Subject(s): Architects and builders -- History -- 20th century -- Great Britain | Architecture and society -- History -- 20th century -- Great Britain | Construction industry -- Social aspects -- Great Britain | Industrial sociology -- Great Britain | Reconstruction (1939-1951) -- Great Britain Summary: "Providing a new perspective on post-

Subject(s): Multiple criteria decision making | Fuzzy sets | Management science Summary: "Preface Operations research has been adapted by management science scholoars to manage realistic problems for a long time. Among these methods, mathematical programming models play a key role in optimizing a system. However, traditional mathematical pr

Subject(s): Computer security | Data protection Summary: "Effective security rules and procedures do not exist for their own sake-they are put in place to protect critical assets, thereby supporting overall business objectives. Recognizing security as a business enabler is the first step in building a successful program.Information Security

Subject(s): Jazz musicians -- Fiction | Racially mixed people -- Fiction | Ex-concentration camp inmates -- Fiction | Reunions -- Fiction | Paris (France) -- Fiction -- History -- 1940-1944 | Berlin (Germany) -- Fiction -- History -- 1918-1945 Summary: "Berlin, 1939. The Hot-Time Swingers, a popular German American jazz band, have been forb

Subject(s): Journalists -- Fiction -- Ireland Dublin | Airplane crash survival -- Fiction | Aircraft accidents -- Fiction -- Ireland Dublin Summary: "A helicopter crash kills six random passengers off the coast of Ireland. A mercenary working for a private security contractor in the Congo starts a bloody gun battle, endangering the valuable

Subject(s): Computer security | Computer networks -- Security measures | Data protection | Data encryption (Computer science) Summary: "This text provides a classroom-tested, practical introduction to software design and implementation, cryptographic tools, and networking issues while addressing social, economic, and political implications.

Subject(s): Ford, Doc (Fictitious character) -- Fiction | Marine biologists -- Fiction | Extremists -- Fiction | Hostages -- Fiction | Environmentalists -- Fiction | Russians -- Fiction | Islands -- Fiction | Hostage negotiations -- Fiction | Divers -- Fiction | Florida -- Fiction | Florida Keys (Fla.) -- Fiction Summary: Sneaking an underwater

Subject(s): Africa -- Politics and government | Insurgency -- History -- Africa | Africa -- Foreign relations | Africa -- Foreign economic relations Summary: "Foreign Intervention in Africa chronicles the foreign political and military interventions in Africa during the periods of decolonization (1956-1975) and the Cold War (1945-1991), as

Subject(s): North Atlantic Treaty Organization -- Afghanistan | Afghan War, 2001- | International Security Assistance Force (Afghanistan) Summary: "Modern warfare is almost always multilateral to one degree or another, requiring countries to cooperate as allies or coalition partners. Yet as the war in Afghanistan has made abundantly clear,

Subject(s): New products Summary: "Preface The current marketplace is undergoing an accelerated pace of change that challenges corporations to apply new techniques to respond rapidly to this ever-developing environment. At the center of this change is a new generation of customers. As the industry adopts a consumer focus in its product deve