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Christopher Webb, Crossjoin Consulting Limited

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Professional and Applied Computing (R0)

Power Query for Power BI and Excel is a book for people who are tired of copying and pasting data into Excel worksheets. Power Query, part of the Microsoft Power BI suite, is a tool that automates the process of getting data into Excel and will save you hours of dull, repetitive, and error-prone work! Power Query makes it easy to extract data from many different data sources, filter that data, aggregate it, clean it and perform calculations on it, finally loading that data into ei...

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Christopher Webb

The second in a series of books dedicated to adventurous early readers and the adults reading to these curious children. ABC Animal Group Names Book 2 takes you through the group names of animals in alphabetical order from Aardvarks to Zebras accompanied with zany comedic take on the animals in their group names. It's an amazing alphabet trip for you and your kids.

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Bhavik Merchant

Supercharge performance analytics and create repeatable patterns to ensure you get the best performance and scalability from your analytics solutions with Power BIKey FeaturesLearn how to build performant data models and apply Row-Level SecurityIdentify and fix performance issues in reports, DAX, and datasets using DAX Studio/VertiPaq AnalyzerUse a formal process to manage performance, from setting targets to monitoring and remediating issues

The Archean Earth: Tempos and Events, Second Edition is a process-based reference book that focuses on the most important events in early Earth, bringing together experts across Earth Sciences to give a comprehensive overview of the main events of the Archean Eon, as well as of the rates at which important geological and geobiological processes occurred in the same time interval. Over the last two decades, significant progress has been made in our understanding of the processes and events ...

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Christopher R. Webb

The Gittite Way is a practical, purposeful short book. It is a Way of living that makes sense. it is a Way of thinking that is practical, yet hopeful. The Gittite Way is a philosophy for those sick of philosophies, sick of oppressive traditional religious beliefs, sick of the divisiveness between religions. The Gittite Way is a way out of religion, but also a way into spirituality. It is a Way where you and God can both be Free to be who and what you really are. The Founding principle of t...

Contextualizes and analyzes the key energy transitions in U.S. history and the central importance of energy production and consumption on the American environment and in American culture and politics.Focusing on the major energy transitions in U.S. history, from the pre-industrial era to the present day, this two-volume encyclopedia captures the major advancements, events, technologies, and people synonymous with the production and consumption of energy in the Unite...

This up-to-date introduction to the complex world of conspiracies and conspiracy theories provides insight into why millions of people are so ready to believe the worst about our political, legal, religious, and financial institutions.Unsupported theories provide simple explanations for catastrophes that are otherwise difficult to understand, from the U.S. Civil War to the Stock Market Crash of 1929 to the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center in New York. Id...

A fascinating survey of the entire history of tall tales, folklore, and mythology in the United States from earliest times to the present, including stories and myths from the modern era that have become an essential part of contemporary popular culture.Folklore has been a part of American culture for as long as humans have inhabited North America, and increasingly formed an intrinsic part of American culture as diverse peoples from Europe, Africa, Asia, and Oceani...

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Christopher R. Fee, Jeffrey B. Webb

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Christopher R. Fee, Jeffrey B. Webb

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Learn25: History

Join the acclaimed authors of the encyclopedia of conspiracy theories in exploring some of history''s great myths.In this provocative audio course, you’ll travel through time with history and medieval literature experts to learn why the truth about past events is so elusive. Your journey will be helmed by two award-winning scholars: acclaimed literature and mythology professor Christopher Fee and historian Jeffrey Webb.Profs. Fee and Webb explain that altho...

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Christopher Hagerman, Mike Ritland, SOFREP

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SOFREP

An in-depth look at what it takes to become a member of the Navy's elite Special Forces unitRetired Navy SEAL Chris Hagerman will take you inside the Basic Underwater Demolition/SEAL Training program to teach prospective Navy SEALs the ins and outs of the most rigorous military selection program in the world. Hagerman, along with the team at SOFREP, is uniquely suited to write a program of instruction which walks would-be Special Operations troops through the cours...

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Caroline S Awmack, Sebastiano Barbagallo, Chris Bass, James R Bell, A Nicholas Birch, Roger Blackman, Thierry Brévault, Jacques Brodeur, Toby J A Bruce, Mauricio G Chang, Giuseppe Massimino Cocuzza, Rosemary Rosemary, Piero Cravedi, T G Emyr Davies, Charles-Antoine Dedryver, Jean-Philippe Deguine, Ian Denholm, Gregor Devine, Alan Devonshire, Alan M Dewar, Angela E Douglas, Victor Eastop, Owain Edwards, Frédéric Fabre, Alberto Fereres, Linda M Field, Stan Finch, Stephen P Foster, Michael P D Garratt, Robert T Glinwood, Fiona L Goggin, Geoff Gurr, Dr Ann E. Hajek, Thierry Hance, Jim Hardie, Udo Heimbach, Dr George E. Heimpel, Gemma L Hough, Maurice Hullé, Rufus Isaacs, Dr Michael E. Irwin, Dr Gail E. Kampmeier, Fatemeh Kohandani-Tafresh, Shinkichi Komazaki, Christophe Lacomme, Simon R Leather, Samuel G Leigh, Hugh D Loxdale, Dr Manfred Mackauer, Dr Robert R Martin, J P Michaud, Françoise Munaut, Dr Xinzhi Ni, Dr Judith K. Pell, Jan Pettersson, John A. Pickett, Jon Pickup, Jean-Sébastien Pierre, Hans-Michael Poehling, Jeremy Pritchard, Sharron S. Quisenberry, Pierre J. Silvie, John J. Sloggett, Mark Stevens, Denis Tagu, Mark Tatchell, Thomas Thieme, W Fred Tjallingii, Jason M Tylianakis, Laura H Vickers, Christoph Vorburger, Susan E Webb, Martin S Williamson, Steve Wratten, Jing-Jiang Zhou

Aphids are among the major global pest groups, causing serious economic damage to many food and commodity crops in most parts of the world. This revision and update of the well-received first edition published ten years ago reflects the expansion of research in genomics, endosymbionts and semiochemicals, as well as the shift from control of aphids with insecticides to a more integrated approach imposed by increasing resistance in the aphids and government restrictions on pesticides. The bo...

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Don Mann

Do you want to be a member of one of the world’s most elite special operations forces? Not everyone has what it takes to become a Navy SEAL (Sea, Air, and Land). The training required—and the job itself—is exhausting and demanding, but also exhilarating and highly respected. If you or someone you know is up for the challenge, this book has everything you need to know, from schooling and training to pay range, placement, qualifications, and what you can expect after you become a SEAL.