Refactoring is about improving the design of existing code. It is the process of changing a software system in such a way that it does not alter the external behavior of the code, yet improves its internal structure. With refactoring you can even take a bad design and rework it into a good one. This book offers a thorough discussion of the ...
Brant re-creates the tense drama of the 1982 Boston Marathon and the powerful forces of fate that drove runners Alberto Salazar and Dick Beardsley in the years afterwards.
Providing a review and synthesis of work on communication skills and skill enhancement, this handbook serves as a comprehensive survey of theory and research on social interaction skills. The editors have brought together researchers and writers to contribute to the volume, seeking to establish a foundation on which future study and research can ...
The identity of Secret Agent "X" is an enigma. He comes and goes veiled in a cloak of mystery. His name, his background, and even his date of birth are riddles, even to those who know him best. He is a man of a thousand faces -- master of make-up, voice impersonation, and acting. With the dogs of war snarling at the door of the United States, ...
The Man with No Name - SECRET AGENT "X" - reprinted from the original magazine published 02/37. DEATH'S FROZEN FORMULA by Brant House Strange human derelicts left newsreel showings with evil, hidden intent. And Agent X had to pierce an unfathomable enigma- while sinister gusts of hell's killing cold trapped X in a murder maelstrom.
In "The Corpse Cavalcade", seven corpse-faced denizens of doom swept down on the Suburban Trust. Red-tongued machine guns blasted the way for their scavenger-like leader. But that leader did an amazing thing. He brought money into the bank, then disappeared with his buzzard brood. Secret Agent "X," scourge of the underworld, knew he had but one ...
Published by Ace Magazines and edited by A.A. Wyn. Ace Magazines would later go on to publish Ace Double Paperbacks. The magazine was an interesting mix of detective characters and hard-boiled action. THE THREE WISE CORPSES by Chester Brant After Blaine, lone-wolf D.A., found that one corpse, he knew there'd be two more. For the Grim Reaper had ...
Providing a review and synthesis of work on communication skills and skill enhancement, this handbook serves as a comprehensive survey of theory and research on social interaction skills. The editors have brought together researchers and writers to contribute to the volume, seeking to establish a foundation on which future study and research can ...
In "The Power to Transform", Majer tailors his program to you the individual, sharing the methods he has developed over two decades that have made him one of the leading innovators in the field. The book distills complex philosophical and linguistic concepts into easy-to-use practices that produce transformational change. Readers who may have ...
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