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  NoSQL Databases - Comprehensive...

  Brian Paul

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  In the rapidly evolving world of data management, NoSQL databases have emerged as a pivotal technology for managing large volumes of unstructured data, offering scalability, flexibility, and performance advantages over traditional relational database systems. "NoSQL Databases: Comprehensive Introduction to Non-Relational Data Management" is a definitive guide that demystifies NoSQL technologies, providing readers with a solid foundation in the principles, types, and practical applications of NoSQL databases. 
  This book begins by exploring the historical context and the rise of NoSQL databases in response to the limitations of relational databases, particularly when handling Big Data. It elucidates the core differences between NoSQL and traditional SQL databases, setting the stage for a deeper exploration of its varied landscape. 
  "NoSQL Databases" also delves into the technical aspects of NoSQL, including data modeling techniques, query languages, consistency models, and scalability solutions, equipping readers with the knowledge to design and implement robust NoSQL-based data management solutions. Additionally, the book addresses important considerations such as data security, transaction management, and integration with existing information systems. 
  Featuring case studies from real-world applications across various industries, this book demonstrates how NoSQL databases are driving innovation and transforming data management practices in areas such as e-commerce, social media, IoT, and more. Whether you're a software developer, database administrator, or a student of computer science, "NoSQL Databases" offers valuable insights and guidance to leverage the power of NoSQL technologies in your projects or research. 
   

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  Calls in the Life of a Medic:...

  Jacqueline Patricks

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  Volume 1 of my Paramedic Short Stories Based on True Events Audiobook Collection: 
  Be aware content is 18 + :Adult language. discussion of medical scenes, gore, PTSD. 
  Ride along with four calls in my career. Each one is based on true events, names and specific details have been changed for legal and privacy purposes. Otherwise, these calls are what happened based on my experience. You will ride along in my deep first-person perspective. It is intense.  It is adult. It is life changing. 
  The job is intense, grueling, and requires mental, emotional, and physical resilience. Most paramedics quit within the first few years. We leave EMS because of low pay, high stress, and bad work-life balance. So why do the job? Because we love it. All the struggles, finding a balance, the highs and lows, ultimately, it's all worth it until you experience that one call. The one call that changes everything: your balance, your perspective, your career. 
  This is the first time these stories are in audiobook format: 
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  Dog Days of Dying 
  Bad Choice 
  System Failure

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  Data as a Product

  Jim D Johnston

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  In today’s data-driven economy, organizations succeed not just by collecting data, but by treating it as a valuable product that delivers measurable outcomes. Data as a Product introduces a modern approach to data management where data is designed, built, maintained, and delivered with the same care, quality, and user focus as any other product. 
  This practical guide explores how organizations can shift from traditional data pipelines and siloed reporting systems to a product-oriented mindset that prioritizes usability, reliability, discoverability, and long-term value. It explains how treating data as a product enables better decision-making, stronger collaboration between teams, and more scalable data ecosystems. 
  Inside, you will discover:The core principles of the “Data as a Product” mindsetUnderstanding data consumers and their needsDesigning high-quality, trustworthy, and reusable data productsMetadata, discoverability, and data cataloging strategiesData ownership, stewardship, and lifecycle managementBuilding reliable data pipelines and modern data platformsIntegrating data products into analytics, AI, and business workflowsGovernance, security, and compliance in product-oriented data systemsHow Data as a Product connects with Data Mesh architectureReal-world examples from modern data-driven organizations 
  Data as a Product provides a clear framework for transforming raw data into meaningful, accessible, and high-impact assets that drive smarter decisions and innovation.

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  ChatGPT For Writers

  Odile Dias

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  Have you ever felt blocked when trying to write something? Or maybe you have a thousand ideas, but you don`t know how to turn them into a book? If so, you have to experience ChatGPT! 
  This book presents the best strategies for writers to explore the full potential of ChatGPT. With chapters devoted to creative ideas, proofreading and editing, sources of inspiration, vocabulary enrichment, different writing styles, compelling characters, overcoming creative blocks and publishing works, this book is a complete guide for beginners or experienced writers. At the end, the author presents perspectives on the next evolution of ChatGPT.

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  The Petroleum Papers - Inside...

  Geoff Dembicki

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  Burning fossil fuels will cause catastrophic global warming: this is what top American oil executives were told by scientists in 1959. But they ignored that warning. Instead, they developed one of the biggest, most polluting oil sources in the world—the oil sands in Alberta, Canada. As investigative journalist Geoff Dembicki reveals in this explosive book, the decades-long conspiracy to keep the oil sands flowing into the US would turn out to be one of the biggest reasons for the world's failure to stop the climate crisis. 
   
   
   
  In The Petroleum Papers, Dembicki draws from confidential oil industry documents to uncover for the first time how companies like Exxon, Koch Industries, and Shell built a global right-wing echo chamber to protect oil sands profits—a misinformation campaign that continues to this day. He also tells the high-stakes stories of people fighting back: a Seattle lawyer who brought down Big Tobacco and is now going after Big Oil, a Filipina activist whose family drowned in a climate disaster, and a former Exxon engineer pushed out for asking hard questions. 
   
   
   
  With experts now warning we have less than a decade to get global emissions under control, The Petroleum Papers provides a step-by-step account of how we got to this precipice—and the politicians and companies who deserve our blame.

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  Handprints on Hubble - An...

  Kathryn D. Sullivan

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  The first American woman to walk in space recounts her experience as part of the team that launched, rescued, repaired, and maintained the Hubble Space Telescope. 
    
  The Hubble Space Telescope has revolutionized our understanding of the universe. It has, among many other achievements, revealed thousands of galaxies in what seemed to be empty patches of sky; transformed our knowledge of black holes; found dwarf planets with moons orbiting other stars; and measured precisely how fast the universe is expanding. In Handprints on Hubble, retired astronaut Kathryn Sullivan describes her work on the NASA team that made all of this possible. Sullivan, the first American woman to walk in space, recounts how she and other astronauts, engineers, and scientists launched, rescued, repaired, and maintained Hubble, the most productive observatory ever built. 
    
  Along the way, Sullivan chronicles her early life as a “Sputnik Baby,” her path to NASA through oceanography, and her initiation into the space program as one of “thirty-five new guys.” (She was also one of the first six women to join NASA's storied astronaut corps.) She describes in vivid detail what liftoff feels like inside a spacecraft (it's like “being in an earthquake and a fighter jet at the same time”), shows us the view from a spacewalk, and recounts the temporary grounding of the shuttle program after the Challenger disaster. 
    
  Sullivan explains that “maintainability” was designed into Hubble, and she describes the work of inventing the tools and processes that made on-orbit maintenance possible. Because in-flight repair and upgrade was part of the plan, NASA was able to fix a serious defect in Hubble's mirrors—leaving literal and metaphorical “handprints on Hubble.” 
    
  "Dr. Sullivan starts out headed for the bottom of the sea. Soon, she flies us 200 miles above the sky, using her head, heart, and hands to solve problem after problem—and help us take in views that are out of this world. She does it all with her veneer of astronaut cool, of course. What an adventure—no wonder she loves it."—Bill Nye, CEO, The Planetary Society

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