Showstopper!

Showstopper!

Author: G. Pascal Zachary

Publisher: Open Road Media

Published: 2014-04-01

Total Pages: 239

ISBN-13: 1480494844

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This “inside account captures the energy—and the madness—of the software giant’s race to develop a critical new program. . . . Gripping” (Fortune Magazine). Showstopper is the dramatic, inside story of the creation of Windows NT, told by Wall Street Journal reporter G. Pascal Zachary. Driven by the legendary David Cutler, a picked band of software engineers sacrifices almost everything in their lives to build a new, stable, operating system aimed at giving Microsoft a platform for growth through the next decade of development in the computing business. Comparable in many ways to the Pulitzer Prize–winning book The Soul of a New Machine by Tracy Kidder, Showstopper gets deep inside the process of software development, the lives and motivations of coders and the pressure to succeed coupled with the drive for originality and perfection that can pull a diverse team together to create a program consisting of many hundreds of thousands of lines of code.


CHARLES DICKENS Ultimate Collection – ALL 20 Novels with Illustrations & 200+ Short Stories, Children's Books, Plays, Poems, Articles, Autobiographical Writings & Biographies (Illustrated)

CHARLES DICKENS Ultimate Collection – ALL 20 Novels with Illustrations & 200+ Short Stories, Children's Books, Plays, Poems, Articles, Autobiographical Writings & Biographies (Illustrated)

Author: Charles Dickens

Publisher: Good Press

Published: 2024-01-15

Total Pages: 12854

ISBN-13:

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This carefully crafted ebook: "CHARLES DICKENS Ultimate Collection" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents: Novels Oliver Twist The Pickwick Papers Nicholas Nickleby The Old Curiosity Shop Barnaby Rudge Martin Chuzzlewit Dombey and Son David Copperfield Bleak House Hard Times Little Dorrit A Tale of Two Cities Great Expectations Our Mutual Friend The Mystery of Edwin Drood Christmas Novellas A Christmas Carol The Chimes The Cricket on the Hearth The Battle of Life The Haunted Man Short Story Collections Sketches by Boz Sketches of Young Gentlemen Sketches of Young Couples Master Humphrey' Clock Reprinted Pieces The Mudfog Papers Pearl-Fishing (First Series) Pearl-Fishing (Second Series) Christmas Stories Other Stories Children's Books Child's Dream of a Star Holiday Romance Stories About Children Every Child Can Read Dickens's Children Plays The Village Coquettes The Strange Gentleman The Lamplighter Is She His Wife Mr. Nightingale's Diary No Thoroughfare The Frozen Deep Poetry The Loving Ballad of Lord Bateman The Poems and Verses of Charles Dickens Travel Books American Notes Pictures From Italy The Lazy Tour of Two Idle Apprentices Other Works Sunday Under Three Heads A Child's History of England Memoirs of Joseph Grimaldi The Life of Our Lord The Uncommercial Traveller Contributions to "All The Year Round" Contributions to "The Examiner" Miscellaneous Papers Essays & Articles A Coal Miner's Evidence The Lost Arctic Voyagers Frauds on the Fairies Adelaide Anne Procter In Memoriam W. M. Thackeray Speeches of Charles Dickens: Literary and Social Letters of Charles Dickens Criticism CHARLES DICKENS by G. K. Chesterton DICKENS by Sir Adolphus W. Ward THE LIFE OF CHARLES DICKENS by John Forster MY FATHER AS I RECALL HIM by Mamie Dickens Charles Dickens (1812-1870), an English writer and social critic, created some of the world's best-known fictional characters and is regarded as the greatest novelist of the Victorian era.


90 CRIME NOVELS: Complete Collection

90 CRIME NOVELS: Complete Collection

Author: Edgar Wallace

Publisher: e-artnow

Published: 2015-07-20

Total Pages: 19793

ISBN-13: 8026840801

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This carefully crafted ebook: "90 CRIME NOVELS: Complete Collection (The Secret House, The Daffodil Mystery, The Angel of Terror, The Crimson Circle, The Black Abbot, The Forger, The Green Archer, The Avenger, Jack O'Judgement…)" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents. Contents: Angel Esquire The Fourth Plague Grey Timothy The Man who Bought London The Melody of Death A Debt Discharged The Tomb of T'Sin The Secret House The Clue of the Twisted Candle Down under Donovan The Man who Knew The Green Rust Kate Plus Ten The Daffodil Mystery Jack O'Judgment The Angel of Terror The Crimson Circle Mr. Justice Maxell The Valley of Ghosts Captains of Souls The Clue of the New Pin The Green Archer The Missing Million The Dark Eyes of London Double Dan The Face in the Night The Sinister Man The Three Oak Mystery The Blue Hand The Daughters of the Night The Ringer A King by Night The Strange Countess The Avenger The Black Abbot The Day of Uniting The Door with Seven Locks The Man from Morocco The Million Dollar Story The Northing Tramp Penelope of the Polyantha The Square Emerald The Terrible People We Shall See! The Yellow Snake Big Foot Inspector Wade and the Feathered Serpent Flat 2 The Forger The Hand of Power The Man Who Was Nobody Number Six The Squeaker The Traitor's Gate The Double The Flying Squad The Thief in the Night The Gunner Four Square Jane The Golden Hades The Green Ribbon The Calendar The Clue of the Silver Key The Lady of Ascot The Devil Man The Man at the Carlton The Coat of Arms On the Spot: Violence and Murder in Chicago When the Gangs Came to London The Frightened Lady The Green Pack The Man Who Changed His Name The Mouthpiece Smoky Cell The Table Sanctuary Island The Road to London The Four Just Men The Council of Justice The Just Men of Cordova The Law of the Four Just Men The Three Just Men Again the Three Just Men Detective Sgt. Elk Series: The Nine Bears ...


Romantic Suspense Complete Collection

Romantic Suspense Complete Collection

Author: Meli Raine

Publisher: Meli Raine

Published:

Total Pages: 4578

ISBN-13:

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Attention binge readers! Do you enjoy pulse-pounding romantic suspense, with women in peril and strong men who rescue them? How about smart heroines who may or may not be telling the truth — and heroes who love these unreliable narrators anyhow? Love being on the edge of your seat, but cliffhangers frustrate you? Here you go: 18 books in one big world full of so many secrets, so much attraction, enemies who become lovers and second chance romance that leaves you breathless. No need to wait for the next book when you have them all right here. USA Today bestselling author Meli Raine’s world began with Finding Allie, and ends with Fateless. Each trilogy is a story unto itself, with one couple per trilogy, but the storylines all interweave. When innocent eighteen-year-old Allie discovers her stepfather’s a bar-owning drug dealer who may have killed her mother, she’s rescued by bad boy motorcycle club member Chase - whose own father, the president of Atlas MC, is way more than he seems. Thrown into a deep state mystery they cannot even fathom, it takes all her wits and hopes to survive betrayal, kidnapping, and more. Happy endings don’t come easy for any of the six couples in this giant boxed set, but love always prevails, even when the odds are stacked against them, from president’s daughters to spies and more. Come join a romantic thriller world that will keep you flipping the page… here’s your next series. Get ready for one wild ride. This boxed set contains the books: Finding Allie Chasing Allie Keeping Allie Return Revenge Reunion A Harmless Little Game A Harmless Little Ruse A Harmless Little Plan A Shameless Little Con A Shameless Little Lie A Shameless Little Bet False Memory False Hope False Start Stateless Traceless Fateless All of the books are available in audiobook, too! With narrators Sebastian York, Andi Arndt, Tanya Eby, Joe Arden, Virginia Rose, Savannah Peachwood, and Aaron Shedlock, your ears are in for so many hours of intense thrills.


HOLIDAY Ultimate Collection: 400+ Christmas Novels, Stories, Poems, Carols & Legends (Illustrated Edition)

HOLIDAY Ultimate Collection: 400+ Christmas Novels, Stories, Poems, Carols & Legends (Illustrated Edition)

Author: Louis Stevenson

Publisher: e-artnow

Published: 2018-12-03

Total Pages: 6684

ISBN-13: 8026898753

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This meticulously edited and unique Christmas collection is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents: The Gift of the Magi (O. Henry) The Holy Night (Selma Lagerlöf) A Merry Christmas & Other Christmas Stories (Louisa May Alcott) A Letter from Santa Claus (Mark Twain) Silent Night The Night After Christmas The Child Born at Bethlehem The Adoration of the Shepherds The Visit of the Wise Men As Joseph Was A-Walking The Tale of Peter Rabbit (Beatrix Potter) Where Love Is, God Is (Leo Tolstoy) The Three Kings (Henry Wadsworth Longfellow) A Christmas Carol (Samuel Taylor Coleridge) Life and Adventures of Santa Claus (L. Frank Baum) Christmas At Sea (Robert Louis Stevenson) The Savior Must Have Been A Docile Gentleman (Emily Dickinson) The Heavenly Christmas Tree (Fyodor Dostoevsky) The Little City of Hope (F. Marion Crawford) The First Christmas Of New England (Harriet Beecher Stowe) Christmas in the Olden Time (Walter Scott) Christmas In India (Rudyard Kipling) A Christmas Carol (Charles Dickens) The Twelve Days of Christmas The Wonderful Wizard of OZ (L. Frank Baum) Ring Out, Wild Bells (Alfred Lord Tennyson) Little Lord Fauntleroy (Frances Hodgson Burnett) Black Beauty (Anna Sewell) The Christmas Child (Hesba Stretton) Granny's Wonderful Chair (Frances Browne) The Romance of a Christmas Card (Kate Douglas Wiggin) Wind in the Willows (Kenneth Grahame) The Wonderful Life - Story of the life and death of our Lord (Hesba Stretton) The Christmas Angel (A. Brown) Christmas at Thompson Hall (Anthony Trollope) Christmas Every Day (William Dean Howells) The Lost Word (Henry van Dyke) The Nutcracker and the Mouse King (E. T. A. Hoffmann) The Little Match Girl The Elves and the Shoemaker Mother Holle The Star Talers Snow-White…


Shopping for a Billionaire: The Complete Collection

Shopping for a Billionaire: The Complete Collection

Author: Julia Kent

Publisher: Julia Kent

Published:

Total Pages: 3796

ISBN-13:

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Nine hundred fifty-six thousand eight hundred and one words. Sounds like the beginning of a Broadway theme song (yes, the numbers are off, but hey…). Instead, it’s the word count on this 17-book boxed set! Shopping for a Billionaire: The Complete Collection includes all of the New York Times and USA Today bestselling books in Julia Kent’s romantic comedy billionaire saga. This HUGE anthology gives contemporary romance readers a whole new world to sink into, with office romance, urban and small-town fun, plenty of opposites attracting and enemies to lovers transitions that end in a happily ever after. Whether you love rom coms, chick-lit, or romance novels that make you laugh, this boxed set is for you. Want meet-cutes? Plenty of them in here. Fish-out-of-water? Grumpy hero and sunshine heroine? Second chances? Yep. Proposals, weddings, honeymoons, babies, first Christmases and other holidays? Come on in and check out the series. It all starts when mystery shopper Shannon Jacoby meets billionaire Declan McCormick while in disguise in the men’s room in one of his stores. Romance isn’t in her job description, but suddenly, life heats up as their unexpected encounter leads to an undeniable attraction. Plus, even her cat loves him. When a grumpy cat loves your billionaire boyfriend, you keep the guy. Right? By the end of the collection, they’re married, have a baby, and are trying for more. Along the way, her best friend marries his brother (spoiler!), her two sisters flirt with his other brother and his Scottish cousin, and it’s all interconnected, with so much heart, plenty of swoon, and more laughs than you can count. If you’re never read Julia Kent’s romantic comedy series, now’s your chance for a truckload of hilarious humorous fiction. Dive in and shop for your very own billionaire*. Warning: Julia is not responsible for readers who laugh in bed and keep partners awake. Read responsibly. *Billionaire not guaranteed.


The Rougon-Macquart Cycle: Complete Collection - ALL 20 Novels In One Volume

The Rougon-Macquart Cycle: Complete Collection - ALL 20 Novels In One Volume

Author: Émile Zola

Publisher: e-artnow

Published: 2016-05-20

Total Pages: 8398

ISBN-13: 8026865030

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This carefully crafted ebook: "The Rougon-Macquart Cycle: Complete Collection - ALL 20 Novels In One Volume" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents. Les Rougon-Macquart is the collective title given to a cycle of twenty novels by French writer Émile Zola. Subtitled "Natural and social history of a family under the Second Empire", it follows the life of one family during the Second French Empire (1852–1870). In this tremendous work Zola first and foremost examines the impact of social environment on men and women, by varying the social, economic, political and professional milieu in which each novel takes place. It provides us with a close look at everyday life, gives us a deep insight into important social changes and it shows us the true people's history of the Second Empire. Table of Contents: The Fortune of the Rougons (La Fortune des Rougon) The Kill (La Curée) The Belly of Paris (Le Ventre de Paris) The Conquest of Plassans (La Conquête de Plassans) The Sin of Father Mouret (La Faute de l'Abbé Mouret) His Excellency Eugène Rougon (Son Excellence Eugène Rougon) The Drinking Den (L'Assommoir) One Page of Love (Une Page d'amour) Nana Piping Hot (Pot-Bouille) The Ladies' Paradise (Au Bonheur des Dames) The Joy of Life (La Joie de vivre) Germinal The Masterpiece (L'Œuvre) The Earth (La Terre) The Dream (Le Rêve) The Beast in Man (La Bête humaine) Money (L'Argent) The Downfall (La Débâcle) Doctor Pascal (Le Docteur Pascal) Émile Zola (1840-1902), French novelist, critic, and political activist who was the most prominent French novelist of the late 19th century. He was noted for his theories of naturalism, which underlie his monumental 20-novel series Les Rougon-Macquart, and for his intervention in the Dreyfus Affair through his famous open letter, "J'accuse."


The Ultimate Collection of Christmas Tales

The Ultimate Collection of Christmas Tales

Author: Louisa May Alcott

Publisher: e-artnow

Published: 2020-12-17

Total Pages: 5959

ISBN-13:

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This carefully edited collection of Christmas tales, short stories, myths and legends has been designed and formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices. Table of Contents: Louisa May Alcott: Merry Christmas A Christmas Dream and How It Came True Becky's Christmas Dream Kitty's Class Day Rosa's Tale Tilly's Christmas The Abbot's Ghost, or Maurice Treherne's Temptation What the Bell Saw and Said A Christmas Turkey, and How It Came The Little Red Purse A Country Christmas O. Henry: The Gift of the Magi Whistling Dick's Christmas Stocking Christmas by Injunction A Chaparral Christmas Gift Hans Christian Andersen: The Little Match Girl The Steadfast Tin Soldier The Snow Queen The Old House The Drop of Water The Happy Family The Story of a Mother The False Collar The Shadow The Old Street-lamp The Dream of Little Tuk The Naughty Boy The Two Neighboring Families The Darning-needle The Red Shoes Selma Lagerlöf: The Holy Night The Christmas Guest The Flight Into Egypt The Legend of the Christmas Rose Harriet Beecher Stowe: Betty's Bright Idea The First Christmas Of New England Deacon Pitkin's Farm Charles Dickens: A Christmas Carol The Chimes The Cricket on the Hearth The Battle of Life The Haunted Man A Christmas Tree What Christmas Is As We Grow Older The Poor Relation's Story The Child's Story The Schoolboy's Story Nobody's Story The Seven Poor Travellers The Holly-Tree The Wreck of the Golden Mary The Perils of Certain English Prisoners A House to Let The Haunted House A Message From the Sea Tom Tiddler's Ground Somebody's Luggage Mrs. Lirriper's Lodgings Mrs. Lirriper's Legacy Doctor Marigold's Prescriptions Mugby Junction No Thoroughfare Christmas at Fezziwig's Warehouse Thomas Nelson Page: Santa Claus's Partner A Captured Santa Claus Tommy Trots Visit to Santa Claus How the Captain made Christmas Anthony Trollope: Christmas at Thompson Hall Christmas Day at Kirkby Cottage The Mistletoe Bough Not if I Know It The Two Generals William Dean Howells: Christmas Every Day Turkeys Turning the Tables The Pony Engine and the Pacific Express The Pumpkin Glory…


Complete Short Stories of Rudyard Kipling: 25 Illustrated Collections

Complete Short Stories of Rudyard Kipling: 25 Illustrated Collections

Author: Rudyard Kipling

Publisher: Good Press

Published: 2024-01-08

Total Pages: 5300

ISBN-13:

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Rudyard Kipling's 'Complete Short Stories of Rudyard Kipling: 25 Illustrated Collections' is a comprehensive compilation of short stories that showcase Kipling's literary prowess and diverse storytelling abilities. This collection reflects the author's keen observations of the British Empire and the complexities of human nature, blending elements of adventure, imperialism, and morality in his narratives. Kipling's masterful use of language, vivid imagery, and well-developed characters make this collection a timeless classic that continues to resonate with readers of all ages. Each story is accompanied by stunning illustrations that enhance the reading experience and bring Kipling's vivid world to life. Kipling's writing style is characterized by its rich detail, deep symbolism, and moral complexity, making each story a thought-provoking and engaging read. As a prolific writer who drew inspiration from his own experiences in colonial India, Kipling's stories offer valuable insights into the cultural and social issues of his time. 'Complete Short Stories of Rudyard Kipling' is a must-read for lovers of classic literature and historical fiction, offering a captivating journey through the intricacies of human nature and the lasting impact of imperialism on society.


The Happy Holidays Series: The Complete Collection

The Happy Holidays Series: The Complete Collection

Author: Michele Brouder

Publisher: Michele Brouder

Published: 2021-11-02

Total Pages: 747

ISBN-13:

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5 heartwarming, sweet romances because every holiday deserves a happy ending. A Whyte Christmas Kate O’Connor has had a rough year and Christmas looks to be no better but a dashing Irishman is about to change all that. This Christmas Holly vows never to trust a man again but her new landlord with his warm brown eyes and quirky sense of humor soon test that vow. A Wish for Christmas More than anything India Ramone wants to give her family a wonderful Christmas. What she hadn’t counted on was the grumpy billionaire that comes into her life. One Kiss for Christmas Thirty years after they last saw each other, Jim and Donna meet again and uncover secrets that kept them apart. Second chance romance. A Wedding for Christmas One disastrous blind date might just lead to something else.