Bøger af Sean McManus

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Program a graphical adventure game in this hands-on, beginner-friendly introduction to coding in the Python language.

Discover the essential skills required on the way to becoming a computer coding expert in this innovative activity book encouraging imaginative play and problem solving. The fresh, contemporary artwork helps to make basic coding concepts accessible.

A HILARIOUS SATIRE OF THE MUSIC INDUSTRY What happens when artificial intelligence and the music business collide? The future of the industry is at stake. In this entertaining techno-thriller, Sean McManus takes a slice through the music industry: from the boardroom to the stage; from the studio to the record fair. The story explores how fans relate to their favourite bands, how businesses can use technology to manipulate consumers, and what would happen if the music business disappeared overnight. Sean McManus is a professional writer who has contributed to magazines including Musician, Making Music, Melody Maker, and Future Music. He has written more than ten non-fiction books about technology and business. This is his first novel. Reviews "One of those reads that not only peers behind the curtain of the music industry, but offers up some food for thought too. It's a delightfully cynical glance into the murky workings of a crumbling music industry." Electronic Sound Magazine "Raising a number of surprisingly sophisticated issues, this book is enjoyably cynical about the seemingly cold-hearted and impenetrable nature of the record industry and peppered with a number of highly comical cameos from the cream of rock'n'roll, which ensures that it never feels like heavy going." Record Collector Magazine "A fun novel about the problems faced by musicians in making their mark on a music industry that's falling apart. A bitter satire that works its way up to a memorable finale." Metal Hammer magazine "The novel satirises the music industry and the clichéd types that populate it, the lead character an affable fellow who you can't help but like - his meditations at his monitor screen, desperately trying to sort ideas, will be familiar to most of us who create music either for a living or for love. Amusing and well written." MusicTech Magazine

The authentic Irish hero returns in Book 2 -- as heroic as ever. Patrick Mac Ireland is a rebel WITH a cause: Ireland's right to be one Nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Book One -- the first in the series -- explained how Mac Ireland as a young idealistic Irish patriot set out in the 1970s to drive England out of Ireland but quickly realized he had to first drive British Agents out of the IRA. Book 2 -- the second in the series -- picks up where Book One ended in 1980. Mac Ireland continues to hunt down British Agents inside the IRA with the help of a Northern Ireland Protestant detective, whose family members were killed by British Agents, and a Southern Irish detective, who is outraged by how the Irish Government not only turned its back on Catholics in The North, but also how the Irish Government colluded with the British Government. This is a riveting story of Irish heroism but also of shocking Irish betrayal: how top Dublin politicians sold their souls for English gold and how top IRA men betrayed The Cause. Mac Ireland, without fear or favor, takes them all on, and their British handlers, administering the only type of justice available. As in Book One, Mac Ireland is shown to be not only a man of heroism but also a man of learning. When not battling the British Army and hunting down Irish traitors, he expounds on England's imperialism, Catholicism, Zionism and Palestine-the other Holy Land divided by England. All with a sense of history and a desire for Irish freedom will love this gripping novel... Mac Ireland will continue to be one of their favorite Irish heroes.

Sean McManus und Mike Cook führen Sie Schritt für Schritt in die Nutzung des Raspberry Pi ein und verschaffen Ihnen einen Überblick über all die Möglichkeiten, die er Ihnen bietet. Sie zeigen Ihnen, wie Sie den Raspberry Pi zum Laufen bringen, sich unter Linux zurechtfinden, den Raspberry Pi als ganz normalen Computer mit Office- und Bildverarbeitungsprogrammen oder als Mediencenter zum Abspielen von Musik und Videos nutzen. Außerdem lernen Sie, wie Sie die Platine mit Scratch und Python programmieren, und erfahren alles über die Verwendung des Raspberry Pi als Steuereinheit für elektronisches Spielzeug.

Create fun computer games using Scratch on the Raspberry Pi: make a game with animated cartoon characters, build a drum machine, make 3D mazes and stop motion films, use the ScratchJr app, and more!

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