle

Upon the Fields of Battle

Essays on the Military History of America's Civil War

by Brian D. McKnight, Kenneth W. Noe, Earl J. Hess
Language: English
Release Date: November 7, 2018

New developments in Civil War scholarship owe much to removal of artificial divides by historians seeking to explore the connections between the home front and the battlefield. Indeed, scholars taking a holistic view of the war have contributed to our understanding of the social complexities of emancipation—of...
Book cover of The Moral Heart of Public Service
by William Hague, Mary McAleese, John Hall
Language: English
Release Date: June 21, 2017

Now more than ever, public servants must consider and reassess how to keep moral courage in public life alive. With ethical expectations and needs changing and government policies under increasing moral scrutiny, Claire Foster-Gilbert of Westminster Abbey Institute gathers a series of essays and lectures...
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Sherlock Holmes

A Secret History

by John V. Hennessy
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2017

Many readers have been fascinated by the complex and cunning mind of Arthur Conan Doyle, inventor of the personality of Sherlock Holmes. Hennessy offers readers a deeper understanding of how one great mind goes about creating another great mind. The author notes and deciphers a wealth of symbols and...
Book cover of Return to Bull Run

Return to Bull Run

The Campaign and Battle of Second Manassas

by John J. Hennessy
Language: English
Release Date: September 6, 2012

"This comprehensively researched, well-written book represents the definitive account of Robert E. Lee’s triumph over Union leader John Pope in the summer of 1862. . . . Lee’s strategic skills, and the capabilities of his principal subordinates James Longstreet and Stonewall Jackson, brought...
Book cover of Computer Organization and Design, Revised Fourth Edition
by David A. Patterson, John L. Hennessy
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2011

This Fourth Revised Edition of Computer Organization and Design includes a complete set of updated and new exercises, along with improvements and changes suggested by instructors and students. Focusing on the revolutionary change taking place in industry today--the switch from uniprocessor to multicore...
Book cover of Corps Commanders in Blue

Corps Commanders in Blue

Union Major Generals in the Civil War

by Kenneth Noe, Mark A. Snell, Steven Woodworth
Language: English
Release Date: November 4, 2014

The outcomes of campaigns in the Civil War often depended on top generals having the right corps commanders in the right place at the right time. Mutual trust and respect between generals and their corps commanders, though vital to military success, was all too rare: Corps commanders were often forced...
Book cover of 這一生,你想留下什麼?:史丹佛的10堂領導課

這一生,你想留下什麼?:史丹佛的10堂領導課

Leading Matters:Lessons from My Journey

by 約翰.漢尼斯John L. Hennessy
Language: Chinese
Release Date: November 30, 2018

史丹佛校長漢尼斯寫給數位世界下的你,未來的處世指引 先懂得管理自己的人生,才能領導別人; 面對21世紀的挑戰,只要秉持10項原則,勇氣就會油然而生 漢尼斯擔任校長長達16年,是美國大學校長平均任期的兩倍。帶領史丹佛名列大學排名Top...
Book cover of Computer Organization and Design RISC-V Edition

Computer Organization and Design RISC-V Edition

The Hardware Software Interface

by David A. Patterson, John L. Hennessy
Language: English
Release Date: May 12, 2017

The new RISC-V Edition of Computer Organization and Design features the RISC-V open source instruction set architecture, the first open source architecture designed to be used in modern computing environments such as cloud computing, mobile devices, and other embedded systems. With the post-PC...
Book cover of Computer Organization and Design ARM Edition

Computer Organization and Design ARM Edition

The Hardware Software Interface

by David A. Patterson, John L. Hennessy
Language: English
Release Date: May 6, 2016

The new ARM Edition of Computer Organization and Design features a subset of the ARMv8-A architecture, which is used to present the fundamentals of hardware technologies, assembly language, computer arithmetic, pipelining, memory hierarchies, and I/O. With the post-PC era now upon us, Computer...
Book cover of Improving grassland and pasture management in temperate agriculture
by Dr O. Huguenin-Elie, Dr L. Delaby, Dr K. Klumpp
Language: English
Release Date: July 27, 2018

Assesses latest research on how grasslands function Surveys best practice in sustainable grassland management Considers wider aspects of sustainability such as ecosystem services and biodiversity
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