In 2016, Google's Site Reliability Engineering book ignited an industry discussion on what it means to run production services today-and why reliability considerations are fundamental to service design. Now, Google engineers who worked on that bestseller introduce The Site Reliability Workbook, a hands-on companion that uses concrete examples to show you how to put SRE principles and practices to work in your environment. This new workbook not only combines practical examples from Google's experiences, but also provides case studies from Google's Cloud Platform customers who underwent this journey. Evernote, The Home Depot, The New York Times, and other companies outline hard-won experiences of what worked for them and what didn't. Dive into this workbook and learn how to flesh out your own SRE practice, no matter what size your company is. You'll learn: How to run reliable services in environments you don't completely control-like cloud Practical applications of how to create, monitor, and run your services via Service Level Objectives How to convert existing ops teams to SRE-including how to dig out of operational overload Methods for starting SRE from either greenfield or brownfield

When Lucy comes across the old wardrobe standing alone in the spare room, she thinks she has found a good place for hide and seek. But then she tumbles headlong into a magical world of fauns, dwarves and giants, of animals that talk and horses that fly - the land of Narnia. It is so extraordinary that at first her brothers and sister don't believe it can be real. Soon, though, Peter, Edmund and Susan find Narnia too and the adventures really begin.Together they must battle against the evil White Witch to break her cruel grip on Narnia, a land she has cast in perpetual winter, without Christmas. Only one thing can hold fast against such wickedness: the mighty Aslan. The excitement which C.S. Lewis must have felt in creating this enchanted world is conjured up once again in this thrilling dramatisation of one of the best stories ever told. 2 CDs. 1 hr 55 mins.

The TARDIS materialises in an English quarry where Sarah is involved in a rock fall. When she is rescued, she is clutching a stone hand, which takes control of her and forces her to take it into the core of a nuclear reactor. The Doctor (Tom Baker) arrives too late to stop the hand from regenerating into an alien lifeform known as Eldrad, who demands to be returned to her home planet of Kastria. The Doctor obliges, but all is not as it seems with Eldrad. This was Sarh Jane Smith's last adventure with the Doctor, although she later returned in 'K-9 and Company', 'The Five Doctors' and 'Downtime'.

Polly Plummer and her next-door neighbour Digory are exploring one wet afternoon when the accidental discovery of some magic rings sets them off on the most exciting and dangerous journey of their life. They fall through magic pools to the ruined city of Charn where Digory awakens the terrifying figure of Jadis, the last Queen. But with true evil comes true goodness, as the children discover when they come face to face with the mighty lion Aslan. Soon the children's Uncle Andrew, along with an unwitting cabbie and footman, has joined them - and together they witness the lion Aslan's creation of a wondrous new world... So begins the universally loved and acclaimed series of stories in which good and evil do battle in the spellbinding, magical land of Narnia. 2 CDs. 1 hr 55 mins.

Classic stills from the life of one of Britain's most venerated entertainers. This is the extraordinary life story of comic legend Denis Norden, told in momentary snapshots by the master British comedian himself. Containing reminiscences of a career stretching back to the golden age of the radio, through the heyday of cinema and the early pioneering days of television comedy, Back Then showcases Denis Norden's creative genius at its very best. Told with Denis' hallmark flashes of brilliant humour and sharp observation, the extraordinary life of this enduring humorist is unravelled through his private recollections of the ways things used to be, back then. Denis' school-day musings, dry witticisms, and old-time sayings unearthed from days gone by, combined with remembrances of collaborations with famous figures of the day, from Eric Sykes to Bill Fraser, will sweep you back instantaneously to the magical gags, lively characters and laughter of the past. Flitting between Denis' East End childhood and early career in This audiobook covers the career of comedy writing Variety as a cinema manager for the Hyams Brothers, to his post-war work as a scriptwriter on the groundbreaking radio shows Take It From Here and In All Directions, to the phenomenally successful television comedy Whack-O!, (all written with long-term collaborator Frank Muir), to his years as a solo writer, performer, and presenter on programmes such as the much-loved It'll Be Alright on the Night, it is easy to see how Denis' comic appeal has endured for decades, to make him one of the greatest British writers and performers to date. Brimming with Denis' unique wit and personal warmth, this is a rich and compelling mix of anecdote and autobiography from a very special entertainer.

Jean Casson, a Parisian film producer whose agreeable lifestyle is changed forever by the German invasion, struggles to put his world back together and to come to terms with the uncomfortable realities of life under German occupation. He becomes caught up - reluctantly - in the early activities of what was to become the French Resistance. Haunting and atmospheric, The World at Night is an evocative portrait of a man of honor, torn between love, patriotism and self-preservation.

To save Egypt from the Hittites, Ramses II must face the might of a powerful army whose weapons are vastly superior to Egypt's own. War seems inevitable, and it is at the impenetrable fortress of Kadesh that the first major battle is to take place. But the health of his beloved wife, Nefertari, is failing rapidly and a pro-Hittite underground network continues to grow.

Ramses needs to travel South in search of the Stone Goddess -- the last hope to save his dying Queen -- but the imminent battle to save his entire civilization is to the North. Will Ramses father, now a celestial god, answer his desperate pleas for guidance? The third volume in a five book series.

Ramses is now fifty; after bringing outstanding prosperity to Egypt, he could have hoped to enjoy a serene old age. But as he strives to preserve peace, the Hittite Emperor exhorts him to wed his daughter under the threat of a new war and the revengeful Libyans are rebelling. . . .

In his old age, the time has come for Ramses to meet his final enemy in the shad of the Western Acacia.

Owen Archer, sometime spy, joins a pilgrimage to Wales in order to recreuit archers for the Duke of Lancaster's forthcoming expedition to France. Joined by Geoffrey Chaucer, reporting on the King's defenses, the two men suspect the royal steward is betraying his King to the Welsh rebels. Dragged into investigating brutal murders, tension in the steward's household and theft, Owen must investigate charges of infidelity and homicide, whilst all the while working to prevent further deaths....

Winter in Denton is a busy time for DI Jack Frost whose unsolved crime figures are mounting. A serial killer is murdering local prostitutes; armed robbery; a ram raid at a jewelers and a buried skeleton is uncovered. But Frost's main concern is for the safety of a missing schoolgirl. The dead body of another little girl from the same school is found. . .

Frost's prime suspect, strongly protesting his innocence, hangs himself in his cell, leaving a note blaming Frost for driving him to suicide.

Coarse, insubordinate and fearless, DI Jack Frost is in serious trouble.

Owen Archer, sometime spy, joins a pilgrimage to Wales in order to recreuit archers for the Duke of Lancaster's forthcoming expedition to France. Joined by Geoffrey Chaucer, reporting on the King's defenses, the two men suspect the royal steward is betraying his King to the Welsh rebels. Dragged into investigating brutal murders, tension in the steward's household and theft, Owen must investigate charges of infidelity and homicide, whilst all the while working to prevent further deaths....

It is 1268. Oxford is forced to host the Tartars, Eastern people whose legendary fierceness has already wreaked havoc in France and Germany. This time they claim a peaceful mission - they merely wish to gain an audience with the King. But only the Tartar ambassador himself falls victim to evil. When he is found dead, it looks like murder, but how was it possible except by magic? Even when he thinks he's solved the case, Falconer still has to trick the murderer into giving himself away.

When Michael Holroyd published 'Basil Street Blues', it was the beginning of a story rather than the end. For as the letters from readers started to arrive, the author discovered an extraordinary narrative that his own memoir had only touched upon. 'Mosaic' is Michael's piecing together of these remarkable revelations: some of which are pleasant surprises, others more startling. There is a discovery that his grandmother was the mistress of the French anarchist writer Jacques Prevert; and a letter from Margaret Forster that leads to his remarkable account of a decade-long affair.

Wingfield's final Jack Frost book The discovery of two teenage girls' bodies and a video of a snuff movie showing the death of one of the victims leaves Detective Inspector Jack Frost in a race against time before the killer can strike again. Meanwhile, someone is poisoning foodstuffs at a local supermarket chain. When the owner receives threatening demands to pay up or be put out of business, it is up to Frost to catch the blackmailer. As all leads dry up and Frost faces questions over the handling of the cases, he faces a threat to his professional life with the arrival of DCI Skinner at Denton Police Station. Is this the end for Jack Frost?

Holy Disorders takes Oxford don and part time detective, Gervase Fen to the town of Tolnbridge, where he is happily bounding around with a butterfly net until the cathedral organist is murdered, giving Fen the chance to play sleuth. The man didn't have an enemy in the world, and even his music was inoffensive: could he have fallen foul of a nest of German spies or of the local coven of witches, ominously rumored to have been practicing since the 17th century?