Anxious about the apostrophe? Confused by the comma? Stumped by the semicolon? Join Lynne Truss on a hilarious tour through the rules of punctuation that is sure to sort the dashes from the hyphens.

Anxious about the apostrophe? Confused by the comma? Stumped by the semicolon? Join Lynne Truss on a hilarious tour through the rules of punctuation that is sure to sort the dashes from the hyphens.

We all had the basic rules of punctuation drilled into us at school, but punctuation pedants have g...

Who makes sport policy and why do we need it? What is the purpose of sport development programmes? Sport Policy and Development answers these questions and more by closely examining the complex relationships between modern sport, sport policy and development and other aspects of the wider society. These important issues are explored via detailed case studies of key aspects of sport policy and sport development activity, including: school sport and physical educationsocial inclusionhealthelite...

Investments, global warming and crossing the road – risk is a factor embedded in our everyday lives but do we really understand what it means, how it is quantified and how decisions are made? In six chapters Ben Ale explains the concepts, methods and procedures for risk analysis and in doing so provides an introductory understanding of risk perception, assessment and management. Aided by over seventy illustrations, the author casts light on the often overlooked basics of this fascinati...

Want to learn how to create great user experiences on today's Web? In this book, UI experts Bill Scott and Theresa Neil present more than 75 design patterns for building web interfaces that provide rich interaction. Distilled from the authors' years of experience at Sabre, Yahoo!, and Netflix, these best practices are grouped into six key principles to help you take advantage of the web technologies available today. With an entire section devoted to each design principle, Designing Web Interf...

The world's most infamous hacker offers an insider's view of the low-tech threats to high-tech security. Kevin Mitnick's exploits as a cyber-desperado and fugitive form one of the most exhaustive FBI manhunts in history and have spawned dozens of articles, books, films, and documentaries. Since his release from federal prison, in 1998, Mitnick has turned his life around and established himself as one of the most sought-after computer security experts worldwide.

Now, in "The Art of Deception",...

With project management becoming an increasingly global endeavour, a comprehensive and international student text that reflects this reality such as this one is essential.

WINNER OF THE WOLFSON HISTORY PRIZE 2008'The world's most controversial classicist debunks our movie-style myths about the Roman town with meticulous scholarship and propulsive energy' Laura Silverman, Daily MailThe ruins of Pompeii, buried by an explosion of Vesuvius in 79 CE, offer the best evidence we have of everyday life in the Roman empire. This remarkable book rises to the challenge of making sense of those remains, as well as exploding many myths: the very date of the eruption, probab...

In de Stille Oceaan, tussen Californië en Japan, drijft een hoeveelheid plastic op een oppervlakte die twee keer zo groot is als de Verenigde Staten. Dit is de vuilstortplaats van de natuur, de plek waar het afval dat in zee terechtkomt naartoe drijft: The Great Pacific Garbage Patch, ofwel de Plastic Soep.

In april 2009 gaat een bijzonder project van start: A Convenient Truth, ofwel ACT. Jonge Nederlandse wetenschappers gaan op zoek naar oplossingen voor de belangrijkste wereldproblemen, en...

Tweede deel in de reeks ‘Interactive Architecture’ uitgegeven door episode publishers in samenwerking met Hyperbody. De iA-bookzine serie brengt een overzicht van interdisciplinaire bijdragen over het onderwerp ‘Interactive architecture’ van onderzoekers, studenten, gast-docenten van Hyperbody, Faculteit Bouwkunde, TU Delft. Deze tweede editie bestaat wederom uit papers, reportages van workshops, een dialoog tussen Kas Oosterhuis en choreografe Krisztina de Châtel, en een overzicht van a...