A New York Times Bestseller In 1949 four Chinese women - drawn together by the shadow of their past - begin meeting in San Francisco to play mah jong, invest in stocks, eat dim sum, and "say" stories. They call their gathering the Joy Luck Club. Nearly forty years later, one of the members has died. When her daughter comes to take her place, she learns of her mother s lifelong wish, and the tragic way in which it has come true.
From the man who designed the Klingon language and culture for the Star Trek feature films and Star Trek: The Next Generation, here is a comprehensive sourcebook for Klingon language and syntax--the only one of its kind.
our modern world, even though it was appropriate to older, simpler times. Working with imagination and often hilarious computer simulations, Dietrich Dorner provides a compass for intelligent planning and decision-making that can sharpen the skills of managers and policy-makers everywhere.
The sequel to the "New York Times" bestseller "The Last Kingdom" continues the exhilarating adventures of Uhtred and King Alfred the Great. Uhtred discovers--in his moment of greatest peril--a newfound loyalty and love for his native country and ruler.
ISBN: 9780061144837
Издательство:
HarperCollins USA
Дата выхода: январь 2007
Describes and depicts in detail how 17th-century English, French, Dutch, and other European trading ships and warships were rigged, from the lower masts and bowsprit to the running rigging of the topsails and topgallants. Over 350 fine line drawings illustrate every rigging detail. 25 halftones.
ISBN: 9780486279602
Издательство:
Dover
Дата выхода: март 1994
SQL Server 2008 is the latest update to Microsoft`s flagship database management system. This is the largest update since SQL Server 2005, and it brings increased ability to deliver data across more platforms, and thus many different types of devices. New functionality also allows for easy storage and retrieval of digitized images and video. These attributes address the recent explosion in the popularity of web-based video and server and desktop virtualization. The Real MCTS SQL Server 2008 Exam 70-433 Prep Kit prepares readers for the Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist exam: SQL Server 2008, Database Development. This is a new exam in the SQL Server product family, and is comprised of some objectives from exam 70-431 from SQL...
Set firmly in Britain s Dark Ages, "The Winter King" goes far beyond the usual tales of romance and chivalry to forever change the way the legend of Arthur is told, introducing readers to an Arthur who is both utterly convincing and a true hero--a man whose life is at once tragic and triumphant.
Part cautionary tale and part insider exclusive, this frank examination of power, greed, and unbridled hedonism takes readers on a frenetic ride through one of the most outrageous investment scandals in recent history, in a story that is both shocking and hilarious.
Chin-Ning Chu is one of the world s foremost experts on Asian business psychology, a frequent guest on "Larry King Live" and other high-profile TV shows. Now he shows how to apply ancient Chinese military wisdom to the competitive world of business today. "Could become the Think and Grow Rich of the 1990s".--Success magazine.
ISBN: 9780446670203
Издательство:
Warner Books
Дата выхода: октябрь 1994
Книга призвана помочь в овладении искусством программирования тем, кто уже освоил основы составления программ на языке Turbo Pascal. Материал излагается на примере решения 20 практических задач с достаточно сложной логикой по различным темам: комбинаторика, моделирование физических процессов, рекурсивные и нерекурсивные решения. Для каждой задачи анализируются возможный путь к решению, возникающие при этом...
ISBN: 5-94157-793-1
Издательство:
BHV-СПб
Дата выхода: февраль 2006
It all begins with the paranoid delusions of a half-insane hero called Rorschach--but is he really insane or has he, in fact, uncovered a plot to murder super-heroes and possibly millions of innocent civilians? Following two generations of masked super-heroes from the close of World War II to the icy shadow of the Cold War comes this groundbreaking comic story--the story of The Watchmen.
