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Dedication

To the Moewes: Tom, Lynn, Austin, Jenna, and Jake. Thanks for being family; thanks for the cut-throat, late-night games of Texas Hold 'Em; thanks for hosting the Christmas holiday gathering this year; and thanks for not getting lawyers involved in a messy fight over the damage to your home. -- Rogers

Acknowledgements

A book of this scope (and heft!) requires the hard work and dedication of numerous people. Most of them are at Sams Publishing in Indianapolis, and to them I owe considerable thanks -- in particular, to Geneil Breeze, Scott Meyers, John Purdum, and Mark Taber. Thanks also to my agent at Studio B, Laura Lewin. Most of all, thanks to my wife, Mary Moewe, and my sons, Max, Eli, and Sam.

Reader Acknowledgements

I'd also like to thank readers who have sent helpful comments about corrections, typos, and suggested improvements regarding this book and its prior editions. The list includes, but is probably not limited to, the following people: Dave Barton, Patrick Benson, Ian Burton, Lawrence Chang, Jim DeVries, Ryan Esposto, Kim Farr, Sam Fitzpatrick, Bruce Franz, Owen Gailar, Rich Getz, Bob Griesemer, Jenny Guriel, Brenda Henry-Sewell, Ben Hensley, Jon Hereng, Drew Huber, John R Jackson, Bleu Jaegel, Natalie Kehr, Mark Lehner, Stephen Loscialpo, Brad Kaenel, Chris McGuire, Paul Niedenzu, E.J. O'Brien, Chip Pursell, Pranay Rajgarhia, Peter Riedlberger, Darrell Roberts, Luke Shulenburger, Mike Tomsic, John Walker, Joseph Walsh, Mark Weiss, P.C. Whidden, Chen Yan, Kyu Hwang Yeon, and J-F. Zurcher.