The world's most famous travelling reporter is faced with an ancient Inca curse which is causing its victims to fall into a life-threatening coma. The tomb of Rascar Capac has been unearthed! But one by one the finders fall into a terrifying coma. Can this be the curse of the Inca gods? Tintin must somehow fathom out the meaning behind his only clue: the shattered crystal ball lying beside each of the victims... Join the most iconic character in comics as he embark on an extraordinary adventure spanning historical & political events & thrilling mysteries. Still selling over 100 000 copies every year in the UK & having been adapted for the silver screen by Steven Spielberg & Peter Jackson in 2011 The Adventures of Tintin continue to charm more than 80 years after they first found their way into publication. Since then an estimated 230 million copies have been sold proving that comic books have the same power to entertain children & adults in the 21st century as they did in the early 20th. ...

Redis Neo 4J Couch Mongo HBase Riak & Postgres. With each database youll tackle a real-world data problem that highlights the concepts & features that make it shine. Youll explore the five data models employed by these databases-relational key/value columnar document & graph-and which kinds of problems are best suited to each. Youll learn how Mongo DB & Couch DB-both Java Script powered document oriented datastores-are strikingly different. Learn about the Dynamo heritage at the heart of Riak & Cassandra. Understand Map Reduce & how to use it to solve Big Data problems. Build clusters of servers using scalable services like Amazons Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2). Discover the CAP theorem & its implications for your distributed data. Understand the tradeoffs between consistency & availability & when you can use them to your advantage. Use multiple databases in concert to create a platform thats more than the sum of its parts or find one that meets all your needs at once. Seven Databases in Seven Weeks will give you a broad understanding of the databases their strengths & weaknesses & how to choose the ones that fit your needs. What You Need: To get the most of of this book youll have to follow along & that means youll need a *nix shell (Mac OSX or Linux preferred Windows users will need Cygwin) & Java 6 (or greater) & Ruby 1.8.7 (or greater). Each chapter will list the downloads required for that database. ...

In 1994 Professor Bryan Sykes a leading world authority on DNA & human evolution was called in to examine the frozen remains of a man trapped in glacial ice in northern Italy. News of the discovery of the Ice Man & his age which was put at over five thousand years old fascinated the world. But what made the story particularly extraordinary was that Professor Sykes was also able to track down a living generic relative of the Ice Man a woman living in Britain today. How was he able to locate a living relative of a man who died thousands of years ago? In The Seven Daughters of Eve Bryan Sykes gives us a first hand account of his research into a remarkable gene which passes undiluted from generation to generation through the maternal line & shows how it is being used to track our genetic ancestors through time & space. After plotting thousands of DNA sequences from all over the world he found that they had clustered around a handful of distinct groups. In Europe there are only seven. The conclusion: almost everyone of native European descent wherever they live in the world can trace their ancestry back to one of seven women the Seven Daughters of Eve. He has named them Ursula Xenia Helena Velda Tara Katrine & Jasmine. In this remarkable scientific adventure story we learn exactly how our origins can be traced how & where our ancient genetic ancestors lived what their live were like & how we are each living proof of the almost miraculous strength of our DNA which has survived & prospered over so many thousands of years to reach us today. It is a book that not only presents the story of our evolution in a wholly new light but also strikes right at the heart of ourselves as individuals & of our sense of identity. ...

From London to Beijing to New York art sales are booming & the art world receives the sort of breathless media attention once reserved for celebrities & royals. In Seven Days in the Art World" Sarah Thornton a brilliant young sociologist looks at all aspects of buying selling & creating serious art. Thornton has exceptional access & brings a keen critical eye to her coverage of this glamorous milieu offering the first authoritative account of what is now a multi-billion dollar global marketplace-cum-playground for an ever-expanding number of collectors investors & enthusiasts." ...

We live with the idea of sin every day
- from the greatest transgressions to the tiniest misdemeanours. But surely the concept
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The story of Lance Armstrong
- the cyclist who recovered from testicular cancer & went on to win the Tour de France a record seven
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A healthy young man dies in his sleep despite the ringing of eight separate alarm clocks! Gerry Wade had proved himself to be a champion sleeper; so the other house guests decided to play a practical joke on him. Eight alarm clocks were set to go off one after the other starting at 6.30 a.m. But when morning arrived one clock was missing & the prank had backfired with tragic consequences. For Jimmy Thesiger in particular the words Seven Dials were to take on a new & chilling significance! ...

Humans have put the Earth's resources to extraordinary use. Carbon provides us with heat light & mobility at the flick of a switch. From silver came photography the preservation of memories & a task which for centuries was confined to painters sketchers & our imaginations. Silver in turn was eventually replaced by silicon an element which enables us to communicate & transmit information across the globe in an instant. But our use of the Earth's resources is not always for the benefit of humankind. Our relationship with the elements is one of great ambivalence. Uranium produces both productive nuclear power & destructive atomic bombs; iron is the bloody weapon of war but also the economic tool of peace; our desire for alluring gold is the foundation of global trade but has also led to the death of millions. This book vividly describes how seven key elements have shaped the world around us
- for good & for bad. Seven Elements takes you on an adventure of human passion ingenuity & discovery. This journey is far from over: we continue to find surprising new uses for these seven elements. Discover how titanium pervades modern consumer society; how natural gas is transforming the global energy sector; & how an innovative new form of carbon could be starting a technological revolution. Seven Elements is a unique mix of science history & politics interwoven with the author's extensive personal & professional experience.
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Nick Bradley has coached winners on every Professional Tour. In Seven Laws of the Golf Swing" he distills his many years of experience into a comprehensive & easy-to-follow guide to building a powerful & consistent swing no matter what your level of expertise. Each key area of the perfect swing
- grip set-up leg action swing plane synchonicity release & the role of the mind
- is explained in detail & using superb groundbreaking illustrations. A range of practical exercises also helps to accelerate the learning process & develop a greater awareness of the feelings & sensations associated with a correct swing motion. With an all-new foreword by Justin Rose for this edition " The Seven Laws of the Golf Swing" is the definitive guide from one of golfs most sought-after coaches."

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