"Ideal Commonwealths" is a collection of utopian writings that explore the concept of an ideal society. It features works by notable thinkers such as Francis Bacon, who envisioned a society driven by scientific progress and rational thought. Tommaso Campanella's vision of a sun-centered city reflects a communal lifestyle where knowledge and virtue reign supreme. Joseph Hall and Saint Thomas More also contribute their perspectives, emphasizing moral and ethical governance. Plutarch's insigh...

Take charge of SaltStack to automate and configure your enterprise-grade environmentsKey Features\[\*\] Automate tasks effectively and take charge of your infrastructure\[\*\] Effectively scale Salt to manage thousands of machines and tackle everyday problems\[\*\] Explore Salt’s inner workings and advance your knowledge of itBook DescriptionSaltStack is a powerful configuration management and automation suite designed to man...

Key FeaturesBook DescriptionSaltStack is known as a popular configuration management system, but that barely scratches the surface. It is, in fact, a powerful automation suite, which is designed not only to help you manage your servers, but to help them manage themselves. SaltStack is used worldwide by organizations ranging from just a few servers, to tens of thousands of nodes across data centers in multiple continents. This award-winning software is ...

Extend the power of your infrastructure and applications with Salt modulesKey Features\[\*\] Get the most up-to-date practical resource on writing new Salt modules and extending Salt\[\*\] Learn through use cases and encounter both commonly-used modules as well as advanced ones\[\*\] Effectively troubleshoot problems and hiccups encountered while building and putting modules to workBook DescriptionSalt already ships with a ve...

The first cookbook from The Black Dog Tavern contains a collection of recipes from the summertime menu of this Martha's Vineyard restaurant, which has been deemed a true American institution. 75 color photos, 25 line drawings.

This book doesn’t really focus on physical miscarriages. In this book the motif of miscarriage does deal with distress, loss and death. Yet, it is used to compare the duress, misplacement and dissolution that may attempt to threaten our purpose. When we lose sight of our purpose due to circumstances that occur in various phases of our life, we are too exposed to significant risks.The focus of this book is to delve into the process of learning how to make sound decisions, during cri...

The Apostle Paul once responded to a group of pagan worshippers in Athens, Greece. One of the altars they worshipped at had an inscription written to THE UNKNOWN GOD. Paul declared, Whom therefore ye worship in ignorance, him I declare unto you. This glorious God who created all things, this glorious God with all creation in Him, this God who finished all things before He created all things, this God who chose you in Himself before the foundation of the world, this God who wrote your name ...

Get started with Twisted, the event-driven networking framework written in Python. With this introductory guide, you’ll learn the key concepts and design patterns to build event-driven client and server applications for many popular networking protocols. You’ll also learn the tools to build new protocols using Twisted’s primitives.Start by building basic TCP clients and servers, and then focus on deploying production-grade applications with the Twisted Application infrastructure. A...

There are lots of introductory C books, but this is the first one that has the no-nonsense, practical approach that has made Nutshell Handbooks® famous.C programming is more than just getting the syntax right. Style and debugging also play a tremendous part in creating programs that run well and are easy to maintain. This book teaches you not only the mechanics of programming, but also describes how to create programs that are easy to read, debug, and update.Practical rules are stressed. F...

C++ Primer Plus, Sixth EditionNew C++11 CoverageC++ Primer Plus is a carefully crafted, complete tutorial on one of the most significant and widely used programming languages today. An accessible and easy-to-use self-study guide, this book is appropriate for both serious students of programming as well as developers already proficient in other languages.The sixth edition of C++ Primer Plus has been updated and expanded to cover the...

Boiled-down essentials of the top-selling Schaum's Outline series for the student with limited timeWhat could be better than the bestselling Schaum's Outline series? For students looking for a quick nuts-and-bolts overview, it would have to be Schaum's Easy Outline series. Every book in this series is a pared-down, simplified, and tightly focused version of its predecessor. With an emphasis on clarity and brevity, each new title features a streamlined and updated f...

Build, manage, and secure your infrastructure by utilizing the power of SaltStackKey Features\[\*\] First book in the market to incorporate all the latest features of SaltStack.\[\*\] Leverage the power of SaltStack for building, managing and securing your infrastructure.\[\*\] Effectively use commands and control the state of your infrastructure in a jiffy.Book DescriptionSaltStack is one of the best infrastructure managemen...