Books by David George

Granddad’s Garden—Stories of the Natural World, is David George’s debut book, and fits into the current “climate lit” genre. Each chapter of Granddad’s Garden is a complete story, intended for parents and grandparents to enjoy reading to their children and grandchildren. The stories relate adventures that Granddad and his grandson experience while exploring nature together. Jeremy starts as a three-year-old and grows with each new chapter until the age of nine, showing his magical transformation into a mature child.Jeremy becomes more aware of the natural world around him as he grows, and Granddad reveals nature’s most important lessons through modern-day fables. Furry fox kits, owls, turkeys, coyotes, frogs, snakes, and mocking birds encounter challenges and threats as they learn how to survive, and provide comparable lessons for children growing up in today’s world. Granddad’s Garden is a feel-good book for troubling times.

Irregular, Doubtful, and Emended Accidentals in F1In the Textual Notes, the lemma is the reading of this edition?s text. In these notes, for emendations to F1, the lemma is followed by the siglum or sigla of the edition(s) from which the emendation is taken, and then by the rejected F1 reading and the siglum or sigla of the 17th-c. editions reading differently from the lemma. Where no source is given for the emendation, the adopted reading is not in any of the folios. Doubtful and irregular readings are merely listed.(

The first New Variorum edition of Coriolanus, by Horace Howard Furness, Jr., was published in 1928. The present edition follows Furness?s but does not replace it because frequently the more recent scholarship and criticism recorded here could be accommodated only by reducing Furness?s fuller treatment of earlier material. The reader who finds this edition useful is urged to consult Furness?s as well to obtain a fuller account on many subjects. Niels Herold wrote the section on Music and Sound Effects, and Sylvia Bryant and Ian Aspinall translated German criticism. Megan-Marie Johnson collaborated with me on the Plan of the Work, on the collations necessary to compile the Textual Notes, and on the Commentary. Ashley Spriggs helped revise the Plan of the Work and the Textual Notes. Both of these latter assistants also had a hand in all the other sections of the edition...

Master the techniques and sophisticated analytics used to construct Spark-based solutions that scale to deliver production-grade data science productsAbout This Book* Develop and apply advanced analytical techniques with Spark* Learn how to tell a compelling story with data science using Spark's ecosystem* Explore data at scale and work with cutting edge data science methodsWho This Book Is ForThis book is for those who have beginner-level familiarity with the Spark architecture and data science applications, especially those who are looking for a challenge and want to learn cutting edge techniques. This book assumes working knowledge of data science, common machine learning methods, and popular data science tools, and assumes you have previously run proof of concept studies and built prototypes. What You Will Learn* Learn the design patterns that integrate Spark into industrialized data science pipelines* See how commercial data scientists design scalable code and reusable code for data science services* Explore cutting edge data science methods so that you can study trends and causality* Discover advanced programming techniques using RDD and the DataFrame and Dataset APIs* Find out how Spark can be used as a universal ingestion engine tool and as a web scraper* Practice the implementation of advanced topics in graph processing, such as community detection and contact chaining* Get to know the best practices when performing Extended Exploratory Data Analysis, commonly used in commercial data science teams* Study advanced Spark concepts, solution design patterns, and integration architectures* Demonstrate powerful data science pipelinesIn DetailData science seeks to transform the world using data, and this is typically achieved through disrupting and changing real processes in real industries. In order to operate at this level you need to build data science solutions of substance -solutions that solve real problems. Spark has emerged as the big data platform of choice for data scientists due to its speed, scalability, and easy-to-use APIs. This book deep dives into using Spark to deliver production-grade data science solutions. This process is demonstrated by exploring the construction of a sophisticated global news analysis service that uses Spark to generate continuous geopolitical and current affairs insights.You will learn all about the core Spark APIs and take a comprehensive tour of advanced libraries, including Spark SQL, Spark Streaming, MLlib, and more. You will be introduced to advanced techniques and methods that will help you to construct commercial-grade data products. Focusing on a sequence of tutorials that deliver a working news intelligence service, you will learn about advanced Spark architectures, how to work with geographic data in Spark, and how to tune Spark algorithms so they scale linearly. Style and approachThis is an advanced guide for those with beginner-level familiarity with the Spark architecture and working with Data Science applications. Mastering Spark for Data Science is a practical tutorial that uses core Spark APIs and takes a deep dive into advanced libraries including: Spark SQL, visual streaming, and MLlib. This book expands on titles like: Machine Learning with Spark and Learning Spark. It is the next learning curve for those comfortable with Spark and looking to improve their skills.

Volumes in this series trace the course of Shakespeare criticism, play-by-play, from the earliest items of recorded criticism to the beginnings of the modern period. The focus of the documentary material is from the early 18th century to the first half of the 20th century.

This book presents a history of the development of film noir and neo-noir in Argentina, as well as a technical, aesthetic, and socio-historical analysis of recent Argentine neo-noir films. It also considers the question of neo-noir inscription of classic Hollywood noirs.

A performance-centered approach to Brazilian theatre from the 1940s to the 1980s.

The ABC of SEO is a concise and clear guide to the art of search engine optimization. It presents current optimization strategies and discusses their pitfalls and builds the foundations for long term success. Readers will discover how to get their website listed on the major search engines for free, beat their competitors, increase their search engine rankings and boost the number and quality of visitors.

Many gifted and talented children are bored and frustrated in the classroom. Many are not achieving their potential and talents are going unrecognised. Written by an experienced and world renowned author with a wealth of experience, this practical guide will challenge, excite and inspire teachers and show them how they can identify and provide for the needs of these children.

This book deals with the theatre produced in Brazil during the 1980s and 1990s, especially its postmodernist directors, women playwrights and theatre companies, and examines the effects of a return to civilian government from military rule.

Many able children underachieve in schools because teachers and parents fail to identify and provide for their special needs. This work aims to help teachers become more patient and observant in the classroom so that they can accurately define their objectives in providing for these children.

This second edition provides busy teachers, other educational professionals and parents with user-friendly text and worksheets to enable them to identify and provide provision for gifted and talented children.