Broad and up-to-date coverage of the principles and practice in the fast moving area of Distributed Systems. Distributed Systems provides students of computer science and engineering with the skills they will need to design and maintain software for distributed applications. It will also be invaluable to software engineers and systems designers wishing to understand new and future developments in the field. From mobile phones to the Internet, our lives depend increasingly on distributed systems linking computers and other devices together in a seamless and transparent way. The fifth edition of this best-selling text continues to provide a comprehensive source of material on the principles and practice of distributed computer systems and the exciting new developments based on them, using a wealth of modern case studies to illustrate their design and development. The depth of coverage will enable students to evaluate existing distributed systems and design new ones.

Wendy Toye directs this thriller starring John Justin as Philip Chance, a successful writer. Philip's publisher Maurice (Raymond Huntley) calls Philip back from the south of France with an invitation to write a biography of a young pilot, Martin Teckman (Michael Medwin), who was killed during a test flight in a new warplane, the Walters-Armitage F109. As Chance delves into the life of Teckman and the crash, he struggles to make sense of contradictory information. When friends and colleagues of Teckman start disappearing, Chance realises how murky the case is and begins to question the circumstances of Teckman's death.

Junior doctor Simon Sparrow (Dirk Bogarde) gains a position at St Swithin's Hospital in London and ends up sharing 'digs' with a bunch of slightly older young medics, all of whom have failed the previous year on account of their inability to keep to the curriculum. Sparrow tries to find a balance between the antics of his new peers and the ever-terrifying Sir Lancelot Spratt, chief surgeon at St Swithin's and a man on the lookout for miscreant doctors wherever they may be. Menaced by the advances of his landlady's daughter, and feelings for one of the nurses, will Sparrow be able to qualify?