Best Selling Books by Richard Johnson

Retirement is perhaps the greatest time for self-discovery. You may not believe it, but Christ has something incredible in store for you in your new role! It all begins with an assessment of your focus. In light of this, Dr. Richard Johnson presents you with the 15 keys that will help you redefine yourself. He begins by setting the stage for your new world of opportunity, helping you to move away from the external, material, achievement-oriented definition of self toward a more personal, genuine, and spiritual definition. It is this reorientation that will help you steer clear of the possible frustrations of retirement and give you a newfound sense of optimism. Each chapter opens with stories of retirees form all walks of like. Dr. Johnson uses their life-lessons to cull out pearls of wisdom for your futrure. Plus, he includes affirming prayers to draw you closer to the God who loves you and who wants to make your ife a success. Finally, Dr. Johnson presents 15 self-evaluation exercises that will help you plan in a cormprehensive way for the shift to retirement. Paperback

"Splunk for Data Insights" "Splunk for Data Insights" is a comprehensive guide that demystifies the architecture, deployment, and mastery of Splunk—one of the leading platforms in data analytics and operational intelligence. Beginning with a detailed exploration of Splunk''s core infrastructure, deployment models, and security architecture, the book skillfully equips both new and experienced practitioners with the foundational knowledge required for robust, scalable implementations, whether on-premises, in the cloud, or in hybrid environments. Readers will gain indispensable strategies for high availability, automated deployments, disaster recovery, and role-based access management, ensuring resilient and compliant Splunk environments. The journey continues by diving deep into every facet of data ingestion, onboarding, and search processing. You’ll discover advanced techniques for integrating diverse data sources, optimizing forwarders, customizing parsing, and aligning with Splunk’s Common Information Model for enhanced data consistency and value. Mastery of the Splunk Search Processing Language (SPL) is emphasized through hands-on guidance on complex queries, statistical analysis, enrichment, and best practices in search acceleration, while data visualization chapters reveal the art of building performant dashboards, advanced reports, and interactive analytics. Moving beyond operational excellence, "Splunk for Data Insights" breaks new ground with practical applications of machine learning, automation, DevOps integration, and security analytics. Real-world use cases spanning IT operations, cybersecurity, IoT, business intelligence, and regulated industries are paired with actionable strategies for compliance, governance, and next-generation trends like AI-driven operations and cloud-native observability. This book is the ultimate roadmap for any professional committed to unlocking actionable intelligence and building future-ready organizations with Splunk.

"Efficient Workflows with Emacs" Unlock the full potential of Emacs with "Efficient Workflows with Emacs," a comprehensive guide designed for advanced users and professionals seeking to optimize every aspect of their digital work environment. This book meticulously explores the core architecture and unique extensibility of Emacs, empowering readers to refine multitasking with sophisticated buffer, window, and frame management. From mastering navigation and rapid command completion to fine-tuning keybindings and startup performance, each chapter delivers actionable insights into transforming Emacs into a seamless powerhouse for productivity. Diving beyond the basics, the book delves into advanced text manipulation, programming environments, and robust knowledge management with Org-mode. Readers will discover expert techniques for automated editing, structural code navigation, project management, and language integration, bringing together tools like Projectile, LSP, and REPL interfaces for efficient development cycles. The Org-mode section demonstrates how to leverage Emacs as a true productivity hub—streamlining task management, note-taking, publishing, and implementing powerful knowledge workflows including Zettelkasten and reproducible research practices. In today’s interconnected world, "Efficient Workflows with Emacs" addresses the crucial demands of integration with external services, version control, automation, and system reliability. Comprehensive chapters cover email, scheduling, remote file editing, Git workflows, continuous integration, and batch processing—making Emacs the command center for coding, communication, and collaboration. Performance engineering, security, and future-facing strategies ensure readers are equipped to evolve alongside emerging technologies, making this volume an indispensable resource for anyone committed to mastering the modern Emacs ecosystem.

"Practical pgAdmin Deployment and Administration" "Practical pgAdmin Deployment and Administration" offers a comprehensive, in-depth exploration of the strategies, architectures, and workflows essential for successful pgAdmin deployment and operation in diverse environments. From the historical evolution of pgAdmin’s architecture—from desktop origins to a robust web-based platform—to a detailed examination of components, authentication mechanisms, and deployment topologies, readers gain a nuanced understanding of both foundational and advanced system design. The book delves into optimizing installation and initialization across major operating systems and container platforms, while providing practical insights into zero-downtime deployments and post-deployment verification methods crucial for high-availability systems. This guide transitions seamlessly into enterprise-grade topics, addressing the configuration management, automation, and security hardening techniques demanded by growing and compliance-oriented organizations. Readers will master advanced configuration strategies, integration with IT automation tools like Ansible and Chef, and best practices for managing secrets and audit trails. In-depth coverage of TLS encryption, enterprise authentication (including SSO, LDAP, and OAuth), RBAC for multi-tenancy, and incident response automation ensures complete readiness for securing pgAdmin in regulated or distributed environments. Beyond core administration, the book explores pgAdmin’s vital role in complex data ecosystems, spanning CI/CD pipeline integration, multi-region management, observability with monitoring suites, and hybrid/multi-cloud deployments. Extensive guidance on automation, plugin development, customization, and troubleshooting empowers administrators and DevOps engineers to tailor and optimize pgAdmin for any scale or use case. Concluding with forward-looking perspectives on AI-driven administration, edge deployments, and strategic PostgreSQL ecosystem trends, this book is the essential reference for administrators seeking to deploy, secure, and extend pgAdmin with confidence and sophistication.

"Vala Programming Language Essentials" "Vala Programming Language Essentials" offers a comprehensive and authoritative exploration of the Vala language, expertly guiding readers from foundational concepts to advanced programming techniques. The book opens by delving into Vala''s origins within the GNOME ecosystem, highlighting its unique design motivators and its streamlined compilation model, which translates clean, modern code into fast, native C binaries. Readers will become conversant with Vala’s robust syntax, core language constructs, and the sophisticated tooling ecosystem that supports efficient and productive development workflows across diverse platforms and environments. Moving beyond the basics, the book thoroughly examines Vala’s strongly-typed system, object-oriented paradigm, and seamless interoperability with C and the GObject framework. Detailed chapters unpack everything from value and reference semantics, memory management, and generics, to advanced features such as asynchronous programming, networking, and interprocess communication. Readers are also introduced to pragmatic topics like error handling, signal and delegate systems, and unit testing, making the text as practical as it is theoretical. Special attention is given to real-world use cases with applied case studies in desktop application development, microservices, reusable libraries, and performance optimization. Designed for both newcomers and seasoned software engineers, this essential reference also covers build systems (Meson, CMake, Autotools), packaging, and deployment strategies, ensuring a complete lifecycle understanding. The book concludes by surveying Vala’s evolving landscape, recent innovations, and its positioning among modern programming languages. Whether your goal is to contribute to the GNOME ecosystem, modernize existing C libraries, or build scalable, secure applications, "Vala Programming Language Essentials" provides the clarity, depth, and actionable insights necessary to master Vala and its rich, integrated development environment.

"Podman Essentials" Podman Essentials is a comprehensive guide crafted for both emerging and seasoned practitioners seeking mastery in modern containerization. The book lays a strong theoretical and practical foundation by tracing the evolution of container technology, exploring the principles underpinning Podman’s daemonless and rootless architecture, and comparing it in depth with Docker and other engines. Each chapter methodically unpacks the essential facets of deploying and managing containers, from environment preparation and OCI standards to leveraging advanced image management tools like Buildah and integrated Podman capabilities. With clarity and authority, the book navigates through container lifecycle operations, orchestrating complex workloads with Podman’s pod concept, and designing for robust networking, persistent storage, and scalable microservices architectures. Security is thoroughly addressed: readers gain actionable guidance in isolating workloads using Linux primitives, integrating SELinux, AppArmor, and seccomp, and implementing best practices for vulnerability scanning, compliance, and production-grade operations. Equally, the text explores multi-platform and edge deployments, showing how Podman is uniquely positioned for hybrid workloads, air-gapped environments, and remote management across diverse infrastructures. Beyond the basics, Podman Essentials delves into automation and system integration—covering CI/CD workflows, systemd, API automation, and observability—while also guiding readers through troubleshooting, optimization, and operational playbooks. The book concludes with a forward-looking perspective on ecosystem extensions, open-source contributions, and industry trends. Whether you are modernizing existing systems, deploying greenfield workloads, or governing secure, scalable infrastructure, this book delivers the insights and expertise needed to harness Podman to its full potential.

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"Arrow for Efficient Date and Time Handling" "Arrow for Efficient Date and Time Handling" is a comprehensive guide dedicated to mastering robust, clear, and high-performance temporal data operations in modern Python applications. Addressing the unique challenges of global timekeeping, this book methodically explores limitations in Python’s built-in datetime module, offering expert insights on regulatory, audit, and security imperatives, as well as requirements for concurrent and distributed systems. Through practical explanations and real-world case studies, it frames complex issues—such as time zone management, daylight savings adjustments, and localization—within the context of ever-evolving data ecosystems and internationalized applications. Drawing from the architectural strengths of the Arrow library, the book delves deeply into Arrow’s UTC-centric and immutable object model, fluent API, and superior interoperability with ecosystems like pandas and NumPy. Each chapter provides actionable guidance on advanced topics: from constructing, parsing, and localizing time data at scale, to implementing precise formatting, batch serializing, and optimizing for analytics workloads. With dedicated sections on temporal arithmetic, high-volume ingestion, distributed synchronization, and thread-safe patterns, practitioners are equipped to solve the most demanding problems in time-aware programming. The volume also serves as an authoritative reference for contributing to and extending Arrow itself. Learn how to craft custom formatters and plugins, conduct rigorous testing, maintain API stability, and migrate legacy systems with confidence. Advanced use cases illuminate the nuances of securing temporal data, leveraging Arrow in event-driven frameworks, and foreseeing the future of datetime standards. Whether integrating Arrow into financial applications, IoT systems, or cloud-native architectures, this book empowers engineers, data scientists, and architects to build accurate, maintainable, and globally robust time-handling solutions.

"Artifactory Administration and Automation" "Artifactory Administration and Automation" is an authoritative and comprehensive guide designed for DevOps engineers, system administrators, and technology leaders who aspire to master artifact repository management in the modern software supply chain. This book methodically details the architectural foundations of Artifactory, revealing how its robust platform architecture, flexible deployment topologies, and extensive format support empower organizations to accelerate release cycles while maintaining security and compliance at scale. Through clear explanations and best-practice blueprints, the book navigates every stage of repository configuration and management—from structuring scalable repositories to automating artifact lifecycles, enforcing security, and implementing governance policies that satisfy even the most stringent enterprise requirements. Readers will gain deep insight into automation via APIs, CLI, and SDKs, armed with practical patterns for integrating Artifactory seamlessly into CI/CD pipelines, scaling operations, disaster recovery, and cloud-native environments. Thoughtful coverage of monitoring, troubleshooting, and day-to-day maintenance ensures that practitioners stay ahead of operational challenges. Concluding with advanced use cases, extensibility options, and a forward-looking perspective on future trends like AI/ML-driven automation and supply chain security, this guide enables organizations to transform their software delivery pipelines. Whether you seek to streamline artifact flows, harden systems against emerging threats, or lead platform evolution in a hybrid or multi-cloud world, "Artifactory Administration and Automation" is an indispensable resource for agile, secure, and modern software delivery.

"Comprehensive Guide to Chromium Embedded Framework" The "Comprehensive Guide to Chromium Embedded Framework" is the definitive resource for developers, architects, and technical decision-makers seeking to master CEF, the industry-standard framework for embedding web technologies into desktop applications. This authoritative volume opens with a thorough exploration of CEF’s origins, architecture, and critical concepts, placing today’s engineering challenges within the context of its evolution. Early chapters present supported platforms, compatibility matrices, and compelling real-world use cases, providing readers both foundational context and practical perspectives on CEF adoption. Delving into the technical heart of CEF, this guide walks readers from initial source acquisition through advanced build configurations, covering all major operating systems and build ecosystems. Readers benefit from hands-on instructions for compilation, customization, continuous integration, and troubleshooting—empowering teams to craft robust, maintainable, and performant browser integrations. The book further unpacks the process model, lifecycle management, embedding APIs, multi-browser scenarios, and intricate details of event handling and crash recovery, pairing architectural clarity with essential implementation advice. No aspect of modern CEF development is overlooked. Dedicated chapters analyze rendering strategies, off-screen and windowed modes, GPU and high-DPI support, as well as deep integration techniques for JavaScript and native code interoperability. Security is addressed in depth, with focus on sandboxing, process isolation, CORS, and mitigating advanced web threats. The guide rounds out with proven practices in performance diagnostics, cross-platform deployment, packaging, automated updates, compliance, and vibrant case studies from both commercial and open-source frontlines—making this an indispensable reference for anyone striving to leverage the full potential of the Chromium Embedded Framework.

"Designing Secure and Scalable IoT Systems" "Designing Secure and Scalable IoT Systems" is a comprehensive guidebook for architects, engineers, and technology leaders seeking to build robust Internet of Things (IoT) applications that meet demanding standards of security, performance, and manageability. Spanning foundational principles through advanced topics, this book examines contemporary IoT architectures, modular system decomposition, and coordination across edge, fog, and cloud environments. It explores event-driven and resilient design patterns, emphasizing scalable data and control plane separation to ensure reliability in rapidly evolving, distributed ecosystems. Central to this work is an in-depth treatment of IoT security fundamentals, including threat modeling, device authentication, lightweight cryptography, secure provisioning, and end-to-end communication protocols. The book rigorously addresses privacy-by-design methodologies, intrusion detection, secure firmware management, and regulatory compliance, equipping readers to anticipate and defend against modern threats while balancing innovation and trust. Advanced security challenges are explored, with insights into zero trust models, quantum-resistant cryptography, anomaly detection, and privacy engineering for compliance with global standards such as GDPR. Beyond security, the book covers every facet of scalable IoT operations — from network design and data management to device lifecycle orchestration, cloud-native deployment, and operational excellence. Readers will find practical strategies for self-healing networks, federated learning, blockchain integration, and sustainable operation at scale. Concluding with emerging trends like decentralized AI, next-generation connectivity, and ethical impact analysis, "Designing Secure and Scalable IoT Systems" serves as an indispensable reference for navigating the complexities and opportunities of next-generation IoT deployments.

Instantly and accurately diagnose and treat the full range of pediatric skin problems "The focus on quick recognition of pediatric dermatologic conditions and pediatric illnesses makes this atlas an asset in the office. The ease of reference is fantastic. This will replace the dermatology reference I currently use. 3 Stars."--Doody''s Review Service Modeled after Fitzpatrick''s Color Atlas and Synopsis of Clinical Dermatology, the world''s most widely-used dermatologic reference, this point-of-care atlas provides large, detailed, full-color photographs of skin diseases in children along with the latest management and treatment recommendations. You''ll find everything you need to confidently assess, diagnose, and manage diseases of the skin, hair, and nails of pediatric patients in a busy clinical environment. Each illness or disorder features a logical easy-to-read presentation that includes: Epidemiology Pathophysiology History Physical Examination Differential Diagnosis Laboratory Evaluation Course and Prognosis Treatment and Prevention/Management (with approved pediatric dosages) One or two full-color photographs Featuring more than 350 clear, crisp full-color photographs and coverage that spans everything from disorders of blood and lymph vessels to cutaneous bacterial, viral, and fungal infections, Color Atlas & Synopsis of Pediatric Dermatology is the fastest and most reliable way to confirm your next pediatric diagnosis.

"Traefik Solutions and Deployment Strategies" "Traefik Solutions and Deployment Strategies" is a comprehensive, authoritative guide for architects, platform engineers, and DevOps professionals seeking to master the intricacies of Traefik as a modern edge proxy and Kubernetes ingress controller. This book systematically explores Traefik’s foundational architecture—delving into entry points, routers, services, and providers—while juxtaposing its design with industry counterparts like HAProxy, NGINX, and Envoy. Through detailed chapters, readers are equipped with a clear understanding of configuration models, middleware chaining, traffic management for HTTP/TCP/UDP, and best practices for observability and monitoring, ensuring robust and reliable deployments across any scale. Building upon solid technical underpinnings, the book offers practical deployment strategies, configuration management techniques, and cloud-native integrations. It covers installation patterns for diverse environments, from single-node prototypes to enterprise-grade, multi-cluster Kubernetes setups. With in-depth guidance on zero-downtime upgrades, disaster recovery, and automated workflows via GitOps and CI/CD pipelines, the book empowers teams to deliver resilient, continuously available services. Readers also gain expertise in advanced routing, session affinity, custom load-balancer algorithms, and seamless configuration reloading for mission-critical workloads. Security and scalability are core themes, with dedicated coverage of TLS, ACME integration, authentication strategies, rate limiting, audit logging, and compliance in regulated industries. The final chapters bridge theory and practice, showcasing real-world deployment patterns, SaaS architectures, migration strategies, and lessons learned from large-scale, production-grade implementations. Forward-looking insights on HTTP/3, service mesh evolution, WebAssembly, and AI-driven routing position this book as both a practical manual and a strategic resource for leveraging Traefik in tomorrow’s dynamic, multi-cloud environments.

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This practical text-workbook provides an introduction to electrocardiographic interpretation, using clear, high quality tracings, summary tables, charts and diagrams. Reviews the fundamentals of electrocardiogram interpretation and acquaints the reader with common electrocardiographic tracings. Appropriate pathophysiology is included to enhance understanding of electrocardiographic abnormalities.

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"Fluentd Configuration and Deployment Strategies" "Fluentd Configuration and Deployment Strategies" delivers an exhaustive and insightful journey through the architecture, customization, and operationalization of Fluentd for modern data engineering challenges. From a foundational exploration of Fluentd’s event-driven core, plugin ecosystem, and queueing mechanisms, the book expertly guides readers through advanced configuration techniques—emphasizing modular design, dynamic parameterization, and best practices in scalable configuration file management. The detailed exposition of input, output, and filter plugin workflows empowers practitioners to create advanced data pipelines tailored to complex transformation, enrichment, and formatting needs. The book further distinguishes itself with deep, actionable guidance on ensuring robustness, reliability, and security throughout the data pipeline lifecycle. Readers learn to architect for delivery guarantees, manage backpressure, and design for resilience with sophisticated fallback, monitoring, and self-healing patterns. Special attention is devoted to optimizing performance—covering profiling, memory and threading optimization, and practical strategies for scaling Fluentd across diverse and demanding environments. Security foundations are addressed comprehensively, including authentication, secure communication, multi-tenancy, and compliance essentials. Crucially, the text bridges theory and practice in deployment strategy, illuminating patterns across bare metal, containerized, and cloud-native infrastructures—with a strong focus on automation, continuous integration, and disaster recovery protocols. The final chapters cement Fluentd’s role at the heart of the observability stack, detailing seamless integration with metrics, tracing systems, and analytics platforms, while future-proofing deployments for evolving operational requirements. Both a technical reference and an architectural playbook, this book is indispensable for engineers, architects, and operators seeking to master Fluentd as a core component of resilient, observable data platforms.

In Schooling Sexualities, Debbie Epstein and Richard Johnson bring together contemporary debates about sexuality with the study of schooling. They pose controversial questions. How far is schooling influenced by wider public debates and scandals about sexuality? How can we understand the role and limits of moral traditionalism? What has the impact of feminism and the lesbian and gay movement been? How have these radical influences been recuperated? What part does schooling play in the production of sexual and other identities? Why is sex education in schools so ''impossible''? What are the strategies for improving it? They have written the first sustained study of these questions - accessible, engaging and argumentative. This will be a key text for teachers and policy makers, for those concerned with sexual and educational politics and for students of sexuality, gender, cultural studies and the history and sociology of education.

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