Audiobooks by Mark Richards

Fundamentals of Software Architecture: A Modern Engineering Approach (2nd Edition)

"Salary surveys worldwide regularly place software architect in the top ten best jobs, yet no real guide exists to help developers become architects. Until now. This updated edition provides a comprehensive overview of software architecture's many aspects, with five new chapters covering the latest insights from the field. Aspiring and existing architects alike will examine architectural characteristics, architectural patterns, component determination, diagramming architecture, governance, data, generative AI, team topologies, and many other topics. This book examines: ● Architecture styles and patterns: Microservices, modular monoliths, microkernels, layered architectures, and many more ● Components: Identification, coupling, cohesion, partitioning, and granularity ● Soft skills: Effective team management, collaboration, business engagement models, negotiation, presentations, and more ● Modernity: Engineering practices and operational approaches that have changed radically in the past few years, including cloud considerations and generative AI ● Architecture as an engineering discipline: Repeatable results, metrics, and concrete valuations that add rigor to software architecture"

Mark Richards, Neal Ford (Author), Perry Daniels (Narrator)

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Choke Back the Tears : A Yorkshire Coast Crime Thriller: Michael Brady Book 4

"“Brilliant. Brady is fast becoming the Yorkshire Rebus.” Billy and Sandra were childhood sweethearts. Writing their names on a lovelock. Fastening it to the end of Whitby pier. Throwing the key into the sea. A lifetime together. A happy retirement in a peaceful hamlet on the North Yorkshire Moors. Until the day they were brutally murdered. “Whoever did this – he didn’t do it quickly. And he enjoyed it…” Billy was a fisherman, making a living in the cold, cruel North Sea. One night his boat went down. Two crewmen drowned. Billy survived. Are the families looking for revenge? It’s the obvious conclusion. But why have they waited so long? Why have they killed Billy and Sandra? And why kill them in such a barbaric way? “This isn’t a murder, Mike. It’s an execution. A medieval execution.” Choke Back the Tears is the fourth audiobook in the Michael Brady series."

Mark Richards (Author), Luke R Francis (Narrator)

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The Echo of Bones: A Yorkshire Coast Crime Thriller: Michael Brady Book 3

"It’s 20 years since Alice went missing. There’s never been any trace. Until now. Until some bones are found in a shallow grave on the cold, bleak North York Moors. But is it Alice? Or Becky? The other girl – who disappeared a month earlier… Two local girls: two families that have finally learned to live with their grief. But now Michael Brady must tell one family their daughter has been found. And break the bad news to the other family. No-one was ever convicted. Everyone’s convinced the killer is in jail. Everyone except Brady. He thinks the real killer is still out there. Brady has to re-open the old wounds. He has to find the real killer. And he has to stop seeing the similarities between his daughter and one of the murdered girls. With the local families waiting for the ‘killer’ to come out of jail, with a boss determined to stop him discovering the truth – and without Frankie Thomson to help him – this is a case that affects Michael Brady like no other. The Echo of Bones is the third audiobook in the Michael Brady series."

Mark Richards (Author), Luke R Francis (Narrator)

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Software Architecture: The Hard Parts: Modern Trade-Off Analyses for Distributed Architectures

"There are no easy decisions in software architecture. Instead, there are many hard parts—difficult problems or issues with no best practices—that force you to choose among various compromises. With this book, you'll learn how to think critically about the trade-offs involved with distributed architectures. Architecture veterans and practicing consultants Neal Ford, Mark Richards, Pramod Sadalage, and Zhamak Dehghani discuss strategies for choosing an appropriate architecture. By interweaving a story about a fictional group of technology professionals, they examine everything from how to determine service granularity, manage workflows and orchestration, manage and decouple contracts, and manage distributed transactions to how to optimize operational characteristics, such as scalability, elasticity, and performance. This book provides techniques to help you discover and weigh the trade-offs as you confront the issues you face as an architect. You'll find out how to analyze trade-offs and effectively document your decisions; make better decisions regarding service granularity; understand the complexities of breaking apart monolithic applications; manage and decouple contracts between services; handle data in a highly distributed architecture; and learn patterns to manage workflow and transactions when breaking apart applications."

Mark Richards, Neal Ford, Pramod Sadalage, Zhamak Dehghani (Author), Dena Dahilig (Narrator)

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The River Runs Deep: Michael Brady Book 2

"Good people do bad things Bad people do good things Sometimes it’s hard to tell the difference… Gina’s body has floated down the River Esk. She was a farmer’s wife. And it looks like an accident. But Michael Brady has his doubts. Brady’s back in the police – and he needs to prove himself. Is it murder? Or does Brady need it to be murder? It’s a year since his wife died. He’s feeling lonely. And he’s still trying to balance being a single dad and being a Detective Chief Inspector."

Mark Richards (Author), Luke Francis (Narrator)

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Salt in the Wounds: Michael Brady Book 1

"His best friend has been murdered, his daughter's in danger. There's only one answer. Going back to his old life. The one that cost him his wife… Michael Brady was a high-flying detective, working on a high-profile case. And much too close to the truth. Someone arranged a hit-and-run. But they missed Brady. And hit his wife. And after six months sitting by her bed, he took the only decision he could take. He turned the machine off. Now he's back home in Whitby. Trying to rebuild his life. And be a good dad to his teenage daughter. But when his best friend is murdered Brady – unwillingly at first – is drawn into the investigation. And when the only people he has left are threatened, he finds there's only one answer. Going back to his old life… Salt in the Wounds is the first novel from award winning writer and blogger Mark Richards. It's set in Whitby, on the North Yorkshire coast, and tells the story of former Detective Inspector Michael Brady. His wife's dead and he's back in his home town – trying to rebuild his life and be a good dad to his 13 year old daughter."

Mark Richards (Author), Luke R Francis (Narrator)

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Fundamentals of Software Architecture: An Engineering Approach

"Salary surveys worldwide regularly place software architect in the top 10 best jobs, yet no real guide exists to help developers become architects. Until now. This book provides the first comprehensive overview of software architecture's many aspects. Aspiring and existing architects alike will examine architectural characteristics, architectural patterns, component determination, diagramming and presenting architecture, evolutionary architecture, and many other topics. Mark Richards and Neal Ford-hands-on practitioners who have taught software architecture classes professionally for years-focus on architecture principles that apply across all technology stacks. You'll explore software architecture in a modern light, taking into account all the innovations of the past decade. This book examines: Architecture patterns: The technical basis for many architectural decisions Components: Identification, coupling, cohesion, partitioning, and granularity Soft skills: Effective team management, meetings, negotiation, presentations, and more Modernity: Engineering practices and operational approaches that have changed radically in the past few years Architecture as an engineering discipline: Repeatable results, metrics, and concrete valuations that add rigor to software architecture"

Mark Richards, Neal Ford (Author), Benjamin Lange (Narrator)

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