Ruby - относительно новый объектно-ориентированный язык, разработанный Юкихиро Мацумото в 1995 году и позаимствовавший некоторые особенности у языков LISP, Smalltalk, Perl, CLU и других. Язык активно развивается и применяется в самых разных областях: от системного администрирования до разработки сложных динамических сайтов....

Эта книга - официальное руководство по динамическому языку программирования Ruby. Авторский состав воистину звездный: Дэвид Флэнаган - известнейший специалист в области программирования, автор ряда бестселлеров по JavaScript и Java; Юкихиро \\\"Matz\\\" Мацумото - создатель и ведущий разработчик Ruby....

Although the tools for electronic editing have been available for more than a decade, copyediting has continued to lag behind other aspects of publication production in becoming fully computerized....

What started as a game of Pong, with little blips dancing across a computer screen, has evolved into a multi-billion-dollar industry that is changing the future, making inroads into virtually all aspects of our culture. Who are the minds behind this revolution? How did it happen? Where is it headed?...

A historian hoping to reconstruct the social world of all-black towns or the segregated black sections of other towns in the South finds only scant traces of their existence....

With nearly 42,000 chapters—that’s more than a million women—the Red Hat phenomenon is unstoppable! And this bold, bright, over-the-top sequel to Designer Scrapbooks the Red Hat SocietyA® Way is made to order for the red-hatted gals’ sense of fun....

Two deliciously distinctive cuisines united in one comprehensive, easy-to-use volume. Elegant and sophisticated Creole cooking ideas are presented alongside hearty and rustic Cajun food, so you\'ll never be stuck for inspiration....

Those idagnosed with celiac disease need to make a lifetime commitment to a gluten-free diet, as even small amounts of the protein sujbstance may cause damage to their intestines. More and more people, too, are finding out that they have a gluten allergy or intolerance....

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The trend of forming alliances to develop newproducts continues; at the same time, however, manyof such new product alliances fail. The authorargues for the criticality of risk and riskmanagement in new product alliances and examines howvarious risk types intrinsic in these alliances canresult in the deployment of different governancemechanisms....

This pathbreaking collection of thirteen original essays examines the moral rights of the subjects of documentary film, photography, and television. Image makers--photographers and filmmakers--are coming under increasing criticism for presenting images of people that are considered intrusive and embarrassing to the subject....

This volume covers a study of the utility of alternative (i.e., non-multiple choice) forms of student assessment for vocational education, the primary objective of which was to describe various alternative assessments currently available and offer criteria for choosing among them....

The movie business celebrates its creators: Spielberg, DeMille, Scorsese, Hitchcock. But what about the “ names” behind Doom, The Sims, Donkey Kong, Grand Theft Auto —the games that spawned a ten-billion-dollar industry whose revenues surpassed the domestic movie box office take five years ago?...

Specialists from business and academia present a meticulously researched, compelling examination of the effect that globalization, innovation, and relentless technological competition are having on the development of e-commerce and marketing....

Discover the tricks top sellers use to grab attention Create your own unique eBay selling pages with time-tested techniques So you know your way around eBay, but you\'re not getting the highest bids for your items? Maybe your listings need a makeover!...

This is an awesome story of what two ordinary women have done that will affect human consciousness. Dorothy Ra Ma Seddon and Ruby Nariananda Mayo, didn\'t allow fear of the unknown to stop them from doing what they could for the betterment of The Race of Man. They weren\'t afraid of people\'s opinions, disbeliefs or even scorn....

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Ruby on Rails helps you produce high-quality, beautiful-looking web applications quickly. You concentrate on creating the application, and Rails takes care of the details. Tens of thousands of developers have used this award-winning book to learn Rails. It\'s a broad, far-reaching tutorial and reference that\'s recommended by the Rails core team....

For an increasing number of people living in Western societies, suburbia is the primary living environment. In the us, for instance, more people live in suburbia than in cities. Yet it is the city that architects have been trained to regard as their main territory of intervention....

The thoroughly revised and updated fourth edition of Foodservice Manual for Health Care Institutions offers a review of the management and operation of health care foodservice departments. This edition of the book?which has become the standard in the field of institutional and health care foodservice?...

For the first time, a book exists that compiles all the information candidates need to apply for their first Library acquisitions technicians job, or to apply for a better job. What you\'ll find especially helpful are the worksheets. It is so much easier to write about a work experience using these outlines....

For the first time, a book exists that compiles all the information candidates need to apply for their first Environmental protection foresters job, or to apply for a better job. What you\'ll find especially helpful are the worksheets. It is so much easier to write about a work experience using these outlines....

For the first time, a book exists that compiles all the information candidates need to apply for their first Clinical research scientists job, or to apply for a better job. What you\'ll find especially helpful are the worksheets. It is so much easier to write about a work experience using these outlines....

Ruby Wax - comedian, writer and mental health campaigner - shows us how our minds can jeopardize our sanity. With her own periods of depression and now a Masters from Oxford in Mindfulness-based Cognitive Therapy to draw from, she explains how our busy, chattering, self-critical thoughts drive us to anxiety and stress....

This book provides comprehensive protocols for various techniques related to molecular biology.Moreover the book provides review on different cancers and particularly lung cancer....

In Indian Himalayan region there are vast number of herbal healers on which variety of work has been done. But still today these are not very much popular. One of tham, is Berginia species. So this book is compilation of work done on the species to explore the complete study of Himalayan Herb, Brginia in its all aspects....

A number of physiological processes are occurring inside the plants which are very delicate in nature and majority among them have not been fully understood yet. In the era of modern technologies various approaches have been employed in order to get a comprehensive look on various physiological processes occurring inside the plants....

The third in a series of books featuring four young women whose lives will be forever changed by WWII. Perfect for fans of Katie Flynn. As the daughter of the local cinema manager, Sally Brewer has always dreamed of stardom....

Phytochemicals, also known as phytonutrients, are naturally occurring protective chemicals that are found in foods of plant origin (phyto is derived from the Greek word for plant).Phytochemicals are non-nutritive plant chemicals that have protective or disease preventive properties....

That\'s Why We Don\'t Eat Animals uses colorful artwork and lively text to introduce vegetarianism and veganism to early readers (ages six to ten). Written and illustrated by Ruby Roth, the book features an endearing animal cast of pigs, turkeys, cows, quail, turtles, and dolphins....

Introducing three-to-five-year-olds to the ABCs of a vegan lifestyle, V Is for Vegan is a must-have for vegan and vegetarian parents!...

In Vegan Is Love, author-illustrator Ruby Roth introduces young readers to veganism as a lifestyle of compassion and action....

500 years ago no-one died of stress: we invented this concept and now we let it rule us. We might have evolvedto be able to miraculously balance on seven-inch heels, but as far as our emotional development is concerned we\"re still swimming with the pond scum....

Five hundred years ago no one died of stress: we invented this concept and now we let it rule us. We might have evolved to be able to miraculously balance on seven-inch heels, but as far as our emotional development is concerned we\"re still swimming with the pond scum....

\\\"Ruby on Rails Tutorial by Michael Hartl has become a must-read for developers learning how to build Rails apps....

\"We are all frazzled, all of us...\" Five hundred years ago no one died of stress: we invented this concept and now we let it rule us. Ruby Wax shows us how to de-frazzle for good by making simple changes that give us time to breathe, reflect......

This detailed, well-documented history describes the life of the Squaxin spiritual leader John Slocum and the growth in the Pacific Northwest of his Indian Shaker Church (not to be confused with eastern Shakerism)....

Why has no-one heard of Edna Cranmer?When a young woman is hired to write the life of an unknown artist from Geelong, she thinks it will be just another quick commission paid for by a rich, grieving family obsessed with their own history.But Edna Cranmer was not a privileged housewife with a paintbrush. Edna’s work spans decades....

Primrose Ruby's poems are extremely sensitive and thought provoking, exposing the consequences of human fragility. Others are light hearted and show that some of the smaller things in life can turn out to be some of our most treasured memories. ...

Ruby Pruett vividly recounts the compelling story of her life, focusing on her youth, and highlights later events. She commands readers' attention and sympathy with her poignant narrative.A native Tennessean, she grew up during the Great Depression, enduring poverty and abuse from an alcoholic father and others in her large extended family....

“Stupendous Series!!! - This book and this series is simply stupendous. Part history, part fantasy and part love story is to only touch the surface of these books.” ~ Cecile Croghan “Iluvbooks”“A Romance of the Spirit - I've read this entire book once, and I've read some parts of it twice. Why?...

"Ruby and Brown have traced the destruction of a native race and fading fur trade in a book that is well organized and beautifully printed....[They] are to be commended for encompassing in one volume for the general reader the turbulent and tragic history of the Northwest Coast fur trade and the Chinook Indians....

Эта книга — репринт оригинального издания, созданный на основе электронной копии высокого разрешения, которую очистили и обработали вручную, сохранив структуру и орфографию оригинального издания. Редкие, забытые и малоизвестные книги, изданные с петровских времен до наших дней, вновь доступны в виде печатных книг. ...

2015 Reprint of 1963 Edition. Full facsimile of the original edition, not reproduced with Optical Recognition Software. Motivated by the strong desire to share what she had learned from her studies of mystic philosophy, Ruby Nelson began writing THE DOOR OF EVERYTHING as the means to help herself find enlightenment....

In Bus Stop, Ruby Fay Burford, a Black domestic worker employed in the homes of wealthy white Texas families, shares her amazing life story. She vividly recounts her early family life as an African American woman growing up in rural East Texas, one of the more staunchly segregated areas of the US....

Taking Care of Mama With Grace and Grit is the story of a four-year journey two sisters take with their very independent mother after her successful cancer surgery at age ninety but failure to “bounce back” to her former self. Sisters Ruby and Rita, born a decade apart in a family of four children, felt they were raised by different mothers....

Only God knows what it takes to walk down dark roads and to fight the good fight of faith. Ruby and her family have walked a close walk with God in direct opposition to hopelessness and the ugliness of cancer, and through Joy in the Mourning, have brought us with her. This is a book of the faithfulness of God Almighty....

Shakespeare's plays have never had a larger audience than they do in our time. This wide viewing is complemented by modern scholarship, which has verified and elucidated the plays' texts. Nevertheless, Shakespeare's plays continue to be revised....

Hope is found in wishes made upon shooting stars, so a handful of stars gives us faith.A Handful of Stars is a journey of courage and resilience that readers take from falling to healing, realising along the way that the journey is not going to be easy....