You picked up this book because you know exactly how it feels to spend an evening carefully editing your resume, to write a polite note, and to click submit into a form that feels less like a doorway and more like a slot in a machine. You know the silence that follows, the days that turn into weeks, and the rejection that arrives as a template that does not even mention the job you applied for. Or maybe you have been told that you just need to apply online, that you need to send more appli...

Consequences. Most people dreaded them. Frank made a career out of them.Frank's job was simple: people do bad things. And Frank would kill them. While this process was simple to learn, it took real talent to know how to kill someone and get away with it.Frank's employers liked that he thought in terms of consequences.Over the years, Frank had done well at assessing the consequences of his actions, making sure that his targets were dead and his teams (shooter, spotte...

MySQL is a popular and robust open source database product that supports key subsets of SQL on both Linux and Unix systems. MySQL is free for nonprofit use and costs a small amount for commercial use. Unlike commercial databases, MySQL is affordable and easy to use. This book includes introductions to SQL and to relational database theory. If you plan to use MySQL to build web sites or other Linux or Unix applications, this book teaches you to do that, and it will remain useful as a refere...

Training in safe operative birth is a key priority in obstetrics. Around one in five women are dissatisfied with their labour and birth, especially operative birth, often because of poor communication or inadequate technical skills. This can lead to sexual dysfunction and aversion to further pregnancy, as well as increases in complaints and litigation. This book accompanies the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists' Operative Birth Simulation Training (ROBuST) course, and will ...

I wake up surrounded by death and my memories are gone.A man in a beige hazmat suit reaches his hand through the carnage. “Come with me if you want to live.” I know I’m supposed to know that from somewhere, but I don’t. I know the world outside me is not right. People either die or they are Rage Heads. Somehow, a virus got out that has turned people into red eyed freaks who eat flesh. They are fast, their flesh is rotting off their bodies and they have one goal—kill.I don’t know my ...

One day, Matthew Eaton was walking through an impromptu animal shelter display at his local pet store when suddenly an eight-month-old kitten dug his claws into Eaton's flesh. Eaton recognized that the "eyes of this cat and the curve of his claw" compelled a response analogous to those found in the writings of Buber, Levinas, and Derrida. And not just Eaton but a whole community of theologians have found themselves in an encounter with particular places and animals that demands rich theolo...

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.The future belongs to those who rethink what truly matters.For too long, business strategy has been dominated by metaphors of warfare and rivalry. Yet in a world shaped by rapid change and rising complexity, outpacing the competition is no longer enough. The April Attitude offers a different path, one rooted in purpose, creativity, and sustainable value creation.Drawing on decades of strategic a...

A breathtaking visual narrative of the legendary naturalist’s adventures and pioneering contributions to the life sciencesIn old age, Alfred Russel Wallace (1823–1913) became arguably the most famous scientist of his day. He and his senior colleague, Charles Darwin, had independently discovered the theory of evolution by natural selection, which they jointly published in 1858. Yet this genius’s legacy was overshadowed by Darwin’s for more than a century. Alfred...

In a thrilling finale to the Future Humans trilogy, "aliens" reveal their plans: a heroic effort to rebuild plant, animal, and human life on a scorched planet before it all becomes extinct.The clock is ticking-for humanity, the planet, and time itself. Jace, a 21st-century engineer, his psychologist wife Sara, and their two children, Grace and Tom, return to the 31st century on a mission to heal the Earth from the devastating effects of climate change. But...

Integrative Fish Biomechanics, Volume 41, the latest release in the Fish Physiology series, highlights new advances in the field, with this volume presenting insightful chapters written by leading experts. Covering a wide range of topics, this edition explores the intricate hydrodynamics and biomechanics of fish feeding, swimming, and terrestrial locomotion. It delves into the structural and functional properties of fish tissues, providing a deeper understanding of their mechanical adaptat...

'Top Dog!' With dog themed movies on the rise, Archie and the guys aim to find the perfect extreme sport vehicle to launch Hot Dog into the spotlight! Once they capture their stunt on film, the only thing left to do is enter it into a contest! Will fortune and glory follow for our furry star? Then, as the gang watch the latest space shuttle launch, they envision what space travel might be like if they were so lucky as to trek through the galaxy. But are any of them really cut out to be ast...

The Oxford Handbook for the Foundation Programme returns in a new edition to keep junior doctors, as well as their supervisors and senior medical students, up-to-date and give them the information and confidence they need to excel during and beyond the Foundation Programme. This new edition has been fully revised to take in the latest guidelines, the new junior doctors' contract, and the most recent Foundation Programme curriculum. It has new sections to demystify the NHS structur...