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William KENNEDY is the author of Go in Action, Second Edition (2026), Texas: The Rise, Progress, and Prospects of the Republic of Texas (2025), Dicho al Hecho (2025), My Secret Life (2024), A Choco-late Concept (2020).

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Go in Action, Second Edition

release date: Aug 25, 2026
Go in Action, Second Edition
Master Go language fundamentals, learn how to structure Go projects effectively, and deliver high-performance code using Go’s powerful concurrency model. This book has been fully updated to cover all the new features and idioms of the latest version of Go. In it, you’ll dive into Go''s unique features and quickly get started writing real-world applications, such as websites and network servers. In Go in Action, Second Edition you will learn: • Go language fundamentals • How to set up and structure a Go software project • Working with the Go type system • Concurrency in Go • Go’s unique approach to error handling • Writing and capturing errors in your own software • How to use Go’s built-in testing and observability features About the technology Designed by Google with productivity in mind, Go excels in modern, highly-dynamic environments. This modern language has all its concurrency primitives baked in, so Go users can handle problems like real-time performance with no additional tools required. Its simple-but-powerful type system includes generics and interfaces as first-class citizens. Best of all, because Go was designed to be simple, with a small number of keywords and an efficient standard library, it’s really easy to learn! In a cloud-first world, it’s easy to see why Go has quickly become a must-have skill. About the book Go in Action, Second Edition takes advantage of your existing programming knowledge to fast-track you to Go mastery. Google Developer Expert in Go Andrew Walker has revised the original bestseller with William Kennedy, covering new language features and adding compelling real-world case studies. You’ll get a jump start on Go’s syntax and internals as you build a comprehensive and idiomatic view of Go. Skip the absolute basics, and get straight to language implementation including Go''s type system, concurrency, channels, and testing. Every example in the book comes complete with working code samples for you to download and tinker with. About the reader For programmers proficient in at least one OO programming language. About the author Joel Holmes is a software developer who has been focused on building cloud native applications. He has worked at several start-ups helping architect, design, and develop new products and services to help those companies develop and grow. Along the way, he was able to help establish tools and processes that helped development and increase quality. He lives in Pittsburgh with his family and currently works building cloud applications at Regrow.ag. Andy Walker is a software engineer working with over a decade’s experience using Go. He has been recognized as a Google Developer Expert in Go and is a community organizer and Gophercon Staff member. He leads Go meetups, and has given many classes and presentations on the language. William Kennedy is a managing partner at Ardan Labs in Miami, Florida, a mobile, web, and systems development company. In Go, Bill has written extensively on the Ardan Labs blog, has written two books, and has trained thousands of developers worldwide. Bill is also a founding member of GoBridge, which is working to increase Go adoption through diversity.

Texas: The Rise, Progress, and Prospects of the Republic of Texas

release date: Aug 03, 2025
Texas: The Rise, Progress, and Prospects of the Republic of Texas
Reprint of the original, first published in 1841. The Antigonos publishing house specialises in the publication of reprints of historical books. We make sure that these works are made available to the public in good condition in order to preserve their cultural heritage.

Dicho al Hecho

release date: Jul 30, 2025
Dicho al Hecho
¿Te confunden las expresiones idiomáticas en inglés? Del Dicho al Hecho es tu guía esencial para dominar más de 100 expresiones reales del inglés cotidiano y profesional, explicadas de forma clara en español. Este libro no solo traduce — te enseña a pensar en inglés. Cada expresión incluye: ✅ Una explicación en español de su significado real ✅ Su uso en contexto, con ejemplos auténticos ✅ Actividades prácticas para ayudarte a incorporarla en tu comunicación ✅ Una breve nota sobre su origen o historia ✅ Clasificación por categorías temáticas útiles (trabajo, emociones, relaciones, etc.) ✅ Códigos QR que enlazan a episodios de podcast en Spotify para profundizar en cada grupo de expresiones Ideal para estudiantes intermedios y avanzados que quieren sonar más naturales, expresivos y seguros al hablar inglés. Ya sea para entrevistas, reuniones o la vida diaria — este libro te ayudará a comunicar con impacto y precisión.

My Secret Life

release date: Mar 28, 2024
My Secret Life
My Secret Life is the author''s account of his personal struggle to overcome societal norms that overwhelmed him throughout his life and almost defeated him. His struggle, while unique and personal, required courage, resilience, and strength and is one that can be related to and recognized by all. His powerful, open, and compelling account of his battle to overcome the psychological, mental, and emotional effects caused by living a secret life, and how he almost lost that battle, is a story of monumental triumph over adversity. The informal and very personal writing style draws the reader into a personal, historical, yet contemporary history, very relevant for the times we are living in today. A strong bond is formed between the reader and the author as they share in the moments of despair, pain, and fear, but also hope and joy, climaxing in the triumph of life over adversity. Like a phoenix from the flames, the author''s captivating, engrossing account of his life hopes to inspire and liberate others, setting them free to live an open, fully authentic life, free from the shame and fear of living with a secret.

A Choco-late Concept

release date: Jul 28, 2020
A Choco-late Concept
A Chocolate Concept is a different take on eating healthy with simplicity and fun. The author believes some parts of life don''t have to be complicated. He has a somewhat different dietary background and shares some admittedly novel ideas.

Student Services for Adults in Southeastern Community and Junior Colleges

release date: May 31, 2019
Student Services for Adults in Southeastern Community and Junior Colleges
Abstract: The purpose of this research was to identify and to describe examples of student services programs which were designed to serve the special needs of older (24 years and older) students by community and junior colleges. The data were collected from a questionnaire and interview with the chief student personnel administrator at each of 18 community and junior colleges in the Southeastern United States. Based on a review of the literature, five categories of student services were selected for study. These categories included admissions, counseling, financial aid, career planning and placement, and support services. The questionnaire and interview items were developed from questionnaires and information found in the literature concerning adults and higher education. An analysis of the data revealed the following facts. 1. One half of the student personnel administrators surveyed were unable to supply enrollment data by full-time or part-time, male or female students. 2. Services were not offered adults in all five of the categories studied. 3. Of those services offered most often, counseling and financial aid services received the greatest amount of institutional support and emphasis for serving adult learners. Career planning and support services received the least amount. 4. When addressing the needs of older students, as identified in the literature, community and junior college student services divisions have, on the average, made some attempt to meet those needs. None of them is attempting to meet all of their needs. 5. The chief student personnel officer of each institution perceived the services being offered adults as effective in meeting adults'' needs. 6. None of the student personnel administrators could supply institutional research data confirming their positive perceptions of the impact services had had on increased enrollment and retention of older students. 7. Community and junior colleges generally did not officially differentiate between their traditional and non-traditional students, although the student services staffs normally did. Colleges which do not differentiate are less likely to have special services for older students. 3. Institutions in this study are not making adequate attempts to meet the non-academic needs of older students in all the service categories studied. Therefore, many of the needs for services held by lifelong learners are not being met by many community and junior college student services divisions. Dissertation Discovery Company and University of Florida are dedicated to making scholarly works more discoverable and accessible throughout the world. This dissertation, "Student Services for Adults in Southeastern Community and Junior Colleges" by William Cottrell Kennedy, was obtained from University of Florida and is being sold with permission from the author. A digital copy of this work may also be found in the university''s institutional repository, IR@UF. The content of this dissertation has not been altered in any way. We have altered the formatting in order to facilitate the ease of printing and reading of the dissertation.

L'herbe de fer

release date: Nov 08, 2018
L'herbe de fer
Au plus profond de lui-même, là où il pouvait pressentir une vérité qui échappait aux formules, il se disait : ma culpabilité est tout ce qui me reste. Si je perds cela, alors tout ce que j''aurais pu être, tout ce que j''aurais pu faire aura été en vain. Récompensé par le National Book Critics Circle Award en 1983 et par le prix Pulitzer en 1984, paru chez Belfond en 1986, un classique de la littérature américaine qui nous plonge dans les heures sombres de la Grande Dépression, sur les pas de Francis Phelan, vagabond éprouvé. Porté par une langue magnifique, flirtant avec la prose poétique, L''Herbe de fer interroge tour à tour culpabilité, pardon et rédemption. " Avec L''Herbe de fer qui lui a valu le ‟genius grant'' de la fondation Mac Arthur, le National Book Award et le prix Pulitzer, William Kennedy est devenu une gloire nationale... Son style, qui doit quelque chose à Joyce, à Fitzgerald, à Beckett, reste foncièrement original. " The New York Times Book Review

Very Old Bones

release date: Jan 03, 2017
Very Old Bones
From a Pulitzer Prize–winning author: "An immensely gratifying novel" of an Irish-American clan whose exploits changed Albany forever ( The Boston Globe). When it was built, the Phelan mansion was the only home on the block. In the decades since, countless tragedies have swept through its rambling halls, but no matter how many times its foundations have been rocked, the old house still stands. Now, in 1958, its sole occupants are the eccentric old painter Peter Phelan and his illegitimate son, Orson, who sees all—but says nothing. When Peter invites his remaining family to hear him read his will aloud, it forces the Phelan clan to reckon with the most powerful force in Albany: their own tortured history. Unveiling a series of portraits inspired by family tragedy, Peter takes the Phelans back into the past, as far as 1887, forcing them to come face-to-face with the origins of the family curse. As the raucous narrative unfolds, Orson does his best to grapple with his roots, and the knowledge that the sins of the past can never truly be washed away. William Kennedy''s eight-book Albany Cycle is one of the most ambitious projects in modern historical fiction, a kaleidoscopic portrait of a city whose heroes are its corrupt politicians, conmen, and thieves. The Phelans are one of the roughest families in American literature, and also one of the greatest, who "can claim a place beside O''Neill''s Tyrones and Steinbeck''s Joads" ( Library Journal).

Riding the Yellow Trolley Car

release date: Jan 03, 2017
Riding the Yellow Trolley Car
The collected nonfiction of the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Ironweed: "A great pleasure to read no matter what the subject" ( Library Journal). When William Kennedy arrives in Barcelona, his guidebook recommends taking the trolley around town—but the trolleys haven''t run in the city for years. He''s on his way to interview the novelist Gabriel García Márquez when, out of the corner of his eye, he sees something impossible: a yellow trolley running down the street. Márquez, however, is not surprised; like all great writers of both fiction and nonfiction, he knows that impossible things happen every day. A remarkable collection from one of America''s greatest authors, Riding the Yellow Trolley Car features work from all stages of Kennedy''s career. Through each piece runs the thread that ties together his greatest works: a love and deep understanding of his hometown, the city of Albany, New York, and the good and evil men who have made it what it is. Featuring interviews and essays on some of the most prominent authors of the twentieth century, from Saul Bellow and E. L. Doctorow to Norman Mailer and the legendary García Márquez—as well as insightful reflections on topics from baseball to the death of a prominent cat to Kennedy''s wife''s hiccups— Riding the Yellow Trolley Car is an essential book for all those who love to read, or live to write.

The Mechanics of Machinery

release date: Oct 18, 2015
The Mechanics of Machinery
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The Kinematics of Machinery

release date: Aug 23, 2015
The Kinematics of Machinery
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Something of a Peasant Paradise?

release date: Jan 01, 2014
Something of a Peasant Paradise?
A study of Acadian and French rural societies that challenges conventional interpretations of identity and agency in the Atlantic world.

Roscoe, Negocios de Amor y Guerra

release date: Nov 01, 2011
Roscoe, Negocios de Amor y Guerra
El día que Estados Unidos celebra la victoria sobre Japón, Roscoe Conway decide retirarse de la política tras haber regido, de manera particular y poco escrupulosa, el Partido Demócrata de Albany, capital del estado de Nueva York, durante más de medio siglo. Cuando está a punto de hacer pública su dimisión, recibe la noticia del suicidio de su amigo Elisha Fitzgibbon, ex alcalde demócrata de Albany y ex candidato a gobernador del estado. La muerte de Fitzgibbon desata todo tipo de rumores y a Conway no le quedará más remedio que repasar los últimos veinticinco años de su vida para comprender las razones que han llevado a su amigo al suicidio. La pérdida temprana de su verdadero amor, las luchas por el control del partido, sus relaciones con los gánsteres irlandeses, el amaño de distintas elecciones, el control del contrabando de alcohol y del juego, son parte de los recuerdos que van acudiendo a su memoria y que terminan conformando el retrato del poder político y económico en Albany durante la primera mitad del siglo XX. William Kennedy (1928) es el autor de un extraordinario ciclo novelístico sobre la ciudad de Albany, Roscoe, negocios de amor y guerra, publicada por primera vez en el año 2002 e inédita hasta ahora en español, está considerada como una de sus mejores obras.

Changó's Beads and Two-tone Shoes

release date: Jan 01, 2011
Changó's Beads and Two-tone Shoes
His life radically changed by an encounter with Ernest Hemingway in Cuba, journalist Daniel Quinn embarks on a turbulent journey marked by such historical events as the Albany race riots, the rise of Fidel Castro, and the assassination of Robert Kennedy.

Helpful Hints for Success As a Manager

release date: Jun 01, 2006
Helpful Hints for Success As a Manager
Bill Kennedy retired as a senior executive from the Federal Government in 1993 and entered a second career in education. He lives on the Eastern Shore of Maryland and divides his time between teaching and volunteer work as a pilot for Angel Flight and a mentor for Talbot Mentors. TOPICS RIGHT OUT OF TODAY''S WORKPLACE INCLUDING: Change- Ways to make it happen Personality types and management styles- All you need to know Positive organizational culture- How to create it Smart crisis management Tips for managing a diverse workforce Being ethical is really good for business Top 10 attributes for success as a manager Corporate sins and how to avoid them How to downsize compassionately Specific ways to motivate people Organizing your day smartly Dealing with underachievers

Roscoe

release date: Nov 26, 2002
Roscoe
“Thick with crime, passion, and backroom banter” (The New Yorker), Roscoe is an odyssey of great scope and linguistic verve, a deadly, comic masterpiece from the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Ironweed It''s V-J Day, the war is over, and Roscoe Conway, after twenty-six years as the second in command of Albany''s notorious political machine, decides to quit politics forever. But there''s no way out, and only his Machiavellian imagination can help him cope with the erupting disasters. Every step leads back to the past—to the early loss of his true love, the takeover of city hall, the machine''s fight with FDR and Al Smith to elect a governor, and the methodical assassination of gangster Jack "Legs" Diamond. William Kennedy’s Albany Cycle of novels reflect what he once described as the fusion of his imagination with a single place. A native and longtime resident of Albany, New York, his work moves from the mid-nineteenth to the mid-twentieth century, chronicling family life, the city’s netherworld, and its spheres of power—financial, ethnic, political—often among the Irish-Americans who dominated the city in this period. The novels in his cycle include, Legs, Billy Phelan’s Greatest Game, Ironweed, Quinn’s Book, Very Old Bones, The Flaming Corsage, and Roscoe.

History of the Kinetograph, Kinetoscope, and Kineto-phonograph

release date: Jan 01, 2000
History of the Kinetograph, Kinetoscope, and Kineto-phonograph
This text is a facsimile edition of the first history of the cinema by W.K.L. Dickson and Antonia Dickson. The book was first published in 1895 when practical moving pictures were only two years old.

Environmental Policy and Time Consistency

release date: Jan 01, 2000
Environmental Policy and Time Consistency
As instruments for controlling pollution, how do emissions taxes and emissions trading compare in terms of the incentives they create to adopt cleaner technologies? Emissions taxes may have a slight advantage over emissions trading.

The Flaming Corsage

release date: Apr 01, 1997
The Flaming Corsage
The Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Ironweed explores the seething, contradictory impulses of our humanity, lusts, and furies in this thrilling novel in the Albany Cycle. Moving back and forth between the 1880s and 1912, The Flaming Corsage follows the lives of Edward Daugherty, a first generation Irish American who will break out beyond Albany as a playwright, and Katrina Taylor, a beautiful, seductive woman with complex attitudes towards life. Their marriage is a passionate one, but a cataclysmic hotel fire changes it into something else altogether. William Kennedy’s Albany Cycle of novels reflect what he once described as the fusion of his imagination with a single place. A native and longtime resident of Albany, New York, his work moves from the mid-nineteenth to the mid-twentieth century, chronicling family life, the city’s netherworld, and its spheres of power—financial, ethnic, political—often among the Irish-Americans who dominated the city in this period. The novels in his cycle include, Legs, Billy Phelan’s Greatest Game, Ironweed, Quinn’s Book, Very Old Bones, The Flaming Corsage, and Roscoe.

Conversations with William Kennedy

release date: Jan 01, 1997
Conversations with William Kennedy
To read these interviews given between 1969 and 1996 is to gain insights into William Kennedy''s high seriousness in pursuing the craft of fiction and to witness the artistic growth of this remarkable writer. The twenty-four interviews in this collection reveal how the opportunities and challenges in Kennedy''s writing life parallel those other contemporary writers have faced in the last years of the century.The high drama of imagined worlds, he says, becomes a Rosetta Stone, the key that unlocks the very real mysteries and complexities of our daily lives.You''re inventing out of a confluence of known facts and random ideas, he says about the process of writing, juxtaposing reality and abstractions, and then wham! You''ve got something brand new in your head, and on the page. You''re functioning on a plane of existence you didn''t know was possible. That''s creation, and it''s profound pleasure. It''s what you live for.Readers of these interviews will be privy to another process as well, the arduous but exciting process by which Kennedy has emerged as a major voice in contemporary letters. His meteoric rise to fame in 1983 and his continuing popularity since are the stuff of drama and folklore. In that year his novel Ironweed, rejected earlier by thirteen publishers, was finally published by Viking. It earned him a MacArthur Award, the New York Book Critics Circle Award, and a Pulitzer Prize. Governor Mario Cuomo honored him with the New York State Governor''s Arts Award and declared that in Kennedy Albany (had) found its Homer. Hollywood came calling and secured screen rights to Ironweed, Legs, and Billy Phelan''s Greatest Game. With Francis Ford Coppola, Kennedy co-wrote thescreenplay of The Cotton Club.The career that lifted off with such dramatic momentum has shown no signs of flagging. With steady regularity, Kennedy continues to add to his Albany Cycle of novels, as he experiments boldly with the craft of fiction.

An Albany Trio

release date: Jul 01, 1996
An Albany Trio
“Kennedy''s justly acclaimed Albany Cycle [is] one of the imperishable products of American literature since the Second World War. These books can be read singly or in sequence, but read they must be. Kennedy is one of our necessary writers.”—GQ Legs inaugurated William Kennedy’s celebrated cycle of novels set in Albany, New York. True to both life and myth. Legs evokes the flamboyant career of the legendary gangster Jack “Legs” Diamond, who was finally murdered in Albany, and his showgirl mistress as they blaze a trail across the tabloid pages of the 1920s and 1930s. The second novel in the Albany cycle depicts Billy Phelan, a slightly tarnished poker player, pool hustler, and small-time bookie, as he moves through the lurid nighttime glare of a tough Depression-era town. Full of Irish pluck, he works the fringes of Albany sporting life with his own particular style—until he falls from underworld grace. In the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, Ironweed, Francis Phelan, ex-ballplayer, part-time gravedigger, and full-time drunk, has hit bottom. Years ago he left Albany after killing a scab during a workers’ strike, and again after he accidentally—and fatally—dropped his infant son. Now, in 1938, Francis is back, roaming familiar streets and trying to make peace with ghosts of the past and present. William Kennedy’s Albany Cycle of novels reflect what he once described as the fusion of his imagination with a single place. A native and longtime resident of Albany, New York, his work moves from the mid-nineteenth to the mid-twentieth century, chronicling family life, the city’s netherworld, and its spheres of power—financial, ethnic, political—often among the Irish-Americans who dominated the city in this period. The novels in his cycle include, Legs, Billy Phelan’s Greatest Game, Ironweed, Quinn’s Book, Very Old Bones, The Flaming Corsage, and Roscoe.

Charlie Malarkey and the Singing Moose

release date: Jan 01, 1996
Charlie Malarkey and the Singing Moose
Charlie Malarkey and his friend Iggy rescue Barnaby, a singing moose with a magic necktie, from the clutches of his dastardly trainer.

Quinns Buch

release date: Jan 01, 1990

Quinn's Book

release date: May 06, 1989
Quinn's Book
Filled with Dickensian characters, a vivid sense of history, and marvelously inventive humor, Quinn’s Book is an engaging delight from the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Ironweed “Kennedy writes with verve and nerve. His wit, always sharp, has rarely been sharper. He paints a full and lively canvas...Quinn’s Book casts a lovely light, indeed.”—Stephen King From the moment he rescues the beautiful, passionate Maud Fallon from the icy waters of the Hudson one wintry day in 1849, Daniel Quinn, a twelve-year-old orphan, is thrust into a bewildering, adventure-filled journey through the tumult of nineteenth-century America. As he quests after the beguiling and elusive Maud (she’s fourteen), Daniel will witness the rise and fall of great dynasties in upstate New York, epochal prize fights, exotic life in the theater, visitations from spirits beyond the grave, horrific battles between Irish immigrants and the "Know-Nothings," the vicious New York draft riots, heroic passages through the Underground Railroad, and the bloody despair of the Civil War. William Kennedy’s Albany Cycle of novels reflect what he once described as the fusion of his imagination with a single place. A native and longtime resident of Albany, New York, his work moves from the mid-nineteenth to the mid-twentieth century, chronicling family life, the city’s netherworld, and its spheres of power—financial, ethnic, political—often among the Irish-Americans who dominated the city in this period. The novels in his cycle include, Legs, Billy Phelan’s Greatest Game, Ironweed, Quinn’s Book, Very Old Bones, The Flaming Corsage, and Roscoe.

Srečno potepuh

release date: Jan 01, 1989

Charlie Malarkey y la máquina robaombligos

release date: Sep 01, 1986

O Albany!

O Albany!
The Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Ironweed offers an eloquent history of his colorful hometown in this marvelous book that''s part journalism and part memoir. William Kennedy''s celebrated cycle of novels has put Albany on the literary map. In O Albany! we visit the city''s ethnic and social neighborhoods. We meet uncommon characters who tread on Kennedy''s stage—Erastus Corning, America''s longest-running mayor (forty-three years in office); the Prohibition celebrity Jack "Legs" Diamond; the black matriarch Olivia Rorie, who transformed Albany''s slums; Nelson Rockefeller and the "greatest marble project in the history of the world"; the political boss Dan O''Connell, who took City Hall in 1921 and never let go, even after he died. Embellished with fifty-five vintage photographs and eleven maps drawn for this book, O Albany! is a historical lover letter from Kennedy to his native city. “A nice blend of nostalgia and serious history...You come away from this book''s fascinating view of the American experience, the human experience, feeling hopeful.”—The New York Times Book Review
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