Ice Blink: The Tragic Fate of Sir John Franklin’s Lost Polar Expedition
Absorbing.artfully narrat[es] a possible course of events in the expedition’s demise, based on the one official note and bits of debris (including evidence of cannibalism) found by searchers sent to look for Franklin in the 1850s. Adventure readers will flock to this fine regaling of the enduring mystery surrounding the best-known disaster in Arctic exploration.–Booklist””A great Victorian adventure …
Based on new sources—the definitive biography of Rasputin, with revelations about his life, death, and involvement with the RomanovsA century after his death, Grigory Rasputin remains fascinating: the Russian peasant with hypnotic eyes who befriended Tsar Nicholas II and helped destroy the Russian Empire, but the truth about his strange life has never fully been told. Written by …
The revised and updated edition of the bestselling natural health bible-more than 500,000 copies sold to date!Hundreds of thousands of readers have relied on Prescription for Natural Cures as the source for accurate, easy-to-understand information on natural treatments and remedies for a host of common ailments. The new edition of this invaluable guide has been thoroughly updated to …
“A lively tour through our past and an ingenious primer in the art of historical detection.” –Robert A. Gross, author of The Minutemen and Their World Did Leif Ericsson beat Columbus to America? What happened to the Lost Colony of Roanoke? Did Pocahontas really save John Smith? Did Davy Crockett die at the Alamo? What really happened …
Excel at Excel with the help of this bestselling spreadsheet guide John Walkenbach’s name is synonymous with excellence in computer books that decipher the complexities of Microsoft Excel. Known as “Mr. Spreadsheet,” Walkenbach shows you how to maximize the power of Excel 2013 while bringing you up to speed on the latest features. This perennial bestseller is fully …
A comprehensive reference to the newest version of the world s most popular spreadsheet application: Excel 2010 John Walkenbach’s name is synonymous with excellence in computer books that decipher complex technical topics. Known as “Mr. Spreadsheet,” Walkenbach shows you how to maximize the power of all the new features of Excel 2010. An authoritative reference, this …
The 3rd Edition of Management Information Systems promotes active learning like no other text in the market. Each chapter is comprised of tightly coupled concepts and section-level student activities that transport your students from passively learning about IS to doing IS in a realistic context. The integration of Microsoft Excel and Access exercises at the end of every …
Information Technology for Management by Turban, Volonino, and Wood engages students with up-to-date coverage of the most important IT trends today. Over the years, this leading IT textbook had distinguished itself with an emphasis on illustrating the use of cutting edge business technologies for achieving managerial goals and objectives. The 10th Edition continues this tradition with coverage of …
70-410 Installing and Configuring Windows Server 2012 R2 (Microsoft Official Academic Course)
This text does not include a MOAC Labs Online access code. This 70-410 Installing and Configuring Windows Server 2012 R2 textbook prepares certification students for the first of a series of three exams which validate the skills and knowledge necessary to implement a core Windows Server 2012 Infrastructure into an existing enterprise environment. This Microsoft Official Academic …
Security Engineering: A Guide to Building Dependable Distributed Systems
The world has changed radically since the first edition of this book was published in 2001. Spammers, virus writers, phishermen, money launderers, and spies now trade busily with each other in a lively online criminal economy and as they specialize, they get better. In this indispensable, fully updated guide, Ross Anderson reveals how to build systems that stay …