One man’s last journey. One hundred and fifty-eight chances to save his life.\nThe unforgettable new book from award-winning writer and comedian Mark Watson!\n'Mark Watson is one of my favourite writers and Contacts is by far his best book yet' Adam Kay\n‘Witty, emotional and beautifully written’ Jill Mansell\n‘It made me laugh, cry, reflect and want to check in on all my friends’ Emma Gannon\n'This is such a great book, funny and serious and daring and humane' Richard Curtis\nJames Chiltern boards the 23:50 sleeper train from London to Edinburgh with two pork pies, six beers and a packet of chocolate digestives. At 23:55 he sends a message to all 158 people in his contacts, telling them that he plans to end his life in the morning. He then switches his phone to flight mode. He’s said goodbye. To him, it’s the end of his story – and time to crack open the biscuits. 
But across the world, 158 phones are lighting up with a notification. Phones belonging to his mum. His sister. His ex-best friend. The woman who broke his heart. People he’s lost touch with. People he barely knows. And for them, the message is only the beginning of the journey. 
Funny and wise, tender and deeply moving, Contacts is a beautiful story about the weight of loneliness, the importance of kindness – and how it’s never too late to reach out.

Contacts: From the award-winning comedian, the most heartwarming, touching and funny fiction book

Humor & Entertainment

Watson, Mark

Humor

Harpercollins

Contacts

Literature & Fiction

Genre Fiction

HARPER/COLLINS

Create portable GUI applications that work across all the major windowing environments--Microsoft Windows, XWindows, and Apple. The author explains how to use C++, an adaptable, object-oriented programming language, to write multi-platform GUI applications for non-specific windowing environments.

Portable Gui Development With C++

Computers & Technology

Operating Systems

Computing McGraw-Hill

Finally, a book that shows readers how to create portable GUI applications that work across all the major windowing environments: Microsoft Windows, XWindows, and Apple. The author explains how to use C++, an adaptable, object-oriented programming language, to write multi-platform GUI applications for non-specific windowing environments. Machine-specific details, as well, need be written only once; once written, they can be stored and called upon as needed when developing and implementing new systems. Plus, appendixes provide complete source code for the C++ GUI class library and the application class library. The author develops several fascinating real-world applications programs and explains how to simplify programming and eliminate common memory management programming bugs. This practical book will appeal to all C and UNIX programmers, applications developers, and programmers, and software developers who want an effective and resourceful way to develop portable GUI applications for use across multiple platforms.

Programming Languages

McGraw=Hill

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C++ Power Paradigms

Programming

This one-stop source provides programmers with the expertise and ready-to-use programs they need to take full advantage of C++ in the implementation of object-oriented designs. Focusing on three programming paradigms--constraint programming, genetic algorithms, and neural networks--the book offers a wealth of real-world application examples and ready-to-use C++ classes and libraries on disk.

A programming guide explaining how to use C++ to program intelligent agents to find, organize, and present "newspapers" of information from the World Wide Web and screen out what you don't want. Watson (computer scientist, Science Applications International Corporation) describes setting up scanning agents, format retrieval, saving information into databases, and utilizing C++ libraries that support Windows 3.1, Windows 95, and UNIX. The accompanying disk contains all source code. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

Programming Intelligent Agents for the Internet

Networking & Cloud Computing

The author, a stand-up comic, constructs a devious plot and larger-than-life characters in the dubious world of the look-alike business in this clever story about the Beware Imitations Agency, and a young Hitler impersonator.

A Light-hearted Look at Murder

Vintage Books

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Introduction to Econometrics, Update (Pearson Series in Economics)

Business & Money

Stock, James

Economics

Pearson

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Contacts: From the award-winning comedian, the most heartwarming, touching and funny fiction book

Contacts

Portable Gui Development With C++

Portable Gui Development With C++

C++ Power Paradigms

C++ Power Paradigms

Programming Intelligent Agents for the Internet

A Light-hearted Look at Murder

Introduction to Econometrics, Update (Pearson Series in Economics)

Introduction to Econometrics, Updated Edition -- NEW MyLab Economics with Pearson eText