Describes the everyday lives of adults at work to pre-school children. Young children will be delighted by the tale of Tessa Thompson the teacher as she deals with scraped knees, playground problems & a missing actor on the day of the class play. Jo Litchfield's handmade models & the engaging text bring the primary school environment to life. ...

Tense psychological thriller directed by Oxide Pang, based on the bestselling novel by Alex Garland (' The Beach'). Drug courier Sean (Jonathan Rhys-Meyers) is sweating it out in his room at Bangkok's sleazy run-down Heaven Hotel, watching over a consignment of narcotics awaiting pick-up by a local czar's henchmen. Down the hall, psychologist & recently-bereaved mother Rosa (Saskia Reeves) is interviewing local youngsters as part of her research
- while in the room below Sean's, a mysterious female assassin is slowly dying of wounds sustained during a bungled hit. These three disparate lives are all touched by Wit (Alexander Rendell), a streetwise kid employed by the hotel as a bellboy. Using a labyrinthine, non-linear narrative, the film shows how the destinies of this unlikely quartet collide
- with violent & tragic consequences.

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Renowned philanthropist & billionaire Paul Parnell had reached the pinnacle of monetary success, but not without cost. Had he put too much emphasis on work & spent too little time with his family? Determined to leave something far more valuable than money to his children, Paul instructs his lawyers to create an unusual last will & testament. ...

Follows two TDD projects from start to finish, illustrating techniques programmers can use to increase the quality of their work. The examples are followed by references to the featured TDD patterns & refactorings. This book emphasises on agile methods & fast development strategies. ...

Test Driven Development (TDD) is changing how seasoned software developers create & evolve software systems. Instead of coding first & debugging later, test driven developers get feedback every few minutes, ensuring that their code does what they expect. Many C programmers have viewed this practice as impractical for their challenging work. ...