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Jez Butterworth

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NHB Modern Plays

Jez Butterworth's hugely acclaimed, prize-winning play - a comic, contemporary vision of life in England's green and pleasant land.On St George's Day, the morning of the local country fair, Johnny 'Rooster' Byron, local waster and Lord of Misrule, is a wanted man. The council officials want to serve him an eviction notice, his son wants to be taken to the fair, a vengeful father wants to give him a serious kicking, and a motley crew of mates wants his ample supply of drugs and alco...

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Jez Hughes

This book explores how the ancient path of shamanism can help us to understand the nature of mental illness, recasting psychological breakdown as a potentially transformational experience. What we label as pathological could actually be an initiation into a better relationship with ourselves and the world.Written for those who are experiencing or who have experienced mental illness, or whose loved ones are going through such episodes, or who are mental wellbeing pr...

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Jez Cajiao

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Wayne Mitchell

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UnderVerse

She's waiting. He's coming. And nothing in creation is going to stop him.Xenefier took Oracle. Took their unborn child. Thought that would break the Godslayer. It just made him angry.Jax has spent months hunting Soul Anchors, binding divine fragments, and building the power he needs to tear reality apart if that's what it takes. Now the final pieces are falling into place. The Library of Souls is within reach. Godhood is on the horizon. But the pat...

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Jez Humble, Joanne Molesky, Barry O'Reilly

How well does your organization respond to changing market conditions, customer needs, and emerging technologies when building software-based products? This practical guide presents Lean and Agile principles and patterns to help you move fast at scaleâ??and demonstrates why and how to apply these paradigms throughout your organization, rather than with just one department or team.Through case studies, youâ??ll learn how successful enterprises have rethought everything from governan...

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Jez Cajiao

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Christopher Boucher, Jessica Threet

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Prototype

Wounded, abandoned behind enemy lines, left for dead…Ajax is one of Earth's most elite, a Paladin pilot, and trusted to fly the most advanced starfighters humanity ever produced. His carrier and the rest of the fleet has fallen back, the recent damage from the elven betrayal making it impossible to stay in the fight. But he knows they'll return, and they'll treat this world to the same kind of plasma bombardment that the elves had inflicted on Mother Earth....

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Jez Humble, David Farley

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Addison-Wesley Signature Series (Fowler)

Winner of the 2011 Jolt Excellence Award!Getting software released to users is often a painful, risky, and time-consuming process.This groundbreaking new book sets out the principles and technical practices that enablerapid, incremental delivery of high quality, valuable new functionality to users. Throughautomation of the build, deployment, and testing process, and improved collaboration betweendevelopers, testers, and operations, d...

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Miguel Conner

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Jez Sands

“A lively new book.” —The Guardian“Spine-chilling exposé.” —The Daily Mail• Draws on firsthand accounts from Elvis’s wife, Priscilla, his friends and family, the Memphis Mafia, and his spiritual advisors• Looks at key teachers who influenced him, including Yogananda, H. P. Blavatsky, and Manly P. Hall• Examines Elvis’s efforts as a natural healer, the significance of his UFO encounters, and his telekinetic,...

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Jez Cajiao

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Neil Hellegers

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Rise of Mankind

In all the games Matt has played, Dungeons are places to raid, places you dream of conquering, but when the world is stripped of electricity, and the first mana-twisted beasts start to prowl, the games all come to an end . . .Matt's just an ordinary guy, but when he's beaten, robbed, and left for dead, bleeding out at the bottom of a gully, it all has to change as he grasps frantically at his only chance for survival, coming as it does in the form of a glowing, dangerously pulsing ...

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Jez Stewart

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British Screen Stories

A Sight & Sound Book of the YearJez Stewart charts the course of this extraordinarily fertile area of British film from early experiments with stop-motion and the flourishing of animated drawings during WWI. He reveals how the rockier interwar period set the shape of the industry in enduring ways, and how creatives like Len Lye and Lotte Reiniger brought art to advertising and sponsored films, building a foundation for such distin...

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Rupert Sheldrake

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Jez Sands

New updated and expanded edition of the groundbreaking book that ignited a firestorm in the scientific world with its radical approach to evolution• Explains how past forms and behaviors of organisms determine those of similar organisms in the present through morphic resonance• Reveals the nonmaterial connections that allow direct communication across time and spaceWhen A New Science of Life was first published the British journal Nature called it ...

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Jez Rowden

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On track

One of the biggest names in the musical landscape of the 1970s, Steely Dan released a string of albums that pushed the boundaries of what was possible in a recording studio. With albums like The Royal Scam and Aja, the songs of Walter Becker and Donald Fagen drew from their love of jazz, their ability to write memorable pop hooks and their penchant for subversive humour, to produce a catalogue of unparalleled brilliance. With worldwide album sales in excess of 40 million ...

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Patricia Brennan Demuth

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Penguin Young Readers

This nonfiction reader shines a light on Thomas Edison and his greatest invention—the lightbulb!As a curious child who was always asking questions, it's no wonder Thomas Edison grew up to become a famous, prolific inventor. This easy-to-read nonfiction story follows Edison from his time in school to his career as a full-time inventor. While it focuses on his groundbreaking creation of the lightbulb, this illuminating account also details other important innovations...