A self-contained and up-to-date account of the current developments in the physics and technology of nanowire semiconductor devices.

The original Pathfinder Adventure Path returns in this complete hardcover edition celebrating five years of Pathfinder and 10 years of Paizo Publishing! Expanded and updated to the current Pathfinder RPG rules, this unprecedented collection brings together six classic Pathfinder adventures to create an entire campaign! The Rise of the Runelords Adventure Path begins with a goblin attack and takes players on an epic journey through the land of Varisia as they track a cult of serial killers, fight depraved backwoods ogres, stop an advancing army of stone giants, delve deep into ancient dungeons to reclaim weapons of unbelievable power, and finally go up against an all-powerful wizard-king in his ancient mountaintop city. In more than 400 action-packed pages, this special anniversary edition expands the original campaign with new encounters throughout, incorporating five years of community feedback. New monsters, detailed locations, and tons of new art make the Rise of the Runelords Adventure Path the most beautiful and elaborate campaign ever published for the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game!

Guy, il protagonista di 'Fallire', è un trentenne belloccio di Los Angeles che si è ripromesso, un giorno di tanti anni prima, di 'andare fino in fondo'. 'In fondo a cosa di preciso non lo so', aggiungeva allora, e ora sembra finalmente averlo capito: ha un'idea rivoluzionaria (e criminale) che potrà renderlo ricco, senza fatica. Al suo fianco c'è Billy che fa il dog-sitter per guadagnare qualcosa, il migliore amico di Guy e la sua spalla nel piano, indispensabile e cialtrone nella miglior tradizione dei Sancho Panza. E naturalmente c'è Violet, la ragazza che ama Guy, insieme 'incredibilmente sexy' ed 'emotivamente distante come poche volte si vede in un essere umano'. C'è poi 'il cattivo', che odia il protagonista con 'l'intensità del calor bianco e della magia nera' e, a guarnire il tutto, una mamma 'cattolica romana sull'orlo dell'apostasia' che prova 'un disagio ben preciso nel porre fine alla vita di qualcuno senza nemmeno interpellarlo', un papà sull'orlo dell'usura e un fratello 'obnubilato' professore di fisica teoretica al M.I.T.E una sola certezza: la massima approssimazione al successo che sia dato raggiungere è provare a raggiungerlo. E fallire.

Sustainable Homes puts to rest the stigma that 'green architecture' is unattractive and unsuitable for residential architecture.For the houses shown in this volume represent design equal to or superior to most conventional houses. Each of these 'eco' houses is unique. Some tread lightly on the site by nestling into the land. Others are designed to be extremely well suited to the climactic zones in which they are built. Many use materials that do no harm to the environment?materials that are recycled, salvaged, or harvested.

The houses featured in Sustainable Homes are designed by today's top architects such as Obie Bowman, Fernau and Hartman, Hanrahan and Meyers, and Lake/Flato. They reveal how much the parameters of ecological design have expanded in just a few short years. Over two dozen individual houses are featured -- from locations as diverse as a Canadian cove to the Arizona desert, from Kansas plains to the Norwegian coast, from California bluffs to South Carolina wetlands -- each described through descriptions, photographs, plans, drawings, and schematics.

Written for those interested in law or Irish history, this study focuses on the legal history of the Irish factory acts, which sought to improve the safety of workers in 19th-century Ireland, particularly in the dangerous linen industry. Greer (common law, Queen's University, Belfast) extends and updates Nicolson's Ph.D. thesis on the factory acts, completed in the history department of the University of Guelph, Ontario. The book looks at the development of early health and safety legislation, systems of inspection, enforcement, problems particular to Ireland, and the presence of women and young workers that led 'the lady factory inspectors' to play a role. The authors conclude with a history of employers' liability. A handful of historical photographs is included. Distributed in the US by ISBS. Annotation (c) Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)