Jack Wright is a veteran detective with a tragic past, an uncertain future, and a passion for solving puzzles. As a member of the Toronto Police Service Hold-Up Squad, Jack is tired of always having to clean up after the fact. When the blueprints of a robbery that has yet to take place land on his desk, there's only one problem...he can't read a word of them. The details of the heist are contained on a computer hard drive, protected by an unbreakable security code, seized in an explosive p...

Get ahead in HTML5, including markup, styling, and scripting, with many practical examples and best practice insights. You’ll quickly understand HTML5 markup elements and when to use them, and then apply the latest CSS3 features to create amazing web pages.Pro HTML5 with CSS, JavaScript, and Multimedia teaches the fundamentals of client-side scripting and covers the immense functionality available with HTML5. Learn to use JavaScript to create web applications that are dyna...

Vesperos knew in time he would be in for a tough life, but he didn't know how or why. Had he taken his destiny more seriously he might have been better prepared for the road. He was cast upon a quest, the manner of which took him totally by surprise.

Pro Office 365 Development, Second Edition, is a practical, hands-on guide to building applications for the cloud with Office 365. Combine Office 365 features out of the box with custom code to make the most of what this increasingly powerful and flexible platform has to offer.As an Office 365 developer, you have an amazing range of technologies at your fingertips. Build custom SharePoint apps in Visual Studio using HTML5, CSS, and jQuery. Create declarative workf...

Alcohol is part of our societies today and has gain its entrance into major parts of the world. It is used for celebrations, ceremonies, socialization, recreation and relaxation and also for more reasons. Alcohol is a liquid substance that could be consume in order to ease tension, stress and other situations beyond human control. Alcohol contains recreational drugs ethanol (product of fermentation of grain, fruits and other sugary substance).Despite the countless benefits of alcoho...

In the closing days of 1799, the United States was still a young republic, its uncertain future contested by the two major political parties of the day: the well-moneyed Federalists, led by Alexander Hamilton, and the populist Republicans, led by Aaron Burr. The two finest lawyers in New York, Burr and Hamilton were bitter rivals both in and out of the courtroom, and as the next election approached—with Manhattan likely to be the swing district on which the presidency would hinge—their ani...

In the spirit of David McCullough's Brave Companions, this anthology of popular American history presents the stories of nine incredible Irish immigrants as written by nine contemporary Irish Americans. Rosie O'Donnell, for instance, the adoptive mother of five, tells the story of Margaret Haughery, known as "Mother of the Orphans"; filmmaker and activist Michael Moore writes about the original muckraking journalist, Samuel McClure; and celebrated actor Pierce Brosnan writes about...

Traumatic brain injury (TBI) in sports has become an important international public health issue over the past two decades. However, until recently, return to play decisions following a sports-related traumatic brain injury have been based on anecdotal evidence and have not been based on scientifically validated clinical protocols. Over the past decade, the field of Neuropsychology has become an increasingly important component of the return to play decision making process following TBI. N...

A crazy collection of twisted stories in the tradition of Pulphouse Fiction Magazine, from the editor of Pulphouse, Dean Wesley Smith.Head-shaking stories such as the one about a cop with a rose for a head in search of the evil murderer The Pruner. Or the one about sentient boogers, or the tale of those pesky Martians…A truly hilarious batch of stories from some of the best writers working today.“Resolutions ’R Us” by Annie Reed“The Birth of Booger Nation” b...

Love pulp fiction?Amazing Monster Tales is here to provide it!11 tales of monsters, mayhem, strange and inexplicable events, uncanny technologies, wildly improbable events, and more. Some monsters you’ve seen before…And some of them you haven’t!Some monsters are the good guys…And some of them are very, very bad indeed!Featuring stories by:Dean Wesley Smith • Ron Collins • P. D. Cacek • Ma...

This fine collection of intelligent, unabridged short stories about intriguing, interesting and sometimes inspirational men is an audio treat for young and old, male or female. A carefully compiled anthology featuring timeless tales from classic authors including Charles Dickens, F. Scott Fitzgerald and Anton Chekhov, read by a cast of acclaimed and respected actors, including Stephen Fry, Martin Jarvis and Kerry Shale; this compilation will be enjoyed by the whole family.Mr. C...

A wizard must be found!In a world of might and magic, King Tell has almost conquered the lands in which he has already banished wizards. The simple edict to banish wizards turns into a nightmare for the king.Sir Mordrak has loyally served the king on his campaigns but is now haunted by those he’s killed. Similarly affected, Tell has now commissioned him to find a wizard willing to help. ... Everything depends upon him and an apprentice wizard who would rather see him dead.