Packed with beautiful full-color maps and framed with inaccurate essays about the world written by the full "Onion" staff, "Our Dumb World: The Onions Atlas of the Planet Earth, 73rd Edition" is the first original "Onion" book in eight years--a gut-busting send-up in which no nation escapes unscathed.Little, Brown and Company
Good computer books make assumptions about the reader: what they do and don't know when they pick up the book, and what they want to know when they put it down. For each reader this could be very different; therefore, a book that suits one person may not be the best for another. Mac OS X Leopard: Beyond the Manual makes some assumptions too, ones ...
Living the Mysteries is a daily devotional--and more--for the period from Easter to Pentecost. Each day features: a brief meditation; a short passage from that day's Mass readings; a reflection on the reading adapted from the writings of the Fathers of the Church; a particular focusing on a relevant point of the mystical or moral life; and a plan ...
Mike Mignola's story notes accompany the long out-of-print stories, giving insight into their creation and inspiration. Some consider Mignola's short stories better than the full-length novels, and this collection makes a strong argument for that, especially with Mignola's masterpiece, "The Corpse."
In A Practical Guide to Enterprise Architecture, six leading experts present indispensable technical, process, and business insight into every aspect of enterprise architecture. You'll find start-to-finish guidance for architecting effective system, software, and service-oriented architectures; using product lines to streamline enterprise software ...
Detailing both the design environments and operational processes of VMware Infrastructure 3, and written from the practical experience of proven VMware engineers, this book provides IT consultants and system engineers with the insight needed to tackle tough issues in server virtualisation such as virtual machine technologies, storage ...
Since Mike Mignola's "Hellboy" first hit the stands in 1993, it has become a cultural sensation, racking up a dozen Eisner Awards and inspiring numerous spinoffs - from a novel line, to video games, to feature films. Now, Dark Horse is pleased to present the comics that started it all, collected in deluxe hardcover editions. Sized at a generous 9' ...
Abe Sapien follows a strange clue to the jungles of Indonesia and a secret society with connections to Abe's past life during the American Civil War. Meanwhile, Liz's apocalyptic visions have begun to escalate, and Johann makes a startling discovery about a member of the Bureau. Written by John Arcudi and Hellboy and B.P.R.D. creator Mike Mignola, ...
Historically, only large companies could afford secure networks, which they created from expensive leased lines. Smaller folks had to make do with the relatively untrusted Internet. Nowadays, even large companies have to go outside their private nets, because so many people telecommute or log in while they're on the road. How do you provide a low ...
If there's one thing pop musicians love to do - other than make music, take drugs and sign autographs - it's thinking out loud. This volume collects together some of the quotes of the stars in pop, from the bilious wining of the rich and famous to the pseudo-wisdom proffered by pop's so-called intelligentsia. There are over 600 of these moments: ...
Whether it's a big-bore, high-end custom sports bike you are after or a naked, bare-knuckle street-fighting racer, this is the book to get you there. With three different projects, top motorcycle builders give blow-by-blow instructions for completely rebuilding three popular street bikes, from performance modifications, exhaust systems, to ...
Windows as a platform for databases continues to grow and Oracle on Windows continues to become more important. Written by the team at Oracle, this book provides undocumented tips and techniques and covers issues central to database administration, features of 9i and highlights issues specific to Windows 2000. The core of the book is aimed at ...
Scott Tinley, world-class triathlete and two-time winner of the Ironman Competition in Hawaii, offers expert advice and proven-effective techniques for triathlon training and competition.
Every year businesses spend billions of dollars combating the overwhelming amount of junk email their employees receive. With the "Anti-Spam Toolkit", systems administrators have at their fingertips the tools they need to significantly reduce junk email. Through real-world software and examples, the authors demonstrate how to identify spam, deploy ...
Grand Prix 500cc racing is the Blue Riband event in motorcycle competition, and American rider Kevin Schwantz is world champion. In the 1993/4 season, 1.5 million people attended the fourteen races, and the television audience worldwide was only slightly less than for Grand Prix cars. 1995 will probably be Schwantz's last season, and Osprey has ...
Covering Clinton has been Saturday Night Live's chore and pleasure since 1991. From his womanizing mishaps to his "Wag the Dog" take on international politics, this book will remind all of us that no matter what happens in the 2000 election, we will be incredibly bored with our next president, especially if he is a pudgy Texan.
"Statistical Procedures in Communication Research" is a textbook for use in advanced undergraduate and entry-level graduate courses in research methods and/or quantitative methods. This book is designed to be economical and is focused on core topics in quantitative communication research ranging from basic statistical procedures (such as frequency ...
When thirteen-year-old Bertram and three friends find themselves living in dinosaur bodies sixty-seven million years ago, they discover new ways to think about their lives.
A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE! The Bureau for Paranormal Research and Defense--Sounds like something out of the X-Files? Well, it's one better; it's got Hellboy, the world's greatest paranormal investigator. A mysteriously conjured demon, he's essentially a big red guy who goes looking for trouble. The catch is that he's not really the best investigator. ...
Global Modernities is a sustained commentary on the international character of the most microcosmic practices. It demonstrates how the global increasingly informs the regional, so deconstructing ideas like the 'nation state' and 'national sovereignty'. The spatialization of social theory, hybridization and bio-politics are among the critical ...
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