The Stumbling Shepherd

H.A. Cody

Thanks to the main character, readers will be able to understand the value of books. It all starts with the fact that he finds an amazing book. The writings of the early fathers of the Church in their gloomy bindings occupied the lowest shelf. Above them, rank by rank, were collected church stories, ancient, modern and medieval. All the articles on his desk were organized according to his preferences.

The Substitute Millionaire

Hulbert Footner

A multimillionaire Silas Gyde was killed by an anarchists bomb and Jack Norman found himself Silas Gydes sole heir and the richest man in New York. The inheritance included a warning from his benefactor about an elaborate protection scheme promising to protect the wealthy from anarchists, in which Gyde had declined to enroll. Jack enlists a out-of-work actor to take on his own identity, while he, in the guise of Jack Normans secretary, works furiously behind the scenes to break up the gang and unmask their leader Mr. B.

The Successful Software Manager. The definitive guide to growing from developer to manager

Herman Fung

The Successful Software Manager is a comprehensive and practical guide to managing software developers, software customers, and the process of deciding what software needs to be built. It explains in detail how to develop a management mindset, lead a high-performing developer team, and meet all the expectations of a good manager.The book will help you whether you’ve chosen to pursue a career in management or have been asked to act up as a manager. Whether you’re a Development Manager, Product Manager, Team Leader, Solution Architect, or IT Director, this is your indispensable guide to all aspects of running your team and working within an organization and dealing with colleagues, customers, potential customers, and technologists, to ensure you build the product your organization needs.This book is the must-have authoritative guide to managing projects, managing people, and preparing yourself to be an effective manager. The intuitive real-life examples will act as a desk companion for any day-to-day challenge, and beyond that, Herman will show you how to prepare for the next stages and how to achieve career success.

The sun is silent

A.P. Mist

Adrien i Alex są braćmi. Podczas jednej z imprez rozgrywają partię pokera, w której stawka jest dość nietypowa. Jeśli Alex przegra, musi zrezygnować ze zdobycia delikatnej Livii uchodzącej na uczelni za dziewczynę, której zdobyć się nie da. W przeciwnym razie jego starszy brat wyjawi mu swoje patenty na podrywanie kobiet i pomoże mu w osiągnięciu tego niełatwego celu. Adrien nie wie jednak, że dziewczyna, będąca obiektem westchnień Alexa, jest tą samą, którą poznał kilka dni wcześniej na plaży. Tą, której spojrzenia, uśmiechu i wypowiadanych przez nią słów nie potrafi wyrzucić z głowy. Co zrobi, kiedy dowie się o tym dopiero podczas wizyty w rodzinnym domu, do którego przyjechał na urlop z rocznego kontraktu w Europie? Jak skończy się ta rozgrywka? Kto ostatecznie będzie wygranym, a kto będzie musiał powiedzieć pas?

The Sundial

Fred M. White

John Charlock had found out that all he had longed and hoped for since the early days was nothing more than vexation of spirit. Charlock made his way upwards. He had known what it was to starve. He often slept in parks. And now everything has changed, and he has become almost unsurpassed as a portrait painter. Glory and happiness came to him thanks to his brush and pencil. And at the same time, he seems to have found the only woman who could make him happy.

The Sunken Island. Or, The Pirates of Atlantis

Fenton Ash

Welcome to the important and meaningful adventure novel of Francis Henry Atkins which is The Sunken Island: or the Pirates of Atlantis, appeared in 1904. Frank Atkins (1847-1927), who has written under several names, including Frank Aubrey and here as Fenton Ash. He was a British writer of pulp fiction, in particular science fiction aimed at younger readers, writing at least three Lost-World novels along with much else.

The Sunless City

Dick Donovan

A well-travelled journalist James Edward Preston Muddock though he was better known as Joyce Emerson Preston Muddock, wrote prolifically in a number of genres. The vast majority of his output were sensational detective stories in which Dick Donovan was the main character. In the lost world novel The Sunless City (1905), Josiah Flintabbatey Flonatin pilots a submarine through a bottomless lake. Upon passing through a hole lined with gold, he finds a strange underground world...

The Supervised Learning Workshop. Predict outcomes from data by building your own powerful predictive models with machine learning in Python - Second Edition

Blaine Bateman, Ashish Ranjan Jha, Benjamin Johnston, Ishita Mathur

Would you like to understand how and why machine learning techniques and data analytics are spearheading enterprises globally? From analyzing bioinformatics to predicting climate change, machine learning plays an increasingly pivotal role in our society.Although the real-world applications may seem complex, this book simplifies supervised learning for beginners with a step-by-step interactive approach. Working with real-time datasets, you’ll learn how supervised learning, when used with Python, can produce efficient predictive models.Starting with the fundamentals of supervised learning, you’ll quickly move to understand how to automate manual tasks and the process of assessing date using Jupyter and Python libraries like pandas. Next, you’ll use data exploration and visualization techniques to develop powerful supervised learning models, before understanding how to distinguish variables and represent their relationships using scatter plots, heatmaps, and box plots. After using regression and classification models on real-time datasets to predict future outcomes, you’ll grasp advanced ensemble techniques such as boosting and random forests. Finally, you’ll learn the importance of model evaluation in supervised learning and study metrics to evaluate regression and classification tasks.By the end of this book, you’ll have the skills you need to work on your real-life supervised learning Python projects.

The Surprising Experiences of Mr. Shuttlebury Cobb

R. Austin Freeman

Richard Austin Freeman, the doyen of the scientific division of detective writing is best known for his character Dr. John Thorndyke. A close and careful investigator and the outstanding medical authority in the field of detective fiction, R. Austin Freeman not only tested the wits of the reader but also inspired many modern detective forensic methods. Shuttlebury Cobb is a completely different sort of book. In it Freeman demonstrates his sense of humor and whimsy as he follows the strange and always comic adventures of the hero of the title who finds himself caught up by chance in the quest for a mysterious treasure. Charting a series of adventures set in many strange scenarios, Mr. Shuttlebury Cobb is led through the dark and twisted streets of London where he meets a highly gifted stranger, enters secret chambers, and finds a magic mirror. Cobb engages with a secret code and a castaway in a delightful collection designed to while away the hours.

The Survivor

E. Phillips Oppenheim

A striking romantic novel of 1913 of a young Englishmans uphill fight. Douglas Guest is an orphan, raised by a stern, religious, and uncompromising uncle, Gideon Strong, in the North of England. His uncle orders him to marry his cousin and take up the post of cleric in their small town but he confronts his uncle, takes money which was intended for his education, and escapes to London. On the train, he meets the beautiful Countess Emily de Reuss, who takes an interest in him. Douglas has aspirations to be a writer in London but is frustrated when no publisher will buy his work. Emily has spread the word that no one should support him. Meanwhile, his uncle is found murdered, and his two cousins, Cicely and Jane, have come to London to find the murderer.

The Survivors of the Chancellor. Diary of J.R. Kazallon, Passenger

Jules Verne

The book Chansler. The Diary of a Passenger by J.-R. Casallon Jules Verne is based on real events, which gives her great interest. The theme of sea voyage of ships is one of the leading ones in the authors novels. On one of the cargo ships there was a fire of cotton, the crew and passengers were forced to build a raft and leave the ship, which was no longer rescue. The whole novel is dedicated to the misfortunes of the surviving people, whose fate is not at all enviable.

The Swindler and Other Stories

Ethel M. Dell

The Swindler and Other Stories is a collection of stories first published in 1923 by the hugely successful English writer of popular romances Ethel May Dell. The Swindler: As a young girl Cynthia holds a professional swindler in admiration, since he cleverly swindled her out of five hundred pounds. On a voyage she meets a private detective called West who is bent on capturing this swindler called Nat Verney. Little did Cynthia know what the favor she asked of West would lead to. What follows is a mans lies to save the woman he loves from herself and another mans love for Cynthia, and how far he will go to make her happy, at his own expense. The rest of the stories are love stories and have many surprises.

The Sword of Damocles. A Story of New York Life

Anna Katharine Green

A young pianist falls in love with a rich bankers sixteen year old daughter after she requests to meet him in mildly mysterious circumstances. Her father will only let her marry someone with lots of money and, would you know it, hates music. The pianist decides to stop tickling the ivories and become a rich banker too. One of detective fiction master Anna Katharine Greens earlier novels, The Sword of Damocles combines a budding romance set against the backdrop of New York Citys hustle and bustle with a beguiling mystery. Here, the author tells the story of early 1900s lovers facing many of the moral dilemmas from that era. Greens best-known creation, master detective Ebenezer Gryce, makes a cameo appearance on the scene.

The Swordsman of Mars

Otis Adelbert Kline

The Age of Miracles produces an amazing suicide and a triumphant return from death. A million dollar prize is offered and won for the most perfect automation. The Revenge of the Robot and Other Tales is a collection of thrilling sci-fi stories from mechanistic progress, written by Otis Adelbert Kline, who was an adventure and science-fiction novelist of the pulp era. Kline is perhaps best known for his novelistic feud with Edgar Rice Burroughs. He wrote Planet of Peril (1929) and two other novels set on the planet Venus and written in the storytelling form of the John Carter of Mars novels, prompting Burroughs to write his own stories set on Venus. In return, Kline wrote two novels set on Mars, as well as several jungle adventurers quite reminiscent of Burroughss Tarzan.

The Table

Edgar Wallace, Robert Curtis

Here is Edgar Wallaces famous stage-play as told by Robert Curtis in story form with all the dramatic excitement and suspense that thrilled theatre-goers. Robert Curtis was the private secretary to British crime writer Edgar Wallace. Curtis and Wallace met for the first time in 1913, before parting following the outbreak of World War One, as Curtis had to do his military service. In 1918 he was reunited with Wallace who employed him as his secretary, he had the task of copying out Wallaces dictations, this task he accomplished at such a speed that he was known as the fastest secretary in England. After Wallaces death, he completed some of Wallaces unfinished manuscripts and turned several plays and film scripts into novels in the style of Wallace as well as writing several original novels.

The Tableau Workshop. A practical guide to the art of data visualization with Tableau

Sumit Gupta, Sylvester Pinto, Shweta Sankhe-Savale, JC Gillet, ...

Learning Tableau has never been easier, thanks to this practical introduction to storytelling with data. The Tableau Workshop breaks down the analytical process into five steps: data preparation, data exploration, data analysis, interactivity, and distribution of dashboards. Each stage is addressed with a clear walkthrough of the key tools and techniques you'll need, as well as engaging real-world examples, meaningful data, and practical exercises to give you valuable hands-on experience.As you work through the book, you'll learn Tableau step by step, studying how to clean, shape, and combine data, as well as how to choose the most suitable charts for any given scenario. You'll load data from various sources and formats, perform data engineering to create new data that delivers deeper insights, and create interactive dashboards that engage end-users.All concepts are introduced with clear, simple explanations and demonstrated through realistic example scenarios. You'll simulate real-world data science projects with use cases such as traffic violations, urban populations, coffee store sales, and air travel delays.By the end of this Tableau book, you'll have the skills and knowledge to confidently present analytical results and make data-driven decisions.

The Tale of Triona

William J. Locke

Trion is Alexis Trion, a man with a mysterious past, a tormented hero, a man who writes his story, which instantly becomes a bestseller. It was at this moment that Olivia enters his life. Olivia is a rich, recently orphaned young woman who wants adventure to see the world, etc. to start her new life. There she reads Alexeys book and meets him in person.

The Tale of Two Bad Mice

Karolina Jekiełek

Uproszczona lektura w języku angielskim dopasowana do poziomu A1 opowiadająca o dwóch niegrzecznych myszkach. Nowoczesne podejście gwarantuje kilka godzin pracy, aby nie tylko przeczytać tekst w języku angielskim, ale przede wszystkim opanować nowe słownictwo, przyimki oraz formy gramatyczne. Polecenia podane są w języku polskim, do wszystkich ćwiczeń dołączony jest klucz odpowiedzi. Wśród ćwiczeń m.in. czytanie z podstawianiem słów z mini słowniczka obrazkowego, czytanie z poprawianiem błędnych form, tłumaczenia zdań, zadawanie pytań, zmienianie czasu, uzupełnianie zdań, oraz przyimki. To wszystko sprawia, że czytanka zmienia się w aktywne utrwalenie słownictwa i form gramatycznych. Zapraszam do owocnej pracy zarówno młodzież, jak i dorosłych! Książeczka zawiera dodatkowe nagranie audio.     If you are studying English as a Foreign Language, and you are a speaker of Polish you are going to enjoy an English reader at A1 level. It is an adaptation of classic English literature, a lovely story about two bad mice. What do they do? Who are they? What damage do to make? Find out and enjoy the simplified classic story for children. The modern approach guarantees several hours of work, not only to read the text in English but above all, to master new vocabulary, prepositions and grammatical forms. The instructions are given in Polish, all exercises are accompanied by an answer key. The exercises include reading with substituting words from a mini glossary, reading with correcting wrong forms, translating sentences, asking questions, changing tenses, completing sentences, and prepositions. All this turns the reading into an active consolidation of vocabulary and grammatical forms. Both teenagers and adults can work fruitfully with the new English Readers! The reader contains an additional audio recording.

The Talleyrand Maxim

Joseph Smith Fletcher

The Talleyrand Maxim" belongs to the pen of an outstanding British journalist and writer Joseph Smith Fletcher. Linford Pratt is a suave and clever law clerk looking for a chance to better himself. Opportunity knocks when he gets possession of a rich mans will that would mean the ruin of the present heirs. His thoughts turn to blackmail, since he assumes the wrongful heirs would pay a high price to hang onto their wealth. Pratts personal hero is the subtle, wily diplomat Talleyrand. Self-interest is Pratts guiding principle. We watch him pondering, planning and scheming his way through one complication after another. This is a gripping detective story, with many twists and turns, based in Edwardian England. It is definitely recommended for a wide circle of readers who want to have a couple of hours of fascinating reading.

The Taming of the Shrew

William Shakespeare

Shakespeare showed us the plays in the play. In the introduction, we see that the Lord decided to play a cruel joke on a drunken brazier. They brought him to the lords house, dressed him beautifully, and assured him that past life was only a dream. And at this moment there is a troupe of actors who show the main part of the play. Unfortunately, the author did not finish the whole thing.

The Teeth of the Tiger

Maurice Leblanc

The Teeth of the Tiger was written in the year 1914 by Maurice Leblanc (translated by Alexander Teixeira de Mattos). Leblanc was a French novelist and short story writer known for creating the character Arsene Lupin, who is the French counterpart to the English Sherlock Holmes. This is one of three novels about Lupin written in World War 1. Complicated murder mystery in which Arsene Lupin, in his guise as a Spanish nobleman, gets embroiled in an inheritance mystery involving a beautiful woman. Lupin is s sincere hero who has failings, which ender him to the reader. This romance and adventure/thriller is by far the best of the Lupin series and is one of the most popular novels of Maurice Leblanc, and has been translated into several other languages around the world.

The Tempest

William Shakespeare

One of Shakespeares later plays. The plot focuses on the confrontation between the Duke of Milan, the Wizard of Prospero, and his brother Antonio. The latter, with the help of the Neapolitan king, takes power from his brother. Prospero, with his little daughter Miranda, was expelled from Milan. On a dilapidated ship they were sent to the open sea.

The Tempest

Adam Mickiewicz

The Tempest The sail is torn, the rudder bursts, the waters roar,  All people yell, the pumps release a baleful wail,  The ropes yanked out of deckhands’ palms: we’ve lost the sail!  Lo! Sun in blood-shade setting, hope there is no more.    The gale in triumph howls, and on the sodden hills  That rise above the chaos of the fatal sea,  A genius of death ascended, and now he  Assails the fortress long destroyed and further kills.    Some on the deck lie dying, drowning in despair;  Some fall in neighbor’s arms and sadly say good bye;  Some pray to drive the death away, some pray to die.    One passenger sat calmly in a corner there,  And thought: Oh happy he who’s swooned amid this hell,  Or prays or knows a man to say the last farewell!    [...] Adam Mickiewicz Ur. 24 grudnia 1798 r. w Zaosiu koło Nowogródka Zm. 26 listopada 1855 r. w Konstantynopolu (dziś: Stambuł) Najważniejsze dzieła: Ballady i romanse (1822), Grażyna (1823), Sonety krymskie (1826), Konrad Wallenrod (1828), Dziady (cz.II i IV 1823, cz.III 1832), Księgi narodu polskiego i pielgrzymstwa polskiego (1833), Pan Tadeusz (1834); wiersze: Oda do młodości (1820), Do Matki Polki (1830), Śmierć pułkownika (1831), Reduta Ordona (1831) Polski poeta i publicysta okresu romantyzmu (czołowy z trójcy ?wieszczów?). Syn adwokata, Mikołaja (zm. 1812) herbu Poraj oraz Barbary z Majewskich. Ukończył studia na Wydziale Literatury Uniwersytetu Wileńskiego; stypendium odpracowywał potem jako nauczyciel w Kownie. Był współzałożycielem tajnego samokształceniowego Towarzystwa Filomatów (1817), za co został w 1823 r. aresztowany i skazany na osiedlenie w głębi Rosji. W latach 1824-1829 przebywał w Petersburgu, Moskwie i na Krymie; następnie na emigracji w Paryżu. Wykładał literaturę łacińską na Akademii w Lozannie (1839), a od 1840 r. literaturę słowiańską w College de France w Paryżu. W 1841 r. związał się z ruchem religijnym A. Towiańskiego. W okresie Wiosny Ludów był redaktorem naczelnym fr. dziennika ?Trybuna Ludów? i organizatorem ochotniczego Zastępu Polskiego, dla którego napisał demokratyczny Skład zasad. autor: Cezary Ryska   Kupując książkę wspierasz fundację Nowoczesna Polska, która propaguje ideę wolnej kultury. Wolne Lektury to biblioteka internetowa, rozwijana pod patronatem Ministerstwa Edukacji Narodowej. W jej zbiorach znajduje się kilka tysięcy utworów, w tym wiele lektur szkolnych zalecanych do użytku przez MEN, które trafiły już do domeny publicznej. Wszystkie dzieła są odpowiednio opracowane - opatrzone przypisami oraz motywami.

The Temple of Fire. Or, The Mysterious Island

Fenton Ash

The Temple of Fire, or The Mysterious Island (1905), the authors seventh novel out of an eventual 14. It is an absorbing lost-world adventure, characterized by vividly imaginative. Francis Henry Atkins British speculative fiction writer, working mainly under two pseudonyms (Frank Aubrey and Fenton Ash) in sequence, was extremely successful and influential. He played an important role in the History of Science-Fiction.