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Der ehemalige Hacker Orlando Friar (Kevin Dillon), der mittlerweile die Seiten gewechselt hat und als IT-Experte arbeitet, bekommt wie aus dem Nichts einen anonymen Anruf, dass unter seinem Stuhl eine Bombe befestigt ist. Um sein Leben und dass seiner Familie zu schützen, muss Friar den Forderungen des Unbekannten Folge leisten und einen unmöglichen Cyber-Raub durchführen. Was als normaler Arbeitstag beginnt, entwickelt sich zu einer spannungs...

Der ehemalige Hacker Orlando Friar (Kevin Dillon), der mittlerweile die Seiten gewechselt hat und als IT-Experte arbeitet, bekommt wie aus dem Nichts einen anonymen Anruf, dass unter seinem Stuhl eine Bombe befestigt ist. Um sein Leben und dass seiner Familie zu schützen, muss Friar den Forderungen des Unbekannten Folge leisten und einen unmöglichen Cyber-Raub durchführen. Was als normaler Arbeitstag beginnt, entwickelt sich zu einer spannungs...

A large selection of of David Langford's finest and funniest (and in a few cases most esoteric) reports on science fiction and fantasy conventions. The 79, 000 words of reportage or misreportage cover British and occasionally North American or (once) Australian SF conventions, from Mancon 5 (the infamous 1976 Eastercon in Manchester) to Loncon 3 (the 2014 World SF Convention in London Docklands). There are thirty-two articles in all - chiefly ...

Beachcombing is David Langford's first collection of (mostly) SF fanzine-published essays, speeches and silliness since the Hugo-shortlisted The Silence of the Langford (1996). Includes "Live Thog's Masterclass", "The Secret History of Ansible", offbeat pop-science articles for Fortean Times and elsewhere, and several instalments of unreliable autobiography. The author has won 29 Hugo Awards for his work in fanzines, science fiction newsletter...

A highly regarded writer and critic, David Langford (who describes himself as "notoriously deaf yet mysteriously able to detect the quietest offer of a drink") is the proud winner of twenty-nine Hugo Awards. Renowned for his keen eye and sharp wit, he is responsible for the long-running fan journal Ansible, which has been described as genre fiction's Private Eye. All Good Things gathers together 100 articles, most of which represent the author...

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Analyses human resources management and how it relates to the construction industry. It explores issues such as the technology used and the pattern of social and political relationships within which people are managed.

The book offers a step-by-step approach to the task of describing what is systematic in conversational behaviour. The book is organised as a series of practical exercises, teaching skills such as transcribing verbal interaction and identifying and describing 'special events'. An investigation is made into how participants show awareness of patterns of speech structure (eg taking turns and interrupting).

DEATH WILL NOT RELEASE YOU Ken Jacklin is a soldier who has died many times. Rossa Corman has a communications talent that depends on pain. Together they must make an excruciating journey via makeshift matter transmitter and persuade a distrustful, war-torn planetary colony to halt research into Anomalous Physics -- the maverick science whose side effects include continent-busting nullbombs, exploding suns, and a mysterious final weapon cal...

David Langford has written for every issue of SFX, the top-selling British magazine about science fiction, since its launch in 1995. His sparkling column-imaginatively titled "Langford"-is notoriously the first page readers turn to. Now at last, The SEX Column collects over 130 instalments and extra features in book form.

David Langford has written for every issue of SFX, the top-selling British magazine about science fiction, since its launch in 1995. His sparkling column-imaginatively titled "Langford"-is notoriously the first page readers turn to. Now at last, The SEX Column collects over 130 instalments and extra features in book form.

Chronicles how one family has worked together over many years to keep their ranch intact. It is also a beautifully photographed portrait of a ranching family and their life in the Texas Hill Country, where work is guided by the seasons, increasingly influenced by technology, and inevitably affected by drought.

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This E. & F. N. Spon title is now distributed by Routledge in the US and Canada This title available in eBook format. Click here for more information.Visit our eBookstore at: www.ebookstore.tandf.co.uk.

An "Unauthorized" Guide to the Mysteries That Remain

While fog does not come easily or frequently to Central Texas, when it does, it inspires moments of quiet and reflection. David K. Langford captures those moments in stirring images of the comings and goings of fog on Hillingdon Ranch. These photographs in turn inspired an essay by Rick Bass that takes him back to his own memories of fog, in the Texas Hill Country and elsewhere.

Fifteen interviews in which David Langford -- winner of 29 Hugo Awards -- questions other science fiction and fantasy notables: Stephen Baxter, Kristen Britain, John Clute and John Grant, John Clute solo, George Hay, Tom Holt, Terry Pratchett with Jack Cohen and Ian Stewart, Terry Pratchett solo (twice), Christopher Priest, Alastair Reynolds, John Sladek, Bob Shaw, Kevin Smith, and Ian Watson. CROSSTALK collects all these conversations for the...

Key Clinical Topics in Anaesthesia provides a comprehensive overview of the subject, comprising over 100 carefully selected topics in alpha order that together provide an extensive understanding of anaesthetic management.

This new collection of essays, commissioned from a range of scholars across the world, takes as its theme the reception of Rome's greatest poet in a time of profound cultural change. Amid the rise of Christianity, the changing status of the city of Rome, and the emergence of new governing classes, Vergil remained a bedrock of Roman education and identity. This volume considers the different ways in which Vergil was read, understood and appropr...

This E. & F. N. Spon title is now distributed by Routledge in the US and Canada This title available in eBook format. Click here for more information.Visit our eBookstore at: www.ebookstore.tandf.co.uk.