Experience the dramatic rise and brutal conquest of South America's legendary ancient civilization. Perfect for your daily commute, this immersive historical journey transports you to the rugged Andean highlands to witness the birth of an indigenous empire. Watch as scattered mountain villages transform into an unstoppable political powerhouse.Whether you are armchair traveling to Cusco or simply fascinated by indigenous resilience, this evocative narrative puts real human lives at...

Trace the rise and fall of a precolonial West African empire through its extraordinary mastery of bronze and brass art. This immersive historical journey transports you to the heart of southern Nigeria, where a small forest polity transformed into a powerful centralized kingdom. Perfect for an educational commute, this captivating narrative reveals how royal power drove unprecedented artistic innovation.Dive deep into the vibrant world of palace guilds, ancient trade routes, and th...

Stop costly rework and master construction quality management to deliver profitable building projects the very first time. Whether on your morning commute to a chaotic job site or seeking professional upskilling, this pragmatic guide turns abstract QA/QC theory into decisive field action. Stop letting poor quality silently destroy your project margins, safety records, and industry reputation.Follow the natural lifecycle of a live infrastructure project, from early procurement to si...

Anomaly Detection and Complex Event Processing over IoT Data Streams: With Application to eHealth and Patient Data Monitoring presents advanced processing techniques for IoT data streams and the anomaly detection algorithms over them. The book brings new advances and generalized techniques for processing IoT data streams, semantic data enrichment with contextual information at Edge, Fog and Cloud as well as complex event processing in IoT applications. The book comprises fundamental models...

This practical handbook offers a comprehensive guide to efficient project management. It pursues a broad, well-structured approach, suitable for most projects, and allows newcomers, experienced project managers, and decision-makers to find valuable input that matches their specific needs. The Project Management Compass guides readers through various sections of the book; templates and checklists offer additional support. The handbook’s innovative structure combines concepts from systems en...

This book presents a collection of contributions on the advanced mechanics of materials and mechanics of structures approaches, written in honor of Professor Kienzler. It covers various topics related to constitutive models for advanced materials, recent developments in mechanics of configuration forces, as well as new approaches to the efficient modeling and analysis of engineering structures.

In Paul Schneider's hands, the legend behind the daring movie that revolutionized Hollywood becomes the true story of Bonnie and Clyde. Told in the lovers' own voices, it offers verisimilitude and drama to match Truman Capote's In Cold Blood.Strictly nonfiction—no dialogue or other material has been made up—and set in the dirt-poor Texas landscape that spawned the star-crossed outlaws, the brilliantly researched and dramatically crafted tale opens with a murderous jail bre...

PreTest® is the closest you can get to seeing the test before you take it. Written by clerkship faculty and reviewed by students who know what it takes to pass, this book is perfect for clerkship exam review and the USMLE Step 2CK. Obstetrics and Gynecology: PreTest® asks the right questions so you’ll know the right answers. Open it and start learning what’s on the test.500 USMLE-style Q&A cover core topics on the clerkship examComp...

'Knowing me Alan Partridge, knowing you... a-ha!' A lot of people say that, when it comes to drama and comedy, the pictures are so much better on the radio. As Alan Partridge says, 'all those people are wrong'. There's a new chat in town as the hit programme comes live from BBC Television Centre, and Alan ushers on a variety of guests including horsewoman of few words Sue Lewis, powerful hypnotist Tony le Mesmer, fashion designer Yvonne Boyd, and husband and wife thespians Tania Baker and ...

Steve Coogan is Alan Partridge, the crass chat show host who has a spectacular fall from grace in these 3 BBC TV episodes. 'Knowing me, Knowing Yule' (29 December 1995) In a special Christmas edition of his television chat show, the irrespressible Alan bids the nation good tidings from 'an exact replica reproduction' of the interior of his house - and counts the BBC's Chief Commissioning Editor amongst his guests. However, his attempts to secure a second series go far from well... in fact ...

This book brings all of the elements of database design together in a single volume, saving the reader the time and expense of making multiple purchases. It consolidates both introductory and advanced topics, thereby covering the gamut of database design methodology ? from ER and UML techniques, to conceptual data modeling and table transformation, to storing XML and querying moving objects databases.The proposed book expertly combines the finest database design material from the M...

Previous books and films have emphasized the supposed glamour of America's most notorious criminal couple, thus contributing to ongoing mythology. The real story is completely different—and far more fascinating.With newly discovered material, bestselling author Jeff Guinn tells the real tale of two kids from a filthy Dallas slum who fell in love and then willingly traded their lives for a brief interlude of excitement and, more importantly, fame. The timing for their first heist co...