Salary surveys worldwide regularly place software architect in the top 10 best jobs, yet no real guide exists to help developers become architects. Until now. This book provides the first comprehensive overview of software architecture's many aspects.

Aspiring and existing architects alike will examine architectural characteristics, architectural patterns, component determination, diagramming and presenting architecture, evolutionary architecture, and many other topics. Mark Richards and Neal...

If you want to learn how to program, working with Python is an excellent way to start. This hands-on guide takes you through the language a step at a time, beginning with basic programming concepts before moving on to functions, recursion, data structures, and object-oriented design. This second edition and its supporting code have been updated for Python 3.

Through exercises in each chapter, you'll try out programming concepts as you learn them. Think Python is ideal for students at the high...

Die Translationswissenschaft hat sich in den letzten zwanzig Jahren rasant entwickelt - in der Übersetzungs- und Dolmetschpraxis ist dieser Aufschwung jedoch kaum zu spüren. Die Praktiker wiederum verfügen über einen beträchtlichen Reichtum an nützlicher Erfahrung - dieser Fundus an wertvoller Information hat jedoch nicht in dem Maße Eingang in die Wissenschaft gefunden, wie es wünschenswert wäre. Das Handbuch Translation will diese Kluft zwischen Theorie und Praxis schließen. Es st...

Chemical Engineering Volume 2 covers the properties of particulate systems, including the character of individual particles and their behaviour in fluids. Sedimentation of particles, both singly and at high concentrations, flow in packed and fluidised beads and filtration are then examined. The latter part of the book deals with separation processes, such as distillation and gas absorption, which illustrate applications of the fundamental principles of mass transfer introduced in Chemical Eng...

This second edition takes the reader further into the heart of using drama for healing. Dr. Emunah offers an expanded understanding of her Integrative Five Phase model, a foundational approach that embraces the wide spectrum of possibilities within the playing field of drama therapy.

Grounded by compassionate clinical examples, including ones that reach over time into deep-seated issues, the book offers tools for action-oriented treatment, embodied therapeutic interventions, and creatively en...

Speak and write perfect English! BBI teaches you how to combine words with words to form phrases (so you can say "mortgaged to the hilt; I want something badly"). BBI also teaches you how to combine words into structures to form clauses and sentences (so you can say "I want you to go = What I want is for you to go"). So BBI helps you with both vocabulary and grammar.

BBI shows you important vocabulary and grammatical differences between American and British English. BBI gives you plenty of ex...

Geschäftliche Begegnungen B1+ ist ein modernes und kommunikatives Lehrwerk für motivierte erwachsene Lerner, die Deutsch im beruflichen Alltag rezeptiv und produktiv beherrschen wollen. Es schließt an Geschäftliche Begegnungen A2+ an.

Geschäftliche Begegnungen B1+ berücksichtigt die sprachlichen und grammatischen Anforderungen erwachsener Lerner auf dem Niveau B1 des Europäischen Referenzrahmens für Sprachen. Wichtige grammatische Aspekte der Sprachniveaus A1 und A2 werden wiederholt ...

One of the most important requirements of leadership is effective communication. The idea that some people are natural leaders and that others will never learn to show good leadership is now outdated. It has been replaced by the conviction that leadership and communication skills can be learnt.

This second edition of Communication in Organizations continues to give clear advice and guidance on communicating in a range of different contexts in the workplace. From handling complaints and breaki...