Sergio Aguero is one of the top strikers in world football, but his rise to superstardom hasn't always been smooth. Born into poverty, his life story Sergio Kun Aguero: Born to Rise is fascinating and a real story of talent, desire and the guidance of good people helping him to overcome adversity. A[...]
Sergio Aguero is one of the top strikers in world football, but his rise to superstardom hasn't always been smooth. Born into poverty, his life story Sergio Kun Aguero: Born to Rise is fascinating and a real story of talent, desire and the guidance of good people helping him to overcome adversity. A[...]
Think you've got problems? Meet the patients in Dr. Burton's Wednesday-afternoon support group: Violet carries a jar full of demons; Roger can read minds; Akiko talks with her dead parents through the bathroom mirror; Joe is an exorcist; Brian is pyrokinetic; and then, of course, there's Charles. Th[...]
Emotional and cognitive disorders are common in Parkinson's disease, but are frequently overlooked or undertreated. This book provides a comprehensive account of these aspects of Parkinson's disease, based on the neurological and psychiatric assessment of hundreds of patients by the authors. It also[...]
Drawing dragons requires an entirely different set of skills than any other form of figure drawing. Part lizard, part bird, part pure ferocity, this book shows you how to break this mythical beast down to its most basic components (line, gesture, colour, and expression), helping you draw the most vi[...]
From the prestigious comic illustration studio Ikari comes the ultimate guide to how to draw gothic manga. Each vivid, full-color character illustration is broken down into six stages accompanied by step-by-step instructions to take the artist from initial black-and-white sketches to a vibrant, full[...]
This third edition includes enhanced pedagogy (additional problems, more in-depth coverage of negative feedback, more effective layout), and increased topical coverage (current-feedback amplifiers, switching regulators and phase-locked loops).[...]
The study of transport is the study of movements, of displacements of individuals and things in both space and time. The objective of this book is to provide the basic concepts and tools for the economic analysis of transport systems, with emphasis on the behaviour of users and operators. Distinctiv[...]
Distributed Computing Through Combinatorial Topology describes techniques for analyzing distributed algorithms based on award winning combinatorial topology research. The authors present a solid theoretical foundation relevant to many real systems reliant on parallelism with unpredictable delays, su[...]
As a teenager, Cox dreamed of sporting immortality. For four years he devoted himself to the game of golf. And then, one day, he walked away. But as he got older, those dreams kept coming back. Perhaps it was turning thirty, perhaps it was having his first hole in one, but he decided it was time to [...]
The University of Chicago Press doesn't generally publish new American fiction. But last winter we started hearing from people we trusted about a stunning debut novel that no trade house had been willing to take a chance on-to the point that the author had given up and self-published it. We got a co[...]
Based on research into programme management competence, this book covers a subject of great relevance to professionals and senior managers, providing useful advice on the practice of programme management, and the performance of that role in organizations.[...]
Storyboarding is a very tough business, and a new storyboarder really needs to have their wits about them and have professional savvy to survive in this competitive field. Storyboarding: Rules of Thumb offers highly illustrative examples of basic storyboarding concepts, as well as sound, career-orie[...]
More than 10,000 years ago spectacularly large mammals roamed the pampas and jungles of South America. This book tells the story of these great beasts during and just after the Pleistocene, the geological epoch marked by the great ice ages. Megafauna describes the history and way of life of these an[...]
Demonstrates the benefits of internet enabled embedded systems using real-world applications. This work examines the techniques required to achieve internet connectivity, starting with how to draw upon those TCP/IP implementations which already exist, right through to developing fresh ones. It also [...]
Whether doing business with the Hutts or trying to get a decent haircut on Coruscant, Beeps, Bleats, and Boskas is an invaluable guide for anyone traveling through unfamiliar sections of the galaxy. Vividly illustrated by Sergio Aragones, this handy volume covers the basic situations galactic travel[...]
This book focuses on empirical experiences related to market development, and specifically new markets with structurally different characteristics than mainstream markets. Europe, Brazil, China and the rather robust and complex African experiences are covered to provide a rich multidisciplinary and [...]