Delve into the world of Kotlin and learn to build powerful Android and web applicationsKey FeaturesLearn the fundamentals of Kotlin to write high-quality codeTest and debug your applications with the different unit testing frameworks in KotlinExplore Kotlin's interesting features such as null safety, reflection, and annotationsBook DescriptionKotlin is a general-purpose programming language used for developing cross-platform ...

Stephan Silva is a three thousand year old vampire. He is too set in his ways and has existed too many years to find a mate now. But the woman did save his life. He couldn't just let her die, could he?Clarice Kelley, Clar to her friends, is hiding out from her stepfather and has been for several years. She's a loner and prefers it that way, because she always winds up getting hurt whenever anyone gets too close to her. She only killed the vampire because he would have killed her fri...

Familiarize yourself with all of Kotlin's features with this in-depth guideKey Features? Introduction to running, setup and tools of Kotlin code ? Writing structured and readable object-oriented code using new features alongside lambdas and higher order functions ? Writing unit tests and integrating Kotlin tests with Java code in a transitioning code base ? Guide through testing, concurrency and microservices ? Leveraging Kotlin?s extensions to the Java collecti...

The Genoese—thrifty and industrious—bore no very good moral character at that time; but they were then perhaps not alone in that respect. Little information is available concerning the family of Paganini.

How to face life, how to prepare for life, are questions that must be answered by those who believe, as Lecky put it, that the “map of life” must be marked out, that in the words of Emerson there is such a thing as the “conduct of life” which man is free to determine. We are assured incessantly in these days that we must enter upon a great programme of preparedness for war,—back of which urging lies the assumption that a maximum of preparedness must be arranged in order to secure our land ...

The rapid evolution of Charlotte, North Carolina, from “regional backwater” to globally ascendant city provides stark contrasts of then and now. Once a regional manufacturing and textile center, Charlotte stands today as one of the nation’s premier banking and financial cores with interests reaching broadly into global markets. Once defined by its biracial and bicultural character, Charlotte is now an emerging immigrant gateway drawing newcomers from Latin America and across the globe. Onc...

The Gospel Coalition Book Awards Winner – Theological StudiesModern theology claimed that it ignited a renaissance in trinitarian theology. Really, it has been a renaissance in social trinitarianism. Classical commitments like divine simplicity have been jettisoned, the three persons have been redefined as three centers of consciousness and will, and modern agendas in politics, gender, and ecclesiology determine the terms of the discussion. Contemp...

This multiple award-winning anthology of twenty psychological and supernatural horror stories explores the outer limits of fear.To create this volume, renowned horror editor Ellen Datlow wrote to her favorite authors asking for stories that would "provide the reader with a frisson of shock, or a moment of dread so powerful it might cause the reader outright physical discomfort; or a sensation of fear so palpable that the reader feels impelled to turn up the lights v...

This widely-studied play is one of the best sellers of the Shakespeare canon. This production is the seventh Shakespeare play in the series undertaken by Naxos AudioBooks in conjunction with Cambridge University Press.

In the richly diverse anthology 'Little Visits with Great Americans,' readers are invited to explore the multifaceted tapestry of thought and creativity that defined American literature and culture at the turn of the 20th century. The collection boasts an extraordinary array of styles and genres, from poignant poetry to incisive essays and stirring speeches. Among its most compelling themes are the indomitable spirit of innovation and the profound interplay between personal and national id...

Winner of the 2016 Tony Award for Best PlayFinalist for the 2016 Pulitzer Prize for DramaWinner of the Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding New Broadway PlayWinner of the New York Drama Critics’ Circle Award for Best Play“THE BEST PLAY OF THE YEAR” --The New York Times, The Washington Post, New York Magazine, Chicago Tribune, The Hollywood Reporter, Time Out New Yo...

CHILDHOOD AND EARLY LIFE. The disease had scarred and disfigured features Otherwise regular and always impressive. It had seriously injured his eyes, entirely destroying, it seems, the sight of one. He could not, it is said, distinguish a friend's face half a yard off, and pictures were to him meaningless patches, in which he could never see the resemblance to their objects. The statement is perhaps exaggerated; for he could see enough to condemn a portrait of himself. He expressed some an...