Services like social networks, web analytics, and intelligent e-commerce often need to manage data at a scale too big for a traditional database. As scale and demand increase, so does Complexity. Fortunately, scalability and simplicity are not mutually exclusive- rather than using some trendy techno[...]

Dewey Decimal älskar ensamheten med sina böcker, men hans jobb som hitman åt New Yorks mest hänsynslösa åklagare kräver helt andra talanger.

Storskalig terrorattack, influensapandemi och ett kollapsat Wall Street. New York är en skugga av sitt forna jag. Medan staden kämpar sig upp[...]

Paperback edition of the debut novel about one man's descent into mental illness, following the death of his brother in childhood. Filer is a mental health nurse with a unique and startling insight into mental illness, and this book highlights a much-neglected subject. 'Bittersweet and wonderfully e[...]

It starts as a lark for Jasmin Field, the charming, acerbically witty columnist for a national women's magazine. She joins a host of celebraties gathering in London to audition for the season's most dazzling charity event: a one-night only stage production of Jane Austen's immortal Pride and Prejudi[...]

Living in New York City for five years as a transplant from Ohio, illustrator and T-shirt designer Nathan Pyle was fascinated by the unique habits and unspoken customs New Yorkers follow to make life bearable in a city with 8 million people (and seemingly twice the number of tourists). In NYC Basic [...]

This title provides practical, up-to-date, and ready-to-apply coverage of more than 1,000 diseases and disorders. "Current Diagnosis & Treatment Obstetrics & Gynecology, 11/e" is a concise, yet comprehensive textbook on the medical and surgical management of obstetrics and gynecology. It succinctly [...]

When Jo Green becomes a nanny in London to escape her small-town routine, complicated family and perfect-on-paper boyfriend Shaun, culture shock doesn't even begin to describe it. She is just getting used to the Fitzgerald's designer lifestyle when they acquire a distractingly good-looking lodger.[...]

It was the perfect opportunity for 'closure'...Meet Annie Markham. Gentle, sweet and kind. Except for her dark side. A dark side called Jake Mead. Seven years ago he'd been her entire world, even though her godmother had tried to persuade her to dump him. But when the going got tough, Annie's 'tough[...]

First published in 1976, this book presents a comprehensive review of contemporary research in the field of Intelligence, including coverage of topics such as the genetic and environmental influences on IQ and individual and group differences in intelligence. It also discusses the psychometric and c[...]

Focuses on the life and work of Nathan Zuntz (1847-1920), a German physiologist, who made significant contributions to high altitude physiology and aviation medicine. This book describes Zuntz's contribution to high altitude physiology and aviation medicine. It discusses high altitude physiology and[...]

Reservoir management is concerned with the geoscience and reservoir/production engineering required to plan and optimize the development of discovered or producing oil and gas assets. This title begins with the theory and practice of transient flow analysis. It covers topics such as Type-Curve Analy[...]

Basic design text for the first course in design. Prepares readers to understand how the elements of design are used to make successful compositions. The first portion of the book is a comprehensive examination of fundamental design phenomena and a general introduction of compositional concepts. The[...]

In "The Viral Storm" award-winning biologist Nathan Wolfe - known as 'the Indiana Jones of virus hunters' for his work in jungles and rain forests across the world - shows the threat of a global pandemic is greater than we have ever imagined. "The Viral Storm" examines how viruses like HIV, swine fl[...]