This is a study of public sculpture in St. Louis from the 19th century. With the founding of Laumeier Sculpture Park, St. Louis has improved and expanded its holdings with highly acclaimed works, ranging from 19th century bust and equestrian monuments to modern classics by Henry Moore and the Falling Man of Ernest Trova. Included in the survey are the collections of the St. Louis Museum and the Washington University Gallery of Art.

C++'s Standard Template Library is revolutionary, but learning to use it well has always been a challenge for students. In Effective STL, best-selling author Scott Meyers (Effective C++, More Effective C++) reveals the critical rules of thumb employed by the experts -- the things they almost always do or almost always avoid doing -- to get the most out of the library. This book offers clear, concise, and concrete guidelines to C++ programmers. While other books describe what's in the STL, Effective STL shows the student how to use it. Each of the book's 50 guidelines is backed by Meyers' legendary analysis and incisive examples, so the student will learn not only what to do, but also when to do it - and why.

Comedian and star of The Office and Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt and host of The Great American Baking Show Ellie Kemper delivers a hilarious, refreshing, and inspiring collection of essays “teeming with energy and full of laugh-out-loud moments” (Associated Press). “A pleasure. Ellie Kemper is the kind of stable, intelligent, funny, healthy woman that usually only exists in yogurt commercials. But she’s real and she’s all ours!” —Tina Fey “Ellie is a hilarious and talented writer, although we’ll never know how much of this book the squirrel wrote.”—Mindy Kaling Meet Ellie, the best-intentioned redhead next door. You’ll laugh right alongside her as she shares tales of her childhood in St. Louis, whether directing and also starring in her family holiday pageant, washing her dad’s car with a Brillo pad, failing to become friends with a plump squirrel in her backyard, eating her feelings while watching PG-13 movies, or becoming a “sports monster” who ends up warming the bench of her Division 1 field hockey team in college. You’ll learn how she found her comedic calling in the world of improv, became a wife, mother and New Yorker, and landed the role of a bridesmaid (while simultaneously being a bridesmaid) in Bridesmaids. You’ll get to know and love the comic, upbeat, perpetually polite actress playing Erin Hannon on The Office, and the exuberant, pink-pants-wearing star of Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt. If you’ve ever been curious about what happens behind the scenes of your favorite shows, what it really takes to be a soul cycle “warrior,” how to recover if you accidentally fall on Doris Kearns Goodwin or tell Tina Fey on meeting her for the first time that she has “great hair—really strong and thick,” this is your chance to find out. But it’s also a laugh-out-loud primer on how to keep a positive outlook in a world gone mad and how not to give up on your dreams. Ellie “dives fully into each role—as actor, comedian, writer, and also wife and new mom—with an electric dedication, by which one learns to reframe the picture, and if not exactly become a glass-half-full sort of person, at least become able to appreciate them” (Vogue.com).

NEW YORK TIMES and MIBA BESTSELLER From the St. Louis–based journalist often credited with first predicting Donald Trump’s presidential victory. "A collection of sharp-edged, humanistic pieces about the American heartland...Passionate pieces that repeatedly assail the inability of many to empathize and to humanize." — Kirkus In 2015, Sarah Kendzior collected the essays she reported for Al Jazeera and published them as The View from Flyover Country, which became an ebook bestseller and garnered praise from readers around the world. Now, The View from Flyover Country is being released in print with an updated introduction and epilogue that reflect on the ways that the Trump presidency was the certain result of the realities first captured in Kendzior’s essays. A clear-eyed account of the realities of life in America’s overlooked heartland, The View from Flyover Country is a piercing critique of the labor exploitation, race relations, gentrification, media bias, and other aspects of the post-employment economy that gave rise to a president who rules like an autocrat. The View from Flyover Country is necessary reading for anyone who believes that the only way for America to fix its problems is to first discuss them with honesty and compassion. “Please put everything aside and try to get ahold of Sarah Kendzior’s collected essays, The View from Flyover Country. I have rarely come across writing that is as urgent and beautifully expressed. What makes Kendzior’s writing so truly important is [that] it . . . documents where the problem lies, by somebody who lives there.”—The Wire “Sarah Kendzior is as harsh and tenacious a critic of the Trump administration as you’ll find. She isn’t some new kid on the political block or a controversy machine. . . .Rather she is a widely published journalist and anthropologist who has spent much of her life studying authoritarianism.” —Columbia Tribune

Explore over a century of Cardinals baseball in this illustrated tour of the players, teams, ballparks, and historic moments! With a legacy that goes back to the Brown Stockings of the old American Association, the St. Louis Cardinals have one of the longest and greatest traditions in the history of baseball. Winners of ten World Series titles (second only to the New York Yankees) and twenty-one pennants dating back to 1885, the Redbirds have established a dynasty across the decades—from Charlie Comiskey’s four-time AA champs, through the “Gashouse Gang” of the 1930s and the “Runnin’ Redbirds” in the 1980s, up to the 2006 World Champions. Front-office pioneers like Chris von der Ahe and Branch Rickey have put the Cardinals franchise at the forefront of innovation, while bringing in some of baseball’s greatest talent—pitchers Dizzy Dean to Bob Gibson, sluggers Johnny Mize to Mark McGwire, and all-around superstars like Rogers “Rajah” Hornsby, Stan “the Man” Musial, and Albert Pujols. Pairing historic black-and-white photos and contemporary images of the modern game, St. Louis Cardinals: Past & Present explores the ballparks and the fans, the players and the teams that have defined Cardinals baseball.

"Modern C++ Templates: A Practical Guide for Developers" offers a comprehensive exploration into one of the most powerful features of C++ programming—templates. This book serves as both an educational resource and an insightful reference for developers at all skill levels, bridging concepts from fundamental template syntax to advanced techniques. It unfolds the intricacies of function and class templates, template specialization, and metaprogramming with clarity and detail, equipping readers with the knowledge needed to leverage templates effectively in their projects. Authored with precision, each chapter builds on the last, guiding readers through a logical progression of topics from basic to sophisticated uses of templates in the C++ Standard Library. The book combines theoretical insights with practical examples to illuminate common design patterns and best practices, enabling the creation of flexible, reusable, and maintainable code. Whether addressing common troubleshooting challenges or dissecting advanced template techniques, this guide enriches developers' understanding and empowers them to produce high-quality software designed for scalability and performance. Intended as a definitive resource, "Modern C++ Templates: A Practical Guide for Developers" is an essential companion for any C++ programmer aiming to master the versatility and efficiency of templates. By embracing the concepts within, readers will be adept at crafting template-based solutions that stand at the forefront of modern programming innovation, ready to tackle the complex demands of today's software landscape.

Depicts the early history of East St. Louis, which was officially established in 1861.

Introduces programmers to the generic programming paradigm and to the C++ Standard Template Library and its use as an extensible framework for generic and interoperable components. Explains ideas underlying generic programming and shows how to create algorithms decoupled from the types and data structures they operate on, and how to write more efficient code that can be used and reused across platforms. Assumes familiarity with C++ and algorithms. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR