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Data is at the center of many challenges in system design today. Difficult issues need to be figured out, such as scalability, consistency, reliability, efficiency, and maintainability. In addition, we have an overwhelming variety of tools, including relational databases, NoSQL datastores, stream or batch processors, and message brokers. What are the right choices for your application? How do you make sense of all these buzzwords? In this practical and comprehensive guide, author Martin Kleppmann helps you navigate this diverse landscape by examining the pros and cons of various technologies for processing and storing data. Software keeps changing, but the fundamental principles remain the s...
Focusing on Britain, France and Germany in the first half of the twentieth century, this book examines the emergence of new transnational networks and ideologies among anticolonialists from the British and French colonies who were active in Europe, and the pro-colonial authorities who tried to control them through surveillance.
There is nothing that James Martin doesn't know about desserts, cakes and puddings. In his TV series 'Sweet Baby James', he shares his passion with the rest of the nation. This book contains over 100 recipes for classic favourites and delicious new creations.
Notes and queries was originally published in the Saturday issue of the Harrisburg daily telegraph.
A companion book to the PBS documentary series exploring the history of the blues and its contribution to American culture and music worldwide. A companion to the groundbreaking documentary series, this volume is a unique and timeless celebration of the blues, from writers and artists as esteemed and revered as the music that moved them. Included in this stunning collection are: Essays by David Halberstam, Hilton Als, Suzan-Lori Parks, Elmore Leonard, Luc Sante, John Edgar Wideman, and many others Timeless archival pieces by writers such as Stanley Booth, Paul Oliver, and Mack McCormick Evocative color illustrations and rare vintage photography Illuminating and in-depth conversations and por...
This book is a collection of ten essays, which are the result of the "Conference on Sports Economics: Rottenberg's Golden Anniversary" at the University of Oviedo in Gijón, Spain (28-29 April 2006), held on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of an article by Simon Rottenberg in the "Journal of Political Economy" titled "The Baseball Players' Labor Market". The essays can be grouped into three broad themes: the economic impact of sport and the economic analysis of public policies with regard to sport; the economic analysis of professional sports; and the analysis of European football and its future perspectives.
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