Vladimir Vladimir: 813 books

A Rising Knight: Vol1, Issue 11. There is no power without price and no rebirth without pain. In the aftermath of his battle with the demon Vlad’s body begins to change, transforming into the body of a wizard. This will not be easy. Vlad was a killer by fifteen, a warrior by sixteen, a...

For a charming girl and an endearing mutt, friendship is just around the . . . hedge. These two lonely souls sit just opposite each other: She pining after a parade of passing dogs, he pining after a parade of passing owners. Until--finally--the girl and the mutt spot each other. You? they ask. You! they shout.

One of the finest chess books ever written, now in the revised algebraic edition. The author expounds both the basic principles and the most complex forms of attack on the king. A study of this masterpiece will add power and brilliance to any chess enthusiast's play.

The screenplay for Kubrik's 1962 film tells the story of an older man's obsession with a young girl.

FATAL MEMORIES The MEG-a revolutionary brain scanner-is the culmination of Dr. Anne Powell’s brilliant career as a neuro-psychiatrist. Designed to accomplish in seconds what conventional psychotherapy can only hope to achieve in years, the MEG could change the course of psychiatric treatment forever-if...

This text on geometry is devoted to various central geometrical topics including: graphs of functions, transformations, (non-)Euclidean geometries, curves and surfaces as well as their applications in a variety of disciplines. This book presents elementary methods for analytical modeling and demonstrates...

Written by Ganglia designers and maintainers, this book shows you how to collect and visualize metrics from clusters, grids, and cloud infrastructures at any scale. Want to track CPU utilization from 50,000 hosts every ten seconds? Ganglia is just the tool you need, once you know how its main components...

Extend and Customize Oracle E-Business Suite Transform your Oracle E-Business Suite infrastructure to suit enterprise requirements using the comprehensive development methods in this Oracle Press guide. Oracle E-Business Suite Development & Extensibility Handbook lays out each tool alongside...

This is a Packt Beginners Guide, which means it focuses on practical examples and has a fast-paced but friendly approach, with the opportunity to learn by experiment and play. Each chapter builds a practical plug-in from the ground up using step-by-step instructions. Individual sections show you how...

A bestselling Exchange Server guide, updated for the 2016 release Mastering Microsoft Exchange Server 2016 is the gold-standard reference for system administrators and first-time users alike. Fully updated to align with the latest release, this expert-led guide provides comprehensive coverage...

An insightful guide to learning the Go programming language About This Book Get insightful coverage of Go programming syntax, constructs, and idioms to help you understand Go code Get a full explanation of all the known GoF design patterns in Go, including comprehensive theory and examples Learn...

This collection of essays discusses modernization, democratization, and economic and political reforms in Russia and asserts that these reforms can be accomplished through the reframing of cultural values, attitudes, and institutions. The contributors—which include three Nobel Laureates—strive...

Hitler's Atlantic Wall, the complex system of coastal fortifications that stretched from Norway to the Spanish border during the Second World War, was built to defend occupied Europe from Allied invasion. Many of its principal structures survive and can be visited today, and this book is an authoritative...

Reinventing Politics gives an account of East European politics from the time of Soviet domination to the 1989-90 revolutions, and considers the effect of tyranny on East European culture and politics, the chances for successful and harmonious development in the region, and its relationship with the...