‘Talisman for the Soul’ is an immersive and illuminating collection that expresses a powerful intensity of emotion, exploring overarching themes of human interaction, as well as the human need to transform and adapt as individuals. Written by a poet of rare descriptive power, the poems speak to a world of increasing disconnection, one that is careering towards climate breakdown and ecological destruction. The poems seek to reconnect with the mystery and sacredness of human life by explorin...

Work with the newest Oracle API Platform Cloud Service to interface with the increasingly complex array of services your clients want.Key FeaturesUnderstand the architecture and functionality of the new Oracle API Cloud Service PlatformUnderstand typical use cases for the new platform and how it can work for youDesign your own APIs, then deploy and customize your APIsImplement Oauth 2.0 policy and custom policiesMigrate from O...

A comprehensive, practical guide to successfully implementing a complete SOA governance solution by employing Oracle SOA Governance Suite. If you are an enterprise architect, solution architect, technical architect, or SOA consultant who wants to successfully implement SOA governance using the Oracle SOA Governance Suite product, then this book is for you. The book does not assume practical experience in implementing the Oracle SOA Governance Suite, however previous experience and/or expos...

So many things come to mind when you think of the word dark. Horror, death, bleak, mire, and topics that most people brush over because they are too dreary to think about. The Beauty in Darkness was an anthology concept that was thought up in collaboration with the late TS Woolard when we had made plans to go in together to run Dark Moon Rising Publications. It was his idea to showcase darkness and allow people to see below the surface to witness the ethereal enchantment humanity shies awa...

Do you know someone who was an addict, and now, they are sober? Do you know someone who was an addict and couldn't beat their addiction in time? Do you know someone who is currently struggling with addiction? Show them you care by purchasing this anthology. Help raise awareness so your best friend, brother, parent, or anyone in your life isn't taken by the drug epidemic in America. The education for addiction post rehab/sobriety isn't pushed as much as the need to get sober. Many people fe...

A dark speculative fiction anthology of ecological delights and nightmares. In each piece, Nature prevails, it triumphs, one way or another, with teeth, claws, vines, tentacles, or more over human exploitation. Prose and poetry are equals here, giving you decadent, violent, and elegant delights. Dark humor and dark tales for dreams of a better tomorrow. All speculative subgenres are included, from literary horror, extreme horror, psychological horror to dark science fiction and new weird. ...

The amount of data produced, captured and transmitted through the media has never been greater. But for this data to be useful, it needs to be properly understood and claims made about or with data need to be properly scrutinized.Through a series of examples of statistics in the media, this book shows you how to critically assess the presentation of data in the media, to identify what is significant and to sort verifiable conclusions from misleading claims. How accurate are polls, ...

Age, Period and Cohort Effects: Statistical Analysis and the Identification Problem gives a number of perspectives from top methodologists and applied researchers on the best ways to attempt to answer Age–Period–Cohort related questions about society.Age–Period–Cohort (APC) analysis is a fundamental topic for any quantitative social scientist studying individuals over time. At the same time, it is also one of the most misunderstood and underestimated topics in quantitative...

Willy the Wolf wanted to convince Bob the Beaver that there were thieves around. But the only way he could do that was to be the thief himself. At first, Bob was fooled but not for long. Soon, Willy got what was coming to him. If there were thieves and robbers, there were police officers too!

Andrew Bell is an experienced translator and copyeditor, and well known within the translation community for “Watercooler”, the Facebook group he has run since 2009 - one of the first online communities for translators - and as a regular contributor to professional journals. “Making it as a Freelance Translator” is a combination of journal articles and blog entries written by the author, both on his blog “The Cycling Translator”, and new entries written especially for the book. Packe...

Winner of the 2011 Jolt Excellence Award!Getting software released to users is often a painful, risky, and time-consuming process.This groundbreaking new book sets out the principles and technical practices that enablerapid, incremental delivery of high quality, valuable new functionality to users. Throughautomation of the build, deployment, and testing process, and improved collaboration betweendevelopers, testers, and operations, d...

Enterprise Integration Patterns provides an invaluable catalog of sixty-five patterns, with real-world solutions that demonstrate the formidable of messaging and help you to design effective messaging solutions for your enterprise.The authors also include examples covering a variety of different integration technologies, such as JMS, MSMQ, TIBCO ActiveEnterprise, Microsoft BizTalk, SOAP, and XSL. A case study describing a bond trading system illustrates the patterns in pra...