Explains how bulk micromachining using silicon wafers, supplemented by surface micromachining techniques, produces in new solutions with SOI wafers as starting material. This title explains core concepts, including deep reactive ion etching (DRIE), lithography of high aspect ratio (HAR) structures, [...]

For nearly four decades, Ari Marcopoulos has broken conventions with his candid and raw style. His photo- graphs documenting subcultures such as skate- boarding, snowboarding, and hip-hop; his tendencies to photograph stark landscapes, portraits of artists, and celebrities; and his extrem[...]

The Transformation of Professional Services is an engaging look at how professional services have changed dramatically over the past few years. Once respected accountants, lawyers, planners and physicians are competing with do-it-yourself kits and an almost infinite amount of information online.[...]

Presents the foundations of asymmetric synthesis, including theory and applications of individual asymmetric reactions. This title features chapters on each of major individual classes of natural products; their structures, biosynthesis and interrelationships as well as examples of asymmetric synthe[...]

Reforming public services has become an integral part of instituting austerity measures as governments around the world struggle to balance the books in the wake of the financial crisis. Vital public services and government departments have been given the seemingly impossible task of delivering bett[...]

A huge bestseller in England, France, and Australia, the fourth book in the Ari Thor thriller series from a spectacular new crime writer.

Hailed for combining the darkness of Nordic Noir with classic mystery writing, author Ragnar Jonasson's books are haunting, atmospheric, and complex. Rupt[...]

They say the dead should rest in peace. Not all the dead agree. This start to The Undertaken trilogy is a "thought-provoking gothic fantasy" and a "genuinely eerie tale" (Publishers Weekly").When Silas Umber's father, Amos, doesn't come home from work one night, Silas discovers that his father was n[...]

Who makes the news in a digital age? Participatory Journalism offers fascinating insights into how journalists in Western democracies are thinking about, and dealing with, the inclusion of content produced and published by the public.[...]

Ari Gold, after years of dominating the Hollywood agency scene, finally offers invaluable tips and advice on how to be as successful in work and in life as Gold himself.
Ari Gold is known for his ruthless approach to deal-making and client relationships that made him one of, if not "the," most p[...]