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Eisenhorn (A Warhammer 40,000 Omnibus) is an ominbus of three books -- Xenos (The Eisenhorn Trilogy, Book 1), Malleus (The Eisenhorn Trilogy, Book 2), and Hereticus (The Eisenhorn Trilogy, Book 3) -- from Black Library author Dan Abnett. Dan began his scifi career at Marvel Comics in the early 1990s and is one of the very few comic book writers to make the transition to writing novels successfully. He puts the literary tools he picked up as a comic book author -- in-depth character development, ambiguous morality, tragic heroes, and cliffhangers -- to great use in Eisenhorn.

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Eisenhorn (A Warhammer 40,000 Omnibus)

Dan Abnett

$8.79 (Paperback)

Drupal is the content management system that SIGPWNED is built on top of. My experience so far, in 10 words or less? "Really, really good."

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Pro Drupal Development

John K. VanDyk, Matt Westgate

$29.69 (Paperback)

One of the things Henry Chesbrough discusses in his book Open Business Models: How to Thrive in the New Innovation Landscape is how early adopters of a technology often get "marooned," or trapped on a particular application or platform. This is a well-known issue in the software industry where it's called "vendor lock-in." Vendor lock-in is a powerful force, and I don't think Chesbrough spends enough time talking about just how effective -- and evil -- a practice it really is.

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Open Business Models: How to Thrive in the New Innovation Landscape

Henry Chesbrough

$23.10 (Hardcover)