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Flexible Software Design
CRC Press 2005; US$ 104.95A must for modern IT practitioners, this text explains flexible system design techniques, principles, and theories by contrasting case examples of both flexible and rigid systems. more...
The Hedge Fund Fraud Casebook
Wiley 2010; US$ 95.00An in-depth, well-researched look at 100 hedge fund frauds Compared to mutual funds, hedge funds are the James Bonds of the marketplace. They have been relatively unfettered by government regulation, and they play bigger games, take bigger risks, use unorthodox methods, and have the power to capture the public imagination in a way that their lesser... more...
Professional Visual Studio 2012
Wiley 2012; US$ 59.99The ultimate developers' guide to Visual Studio 2012 This expert Wrox guide is what you need to get up and running quickly on Visual Studio 2012. Written by a Microsoft Visual C# MVP, it guides you through the integrated development environment (IDE), showing you how to maximize all new tools and improvements. Offers programmers a fast way to... more...
Earogenous Zones
Equinox Publishing Ltd 2010; US$ 29.99This collection exemplifies a variety of approaches to the sonic representation of sexuality in cinema. It draws on a range of sexual scenarios from pornography to sci-fi to art-house and includes cinema from various cultures and countries. Among the topics addressed are how the deployment of sound is implicated in gender politics in the representation... more...
The Pacific Campaign in World War II
Taylor and Francis 2005; US$ 44.95This is a fascinating new account of how diplomacy and politics gave way to military strategy and warfare in the Pacific. Presenting previously unpublished photographs, interviews with veterans, newly commissioned maps and new translations of Japanese sources, this book freshly examines the key events in the fight for the Pacific. Detailing... more...
Decisions: Risk and Reward
Taylor and Francis 2007; US$ 200.00In recent years leading figures in a variety of fields - political, financial, medical, and organizational - have become acutely aware of the need to effectively incorporate aspects of risk into their decision-making. This book addresses a wide range of contemporary issues in decision research, such as how individuals deal with uncertainty and complexity,... more...
Empowering Children through Art and Expression
Jessica Kingsley Publishers 2007; US$ 31.95This book combines personal and professional perspectives, using case examples as well as the authors' own childhood experiences, to demonstrate practical strategies for use with children, from drama and storytelling to sculpting with clay. It also equips the reader with knowledge of the theory behind these intervention techniques. more...
I Once Knew an Indian Woman
Tundra 2009; US$ 6.95A memoir of childhood summers spent in a Laurentian village and of an Indian woman who lived according to her ancient code of courage and humanity. A heartwarming story. From the Trade Paperback edition. more...
Dark Side of the Tune
Ashgate Publishing Ltd 2009; US$ 39.95This book focuses on the 'dark side' of popular music by examining the ways in which popular music has been deployed in association with violence. Cloonan and Johnson address the physiological and cognitive foundations of sounding/hearing and provide a historical survey of examples of the nexus between music and violence, from (pre)Biblical... more...
Towards Fairer University Assessment
Taylor and Francis 2010; US$ 41.95After all the hours of studying, reading and preparation, the nights spent revising and the writing and re-writing of assignments, ?success? for university students can often be represented with a single grade or digit, summing up a wide range of activities. The authors of this timely book ask how fair that assessment is. This book is about a long-ignored... more...









