Long awaited, this volume spans almost forty years of contemporary high design as masterminded by Ian Schrager. Known for being the originator of the mythical Studio 54, as well as a creator of the boutique hotel, Ian Schrager has done much more than create, design, and manage hotels, restaurants, c[...]

Paul Virilio is a challenging and original thinker whose work on technology, state power and war is becoming increasingly relevant. Exploring Virilio's main texts from their political and historical contexts, the author introduces the key themes in Virlio's work, including: speed; virtualization; wa[...]

The New Testament writers proclaimed their message passionately and persuasively. This volume explores how we can preach faithfully from those texts. The chapters cover the main texts and genres of the New Testament, and offer particular insights into the infancy narratives, parables, miracles, the [...]

Metallica har sålt över 100 miljoner album och vunnit sju Grammys. Deras resa från ett smutsigt garage i Los Angeles till scener på världens största arenor har varit episk och ofta traumatisk ? det är utan tvekan en av de största rock?n?roll-sagorna. Inga musikskribenter har kommit Metallic[...]

This is a study of the procurement and processing of raw materials employed by the ancient Egyptians over the five millennia of the Predynastic and Pharaonic periods (c.5500-332 BC). During this time, not only were there variations in the preferred materials for particular types of artefacts, but al[...]

Book overview Microsoft's Active Server Pages technology is still a relatively new way to create dynamic web sites and application. It has, however, evolved quickly to become the foremost tool in the Windows-oriented Web programmer's toolbox. Microsoft is currently working on the next generation[...]

Adopting a broad view of statistical inference, this text concentrates on what various techniques do, with mathematical proofs kept to a minimum. The approach is rigorous, but will be accessible to final year undergraduates. Classical approaches to point estimation, hypothesis testing and interval e[...]

"Into the Black" begins on the eve of the release of Metallica's massive breakthrough with the eponymous LP that became known as "The Black Album." Suddenly, at the dawn of the '90s, Metallica was no longer the biggest thrash metal band in the world--they were the biggest "rock" band in the world, p[...]

A comprehensive textbook of basic and clincal pharmacology for nurses and other allied health professionals.[...]

"First published 1973 by Routledge, reprinted with new introduction in 2013."

"As if appearing in a dream, a stream of wolves emerged from the forest edge." So begins this exhilarating journey to one of the planet's most spectacular regions--Canada's North Pacific coast, our largest intact temperate Rain Forest and one of the last places where wolves live wild and undisturbed[...]

As they embark upon the fourth decade of the career, Metallica's legacy is as unique as it is remarkable: having sold over 100 million albums their status as the biggest Metal band of all time is indisputable. This book explores the challenges and tensions that ensued for the band.[...]

This celebrated British Museum reference work is now republished in an enlarged and fully revised edition. Packed with facts, illustrations and insights, it answers all questions on ancient Egyptian topics from Abydos and ankh to Zoser and zodiac. This authoritative illustrated dictionary provides c[...]