Most Popular Books by William KENNEDY

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This collection of poetry showcases the wit, humor, and lyricism of William Kennedy, a 19th century English poet and humorist. With poems on a wide range of topics, including love, nature, and social commentary, this book is sure to delight readers with its charming and whimsical verse. 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 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. 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.

This is a curated and comprehensive collection of the most important works covering matters related to national security, diplomacy, defense, war, strategy, and tactics. The collection spans centuries of thought and experience, and includes the latest analysis of international threats, both conventional and asymmetric. It also includes riveting first person accounts of historic battles and wars.Some of the books in this Series are reproductions of historical works preserved by some of the leading libraries in the world. As with any reproduction of a historical artifact, some of these books contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. We believe these books are essential to this collection and the study of war, and have therefore brought them back into print, despite these imperfections.We hope you enjoy the unmatched breadth and depth of this collection, from the historical to the just-published works.

The amazing story of Charlie Malarkey and his friend Iggy, who use their ingenuity and grit to retrieve their bellybuttons from a fiendish inventor. From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Ironweed and his son, this is the perfect book for all ages--anyone with a bellybutton!

"A concise and comprehensive guide to exploring, learning, and using Go." From the Foreword by Steve Francia, Creator of Hugo Go in Action introduces the Go language, guiding you from inquisitive developer to Go guru. It begins by introducing the unique features and concepts of Go. Then, you'll get hands-on experience writing real-world applications including websites and network servers, as well as techniques to manipulate and convert data at speeds that will make your friends jealous. Go in Action is for any intermediate-level developer who has experience with other programming languages and wants a jump-start in learning Go or a more thorough understanding of the language and its internals. This book/course provides an intensive, comprehensive, and idiomatic view of Go. It focuses on the specification and implementation of the language, including topics like language syntax, Go's type system, concurrency, channels, and testing. Application development can be tricky enough even when you aren't dealing with complex systems programming problems like web-scale concurrency and real-time performance. While it's possible to solve these common issues with additional tools and frameworks, Go handles them right out of the box, making for a more natural and productive coding experience. Developed at Google, Go powers nimble startups as well as big enterprises that rely on high-performing services in their infrastructure. Inside: Language specification and implementation Go's type system Internals of Go's data structures Testing and benchmarking This book/course assumes you're a working developer proficient with another language like Java, Ruby, Python, C#, or C++. William Kennedy is a seasoned software developer and author of the blog GoingGo.Net. Brian Ketelsen and Erik St. Martin are the organizers of GopherCon and coauthors of the Go-based Skynet framework. This authoritative book is a one-stop shop for anyone just starting out with Go. Sam Zaydel, RackTop Systems Brilliantly written; a comprehensive introduction to Go. Highly recommended. Adam McKay, SUEZ This book makes the uncommon parts of Go understandable and digestible. Alex Vidal, HipChat at Atlassian NARRATED BY MARK THOMAS.

Description: Includes correspondence with Henry Grinnell regarding Arctic expeditions in search of John Franklin and his crew.