ASP.NET MVC insiders cover the latest updates to the technology in this popular Wrox referenceMVC 5 is the newest update to the popular Microsoft technology that enables you to build dynamic, data-driven websites. Like previous versions, this guide shows you step-by-step techniques on using MVC to best advantage, with plenty of practical tutorials to illustrate the concepts. It covers controllers, views, and models; forms and HTML helpers; data annotation and valid...

Steve Dupree, an aspiring folksinger, sees his high school buddy Vic Power as everything Dupree dreams of being: a self-assured songwriter who hustles gigs out of thin air, relentlessly pursuing the dream of stardom.Bound by their love for music and the urge to see the world, their paths cross again and again over ten years and two continents. Their sometimes volatile musical partnership takes them from the beaches of Southern California to the German Alps to the canal-lined street...

Avalon Summer is a coming-of-age summer romance set in 1965 in the resort town of Avalon, Santa Catalina Island. On the brink of adulthood, three men and four women experience love, heartbreak, and self-discovery against the backdrop of the Vietnam War, the Watts race riots, and Top 40 radio.Sil: Surfer, womanizer, and draft dodger. His motto, never in love, only in heat, is about to be challenged.Candy: The beautiful young actress, driven by ambition, and haunted by the pas...

Peter G. Bolt, Editorial: Warnings and the Embrace of Grace; 2. Chris Armitage, Jesus and Elijah Redivivus: The Messianic Apocalypse, Matthew 11.4-5/Luke 7.22 and Jesus Memory Theory; 3. David Lertis Matson, 'Put Your Sword Back into Its Place' (Matt 26:52): The Rationale Behind Jesus's Sword Directive (and It Isn't Pacifism); 4. Craig S. Keener, Casting Out Mountains-Mark 11:23; 5. John A. Davies, Luke-Acts as Prophetic Proclamation; 6. Craig L. Blomberg, The Fourth Gospel and a Fou...

The NASA Kepler and K2 missions have made fundamental, paradigm-changing advances in essentially every area of astrophysics and planetary science. While known for their breakthrough discoveries in exoplanets – especially small rocky worlds orbiting in the habitable zone of their host suns – these missions have also continued to make numerous scientific advances in solar system science, stellar astrophysics and extragalactic astronomy. This book is devoted to the Kepler and K2 missions and ...

Life itself as well as the entire human economy depends on goods and services provided by earth's natural systems. The processes of cleansing, recycling, and renewal, along with goods such as seafood, forage, and timber, are worth many trillions of dollars annually, and nothing could live without them. Yet growing human impacts on the environment are profoundly disrupting the functioning of natural systems and imperiling the delivery of these services.Nature's Services brings toget...

This volume explores the characteristics of God illustrated in his interactions with his people, embodied in his covenants and laws and in the revelation given to his prophets, found in the lives of his servants who emulate these character traits, and expressed particularly in the love and redemption offered to his children here in mortality. The theme is intended to inspire teaching at church and at home by bringing to light the love and compassion of God and uplifting examples of his ten...

Seeds of Sustainability is a groundbreaking analysis of agricultural development and transitions toward more sustainable management in one region. An invaluable resource for researchers, policymakers, and students alike, it examines new approaches to make agricultural landscapes healthier for both the environment and people.The Yaqui Valley is the birthplace of the Green Revolution and one of the most intensive agricultural regions of the world, using irrigation, fertilize...