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From Boston to Chicago, Miami to San Diego, America is chock-full of great cities and regions that are undeniably great places to spend a day, a weekend, or more. But where to take the kids? Whether one is a city-dwelling parent, a suburban day-tripper, or a vacationer, GPP Travel's new Are We Almost There? series shows where. Readers will feel like locals in the know with these easy-to-use, highly portable, and kid-friendly guides—which have all the latest information on where to keep the kids entertained without ever getting bored yourself. Soon they'll be the ones asking, “Are We Almost There?!” Each guide includes: • A clear, incredibly easy-to-use popout® map • Full-color interior, in a highly portable, 5 1/8 x 3 3/4 trim size • Information for families with children aged 2 to 12 • Popular attractions such as museums, zoos, parks, and entertainment venues • Family-friendly places to stay and kid-friendly restaurants • A calendar of kid-friendly events

From Boston to Chicago, Miami to San Diego, America is chock-full of great cities and regions that are undeniably great places to spend a day, a weekend, or more. But where to take the kids? Whether one is a city-dwelling parent, a suburban day-tripper, or a vacationer, GPP Travel's new Are We Almost There? series shows where. Readers will feel like locals in the know with these easy-to-use, highly portable, and kid-friendly guides—which have all the latest information on where to keep the kids entertained without ever getting bored yourself. Soon they'll be the ones asking, “Are We Almost There?!” Each guide includes: • A clear, incredibly easy-to-use popout® map • Full-color interior, in a highly portable, 5 1/8 x 3 3/4 trim size • Information for families with children aged 2 to 12 • Popular attractions such as museums, zoos, parks, and entertainment venues • Family-friendly places to stay and kid-friendly restaurants • A calendar of kid-friendly events

Amos Henry was dead set against the church constructing a parsonage. Like the fictional Boss Hogg of Hazzard County, Amos held a lot of power and unnerved a lot of people. But he was no match for the Lord, who performed miracle after miracle to ensure a young pastor and his wife a fit place to live. Building the church parsonage is just one of many inspirational stories the author tells as he relates the mishaps and miracles he encountered while serving God in his very first pastorate in Goodview, Virginia. You’ll travel with Elwood and Maxine McQuaid to America in the 1950s and to the values and lessons that forever shaped the lives and ministry of a young couple that wanted to serve the Lord.

Stevie Stevenson graduates from college and embraces the liberating California lifestyle in award-winning author April Sinclair’s follow-up to her “vivid and brilliant” (San Francisco Review of Books) debut novel Coffee Will Make You Black Growing up black in 1960s Chicago, Jean “Stevie” Stevenson came of age amid the tumult of the civil rights movement, learning to value not just her race and gender but her sexuality as well. Now, nearly a decade later, Stevie is a college graduate enjoying a week of vacation in San Francisco. After getting a taste of the bohemian life, she can’t bring herself to return home to her family and journalism career in Chicago. Instead, she’s determined to spread her wings and discover her true self, experimenting with free love, gay pride, and vegetarianism; forging a friendship with a gay disco queen; and taking a job at the feminist Personal Change Counseling Center. As she falls in and out of love, Stevie takes time to observe both the absurd and the liberating qualities of the West Coast hippie lifestyle—and is constantly reminded that the journey to self-discovery likely has no end point. Written with the same bright wit and endless charm that made Coffee Will Make You Black such a beloved book, Ain’t Gonna Be the Same Fool Twice is a delightful continuation of Stevie’s story that was hailed by Salon as “ripely funny, unpretentious, and sincere.”

As I sit here watching my latest two kids eating their lunch, I think of all the experiences, people and places that have passed through my life as a nanny. The children of course will always be a part of my life as well as the homes I have lived in. If I sit back and concentrate I can almost picture every room in every house through out the whole almost 25 years.

Algorithms and data structures are much more than abstract concepts. Mastering them enables you to write code that runs faster and more efficiently, which is particularly important for today’s web and mobile apps. Take a practical approach to data structures and algorithms, with techniques and real-world scenarios that you can use in your daily production code, with examples in JavaScript, Python, and Ruby. This new and revised second edition features new chapters on recursion, dynamic programming, and using Big O in your daily work. Use Big O notation to measure and articulate the efficiency of your code, and modify your algorithm to make it faster. Find out how your choice of arrays, linked lists, and hash tables can dramatically affect the code you write. Use recursion to solve tricky problems and create algorithms that run exponentially faster than the alternatives. Dig into advanced data structures such as binary trees and graphs to help scale specialized applications such as social networks and mapping software. You’ll even encounter a single keyword that can give your code a turbo boost. Practice your new skills with exercises in every chapter, along with detailed solutions. Use these techniques today to make your code faster and more scalable.

The year is 1946. Chicago private eye Joe Ganzer, a haunted former WWII espionage agent, is about to take a case he doesn't want from a mysterious Russian beauty he doesn't trust to locate an uncle whose story he doesn't believe. And a friend from his past, a two-time loser, will ask Joe to get him out of a treacherous jam. If he helps him, they may both end up dead. Dark days are about to descend on Joe Ganzer. He will become tangled in a web of espionage and stolen booze and stolen art and murder-- and he will come face to face with the legendary Maltese Falcon.

p>If you thought data structures and algorithms were all just theory, you're missing out on what they can do for your Python code. Learn to use Big O notation to make your code run faster by orders of magnitude. Choose from data structures such as hash tables, trees, and graphs to increase your code's efficiency exponentially. With simple language and clear diagrams, this book makes this complex topic accessible, no matter your background. Every chapter features practice exercises to give you the hands-on information you need to master data structures and algorithms for your day-to-day work. Algorithms and data structures are much more than abstract concepts. Mastering them enables you to write code that runs faster and more efficiently, which is particularly important for today's web and mobile apps. Take a practical approach to data structures and algorithms, with techniques and real-world scenarios that you can use in your daily production code. The Python edition uses Python exclusively for all code examples, exercise, and solutions. Use Big O notation to measure and articulate the efficiency of your code, and modify your algorithm to make it faster. Find out how your choice of arrays, linked lists, and hash tables can dramatically affect the code you write. Use recursion to solve tricky problems and create algorithms that run exponentially faster than the alternatives. Dig into advanced data structures such as binary trees and graphs to help scale specialized applications such as social networks and mapping software. You'll even encounter a single keyword that can give your code a turbo boost. Practice your new skills with exercises in every chapter, along with detailed solutions. Use these techniques today to make your Python code faster and more scalable.