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Part noir, part psychedelic romp, all Thomas Pynchon--Private eye Doc Sportello surfaces, occasionally, out of a marijuana haze to watch the end of an era In this lively yarn, Thomas Pynchon, working in an unaccustomed genre that is at once exciting and accessible, provides a classic illustration of the principle that if you can remember the sixties, you weren't there. It's been a while since Doc Sportello has seen his ex- girlfriend. Suddenly...

As time goes on, system administrators are presented with increasingly complicated challenges. In the early days, a team of engineers might have had to look after one or two systems. These days, one engineer can administer hundreds or thousands of systems. System administrators are gradually replacing their tools with more advanced and flexible ones. One of the choices is Python. Structurally, Python is a modern, high-level language with a ver...

A consistently entertaining writer" ("USA Today"), #1 "New York Times"-bestselling Nora Roberts unveils the secret world of jewel thieves and escape artists--where passion and mystery intertwine and nothing is as it seems.

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • "All the Steve Berry hallmarks are here: scale, scope, sweep, history-plus breathless second-by-second suspense. I love this guy."-Lee Child Former Justice Department operative Cotton Malone wakes to find an intruder in his Copenhagen bookshop: an American Secret Service agent with assassins on his heels. Narrowly surviving a ferocious firefight, the two journey to the secluded estate of Malone's friend Henrik Tho...

A mesmerizing debut novel that weaves history and mythology around a community of Chinese immigrants and the ghosts that haunt them Locke, California, 1928. Three bedraggled Chinese women appear out of the mist in a small Chinese farming town on the Sacramento River. Two are unknown to its residents, while the third is the long-lost wife of Richard Fong, the handsome manager of the local gambling parlor. As the lives of the townspeople become ...

In this work, Benke invites children to pick up a pen and find out for themselves all the ways that creative writing can be their friend. This interactive book offers experiments to strengthen the "write-side" of their brains.

Since the advent of digital photography, we have been able to post-process our pictures. However, to do it properly, we have to become digital art apprentices. Sebastian Montabone is a computer vision expert who wants us to use our cameras and image processing software to come up with works of art. In this book, he teaches image processing techniques of ascending difficulty based on freely available tools. The book teaches you to use the best ...

Visualization is the graphic presentation of data -- portrayals meant to reveal complex information at a glance. Think of the familiar map of the New York City subway system, or a diagram of the human brain. Successful visualizations are beautiful not only for their aesthetic design, but also for elegant layers of detail that efficiently generate insight and new understanding.This book examines the methods of two dozen visualization experts wh...

Hardiness and social support happen to be very important in managing the negative feelings such as stress and depression etc. induced by adverse life circumstances. This assumption has been tested in this work. The present piece of work consists of the findings obtained in the study undertaken by the present researcher. Hardiness and social support may be helpful in managing the level of stress, reducing the feeling of depression and controlli...

With just a few ingredients and a few hours of time, your kitchen can become the perfect setting not only for a delicious meal but for experiencing the greatest blessings in life. In "Grace Before Meals: Recipes and Inspiration for Family Meals and Family Life, " Father Leo Patalinghug (yes, the same Father Leo who defeated Bobby Flay on "Throwdown!") helps you make family meals a way of life. Combining more than 30 simple but delicious recipe...

Neuroendocrinology is a discipline which originated about 50 years ago as a branch of Endocrinology and that is now strictly linked to neuroscience. Volumes 181 and 182 of Progress in Brain Research provide a rapid view of the major points presently discussed at biological and clinical levels. The chapters have been written by top scientists who are directly involved in basic or clinical research and who use the most sophisticated biotechnolog...

Dieses Büchlein über die Hunde ist ein Strauß von Erzählungen und Gedichte mit etwas Humor zur Unterhaltung der Leserinnen und Leser und zur Stärkung der Sympathie des Menschen seinem ältesten Freund, dem Hund, gegenüber. Wann immer man auf die Straße blickt sieht man früher oder später jemanden der mit dem Hund Spatziert oder diesen Gassi führt, ein Zeichen dass in unserem Land das Verhalten des Menschen den Tieren gegenüber - wenn auch noch ...

Das Leben ist eine Schwarzwälder Kirschtorte... Eine Erkenntnis die ich schon mit 17 gewinnen konnte. Ich, Flo Sternberg ein junger, dynamischer und FLEXIBLER (Re)Schüler habe vieles durchgemacht. Mein Spektrum reicht von Mobbing bis Familienproblemen. ... und dann die Diagnose mit 17. BURNOUT! Alles änderte sich Schlagartig. Und nun mit 18 bin ich angekommen und stehe in der sexuellen Orientierungslosigkeit. Gibt es eigentlich ein Leben mit R...

This book features mainly the bearing strength characteristics of floor strata under the loads of overlying rock mass with case studies. The main contained of the book is concerned with the methodology and results obtained through experimental and FEM analysis of stability (mainly bearing strength and settlement) of foundation under a footing on regularly bedded, jointed and layered model rock mass. A simple method to estimate bearing strength...

This book was to evaluate quality of STI services in Umjindi Local Municipality. A concrete objective was to investigate the health system issues that may have negative impact in the provision of quality STI services in the municipality. These include accessibility of the STI services to the community, training of health workers in syndromic management, availability of equipment and supplies for STI management, turn-around time for blood resul...

The volume Moral Cultivation explores an overlooked topic in the renewed interest in virtue ethics, the concept of moral cultivation. While the study of virtue ethics focuses on the concept of virtue itself, an exploration of moral cultivation explores the process of attaining that virtue. The essays in this collection explore the question: How do we develop good character? Brad Wilburn has brought together a range of moral perspectives on thi...

Bachelorarbeit aus dem Jahr 2010 im Fachbereich BWL - Unternehmensführung, Management, Organisation, Note: 2, 0, Management Center Innsbruck Internationale Fachhochschulgesellschaft mbH, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Durch die rasante technologische Entwicklung und die sinkenden Kosten ist die Anzahl der Internetnutzer in den letzten Jahren drastisch angestiegen. (vgl. Egger, 2005, S. 158) Laut Statistiken sind weltweit ungefähr ein Viertel der ...

Diplomarbeit aus dem Jahr 2010 im Fachbereich BWL - Bank, Börse, Versicherung, Christian-Albrechts-Universität Kiel, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Durch steigende internationale Handelsvolumina und die vermehrte Nachfrage nach Absicherungsmöglichkeiten zukünftiger Zahlungsströme hat die Bedeutung der Optionsmärkte in der Vergangenheit immer mehr zugenommen. Als Anfang der 70er Jahre der Handel von Derivaten im großen Umfang startete, bekam die B...

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2006 im Fachbereich BWL - Revision, Prüfungswesen, Note: 1, 3, Hochschule für Technik, Wirtschaft und Kultur Leipzig, 26 Quellen im Literaturverzeichnis, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Bis zum Inkrafttreten der neuen Eigenkapitalverordnung BASEL II sind es nur noch wenige Wochen. Ab 01. Januar 2007 gelten für Banken die neuen Eigenkapitalvorschrif-ten des Baseler Ausschusses für Bankenaufsicht. Diese sehen eine risikoge...

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2010 im Fachbereich BWL - Controlling, Note: 2, 0, FOM Hochschule für Oekonomie & Management gemeinnützige GmbH, Frankfurt früher Fachhochschule, Veranstaltung: Controlling, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Industrieunternehmen wirtschaften zunehmend in turbulenten Marktumfeldern. Aufgrund der Globalisierung der Märkte und dem damit verbundenen Wettbewerbszuwachs, die für Kunden zunehmende Markttransparenz durch das Inter...