This volume identifies significant theorems and illustrates them with examples. It covers classical problems in the field and includes a comprehensive glossary. The four principle topics covered are: sets and relations; number systems; groups, rings and fields; and linear algebra.[...]

Features a combination of questions and full-color images to prepare residents for the anatomic pathology exam. This title provides thorough preparation for the anatomic pathology board exam residents must pass in order to become certified.[...]

Seventeenth-century Amsterdam - a city in the grip of tulip fever. Sophia's husband Cornelis is one of the lucky ones grown rich from this exotic new flower. To celebrate, he commissions a talented young artist to paint him with his beautiful young bride. But as the portrait grows, so does the passi[...]

When Ravi Kapoor, an over-worked London doctor, is driven beyond endurance by his disgusting and difficult father-in-law, he asks his wife: 'Can't we just send him away somewhere?' His prayer seems to have been answered when his entrepreneurial cousin, Sonny, sets up a retirement home, recreating a [...]

Seventeen-year-old Hannah disappears without a trace. Her family receives a ransom note demanding half a million pounds for Hannah's safe return. But it's when Hannah comes home that the story really begins. The family loses their house, their wealth, and disintegrates under the pressures of guilt a[...]

From the bestselling author of The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel. Claire - a model daughter, an imaginative teacher, as clear and legible as her handwriting. Laura - a student, a beauty, as vital and rebellious as her parents could ever have feared for. As children they had shared everything - so much [...]

Jules is a little-known English actress with a precarious career and a wayward but irresistible boyfriend. But then she gets the break of a lifetime - a part as stand-in for Lila Dune, American film star and sex-symbol - and her world is transformed.[...]

In the horseshoe bay of Kalami in Corfu, a love affair begins between a novelist and a woman escaping scandal. Years later, her daughter Melissa, running from her own past, returns to the island. Melissa's life in England is in disarray.[...]

Enticed by advertisements for a newly restored palatial hotel and filled with visions of a life of leisure, good weather and mango juice in their gin, a group of very different people leave England to begin a new life in India. On arrival they are dismayed to find the palace is a shell of its former[...]

This is the book behind the box office hit romcom starring Judi Dench, Maggie Smith, Bill Nighy, Celia Imrie, Dev Patel, Penelope Wilton and Tom Wilkinson - for fans of Quartet and Song for Marion. Enticed by advertisements for a luxury retirement home in India, a group of strangers leave England to[...]

You just know that an improvement of the user interface will reap rewards, but how do you justify the expense and the labor and the time-guarantee a robust ROI!-ahead of time? How do you decide how much of an investment should be funded? And what is the best way to sell usability to others? In this [...]

Written in clear, accessible prose,theFourth edition of Computer Ethics brings together philosophy, law, and technology. The text provides an in-depth exploration and analysis of a broad range of topics regarding the ethical implications of widespread use of computer technology. The approach is norm[...]