With stories & anecdotes, the author describes a chequered progression of breakthroughs, haphazard experiments, ignorant attitudes, & surprising developments in human efforts to control pain. He offers a multicultural history that culminates with a discussion of successes, & failures, in the struggle against pain. ...

All 14 episodes plus the Christmas specials of the BBC comedy series. The first series follows publisher Howard Steel (Ben Miller) through the week leading up to his wedding, in which he faces a series of disasters & catastrophes during what should be the happiest period of his life. From trying to stop a colleague with whom he had an affair from ruining his big day, to dealing with his pompous in-laws & his drunken best man, Howard faces an uphill struggle to ensure that the day goes as planned. Episodes are: ' Monday'; ' Tuesday'; ' Wednesday'; ' Thursday'; ' Friday'; ' Saturday'; & ' Sunday'. In Series 2, Howard & Mel (Sarah Alexander) are now married with a baby on the way, but unsurprisingly things are going far from smoothly & Howard is only managing to make the Cook family hate him even more than ever. As in Series 1, episodes are: ' Monday'; ' Tuesday'; ' Wednesday'; ' Thursday'; ' Friday'; ' Saturday'; & ' Sunday'. In the Christmas specials, events at the office party threaten to affect relations with the in-laws, while scuffling with Santa isn't going down very well either. ...

Complete first series of the BBC comedy. In the week leading up to his wedding, publisher Howard Steel (Ben Miller) faces a series of disasters & catastrophes during what should be the happiest period of his life. From trying to stop a colleague with whom he had an affair from ruining his big day, to dealing with his pompous in-laws & his drunken best man, Howard faces an uphill struggle to ensure that the day goes as planned. Episodes are: ' Monday'; ' Tuesday'; ' Wednesday'; ' Thursday'; ' Friday'; ' Saturday'; & ' Sunday'. ...

Complete second series of the BBC comedy. Howard (Ben Miller) & Mel (Sarah Alexander) are now married with a baby on the way, but unsurprisingly things are going far from smoothly & Howard is only managing to make the Cook family hate him even more than ever. As in Series 1, episodes are: ' Monday'; ' Tuesday'; ' Wednesday'; ' Thursday'; ' Friday'; ' Saturday'; & ' Sunday'. ...

This book presents the first comprehensive approach integrating WCET considerations into the code generation process. Based on the proposed reconciliation between a compiler & a timing analyzer, a wide range of novel optimization techniques is provided. ...

Identifies the existence of a practice that lies at the core of the western security regime
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Covers the most lavish palaces, the bloodiest coups, & the stupidest declarations. This almanac

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