A nightly gathering. An unexpected murder. An unusual investigation.Adrian Adams is a college graduate who had aims of accomplishing something truly great with his life. However, he never had much luck and now finds himself working a dead-end job at a grocery store.In the evenings, Adrian drives to Harvard University to meet with his friend, world-renowned social anthropologist, Dr. Emma Burgess. Adrian's twin brother, Timothy, tags along in order to take part in their ritu...

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.This autobiography is for readers who:Want to read about a "Rags to Riches" story where the author overcame huge obstacles to succeed.Want to read about a teacher whose love and compassion of his students often turned a bad situation into a good oneWant to read about the authors love life that will bring both smiles and tears.This book is full of interesting vignettes that the reader will enjoy including ...

Presenting a complementary perspective to standard books on algorithms, A Guide to Algorithm Design: Paradigms, Methods, and Complexity Analysis provides a roadmap for readers to determine the difficulty of an algorithmic problem by finding an optimal solution or proving complexity results. It gives a practical treatment of algorithmic complexity and guides readers in solving algorithmic problems.Divided into three parts, the book offers a comprehensive set of prob...

Written by foremost experts in the field, Engineering Modeling Languages provides end-to-end coverage of the engineering of modeling languages to turn domain knowledge into tools.The book provides a definition of different kinds of modeling languages, their instrumentation with tools such as editors, interpreters and generators, the integration of multiple modeling languages to achieve a system view, and the validation of both models and tools. Industrial case stud...

The book offers a study of a fascinating political personality, that of Japanese prime minister Abe Shinzo (2012-2020). Abe's political career was boosted by his predecessor Koizumi Jun.ichiro and he seemed extremely promising at 51 when he rose to become the youngest Cabinet Secretariat chief, however once in power in 2007 he disappointed by resigning after only one year. Yet, he rose again in 2012 to become the longest-serving prime minister of Japan's history since the end of the Meiji ...

The seventh edition of the most authoritative and comprehensive book published on lung function, now completely revised and restructuredLung function assessment is the central pillar of respiratory diagnosis. Most hospitals have lung function laboratories where patients are tested with a variety of physiological methods. The tests and techniques used are specialized and utilize the expertise of respiratory physicians, physiologists, and technicians. This new editio...

Political Campaign Communication: Theory, Method, and Practice brings a diversity of issues, topics, and events on political campaign communication around the concepts of theory, method and practice. The volume contains studies of political campaign communication utilizing a wide range of empirical, rhetorical, content analyses and social science methodologies as well as a variety of foci on the practice of political campaign communication with studies on the communication dimensions and e...