Security Smarts for the Self-Guided IT Professional "An extraordinarily thorough and sophisticated explanation of why you need to measure the effectiveness of your security program and how to do it. A must-have for any quality security program!" --Dave Cullinane, CISSP, CISO & VP, Global Fraud, Risk[...]

This book features real life clinical cases for the basic sciences and USMLE Step 1. You need exposure to clinical cases to pass course exams and ace the USMLE Step 1. Case Files: Neuroscience, Second Edition presents 50 real-life clinical cases illustrating essential concepts in microbiology. Each [...]

The ABCs of Learning Disabilities, Second Edition, discusses major research findings on learning disabilities in children, adolescents and adults in language, memory, social skills, self-regulation, reading, mathematics, and writing, with an additional chapter on assessment. This concise primer is [...]

Tells the story of persistent pain having negative effects on brain function. This book features: philosophical and social concepts of pain; testimonials of chronic-pain patients; clinical data from pain patients' brains; advances in noninvasive brain imaging for pain patients; and, manipulation of[...]

For junior/senior/graduate level courses in Computer Graphics. This Java based graphics text introduces advanced graphic features to a student audience mostly trained in the Java language. Its accessible approach and in-depth coverage features the high-level Java 2D and Java 3D APIs-offering an eleg[...]

Introduction to Programming Using Python is intended for use in the introduction to programming course. Daniel Liang is known for his "fundamentals-first" approach to teaching programming concepts and techniques. "Fundamentals-first" means that students learn fundamental programming concepts like s[...]

Introduction to Java Programming, Comprehensive, 9e, features comprehensive coverage ideal for a one-, two-, or three-semester CS1 course sequence. Daniel Liang teaches concepts of problem-solving and object-oriented programming using a fundamentals-first approach. Beginning programmers learn criti[...]

Directed primarily toward undergraduate/MBA students in Economics, this text also provides practical content to current and aspiring industry professionals. This text will excite readers by providing a more linear progression, while proving the consistency and relevance of microeconomic theory. The [...]

ALERT: Before you purchase, check with your instructor or review your course syllabus to ensure that you select the correct ISBN. Several versions of Pearson's MyLab & Mastering products exist for each title, including customized versions for individual schools, and registrations are not transferabl[...]

For upper-level undergraduate and first-year MBA courses in managerial and applied economics. This text will excite readers by providing a more linear progression, while proving the consistency and relevance of microeconomic theory.[...]

A young girl spends her summer vacation in a country house where a tiger roams...A man reading a mystery finds out too late that he is the murderer's victim...In the stories collected here--including Blow-Up, on which Antonioni based his film--Julio Cortazar explores the boundary where the everyday [...]