Total 117 eBooks Found For Category Mobile
GSM - Architecture, Protocols and Services
- ISBN:
- 0470030704
- Authors:
- Jörg Eberspächer, Hans-Joerg Vögel, Christian Bettstetter, Christian Hartmann
With around 3 billion subscribers, GSM is the world's most commonly used technology for wireless communication. Providing an overview of the innovations that have fuelled this phenomena, GSM: Architecture, Protocols and Services, Third Edition offers a clear introduction to the field of cellular systems. Special emphasis is placed on system architecture and protocol aspects, and topics range from addressing concepts through mobility management...
Wireless Mesh Networks (Advanced Texts in Communications and Networking)
- ISBN:
- 0470032561
- Authors:
- Ian Akyildiz, Xudong Wang
Going beyond classic networking principles and architectures for better wireless performance Written by authors with vast experience in academia and industry, Wireless Mesh Networks provides its readers with a thorough overview and in-depth understanding of the state-of-the-art in wireless mesh networking. It offers guidance on how to develop new ideas to advance this technology, and how to support emerging applications and services. The...
RTLS For Dummies (For Dummies (Math & Science))
- ISBN:
- 047039868X
- Authors:
- Ajay Malik
Select, invest in, and deploy a Real Time Location System Is your business ready for an RTLS? This friendly, hands-on guide shows you how to understand and implement this cutting-edge technology, explaining RTLS methodologies in plain English. From the initial deployment to monitoring to determining Return on Investment, you'll see how to successfully meet your needs, ensure data accuracy, and sustain your system. Get your bearings —...
The 3G IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS): Merging the Internet and the Cellular Worlds
- ISBN:
- 0470516623
- Authors:
- Gonzalo Camarillo, Miguel-Angel García-Martín
Third edition of this best-selling guide to IMS: fully revised, and updated with brand new material The IMS (IP Multimedia Subsystem) is the technology that merges the Internet with the cellular world. It makes Internet technologies such as the web, email, instant messaging, presence, and videoconferencing available nearly everywhere at any time. The third edition of this bestselling book is fully updated and provides comprehensively expanded...
Advanced Wireless Networks: Cognitive, Cooperative & Opportunistic 4G Technology
- ISBN:
- 047074250X
- Authors:
- Savo Glisic, Beatriz Lorenzo
With 40% new material the new edition of Advanced Wireless Networks provides a comprehensive representation of the key issues in 4G wireless networks. Focussing on cognitive, cooperative and opportunistic paradigms to provide further increase in network efficiency, the book explores and addresses issues in wireless internet, mobile cellular and WLAN, as well as sensor, ad hoc, bio-inspired, active and cognitive networks. It examines the problem...
LTE for 4G Mobile Broadband: Air Interface Technologies and Performance
- ISBN:
- 0521882214
- Authors:
- Farooq Khan
Do you need to get up to speed quickly on LTE? Understand the new technologies of the LTE standard and how they contribute to improvements in system performance with this practical and valuable guide, written by an expert on LTE who was intimately involved in drafting the standard. In addition to a strong grounding in the technical details, you'll also get fascinating insights into why particular technologies were chosen in the development...
Digital Television Systems
- ISBN:
- 0521896029
- Authors:
- Marcelo S. Alencar
Digital television is a multibillion-dollar industry with commercial systems now being deployed worldwide. In this concise yet detailed guide, you will learn about the standards that apply to fixed-line and mobile digital television, as well as the underlying principles involved. The digital television standards are presented to aid understanding of new systems in the market and reveal the variations between different systems used throughout the...
Essentials of Cognitive Radio (The Cambridge Wireless Essentials Series)
- ISBN:
- 052189770X
- Authors:
- Linda E. Doyle
Do you need to get quickly up to speed on cognitive radio? This concise, practical guide presents the key concepts and challenges you need to know about, including issues associated with security, regulation, and designing and building cognitive radios. Written in a descriptive style and using minimum mathematics, complex ideas are made easily understandable, providing you with a perfect introduction to the technology and preparing you to face...
Value-Added Services for Next Generation Networks (Informa Telecoms & Media)
- ISBN:
- 0849373182
- Authors:
- Thierry Van de Velde
In the NGN world, no truer words are spoken than the future is now. And the competition in the information networking arena will only intensify in the next 5-10 years. Choosing the correct NGN-VAS strategy now will set your company apart. Value Added Services for Next Generation Networks examines the quest for the real added value in modern communication systems. The author covers more than just the technology itself, but also examines how it is...
Satellite Systems Engineering in an IPv6 Environment
- ISBN:
- 1420078682
- Authors:
- Daniel Minoli
A practical guide to satellite transmission engineering, this book has three distinguishing features. It focuses more on practical results and less on the actual derivation of the mathematical equations, highlights the use of satellite transmission in an ipv6 environment, and applies the theory to sensor networks, IPTV distribution, and DVB-H-based delivery of TV signals to phones. Topics include electromagnetic propagation, modulation and...
New Directions in Wireless Communications Research
- ISBN:
- 144190672X
New Directions in Wireless Communications Research addresses critical issues in the design and performance analysis of current and future wireless system design. Intended for use by system designers and academic researchers, the contributions are by acknowledged international leaders in their field. Topics covered include: (1) Characterization of wireless channels; (2) The principles and challenges of OFDM; (3) Low-correlation sequences for...
Cognitive Radio Technology, Second Edition
- ISBN:
- 0123745357
- Authors:
- Bruce A. Fette
This book gives a thorough knowledge of cognitive radio concepts, principles, standards, spectrum policy issues and product implementation details. In addition to 16 chapters covering all the basics of cognitive radio, this new edition has eight brand-new chapters covering cognitive radio in multiple antenna systems, policy language and policy engine, spectrum sensing, rendezvous techniques, spectrum consumption models, protocols for adaptation,...
The Bay of Pigs (Pivotal Moments in American History)
- ISBN:
- 019517383X
- Authors:
- Howard Jones
In January 1959, as Fidel Castro entered Havana in triumph, Americans hailed the revolutionary as a hero. Then came Castro's increasingly anti-American talk, the rise in his regime of the openly Marxist Che Guevara and Raul Castro, and seizures of American-owned assets. In little more than a year, President Dwight D. Eisenhower concluded that Castro must go. In The Bay of Pigs, Howard Jones provides a concise, incisive, and dramatic account of...
Designing Mobile Service Systems (Research in Design Series)
- ISBN:
- 1586037781
- Authors:
- E.A.M. Van De Kar, A. Verbraeck
This publication is the second in the Research in Design series. Design is an effort that enjoys a growing attention in the academic world. At Delft University of Technology design is a recognized part of science. Like other technical universities, Delft is rooted in the engineering field. And in spite of questions like 'what is design', 'what is engineering' and 'what is science', which can be debated in long sessions, and differences that are...
Mobile Commerce Application Development
- ISBN:
- 1591408067
- Authors:
- Lei-da Chen
As wireless and mobile technologies become more and more prevalent in businesses and our daily lives, organizations are starting to heavily invest in developing infrastructure and applications for mobile commerce. Wireless technologies allow users to overcome spatial and temporal constraints when communicating, computing, and conducting business transactions. Mobile Commerce Application Development provides in-depth coverage of the various tools...
Complex Orthogonal Space-Time Processing in Wireless Communications
- ISBN:
- 0387292918
- Authors:
- Le Chung Tran, Tadeusz A. Wysocki, Alfred Mertins, Jennifer Seberry
Complex Orthogonal Space-Time Processing in Wireless Communications incorporates orthogonal space-time processing using STBCs in MIMO wireless communication systems. Complex Orthogonal STBCs (CO STBCs) are given emphasis because they can be used for PSK/QAM modulation schemes and are more practical than real STBCs. The overall coverage provides general knowledge about space-time processing and its applications for broad audiences. It also...
Wireless Network Security (Signals and Communication Technology)
- ISBN:
- 0387280405
Wireless networks technologies have been dramatically improved by the popularity of third generation (3G) wireless networks, wireless LANs, Bluetooth, and sensor networks. However, security is a major concern for wide deployments of such wireless networks. The contributions to this volume identify various vulnerabilities in the physical layer, the MAC layer, the IP layer, the transport layer, and the application layer, and discuss ways to...
Video Compression and Communications: From Basics to H.261, H.263, H.264, MPEG4 for DVB and HSDPA-Style Adaptive Turbo-Transceivers
- ISBN:
- 0470518499
- Authors:
- Lajos Hanzo, Peter Cherriman, Jurgen Streit
Since the publication of Wireless Video Communications five years ago, the area of video compression and wireless transceivers has evolved even further. This new edition addresses a range of recent developments in these areas, giving cognizance to the associated transmission aspects and issues of error resilience. Video Compression and Communications has been updated and condensed yet remains all-encompassing, giving a comprehensive overview of...
Next Generation Wireless Applications
- ISBN:
- 0470869860
- Authors:
- Paul Golding
In this rapidly developing field, this book explains why the various technologies are needed and will guide the reader to a deeper understanding of their significance and benefits within the industry. Focussing on the wireless context will give the reader a better understanding of how to use the technologies specifically in the development of wireless applications. Uniquely, Next Generation Wireless Applications shows how the many and...
Nokia Smartphone Hacks: Tips & Tools for Your Smallest Computer
- ISBN:
- 0596009615
- Authors:
- Michael Yuan
Nokia's smartphones pack a powerful computer into a very small space. Unlike your desktop or laptop, your smallest computer can be connected to the Internet all the time, and can interact with the world around it through its camera, voice recognition, and its traditional phone keypad. Nokia smartphones combine these features with impressive storage options and a host of networking protocols that make this smallest computer the only thing a road...
Mobilize Yourself! The Microsoft Guide to Mobile Technology
- ISBN:
- 0735615020
- Authors:
- Robert L. Bogue
Be everywhere-and take your office with you-with the help of MOBILIZE YOURSELF! THE MICROSOFT GUIDE TO MOBILE TECHNOLOGY. Discover how to choose the right products and services-such as the Pocket PC, the Microsoft Outlook messaging and collaboration client, Microsoft Mobile Information Server, the MSNnetwork of Internet services, and more-to stay as productive on the road as you'd be at your desk. The book focuses on the key activities of mobile...
Radiowave Propagation and Antennas for Personal Communications (The Artech House Antenna Library)
- ISBN:
- 0890067554
- Authors:
- Kazimierz Siwiak
This text provides an introduction to antenna and propagation problems in personal telecommunications - detailing practical solutions for the design obstacles posed by fixed site antennas, radiowave propagation and small antennas proximate to the human body. The book is divided into three main parts: the first section defines the personal communications link and explores the performance of fixed site antennas in that link. The middle chapters...
Long Term Evolution: 3GPP LTE Radio and Cellular Technology (Internet and Communications)
- ISBN:
- 1420072102
- Authors:
- Borko Furht, Syed A. Ahson
With coverage ranging from basic concepts to research grade material including future directions, this handbook is a complete reference for technical information about all aspects of 3GPP LTE. The book details low chip rate, high-speed downlink/uplink packet access (HSxPA)/TDSCDMA EV 1x, LTE TDD, and 3G TDD. It introduces new technologies and covers methodologies to study the performance of frequency allocation schemes. It also discusses the...
Mobile Multimedia Communications: Concepts, Applications, and Challenges (Premier Reference Source)
- ISBN:
- 1591407664
- Authors:
- Gour Karmakar and Laurence S. Dooley
With rapid growth of the Internet, the applications of multimedia are burgeoning in every aspect of human life including communication networks and wireless and mobile communications. Mobile Multimedia Communications: Concepts, Applications, and Challenges captures defining research on all aspects and implications of the accelerated progress of mobile multimedia technologies. Covered topics include fundamental network infrastructures, modern...
Context-Aware Mobile and Ubiquitous Computing for Enhanced Usability: Adaptive Technologies and Applications (Premier Reference Source)
- ISBN:
- 1605662909
- Authors:
- Dragan Stojanovic
Advances in mobile computing, wireless communications, mobile positioning, and sensor technologies have given rise to a new class of context-aware mobile and ubiquitous applications. Context-Aware Mobile and Ubiquitous Computing for Enhanced Usability: Adaptive Technologies and Applications provides thorough insights and significant research developments on mobile technologies and services. This significant reference book explains how users of...
Mobile Peer-to-Peer Computing for Next Generation Distributed Environments: Advancing Conceptual and Algorithmic Applications (Premier Reference Source)
- ISBN:
- 1605667153
Peer-to-peer computing has gained significant attention from both industry and research communities in the past decade as the number of users worldwide continues to grow along with demand for mobile computing. Mobile Peer-to-Peer Computing for Next Generation Distributed Environments: Advancing Conceptual and Algorithmic Applications focuses on current research and innovation in mobile and wireless technologies that address challenges from both...
Summer World: A Season of Bounty
- ISBN:
- 0060742178
- Authors:
- Bernd Heinrich
The highly anticipated, intimate, accessible, and eloquent illumination of animal survival in summer, from award-winning nature writer Bernd Heinrich, the bestselling author of Winter World.
Summer World: A Season of Bounty
- ISBN:
- 1400111757
- Authors:
- Bernd Heinrich
The highly anticipated, intimate, accessible, and eloquent illumination of animal survival in summer, from award-winning nature writer Bernd Heinrich, the bestselling author of Winter World.
UMTS and Mobile Computing
- ISBN:
- 1580532640
- Authors:
- Alexander Joseph Huber, Josef Franz Huber
This unique book bridges the gap between ubiquitous computing (UBICOMP) and third generation mobile communication. A first-of-its-kind, this resource helps you decide which are the most promising technologies to use for specific mobile communication applications. Scenarios indicate how new applications will be developed and how to implement them. It points out each technology’s distinguishing characteristics, advantages and disadvantages, to...
Mobile Business Strategies: Understanding the Technologies and Opportunities
- ISBN:
- 0201788985
- Authors:
- Jouni Paavilainen
Explores the new mobile world, looks into the future and considers the emerging trends. Discusses the roles of financial institutions, operators, content providers and other key parties in the mobile commerce value chain. Softcover.
WiMAX Evolution: Emerging Technologies and Applications
- ISBN:
- 047069680X
This book presents the evolutionary and visionary developments of WiMAX! WiMAX Evolution: Emerging Technologies and Applications focuses on the future developments of WiMAX technology. The book discusses the evolutionary aspects of WiMAX, from the physical to the application layer, including visions from industry, standardization and research communities. Several chapters of the book will present very new and unique information as editors and...
Mobile and Wireless Design Essentials
- ISBN:
- 0471214191
- Authors:
- Martyn Mallick
* Describes mobile and wireless design techniques from the developer's perspective, offering in-depth analysis of the complete range of network technologies * Details development options for building Smart Client, Thin Client, and messaging applications as well as PIM (personal information management) and location-based services * The author is an experienced trainer who leads seminars and workshops worldwide for iAnywhere Solutions, a...
ANDROID A PROGRAMMERS GUIDE
- ISBN:
- 0071599886
- Authors:
- Jerome DiMarzio
Master the Android mobile development platform Build compelling Java-based mobile applications using the Android SDK and the Eclipse open-source software development platform. Android: A Programmer's Guide shows you, step-by-step, how to download and set up all of the necessary tools, build and tune dynamic Android programs, and debug your results. Discover how to provide web and chat functions, interact with the phone dialer and GPS devices,...
Infancy to Early Childhood: Genetic and Environmental Influences on Developmental Change
- ISBN:
- 019513012X
Univ. of Colorado, Denver. Text resulting from the MacArthur Longitudinal Twin Study, a collaboration of developmental scientists and behavioral geneticists. Explains how changes occur in different domains and how genetics and the environment influence those changes. Raises questions about the interplay between nature and nurture.
Inside the Presidential Debates: Their Improbable Past and Promising Future
- ISBN:
- 0226530418
- Authors:
- Newton N. Minow, Craig L. LaMay
Newton Minow’s long engagement with the world of television began nearly fifty years ago when President Kennedy appointed him chairman of the Federal Communications Commission. As its head, Minow would famously dub TV a “vast wasteland,” thus inaugurating a career dedicated to reforming television to better serve the public interest. Since then, he has been chairman of PBS and on the board of CBS and elsewhere, but his most lasting...
Benjamin Franklin (Yale Nota Bene)
- ISBN:
- 0300101627
- Authors:
- Edmund S. Morgan
The greatest statesman of his age, Benjamin Franklin was also a pioneering scientist, a successful author, the first American postmaster general, a printer, a bon vivant. In addition, he was a man of vast contradictions. This best-selling biography by one of our greatest historians offers a compact and provocative new portrait of America's most extraordinary patriot.
Wuthering Heights (Norton Critical Editions)
- ISBN:
- 0393978893
- Authors:
- Emily Brontë, Emily Bronte
The text of the novel is based on the first edition of 1847. For the Fourth Edition, the editor collated the 1847 text with the two modern texts (Norton's William J. Sale collation and the Clarendon), and found a great number of variants, including accidentals. This discovery led to changes in the body of the Norton Critical Edition text that are explained in the preface. New to "Backgrounds and Contexts" are additional letters, a compositional...
CliffsTestPrep CSET: Social Science
- ISBN:
- 0470165014
- Authors:
- Shana Pate, Tony Napoli
Your complete guide to a higher score on the CSET: Social Science. Why CliffsTestPrep Guides? Go with the name you know and trust. Get the information you need--fast! Written by test-prep specialists Contents include the format and content of the exam, proven test-taking strategies and tips, approaches for answering both multiple-choice and constructed-response questions. Subject Area Review entails focused reviews of all subjects tested:...
Aspects of British Political History 1914-1995 (Aspects of History)
- ISBN:
- 0415131022
- Authors:
- Stephen J. Lee
HIST 98 short blurb This text examines all the major themes, personalities and issues of this important period in a clear and digestible form. Illustrated with with helpful maps, charts and diagrams. Aspects of British Political History 1914-1995 examines all the major themes, personalities and issues of this important period in a clear and digestible form. It: introduces fresh angles to long-studied topics; consolidates a great body of recent...
iPhone For Dummies (For Dummies (Computer/Tech))
- ISBN:
- 0470174692
- Authors:
- Edward C. Baig, Bob LeVitus
Congratulations! The iPhone you just bought is one heck of a wireless telephone, complete with a capable 2-megapixel digital camera. But it’s way more than that: it's also a gorgeous widescreen video iPod and the smallest, most powerful Internet communications device yet. So now that you've got it, what do you do with it? That's where iPhone For Dummies comes in. Apple’s iPhone, puts the world virtually in your pocket. But because it does so...
BlackBerry For Dummies (For Dummies (Computer/Tech))
- ISBN:
- 047018079X
- Authors:
- Robert Kao, Dante Sarigumba
What’s part PDA, part smartphone, and part media player? Your BlackBerry, naturally! Whether it’s the popular Pearl, the sleek Curve, or the hardworking 8800, your BlackBerry handheld device is loaded with features to make your life easier—if you can figure out how to use them. BlackBerryFor Dummies,2nd Edition comes to the rescue with just what you need to know to get the most from this amazing device. It covers the newest BlackBerry...
Teach Yourself VISUALLY Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 2 (Teach Yourself VISUALLY (Tech))
- ISBN:
- 0470264357
- Authors:
- Lynette Kent
Are you a visual learner? If so, this is the Photoshop Lightroom book for you. Clear, step-by-step screen shots show you how to tackle more than 140 important tasks in Photoshop Lightroom 2. You'll learn to work with Lightroom's interface; import, view, and organize photos; personalize preferences; explore the Develop module; make slideshows and Web galleries; print pictures from Lightroom, and more. Full-color screen shots demonstrate each...
BlackBerry Storm For Dummies (For Dummies (Computer/Tech))
- ISBN:
- 0470422203
- Authors:
- Robert Kao, Dante Sarigumba
The long-awaited BlackBerry Storm is here! Take advantage of all the cool things your new touch-screen BlackBerry can do with BlackBerry Storm For Dummies . Your BlackBerry Storm can help you organize your calendar, surf the Internet, and stay in constant contact. it even works like a modem for your laptop. BlackBerry Storm For Dummies shows you how to unlock all of the exciting capabilities of your BlackBerry Storm. You’ll discover how to:...
BlackBerry For Dummies (For Dummies (Computer/Tech))
- ISBN:
- 0470457627
- Authors:
- Robert Kao, Dante Sarigumba
The BlackBerry is such a valuable tool, even the President is using one! Whether you’ve just bought your first BlackBerry or you want to get up to speed on the new models, BlackBerry For Dummies, 3rd Edition shows you how to use every fantastic feature. Packed with information to help you make the most of this amazing device, BlackBerry For Dummies explains how to send and receive e-mail and instant messages, surf the Web, take photos, make...
BlackBerry For Dummies (For Dummies (Computer/Tech))
- ISBN:
- 0471757411
- Authors:
- Robert Kao, Dante Sarigumba
Is your BlackBerry (or the one you’re thinking about getting) a full-fledged PDA (Personal Data Assistant), a hand-held mini-computer, a high-tech organizer, or a cell phone? The answer is yes. It’s all of those and more. Whether you’re considering getting a BlackBerry and want to know what it can do for you or whether you own one and want to learn how it can do more, this is the BlackBerry book to pick. It provides explanations of core...
Much Ado about Nothing (The New Cambridge Shakespeare)
- ISBN:
- 0521532507
- Authors:
- William Shakespeare
Famous actors have appeared as this play's sparring lovers, Benedick and Beatrice, from David Garrick's time in the eighteenth century to the present. Angela Stock has added a new section to the Introduction where she reviews the romantic and darker, more cynical aspects of the play in the context of late twentieth-century stage, film and critical interpretations. She also tackles the critical fortunes of Hero and Claudio as they reflect the...
Romeo and Juliet (The New Cambridge Shakespeare)
- ISBN:
- 0521532531
- Authors:
- William Shakespeare
Blakemore Evans' performance history helps readers visualize the stage action of Romeo and Juliet and alerts them to difficulties in language, thought and staging. For this updated edition Thomas Moisan adds an account of important professional theatre productions and the large output of scholarly criticism on the play in recent years. The Reading List has been revised and augmented to reflect the edition's expanded coverage. First Edition Hb...
Communicating and Mobile Systems: the Pi-Calculus
- ISBN:
- 0521658691
- Authors:
- Robin Milner
Communication is a fundamental and integral part of computing, whether between different computers on a network, or between components within a single computer. In this book Robin Milner introduces a new way of modelling communication that reflects its position. He treats computers and their programs as themselves built from communicating parts, rather than adding communication as an extra level of activity. Everything is introduced by means of...
Blackberry Hacks: Tips & Tools for Your Mobile Office
- ISBN:
- 0596101155
- Authors:
- Dave Mabe, Mabe Dave
The BlackBerry has become an invaluable tool for those of us who need to stay connected and in the loop. But most people take advantage of only a few features that this marvelous communications device offers. What if you could do much more with your BlackBerry than just web surfing and email? BlackBerry Hacks will enhance your mobile computing with great tips and tricks. You'll learn that the BlackBerry is capable of things you never thought...
Android Application Development: Programming with the Google SDK
- ISBN:
- 0596521472
- Authors:
- Rick Rogers, John Lombardo, Zigurd Mednieks, Blake Meike, Rogers Rick, Lombardo John, Mednieks Zigurd, Meike Blake
This practical book provides the concepts and code you need to develop software with Android, the open-source platform for cell phones and mobile devices that's generating enthusiasm across the industry. Based on the Linux operating system and developed by Google and the Open Handset Alliance, Android has the potential to unite a fragmented mobile market. Android Application Development introduces this programming environment, and offers you a...
Timber Designers' Manual
- ISBN:
- 0632039787
- Authors:
- E. C. Ozelton, J. A. Baird
This major reference manual covers both overall and detail design of structural timber, including aspects such as shear deflection, creep, dynamic and lateral stability considerations for flexural members. It has been substantially revised to take account of changes since the last edition, nearly 20 years ago, and to include the latest revision of British Standard BS 5268-2 : 2002, which has brought design concepts closer to European practice...
An Atlas of Interpretative Radiographic Anatomy of the Dog & Cat
- ISBN:
- 0632040785
- Authors:
- Arlene Coulson, Noreen Lewis
Provides a detailed reference for the basic radiographic anatomy of the dog and cat. Includes radiographs and drawings. A selection of anatomical variants and few of the more common radiographic 'pitfalls' are also included. Text is in succinct outline format.
Underground Clinical Vignettes: Anatomy: Classic Clinical Cases for USMLE Step 1 Review
- ISBN:
- 0632045418
- Authors:
- Vishal, M.D. Pall, Tao Le, Parag Mathur, Jose M. Fierro, Hoang Nguyen
Blackwell’s Underground Clinical Vignettes: Anatomy, 3rd edition is your primary source for clinically relevant, case-based material essential for Step 1 review. Each Clinical Vignette presents approximately 100 cases with over 1000 classic buzzwords in Hx, PE, lab, imaging, pathology and treatment. The revised editions contain: · High-yield updates to nearly every case · Links to Basic Science and Clinical Science Color Atlas · New Cases...
Underground Clinical Vignettes: Pharmacology: Classic Clinical Cases for USMLE Step 1 Review
- ISBN:
- 0632045574
- Authors:
- Vikas Bhushan, Vishal, M.D. Pall, Tao Le, Hoang Nguyen
Blackwell’s Underground Clinical Vignettes: Pharmacology, third edition is your primary source for clinically relevant, case-based material essential for Step 1 review. Each Clinical Vignette presents approximately 100 cases with over 1000 classic buzzwords in Hx, PE, lab, imaging, pathology and treatment. The revised editions contain: · High-yield updates to nearly every case · Links to Basic Science and Clinical Science Color Atlas · New...
A Turn to Empire: The Rise of Imperial Liberalism in Britain and France
- ISBN:
- 0691127913
- Authors:
- Jennifer Pitts
A dramatic shift in British and French ideas about empire unfolded in the sixty years straddling the turn of the nineteenth century. As Jennifer Pitts shows in A Turn to Empire , Adam Smith, Edmund Burke, and Jeremy Bentham were among many at the start of this period to criticize European empires as unjust as well as politically and economically disastrous for the conquering nations. By the mid-nineteenth century, however, the most prominent...
Handbook of Small Animal Radiological Differential Diagnosis
- ISBN:
- 0702024856
- Authors:
- Ruth Dennis MA VctMB DVR DipECVDI MRCVS, Robert M. Kirberger BVSc MMedVet(Rad) DipECVDI, Robert H. Wrigley BVSc MS DVR DipACVR DipECVDI MRCVS, Frances Barr MA VetMB PhD DVR DipECVDI MRCVS
Includes everything a veterinarian needs to know about radiological differential diagnoses. Portable handbook format makes it easy for everyday use Line drawings illustrate radiographic abnormalities throughout the book. Detailed index and extensive cross-referencing for quick and easy use.
Emergency Procedures for the Small Animal Veterinarian
- ISBN:
- 0702024872
- Authors:
- Signe J. Plunkett DVM
The second edition of the hugely successful Emergency Procedures for the Small Animal Veterinarian gives vets all the information they need to form a diagnosis quickly and accurately, establish a prognosis and recommend treatment for a patient suffering an illness, injury or toxic event. Easy-to-read bullet-point text gives quick access to the most essential information needed to treat emergency cases quickly and efficiently. Extensive practical...
British Foreign Secretaries Since 1974 (British and Foreign and Colonial Policy)
- ISBN:
- 0714656569
- Authors:
- K. Theakston
This book analyses the changing role of the British Foreign Secretary and presents biographical case studies of all the individual holders of that post, the policies they persued and the issues they faced, since 1974. The work of the British Foreign Secretaries from James Callaghan to Robin Cook is examined in the context of the foreign policy-making machinery, the changing environment of British foreign policy, and the internal and external...
India as an Emerging Power
- ISBN:
- 0714683213
- Authors:
- Sumit Ganguly
These essays examine India's relations with key powers including the Russian Federation, China and the USA and with key adversaries in the global arena in the aftermath of the Cold War. One positive relationship is that of India's relations with Israel since 1992.
Withrow and MacEwen's Small Animal Clinical Oncology
- ISBN:
- 0721605583
- Authors:
- Stephen J. Withrow DVM DACVS DACVIM(Oncology), David M. Vail DVM MS DACVIM(Oncology)
Focusing on cancer in dogs and cats, this extensively updated 4th edition provides comprehensive coverage of the latest advances in clinical oncology, including chemotherapy, surgical oncology, and diagnostic techniques. Ideal for students, practitioners, and those involved in academic research, this book's full-color images and user-friendly format provide quick and easy access to today's most important information on cancer in the small animal...
Muller and Kirk's Small Animal Dermatology
- ISBN:
- 0721676189
- Authors:
- Danny W. Scott DVM, William H. Miller Jr. VMD DACVD, Craig E. Griffin DVM
Fully revised and updated, Muller & Kirk's Small Animal Dermatology provides students and veterinarians the most complete, up-to-date and user-friendly textbook of dermatology for dogs, cats, and pocket pets. This popular resource thoroughly details everything concerning etiology, pathogenesis, clinical signs, diagnosis, and therapy. Lavishly illustrated with clinical, microscopic and histopathological materials, it features over 1200...
Handbook of Small Animal Gastroenterology
- ISBN:
- 0721686761
- Authors:
- Todd R. Tams DVM Diplomate ACVIM
VCA Antech, Inc., Los Angeles, CA. Practical resource to the framework necessary to diagnose and treat common small animal gastrointestinal disorders. Provides a complete review of symptoms and diagnostic methods. Describes acute and chronic disorders and includes new material on GI cancers and enternal and parenternal nutrition. Previous edition: c1996.
Brinker, Piermattei and Flo's Handbook of Small Animal Orthopedics and Fracture Repair
- ISBN:
- 0721692141
- Authors:
- Donald L. Permattei, Gretchen Flo, Charles DeCamp
This handbook covers the diagnosis, etiology, and treatment of conditions affecting the locomotor system in small animals. The 4th edition presents up-to-date information on various types of fractures and methods of fixation, lameness and joint surgery, and musculoskeletal diseases. Other key topics include: acute and chronic bone infections; transplantation, plating, wiring, and pinning techniques; bone grafting; reconstructive joint surgery;...
Small Animal Nutrition
- ISBN:
- 075064575X
- Authors:
- Sandie Agar Vn C&G Cert in Small Animal Nutrition
Textbook relates the theory of digestion and nutrition to practical application in everyday practice. Explains basic principles, emphasizing nutrition as a tool in the management of the patient. Key facts are highlighted and questions and answers are provided at chapter end. Softcover.
Tablet PCs for Dummies
- ISBN:
- 0764526472
- Authors:
- Nancy Stevenson
* Tablet PCs, similar in size and thickness to a yellow paper notepad, are essentially modified notebooks that allow a user to take notes using natural handwriting with a digital pen on a touch-sensitive screen instead of typing on a keyboard * All models of Tablet PCs can be attached to standard keyboards, monitors, and mouse devices for easy computing * Geared toward the general user of the Tablet PC, with information about configuration,...
Absolute Beginner's Guide to Tablet PCs
- ISBN:
- 0789730499
- Authors:
- Craig Forrest Mathews
Whether you use your Tablet PC for work or play, this easy to follow guide gets you going quickly! Using real world scenarios that apply to teachers, students, business professionals, medical professionals, and more, Absolute Beginner's Guide to Tablet PCs shows you how to put Tablet PCs to use in real life. The book shows you the basics for getting your Tablet PCs up and running, then kicks it into high gear and shows you how to put your...
The Blood of Government: Race, Empire, the United States, and the Philippines
- ISBN:
- 0807829854
- Authors:
- Paul A. Kramer
In 1899 the United States, having announced its arrival as a world power during the Spanish-Cuban-American War, inaugurated a brutal war of imperial conquest against the Philippine Republic. Over the next five decades, U.S. imperialists justified their colonial empire by crafting novel racial ideologies adapted to new realities of collaboration and anticolonial resistance. In this pathbreaking, transnational study, Paul Kramer reveals how racial...
Film and Television After 9/11
- ISBN:
- 080932556X
- Authors:
- Wheeler Winston Dixon
In Film and Television after 9/11, twelve distinguished scholars and critics discuss the production, reception, and distribution of Hollywood and foreign films after the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, and examine how movies have changed to reflect the new world climate. While some contemporary films offer escapism, the bulk of mainstream American cinema since 9/11 seems centered on the desire to replicate the idea of the "just war," in...
Decision Making in Small Animal Oncology
- ISBN:
- 0813822750
Decision Making in Small Animal Oncology is a practical manual for the increasing number of veterinarians called upon to treat patients with cancer. This case-based quick reference leads practitioners through diagnosis, treatment, and management decisions, offering reliable guidance for more effective management of cancer care. With easy-to-follow algorithms to assist the reader through the critical thinking process, Decision Making in Small...
Armour of the Pacific War (Vanguard)
- ISBN:
- 0850455235
- Authors:
- Steven Zaloga
This book investigates the design, deployment and development of the armoured vehicles that saw service in the Pacific theatre of World War 2. The course of the war is traced, and the vehicles’ performance summarised. Vehicles are shown in full colour artwork.
User Behavior and Technology Development: Shaping Sustainable Relations Between Consumers and Technologies (Eco-Efficiency in Industry and Science)
- ISBN:
- 140204433X
Environmental policy has long been determined by a dichotomy between technology and behavior. Some approaches stress the importance of technology and technological innovation, while others focus on behavioral change. Each approach has its limitations, however, since technology and behavior often appear so closely intertwined. Human behavior results not only from intentions and deliberate decisions, but from its interaction with technological...
British Fascism and the Labour Movement
- ISBN:
- 1403939160
- Authors:
- Nigel Copsey, Dave Renton
This new book brings together the leading historians in the field to trace the history of labor movement responses to the far-right from the 1920s to the present. It examines the rise and fall of different fascist groups in terms of wider social processes, above all the hostility of the labor movement, left-wing parties, the women's movement, and the trade unions.
Blueprints Psychiatry (Blueprints Series)
- ISBN:
- 1405103345
- Authors:
- Michael J Murphy, Ronald L Cowan, Lloyd I Sederer
More than just Board review for USMLE, Steps 2 & 3, Blueprints can help you during clerkship rotations and subinternship. They are especially helpful when studying areas outside your specialty. Physician assistants, nurse practitioners and osteopaths find Blueprints a helpful companion to their study materials as well. Concise, accurate, clinical high-yield content covers all you need to know for the USMLE and rotations Includes USMLE style...
Contemporary Issues in Law Enforcement and Policing
- ISBN:
- 1420072153
Rising terrorism and advances in technology, along with new organizational strategies and investigative techniques, have stretched the traditional role of the police officer. Calls for strong, intelligence-driven, paramilitary policing juxtaposed with a demand for “softer” community policing, leave officers under increased pressure to be tough and resolute, yet compassionate, accountable, and adaptable. A measured analysis of these concerns...
Beginning iPhone 3 Development: Exploring the iPhone SDK
- ISBN:
- 1430224592
- Authors:
- Dave Mark, Jeff LaMarche
Are you a programmer looking for a new challenge? Does the thought of building your very own iPhone app make your heart race and your pulse quicken? If so, Beginning iPhone 3 Development: Exploring the iPhone SDK is just the book for you. Updated and revised for iPhone SDK 3, many of the discussions in the original book have been clarified to make some of the more complex topics easier to understand. In addition, all of the projects have been...
Rescuing Rover: A First Aid and Disaster Guide for Dog Owners
- ISBN:
- 1557531021
- Authors:
- Sebastian Heath, Andrea O'Shea
Whether you're hiking with your canine friend in a remote area or work with a dog on a search-and-rescue team or police force, you need to be prepared for emergencies when veterinary service is not available. Rescuing Rover: A First Aid and Disaster Guide for Dog Owners provides dog owners, handlers, and emergency physicians with an understandable guide for safe treatment until the dog can be transported to a veterinarian. Although a number of...
Developing Tablet PC Applications (Programming Series)
- ISBN:
- 1584502525
- Authors:
- Clayton E Crooks II
The new Tablet PC combines the latest incarnation of previous notebook computing technologies (i.e., digital ink and voice commands) with the power and reliability of Windows® XP, possibly making it the most versatile PC ever. Developing Tablet PC Applications teaches programmers how to create applications for this exciting new platform using the SDK developed for it. It begins by explaining how to install and use the SDK, and then delves into...
Little Tea Book (Little Books)
- ISBN:
- 1596370742
- Authors:
- Rose Marie Donhauser
These small pocket guides, reminiscent of Silverback’s classic, Heavenly Treats series, offers topics on great cheese and wine combinations, coffee classics, refreshing cocktails and new drink creations along with hot and cold tea drinks, desserts, and savory snacks. You’ll also discover important features on tips, rules, history, and answers to the most asked questions on these topics. Whether you’re in the mood for a cheese course, tasty...
The Dog Listener: Learn How to Communicate with Your Dog for Willing Cooperation
- ISBN:
- 0060089466
- Authors:
- Jan Fennell
In The Dog Listener Jan Fennell shares her revolutionary insight into the canine world and its instinctive language that has enabled her to bring even the most delinquent of dogs to heel. This easy-to-follow guide draws on Jan's countless case histories of problem dogs -- from biters and barkers to bicycle chasers -- to show how you can bridge the language barrier that separates you from your dog. This edition includes a new 30-Day Training...
Appleton & Lange Review of Anatomy
- ISBN:
- 0071377271
- Authors:
- Royce L. Montgomery
Offers medical students the best available review of all major topics in anatomy for course review as well as preparation for the USMLE Step 1. The new edition features over 800 exam-type questions & answers, discussions of each answer, a 100-question practice test, improved illustrations, and more high-yield facts.
GPS for Mariners
- ISBN:
- 0071410759
- Authors:
- Robert Sweet
The manual you wish had come with your GPS receiver. "GPS for Mariners" summarizes essential global positioning system concepts, explains the buttons, screens, and menus of your GPS receiver, and answers all your questions. Filled with helpful illustrations and hands-on examples, this complete and practical guide shows you how to: become an informed GPS buyer and user; connect GPS to your computer, autopilot, and radar; navigate with GPS using...
The Complete Home Veterinary Guide
- ISBN:
- 0071412727
- Authors:
- Chris Pinney
REWARD YOUR PET WITH A LONGER, HAPPIER, AND HEALTHIER LIFE! Here is THE book for those enthusiasts who want to take intelligent, loving care of their pets -- whether that pet be a dog, cat, bird, fish, or some exotic species. This illustrated, A-Z quick-answer guide from popular veterinarian Chris Pinney covers it all: preventive health care, diet, grooming, training, diseases, traveling with pets, selection, first aid, anatomy, holistic pet...
Boatowner's Illustrated Electrical Handbook
- ISBN:
- 0071446443
- Authors:
- Charlie Wing
Keep your boat's electrical systems running and reliable “ Boatowner’s Illustrated Electrical Handbook is perfect for learning how your boat’s electrical system and much of its equipment works, and it will be an invaluable guide when adding equipment as well. This book needs to be in every boater’s library as a ready reference on how to make effective repairs and modifications that comply with ABYC standards.”—Ed Sherman, Senior...
Advanced Marine Electrics and Electronics Troubleshooting: A Manual for Boatowners and Marine Technicians
- ISBN:
- 0071461868
- Authors:
- Edwin Sherman
SAVE TIME AND MONEY WITH THIS STATE-OF-THE-ART GUIDE TO THE LATEST, MOST ADVANCED DIAGNOSTIC EQUIPMENT AND TECHNIQUES “Ed Sherman is one of America’s great teachers and communicators of marine technology.”--Tim Murphy, Executive Editor, Cruising World Whether you are a marine electronics professional or a boatowner, Advanced Marine Electrics and Electronics Troubleshooting helps you understand the new, more powerful methods of...
Building Outrigger Sailing Canoes: Modern Construction Methods for Three Fast, Beautiful Boats
- ISBN:
- 0071487913
- Authors:
- Gary Dierking
Build the fastest, most exotic sailboats around! Popular in Hawaii and throughout the South Pacific and Indian Oceans, outrigger canoes combine the romance of the South Seas with a ruthless efficiency of design and breathtaking sailing performance. This is the first book to present complete plans and building instructions for three outrigger sailing canoes. Based on traditional Hawaiian and Micronesian types, the designs are lightweight, easy to...
The Blue Book of Sailing: The 27 Keys to Sailing Mastery
- ISBN:
- 0071547991
- Authors:
- Adam Cort
Transform basic sailing skills into true mastery No other sport is as complex or as gear- and technique-intensive as sailing. The details and nuances are vast, but beneath the surface are 27 elements, or core areas of knowledge. By understanding these principles you can attain true mastery: tie any knot, shape any sail, take the helm of any boat, no matter how large or unfamiliar.
Betting on America: Why the US Can Be Stronger After September 11
- ISBN:
- 0130460788
- Authors:
- James W. Cortada, Edward Wakin
Authors examine the long-term impact of 9-11 at every level, from our most private personal relationships to the choices we make as a society, as we seek to respond to new threats without compromising our most cherished values. Shows us how the lessons of history can help us act more wisely, more realistically, and with greater confidence.
The Mathematical Works of Bernard Bolzano
- ISBN:
- 0198539304
- Authors:
- Steve Russ
Bernard Bolzano (1781-1848, Prague) was an outstanding thinker and reformer, far ahead of his times in many areas, including philosophy, ethics, politics, logic, theology and physics, and mathematics. Aimed at historians of mathematics, philosophy, ethics and logic, this volume contains the first English translations of some of his most significant mathematical writings, which contain the details of many celebrated insights and anticipations:...
Stalin's Cold War: Soviet Foreign Policy, Democracy and Communism in Bulgaria, 1941- 48: Soviet Foreign Policy, Democracy and Communism in Bulgaria, 1941-48 (Global Conflict and Security Since 1945)
- ISBN:
- 023052138X
- Authors:
- Vesselin Dimitrov
Stalin's Cold War presents a highly original analysis of the Soviet leader's role in the gestation of the Cold War. Drawing on rich new evidence from Soviet, East European and British archives, the book offers fresh and illuminating insights into the evolution of Stalin's strategy in the transition from cooperation with the United States and Britain during World War II to ideological and geopolitical confrontation. The book reveals Stalin's...
Half-Life 2: Raising the Bar
- ISBN:
- 0761543643
- Authors:
- David Hodgson
·Unprecedented access behind Half-Life and Half-Life 2 ·A forward by Valve founder Gabe Newell ·Hundreds of art, design, preproduction, and other art pieces crammed into the book ·Over a dozen key members of Valve's staff interviewed ·Officially approved by Valve ·Behind City 17 and other locations ·The development of the Source engine ·A rogue's gallery of beasts, characters, and monstrosities ·Key weapons development revelations ·A...
Dog Training For Dummies (For Dummies (Pets))
- ISBN:
- 0764584189
- Authors:
- Jack Volhard, Wendy Volhard
That innocent face. Those sad, puppy-dog eyes. Let’s face it: puppies can make anyone’s heart melt. But without proper training, they can make even the most doting doggie moms and dads’ blood pressure soar. So before your new puppy has you jumping through hoops, stop and ask yourself, “Just who is the trainer here?” Dog Training for Dummies, 2nd Edition , shows you how to select the right training method for your puppy or adult dog,...
The Child's Creation of A Pictorial World
- ISBN:
- 0805843728
- Authors:
- Claire Golomb
This book places child art within the broader context of children's creative intelligence and intrinsic motivation to invent a pictorial world. It examines the development of drawing and painting from several currently dominant theoretical perspectives. This is followed by an extensive examination of empirical data on the art work of children who are ordinary, talented, emotionally disturbed, and atypically developed due to mental disability or...
Coffee and Espresso: Make Your Favorite Drinks at Home (Quick & Easy)
- ISBN:
- 1930603398
- Authors:
- Tania Dusy
Create your own coffee bar at home with more than 30 different coffee drinks from cappuccino to latte and macchiato, plus fantastic recipes for Coffee Flan and mocha Truffles. For something to nibble on, try the recipes for international accompaniments, including Savory Tramezzini, Tender Brioches, and Sweet Muffins. There are recipes for homemade syrups and tips on how to prepare the perfect coffee drink at home, including how to foam your own...
Unlocking Android: A Developer's Guide
- ISBN:
- 1933988673
- Authors:
- Frank Ableson, Charlie Collins, Robi Sen
Android is a free, open source, Java-based mobile platform developed by Google. Unlocking Android prepares the reader to embrace the Android mobile platform in easy-to-understand language and builds on this foundation with reusable Java code examples. It's ideal for corporate developers and hobbyists who have an interest, or a mandate, to deliver mobile software. The book first covers the big picture so the reader can get comfortable with the...
The Chemistry of Metal CVD
- ISBN:
- 3527290710
- Authors:
- Toivo T. Kodas, Mark J. Hampden-Smith
First handbook on chemical vapor deposition (CVD) that focuses on the deposition of metallic coatings, an important process in electronics, corrosion protection, and finishing technologies.
Electronic Materials: The Oligomer Approach
- ISBN:
- 3527294384
This is the first book written on this important and rapidly expanding field. It offers researchers a primary resource in which to critically assess the value, and put to use oligomers in their own research and development. The approach of this book is interdisciplinary.
Handbook of Oligo- and Polythiophenes
- ISBN:
- 3527294457
This first concise handbook on this important new class of organic conducting materials gives a broad survey over this emerging field of research. The physical background is covered as well as the synthesis, electronic and nonlinear optical properties and applications of these advanced materials. This information will be of high value for graduate students, researchers and practitioners working in the interdisciplinary field of materials...
Volume 6, Advances in Electrochemical Science and Engineering
- ISBN:
- 3527295151
Volume 6 in the well-establish series Advances in Electrochemical Science and Engineering covers - among others - such important topics as time dependent modulation techniques and computer modeling by continuum and non-continuum methods. As in all previous volumes, the editors have succeeded in selecting highly topical areas of electrochemical research and in presenting authors who are leaders in their fields. The result is a compelling set of...
Supramolecular Organometallic Chemistry
- ISBN:
- 352729533X
- Authors:
- Ionel Haiduc, Frank Thomas Edelmann
Supramolecular chemistry has become not only a major field of chemistry, but is also a vivid interface between chemistry, biology, physics, and materials science. Although still a relatively young field, termini such as molecular recognition, host-guest chemistry, or self-assembly are now common knowledge even for chemistry students, and research has already been honored with a Nobel Prize. This first book on supramolecular organometallic...
Anthropologie: Ein einführendes Lehrbuch (Springer-Lehrbuch) (German Edition)
- ISBN:
- 3540211594
- Authors:
- G. Grupe, K. Christiansen, I. Schröder, U. Wittwer-Backofen
Was ist "Anthropologie"? - Wörtlich übersetzt: "die Lehre vom Menschen" - Eine primär biologische Disziplin mit vielfältigen kulturwissenschaftlichen Bezügen - Ein Brückenfach, das zwischen Natur- und Geisteswissenschaften vermitteln will - Anthropologie schließt auch die nächsten Verwandten der Menschen im Tierreich, die nicht-menschlichen Primaten, mit ein - Ihr Anliegen ist, die "Biologie des Menschen" nicht nur auf eine...
Nuclear Medicine Technology: Review Questions for the Board Examinations
- ISBN:
- 3540253742
- Authors:
- K. Ramer, A. Alavi
This book prepares students and technologists for registry examinations in nuclear medicine technology by providing practice questions and answers and a mock registry exam. The questions test both subject comprehension of material and practical applications. The topics covered closely follow the content specifications for the exam given by the American Registry of Radiologic Technologist and the components of preparedness published by the...
Circuit Analysis: Theory & Practice, 3E
- ISBN:
- 1401811566
- Authors:
- Wilhelm Miller
Written for a first course in circuit analysis at the EET level, this updated edition provides user-friendly, easy-to-understand coverage of fundamental circuit analysis topics including standards of DC and AC, methods of analysis, capacitance, inductance, magnetism, simple transients, and more. Unique learning features enhance every chapter, such as "Putting it into Perspective" historical vignettes and "Putting it into Practice" applications....
Potcakes: Dog Ownership in New Providence, The Bahamas (New Discoveries in Human-Animal Links)
- ISBN:
- 1557533342
- Authors:
- William J Fielding, Jane Mather
The dog population in the Bahamas consists mainly of mongrels, called "Potcakes," a term unique to the greater Bahamas archipelago. Potcakes provides the first systematic study of dog ownership in a Caribbean society by investigating the Bahamian perceptions of "pet" and "responsible pet ownership" in the context of both dog overpopulation concerns and how "image" dogs like Rottweilers and Pit Bulls have interacted with and altered the Potcake...
Java ME Game Programming
- ISBN:
- 1598633899
- Authors:
- Martin J. Wells, John P Flynt
Get ready to create your own J2ME game! This updated edition to the popular J2ME Game Programming provides updated sofware coverage as well as updates to the programming approaches specific to Java ME software. It also covers the recent innovations in mobile games with relations to iPods and cell phones. You will learn the essentials of J2ME game development from the ground up. Throughout the book you will discover the issues involved in...
Boat Mechanical Systems Handbook: How to Design, Install, and Recognize Proper Systems in Boats
- ISBN:
- 0071444564
- Authors:
- Dave Gerr
The First Ever Guide for Optimizing Boat Systems This guide is invaluable for anyone designing or installing mechanical systems on a new boat, retrofitting an existing boat, or evaluating a boat's operating condition. Writing for designers, builders, owners, buyers, mechanics, surveyors, and insurers of sailboats, powerboats, and commercial vessels, Dave Gerr provides design and installation guidance for each major mechanical system plus...
Ordinary Objects
- ISBN:
- 0195319915
- Authors:
- Amie L. Thomasson
Arguments that ordinary inanimate objects such as tables and chairs, sticks and stones, simply do not exist have become increasingly common and increasingly prominent. Some are based on demands for parsimony or for a non-arbitrary answer to the special composition question; others arise from prohibitions against causal redundancy, ontological vagueness, or co-location; and others still come from worries that a common sense ontology would be a...
Policing and Punishment in London 1660-1750: Urban Crime and the Limits of Terror
- ISBN:
- 0198208677
- Authors:
- J. M. Beattie
This pioneering study examines the considerable changes that took place in the criminal justice system in the century after the Restoration. The author reveals how and why an alternative means of dealing with crime emerged in the policing of London, in the practices and procedures of prosecution, and in the establishment of new forms of punishment.
Treacherous Alliance: The Secret Dealings of Israel, Iran, and the United States
- ISBN:
- 0300120575
- Authors:
- Trita Parsi
In this era of superheated rhetoric and vitriolic exchanges between the leaders of Iran and Israel, the threat of nuclear violence looms. But the real roots of the enmity between the two nations mystify Washington policymakers, and no promising pathways to peace have emerged. This book traces the shifting relations among Israel, Iran, and the United States from 1948 to the present, uncovering for the first time the details of secret alliances,...
Language in the Legal Process
- ISBN:
- 0333969022
- Authors:
- Janet Cotterill
Linguists and lawyers from a range of countries and legal systems explore the language of the law and its participants, beginning with the role of the forensic linguist in legal proceedings, either as expert witness or in legal language reform. Subsequent chapters analyze different aspects of language and interaction in the chain of events from a police emergency call through the police interview context and into the courtroom, as well as appeal...
Lithics: Macroscopic Approaches to Analysis (Cambridge Manuals in Archaeology)
- ISBN:
- 0521849764
- Authors:
- William Andrefsky Jr
This fully updated and revised edition of William Andrefsky Jr's ground-breaking manual on lithic analysis is designed for students and professional archaeologists. It explains the fundamental principles of the measurement, recording and analysis of stone tools and stone tool production debris. Introducing the reader to lithic raw materials, classification, terminology and key concepts, the volume comprehensively explores methods and techniques,...
Small Animal Oncology
- ISBN:
- 0632052821
- Authors:
- Joanna Morris, Jane Dobson
Univ. of Cambridge, UK. Provides a basic clinical approach to the diagnosis and treatment of common tumors in dogs and cats. Provides a core of basic and clinically relevant information on general aspects of veterinary oncology. Halftone illustrations with color plates included. Softcover.
Let Nobody Turn Us Around: An African American Anthology
- ISBN:
- 0742560570
- Authors:
- Manning Marable
One of America's most prominent historians and a noted feminist bring together the most important political writings and testimonials from African-Americans over three centuries.
iPhone 3G Portable Genius
- ISBN:
- 047042348X
- Authors:
- Paul McFedries, David Pabian
You don’t have to be a genius to use an iPhone 3G. But if you want to get the very most out of yours, put this savvy Portable Genius guide to work and start ramping up the pace. Want to e-mail attachments twice as fast? Talk and browse at the same time? Quickly locate the nearest coffee shop? Sync your iPhone 3G with multiple computers? You’ll find cool and useful Genius tips, full-color screenshots, and pages of easy-to-access shortcuts and...
Best Iphone Apps: The Guide for Discriminating Downloaders
- ISBN:
- 059680427X
- Authors:
- Clark Josh
If you want to load your iPhone or iPod Touch with some interesting apps, odds are you'll be overwhelmed by the number of choices at Apple's App Store--all 35,000 of them (and counting). What you need is a reliable guide to the best, most useful, and most entertaining iPhone apps, concisely cataloged and described. Well, look no further, because Best iPhone Apps is on its way! Full of colorful and helpful illustrations, this one-of-a-kind...
Trail Riding: A Complete Guide (Howell Equestrian Library)
- ISBN:
- 0764579134
- Authors:
- Audrey Pavia
Experience the sheer joy of being one with your horse and one with nature. When you're riding the trails with your horse, you enjoy a refreshing feeling of freedom, the exhilaration of exploration, and an invigorating escape from the demands of the day. You're in control--as long as you can control the 1,000-pound creature you're riding. Trail Riding: A Complete Guide takes you from the basics to more advanced trail riding skills with...
My BlackBerry Curve
- ISBN:
- 0789742853
- Authors:
- Craig James Johnston
Step-by-step instructions with callouts to BlackBerry Curve photos that show you exactly what to do. Help when you run into BlackBerry Curve problems or limitations. Tips and Notes to help you get the most from your BlackBerry Curve. Full-color, step-by-step tasks walk you through getting and keeping your BlackBerry Curve working just the way you want. The tasks include: • How to get started fast with any BlackBerry Curve: 8300...
Iphone Hacks: Pushing the Iphone and iPod Touch Beyond Their Limits
- ISBN:
- 0596516649
- Authors:
- Damien Stolarz, Adam Stolarz, William Hurley, David Jurick, Jurick David, Stolarz Adam, Stolarz Damien
With iPhone Hacks , you can make your iPhone do all you'd expect of a mobile smartphone -- and more. Learn tips and techniques to unleash little-known features, find and create innovative applications for both the iPhone and iPod touch, and unshackle these devices to run everything from network utilities to video game emulators. This book will teach you how to: Import your entire movie collection, sync with multiple computers, and save YouTube...