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  • The Art of Immutable Architecture

    Theory and Practice of Data Management in Distributed Systems

    by Michael L. Perry ...
    Series series Professional and Applied Computing (R0)
    This book teaches you how to evaluate a distributed system from the perspective of immutable objects. You will understand the problems in existing designs, know how to make small modifications to correct those problems, and learn to apply the principles of immutable architecture to your tools.Most software components focus on the state of objects. They store the current state of a row in a ... Read more

    $53.99 USD

  • The Art of Immutable Architecture

    Theory and Practice of Data Management in Distributed Systems

    by Michael L. Perry ...
    Series series Professional and Applied Computing (R0)
    This book teaches you how to evaluate a distributed system from the perspective of immutable objects. You will understand the problems in existing designs, know how to make small modifications to correct those problems, and learn to apply the principles of immutable architecture to your tools.Most software components focus on the state of objects. They store the current state of a row in a ... Read more

    $62.99 USD

  • Death Star: Star Wars Legends

    by Michael Reaves, Steve Perry ...
    Series series Star Wars - Legends
    “THAT’S NO MOON.”–Obi-Wan KenobiThe Death Star’s name says it all, with bone-chilling accuracy. It is a virtual world unto itself–equipped with uncanny power for a singularly brutal purpose: to obliterate entire planets in the blink of an eye. Its annihilation of the planet Alderaan, at the merciless command of Grand Moff Tarkin, lives in infamy. And its own ultimate destruction, at the hands of ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

  • Star Wars Omnibus

    Shadows of the Empire

    by Steve Perry, Michael A. Stackpole, John Wagner ...
    Collects Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire #1-6, Star Wars: Mara Jade - By The Emperor's Hand #0-6, Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire - Evolution #1-5. In the time between the events in The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi, Princess Leia Organa, Luke Skywalker and Chewbacca attempt to rescue Han Solo from the notorious bounty hunter Boba Fett, while the criminal Prince Xizor and Darth ... Read more

    $14.39 USD

  • Jedi Healer: Star Wars Legends (Medstar, Book II)

    by Michael Reaves, Steve Perry ...
    Series Book 2 - Star Wars - Legends
    While the Clone Wars wreak havoc throughout the galaxy, the situation on the far world of Drongar is desperate, as Republic forces engage in a fierce fight with the Separatists. . . .The threatened enemy offensive begins as the Separatists employ legions of droids into their attack. Even with reinforcements, the flesh and blood of the Republic forces are just no match for battle droids’ durasteel. ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

  • The House of the Wolfings: The William Morris Book that Inspired J. R. R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings

    by Michael W. Perry ...
    J. R. R. Tolkien fans who long for more of the joy they get from The Lord of the Rings will find it in the writings of William Morris. He created the literature that Tolkien brought to such perfection. As a young man writing his future wife, Tolkien mentioned the inspiration he was getting from Morris: "Amongst other work I am trying to turn one of the short stories [of the Finnish Kalevala] . . . ... Read more

    $0.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Audiobook

    Montaigne in Barn Boots

    An Amateur Ambles through Philosophy

    by Michael Perry ...
    Narrated by Michael Perry ...

    Unabridged

    5 hours 13 min

    The beloved memoirist and bestselling author of Population: 485 reflects on the lessons he’s learned from his unlikely alter ego, French Renaissance philosopher Michel de Montaigne“The journey began on a gurney,” writes Michael Perry, describing the debilitating kidney stone that led him to discover the essays of Michel de Montaigne. Reading the philosopher in a manner he equates to chickens ... Read more

    $19.95 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

  • The Whispering Throne

    Seer of the Reich, #1

    by Michael Perry ...
    Series Book 1 - Seer of the Reich
    In 1545, in a remote Carpathian monastery, a tormented monk carves a throne from black oak felled beneath a blood moon. Its armrests are clawed hands straining to seize, its seat a lattice of thorns, its back an inverted Last Judgment where demons drag screaming angels into hell. Cursed in its final hour by a dying anti-cardinal, the Whispering Throne grants its sitter visions of tomorrow—exactly ... Read more

    Was $14.99 USD Now $9.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Truck

    A Love Story

    by Michael Perry ...
    A part-time emergency medical technician humorously chronicles life in a small Wisconsin town, featuring tales of romance and auto repair.Hilarious and heartfelt, Truck: A Love Story is the tale of a man struggling to grow his own garden, fix his old pickup, and resurrect a love life permanently impaired by Neil Diamond. In the process, he sets his hair on fire, is attacked by wild turkeys, and ... Read more

    $15.19 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Audiobook

    Forty Acres Deep

    by Michael Perry ...
    Narrated by Michael Perry ...

    Unabridged

    3 hours 24 min

    When farmer Harold wakes to find his wife dead beside him in bed and snow threatening to crush the last life from his dwindling farm, he takes drastic steps toward a fresh start. Set in a world of stark wintry beauty, Forty Acres Deep is the brief, unrelenting tale of one person's attempt to make sense of a world he no longer recognizes while pitilessly calling himself into account. Seamed with ... Read more

    $7.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

  • Audiobook

    Hunker

    Brief Essays on Human Connection

    by Michael Perry ...
    Narrated by Michael Perry ...

    Unabridged

    5 hours 19 min

    Another in a series (including From the Top, Roughneck Grace, Million Billion, and Peaceful Persistence) of collected brief essays by New York Times bestselling author and humorist Michael Perry. "Although these pieces were written during times of unrest and pandemic, they drew on human connection," says Perry. "Week after week, slowly at first, and then regularly, I received messages, emails, ... Read more

    $9.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Audiobook

    Improbable Mentors & Happy Tangents

    How firefighters and poets, truckers and nurses, soldiers and singers, and other improbable individuals can show you the way in business and creativity

    by Michael Perry ...
    Narrated by Michael Perry ...

    Unabridged

    1 hour 53 min

    New York Times bestselling author, humorist, and speaker Michael Perry delivers real-world lessons on leadership, creativity, resilience, and entrepreneurship.Entertaining and fundamentally useful no matter the form of art or business you pursue, Improbable Mentors & Happy Tangents is a masterclass in identifying unexpected opportunities and concludes with a chapter titled, “The Most Improbable ... Read more

    $7.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook