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A trapped double-agent, an impending world war and a race to space... Winter Hawk is Craig Thomas at the height of his powers. With the Nuclear Arms Reduction Treaty set to be ratified by the US and the USSR in Geneva, it seems that international relations have finally stabilised. But when a double agent reveals that the Soviets are preparing to launch a series of laser weapons into space, the West is suddenly defenceless and vulnerable. A panic-stricken US President puts pilot Mitchell Gant at the head of a mission, code-named "Winter Hawk". The operation is clear: a covert dash in and out of the Soviet Union to retrieve the double agent before the weapons can be launched. But with the clock ticking and the Russian "Hinds" on his tail, Gant's voyage across the snowy Russian border is far from simple... Set against a background of Cold War tension and nuclear threat, Winter Hawk is another icy Craig Thomas thriller, perfect for fans of Desmond Bagley and Frederick Forsyth.

This volume contains a detailed, precise and clear semantic formalism designed to allow non-programmers such as linguists and literary specialists to represent elements of meaning which they must deal with in their research and teaching. At the same time, by its basis in a functional programming paradigm, it retains sufficient formal precision to support computational implementation. The formalism is designed to represent meaning as found at a variety of levels, including basic semantic units and relations, word meaning, sentence-level phenomena, and text-level meaning. By drawing on fundamental principles of program design, the proposed formalism is both easy to read and modify yet sufficiently powerful to allow for the representation of complex semantic phenomena. In this monograph, the authors introduce the formalism and show its basic structure, apply it to the analysis of the semantics of a variety of linguistic phenomena in both English and French, and use it to represent the semantics of a variety of texts ranging from single sentences, to textual excepts, to a full story.

Mitchell Gant has uncovered a secret, and is about to blow it sky-highWhen a new American airliner crashes mysteriously in the Arizona desert on its final test flight, suspicions are raised. Is it simply an accident? Or could it be foul play? Mitchell Gant, the hero of Firefox, now an expert on aviation accidents, must risk his life by repeating the test flight to reveal the truth. Meanwhile, in Britain, plane manufacturer Aero UK is in trouble - no one wants to purchase their new passenger jet. Aero's head, David Winterborne, is ruthlessly determined to prevent his empire's collapse, whatever the cost - and it hasn't gone unnoticed. MP Marian Pyott has found evidence of a massive fraud involving hundreds of millions of pounds, and is tracking it back to him. When a second airliner crashes off the coast of Finland, Gant and Marian suspect conspiracy, and they must embark on a dangerous search across Europe and America. Against the merciless global market of the Nineties, there are lives as well as fortunes at stake... From master of the genre Craig Thomas, A Different War is cold, deliberate and thrilling to the very end. Perfect for fans of Jack Higgins and Ben Macintyre.

At the height of the Cold War, a new Soviet threat triggers a daring heist, and the stakes couldn't be higher'A defining novel of the genre and a lost classic' James SwallowBritish and American intelligence services have just learned of the Soviet Union's latest aircraft: the MiG-31. Codenamed "Firefox", the plane is a marvel of engineering - stealthy, hypersonic, with a thought-guided weapons system - outclassing anything flown by the West. Faced with Soviet air domination, MI6 and the CIA launch a daring mission to steal a Firefox prototype. Veteran US Air Force pilot Mitchell Gant, is sent to the Soviet Union under an assumed identity. He seems the perfect man for the job. But, deep within the icy heart of Soviet power, the stakes are overwhelming: fail this mission, and lose the war... Blending Cold War espionage suspense with high-altitude aerial action, Firefox is the original and greatest techno-thriller, from million-copy bestselling author Craig Thomas. Perfect for fans of Tom Clancy and Robert Ludlum. Praise for Firefox 'Firefox is as tense and exciting as they come' TLS 'Writes far better than Ludlum' Washington Post

All 24 episodes from the fifth season of the American romantic comedy series following young architect Ted Mosby (Josh Radnor) as he searches for love in New York City. Told through a series of flashbacks, the show is narrated by an older, off-screen Ted (Bob Saget), who regales his children with tales of his single days with his best friends, the highs and lows of dating - and how he ultimately 'met their mother'. Episodes are: 'Definitions', 'Double Date', 'Robin 101', 'The Sexless Innkeeper', 'Duel Citizenship', 'Bagpipes', 'The Rough Patch', 'The Playbook', 'Slapsgiving 2: Revenge of the Slap', 'The Window', 'Last Cigarette Ever', 'Girls vs. Suits', 'Jenkins', 'Perfect Week', 'Rabbit Or Duck', 'Hooked', 'Of Course', 'Say Cheese', 'Zoo Or False', 'Home Wreckers', 'Twin Beds', 'Robots vs. Wrestlers', 'The Wedding Bride' and 'Doppelgangers'.

There is no time like the present. Is it also true that there is no time but the present? According to presentism, the present time is special in the most fundamental sense because all of reality is included in it. What is past is no longer; what is future is yet to be. This philosophy of time, with roots as far back as Saint Augustine and beyond, is the focus of vigorous and widespread discussion in contemporary philosophy. Presentism: Essential Readings brings together for the first time the seminal works by both presentists and their opponents. Works by Augustine, McTaggart, Prior, Craig and others, address a wide array of issues concerning presentism. How can time pass if everything is present? Is there no future to come to the present; nor a past to receive the present? How can there be truths about the past? Generally a statement is true because of events in reality. But if presentism is correct, then the past would seem to lack a basis in reality. If only the present is real, how can things last? To persist seems to require that something exist at more than one time, but presentism holds that there is only one time: the present. The collected essays on presentism address these and other aspects of the debate a debate that is just beginning. With explanatory introductions written by the editors, Presentism: Essential Essays will fascinate and stretch the minds of both scholars and novices alike.

Firefox is down and on thin ice...The unputdownable thriller from a modern masterBadly damaged and rapidly losing fuel after a brutal dogfight, stolen Cold War super-plane Firefox is forced to land on a frozen lake twenty miles from the Norwegian frontier. When the ice breaks, pilot Mitchell Gant has no choice but to abandon the aircraft and run for his life. As NATO races against the Soviets to recover Firefox from its icy tomb, Gant is hunted across Russia by the KGB. With international tension between East and West mounting, Gant must evade capture and get Firefox back into the sky before it's too late... Strap in for the ride of your life. The extraordinary sequel to the bestselling techno-thriller Firefox, perfect for fans of Tom Clancy and Robert Ludlum.

All 208 episodes of the American comedy following young architect Ted Mosby (Josh Radnor) as he searches for love in New York City. Season 1 episodes are: 'Pilot', 'Purple Giraffe', 'Sweet Taste of Liberty', 'Return of the Shirt', 'Okay Awesome', 'Slutty Pumpkin', 'Matchmaker', 'The Duel', 'Belly Full of Turkey', 'The Pineapple Incident', 'The Limo', 'The Wedding', 'Drumroll, Please', ' Zip, Zip, Zip', 'Game Night', 'Cupcake', 'Life Among the Gorillas', 'Nothing Good Happens After 2 A.M.', 'Mary the Paralegal', 'Best Prom Ever', 'Milk' and 'Come On'. Season 2 episodes are: 'Where Were We?', 'The Scorpion and the Toad', 'Brunch', 'Ted Mosby, Architect', 'World's Greatest Couple', 'Aldrin Justice', 'Swarley', 'Atlantic City', 'Slap Bet', 'Single Stamina', 'How Lily Stole Christmas', 'First Time in New York', 'Columns', 'Monday Night Football', 'Lucky Penny', 'Stuff', 'Arrivederci, Fiero', 'Moving Day', 'Bachelor Party', 'Showdown', 'Something Borrowed' and 'Something Blue'. Season 3 episodes are: 'Wait for It', 'We're Not from Here', 'Third Wheel', 'Little Boys', 'How I Met Everyone Else', 'I'm Not That Guy', 'Dowisetrepla', 'Spoiler Alert', 'Slapsgiving', 'The Yips', 'The Platinum Rule', 'No Tomorrow', 'Ten Sessions', 'The Bracket', 'The Chain of Screaming', 'Sandcastles in the Sand', 'The Goat', 'Rebound Bro', 'Everything Must Go' and 'Miracles'. Season 4 episodes are: 'Do I Know You?', 'The Best Burger in New York', 'I Heart NJ', 'Intervention', 'Shelter Island', 'Happily Ever After', 'Not a Father's Day', 'Woooo!', 'The Naked Man', 'The Fight', 'Little Minnesota', 'Benefits', 'Three Days of Snow', 'The Possimpible', 'The Stinsons', 'Sorry, Bro', 'The Front Porch', 'Old King Clancy', 'Murtaugh', 'Mosbius Designs', 'The Three Days Rule', 'Right Place Right Time', 'As Fast As She Can' and 'The Leap'. Season 5 episodes are: 'Definitions', 'Double Date', 'Robin 101', 'The Sexless Innkeeper', 'Duel Citizenship', 'Bagpipes', 'The Rough Patch', 'The Playbook', 'Slapsgiving 2 - Revenge of the Slap', 'The Window', 'Last Cigarette Ever', 'Girls Vs. Suits', 'Jenkins', 'Perfect Week', 'Rabbit Or Duck', 'Hooked', 'Of Course', 'Say Cheese', 'Zoo Or False', 'Home Wreckers', 'Twin Beds', 'Robots Vs. Wrestlers', 'The Wedding Bride' and 'Doppelgangers'. Season 6 episodes are: 'Big Days', 'Cleaning House', 'Unfinished', 'Subway Wars', 'Architect of Destruction', 'Baby Talk', 'Canning Randy', 'Natural History', 'Glitter', 'Blitzgiving', 'The Mermaid Theory', 'False Positive', 'Bad News', 'Last Words', 'Oh Honey', 'Desperation Day', 'Garbage Island', 'A Change of Heart', 'Legendaddy', 'The Exploding Meatball Sub', 'Hopeless', 'The Perfect Cocktail', 'Landmarks' and 'Challenge Accepted'. Season 7 episodes are: 'The Best Man', 'The Naked Truth', 'Ducky Tie', 'The Stinson Missile Crisis', 'Field Trip', 'Mystery Vs. History', 'Noretta', 'The Slutty Pumpkin Returns', 'Disaster Averted', 'Tick Tick Tick', 'The Rebound Girl', 'Symphony of Illumination', 'Tailgate', '46 Minutes', 'The Burning Beekeeper', 'The Drunk Train', 'No Pressure', 'Karma', 'The Broath', 'Trilogy Time', 'Now We're Even', 'Good Crazy', 'The Magician's Code: Part 1' and 'The Magician's Code: Part 2'. Season 8 episodes are: 'Farhampton', 'The Pre-Nup', 'Nannies', 'Who Wants to Be a Godparent', 'The Autumn of Breakups', 'Splitsville', 'The Stamp Tramp', 'Twelve Horny Women', 'Lobster Crawl', 'The Over-Correction', 'The Final Page', 'Band Or DJ?', 'Ring Up!', 'P.S. I Love You', 'Bad Crazy', 'The Ashtray', 'Weekend at Barney's', 'The Fortress', 'The Time Travelers', 'Romeward Bound', 'The Bro Mitzvah', 'Something Old' and 'Something New'. Season 9 episodes are: 'The Locket', 'Coming Back', 'Last Time in New York', 'The Broken Code', 'The Poker Game', 'Knight Vision', 'No Questions Asked', 'The Lighthouse', 'Platonish', 'Mom and Dad', 'Bedtime Stories', 'The Rehearsal Dinner', 'Bass Player Wanted', 'Slapsgiving 3 - Slappointment in Slapmarra', 'Unpause', 'How Your Mother Met Me', 'Sunrise', 'Rally', 'Vesuvius', 'Daisy', 'Gary Blauman', 'The End of the Aisle', 'Last Forever: Part 1' and 'Last Forever: Part 2'.

Humanity is failing at solving complex socio-ecological problems like global climate change, biodiversity loss and population growth. The existing 'sustainable development' paradigm and its reliance on trade-offs between the three pillars of environment, economics, and equity is not robust enough to maintain global carrying capacity. In this timely intervention, Thomas argues that the holistic and transdisciplinary thinking of four iconic American naturalists - Henry David Thoreau, Aldo Leopold, Rachel Carson, and Edward O. Wilson - can instead help to solve our biggest twenty-first century challenges by synthesizing values from four eras of cultural and environmental history.

Successfully deploy XenDesktop sites for a high performance Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) About This Book * Size the VDI environment so the administrator has breathing room to design and build their XenDesktop systems efficiently * Use desktop virtualization tools to provide users fast, convenient access to their Windows Desktops * Understand the key pinch points in the resource layers such as; the Client layer, Network Layer, Access Layer, Control Layer, Services Layer and Resources Layer Who This Book Is For Citrix XenDesktop High Performance is written for administrators who would like to deploy Citrix XenDesktop in their enterprises with the aim of providing high efficiency. Basic familiarity with Citrix XenDesktop is assumed. What You Will Learn * Understand key concepts, terminology, and system requirements * Discover how components work in regards to virtualization and performance * Identify architectural resource layers and components * Explore the hypervisor virtualization software that runs on top of the hardware and learn how to tune it for maximum performance * Analyze client hardware and software, including thin clients and mobile devices In Detail Citrix XenDesktop is a suite of desktop virtualization tools designed to provide users with fast and convenient access to their Windows desktops and applications through any device. Virtual desktops mean that rather than setting up hundreds or thousands of individual computers in an enterprise, companies can instead opt to create servers with large amounts of memory, disk, and processing resources, and use virtualization to offer these resources to end users. The result of this is that users are provided with an experience that appears to be identical to having an individual desktop PC. Each user has some disk space, processor time, and memory allocated to them, as though it is present on their own physical machine, when in reality, the resources are physically present on a centralized server. This book starts by answering the basic questions you need to ask when considering XenDesktop, followed by methods of how you can properly size your server infrastructure for XenDesktop. You'll discover how to optimize the virtual machines used in XenDesktop, how to optimize your network for XenDesktop, and how to optimize the hypervisor and the cloud. You'll also learn how to monitor XenDesktop to maximize performance. By the end of the book, you will be able to plan, design, build, and deploy high performance XenDesktop Virtualization systems in enterprises. You will also know how to monitor and maintain your systems to ensure smooth operation. Style and approach This book is an all-inclusive guide that uncovers hidden and previously unpublished performance improvement areas for any XenDesktop site.

Eight-part American miniseries about the rise of the New York Mob. Narrated by Ray Liotta, the programme begins in 1905 and chronicles the rise of the modern American Mafia and some of its most notorious gangsters including Charles 'Lucky' Luciano (Rich Graff), Meyer Lansky (Ian Bell), Bugsy Sigel (Jonathan C. Stewart), Vito Genovese (Craig Thomas Rivela) and Frank Costello (Anthony DiCarlo). The episodes are: 'The Education of Lucky Luciano', 'Equal Opportunity Gangster', 'King of New York', 'A Rising Threat', 'Exit Strategy', 'The Mob at War', 'New Frontiers' and 'End Game'.

This volume contains a detailed, precise and clear semantic formalism designed to allow non-programmers such as linguists and literary specialists to represent elements of meaning which they must deal with in their research and teaching. At the same time, by its basis in a functional programming paradigm, it retains sufficient formal precision to support computational implementation. The formalism is designed to represent meaning as found at a variety of levels, including basic semantic units and relations, word meaning, sentence-level phenomena, and text-level meaning. By drawing on fundamental principles of program design, the proposed formalism is both easy to read and modify yet sufficiently powerful to allow for the representation of complex semantic phenomena. In this monograph, the authors introduce the formalism and show its basic structure, apply it to the analysis of the semantics of a variety of linguistic phenomena in both English and French, and use it to represent the semantics of a variety of texts ranging from single sentences, to textual excepts, to a full story.

This is a step by step, taskbased, practical guide to learning and getting your basic XenDesktop 7.x site up and running. It is fast, easy, and makes learning desktop and application virtualization simple. If you are a system administrator, consultant, or beginner who wants to implement and administer Citrix XenDesktop sites, then this book is for you. Familiarity with virtualization of desktops and applications and datacenter concepts will be helpful. The ability to read network diagrams and understand servers, data flow, clients, devices, and the interworking of these pieces will be beneficial.

This debut work from author Craig Turner opens all who read it to his thoughts and opinions. Written when he was a freshman in high school, "Through My Eyes" gives the reader an intimate look into the struggles of change and acceptance in new surroundings as expressed by an adolescent boy. Truly a great piece of literature for poetry fans all over the world, this work will not only give you a chance to walk in another's shoes, but to look "Through My Eyes."

A brief English to Spanish and Spanish to English dictionary for use by beginner Spanish speakers in a high school or college setting. This dictionary eliminates the excessive wording of normal dictionaries and gives you what you need fast!

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