![]() The material on system models is isolated in separate chapters for easy reference. The material is organized according to the system model-first by the timing model and then by the interprocess communication mechanism. The problems covered include resource allocation, communication, consensus among distributed processes, data consistency, deadlock detection, leader election, global snapshots, and many others. The algorithms are proved correct, and their complexity is analyzed according to precisely defined complexity measures. ![]() ![]() "Distributed Algorithms" contains the most significant algorithms and impossibility results in the area, all in a simple automata-theoretic setting. She directs her book at a wide audience, including students, programmers, system designers, and researchers. In "Distributed Algorithms," Nancy Lynch provides a blueprint for designing, implementing, and analyzing distributed algorithms. ![]()
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![]() ![]() Against all of his professional habits, Robie rescues her and finds he can't walk away. But she isn't an ordinary runaway-her parents were murdered, and her own life is in danger. Now, Robie becomes a target himself and is on the run.įleeing the scene, Robie crosses paths with a wayward teenage girl, a fourteen-year-old runaway from a foster home. But something about this mission doesn't seem right to Robie, and he does the unthinkable. Robie is dispatched to eliminate a target unusually close to home in Washington, D.C. government operation goes horribly wrong, he must rescue a teenage runaway and investigate her parents' murders in this #1 New York Times bestselling thriller. ![]() Published by Grand Central Publishing on April 17, 2012Īmerica's best hitman was hired to kill-but when a D.C. Very much hope there will be more! The Innocent by David Baldacci Today’s books are all part of the Will Robie Series which I read with Anne last year and loved. ![]() This feature is for short reviews, reviews of books in a series where it might feel repetitive, or (as Michelle suggested) books I was too lazy to write a “real” review for. ![]() ![]() ![]()
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After working to save wildlife following the Exxon Valdez oil spill, in 1990, he published his first book, Sea Otter Rescue, a non-fiction account of the process of animal rescue. Smith was born in Portland, Oregon, and graduated from Portland State University and, following a part-time job at the Oregon Zoo in Portland, began a 20-year career as a zookeeper, both at the Oregon Zoo and the Point Defiance Zoo in Tacoma, Washington. Roland Smith is an American author of young adult fiction as well as nonfiction books for children. ![]() ![]() ![]() ""Who's Afraid to Be a Millionaire?" helps readers understand how to successfully play the great financial game of life. Cheryl McDonald, Vice President, Diverse Growth Segments, Wells Fargo "Who's Afraid to Be a Millionaire?" offers sound and reasonable tips for anyone seeking to secure their financial future." "Kelvin Boston hits the nail on the head with his no-nonsense approach to financial empowerment. 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We have new and used copies available, in 1 editions - starting at 2.57. ![]() Fix-it Griffin and his friends is a page-turning adventure.The author's fans will be more than pleased." - Kirkus"This book is overflowing with energy, and each chapter ends with the promise of more excitement. Buy Showoff (Swindle 4): Volume 4 by Gordon Korman online at Alibris. Praise for Swindle:"Pure fun from top to bottom." - School Library Journal"Korman's fast moving, feel-good suspense novel will have middle schoolers, especially boys, turning the pages." - VOYA"Gordon Korman has once again created a story sure to capitvate middle-grade audiences." - for Zoobreak:"Korman again knocks it out of the park.interesting, full of humor, and good fun." - VOYA"Korman's second tale of 11-year-old Mr. ![]() ![]() Trigger Warning: This book ends on a cliffhanger. ![]() That all being said, I’d like to take a moment to point out the triggers of this book: A subject I’ve written about in this blog. Trigger/content warnings are incredibly important for both the author and the reader. It’s another thing entirely to enter a situation blind. ![]() I made an educated decision to read something I knew had the potential to make me uncomfortable. By that, I mean, I was aware of what was I getting into with a book like this where there are very clear trigger warnings. I would like to clarify that there is a difference between unsuspecting and deliberately marketed content. I know, in the past, I’ve written some pretty strongly worded reviews about dubcon etc. Haunting Adeline is the first in the Cat and Mouse Duet, and the first book I have read from this author! I actually picked this book up at the beginning of Spooktober and wasn’t able to actually get to it until I went on vacation in December (here I am, exposing myself for writing reviews far in advance again). ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() From the invention of the question mark in the time of Charlemagne to Sir Roger Casement "hanged on a comma" from George Orwell shunning the semicolon to Peter Cook saying Nevile Shute's three dots made him feel "all funny", this book makes a powerful case for the preservation of a system of printing conventions that is much too subtle to be mucked about with. This is the book for people who love punctuation and get upset about it. "You have nothing to lose but your sense of proportion - and arguably you didn't have much of that to begin with." She proclaims, in her delightfully urbane, witty, and very English way, that it is time to look at our commas and semicolons and see them as the wonderful and necessary things they are. If there are only pendants left who care, then so be it. In Eats, Shoots & Leaves, former editor Lynne Truss, gravely concerned about our current grammatical state, boldly defends proper punctuation. In Eats, Shoots & Leaves, Lynne Truss dares to say that, with our system of punctuation patently endangered, it is time to look at our commas and semicolons and see them for the wonderful and necessary things they are. "Pansy's ready," we learn to our considerable interest ("Is she?"), as we browse among the bedding plants. "Its Summer!" says a sign that cries out for an apostrophe, "ANTIQUE,S," says another, bizarrely. Everyone knows the basics of punctuation, surely? Aren't we all taught at school how to use full stops, commas and question marks? And yet we see ignorance and indifference everywhere. ![]() |