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The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl By : Issa Rae READ BOOK NOW   DOWNLOAD BOOK NOW   Book Synopsis : In the bestselling tradition of Sloan Crosley?s I Was Told There?d Be Cake and Mindy Kaling?s Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me?, a collection of humorous essays on what it?s like to be unabashedly awkward in a world that regards introverts as hapless misfits, and black as cool.My name is ?J? and I?m awkward?and black. Someone once told me those were the two worst things anyone could be. That someone was right. Where do I start?Being an introvert in a world that glorifies cool isn?t easy. But when Issa Rae, the creator of the Shorty Award?winning hit series ?The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl,? is that introvert?whether she?s navigating love, work, friendships, or ?rapping??it sure is entertaining. Now, in this debut collection of essays written in her witty and self-deprecating voice, Rae covers everything from cybersexing in the early days of the Internet to deflecting unso...

Trejo: My Life of Crime, Redemption, and Hollywood By : Danny Trejo READ BOOK NOW   DOWNLOAD BOOK NOW   Book Synopsis : For the first time, the full, fascinating, and inspirational true story of Danny Trejo?s journey from crime, prison, addiction, and loss to unexpected fame as Hollywood?s favorite bad guy with a heart of gold.On screen, Danny Trejo the actor is a baddie who has been killed at least a hundred times. He?s been shot, stabbed, hanged, chopped up, squished by an elevator, and once, was even melted into a bloody goo. Off screen, he?s a hero beloved by recovery communities and obsessed fans alike. But the real Danny Trejo is much more complicated than the legend.Raised in an abusive home, Danny struggled with heroin addiction and stints in some of the country?s most notorious state prisons, including San Quentin and Folsom, from an early age, before starring in such modern classics as Heat, From Dusk till Dawn, and Machete. Now, in this funny, painful, and suspenseful memoir...

Around the Way Girl: A Memoir By : Taraji P. Henson READ BOOK NOW   DOWNLOAD BOOK NOW   Book Synopsis : From Academy Award nominee, Golden Globe winner, and star of the new motion picture Hidden Figures, Taraji P. Henson, comes an inspiring and funny book about family, friends, the hustle required to make it from DC to Hollywood, and the joy of living in your own truth.With a sensibility that recalls her beloved screen characters, including NASA physicist mathematician Katherine G. Johnson, Yvette, Queenie, Shug, and the iconic Cookie from Empire, yet is all Taraji, the screen actress writes of her family, the one she was born into and the one she created. She shares stories of her father, a Vietnam vet who was bowed but never broken by life's challenges, and of her mother who survived violence both in the home and on DC's volatile streets. Here too she opens up about her experiences as a single mother, a journey some saw as a burden but which she saw as a gift.Around the Way G...

The Meaning of Mariah Carey By : Mariah Carey READ BOOK NOW   DOWNLOAD BOOK NOW   Book Synopsis : It took me a lifetime to have the courage and the clarity to write my memoir. I want to tell the story of the moments - the ups and downs, the triumphs and traumas, the debacles and the dreams, that contributed to the person I am today. Though there have been countless stories about me throughout my career and very public personal life, it?s been impossible to communicate the complexities and depths of my experience in any single magazine article or a ten-minute television interview. And even then, my words were filtered through someone else?s lens, largely satisfying someone else?s assignment to define me.This book is composed of my memories, my mishaps, my struggles, my survival and my songs. Unfiltered. I went deep into my childhood and gave the scared little girl inside of me a big voice. I let the abandoned and ambitious adolescent have her say, and the betrayed and triumphant woman I...

Save the Cat: The Last Book on Screenwriting You'll Ever Need By : Blake Snyder READ BOOK NOW   DOWNLOAD BOOK NOW   Book Synopsis : This ultimate insider's guide reveals the secrets that none dare admit, told by a show biz veteran who's proven that you can sell your script if you can save the cat! Book Detail : Author : Blake Snyder Pages : 195 pages Publisher : Michael Wiese Productions Language : eng ISBN-10 : 1932907009 ISBN-13 : 9781932907001   Supporting format: PDF, EPUB, Kindle, Audio, MOBI, HTML, RTF, TXT, etc. Supporting : PC, Android, Apple, Ipad, Iphone, etc. ================*================  

Leave the Gun, Take the Cannoli: The Epic Story of the Making of The Godfather By : Mark Seal READ BOOK NOW   DOWNLOAD BOOK NOW   Book Synopsis : The behind-the-scenes story of the making of The Godfather, fifty years after the classic film?s original release.The story of how The Godfather was made is as dramatic, operatic, and entertaining as the film itself. Over the years, many versions of various aspects of the movie?s fiery creation have been told?sometimes conflicting, but always compelling. Mark Seal sifts through the evidence, has extensive new conversations with director Francis Ford Coppola and several heretofore silent sources, and complements them with colorful interviews with key players including actors Al Pacino, James Caan, Talia Shire, and others for irresistible insights into how the movie whose success some initially doubted roared to glory. On top of the usual complications of filmmaking, the creators of The Godfather had to contend with the real-life members of it...

Harry Potter: A Pop-Up Guide to Hogwarts By : Matthew Reinhart READ BOOK NOW   DOWNLOAD BOOK NOW   Book Synopsis : A 3-D masterpiece celebrating Harry Potter?s Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry from New York Times best-selling pop-up engineer Matthew Reinhart.Harry Potter: A Pop-Up Guide to Hogwarts is an exhilarating, interactive guide to the iconic school of witchcraft and wizardry. This book features spectacular pop-up re-creations of key locations inside and outside Hogwarts castle, and it opens flat to form a pop-up map of the castle and its grounds?including the Quidditch pitch, the Forbidden Forest, and beyond. In addition to large pops on each spread, numerous mini-pops bring to life beloved elements from the Harry Potter films, such as the Marauder's Map and the Flying Ford Anglia. Each pop includes insightful text about Hogwarts as seen in the films, making for a must-have collectible for fans of the wizarding world. NOTE: Before unfolding the Hogwarts map, unho...

The Nightmare Before Christmas: Official Advent Calendar: Ghoulish Delights By : Insight Editions READ BOOK NOW   DOWNLOAD BOOK NOW   Book Synopsis : Tired of the same old thing? Celebrate Christmas with Jack Skellington in an advent calendar filled with ghoulish delights!?Counting down to Christmas has never been more fun than with this frighteningly entertaining countdown calendar based on Disney's?Tim Burton?s The Nightmare Before Christmas. This special countdown calendar opens to reveal 25 gifts that include mini books, note cards, ornaments, and other surprises to take readers through the 25 days of the happiest holiday of the year.? DECK THE HALLS Includes stickers, ornaments, and holiday greetings to display?or share with friends.? THE ULTIMATE STOCKING STUFFER Discover trivia, fun film facts, and more entertaining surprises in mini-books sprinkled throughout the book. COUNTDOWN TO CHRISTMAS Uncover a new holiday surprise each day of December with exclusive collectibles ...

Star Wars: The Galactic Advent Calendar: 25 Days of Surprises With Booklets, Trinkets, and More! (Official Star Wars 2021 Advent Calendar, Countdown to Christmas) By : Insight Editions READ BOOK NOW   DOWNLOAD BOOK NOW   Book Synopsis : Filled with more than thirty surprises spread out over twenty-five days, Star Wars: The Galactic Advent Calendar is the perfect gift for any Star Wars fan.Celebrate the holidays and your favorite Star Wars moments with this advent calendar packed with a galaxy?s worth of exclusive trinkets. ??More than 30 surprises: From greeting cards to paper ornaments, buttons, booklets, and more, Star Wars: The Galactic Advent Calendar is bound to excite fans with adorable souvenirs and holiday-themed keepsakes spread out over the course of 25 days. ??The perfect stocking stuffer for Star Wars fans:?Star Wars: The Galactic Advent Calendar will make every day an adventure for Star Wars fans of all ages. ??Build your Star Wars collection: Star Wars: The Galactic Ad...

The Hating Game By : Sally Thorne READ BOOK NOW   DOWNLOAD BOOK NOW   Book Synopsis : Debut author Sally Thorne bursts on the scene with a hilarious and sexy workplace comedy all about that thin, fine line between hate and love. Nemesis (n.) 1) An opponent or rival whom a person cannot best or overcome;2) A person?s undoing;3) Joshua Templeman. Lucy Hutton and Joshua Templeman hate each other. Not dislike. Not begrudgingly tolerate. Hate. And they have no problem displaying their feelings through a series of ritualistic passive aggressive maneuvers as they sit across from each other, executive assistants to co-CEOs of a publishing company. Lucy can?t understand Joshua?s joyless, uptight, meticulous approach to his job. Joshua is clearly baffled by Lucy?s overly bright clothes, quirkiness, and Pollyanna attitude.Now up for the same promotion, their battle of wills has come to a head and Lucy refuses to back down when their latest game could cost her her dream job?But the tension be...

Move: The Forces Uprooting Us and Shaping Humanity's Destiny By : Parag Khanna READ BOOK NOW   DOWNLOAD BOOK NOW   Book Synopsis : A compelling look at the powerful global forces that will cause billions of us to move geographically over the next thirty years, ushering in an era of radical change.In the 60,000 years since people began colonizing the continents, a recurring feature of human civilization has been mobility. History is brimming with seismic global events?pandemics and plagues, wars and genocides. Each time, after a great catastrophe, our instincts to seek physical security compel us to move. The map of humanity isn?t settled?not now, not ever. The last century provides continuing evidence that we are in the most dangerous experiment humanity has ever experienced. As climates change, pandemics arrive, and economies rise and fall, which areas will people flee from and where will they resettle? Which countries will accept or reject them? How will the billions alive today,...

The World for Sale By : Javier Blas READ BOOK NOW   DOWNLOAD BOOK NOW   Book Synopsis : Meet the traders who supply the world with oil, metal and food - no matter how corrupt, war-torn or famine-stricken the source. 'The definitive, eye-opening story of the most powerful and secretive traders in the world.' Bradley Hope, co-author of Billion Dollar Whale_____The modern world is built on commodities - from the oil that fuels our cars to the metals that power our smartphones. We rarely stop to consider where they come from. But we should.In The World for Sale, two leading journalists lift the lid on one of the least scrutinised corners of the economy: the workings of the billionaire commodity traders who buy, hoard and sell the earth's resources. It is the story of how a handful of swashbuckling businessmen became indispensable cogs in global markets: enabling an enormous expansion in international trade, and connecting resource-rich countries - no matter how corrupt or wa...

Culture Map: How to Navigate the Realities of Multi-Cultural Business By : Erin Meyer READ BOOK NOW   DOWNLOAD BOOK NOW   Book Synopsis : Success in business requires navigating through wildly different cultural realities, and we become vulnerable without any knowledge of how to decode cultures foreign to our own. For today?s ever-more-globalized audience, international culture expert Erin Meyer writes a fun and instructive guide to the tactics and strategies we?ll need to overcome cultural obstacles and obtain success. Book Detail : Author : Erin Meyer Pages : 277 pages Publisher : PublicAffairs Language : eng ISBN-10 : 1610392507 ISBN-13 : 9781610392501   Supporting format: PDF, EPUB, Kindle, Audio, MOBI, HTML, RTF, TXT, etc. Supporting : PC, Android, Apple, Ipad, Iphone, etc. ================*================  

The 1-Page Marketing Plan: Get New Customers, Make More Money, And Stand out From The Crowd By : Allan Dib READ BOOK NOW   DOWNLOAD BOOK NOW   Book Synopsis : WARNING: Do Not Read This Book If You Hate Money To build a successful business, you need to stop doing random acts of marketing and start following a reliable plan for rapid business growth. Traditionally, creating a marketing plan has been a difficult and time-consuming process, which is why it often doesn't get done. In The 1-Page Marketing Plan, serial entrepreneur and rebellious marketer Allan Dib reveals a marketing implementation breakthrough that makes creating a marketing plan simple and fast. It's literally a single page, divided up into nine squares. With it you'll be able to map out your own sophisticated marketing plan and go from zero to marketing hero. Whether you're just starting out or are an experienced entrepreneur, The 1-Page Marketing Plan is the easiest and fastest way to create a marketin...

The 1-Page Marketing Plan: Get New Customers, Make More Money, And Stand out From The Crowd By : Allan Dib READ BOOK NOW   DOWNLOAD BOOK NOW   Book Synopsis : WARNING: Do Not Read This Book If You Hate Money To build a successful business, you need to stop doing random acts of marketing and start following a reliable plan for rapid business growth. Traditionally, creating a marketing plan has been a difficult and time-consuming process, which is why it often doesn't get done. In The 1-Page Marketing Plan, serial entrepreneur and rebellious marketer Allan Dib reveals a marketing implementation breakthrough that makes creating a marketing plan simple and fast. It's literally a single page, divided up into nine squares. With it you'll be able to map out your own sophisticated marketing plan and go from zero to marketing hero. Whether you're just starting out or are an experienced entrepreneur, The 1-Page Marketing Plan is the easiest and fastest way to create a marketin...

The World Turned Upside Down: America, China, and the Struggle for Global Leadership By : Clyde Prestowitz READ BOOK NOW   DOWNLOAD BOOK NOW   Book Synopsis : An authority on Asia and globalization identifies the challenges China?s growing power poses and how it must be confronted"Timely and thought-provoking. . . . An unsparing analysis of how Washington's elite fell into the grip of their China delusion."?James Kynge, Financial Times"Prestowitz doesn?t just point out problems; he offers a detailed, 25-page 'Plan for America.' An excellent comprehensive study from an expert on the subject."?Kirkus, Starred Review When China joined the World Trade Organization in 2001, most experts expected the WTO rules and procedures to liberalize China and make it ?a responsible stakeholder in the liberal world order.? But the experts made the wrong bet. China today is liberalizing neither economically nor politically but, if anything, becoming more authoritarian and ...

Building Chatbots with Python: Using Natural Language Processing and Machine Learning By : Sumit Raj READ BOOK NOW   DOWNLOAD BOOK NOW   Book Synopsis : Build your own chatbot using Python and open source tools. This book begins with an introduction to chatbots where you will gain vital information on their architecture. You will then dive straight into natural language processing with the natural language toolkit (NLTK) for building a custom language processing platform for your chatbot. With this foundation, you will take a look at different natural language processing techniques so that you can choose the right one for you. The next stage is to learn to build a chatbot using the API.ai platform and define its intents and entities. During this example, you will learn to enable communication with your bot and also take a look at key points of its integration and deployment.The final chapter of Building Chatbots with Python teaches you how to build, train, and deploy your very own chat...

Learn to Program with Python 3: A Step-By-Step Guide to Programming By : Irv Kalb READ BOOK NOW   DOWNLOAD BOOK NOW   Book Synopsis : Move from zero knowledge of programming to comfortably writing small to medium-sized programs in Python. Fully updated for Python 3, with code and examples throughout, the book explains Python coding with an accessible, step-by-step approach designed to bring you comfortably into the world of software development.Real-world analogies make the material understandable, with a wide variety of well-documented examples to illustrate each concept. Along the way, you'll develop short programs through a series of coding challenges that reinforce the content of the chapters.Learn to Program with Python 3 guides you with material developed in the author's university computer science courses. The author's conversational style feels like you're working with a personal tutor. All material is thoughtfully laid out, each lesson building on previous ones...

Programming Algorithms in LISP: Writing Efficient Programs with Examples in ANSI Common LISP By : Vsevolod Domkin READ BOOK NOW   DOWNLOAD BOOK NOW   Book Synopsis : Master algorithms programming using Lisp, including the most important data structures and algorithms. This book also covers the essential tools that help in the development of algorithmic code to give you all you need to enhance your code.Programming Algorithms in Lisp shows real-world engineering considerations and constraints that influence the programs that use these algorithms. It includes practical use cases of the applications of the algorithms to a variety of real-world problems.What You Will LearnProgram algorithms using the Lisp programming languageWork with data structures, arrays, key-values, hash-tables, trees, graphs, and moreUse dynamic programmingProgram using stringsWork with approximations and compressionWho This Book Is ForIntermediate Lisp programmers wanting to do algorithms programming. A very experie...

C++17 Standard Library Quick Reference: A Pocket Guide to Data Structures, Algorithms, and Functions By : Peter Van Weert READ BOOK NOW   DOWNLOAD BOOK NOW   Book Synopsis : This quick reference is a condensed guide to the essential data structures, algorithms, and functions provided by the C++17 Standard Library. It does not explain the C++ language or syntax, but is accessible to anyone with basic C++ knowledge or programming experience. Even the most experienced C++ programmer will learn a thing or two from it and find it a useful memory-aid. It is hard to remember all the possibilities, details, and intricacies of the vast and growing Standard Library. This handy reference guide is therefore indispensable to any C++ programmer. It offers a condensed, well-structured summary of all essential aspects of the C++ Standard Library. No page-long, repetitive examples or obscure, rarely used features. Instead, everything you need to know and watch out for in practice is outlined in a compa...

C++17 Quick Syntax Reference: A Pocket Guide to the Language, APIs and Library By : Mikael Olsson READ BOOK NOW   DOWNLOAD BOOK NOW   Book Synopsis : This quick C++17 guide is a condensed code and syntax reference to the popular programming language, fully updated for C++17. It presents the essential C++ syntax in a well-organized format that can be used as a handy reference.In the C++17 Quick Syntax Reference, you will find short, simple, and focused code examples. This book includes a well laid out table of contents and a comprehensive index allowing for easy review. You won't find any technical jargon, bloated samples, drawn out history lessons, or witty stories in this book. What you will find is a language reference that is concise, to the point and highly accessible. The book is packed with useful information and is a must-have for any C++ programmer.What You'll LearnUse template argument deduction for class templatesDeclare non-type template parameters with auto-folding ...