For nearly five years, he was known as the 'Darling Of Las Vegas'. Some said he was a Russian arms dealer, others a pop star from Eastern Europe. But the truth was even more unlikely: he was a twenty-one year old graduate student who had a plan that would one day make him richer than anyone could po[...]

In the chaotic world of his African village, the spirit-child Azaro still watches the tumultuous and tender lives of the Living; of his father who has been imprisoned for a crime he did not commit and of his mother who battles for justice. This final chapter in Azaro's adventures is a explosive and [...]

Paperback edition of the amazing true story of Thad Roberts, a fellow in the NASA programme who stole Apollo moon rocks from every moon landing in history. Based on meticulous research into court records, FBI transcripts and scores of interviews with the people involved. Mezrich has had 2 books made[...]

Historically very little is known about Spartacus. We know that he came from Thrace, a land north of Greece, that he once fought in the Roman legions and that, during two fateful years, he led a slave army which nearly brought Rome to its knees. In Ben Kane's brilliant novel, we meet Spartacus as he[...]

213 BC. Syracuse. Under the merciless Sicilian sun, a city is at war. Outside the walls, a vast Roman army waits. Yet the city's incredible defences, designed by Archimedes, mean that Syracuse will not be taken easily. A veteran of the bitter war since its beginning, Quintus is ready to give his lif[...]

Azaro is a spirit child who is born only to live for a short while before returning to the idyllic world of his spirit companions. Now he has chosen to stay in the world of the living.[...]

Traditionally, engineers have used laboratory testing to investigate the behavior of metal structures and systems. These numerical models must be carefully developed, calibrated and validated against the available physical test results. They are commonly complex and very expensive. From concept to a[...]

Cognitive Psychology provides a lively and engaging introduction to this field and offers complete coverage of all the British Psychological Society (BPS) required topics. This text provides a clear and detailed account of key experiments, theories and concepts, andthe examples, full colour photos a[...]

Tomorrow's Technology and You provides you with an understanding of information technology so you can successfully navigate change and advance into the future. Today we're standing at the junction of three powerful and rapidly evolving technological forces: computers, communications, and digital ent[...]

';As an author, editor, and publisher, I never paid much attention to the competitionexcept in a few cases. This is one of those cases. The UNIX System Administration Handbook is one of the few books we ever measured ourselves against.' From the Foreword by Tim O'Reilly, founder of O'Reilly Me[...]

Completely updated, Tomorrow’s Technology and You, provides you with an understanding of information technology so you can successfully navigate change and advance into the future. Today we’re standing at the junction of three powerful and rapidly evolving technological forces: computers, [...]

Discover powerful hidden social "levers" and networks within your company...then, use that knowledge to make slight "tweaks" that dramatically improve both business performance and employee fulfillment! In People Analytics, MIT Media Lab innovator Ben Waber shows how sensors and analytics can give y[...]