Women are killers too and throughout history there have been many, inside is a collection of these notorious killer women

The gritty and thought-provoking poetry and prose of Scott Shaw.

In this book, Scott Shaw, a prolific proponent of modern Zen, details the various aspects of encountering and interacting with life in a conscious manner. He achieves this by detailing and examining everyday experiences and common life encounters which can cause an individual to make either conscious or unconscious decisions. Shaw guides the reader to a place where they may come to understand the true nature of the everyday trials and tribulations of life and come to new realizations about life and enlightenment in the modern world.

In the follow-up book to his best selling text, Zen Filmmaking, prolific Independent Filmmaker Scott Shaw takes the reader behind the scenes of Indie Filmmaking and teaches the secrets of how to make a feature film, documentary, or music video in the most refined and expedient manner possible. He also teaches the reader the tricks of how to make a No to Low-Budget feature film look like it has a High-Budget price tag. Shaw leads the reader through all aspects of filmmaking begining with the screenplay, onto financing, casting, producing, directing, cinematography, and distribution. This book is full of insightful filmmaking techniques normally understood only by the advanced filmmakers. Plus, it presents numerous behind-the-scene stories of what occurs on indie film sets and how to make even the most trying of circumstances work to your advantage.

Marguerite Duras and Charles Bukowski were each dramatically shaped by their early life experiences, established in the environment of a dysfunctional family. From their early negative exposure and emotional indoctrination to life, Duras and Bukowski each developed as individuals who, at a young age, acted out behavior that was in direct conflict with the commonly accepted standard of their individual societal norms. From the moment these authors made the adolescent choices that they did, the rest of their physical and emotional existence was ultimately defined. What was created was a body of literary work that truly came to shape modern erotic literature.

Zen Buddhism: The Pathway to Nirvana provides the reader with a complete overview of the history and evolution of Buddhism -- from the birth and enlightenment of the Buddha onto the modern day. It then provides a complete how-to for all of the various meditation techniques employed by Zen Buddhism. Finally, this book details how the practitioner of Zen may rise to the ultimate plateau of Nirvana. This book is a compelling work by one of the most respected authors in the field.

Scott Shaw takes the reader into the mind of a poet and his lover in a turbulent relationship, destine for disaster, in 1980s West Hollywood, California.

The penetrating and explicit prose of Scott Shaw.

In this deeply personal, prose driven book, Scott Shaw takes the reader through the realms of the lost urban mindset of modern city dwellers lost in their quest for illusion and redemption.

Bangkok and the Nights of Drunken Stupor presents the gritty, street-wise, and thought provoking poetry and prose of Scott Shaw -- composed during his years of living in Bangkok, Thailand.

THE PASSIONATE KISS OF ILLUSION presents the philosophies and experiences of an original visionary, Scott Shaw, Ph.D. Veering between the ascetic and the sensual, this book takes the reader on a mystical journey from the author's home in Hollywood, California to the exotic realms of Asia, as he travels the world experiencing new transient thrills. His claims that nothing is permanent and life holds no absolute meaning bears itself out in the adventures presented in this text. Shaw writes in the emotionally and sexually explicit language of a modern day, street-wise mystic. The stories he tells in this book will educate, excite, titillate, and hold your rapt attention.

Hapkido, "The Way of Coordination and Internal Power," is one of the three major Korean martial arts. Founded in 1963 by Master Choi Young-Sul, it is a complete system of self-defense, encompassing striking, kicking, and grappling techniques. Conceptually, Hapkido techniques more closely parallel those of Aikido than Taekwondo. In fact, as the author describes, there is a parental link between the arts. In Hapkido: Korean Art of Self-Defense, Scott Shaw presents a precise description of the techniques, concepts, and applications of this Korean martial art of self-defense. Profusely illustrated with 220 clear photographs, this instructional hapkido book describes and depicts self-defense techniques against a variety of punches, holds, and kicks. Hapkido has been utilized by military and law enforcement agencies worldwide, but until now little has been written on it. This hapkido guide is one of the few in English to present the essential techniques of this fascinating Korean martial art. Chapters include: The History and Development of Korean Martial Arts The Evolution of Hapkido Danjon: The Center of Ki Hapkido Fundamentals Hapkido Self-Defense Techniques

Dive into the world of SQL on Hadoop and get the most out of your Hive data warehouses. This book is your go-to resource for using Hive: authors Scott Shaw, Ankur Gupta, David Kjerrumgaard, and Andreas Francois Vermeulen take you through learning HiveQL, the SQL-like language specific to Hive, to analyze, export, and massage the data stored across your Hadoop environment. From deploying Hive on your hardware or virtual machine and setting up its initial configuration to learning how Hive interacts with Hadoop, MapReduce, Tez and other big data technologies, Practical Hive gives you a detailed treatment of the software. In addition, this book discusses the value of open source software, Hive performance tuning, and how to leverage semi-structured and unstructured data. What You Will Learn Install and configure Hive for new and existing datasets Perform DDL operations Execute efficient DML operations Use tables, partitions, buckets, and user-defined functions Discover performance tuning tips and Hive best practices Who This Book Is For Developers, companies, and professionals who deal with large amounts of data and could use software that can efficiently manage large volumes of input. It is assumed that readers have the ability to work with SQL.

Pro T-SQL Programmer's Guide is your guide to making the best use of the powerful, Transact-SQL programming language that is built into Microsoft SQL Server's database engine. This edition is updated to cover the new, in-memory features that are part of SQL Server 2014. Discussing new and existing features, the book takes you on an expert guided tour of Transact-SQL functionality. Fully functioning examples and downloadable source code bring technically accurate and engaging treatment of Transact-SQL into your own hands. Step-by-step explanations ensure clarity, and an advocacy of best-practices will steer you down the road to success. Transact-SQL is the language developers and DBAs use to interact with SQL Server. It's used for everything from querying data, to writing stored procedures, to managing the database. Support for in-memory stored procedures running queries against in-memory tables is new in the language and gets coverage in this edition. Also covered are must-know features such as window functions and data paging that help in writing fast-performing database queries. Developers and DBAs alike can benefit from the expressive power of T-SQL, and Pro T-SQL Programmer's Guide is your roadmap to success in applying this increasingly important database language to everyday business and technical tasks. Covers the newly-introduced, in-memory database features Shares the best practices used by experienced professionals Goes deeply into the subject matter an advanced book for the serious reader

Pro T--SQL 2012 Programmer's Guide is every developer's key to making full use of SQL Server 2012's powerful, built--in Transact--SQL language. Discussing new and existing features, the book takes you on an expert guided tour of Transact--SQL functionality. Fully functioning examples and downloadable source code bring technically accurate and engaging treatment of Transact--SQL into your own hands. Step--by--step explanations ensure clarity, and an advocacy of best--practices will steer you down the road to success. Transact--SQL is the language developers and DBAs use to interact with SQL Server. It's used for everything from querying data, to writing stored procedures, to managing the database. New features in T-SQL 2012 include full support for window functions, stored sequences, the ability to throw errors, data paging, and more. All these important new features are covered in this book. Developers and DBAs alike can benefit from the expressive power of Transact-SQL, and Pro T-SQL 2012 Programmer's Guide provides the gateway to success in applying this increasingly important database language to everyday business and technical tasks.What you'll learn * Take full advantage of window functions and other new features in T-SQL 2012 * Move business logic into the database via procedures and functions * Develop using advanced features such as encryption and full-text search * Store and retrieve XML data using XQuery and XPath * Debug and Optimize T-SQL Execution * Build ADO.NET Client Applications Who this book is for Pro T--SQL 2012 Programmer's Guide is written for SQL Server and Transact--SQL developers who want to implement best--practices and take full advantage of all that SQL Server has to offer. NET programmers will find the book helpful in showing how to run .NET code within SQL Server. Database administrators who need to write triggers and the occasional stored procedure will also benefit from the book.

Taekwondo Basics teaches you all the fundamentals of this martial art form in a clear and easy-to-understand manner! This basic introductory survey contains the following vital information: The origins of Taekwondo its philosophy, history, and different skills; How to find a teacher and a class that are right for you; Getting ready for your first class what happens in a Taekwondo class?; The essential elements stances, blocks, hand and arm strikes and kicks; How to complement your Taekwondo training with other conditioning exercises, such as running and biking; Powerful ways to improve your technique through target training, partner training, competitive training, free-sparring, and more; Resources that can help you further develop your Taekwondo training. Whether you're just getting started, or you've already been training for a year or two, Taekwondo Basics offers an easy to read, and yet comprehensive introduction to the sport.

Beginning T-SQL 2012 is the first step toward learning the T-SQL language that underlies Microsoft's SQL Server database engine. T-SQL is essential in writing SQL statements to get data into and out of a database. T-SQL is the foundation for business logic embedded in the database in the form of stored procedures and functions. Beginning T-SQL 2012 starts you on the path to mastering T-SQL, with an emphasis on best practices and sound coding techniques. Beginning T-SQL 2012 begins with an introduction to databases, normalization, and to SQL Server Management Studio. Each subsequent chapter teaches an aspect of T-SQL, building on the skills learned in previous chapters. Exercises in each chapter give readers an opportunity for the hands-on practice that leads to true learning and distinguishes the competent professional.* Imparts best practices for writing T-SQL * Helps you avoid common errors * Shows how to write scalable code for good performance What you'll learn * The fundamentals of relational theory, upon which Transact-SQL is based * How to write accurate queries that are scalable and perform well * How to combine set-based and procedural processing, obtaining the best from both worlds * How to embed business logic in your database through stored procedures and functions * How to simplify your work with new and advanced features, such as common table expressions and virtual tables * How to enhance performance by knowing when to apply features such table value parameters, and when not to Who this book is for Beginning T-SQL 2012 is for developers and database administrators who will be writing database applications against SQL Server databases.