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Akka in Action is a comprehensive tutorial on building message-oriented systems using Akka. The audiobook takes a hands-on approach, where each new concept is followed by an example that shows you how it works, how to implement the code, and how to (unit) test it.

Plongez-vous dans les tumultes de la Révolution française avec Rosalie, une jeune fille du peuple catapultée au cœur de la tempête ! Depuis ses humbles débuts aux cuisines du château de Versailles en 1789, Rosalie se retrouve en figure de proue de la Révolution. Sa rencontre avec Olympe de Gouges l'entraîne jusqu'à la Bastille ; et, témoin de la fuite à Varennes, le destin de Rosalie est désormais inextricablement lié à celui de la France.

Learn how you can easily analyze people and use the power of dark psychology to influence, persuade, and convince them. In this special books bundle, you'll learn exactly how to analyze people and use dark psychology techniques to persuade and influence them. Not only that, but you'll also discover how you can protect yourself from the exact same influences that people in your environment are using to influence you.

This audiobook will show you how you can learn to declutter your life on many levels to achieve greater success and happiness in your life. It will show you how to declutter all the excess baggage in your life. It would also teach you the importance of contentment.

With close to four decades of professional work in many aspects of theater, from design, management, production, architecture, and operations, along with being a third-generation practitioner, join me as we discuss challenges, ideas, and opportunities in the performing arts as they relate to theater operations, venue management, facilities planning and operations, and much more as they relate to your community, mission, and vision. We will include insights from leaders in their field along with ideas, and opportunities to enlighten, entertain, and guide you as the listener towards better ...

Cette version théâtrale adaptée par Evelyne Levasseur fait découvrir le Paris romanesque des années cinquante décrit avec le langage populaire et même l'argot cher à Raymond Queneau. Zazie incarne l'ingénuité d'une jeunesse qui a soif d'apprendre, et de comprendre ; elle ne se contente pas des apparences, mais préfère vérifier, et met à nu le désordre.

An adaptation of the prose & poetry of author Raymond Carver and his wife, Tess Gallagher. The story chronicles the final year of Carver's life, when he was struggling to finish his final book. This two-person play is a coproduction with Chicago's City Lit Theater.

When Sean Moretti's powers manifested themselves, a lifetime of comic books taught him what to do. Already struggling to make it as a normal college student, his new-found ability to sense energy in those around him did nothing to simplify his life. As destructive forces descend upon Steel City, he must learn to channel his potential, or die trying.

Disaster has struck the Human Federation of Worlds. The Eternals have finally found Earth and are preparing to destroy it and the rest of the Federation. They begin gathering a massive fleet to overwhelm and destroy all of the human worlds. Fleet Admiral Jeremy Strong is far away on the far side of the universe attempting to build an alliance to stop the Eternals’ spread across countless galaxies. However, in his explorations he may have found a threat far greater than that represented by the Eternals.

Private investigator Philip Marlowe's latest client is Orfamay Quest. She's come all the way from Manhattan, Kansas, to find her missing brother Orrin. Or at least that's what she tells Marlowe, offering him just 20 dollars for his trouble. Feeling charitable, Marlowe accepts - though it's not long before he wishes he hadn't. Soon the trail leads to a succession of Hollywood starlets, uppity gangsters, suspicious cops and corpses with ice picks jammed into their necks.

Little Bear feels the world around him. He feels his bed rumble when Dad Bear wakes him up in the morning. He feels the floor shake when his teacher stomps to get his attention. But something else is missing, like when his friends tell jokes that he isn’t sure he understands, or when all around him Little Bear hears the question, “Can bears ski?” Then, one day, Dad Bear takes him to see an “aud-i-olo-gist”, and Little Bear learns that he has been experiencing deafness and will start wearing hearing aids.

From internationally-acclaimed New York Times best-selling author Raymond Benson comes a suspense thriller that blends modern-day crime, historical figures, and fantasy. When his ranch hand's newborn son is abducted from the hospital's maternity ward and found dead hours later in a trash dumpster, former FBI agent and West Texan Rusty "Red" River resolves to bring the perpetrators to justice. Investigation reveals that a string of similar child abduction/murders previously occurred in Texas towns between Limite and the Mexican border.

The Crawler: a name whispered in fear... In the crime-ridden back alleys of Krondor, a rival gang has sprung up to threaten the Upright Man's Mockers. Does the Crawler control the rival gang? Where does his power come from? And does it threaten the peace of the Kingdom? James, personal squire to Prince Arutha of Krondor, but in the underworld known as the thief and trickster Jimmy the Hand, must travel to Kesh in disguise.

The Z1219 virus, created by Russia's most skilled scientists, is the deadliest biological weapon in history. Harbored in the human bloodstream, it remains undetected until detonated. Once it's detonated, the host becomes a walking corpse with only one goal: eat everyone. And now it is in America, packaged in the mail-order brides the Russians shipped over to destroy us all.

This is a book where black men discuss valid concerns of the struggles in their lives, and how they found the strength through their tears to overcome them. Weakness does not exist in a black man who reflects on his past and desires to positively change it. These strong black men are fighting against forces that are sometimes more determined to defeat them.

Black men are trying to change their lives, and what they do not need, is outside influences obstructing their desire to positively change. Yes, many black men are angry, and many black men are tired of negative and racist misinformation concerning them and their communities. This is the most beloved book on real black men issues TRYING and DOING positive things to atone and avert from their past mistakes.

How can a city grow into a nation’s largest metropolis in less than 500 years? This is the story of one of the greatest cities in the world. New York. A city that has grown economically and culturally beyond imagining into a prosperous metropolis with one of the most diverse populations in the nation. A city that fought for equality and civil rights and has been the epicenter of social progress and a source of inspiration throughout the world. With New York: Guide to NYC: History of New York - Where the Most Important People, Places, and Events Shaped the History of New York City, Raymond C. Nelson takes readers on a tour through time of the Big Apple.

Der Ölmillionär Tony Dravec ist verzweifelt: Seine Tochter Carmen treibt sich mit dubiosen Männern herum. Der Schlimmste von ihnen ist der skrupellose Erpresser und Pornografie-Händler Harold Hardwick Steiner. Dravec engagiert einen Detektiv, um sie aus den Fängen dieses Mannes zu befreien. Als der Detektiv zu Steiners Refugium fährt, fallen dort Schüsse. Im Haus findet er ein nacktes, betrunkenes Mädchen in einem hohen Lehnsessel - zu ihren Füßen liegt ein toter Mann.

Arguably the greatest comedy duo in show business history, Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy delighted filmgoers and theatregoers for over 30 years. The public not only found Laurel's serene simpleton and Hardy's pompous buffoon hilarious, but they also thought of them as friends. Laurel and Hardy may have been nitwits, but they were loveable nitwits.

Two strangers aide one other on a dark country road, and vow to meet again at the local Renaissance Fair. To do so, they must learn to see beyond their own masks, and united, win past a host of glamor fairies, crazed role-players, angry jugglers, sinister bikers, and the secret of the ancient charter of Strawberry Fair itself.