Many programmers struggle to write programs even though they understand their chosen programming language. Programming isnt about syntax--its about problem solving & all good programmers can solve problems. Unfortunately most programming books focus on syntax & semantics resulting in programmers who cant make the leap from reading programs to writing them. Think Like a Programmer bridges that gap teaching readers how to solve problems systematically offering numerous techniques & examples designed to demonstrate how to organize thoughts discover solutions & find strategies to solve certain classes of problems. Programming & especially problem solving is a creative activity & although this book wont tell anyone precisely what to do in a given circumstance it will help readers develop their latent problem-solving abilities so that they will know what they should do. Think Like a Programmer is designed to help readers become the programmers they were meant to be. ...

Fed up with endless faddy diets that never deliver the results you want & leave you lunging for the chocolate with a guilty conscience? It's time to stop punishing your body with crazy regimes in the hope that one day it will co-operate & recognize that to lose weight & change your body you first have to change how you think. Think More Eat Less" will help you do just that providing a step-by-step plan to re-programme your thoughts surrounding food. It will also give you an understanding of how your hormones control your body weight & how you can learn to manage them using a unique food system to cleanse your body & burn fat allowing you to make physical & emotional transformations you never thought possible: a total Mind-Body makeover." ...

Think of a Number" is the chilling debut from John Verdon. It begins with a letter... The letter contains a request
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Join TV Presenter Johnny Ball for an incredible number-filled adventure cracking secret codes & unravelling mazes
- now in paperback.
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Detective Sergeant Jessica Daniel is first on the scene as a stolen car crashes on a misty wet Manchester morning. The driver is dead but the biggest shock awaits her when she discovers the body of a child wrapped in plastic in the boot of the car. As Jessica struggles to discover the identity of the driver a thin trail leads her to a set of clothes buried in the woods & a list of children's names abandoned in an allotment shed. With the winter chill setting in & parents looking for answers Jessica must find out who has been watching local children & how this connects to a case that has been unsolved for fourteen years. The fourth fantastic title in the ' Jessica Daniel' series from Amazon UK No. 1 bestseller Kerry Wilkinson. ...

For decades people have been studying Shakespeares life & times & in recent years there has been a renewed surge of interest in aspects of his language. So how can we better understand Shakespeare? David Crystal provides a lively & original introduction to Shakespeares language making his plays easily accessible to modern-day audiences. Covering the five main

Dimensions of language structure
- writing system pronunciation grammar vocabulary & conversational style
- this book demonstrates how examining these linguistic nuts & bolts can help us achieve a greater appreciation of Shakespeares linguistic creativity.



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Think Python is an introduction to Python programming for students with no programming experience. It starts with the most basic concepts of programming & is carefully designed to define all terms when they are first used & to develop each new concept in a logical progression. Larger pieces like recursion & object-oriented programming are divided into a sequence of smaller steps & introduced over the course of several chapters. ...

Were your school exercise books adorned with huge ticks glowing comments & gold stars? Did you win prizes for your awe-inspiring performances on the toughest of tests? Do you still think you know it all? This is your chance to prove it as you work your way through a vast array of general knowledge head scratchers in Think You Know It All?" If you reckon youve got what it takes to list the capitals of Europe name the 52 states of the USA check off all 38 Shakespeare plays or recall all the James Bond films (in order) lets find out. With space to scribble tick & graffiti as well as an answers section for when you admit defeat this book will entertain & challenge in equal measure." ...

The Telegraph's obituaries pages are renowned for their quality of writing & capacity to distil the essence of a life from its most extraordinary moments. A unique mix of heroism ingenuity infamy & the bizarre Thinker Failure Soldier Jailer collects the very best of those obituaries to present an endlessly absorbing compendium of human endeavour. Organised day by day around the calendar year with each life presented on the date it ended the book features hundreds of remarkable stories. World statesmen jostle with glamorous celluloid stars pioneering boffins sit alongside chart-topping rock 'n' rollers while artists & their muses mingle with record-breaking sportsmen Victoria Cross winners spies showgirls & captains of industry
- as well as the titans of rather more esoteric fields. Here for instance can be found Britain's greatest goat breeder a hangman who campaigned to abolish the death penalty a priest to Soho's pimps a cross-dressing mountaineer & a minister who preached a gospel of avarice
- donations in notes only please as 'change makes me nervous'. A treasure trove of human virtue vice & trivia Thinker Failure Soldier Jailer is the perfect gift for the armchair psychologist in all of us.

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Evil is one of the deepest & most central problems of human existence
- a problem that every individual & every age must face for
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