No imprint: 457 books
How Software Works
The Magic Behind Encryption, CGI, Search Engines, and Other Everyday Technologies
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2015
We use software every day to perform all kinds of magical, powerful tasks. It's the force behind stunning CGI graphics, safe online shopping, and speedy Google searches. Software drives the modern world, but its inner workings remain a mystery to many.
How Software Works explains how computers...
Clojure for the Brave and True
Learn the Ultimate Language and Become a Better Programmer
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2015
For weeks, months—nay!—from the very moment you were born, you’ve felt it calling to you. At long last you’ll be united with the programming language you’ve been longing for: Clojure!
As a Lisp-style functional programming language, Clojure lets you write robust and elegant code,...
Designing BSD Rootkits
An Introduction to Kernel Hacking
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2007
Though rootkits have a fairly negative image, they can be used for both good and evil. Designing BSD Rootkits arms you with the knowledge you need to write offensive rootkits, to defend against malicious ones, and to explore the FreeBSD kernel and operating system in the process.
Organized...
Build an HTML5 Game
A Developer's Guide with CSS and JavaScript
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2015
If you already have even basic familiarity with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript, you’re ready to learn how to build a browser-based game. In Build an HTML5 Game, you’ll use your skills to create a truly cross-platform bubble-shooter game—playable in both desktop and mobile browsers.
As you...
by Nicholas C. Zakas
Language: English
Release Date: February 14, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: February 14, 2014
If you've used a more traditional object-oriented language, such as C++ or Java, JavaScript probably doesn't seem object-oriented at all. It has no concept of classes, and you don't even need to define any objects in order to write code. But don't be fooled—JavaScript is an incredibly powerful and...
by Michael Pearl,Debi Pearl
Language: English
Release Date: August 30, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: August 30, 2010
There is a troubling trend showing up among teenagers. They are discontent and rebellious, jumping ship as soon as they think they can survive without the family-- some as young as sixteen years old. Michael Pearl addressed this issue in a series of No Greater Joy Magazine articles in 2006. These have...
Preparing To Be A Help Meet: A Good Marriage Starts Long Before the Wedding
A Good Marriage Starts Long Before the Wedding
Language: English
Release Date: August 27, 2010
Being a good help meet starts long before marriage. It is a mindset, a learned habit, a way of life established as a young unmarried girl or at least that s the way it should be. Nearly every wife will confess that the first year or two of married life was... how shall I say ... a frustrating learning...
Created To Need A Help Meet: A Marriage Guide for Men
A Marriage Guide for Men
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2012
In recent years men have been given a lot of mixed messages as to what it means to be a man, husband or father. Men hate mixed messages. Just tell us like it is (or should be) without all of the extra verbiage. That’s exactly what Mike Pearl does in eliminating the conflicting messages and getting...
To Train Up a Child
Child Training for the 21st Century-Revised and Expanded: New Material Added
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2015
To Train Up a Child, first published in 1994, began as a letter to a homeschool mother in answer to her question, How did you train your children to be so happy and obedient? Mike did not consider himself to be an author, nor did Debi possess the means or the knowledge to publish a book. They realized...
by Debi Pearl
Language: English
Release Date: May 23, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: May 23, 2011
An award winning author steps into troubled waters writing books for children instructing them how to respond if a sexual predator makes an advance. The predator can be another child, a family friend, an older sibling, a sports coach, a church leader, or another relative. Yell and Tell is the first...
The LEGO MINDSTORMS EV3 Discovery Book
A Beginner's Guide to Building and Programming Robots
Language: English
Release Date: June 14, 2014
LEGO MINDSTORMS has changed the way we think about robotics by making it possible for anyone to build real, working robots. The latest MINDSTORMS set, EV3, is more powerful than ever, and The LEGO MINDSTORMS EV3 Discovery Book is the complete, beginner-friendly guide you need to get started.
Begin...
Electronics for Kids
Play with Simple Circuits and Experiment with Electricity!
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2016
Why do the lights in a house turn on when you flip a switch? How does a remote-controlled car move? And what makes lights on TVs and microwaves blink? The technology around you may seem like magic, but most of it wouldn’t run without electricity.
Electronics for Kids demystifies electricity...
Fly Fishing Central & Southeastern Oregon
A No Nonsense Guide to Top Waters
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2004
30 maps for waters, hatch charts, and illustrations detail Central Oregon fly fishing waters. Author Harry Teel, a retired outfitter, has more than 60 years of Oregon fly-fishing experience. The famous Deschutes river, a new Steelhead section, remote lakes, private waters, the Metolius, McKenzie, John...
Fly Fishing Colorado
A No Nonsense Guide to Top Waters
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2004
This guide gives you a quick, clear understanding of the essential information you’ll need to fly fish Colorado’s most outstanding waters. You will not waste time. In a few moments, you will know where to go and how to fly fish. Take this guide along for ready reference, or use this book to plan...