Briar’s Tale mixes down-home mountain humor with tales of coming of age in rural Owsley County, Kentucky. It explores the unique relationship between an avid outdoorsman and his bird dogs, hunting companions and the natural world. Along the way, it explores ethical hunting practices and environmental education as well as how a dog and his master face the inevitable challenges of aging.

Personal problems? World problems? Healing issues? Creativity challenges? They can all be resolved with a fun new method called “remembering.” The Remembering Process reveals a breakthrough creativity technique that anyone can use to easily create, produce, innovate, solve, resolve . . . and more! Beyond any New Age or self-help teaching, this process taps into the future as not only possible, but accessible in this very moment. This leading-edge book is a mind-stretching exploration of ho...

Personal problems? World problems? Healing issues? Creativity challenges? They can all be resolved with an amazing new method called "remembering." The Remembering Process reveals a breakthrough technique that anyone can use to easily create, produce, innovate, solve, resolve . . . and more!Beyond any New Age or self-help teaching, this process proves that it’s not only possible to tap into the future, but that it’s also accessible to us in every moment.

Are you serious about network security? Then check out SSH, the Secure Shell, which provides key-based authentication and transparent encryption for your network connections. It's reliable, robust, and reasonably easy to use, and both free and commercial implementations are widely available for most operating systems. While it doesn't solve every privacy and security problem, SSH eliminates several of them very effectively.Everything you want to know about SSH is in our second edit...

If you use Linux in your day-to-day work, then Linux Pocket Guide is the perfect on-the-job reference. This thoroughly updated 20th anniversary edition explains more than 200 Linux commands, including new commands for file handling, package management, version control, file format conversions, and more.In this concise guide, author Daniel Barrett provides the most useful Linux commands grouped by functionality. Whether you're a novice or an experienced user, this practical...

What are the odds of hitting the national lottery for $330.0 million dollars? The odds are 270 million to one. What are the odds of hitting it twice? The odds are four in ten billion. What are the odds of a couple hitting the lottery, one for $330.0 million dollars and the other for $480.0 million dollars, three years later in cities 1,500 miles apart? It's never been calculated but the couple, together, hit for $810.0 million dollars, equivalent to the third highest total in history. Jack...

Joe Traynor has fulfilled his obligation as the Interim President of The College of the Florida Keys and has been appointed as the Assistant Superintendent of the Coast Guard Academy in New London, Connecticut. At 37, Joe is the youngest in history to serve in this position. His last 18 years have been filled with action, stopping the most horrific criminal groups in the United States. Now, his duties will be filled with days of administration, curriculum and planned events. Other than att...

Today's software applications need more than a friendly interface and correct algorithms. They also need to be responsible: to be beneficial for society and not cause harm. In an era of AI chatbots, deep fake images and videos, social media bubbles, expanding privacy regulations, and a warming planet, it's more important than ever to practice responsible software engineering so your products earn your users' trust—and deserve it.Responsible Software Engineering ga...

Employing a lively and accessible writing style, author Daniel W. Barrett integrates up-to-date coverage of social psychology’s core theories, concepts, and research with a discussion of emerging developments in the field—including social neuroscience and the social psychology of happiness, religion, and sustainability. Engaging examples, Applying Social Psychology sections, and a wealth of pedagogical features help readers cultivate a deep understanding of the causes of social be...

Unlock the secrets of the Terminal and discover how this powerful tool solves problems the Finder can't handle. With this handy guide, you'll learn commands for a variety of tasks, such as killing programs that refuse to quit, renaming a large batch of files in seconds, or running jobs in the background while you do other work.Get started with an easy-to-understand overview of the Terminal and its partner, the shell. Then dive into commands neatly arranged into two dozen categories...

Do you want to learn how to lose weight? Then this book will tell you how! The Ketogenic Diet has helped thousands of people to lose fat forever! Being a busy person means to have very little time to think about healthy eating and empowering nutrition habits. Often times, the crazy dense life schedule causes to ingurgitate an insane amount of carbs and fats on a daily basis. This compromises long term health and short term well-being. The solution? The Ketogenic Diet! When you purchase thi...

This book provides a diverse collection of studies reporting the effects of social influence processes in multiple cultures at both the universal and culture-specific levels. The book is characterized by three distinct features. First, the social influence process is considered as a ubiquitous and pervasive feature of human interaction. Second, the book represents a multicultural approach which includes both cross-cultural and culture-focused examinations. Third, the book emphasizes practi...