A tender and charming account of a marriage and a fascinating look at how two people come to know each other across culture and race.
G. Pascal Zachary is a foreign correspondent for "The Wall Street Journal" when he finds love in, of all places, the zoo in Accra, Ghana. That is where he meets C[...]
This text introduces the standardized knowledge representation languages for modeling ontologies operating at the core of the semantic web. It covers RDF schema, Web Ontology Language (OWL), rules, query languages, the OWL 2 revision, and the forthcoming Rule Interchange Format (RIF).[...]
From the notes for Pascal's contemplated "Apology for the Christian Religion" the Port-Royalists compiled and edited the book known as his "Pensies" or "Thoughts." The early texts were much tampered with, and the material has been frequently rearranged; but now at last it is possible to read these f[...]
Since publication in 1958, George Rosen's classic book has been regarded as the essential international history of public health. Describing the development of public health in classical Greece, imperial Rome, England, Europe, the United States, and elsewhere, Rosen illuminates the lives and contrib[...]
Second Edition of a Shingo Prize Winner Based on the author's personal experience with Toyota's master teachers and with companies in the midst of great change, Andy & Me: Crisis & Transformation on the Lean Journey, now in its second edition, is a business novel set in a failing New Jersey auto pla[...]
A repackage of a smart and sexy series whose heroine was born without the fear gene.
Gaia is a brilliant, beautiful girl who is trained in three kinds of martial arts, has a reflex speed that's off the charts, and can climb mountains, box, wrestle, and break codes in four languages. She has no t[...]
No fear. No room to fail. Three adrenaline-racing thrill rides in a smart and sexy series, packaged in one bold book.
Gaia Moore is brilliant and beautiful. She's trained in three kinds of martial arts, has a reflex speed that's off the charts, and can break codes in four languages.
She's al[...]
Blaise Pascal has always been appreciated as a literary giant and a religious guide, but has received only grudging recognition as a philosopher: philosophers have mistaken Pascal's harsh criticism of their discipline as a rejection of it. But according to Graeme Hunter, Pascal's critics have simply[...]
Focuses on Asthma. This book includes topics such as: Compliance; Epidemics in asthma; Genotypes of asthma; diagnose and phenotype asthma; Unbiased biomarkers in asthma; Asthma as a chronic infectious disease; Childhood Asthma Management; Occupational Asthma; Corticosteroid Treatments; Airway Smooth[...]
Raimund Gregorius teaches classical languages at a Swiss lyc?e, and lives a life governed by routine. One day, a chance encounter with a Portuguese woman inspires him to question his life?and leads him to an extraordinary book that will open the possibility of changing it. Inspired by the words of A[...]
In a quiet seaside town near Genoa, experts gather for a linguistics conference. One speaker, Philipp Perlmann, is recently widowed and, struggling to contend with his grief, is unable to write his keynote address. As the hour approaches, an increasingly desperate Perlmann decides to plagiarize the [...]
In a quiet seaside town near Genoa, experts gather for a linguistics conference. One speaker, Philipp Perlmann, is recently widowed and, struggling to contend with his grief, is unable to write his keynote address. As the hour approaches, an increasingly desperate Perlmann decides to plagiarize the [...]
Time Remembered contains 14 works by the American jazz pianist and composer Bill Evans, transcribed for solo Piano by Pascal Wetzel.
This new collection features a foreword by Enrico Pieranunzi and includes the songs Maxine, Since We Met, Remembering the Rain and more.[...]
Lots of danger. No fear. Three thrill-packing adventures in a smart and sexy series, packaged in one daring book.
Gaia Moore is brilliant and beautiful. She's trained in three kinds of martial arts, has a reflex speed that's off the charts, and can break codes in four languages.
She's also m[...]
"Showstopper" is the dramatic, inside story of the creation of Windows NT, told by "Wall Street Journal" reporter G. Pascal Zachary. Driven by the legendary Bruce Cutler, a picked band of software engineers sacrifices almost everything in their lives to build a new, stable, operating system aimed at[...]