diff --git a/01/jread/data.py b/01/jread/data.py
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+DICTIONARY = '../dictionary.txt'
+
+scrabble_scores = [(1, "E A O I N R T L S U"), (2, "D G"), (3, "B C M P"),
+                   (4, "F H V W Y"), (5, "K"), (8, "J X"), (10, "Q Z")]
+LETTER_SCORES = {letter: score for score, letters in scrabble_scores
+                 for letter in letters.split()}
diff --git a/01/jread/test_wordvalue.py b/01/jread/test_wordvalue.py
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+++ b/01/jread/test_wordvalue.py
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+import unittest
+
+from data import DICTIONARY, LETTER_SCORES
+from wordvalue import load_words, calc_word_value, max_word_value
+
+TEST_WORDS = ('bob', 'julian', 'pybites', 'quit', 'barbeque')
+
+class TestWordValue(unittest.TestCase):
+    
+    def test_load_words(self):
+        words = load_words()
+        self.assertEqual(len(words), 235886)
+        self.assertEqual(words[0], 'A')
+        self.assertEqual(words[-1], 'Zyzzogeton')
+        self.assertNotIn(' ', ''.join(words))
+
+    def test_calc_word_value(self):
+        self.assertEqual(calc_word_value('bob'), 7)
+        self.assertEqual(calc_word_value('JuliaN'), 13)
+        self.assertEqual(calc_word_value('PyBites'), 14)
+        self.assertEqual(calc_word_value('benzalphenylhydrazone'), 56)
+
+    def test_max_word_value(self):
+        self.assertEqual(max_word_value(TEST_WORDS), 'barbeque')
+        self.assertEqual(max_word_value(), 'benzalphenylhydrazone')
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+   unittest.main()
+ 
diff --git a/01/jread/wordvalue.py b/01/jread/wordvalue.py
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+++ b/01/jread/wordvalue.py
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+import re
+
+from data import DICTIONARY, LETTER_SCORES
+
+CHARS_REGEX = re.compile('[a-zA-Z]+')
+
+
+def load_words() -> list:
+    """
+    Loads words from the file designated by the DICTIONARY constant into a list
+    (trailing newline characters are stripped)
+    @return: the words in DICTIONARY as a list
+    """
+    words: list
+    with open(DICTIONARY) as f:
+        words = [line.rstrip('\n') for line in f]
+    return words
+
+
+def calc_word_value(word: str) -> int:
+    """
+    Calculates the scabble value of the word specified
+    @param word: the word value to calculate the scabble value for
+    @return: the scrabble value (an integer)
+    """
+    value: int = 0
+    for c in ''.join(CHARS_REGEX.findall(word)):
+        value += LETTER_SCORES[c.upper()]
+    return value
+
+
+def max_word_value(dictionary: list = None) -> str:
+    """
+    Determine the word in dictionary which provides the highest scrabble score
+    @param dictionary: an optional list of alternate words to check. If not specified, load_words() will be used
+    @return: the word in dictionary providing the highest scrabble score
+    """
+    dictionary = load_words() if dictionary is None else dictionary
+    word: str = ''
+    value: int = 0
+    for check_word in dictionary:
+        check_word_value = calc_word_value(check_word)
+        if check_word_value > value:
+            word = check_word
+            value = check_word_value
+    return word
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    print(max_word_value())
+
diff --git a/13/jread/directors.py b/13/jread/directors.py
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+++ b/13/jread/directors.py
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+import csv
+from collections import defaultdict, namedtuple
+
+MOVIE_DATA = '../movie_metadata.csv'
+NUM_TOP_DIRECTORS = 20
+MIN_MOVIES = 4
+MIN_YEAR = 1960
+
+Director = namedtuple('Director', 'name avg_score movies')
+Movie = namedtuple('Movie', 'title year score')
+
+
+def get_movies_by_director():
+    movies = defaultdict(list)
+    with open(MOVIE_DATA) as f:
+        for rec in csv.DictReader(f):
+            try:
+                name = rec['director_name']
+                if int(rec['title_year']) >= MIN_YEAR:
+                    movies[name].append(Movie(title=rec['movie_title'].replace('\xa0', ''),
+                                              year=int(rec['title_year']), score=float(rec['imdb_score'])))
+            except ValueError:
+                continue
+
+    directors = {}
+    for name in movies:
+        if len(movies[name]) >= MIN_MOVIES:
+            directors[name] = (Director(name=name, avg_score=_calc_mean(movies[name]), movies=movies[name]))
+
+    return directors
+
+
+def _calc_mean(movies):
+    return round(sum(movie.score for movie in movies) / len(movies), 1)
+
+
+def print_results(directors):
+    for i, director in zip(range(20), sorted(directors.items(), key=lambda x: float(x[1].avg_score), reverse=True)):
+        print()
+        print(f'{i+1:02d}. {director[0]:<52} {director[1].avg_score}')
+        print('-' * 60)
+        for movie in sorted(director[1].movies, key=lambda x: float(x.score), reverse=True):
+            print(f'{movie.year}] {movie.title:<50} {movie.score}')
+
+
+def main():
+    directors = get_movies_by_director()
+    print_results(directors)
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    main()
+
diff --git a/13/jread/test_directors.py b/13/jread/test_directors.py
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+++ b/13/jread/test_directors.py
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+from directors import get_movies_by_director, _calc_mean
+
+def test():
+    directors = get_movies_by_director()
+
+    assert 'Sergio Leone' in directors
+    assert len(directors['Sergio Leone'].movies) == 4
+    assert len(directors['Peter Jackson'].movies) == 12
+
+    movies_sergio = directors['Sergio Leone'].movies
+    movies_nolan = directors['Christopher Nolan'].movies
+    assert _calc_mean(movies_sergio) == 8.5
+    assert _calc_mean(movies_nolan) == 8.4
+
+    assert 'Andrew Stanton' not in directors
+
+    expected_directors = ['Sergio Leone', 'Christopher Nolan', 'Quentin Tarantino',
+                          'Hayao Miyazaki', 'Frank Darabont', 'Stanley Kubrick']
+    expected_avg_scores = [8.5, 8.4, 8.2, 8.2, 8.0, 8.0]
+    expected_num_movies = [4, 8, 8, 4, 4, 7]
+    report = sorted(directors.items(), key=lambda x: float(x[1].avg_score), reverse=True)
+    for counter, (i, j, k) in enumerate(zip(expected_directors, expected_avg_scores, expected_num_movies)):
+        assert (report[counter][0], report[counter][1].avg_score) == (i, j)
+        assert len(report[counter][1].movies) == k
+        assert _calc_mean(report[counter][1].movies) == j
+
+    return "tests pass"
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    print(test())
diff --git a/39/jread/app.py b/39/jread/app.py
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+from flask import Flask, jsonify, abort, make_response, request
+
+NOT_FOUND = 'Not found'
+BAD_REQUEST = 'Bad request'
+
+app = Flask(__name__)
+
+items = [
+    {
+        'id': 1,
+        'name': 'laptop',
+        'value': 1000
+    },
+    {
+        'id': 2,
+        'name': 'chair',
+        'value': 300,
+    },
+    {
+        'id': 3,
+        'name': 'book',
+        'value': 20,
+    },
+]
+
+
+def _get_item(id):
+    return [item for item in items if item['id'] == id]
+
+
+def _record_exists(name):
+    return [item for item in items if item["name"] == name]
+
+
+@app.errorhandler(404)
+def not_found(error):
+    return make_response(jsonify({'error': NOT_FOUND}), 404)
+
+
+@app.errorhandler(400)
+def bad_request(error):
+    return make_response(jsonify({'error': BAD_REQUEST}), 400)
+
+
+@app.route('/api/v1.0/items', methods=['GET'])
+def get_items():
+    return jsonify({'items': items})
+
+
+@app.route('/api/v1.0/items/<int:id>', methods=['GET'])
+def get_item(id):
+    item = _get_item(id)
+    if not item:
+        abort(404)
+    return jsonify({'items': item})
+
+
+@app.route('/api/v1.0/items', methods=['POST'])
+def create_item():
+    if not request.json or 'name' not in request.json or 'value' not in request.json:
+        abort(400)
+    item_id = items[-1].get("id") + 1
+    name = request.json.get('name')
+    if _record_exists(name):
+        abort(400)
+    value = request.json.get('value')
+    if type(value) is not int:
+        abort(400)
+    item = {"id": item_id, "name": name,
+            "value": value}
+    items.append(item)
+    return jsonify({'item': item}), 201
+
+
+@app.route('/api/v1.0/items/<int:id>', methods=['PUT'])
+def update_item(id):
+    item = _get_item(id)
+    if len(item) == 0:
+        abort(404)
+    if not request.json:
+        abort(400)
+    name = request.json.get('name', item[0]['name'])
+    value = request.json.get('value', item[0]['value'])
+    if type(value) is not int:
+        abort(400)
+    item[0]['name'] = name
+    item[0]['value'] = value
+    return jsonify({'item': item[0]}), 200
+
+
+@app.route('/api/v1.0/items/<int:id>', methods=['DELETE'])
+def delete_item(id):
+    item = _get_item(id)
+    if len(item) == 0:
+        abort(404)
+    items.remove(item[0])
+    return jsonify({}), 204
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    app.run(debug=True)
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diff --git a/39/jread/test_app.py b/39/jread/test_app.py
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+import app
+import json
+import pytest
+
+CLIENT = app.app.test_client()
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize('item_id', [1, 2, 3])
+def test_get_item(item_id: int):
+    response = CLIENT.get(f'/api/v1.0/items/{item_id}')
+    assert json.loads(response.data)['items'][0] == app.items[item_id - 1]
+
+
+def test_get_item_not_found():
+    response = CLIENT.get('/api/v1.0/items/100')
+    assert response.status_code == 404
+
+
+def test_get_items():
+    response = CLIENT.get('/api/v1.0/items')
+    assert json.loads(response.data)['items'] == app.items
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize('name, value', [
+    ('monitor', 500),
+    ('desk', 1000),
+    ('keyboard', 100)
+])
+def test_create_item(name: str, value: int):
+    item = {'name': name, 'value': value}
+    response = CLIENT.post('/api/v1.0/items', data=json.dumps(item), content_type='application/json')
+    assert response.status_code == 201
+    assert json.loads(response.data)['item'] == app.items[-1]
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize('value, item_id', [
+    (500, 1),
+    (1000, 2)
+])
+def test_update_item(value: int, item_id: int):
+    item = json.loads(CLIENT.get(f'/api/v1.0/items/{item_id}').data)['items'][0]
+    item['value'] = value
+    response = CLIENT.put(f'/api/v1.0/items/{item_id}', data=json.dumps(item), content_type='application/json')
+    assert json.loads(response.data)['item'] == item
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize('item_id, status_code', [
+    (1, 204),
+    (1, 404)
+])
+def test_delete_item(item_id: int, status_code: int):
+    response = CLIENT.delete(f'/api/v1.0/items/{item_id}')
+    assert response.status_code == status_code
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