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Dan Gookin is a computer book author who wrote the first ...For Dummies books including DOS for Dummies and PCs for Dummies, establishing the design and voice of the long-running series that followed, incorporating humor and jokes into a format for beginners on any subject. He also is a member of the Coeur d'Alene City Council.
Notable For Dummies books include: DOS For Dummies, the first, published in 1991, whose first printing was just 7,500 copies [4] [5] Windows for Dummies, asserted to be the best-selling computer book of all time, with more than 15 million sold [4] L'Histoire de France Pour Les Nuls, the top-selling non-English For Dummies title, with more than ...
Laravel is a free and open-source PHP-based web framework for building web applications. [3] It was created by Taylor Otwell and intended for the development of web applications following the model–view–controller (MVC) architectural pattern and based on Symfony.
While authors may present personal viewpoints, the books are meant to be "balanced and complete" as well as thought provoking. [1] The series began in 1995, and by March 2023 there were 730 titles, published or announced. [2] [3] The books have been commercially successful, [4] and have been published in more than 25 languages. [5]
For Boys Only: The Biggest, Baddest Book Ever is a 2007 non-fiction book by Marc Aronson and HP Newquist. The book has 100 short articles on subjects that appeal to boys, such as biting spiders, Easter Island, invisibility cloaks, and fake blood. It also includes a set of 39 codes for the reader to solve, which vary in difficulty.
Lawn Boy is a semi-autobiographical coming-of-age novel written by Jonathan Evison and published in 2018 by Algonquin Books. It tells the story of Mike Muñoz, a young adult Mexican American who has faced hardship ever since his childhood and is now going through a phase of self-discovery.
Initially, this was a successful strategy; large numbers of snakes were killed for the reward. Eventually, however, people began to breed cobras for the income. When the government became aware of this, the reward program was scrapped. The cobra breeders set their snakes free, leading to an overall increase in the wild cobra population. [4] [5]
Eagle Day is the second book in the Henderson's Boys series. It was published on 4 June 2009 by Hodder Children's Books. [10]The novel is set from 15 June to 1 October 1940. During this time, the Battle of Britain is in full swing and Hitler is planning to cross the channel and invade Britai