Former hit singer Hollis is down on her luck after the Crash and can't turn down the offer of a job again from mysterious global ad agency, Blue Ant. Stanley Milgrim, ex-addict freshly out of an expensive rehab paid for by Blue Ant-founder Hubertus Bigend, is also on the payroll. Bigend wants them t[...]
Though primarily known as a novelist, over thirty years William Gibson has also built up a reputation as one of our most entertaining and insightful critics of contemporary culture. He is widely credited with having described the internet and cyberspace before any such things existed. "Distrust that[...]
The Peripheral by William Gibson is a thrilling new novel about two intertwined futures, from the bestselling author of Neuromancer. Flynne Fisher lives down a country road, in a rural near-future America where jobs are scarce, unless you count illegal drug manufacture, which she's keen to avoid. He[...]
Some time around the year 2020,in a trailer park in the Deep South, a young woman witnesses a murder. She is in a video game, and watches with horror as a drone strike kills a child. At precisely the same moment, one hundred years in the future, a boy is remotely killed on the streets of London's gr[...]
In recent years the American public has witnessed several hard-fought battles over nominees to the U.S. Supreme Court. In these heated confirmation fights, candidates' legal and political philosophies have been subject to intense scrutiny and debate. Citizens, Courts, and Confirmations examines one [...]
In October 1962, the fate of the world hung on the American response to the discovery of Soviet nuclear missile sites in Cuba. That response was informed by hours of discussions between John F. Kennedy and his top advisers. What those advisers did not know was that President Kennedy was secretly tap[...]
A set of lesson plans, recordings and photocopiable activities for teaching music to Year 5 pupils. The CD/CD-ROM contains lesson plans and recorded extracts to accompany the activities in the book. The text contains instantly accessible photocopiable activities.[...]
Ace your preparation for the CompTIA A+ Exams 220-801 and 220-802 with this 2-in-1 Training Kit from Microsoft Press(R). Work at your own pace through a series of lessons and practical exercises, and then assess your computing technology skills with the online practice test--featuring multiple, cust[...]
Assess your readiness for the CISSP Exam--and quickly identify where you need to focus and practice. This practical, streamlined guide provides objective overviews, exam tips, "need-to-know" checklists, review questions, and a list of valuable resources--all designed to help evaluate and reinforce y[...]
Assess your readiness for CompTIA A+ Exams 220-801 and 220-802--and quickly identify where you need to focus and practice. This practical, streamlined guide walks you through each exam objective, providing "need to know" checklists, review questions, tips, and links to further study--all designed to[...]
Designers, photographers, and artists are using Photoshop to create fantastic and realistic images for illustrations, fine art, and editorial content. Whether they're landscape or portrait photographers, illustrators or fine artists, masking and compositing are essential skills to master for combini[...]
Provides an overview of the past and present lives of the Pawnee Native Americans, tracing their customs, family life, history, culture, and relations with the United States government.[...]
18-year-old William believes in doing right, tak-ing a stand, and making a difference. But after joining the volunteer fire department, William has a dark revelation. He sees that destruction can bring about good by allowing something new to grow. So William starts setting fires to save people, to b[...]
The past two decades have witnessed the end of several civil wars and authoritarian regimes. In a period shaped by the ideal of democratization, in which more countries are emerging from deep-rooted conflicts, international attention is turning to the question of how societies with a grievous past f[...]
-- Lots of ideas that will capture the imagination and hold the interest of young children-- Inspiring suggestions for those who want to take the basic projects a step further[...]
Nothing defines a person like their hairstyle - and what a century it has been for hair! Bangs, bobs, buns, beehives and bouffants have vied with pixie cuts, pin curls, perms and pageboys for ascendancy in an ever-changing parade of ladies' looks and trends, and amongst the men we've seen caesers, c[...]
Explores the concept of historical intermittency in 5 recent French philosophers Stoking the embers of French Hegelianism, this book looks at five recent and contemporary French philosophers: Badiou, Jambet, Lardreau, Francoise Proust and Ranciere. Each produces a post-Hegelian philosophy of history[...]
The expertise of the authors of this title is complementary, with one based on biochemistry/toxicology and the other based on pharmacology/medicine. The subject is approached from both biochemical and physiological angles. It is directed at advanced undergraduate biochemists, pharmacologists, pre-cl[...]
BRIXMIS (The British Commander-in-Chief's Mission to the Group Soviet Forces of Occupation in Germany) is one of the most little-known and covert elite units of the British Army. They were dropped in behind 'enemy lines' ten months after the Second World War had ended and remained operating their in[...]