Bøger af David Gold

In the dream world of the Echo Realm, the Ascencion War has erupted, with Echo's forces fighting the Alliance. In the real world, Priya Echo continues her battle against the evil wizard Telenon. She will have to rescue a friend from Telenon's castle, return to the university as it is under siege by Telenon's forces, then face him in one climactic final battle. Priya must find a way to upgrade her magical powers. The only way she can win ... is to achieve Transcendence!

Richard Rose was an unlikely Zen master: A rugged, plainspoken, ornery West Virginian, he scraped out a living raising goats, planting crops and painting houses. But Richard Rose had a secret: Having once vowed to "find the Truth or die trying," Rose experienced a cataclysmic spiritual awakening at age 30 that thrust him into "Everything-ness and Nothing-ness," or what he called "the Absolute." The experience left him with only one earthly desire: to do anything, for anyone, on a similar quest for Truth. David Gold was an unlikely student: An arrogant, ambitious and egotistical law-student, Gold only agreed to meet the "enlightened hillbilly" in the hopes of showing him up. But when Rose turned the tables by seeing right through Gold and painting a devastatingly accurate picture of the fears and obsessions that ruled his life, a humbled Gold found himself hungry to know more. Thus began a remarkable 15-year adventure-part spiritual odyssey, part legal thriller-in which death threats, corrupt politicians, and life-threatening cancer run parallel to glimpses of the divine and extraordinary manifestations of timeless wisdom. "After the Absolute is one of the most gripping, intensely interesting, dramatic, and indeed romantic-heroic-mythic, yet poignantly human accounts I have ever read. It would make a fantastic, if unbelievable film, and is a profoundly important document. This book throws light on the perennial what-and-why enigma of our species, reveals the makings of a "new cosmology," and surely gives glimpses into as-yet undeveloped potentials we humans hold within us. That all this is found in an utterly absorbing narrative proves the old adage that truth is stranger than fiction." -Joseph Chilton Pearce, author of The Crack in the Cosmic Egg, and Magical Child.

Written by a career street cop with decades of experience, these eleven stories focus on crime and its' ramifications as seen through the eyes of cops, criminals, and victims. As the characters wind their way through foot pursuits, gun fights, loss, first dates, and lonely nights, it becomes clear that justice is as murky now as it ever was. The collection begins with a nightmare scenario in which two veteran cops pursue a would-be rapist into a sprawling homeless shelter with disastrous consequences for everyone involved. In "Bullets Over Bourbon," an exhausted Detective leaves work only to walk in on an armed robbery of a liquor store, forcing him to make a series of choices no cop should have to. In "Bed-Stuy Burning," a disfigured young loner with a price on his head seeks refuge in a dark, trash-filled house. But the thugs he's pissed off will stop at nothing to see him finally burnt to ashes. In "Unauthorized P-@$%," a middle-aged train operator picks up a prostitute on a desolate Brooklyn street. "Big Mac" is used to getting what he wants. But by the end of this ride, all he wants is to escape with his life. And in "Unauthorized Donut Shops," a young military veteran moves to Los Angeles to pursue his dream of becoming a cop. But a chance encounter with a nice girl from New Jersey who turns out to be as weird and complicated as this strange city makes him question if he's really cut out for L.A. Often violent, always gritty yet fair, these stories will shed a little light on the shadowy back alleys running behind the scenes of modern city life.

While basic techniques of test-driven development are simple to understand, real-world application requires knowledge of tools and techniques to effectively create, run and organize tests. This book bridges the gap between simple concepts and complex application. Ideal for Java developers, this book explains how to use test-driven development to improve J2EE construction. Not version-specific, this unprecedented book explains development tools and methodologies in conjunction with real-world cases and examples. It includes the use of open source unit testing frameworks such as JUnit and its extensions. The authors include complete stages: test coverage strategies, test organization, TDD incorporation, and automation. Two appendices are also included, for test planning and reference.

Indoor and greenhouse gardeners can increase plant growth by up to 200% by adding CO2 to their gardens. Gold and Rosenthal explain exactly how to set up a system.