It was supposed to be a standard rescue...

As far as Tom Billings was concerned, all he had to do was set sail for the South Pacific island of Caprona and find the last-known whereabouts of Bowen J Tyler. It sounded so simple.

However, arriving on the island with his own private army, Billings becomes separated from his companions after a machine gun fight with what appears to be a prehistoric creature.

Standing between Billings and Tyler is the interior of the island, known to its local population as Caspak. It is a hot, overgrown, and unforgiving land. We accompany Billings step by step as he experiences strange rituals, vicious creatures and ancient tribes - many of whom want to kill him. There are times when he almost resigns himself to death in the face of insurmountable odds. But, true to his nature, he never gives up.

The People that Time Forgot is the second book in the Caspak trilogy, written by Edgar Rice Burroughs. Since 1918, this science fiction story has delighted and enthralled millions of readers. Preceded by The Land that Time Forgot, this second book in the Caspak trilogy will capture your imagination, by bringing to life the wild, ferocious and dangerous island that is Caspak.

This volume offers a pioneering analysis, and understanding, of why and under what conditions ISL is an effective pedagogy, and asks the critical questions that all practitioners want to address as they consider their objectives and how they can measure the outcomes of their courses.

Focusing on conducting research on ISL; which includes developing and evaluating hypotheses about ISL outcomes, and measuring its impact on students, faculty, and communities, this book argues that rigorous research is essential to improving the quality of ISL's implementation and delivery, and to providing the evidence that will lead to wider support and adoption by the academy, funders, and partners.

Robert G. Bringle is Director of the IUPUI Center for Service and Learning, and Chancellor's Professor of Psychology and Philanthropic Studies at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis.

Julie A. Hatcher is Associate Director of the Center for Service and Learning at IUPUI.

Steven G. Jones is Associate Provost for Civic Engagement and Academic Mission at the University of Scranton.

While the X-Men battle the Goblin Queen and her demonic hordes, the heroes of New York struggle with their own cases among the blistering heat wave and attacking inanimate objects! The events of the Inferno didn't just hit the mutants! Collected here, Power Pack and the New Mutants fight a new demon-powered Bogeyman! Jarvis rescues Glory Garsen! A new team of Avengers forms to save Franklin Richards from Nanny and Orphan-Maker! The Fantastic Four battle Graviton, Kang, and Necrodamus, with guest star Mantis! Spider-Man fights the threats of Mysterio, the Hobgoblin, and the Lizard!

COLLECTING: POWER PACK (1984) #40 & #42-44, AVENGERS (1963) #298-300, FANTASTIC FOUR (1961) #322-324, AMAZING SPIDERMAN (1962) #311-313, SPECTACULAR SPIDER-MAN (1976) #146-148, WEB OF SPIDER-MAN #47-48, DAREDEVIL (1964) #262-263 &265, EXCALIBUR (1988) #6-7, CLOAK & DAGGER (1988) #4

Since the attacks of September 11, 2001, scholars and policy analysts in national security have turned their attention to terrorism, considering not only how to prevent future attacks but also the roots of the problem. This book offers some of the latest research in terrorism studies. The contributors examine the sources of contemporary terrorism, discussing the impact of globalization, the influence of religious beliefs, and the increasing dissatisfaction felt by the world's powerless. They consider the strategies and motivations of terrorists, offering contending perspectives on whether or not terrorists can be said to achieve their goals; explore different responses to the threat of terrorism, discussing such topics as how the United States can work more effectively with its allies: and contemplate the future of al-Qaida, asking if its networked structure is an asset or a liability.

The essays in Contending with Terrorism address some of the central topics in the analysis of contemporary terrorism. They promise to guide future policy and inspire further research into one of the most important security issues of the twenty-first century.

'It is hard to be stimulating and instructive on a subject that has held as much attention as has terrorism for a decade and more. But the essays in this volume combine those characteristics for the benefit of students and experts alike. The reader will come away with valuable new insights and perspectives.'---Philip B. Heymann, James Barr Ames Professor of Law, Harvard Law School, author of Terrorism, Freedom, and Security

This collection of compelling analyses of the causes of extremist violence, terrorist strategies, and concepts for countering terrorism will be of great value to both nonspecialists and students seeking incisive introductions to these vexing issues and to officials looking for creative policy options.'---Stephen J. Flanagan, Henry A. Kissinger Chair in International Security, Center for Strategic and International Studies, co-editor of Strategic Challenges: America's Global Security Agenda.

This guide provides students with fully worked solutions to all un-worked problems that appear in the text. In addition to the solutions presented for each specific problem, the authors present strategies for solving organic chemistry problems in general.

The spread of nuclear weapons is one of the most significant challenges to global security in the twenty-first century. Limiting the proliferation of nuclear weapons and materials may be the key to preventing a nuclear war or a catastrophic act of nuclear terrorism. Going Nuclear offers conceptual, historical, and analytical perspectives on current problems in controlling nuclear proliferation. It includes essays that examine why countries seek nuclear weapons as well as studies of the nuclear programs of India, Pakistan, and South Africa. The final section of the book offers recommendations for responding to the major contemporary proliferation challenges: keeping nuclear weapons and materials out of the hands of terrorists, ensuring that countries that renounce nuclear weapons never change their minds, and cracking down on networks that illicitly spread nuclear technologies.Nearly all the chapters in this book have been previously published in the journal International Security. It contains a new preface and one chapter commissioned specifically for the volume, Matthew Bunn's 'Nuclear Terrorism: A Strategy for Prevention.' Contributors: Samina Ahmed, Chaim Braun, Matthew Bunn, Christopher F. Chyba, Matthew Fuhrmann, ?umit Ganguly, S. Paul Kapur, Ariel E. Levite, Peter Liberman, Austin Long, Sean M. Lynn-Jones, Alexander H. Montgomery, Gaukhar Mukhatzhanova, William C. Potter, Whitney Raas, Scott D. Sagan, Etel Solingen

A hands-on resource for SQL Server 2008 troubleshooting methods and tools

SQL Server administrators need to ensure that SQL Server remains running 24/7. Authored by leading SQL Server experts and MVPs, this book provides in-depth coverage of best practices based on a deep understanding of the internals of both SQL Server and the Windows operating system.

You'll get a thorough look at the SQL Server database architecture and internals as well as Windows OS internals so that you can approach troubleshooting with a solid grasp of the total processing environment. Armed with this comprehensive understanding, readers will then learn how to use a suite of tools for troubleshooting performance problems whether they originate on the database server or operating system side.

Topics Covered:

• SQL Server Architecture
• Understanding Memory
• SQL Server Waits and Extended Events
• Working with Storage
• CPU and Query Processing
• Locking and Latches
• Knowing Tempdb
• Defining Your Approach To Troubleshooting
• Viewing Server Performance with PerfMon and the PAL Tool
• Tracing SQL Server with SQL Trace and Profiler
• Consolidating Data Collection with SQLDiag and the PerfStats Script
• Introducing RML Utilities for Stress Testing and Trace File Analysis
• Bringing It All Together with SQL Nexus
• Using Management Studio Reports and the Performance Dashboard
• Using SQL Server Management Data Warehouse
• Shortcuts to Efficient Data Collection and Quick Analysis

Note: CD-ROM/DVD and other supplementary materials are not included as part of eBook file.

'Gotham City after dark is a dangerous place. Gotham City after midnight is hell on earth. There's a new kind of madman loose in Gotham and he's out to steal the city's heart. The monstrosity named Midnight is convinced that he's doing Batman's job, only better than Batman ever could. As the city descends into madness, it's Batman's duty to stop Midnight. But the newcomer has manipulated an exceptionally unstable Joker, a giant Clayface and others into destroying the Dark Knight for him! Can Batman restore peace to a city that's growing colder and more heartless by the minute? Or have the people forsaken their patron protector to live in the shadow of Midnight's perpetual terror?'--Cover, P. [4].

Questo volume presenta trenta percorsi escursionistici tra i più straordinari al mondo. Clare Jones e Steve Watkins hanno attinto alla loro pluriennale esperienza per selezionare un'ampia varietà di itinerari, dai tour urbani lungo lo storico Freedom Trail di Boston e i favolosi templi di Kyoto alle passeggiate a contatto con la natura attraverso lo Yellowstone National Park negli Stati Uniti e l'Inca Trail in Perù, dai tranquilli viaggi per visitare Fallingwater (la casa sulla cascata ideata da Frank Lloyd Wright) e i caratteristici canali di Amsterdam alle camminate più impegnative per ammirare il Monte Bianco e la Gola del Salto della Tigre in Cina. E ancora Nuova Zelanda, Spagna, Germania, Italia, Francia, Sudafrica, Mali, Tanzania, Australia, Slovenia. Il grado di difficoltà varia da percorso a percorso, ma ognuno di essi è studiato in modo da prendere non più di due settimane di tempo: l'ideale per una vacanza estiva o per una salutare pausa dalla routine invernale. Ciascuna località è descritta nei suoi aspetti più inconsueti e affascinanti, e illustrata da fotografie, per un totale di oltre 300 immagini.

The Meaning of Video Games takes a textual studies approach to an increasingly important form of expression in today’s culture. It begins by assuming that video games are meaningful–not just as sociological or economic or cultural evidence, but in their own right, as cultural expressions worthy of scholarly attention. In this way, this book makes a contribution to the study of video games, but it also aims to enrich textual studies.

Early video game studies scholars were quick to point out that a game should never be reduced to merely its 'story' or narrative content and they rightly insist on the importance of studying games as games. But here Steven E. Jones demonstrates that textual studies–which grows historically out of ancient questions of textual recension, multiple versions, production, reproduction, and reception–can fruitfully be applied to the study of video games. Citing specific examples such as Myst and Lost, Katamari Damacy, Halo, Façade, Nintendo’s Wii, and Will Wright’s Spore, the book explores the ways in which textual studies concepts–authorial intention, textual variability and performance, the paratext, publishing history and the social text–can shed light on video games as more than formal systems. It treats video games as cultural forms of expression that are received as they are played, out in the world, where their meanings get made.

Questo libro, frutto della collaborazione di tre esperti dell'argomento, è una guida sulle cause, il trattamento e le implicazioni del disturbo bipolare, altrimenti definito come malattia maniaco-depressiva. Destinato a tutti coloro che soffrono di questa patologia, ma anche ai familiari che spesso la condividono intensamente, questo manuale prende in esame cause, sintomi e possibili terapie, fornendo inoltre una panoramica dei diversi tipi di supporto professionale che possono essere utili al paziente e a chi gli sta vicino. Il lettore troverà suggerimenti pratici su come affrontare e convivere con il disturbo, per esempio 'monitorando' il proprio umore, oppure su come gestire il denaro o risolvere problemi quali l'abitazione o le relazioni interpersonali, fino a come fruire degli aiuti offerti dalla società. La descrizione di storie reali, i box di sintesi posti alla fine dei vari capitoli, insieme alle indicazioni sulle organizzazioni cui fare riferimento e sui siti web dedicati a questo problema, fanno sì che quest'opera possa fornire informazione e supporto a tutte le persone che devono affrontare la sconcertante turbolenza connessa al disturbo bipolare.

Domain-Specific Languages (DSLs)--languages geared to specific vertical or horizontal areas of interest--are generating growing excitement from software engineers and architects. DSLs bring new agility to the creation and evolution of software, allowing selected design aspects to be expressed in terms much closer to the system requirements than standard program code, significantly reducing development costs in large-scale projects and product lines. In this breakthrough book, four leading experts reveal exactly how DSLs work, and how you can make the most of them in your environment.

With Domain-Specific Development with Visual Studio DSL Tools, you'll begin by mastering DSL concepts and techniques that apply to all platforms. Next, you'll discover how to create and use DSLs with the powerful new Microsoft DSL Tools--a toolset designed by this book's authors. Learn how the DSL Tools integrate into Visual Studio--and how to define DSLs and generate Visual Designers using Visual Studio's built-in modeling technology.

In-depth coverage includes

• Determining whether DSLs will work for you
• Comparing DSLs with other approaches to model-driven development
• Defining, tuning, and evolving DSLs: models, presentation, creation, updates, serialization, constraints, validation, and more
• Creating Visual Designers for new DSLs with little or no coding
• Multiplying productivity by generating application code from your models with easy-to-use text templates
• Automatically generating configuration files, resources, and other artifacts
• Deploying Visual Designers across the organization, quickly and easily
• Customizing Visual Designers for specialized process needs

List of Figures
List of Tables
Foreword
Preface
About the Authors
Chapter 1 Domain-Specific Development
Chapter 2 Creating and Using DSLs
Chapter 3 Domain Model Definition
Chapter 4 Presentation
Chapter 5 Creation, Deletion, and Update Behavior
Chapter 6 Serialization
Chapter 7 Constraints and Validation
Chapter 8 Generating Artifacts
Chapter 9 Deploying a DSL
Chapter 10 Advanced DSL Customization
Chapter 11 Designing a DSL
Index 

Steve Jones, genetista di fama mondiale, prende le mosse da uno dei più famosi testi di Charles Darwin, 'L'Origine dell'Uomo', per raccontare i più recenti sviluppi degli studi sulla natura genetica della mascolinità. Un libro pieno di scoperte, che fa a pezzi molti luoghi comuni sul cosiddetto 'sesso forte' a partire dall'antica concezione secondo la quale le femmine sarebbero maschi incompleti, quando invece sono gli uomini a sforzarsi, geneticamente parlando, di non diventare donne. Un racconto avvincente, documentato, spesso divertente, sulla funzione genetica e sociale della virilità: un viaggio alla scoperta del DNA, dei pregi e dei difetti che il cromosoma Y trasmette, da migliaia di generazioni, di padre in figlio. Il tutto spiegato con assoluto rigore scientifico e sempre accompagnato da aneddoti curiosi ed esempi istruttivi.

For readers encountering Gramsci for the first time, Steve Jones covers key elements of his thought through detailed discussion and studies the historical context of the theorist's thought, offers examples of putting Gramsci's ideas into practice in the analysis of contemporary culture and evaluates responses to his work.

Including British, European and American examples, key topics covered here include:

* culture
* hegemony
* intellectuals
* crisis
* Americanization.

Gramsci's work invites people to think beyond simplistic oppositions by recasting ideological domination as hegemony: the ability of a ruling power's values to live in the minds and lives of its subalterns as a spontaneous expression of their own interests

Is power simply a matter of domination and resistance? Can a ruling power be vulnerable? Can subordinates find their resitance neutralized? and What is the role of culture in this? These questions, and many more are tackled here in this invaluable introduction to Gramsci.

Starting in the early 1990s, journalists and scholars began responding to and trying to take account of new technologies and their impact on our lives. By the end of the decade, the full-fledged study of cyberculture had arrived. Today, there exists a large body of critical work on the subject, with cutting-edge studies probing beyond the mere existence of virtual communities and online identities to examine the social, cultural, and economic relationships that take place online.

Taking stock of the exciting work that is being done and positing what cyberculture's future might look like, Critical Cyberculture Studies brings together a diverse and multidisciplinary group of scholars from around the world to assess the state of the field. Opening with a historical overview of the field by its most prominent spokesperson, it goes on to highlight the interests and methodologies of a mobile and creative field, providing a much-needed how-to guide for those new to cyberstudies. The final two sections open up to explore issues of race, class, and gender and digital media's ties to capital and commerce—from the failure of dot-coms to free software and the hacking movement.

This flagship book is a must-read for anyone interested in the dynamic and increasingly crucial study of cyberculture and new technologies.

Now in its Fifth Edition, America and Its Peoples presents American history filled with the drama and conflict that holds the attention of all students.

 

Social history—with an emphasis on sports, leisure, and popular culture—is effectively integrated with more traditional coverage of military history, politics, and diplomacy. This edition highlights the rich ethnic diversity of the American people with vivid character sketches, colorful anecdotes, primary sources, new pedagogy, and a spirited narrative.

Un viaggio tra gli angoli più spettacolari del mondo, fra bellezze naturali incontaminate e selvagge, in siti suggestivi e spesso poco battuti. I due autori, scrittori e fotografi, regalano una selezione di 30 viaggi indimenticabili che loro stessi hanno compiuto, toccando ogni punto del globo: in crociera tra i fiordi della Patagonia, in fuoristrada attraverso la Bolivia, seguendo in canoa lo Yukon River canadese, a tu per tu con i gorilla nel parco naturale del Rwuanda, e molti altri itinerari inusuali, arricchiti da splendide fotografie.

Vi piacerebbe guidare una muta di husky sulle nevi di un remoto villaggio svedese, o assistere alla grandiosa migrazione degli gnu nelle pianure del Serengeti? Oppure abbandonarvi al ritmo frenetico del Martedì Grasso di New Orleans, solcare il Nilo a bordo di una feluca, fare trekking sulla Muraglia Cinese, vivere dieci giorni da guerrieri mongoli, muovervi tra gli atolli delle Maldive alla ricerca della preziosa perla nera? O preferite idee più rilassanti, come un tour di degustazione nei castelli del Bordeaux? Ognuna delle esperienze vissute dai due autori in giro per il mondo è diventata l'occasione di un reportage appassionante, pensato per essere non solo un racconto di viaggio, ma uno stimolo a intraprendere la stessa avventura.

In an effort to bring the calculus of variations to advanced undergraduates, the authors have taken material from a workshop at Rice University to produce this introduction to such topics as Morse theory, wave mechanics, minimal surfaces, soap bubbles, and modeling traffic flow. They begin by defining 'variations' with calculus, and continue with lively descriptions and examples. Each section contains its own references. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

A lecturer in clinical psychology and a psychiatrist offer a guide to this debilitating disease written for both patient and caregiver and use case studies to encourage schizophrenics to take charge of their own treatment. Original.

Offense-defense theory argues that the relative ease of offense and defense varies in international politics. When the offense has the advantage, military conquest becomes easier and war is more likely; the opposite is true when the defense has the advantage. The balance between offense and defense depends on geography, technology, and other factors. This theory, and the body of related theories, has generated much debate and research over the past twenty-five years.This book presents a comprehensive overview of offense-defense theory. It includes contending views on the theory and some of the most recent attempts to refine and test it.

Courtney has changed schools yet again, and this time she's in the Coven's special class for magical studies. But when a student spell goes wrong and leaves one of her classmates cursed, can Courtney lead the kids into Goblin Town and find a cure or will misfortune follow the group straight to the Twilight Kingdom? Ted Naifeh's grim girl is back in this new collection of troll tales and suspenseful stories! Take a whirlwind tour of Courtney's old 'hood, the ghastly Goblin Town, and the mystical Twilight Kingdom!

Despite growing concerns after September 11, 2001, over the global terrorist threat and the spread of weapons of mass destruction, international security no longer hinges only on arms control and the prevention of war. Nonmilitary concerns, including emerging infectious diseases, environmental degradation, demographic trends, and humanitarian catastrophes, also represent significant threats to global stability. In this book, leading analysts offer an overview of critical security dangers facing the world today.The book looks first at the relationship between weapons and security, discussing such aspects of proliferation as 'nuclear entrepreneurship' in Russia and the threat of biological warfare. It then examines nonmilitary security concerns, including resource scarcity, migration, HIV/AIDS in Africa, and why humanitarian assistance sometimes does more harm than good. Finally, it looks at the role of transnational actors, including terrorist groups, nongovernmental organizations, and the privatized military industry.