With eloquence, candor, and simplicity, a celebrated author tells the story of his father\'s alcohol abuse and suicide and traces the influence of this secret on his life as a son, father, husband, minister, and writer.--USA Today

Fortran remains one of the principal programming languages used in high-performance scientific, numerical, and engineering computing. A series of significant revisions to the standard versions of the language have progressively enhanced its capabilities and the latest standard, Fortran 2008, includes many modern features, such as object orientation, coarrays for parallel programming, interoperability

pAround the turn of the twentieth century, and for decades thereafter, Oregon had the second largest Chinese population in the United States. In terms of geographical coverage, Portland\'s two Chinatowns one an urban area of brick commercial structures, one a vegetable-gardening community of shanty dwellings were the largest in all of North America.ppMarie Rose Wong chronicles the history of Portland\'s

Much of the political turmoil that has occurred in Afghanistan since the Marxist revolution of 1978 has been attributed to the dispute between Soviet-aligned Marxists and the religious extremists inspired by Egyptian and Pakistani brands of fundamentalist Islam. In a significant departure from this view, David B. Edwards contends that-though Marxism and radical Islam have undoubtedly played a significant

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biThe Fortunate Onesi feels like a fresh and remarkably sure-footed take on iThe Great Gatsbyi, examining the complex costs of attempting to transcend or exchange your given class for a more gilded one. Tarkington\'s understanding of the human heart and mind is deep, wise, and uncommonly empathetic. As a novelist, he is the real deal. I can\'t wait to see this story reach a wide audience, and to see

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bThis funny and endearing novel of family, secrets, and aging follows an elderly man who heads off on a joyride with a new young friend--who may have some secrets of her own.b p A driving force in literature, the one and only Lee Smith returns with a road trip novel, a story full of hope and humor about not going away quietly--at any age. p Aging Herb\'s charmed life with his dear wife, Susan, in their

pemWriting Travelem investigates the ways in which two major Latin American authors, Roberto Bolao and Juan Jos Saer, engage with travel and space in their literary work. Travel and space are structures of representation within which cultural traditions are interrogated, reassessed and reformulated and therefore fundamental to the understanding of the critical fabric of the texts themselves. The book

pThis work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.ppThis 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.ppScholars believe,

The story of the Lonely Lobster is the heartwarming tale of an unlikely friendship between two crustaceans a lobster and a crab. The two are thrust together during a storm and became the best of friends despite the fact that lobsters like to dine on crabs. This surprising bond between predator and prey will leave you wondering, Why can\'t we all just get along

pThis book is a heartfelt plea to improve the moral and religious knowledge of the native Irish through the medium of their own language. It advocates for the establishment of Gaelic-speaking schools and the promotion of literacy in the Irish language. Anderson argues that an educated Irish populace is crucial for the prosperity of Ireland, and that this can only be achieved through a focus on their

High Performance Learning is written for managers and training professionals. For managers, High Performance Learning will assist you in ensuring that your team gets the most out of internal and external training courses and e-learning programs to help meet your personal, team and organizational goals. It provides managers with an understanding of their role in the training process and how they can

What does the Biblical story of Nathan and David say about effective communication skills How do you identify the Raja Bhoj, the Gangu Teli and the Shekchilli in your office What is the corporate equivalent of an Ashwamedha yajna Drawing from sources as diverse as the Mahabharata and the Bible, the Vikram-Betal stories, the Iliad and the Odyssey, Islamic tenets, the tales of rishis and kings, and fables

Although he was born into slavery and endured a permanent physical disability, Epictetus ca. 50-ca. 130 CE maintained that all people are free to control their lives and live in harmony with nature. We will always be happy, he argued, if we learn to desire that things should be exactly as they are. After attaining his freedom, Epictetus spent his career teaching philosophy and advising a daily regimen

This book has been considered by academicians and scholars of great significance and value to literature. This forms a part of the knowledge base for future generations. So that the book is never forgotten we have represented this book in a print format as the same form as it was originally first published. Hence any marks or annotations seen are left intentionally to preserve its true nature.

pbiMediterranean Capitalism Revisitedibb brings together leading experts on the political economies of southern Europe--specifically Greece, Italy, Spain, and Portugal--to closely analyze and explain the primary socioeconomic and institutional features that define Mediterranean capitalism within the wider European context.b These economies share a number of features, most notably their difficulties

A guide to the all-time must-have jazz recordings by a maven of the genre. pPossibly the twentieth century\'s greatest musical innovation, jazz is now more popular than it has been for the past fifty years. But with the plethora of new recordings and the phenomenon in jazz of the same standards being recorded seemingly by almost every artist and band or trio, it\'s very hard to know where to start

i100 Years of Spanish Cinemai provides an in-depth look at the most important movements, films, and directors of twentieth-century Spain from the silent era to the present day. ul liA glossary of film terms provides definitions of essential technical, aesthetic, and historical termsli liFeatures a visual portfolio illustrating key points of many of the films analyzedli liIncludes a clear, concise timeline

pTools for Design is intended to provide you with an overview of computer aided design using two popular CAD software packages from Autodesk AutoCAD and Autodesk Inventor. This book explores the strengths of each package and shows how they can be used in design, both separately and in combination with each other.ppWhat you\'ll learnpul liHow to create and dimension 2D multiview drawings using AutoCADli