Learn all that's needed to build a fully functional web application from scratch.Key FeaturesDelve deep into the principle behind RESTful APILearn how to build a scalable web application with the RESTful API architecture and Flask frameworkKnow what are the exact tools and methodology to test your applications and how to use themBook DescriptionPython is a flexible language that can be used for much more than just script deve...

Drawing on socially-oriented functional linguistics, this book offers a detailed and systematic overview of the role that language plays in clinician-patient communication in Asian contexts. Putting forward a communication model specific to this particular sociocultural and medical setting, it provides clear and research-driven recommendations for healthcare professionals. Building on cutting-edge empirical research on the health communication landscape in Asia, this book addresses topics ...

En dag slår den ner som en blixt från klar himmel. Kärleken. Jack blir kär i Emilia och vill fråga chans!En helt vanlig dag känner Jack det bara. En känsla som dyker upp från ingenstans och drabbar honom totalt. Han har blivit kär - i klasskompisen Emilia med trasselhåret. Nu finns det bara en sak att göra. Han måste fråga chans. Absolut nödvändigt och helt igenom superläskigt! Och hur ska Jack våga, han kan ju inte ens berätta för sin bästa kompis Edvin att han är kär ..."...

Fråga chans – igen är den fjärde delen i Vänner 4ever i Lite mer att läsa-format. Det är en mysig och humoristisk berättelse om fyra kompisar på lågstadiet och deras känslor. Boken är varm och tonsäker i beskrivningen av den första underbara kärleken."Du tror att jag är kär i Jack eller nåt." I samma ögonblick som hon sa det, insåg Emilia att det var sant. Hon som trodde att de var kompisar bara. Att Jack var hennes allra bästa killkompis. Att det var han som var kär i henne. Och s...

On behalf of the staff, the contributors, and myself, I’d like to wish everyone a happy Thanksgiving. (You may all burst into traditional Thanksgiving carols, should you wish.)Here’s our holiday lineup:Mysteries / Suspense / Adventure:“The Restavek,” by Neil S. Plakcy [Michael Bracken Presents short story]“The Case of the Tipsy Turkey,” by Hal Charles [Solve-It-Yourself Mystery]“he Final Course,” by Stacy Woodson [Barb Goffman Presents...

This book introduces contemporary Buddhists from across Asia and from various walks of life. Eschewing traditional hagiographies, the editors have collected sixty-six profiles of individuals who would be excluded from most Buddhist histories and ethnographies. In addition to monks and nuns, readers will encounter artists, psychologists, social workers, part-time priests, healers, and librarians as well as charlatans, hucksters, profiteers, and rabble-rousers—all whose lives reflect changes...

What Kills Me, Wynne Channing's top-rated bestselling novel, takes readers on a thrilling adventure.An ancient prophecy warns of a girl destined to cause the extinction of the vampire race.So when 17-year-old Axelia falls into a sacred well filled with blood and emerges a vampire, the immortal empire believes she is this legendary destroyer. Hunted by soldiers and mercenaries, Axelia and her reluctant ally, the vampire bladesmith Lucas, must battle to survive.How wi...

Since the 2010s, all levels of governments in Canada have gradually initiated social procurement as a policy tool to further their social values and political agendas. Social enterprises of various shapes and sizes across the country have served as partners in the execution of those agendas. Selling Social examines the experiences of these enterprises in social procurement and social purchasing.Selling Social presents the findings of a three-year Canadian research...

Hard-Boiled Bugs for Breakfast is guaranteed to make readers laugh, imagine, write, and dream.**“A quick-witted delight.”—**Kirkus Reviews (starred review)**“Perfectly in pitch.”—**Publishers Weekly (starred review)**“A well-written, must-have collection of poems.”—**School Library Journal (starred review)A collection from the celebrated inaugural Young People’s Poet Laureate and bestselling poet J...

Axelia fought an army of vampires and survived. Once fated as the destroyer of the vampire race, she is now welcomed into the immortal empire and revered as a god. But instead of relishing her victory, she faces a dangerous new world and an empire at war. Axelia is thrust into the position of supreme vampire and caught in the crossfire of battle. To make matters worse, her role alienates Lucas, the one vampire that she trusts. Her choices have brutal consequences ...

Beautifully written speculative fiction from Metaphorosis magazine. The best science fiction and fantasy stories from Metaphorosis magazine's first year. Mysterious languages, unusual dogs, solitude, alien communications, and magic. Stories from Joshua Phillip Johnson, Elise Forier Edie, Vanessa Fogg, Gerald Warfield, Meryl Stenhouse, Jeremy Packert Burke, Molly Etta, Jack Noble, Aatif Rashid, L. Chan, Kato Thompson, Jarod K. Anderson, and Octavia Cade. Contents:

Social Purpose Enterprises: Case Studies for Social Change presents case studies of twelve organizations that operate in a growing niche within the Canadian social economy: market-based entities supported by a nonprofit organization and operated for the benefit of a workforce who lives on the margins of society.Using a variety of research methods, the contributors examine the work of social purpose enterprises in a range of businesses including food services, child care, f...