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Cholera: The Biography (Biographies of Diseases)
Cholera: The Biography (Biographies of Diseases)

Cholera is a frightening disease. Victims are wracked by stomach cramps and suffer intense diarrhoea. Death can come within hours.

Though now seeming a distant memory in Europe, which suffered several epidemics in the 19th century before John Snow identified the link with water, cholera is still a serious threat in many parts
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Reformation: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions)
Reformation: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions)

The Reformation was a seismic event in European history, one which left an indelible mark on the modern world. In this Very Short Introduction, Peter Marshall illuminates the causes and consequences of this pivotal movement in western Christianity. The Reformation began as an argument about what Christians needed to do to be saved, but...

Sophia Loren: Moulding the Star
Sophia Loren: Moulding the Star

In films from Houseboat to The Millionairess to Two Women, Sophia Loren established herself as an actress whose stardom spanned Italy, Europe, and finally Hollywood. Hers was a highly original rise to fame for a European film actress, and in Sophia Loren, Pauline Small highlights a unique career which transcended...

Advanced Building Simulation
Advanced Building Simulation

This book introduces recent advances in building simulation and outlines its historic development. Two important topics are described: uncertainty in simulation and coupled simulations, which are both closely linked to attempts to improve control and accuracy. This is followed by coverage of wind simulations and predictions, and then by an...

Architectures and Mechanisms for Language Processing
Architectures and Mechanisms for Language Processing

The chapters in the present volume constitute a selection from the papers presented at AMLaP-95, the first conference on "Architectures and Mechanisms for Language Processing." AMLaP-95 came about when members of the Human Communication Research Centre at the Universities of Edinburgh and Glasgow decided to have a small workshop in...

Access Controlled: The Shaping of Power, Rights, and Rule in Cyberspace
Access Controlled: The Shaping of Power, Rights, and Rule in Cyberspace

Internet filtering, censorship of Web content, and online surveillance are increasing in scale, scope, and sophistication around the world, in democratic countries as well as in authoritarian states. The first generation of Internet controls consisted largely of building firewalls at key Internet gateways; China's famous "Great...

Dirty Little Secrets of World War II: Military Information No One Told You...
Dirty Little Secrets of World War II: Military Information No One Told You...

Dirty Little Secrets of World War II exposes the dark, irreverent, misunderstood, and often tragicomic aspects of military operations during World War II, many of them virtually unknown even to military buffs. Like its successful predecessor, Dirty Little Secrets, Dunnigan and Nofi's new book vividly brings to life all...

Software Business: First International Conference, ICSOB 2010
Software Business: First International Conference, ICSOB 2010

This book contains the refereed proceedings of the First International Conference on Software Business (ICSOB) in Jyväskylä, Finland, in June 2010. This inaugural conference brought together a strong international community from 17 countries from the Americas, Europe, India and Australia with research disciplines from various fields...

3ds Max Modeling for Games: Insider's Guide to Game Character, Vehicle, and Environment Modeling
3ds Max Modeling for Games: Insider's Guide to Game Character, Vehicle, and Environment Modeling

The book will provide insider tips, traps, and techniques on how to create 3d assets for use in computer games and simulation systems. The book will consist of a series of tutorials, starting with simpler models and moving up to more complex builds. As the book comes to us directly from successful game artists within commercial game...

Platforms, Markets and Innovation
Platforms, Markets and Innovation

`In her pioneering book Platform Leadership (with Michael Cusumano), Gawer gave us the strategy of building coalitions of customers, suppliers, and complementors. Now, she brings together a number of the leading researchers in the area of platform strategy to give us a book that will be a key reference for both practitioners and...

Europe For Dummies
Europe For Dummies

For Dummies Travel guides are the ultimate user-friendly trip planners, combining the broad appeal and time-tested features of the For Dummies series with up-to-the-minute advice and information from the experts at Frommer's.

  • Small trim size for use on-the-go
  • Focused coverage of only the best hotels and...
Dictionaries in Early Modern Europe: Lexicography and the Making of Heritage
Dictionaries in Early Modern Europe: Lexicography and the Making of Heritage

Dictionaries tell stories of many kinds. The history of dictionaries, of how they were produced, published and used, has much to tell us about the language and the culture of the past. This monumental work of scholarship draws on published and archival material to survey a wide range of dictionaries of western European languages (including...

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