The 1950s began in the shadow of War. In Britain, food was still rationed as the country strove to pay off the huge debts that were the legacy of war. However, by the end of the decade the British had 'never had it so good,' as prime Minister Harold MacMillan told them. In this book, Mike Brown looks at some of the major aspects of living in Britain at that time of change: how ordinary people lived, worked, and played, of the experiences of childhood, and of a new group—teenagers. How did people spend their new-found wealth, what they ate, wore, watched, and listened to; the stories and people who made the headlines—Royals, politicians, and stars of music and screen, in an age overshadowed by the Cold War. The book will appeal to those who lived through it, and to those wishing to know more about life for their parents and grandparents.

This book provides a handson introduction to modelbased requirements engineering and management by describing a set of views that form the basis for the approach. These views take into account each individual requirement in terms of its description, but then also provide each requirement with meaning by putting it into the correct ‘context’. Modelbased systems engineering is concerned with applying a structured approach to realising successful systems, where models provide the main basis for all project and system outputs. Key to any successful systems engineering initiative is having a well-defined, rigorous and scalable process for modelbased requirements engineering and management. Such an approach should also be toolindependent and allow itself to be realised using any tool or combination of tools, ranging from paperbased to fully integrated tool chain implementations of the process. The book also looks at the crucial question of modelling notations for requirements modelling and includes discussions on the use and application of UML, SysML, text and tabular formats.

As a cosmic horror emerges from the shadows, the Young Avengers race around the multiverse to find their missing friend.

The outbreak of war in 1939 saw the disappearance of many traditional British celebrations. Guy Fawkes’ Night went immediately—gunpowder production was needed for the war effort and bonfires contravened the blackout. Summer holidays became a thing of the past and Easter all but disappeared as chocolate—and even real eggs—went 'on the ration.' In spite of this the nation remained determined to celebrate Christmas as a time of family and community; a time when war could be set aside, if only for a day. Drawing upon personal recollections, contemporary Mass Observation reports, newspaper articles, advertisements, and personal and archive photographs, Mike Brown looks at each wartime Christmas on the British Home Front, from 1939 to 1944.

The continuing epic quests of Hagar the Horrible are collected in another glorious booty-ful archive edition!

Reprinting every daily strip from July 1979 to December 1980, all of your favourite oddballs, misfits and miscreants are here, including sidekick Lucky Eddie and long-suffering wife Helga. Still syndicated in 58 countries worldwide, Hagar is without a doubt the most famous Viking in history!

Rocky and Daisy remember the day their owner Owen adopted them from the animal shelter.

'When Rocky and Daisy struggle to follow the rules, Mom and Owen take them to dog training school to learn some manners.'