All too often, childbirth in early modern England was associated with fear, suffering and death, and this melancholy preoccupation weighed heavily on the seventeenth-century mind. This landmark study examines John Milton's life and work, uncovering evidence of the poet's engagement with maternal mortality and the dilemmas it presented. Drawing on...
This book takes a novel approach to the presentation and understanding of a controversial topic in
modern-day society: hacking. The term hacker was originally used to denote positively-motivated individuals
wanting to stretch the capabilities of computers and networks. In contrast, the term cracker was
a later version of the term,...
Unique book/disk package helps traders develop and forward-test a high-performance trading system
In trading, a winning system is everything. Without a systematized methodology on which to base their actions, traders quickly succumb to market fear and confusion and watch helplessly as precious profits vanish. And while it is theoretically...
With Oracle in the process of de-supporting SQLJ, JDBC is now really the only recommended means of interfacing between Java and Oracle. Consequently, this book is a must have for any developer building an Oracle Java application.
Many Java developers tend to treat Oracle as a "black box"; as a consequence, developers tend...
For more than twenty-five years, Mackie Shilstone has helped the world’s most famous sports figures, elected officials, and businesspeople become more focused, eat healthier, and achieve greater success at what they do best. Now, Shilstone has distilled his performance-enhancing secrets into a book that can help anyone feel younger, live...
Bicycling across Latin America, adventurer David Nghiem explores the depth of human intuition while investigating ancient symbols and mysteries. He surveys the effects of globalization, enduring crocodiles and gun shots as he faces his greatest challenge - surviving the journey!
I lay sweating on my back in the tent, naked, my diving...
Conquer your fear and anxiety learning how the concepts behind object-oriented design apply to the ABAP programming environment. Through simple examples and metaphors this book demystifies the object-oriented programming model.
Object-Oriented Design with ABAP presents a bridge from the familiar procedural style...
You’re standing in the bookstore, wondering what to think of all the computer books, let alone all the books on HTML or Web design in general. Maybe you are a seasoned IT professional without much Web experience, and you’re looking for a no-nonsense, direct approach to a specific topic. Or perhaps your area of ...
Privacy, Security and Trust within the Context of Pervasive Computing is an edited volume based on a post workshop at the second international conference on Pervasive Computing. The workshop was held April18-23, 2004, in Vienna, Austria. The goal of the workshop was not to focus on specific, even novel mechanisms, but rather on the interfaces...
This textbook is designed for two principal photography student types. One group is the student in an
academic setting. Students are expected to acquire a solid grasp of the theories and concepts of their
various courses. This is the Knowledge point of the “KSAs” frequently required by employers. Students
in an academic...
This book is designed to help anyone interested in adding elements of interactivity to their personal web pages. Some experience with a PC is required, as we will not cover how to access the Internet or how to use a web browser. You don’t have to be an HTML expert, although it will help if you have some experience with that...