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Part I: Introduction. Chapter 1: Different databases for different requirements -- Chapter 2: Variety of NoSQL databases -- Part II: Key value databases. Chapter 3: Introduction to key-value databases -- Chapter 4: Key-value database terminology -- Chapter 5: Designing for key-value databases -- Part III: Document databases. Chapter 6: Introduction to document databases -- Chapter 7: Document database terminology -- Chapter 8: Designing for document databases -- Part IV: Column family databases. Chapter 9: Introduction to column family databases -- Chapter 10: Column family database terminology -- Chapter 11: Designing for column family databases -- Part IV: Graph databases. Chapter 12: Introduction to graph databases -- Chapter 13: Graph database terminology -- Chapter 14: Designing for graph databases -- Part VI: Choosing a databases for your application. Chapter 15: Guidelines for selecting a database -- Part VII: Appendices. Appendix A: Answers to chapter review questions -- Appendix B: List of NoSQL databases.

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