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  • Guide to HTML, JavaScript and PHP

    For Scientists and Engineers

    Series series Computer Science (R0)
    This book enables readers to quickly develop a working knowledge of HTML, JavaScript and PHP. The text emphasizes a hands-on approach to learning and makes extensive use of examples. A detailed science, engineering, or mathematics background is not required to understand the material, making the book ideally suitable for self-study or an introductory course in programming. Features: describes the ... Read more

    $62.99 USD

  • Programming in HTML and PHP

    Coding for Scientists and Engineers

    Series series Computer Science (R0)
    This concise and accessible textbook will enable readers to quickly develop the working skills necessary to solve computational problems in a server-based environment, using HTML and PHP. The importance of learning by example (as opposed to simply learning by copying) is emphasized through extensive use of hands-on exercises and examples, with a specific focus on useful science and engineering ... Read more

    $62.99 USD

  • An Introduction to PHP for Scientists and Engineers

    Beyond JavaScript

    Series series Computer Science (R0)
    The best way to become acquainted with a subject is to write a book about it. —Benjamin Disraeli i. Background The purpose of this book is provide an introduction to using a server-side programming language to solve some kinds of computing problems that cannot be solved with a client-side language such as JavaScript. The language is PHP (originally created in 1994 by Danish/Icelandic programmer ... Read more

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  • The Road to Character

    by David Brooks ...
    #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • David Brooks challenges us to rebalance the scales between the focus on external success—“résumé virtues”—and our core principles.NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY THE ECONOMISTWith the wisdom, humor, curiosity, and sharp insights that have brought millions of readers to his New York Times column and his previous bestsellers, David Brooks has consistently ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • The Second Mountain

    The Quest for a Moral Life

    by David Brooks ...
    #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Everybody tells you to live for a cause larger than yourself, but how exactly do you do it? The author of The Road to Character explores what it takes to lead a meaningful life in a self-centered world.“Deeply moving, frequently eloquent and extraordinarily incisive.”—The Washington PostEvery so often, you meet people who radiate joy—who seem to know why they were ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • How to Know a Person

    The Art of Seeing Others Deeply and Being Deeply Seen

    by David Brooks ...
    NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A practical, heartfelt guide to the art of truly knowing another person and fostering deeper connections at home, at work, and throughout our lives—from the author of The Road to Character and The Second MountainAs David Brooks observes, “There is one skill that lies at the heart of any healthy person, family, school, community organization, or society: the ability to ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • The Future of Capitalism

    The Munk Debates

    Series series The Munk Debates
    The twenty-fifth semi-annual Munk Debate, held on December 4, 2019, pits editorial director and publisher of the Nation Katrina vanden Heuvel and former finance minister of Greece Yanis Varoufakis against Harvard professor Arthur Brooks and New York Times columnist David Brooks to debate whether the capitalist system is broken.“We need to organise politically to defend the weak, empower the many, ... Read more

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  • Audiobook

    David Brooks: On Character

    by David Brooks ...
    Narrated by Multiple Narrators ...

    Unabridged

    1 hour 13 min

    Join New York Times columnist David Brooks for an in-depth discussion about what constitutes character as explored in his new book.Some people seem to possess inner lives that are more substantive than the rest of ours. How do they do it? Depth, argues Brooks, is the core of our being and something we cultivate over time; it’s engraved by thought and action; it’s built through the commitments we ... Read more

    $5.00 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Social Animal

    The Hidden Sources of Love, Character, and Achievement

    by David Brooks ...
    #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERWith unequaled insight and brio, New York Times columnist David Brooks has long explored and explained the way we live. Now Brooks turns to the building blocks of human flourishing in a multilayered, profoundly illuminating work grounded in everyday life. This is the story of how success happens, told through the lives of one composite American couple, Harold and Erica. ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • The Necessity of Atheism

    This antiquarian book contains a fascinating treatise on atheism, religion, and science. A thought-provoking and informative exploration of the ostensibly opposed ideas and beliefs of science and popular religion, this volume is highly recommended for those with an interest in the development of religious beliefs and the validity of alternative theories. The chapters of this book include: “The ... Read more

    $9.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Best American Essays 2012

    by David Brooks ...
    Series series The Best American Series
    Nonfiction from Malcolm Gladwell, Francine Prose, Jonathan Franzen, and more: "There is not a dud in the bunch. [An] exhilarating collection." — Publishers Weekly (starred review)Whether a personal reflection on a wife's decline from Alzheimer's, a critique of the overdiagnosis of mood disorders, a lighthearted look at menopause, a friend's commentary on David Foster Wallace's heartbreaking ... Read more

    $17.29 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • It's Only a Dream and Other Stories

    by David Brooks ...
    A novella and four short stories make us this fourth book by David M. Brooks. Come alonig for the ride, if you dare, with these tales of fascination, imagination, suspense, and horror.IT'S ONLY A DREAM -Kyle is fascinated with dreams, specifically lucid dreams. He has learned how to recognize when he is dreaming and how to manipulate and control what happens in his dreams while he sleeps. When he ... Read more

    $7.99 USD