From the back seat of a porn theatre, from the word lovers' asylum, Honest Publishing's second release is the controversial, earth-shattering, mind-smacking The Killing of a Bank Manager. Inspired by John Cassavetes giving away the ending and James Joyce selling his soul to The Benny Hill Show, Kavanagh has deconstructed and reconstruced wordage to blow the contemporary reader's iMind. The Killing of a Bank Manager revolves around Henry, a man on the edge, head over heels in love with beauty, literature and drinking. The moments before, the days that lead up to, the years that have built up to, the green doors and Richard Dadd. The story bubbles with greed, desire and the dangers associated with groups, the journey into and out of consciousness. It's the daily grind meets the daily muse. And Henry loves Laura, the honey in Winnie the Pooh, as well as razors and flights of fancy, quotes and stealing the words of others for his own battered ego. The perfect antidote to beach reading, The Killing of a Bank Manager will tease the hell out of heaven and knock Mr Mainstream's spotless teeth out onto the bathroom floor. You know how it ends. Now find out everything else.

Iceberg is the definitive apocalyptic feel-good novel from Paul Kavanagh, the mind that bludgeoned readers with The Killing of a Bank Manager. Iceberg centres around Don and Phoebe, a na ve yet loveable couple from the north of England who happen to win an iceberg. Read on as Don and Phoebe rush across Europe, Africa and Antarctica in search of their prize. Will Don and Phoebe make it? Where is humanity heading? No, honestly, where is humanity heading with all the technology and celebrities in a world where everything now seems possible but nothing really is? Just a few light-hearted questions that Iceberg doesn't attempt to answer. Part travel book, part black comedy, this three-part tale will amuse and inspire readers to take up arms, against themselves.

In 2004/5, over half of IT professionals will be looking at open source, most for the first time. This book provides key tools for System administrators, Network Administrators, IT project managers, and consultants who must evaluate and deploy open source software.
This book details open source successes so far, explains which scenarios are the most realistic opportunities now, then gives the details needed to select these solutions, adopt the best tools and practices, introduce them to an organization, implement and manage them. The IT professional can use this book to review opportunities in their organization, evaluate components such as Apache, Linux, and OpenOffice against systems they know, and follow up in detail on their specific interests here and through referred resources.
*Deployment scenarios categorized by function and industry
*Rules of thumb on where and when open source software is or is not the right choice
*Roadmaps for deployment in terms of the components of open source