Charlie Porter just can&t bring himself to say the &M& word Things are perfect with his girlfriend of two years Ashley when his free-spirited brother proposes to a woman he&s known less than 24 hours All eyes suddenly on Charlie & his reluctance to take the plunge he tries anything to avoid popping the question it&s one comical scheme & & You Did What?!& outburst after another until he must decide between the lifestyle or the woman that he loves ...

Hilarious & empowering advice tips & life-changing wisdom on being yourself & doing your thing
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The extraordinary new novel from the grande dame of suspense Mary Higgins Clark & Alafair Burke 288 pages Clark Mary Higgins ...

No matter how much experience you have with Java Script odds are you don't fully understand the language As part of the You Don't Know JS series this concise yet in-depth guide focuses on new asynchronous features & performance techniques-including Promises generators & Web Workers-that let you create sophisticated single-page web applications & escape callback hell in the process Like other books in this series You Don't Know JS Async & Performance dives into trickier parts of the language that many Java Script programmers simply avoid Armed with this knowledge you can become a true Java Script master With this book you will Explore old & new Java Script methods for handling asynchronous programming Understand how callbacks let third parties control your program's execution Address the inversion of control issue with Java Script Promises Use generators to express async flow in a sequential synchronous-looking fashion Tackle program-level performance with Web Workers SIMD & asmjs Learn valuable resources & techniques for benchmarking & tuning your expressions & statements ...

No matter how much experience you have with Java Script odds are you don't fully understand the language This concise in-depth guide takes you inside Java Script's this structure & object prototypes You'll learn how they work & why they're integral to behavior delegation
- a design pattern in which objects are linked rather than cloned Like other books in the You Don't Know JS series this & Object Prototypes dives into trickier parts of the language that many Java Script programmers simply avoid Armed with this knowledge you can become a true Java Script master With this book you will Explore how the this binding points to objects based on how the function is called Look into the nature of JS objects & why you'd need to point to them Learn how developers use the mixin pattern to fake classes in JS Examine how JS's prototype mechanism forms links between objects Learn how to move from classinheritance design to behavior delegation Understand how the OLOO (objects-linked-to-other-objects) coding style naturally implements behavior delegation
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No matter how much experience you have with Java Script odds are you don't fully understand the language This compact guide serves as an introduction to the You Don't Know JS series which dives into trickier parts of the language that many Java Script programmers simply avoid-or use incorrectly In this compact guide author Kyle Simpson explains basic Java Script language concepts & shows developers how to take advantage of them while exposing various misconceptions Perfect for programmers who aren't familiar with Java Script this book helps you to get the most out of other books in the series-and guides you toward true Java Script mastery ...

As chosen by The BBC RADIO 2 BOOK CLUB & one of The TELEGRAPH'S CRIME BOOKS OF THE YEAR' Remarkable' Simon Mayo BBC Radio 2 It's easy to judge between right & wrong
- isn't it? Not until you hear a convincing truth Now it's up to you to decide An unnamed defendant stands accused of murder Just before the Closing Speeches the young man sacks his lawyer & decides to give his own defence speech He tells us that his barrister told him to leave some things out Sometimes the truth can be too difficult to explain or believe But he thinks that if he's going to go down for life he might as well go down telling the truth There are eight pieces of evidence against him As he talks us through them one by one his life is in our hands We the reader
- member of the jury
- must keep an open mind till we hear the end of his story His defence raises many questions but at the end of the speeches only one matters Did he do it?PRAISE FOR YOU DON'T KNOW ME' An original take on a courtroom drama that puts the reader in the position of the jury superb character-driven fiction Masterful' Guardian' Startlingly original stunning superbly executed' DAILY MAIL'A rollercoaster ride' GUARDIAN' An exciting first novel highly original cleverly plotted & convincingly written' LITERARY REVIEW' You Don't Know Me is a brave debut by a barrister an impressively original courtroom drama' THE TIMES' You'll never guess the ending' THE SUN'A daring concept executed to perfection a hypnotic & authentic voice & questions for us to answer as people & readers' LEE CHILD' An eye-opening slick & compulsive thriller with an important message & unique writing' ADAM DEACON actor writer rapper director
- star of Kidulthood & Adulthood'A startlingly original courtroom drama perfectly executed gripping the reader from the first sentence with the defendant's unique voice & not letting go until a surprising twist at the end Mahmood is most definitely one to watch ' DAILY EXPRESS' You've never read anything quite like this' BARRY FORSHAW FINANCIAL TIMES



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A celebrity glares A community burns A child&s heart breaks A recipe summons a ghost A dying woman makes her peace An art form sustains the spirit In You Don&t Say award-winning graphic novelist Nate Powell -- of the 1 New York Times Bestseller March Book One & the Eisner Award-Winning & Graphic Novel of the Year& Swallow Me Whole -- collects a decade of powerful short works Autobiography fiction essay comics collaborations & more fill these thoughtful pitch-black pages comprising rare & previously unreleased material from 2004-2013 ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Director Dennis Dugan & screenwriters Adam Sandler Robert Smigel (Triumph the Insult Comic Dog) & Judd Apatow (Knocked Up) present You Don&t Mess With The Zohan
- a hilarious comedy about a Mossad Agent (Sandler) who fakes his own death in order to pursue his dream To become a hairstylist in New York! Comedy superstar Adam Sandler is back
- & funnier than ever
- as The Zohan the finest counterterrorist agent the Israeli army has That is until he fakes his death & travels to Manhattan to live his dreamas a hairdresser Now this skilled fighting machine who used to clip bad guys is out to prove he can make the cut as a top stylist All goes silky smooth until his cover is blown when he&s recognized by a Palestinian cab driver (Rob Schneider) Now The Zohan must fight to live a peaceful new life in New York in this razor-sharp action-packed comedy from Adam Sandler Robert Smigel Judd Apatow & Dennis Dugan


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Charles Bukowski examines cats & his childhood in You Get So Alone at Times a book of poetry that reveals his tender side He delves into his youth to analyze its repercussions ...