Bøger af Chris Johnson

Psychic investigator Craig Ramsey returns home to discover shocking news.He had died a year ago.No one believes it is him. Not even his wife Brianna. And where is his daughter?Worse still, the ghosts he once knew and communed with have vanished and are nowhere to be found. He is alone and confused in a strange world.Until he finds a clue left behind by himself before he passed, which takes him on an even more dangerous adventure. Again, he is plunged into turmoil as he has to strives to solve the multiple disappearances of children across the city and state, infiltrate a clandestine government experiment, and save Statton from imminent destruction.And through it all he has to survive the plots of a madman. An old adversary Craig once believed dead, who will do anything to ensure the psychic never returns from the grave again.

Many communities in cities around the world do not like the growing number of residential towers, but they also realise that the detached house is not a sustainable urban solution. Between these two extremes, there is a 'missing middle' of mid-rise apartment buildings that relate to the street and are within the height of trees. This book argues that the mid-rise way of urban living is an essential component of growing cities, demonstrating that the economics of this form of development are better than that of terrace houses or town houses. It begins by examining successful historic precedents of this housing type, such as the tenements of Paris, Amsterdam, Berlin, Barcelona and New York and successful mid-rise housing in London. The book then discusses reasons for the relative lack of contemporary mid-rise housing developments, including planning legislation, and the perception that it is a dull and uniform building type. It brings together and analyses a wide range of award-winning international contemporary examples by leading architecture firms, looks at the importance of location, the need for urban placemaking, visual interest and design diversity and mixed use precincts, and highlights the advantages, including demographic diversity, urban density, sociability and reduction of car use.

"Who's to say it can't happen, just because it may never have happened before?" Lisa Fenton, School Counsellor at Cardigan High School and St Crispin's College. Something weird is happening in Cardigan National Park. Something the world has never seen. A secret known only to three people. Andy Morgan, aged 13, has found something while jogging on the fire trail in the local national park. It could mean the end of the native animals in the park. With the help of the new girl, Alisha Mackenzie, there is only a limited time to put things right.

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Filled with over 150 essential, practical recipes that empower Unix users to regain lost timespent creating and testing shell scripts. The majority of scripts included are POSIX-compliantand supported by many of the major shell variants, including Bash, ksh, and sh.Each real-world example recipe follows the same problem-solution structure, meaningcross-referencing is easy and fast. Recipe topics include file conversion (DOS, UNIX, andMac), system administration, resource monitoring, filename management, complex datecalculations, screen control capabilities, and much more.Completely updated for this second edition and taking all the changes of the past tenyears into account, every recipe in this book is now relevant for a modern audience. AuthorsChris Johnson's and Jayant Varma's code is clear, direct, and applicable. Add this excellentreference to your library today.

Pro Bash Programming teaches you how to effectively utilize the Bash shell in your programming. The Bash shell is a complete programming language, not merely a glue to combine external Linux commands. By taking full advantage of Shell internals, Shell programs can perform as snappily as utilities written in C or other compiled languages. And you will see how, without assuming Unix lore, you can write professional Bash 4.3 programs through standard programming techniques.This second edition has updated for Bash 4.3, and many scripts have been rewritten to make them more idiomatically Bash, taking better advantage of features specific to Bash. It is easy to read, understand, and will teach you how to get to grips with Bash programming without drowning you in pages and pages of syntax. Using this book you will be able to use the shell efficiently, make scripts run faster using expansion and external commands, and understand how to overcome many common mistakes that cause scripts to fail. This book is perfect for all beginning Linux and Unix system administrators who want to be in full control of their systems, and really get to grips with Bash programming.

The new supernatural thriller from the author of Dead Cell and Demon Blade.WHAT IF…You were bullied constantly at school.Now you’re in hospital.Comatose.WHAT IF…Your best friend and family discover your secret.A girlfriend you never mentioned.WHAT IF…She is so loyal to you.She hunts each bully.Terrorises them.Mutilates them.Kills them.One. By. One.Until...

A serial killer is stalking the city of Statton. A bloodthirsty beast with many faces and an ancient hidden history.Psychic investigator Craig Ramsey and Detective-Sergeant Brianna Cogan are soon involved in a cat-and-mouse chase for the killer which always seems one step ahead of the authorities.But there is more to the killer than a bloodlust for prostitutes and strippers. For it holds an unbreakable link to Craig Ramsey's history. It's a secret that will rock and tear Craig apart by the seams of his soul.DEMON BLADE is the long-awaited sequel to DEAD CELL Filled with intrigue and delicious new characters of incredible depth, DEMON BLADE will keep you turning pages to the end.This is the second book in the Craig Ramsey series by Chris Johnson.

THEY WERE WARNED. THEY NEVER LISTENED.The PsychicCraig Ramsey is unlike most private detectives. He's psychic; a real one.With a simple touch from his hand, he knows you, your secrets, and sometimes your thoughts.But he's more than a psychic investigator. He's also an adoptive uncle of his late friend's children. When one dies inexplicably in a run-of-the-mill car accident, one that should have proven non-fatal, he smells a rat. A paranormal one. And nothing will stop him hunting it down, dead or not.The ScepticDetective Sergeant Brianna Cogan is also interested in the traffic deaths. She senses they're peculiar too but doesn't believe in psychics. Although she senses something peculiar about the growing spate of road deaths in minor accidents, Brianna Cogan is looking for something tangible. And she doesn't appreciate civilians blocking her progressSoon the psychic and the sceptic meet and clash, but circumstances force them to work together. It becomes a partnership of battling wills and conflicting beliefs.The Phantom KillerMeanwhile, an otherworldly assassin hunts the streets and surrounding motorways for victims. Its soul filled with hatred and rage, it finds and kills them.But what is the common link?Can Craig Ramsey and Brianna Cogan overcome the menace looming over the city, or will they become the next in the growing list of victims?DEAD CELL is a paranormal action thriller that will rocket you through a shadowy world filled with spirits, paranormal creatures, and government conspiracies.

Optimize your talent by removing the obstacles in their pathCapacity is a proven system for bringing the best out of your team-and yourself. Matt and Chris Johnson set the mark on how to succeed in the future with their energizing message, humorous stories and their generational differences. As the world speeds-up faster and faster, organizations and their people try to keep up. This pressure to do more with less has reached epidemic levels of concern and organizations are panicking on how to recruit, retain and attract the best talent for the future. Burnout, low engagement, and overwhelming stress are jeopardizing organizations' ability to scale and win. As outdated performance models of the past crumble under pressure, Matt and Chris show you how to build and protect your most valuable asset--YOUR PEOPLE. What if you could beat the clock and expand your capacity by 6 hours per week? Or 11? Think about the organizational impact if your workforce were given fresh capacity to perform, lead, and grow.This book offers a clear, workable solution for organizations functioning in the real world: by paring it down to three performance pillars they must have to succeed--focus, energy, and drive. Ever organization sets initiatives, but many remain unfinished because their capacity to do so fails before it starts. This framework is different: these changes bring the type of benefits that cause transformation. Giving your people what they need makes buy-in irrelevant, and allows them to perform at their highest potential. Not only can it work, but it is the only thing that will work over the long term. By making your organization a great place to work, you retain your best talent and attract more like it. With dedicated resources, focus, sustainable effort, and comprehensive strategy, your top performers will be equipped to drive your organization to the top.Among Capacity's Key Points:* Learn what top performers need to produce their very best work* Discover the biggest factor influencing your team's FOCUS, ENERGY and DRIVE* Prevent burnout and stimulate innovation by allowing your people to have a bigger container* Adopt a strategy of expanding capacity to exceed your high-performance goalsDeeply personal, but organizational focused. Capacity is an engaging and even life changing book Capacity is the next big paradigm shift for the future of training and development--as we shift to the world of the knowledge worker, it is not information or talent that wins, it's is whoever has the largest capacity that will win.Capacity is your secret weapon to winning the performance war.

Essays on George F. Walker's brash, assertive, perceptive, genuinely perverse, often "wonky," and very, very funny plays.

People want faster, more usable interfaces that work on multiple devices, and you need the latest tools and techniques to make that happen. This book gives you over 40 concise solutions to today's web development problems, and introduces new solutions that will expand your skill set.

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And you will see how, without assuming Unix lore, you can write professional bash 4.0 programs through standard programming techniques. Complete bash coverage Teaches bash as a programming language Helps you master bash 4.0 features

Drawing on the author's long experience of living and working in Afghanistan, this title examines what the changes of years have meant in terms of Afghans' sense of their own identity and hopes for the future.