The beginner's book of choice for every new marine hobbyist, as well those ready to start over with simple, state-of-the art techniques.[...]

Bestselling CompTIA A+ author Mike Meyers provides hands-on, step-by-step labs--updated for the 2012 release of Exam 220-802--so you can practice the IT skills essential for your success Mike Meyers' CompTIA A+ Guide to Managing and Troubleshooting Operating Systems Lab Manual, Fourth Edition contai[...]

"Programming Language Pragmatics" is the most comprehensive programming language textbook available today. Taking the perspective that language design and language implementation are tightly interconnected, and that neither can be fully understood in isolation, this critically acclaimed and bestsell[...]

In A Practical Guide to Enterprise Architecture, six leading experts present indispensable technical, process, and business insight into every aspect of enterprise architecture. You'll find start-to-finish guidance for architecting effective system, software, and service-oriented architectures; usin[...]

Discusses the changes organizations must enforce to make the most of information technology amid a changing world economy[...]

This book provides a concise yet academically rigorous overview of clinical neuropsychology from a presenting syndrome or symptoms approach. Because clinical neuropsychology practice necessitates an understanding of functional neuroanatomy, a basic review is provided along with a description of a ba[...]

The motor of globalization is not the United States, but China. 'Washington Consensus' neo-liberal individualism becomes 'Beijing Consensus' collectivist relationality. This sociology of risk spans the adventurism of Shanghai architecture, young traders and property developers; the risk-sharing of i[...]

Sustainability remains one of the major issues in tourism today. Concerns over climate and environmental change, the fallout from the global economic and financial crisis, and the seeming failure to meeting UN Millennium development goals have only reinforced the need for more sustainable approaches[...]

In Turnaround Leadership for Higher Education , international authorities on organizational change Michael Fullan and Geoff Scott reveal how campus leaders can proactively meet the challenges and expectations facing their institutions. They show how certain leadership capabilities and change-capabl[...]

This text presents an account of the dynamic relationship between society and science. That line separating society from science is regularly transgressed, and the closer interaction between the two signals the emergence of a new kind of science - contextualized or context-sensitive science.[...]

A collection of original novellas includes Orson Scott Card's "In the Dragon's House," Mercedes Lackey's "Joust," Tanith Lee's "Love in a Time of Dragons," Elizabeth Moon's "Judgment," and Michael Swanwick's "King Dragon." Original. 25,000 first printing.[...]