John Gallagher

Matthew Mathias

Through the authors' carefully constructed explanations and examples, you will develop an understanding of Swift grammar and the elements of effective Swift style. Updated for Swift 3.0, the book is also compatible with Swift 2.1. You will also learn how to navigate Xcode 8 and get the most out of Apple's documentation. Throughout the book, the authors share their insights into Swift to ensure that you understand the hows and whys of Swift and can put that understanding to use in different contexts. After working through this book, you will have the knowledge and confidence to develop your own solutions to a wide range of programming challenges using Swift.

The Big Nerd Ranch Guide

Swift Programming

Valmore James

John M Gallagher

An autobiography of Val James, the first American-born black hockey player to play in the National Hockey League.

The Val James Story

Black Ice

"John Gallagher's Reimagining Detroit provides a thought-provoking analysis of a city devastated by deindustrialization and a clear vision for a future Detroit as a smaller, vibrant city. This thinking goes against the grain as many public policy experts and planners believe that fixing Detroit requires a repopulation of the city's current footprint. Policy makers and community leaders should examine Gallagher's paradigm-shifting idea that when you plan for shrinkage, growth happens. Reimagining Detroit is a must-read for all engaged in the hard work of rebuilding Detroit."-Sheila Cockrel, former Detroit city councilwoman and adjunct professor in the Wayne State University Irvin D. Reid Honors College "John Gallagher has done a great job of synthesizing a host of important and emerging ideas that could dramatically change Detroit's future and of presenting them in ways that are clear and vivid and that both practitioners and laypeople will readily grasp. This is a valuable book, not only for Detroiters, but for anyone with a physical, financial, or emotional stake in the future of America's shrinking industrial cities."-Alan Mallach, non-resident senior fellow in the Metropolitan Policy Program at the Brookings Institution and author of Bringing Buildings Back: From Vacant Properties to Community Assets" What is really distinctive about John Gallagher's contribution to the Detroit saga is his perspective. This important and timely book reflects his design/architectural background, his business experience, and the investigative skills he honed at the Detroit Free Press. This rich background is badly needed, as much of the writing about the post-industrial urban future, including Detroit's, is narrow or opinionated or worse, both. Gallagher's book will not be the last to explore the journey that Detroit might take through the twenty-first century, but this road map will be essential reading for all."-Robin Boyle, director of the Department of Urban Studies and Planning at Wayne State University "Whether urban or rural dweller, academic or practitioner, the reader takes from Gallagher a deeper appreciation of both the challenges and opportunities that exist within our cities, challenges and opportunities that will ultimately impact our country."-Jay Williams, mayor of Youngstown, Ohio, from the foreword

Opportunities for Redefining an American City

Reimagining Detroit

Meet a secret superhero with CAT-ITUDE--Max Meow, Cat Crusader--in this purr-fectly awesome, hiss-sterically funny graphic novel series just right for fans of Dog Man and InvestiGators! Max is just a regular cat in Kittyopolis, trying to make it big as a podcaster UNTIL he accidentally takes a bite of an RADIOACTIVE SPACE MEATBALL at his best friend Mindy's SECRET LAB. Then before you can say MEOWZA, Max becomes...The CAT CRUSADER! Being a super hero is fun--but not if you get so cocky, you forget your best friend! Will Max and Mindy make up? And together, can they save Kittyopolis from the evil Agent M and BIG BOSS?! Find out in this furr-ociously funny series! BONUS: Includes how to draw Max Meow! And look for the next books—Max Meow: Donuts and Danger, Max Meow Meow: Pugs from Planet X, and Max Meow: Taco Time Machine! "Funny, furry and fantastic!" --Judd Winick, New York Times Bestselling Creator of the Hilo series "Max Meow's super heroics will have kids meow-ling with laughter!" --John Patrick Green, creator of the InvestiGators series

(A Graphic Novel)

Max Meow Book 1: Cat Crusader

Max Meow is BACK and up against PUGS from OUTER SPACE in this hilarious graphic novel series with CAT-ITUDE! PURR-fect for fans of Dog Man, Bad Guys, Hilo, and anyone who loves to LAUGH! Meowza! Space pugs have landed in Kittyopolis and they're after the SPACE MEATBALL that gave Max his powers! Can Max and Mindy save Kittyopolis?! Sometimes being a HERO means knowing when to ask for help, and it will take a whole universe of good guys to stop these space dogs! Luckily Max and Mindy have backup. Meet Rex Rocket, Intergalactic Space Guard, and get ready for Kittyopolis's Bad Guys to become Good (at least temporarily!) to join the adventure! Packed with twists and turns, puns and fun, put your paws together for the latest action packed adventure in the laugh out loud series kids (and cats!) love! Bonus: Includes how to draw Rex Rocket! And look for more Max Meow—Max Meow: Cat Crusader, Max Meow: Donuts and Danger, and Max Meow: Taco Time Machine! "Funny, furry and fantastic!" —Judd Winick, New York Times Bestselling Author of the Hilo series

Max Meow Book 3: Pugs from Planet X

Jeanne Buckeye

This is a book about the business practices of a group of companies who are dedicated to changing the world. These companies participate in the Economy of Communion (EOC) project, which is an initiative of the international and ecumenical Focolare movement. For these companies, changing the world means “humanizing” the economy by consistently privileging relationships over profit-maximizing, and by putting profits in common and using them to address acute social needs and concerns. It also means “humanizing” companies and organizations through business practices that respect the inherent dignity of each person, and that are aimed at breaking down barriers between people in business. The book is the product of a rigorous, robust and multi-year research project involving more than a dozen U.S and Canadian based EOC companies, and should be considered a case study of the EOC rather than a study of any of the individual companies. What, indeed, do we mean by “structures of grace”? First and foremost, the title reflects our conviction that EOC companies are indeed different. And that difference is centered on a conviction of the business as a set of relationships, or more accurately, a community, and the conviction that the purpose of economic activity — the production and distribution of goods and services — is to bring people together, to create community. For us, this is the defining characteristic of the EOC.

The Business Practices of the Economy of Communion

Structures of Grace

Sandra Gibson

Eithne Diamond

The Story of Ciara

Portrayed in Poetic Stanzas (1851-52)

John Gallagher's Old Ballymena

In 1578, the Anglo-Italian author, translator, and teacher John Florio wrote that English was 'a language that wyl do you good in England, but passe Dover, it is woorth nothing'. Learning Languages in Early Modern England is the first major study of how English-speakers learnt a variety of continental vernacular languages in the period between 1480 and 1720. English was practically unknown outside of England, which meant that the English who wanted to travel and trade with the wider world in this period had to become language-learners. Using a wide range of printed and manuscript sources, from multilingual conversation manuals to travellers' diaries and letters where languages mix and mingle, Learning Languages explores how early modern English-speakers learned and used foreign languages, and asks what it meant to be competent in another language in the past. Beginning with language lessons in early modern England, it offers a new perspective on England's 'educational revolution'. John Gallagher looks for the first time at the whole corpus of conversation manuals written for English language-learners, and uses these texts to pose groundbreaking arguments about reading, orality, and language in the period. He also reconstructs the practices of language-learning and multilingual communication which underlay early modern travel. Learning Languages offers a new and innovative study of a set of practices and experiences which were crucial to England's encounter with the wider world, and to the fashioning of English linguistic and cultural identities at home. Interdisciplinary in its approaches and broad in its chronological and thematic scope, this volume places language-learning and multilingualism at the heart of early modern British and European history.

Learning Languages in Early Modern England

Ralph R. Roberts

"Los agentes de bienes raices, los vendedores de automoviles, los agentes de Bolsa y hasta los padres que tratan de venderles a sus hijos las virtudes de realizar las tareas escolares tienen algo en comun. Somos todos vendedores, y uno de los principales axiomas de la venta es que hay que enfrentar a la competencia," senala Ralph Roberts, apodado el "vendedor mas timible de los Estados Unidos" por la revista Time. Con estilo ameno y multiplicidad de ejemplos, el autor revela las reglas de oro que rigen el mundo de las ventas. "La mayoria de la gente de ventas trabaja sin un plan anual. Aquellos que acostumbran planificar pueden dar testimonio de lo productivo que dicho plan les permite ser. Muchas veces tendra que escoger entre obtener una comision rapida o generar una relacion de largo plazo con el cliente. La mayoria de los vendedores eligen la primera alternativa. Los verdaderamente competentes eligen la segunda. Estas son algunas de las 52 reglas que enuncia el especialista en su libro. "Un vendedor es mas que un simple agente de un producto o servicio sino que es un solucionador de problemas. Alli es donde encontramos nuestras mayores satisfacciones y nuestras mejores recompensas," concluye Roberts. Ralph Roberts, apodado el vendedor mas terrible de los Estados Unidos por la revista Time, debido a sus logros. revela estrategias practicas acordes con el entorno de ventas que caracteriza el fin del milenio: o Detectar oportunidades de negocios donde su competidor no las ve. o Aprender pautas para revertir una caida de ventas. o Saber como obtener lo maximo de sus clientes anteriores. y cuando deshacerse de un cliente. o Adquirir metodos seguros para obtener el maximo provecho desus estrategias para generar contactos. o Aprender las claves para dirigir un negocio desde su hogar. Ademas, el autor presenta las historias y tecnicas de otras superestrellas de las ventas en diferentes areas del mercado. incluyendo publicidad. inversiones. automoviles.

52 semanas para lograr éxito en sus ventas

Chris Bull

A fresh, powerful account of the war between the religious right and gay rights activists takes readers deep inside the contentious and often vicious battles waged over this issue.

The Battle Between the Religious Right and the Gay Movement

Perfect Enemies

"Funny, furry and fantastic!" --Judd Winick, New York Times Bestselling Author of the Hilo series Calling all GRAPHIC NOVEL FANS! Do you like DONUTS? Do you crave DANGER? Then Max Meow-the graphic novel series with CAT-ITUDE--is PURR-fect for you! Just right for fans of Dogman, Bad Guys, Hilo and anyone who LOVES TO LAUGH! Meowza! Max was just getting used to being a SECRET SUPER HERO when his and his best friend Mindy's evil look-alikes show up in Kittyopolis! And what's worse, they're determined to take over the world's donut supply--and Max and Mindy are getting blamed! Can Max and Mindy work together to save the day--and the donuts?! Find out in Max Meow Book 2: Donuts and Danger! A deliciously funny, action-packed new series that's so good you'll want seconds! Bonus! Includes How to Draw Mindy AND Max Meow's SECRET Donut Scavenger hunt! "Max Meow is good-hearted fun!" --Kazu Kibuishi, creator of Amulet "Max Meow's super heroics will have kids meow-ling with laughter!" --John Patrick Green, creator of the InvestiGators series "A heaping helping of candy colored fun!" --Ben Hatke, creator of the Zita the Spacegirl and Mighty Jack series "Cats and kittens alike will be thrilled to finally have a hero they can look up to." --Mike Maihack, creator of Cleopatra in Space series "Meowza! Let's hear it for the coolest new cat crusader, Max!" --Jennifer & Matthew Holm, co-creators of the Babymouse series "Max Meow is sure to save any young reader's day with super-laughs on every page!" --Norm Feuti, syndicated cartoonist and creator of the Hello, Hedgehog series

Max Meow Book 2: Donuts and Danger

Documents from the Vatican and U.S. Bishops, 1975-1985

Homosexuality and the Magisterium

Japan's geisha have fascinated and allured westerners for centuries. But just who are geisha? This book delves into their lives and history with detailed coverage of their training, their costumes, and the intricate world of tradition in which they live and work. This finely illustrated book looks at the gradations of rank, clothing, and makeup, as well as the subtle changes of geisha appearance through the seasons. It explores the network of dance schools, teahouses, temples, offices and traditional crafts, with calligraphers, dyers, and sake warmers among the many occupations serving in the hanamachi or "flower towns," as geisha districts are known. The geisha craft itself draws on an array of traditional Japanese arts: dance, tea ceremony, traditional music, and games, all in the service of leisure. This book explains how this complex and often misunderstood world evolved, how it fits into modern Japan, and how it is adapting in order to survive there.--From publisher description.

A Unique World of Tradition, Elegance, and Art

Geisha

Meet a secret superhero with CAT-ITUDE--Max Meow, Cat Crusader--in this purr-fectly awesome, hiss-sterically funny new graphic novel series! Max is just a regular cat in Kittyopolis, trying to make it big as a podcaster UNTIL he accidentally takes a bite of an RADIOACTIVE SPACE MEATBALL at his best friend, scientist Mindy's, SECRET LAB. Then before you can say MEOWZA, Max becomes...(drum roll!)...The CAT CRUSADER! Being a super hero is fun (Super strength? Check! Flying? YES!!!)--but not if you get so cocky, you forget your best friend! Will Max learn to listen? Will he and Mindy make up? And together, can Max and Mindy save Kittyopolis from the evil Agent M and BIG BOSS?! Find out in Max Meow: Cat Crusader-a laugh out loud, furr-ociously funny, action-packed new series filled with so many twists, turns, and terrific jokes it makes bad guys FLEA and kids cheer with glee! BONUS: Includes how to draw Max Meow! "Funny, furry and fantastic!" --Judd Winick, New York Times Bestselling Creator of the Hilo series "Max Meow's super heroics will have kids meow-ling with laughter!" --John Patrick Green, creator of the InvestiGators series

After decades of suburban sprawl, job loss, and lack of regional government, Detroit has become a symbol of post-industrial distress and also one of the most complex urban environments in the world. In Revolution Detroit: Strategies for Urban Reinvention, John Gallagher argues that Detroit's experience can offer valuable lessons to other cities that are, or will soon be, dealing with the same broken municipal model. A follow-up to his award-winning 2010 work, Reimagining Detroit, this volume looks at Detroit's successes and failures in confronting its considerable challenges. It also looks at other ideas for reinvention drawn from the recent history of other cities, including Cleveland, Flint, Richmond, Philadelphia, and Youngstown, as well as overseas cities, including Manchester and Leipzig. This book surveys four key areas: governance, education and crime, economic models, and the repurposing of vacant urban land. Among the topics Gallagher covers are effective new urban governance models developed in Cleveland and Detroit; new education models highlighting low-income-but-high-achievement schools and districts; creative new entrepreneurial business models emerging in Detroit and other post-industrial cities; and examples of successful repurposing of vacant urban land through urban agriculture, restoration of natural landscapes, and the use of art in public places. He concludes with a cautious yet hopeful message that Detroit may prove to be the world's most important venue for successful urban experimentation and that the reinvention portrayed in the book can be repeated in many cities. Gallagher's extensive traveling and research, along with his long career covering urban redevelopment for the Detroit Free Press, has given him an unmatched perspective on Detroit's story. Readers interested in urban studies and recent Detroit history will appreciate this thoughtful assessment of the best practices and obvious errors when it comes to reinventing our cities.

Strategies for Urban Reinvention

Revolution Detroit

Max is just a regular cat in Kittyopolis, trying to make it big as a podcaster (Followers- 12) That is UNTIL he accidentally takes a bite of an RADIOACTIVE SPACE MEATBALL at his best friend, scientist Mindy's, SECRET LAB. Then before you can say MEOWZA, Max becomes...(drum roll!)...The CAT CRUSADER! Being a super hero is fun (Super strength? Check! Flying? YES!!!)--but not if you get so cocky, you forget your best friend! Will Max learn to listen? Will he and Mindy make up? And together, can Max and Mindy save Kittyopolis from the evil Agent M and BIG BOSS?! Find out in book 1, Max Meow- Cat Crusader-a laugh out loud, furr-ociously funny, action-packed new series filled with so many twists, turns, and terrific jokes it makes bad guys FLEA and kids cheer with glee!

John Gallagher

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