In 1967, C.N. Annadurai became the chief minister of Madras state, when his party, the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK), swept to power for the first time. In this definitive biography, R. Kannan traces the growth of Annadurai from a young protégé of the radical thinker Periyar E.V. Ramasamy into a revered leader known as Anna or elder brother. 
Kannan draws on Anna's considerable body of writing, and the memoirs of other leaders and authors in Tamil, to candidly examine Anna's complex relationship with Periyar and his disillusionment with the corruption he witnessed when in power. Featuring luminaries like Rajagopalachari and Kamaraj, K. Karunanidhi and MGR, among many others, Anna offers a warm and rounded portrait of a man who showed the way for the democratic expression of regional aspirations within a united India.

JavaScript: The Good Parts: The Good Parts

Biographies & Memoirs

Douglas Crockford

Arts & Literature

O'Reilly Media

Most programming languages contain good and bad parts, but JavaScript has more than its share of the bad, having been developed and released in a hurry before it could be refined. This authoritative book scrapes away these bad features to reveal a subset of JavaScript that's more reliable, readable, and maintainable than the language as a whole-a subset you can use to create truly extensible and efficient code. Considered the JavaScript expert by many people in the development community, author Douglas Crockford identifies the abundance of good ideas that make JavaScript an outstanding object-oriented programming language-ideas such as functions, loose typing, dynamic objects, and an expressive object literal notation. Unfortunately, these good ideas are mixed in with bad and downright awful ideas, like a programming model based on global variables. When Java applets failed, JavaScript became the language of the Web by default, making its popularity almost completely independent of its qualities as a programming language. In JavaScript: The Good Parts, Crockford finally digs through the steaming pile of good intentions and blunders to give you a detailed look at all the genuinely elegant parts of JavaScript, including: Syntax Objects Functions Inheritance Arrays Regular expressions Methods Style Beautiful features The real beauty? As you move ahead with the subset of JavaScript that this book presents, you'll also sidestep the need to unlearn all the bad parts. Of course, if you want to find out more about the bad parts and how to use them badly, simply consult any other JavaScript book. With JavaScript: The Good Parts, you'll discover a beautiful, elegant, lightweight and highly expressive language that lets you create effective code, whether you're managing object libraries or just trying to get Ajax to run fast. If you develop sites or applications for the Web, this book is an absolute must.

Computers & Technology

Web Development & Design

The spirit of La Santa Muerte reveals hidden mysteries within and shows the path forward.\nLa Santa Muerte, Our Lady of the Holy Death, is known for answering prayers that other saints often will not. Test your faith with the evocative art of this full-color, 36-card Lenormand deck and easy-to-use guidebook. Lenormand is a form of divination using cards that has seen an explosion of interest over the past few years. The number of devotees of the Mexican Death Goddess has also grown, and the deck includes everything that’s needed to get you on the road to reading Lenormand, with a brief history and practical use of the system. Cards contain the titles in Spanish and equivalent playing-card insets for additional interpretation. The guidebook provides the Spanish and English titles, the meaning of each card's symbol, and where it comes from, so you can develop a relationship with the art. Two spreads and an explanation of the colors of the candles used to request favors of La Santa Muerte round out the book. 
Although a death goddess, La Santa Muerte directs us to celebrate life and is associated with healing, protections, financial well-being, and assurance of a path to the afterlife. She is often invoked by those endangered by working at night and those living on the margins of society, answering prayers that other saints often will not. But take care, since the creators and publisher shall not be held responsible for unintended consequences of devotional requests. 
Card dimensions: 2 1/2" x 3 3/4"

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