Author: Javier Tusell
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Keywords: spain, history, present, democracy, dictatorship
Number of Pages: 504
Published: 2007-07-17
List price: $104.95
ISBN-10: 0631206159
ISBN-13: 9780631206156

This comprehensive survey of Spain’s history looks at the major political, social, and economic changes that took place from the end of the Civil War to the beginning of the twenty-first century. A thorough introduction to post-Civil War Spain, from its development under Franco and subsequent transition to democracy up to the present day Tusell was a celebrated public figure and historian. During his lifetime he negotiated the return to Spain of Picasso’s Guernica, was elected UCD councillor for Madrid, and became a respected media commentator before his untimely death in 2005 Includes a b

Authors:Richard Quinney, Javier Trevino,  A. Javier Tr
Publisher: Transaction Publisher
Keywords: society, series, law, crime, reality, social
Number of Pages: 339
Published: 2001-03-20
List price: $29.95
ISBN-10: 0765806789
ISBN-13: 9780765806789

Richard Quinney’s The Social Reality of Crime remains an eloquent and important statement on crime, law, and justice. At the time of its appearance in 1970, Quinney’s theory not only liberated the field from a recitation of the practices of the police, courts, and corrections, it also represented a marked departure from traditional analysis which viewed criminal behavior as pathological. Quinney not only advanced criminological thought, he inspired scores of students of crime and criminal justice to reorient their perceptions of the justice system. The Social Reality of Crime swept

Authors:Javier Lopez, Javier Lopez, Jianying Zhou,
Publisher: IOS Press
Keywords: security, cryptology, information, network, sensor, wireless
Number of Pages: 320
Published: 2008-04-15
List price: $140.00
ISBN-10: 1586038133
ISBN-13: 9781586038137

Wireless sensor networks (WSN) are quickly gaining popularity in both military and civilian applications. However, WSN is especially vulnerable against external and internal attacks due to its particular characteristics. It is necessary to provide WSN with basic security mechanisms and protocols that can guarantee a minimal protection to the services and the information flow. This means the hardware layer needs to be protected against node compromise, the communication channels should meet certain security goals (like confidentiality, integrity and authentication), and the protocols and servic

Authors:J. Javier Alvaro, J. Javier Alvaro, Markus Aretz, Fre
Publisher: Geological Society of London
Keywords: special, publication, geological, society, controls, evolutionary, reefs, bioaccumulations, climatic, palaeozoic
Number of Pages: 304
Published: 2007-04-01
List price: $160.00
ISBN-10: 1862392218
ISBN-13: 9781862392212

The geological record contains a fascinating diversity of reefs and shell accumulations. As with many other biosedimentary structures, their facies characterization requires careful observation at outcrop and sample scale, and in thin-section to provide information about the global geometries, fabrics and textures respectively. This collection of papers encompasses the breadth of sedimentary geometries and facies displayed by Palaeozoic reefs, shell accumulations, and transitional composite deposits. The definition of reefs and shell concentrations has given rise to variations in nomenclatur

Author: Javier Garzas
Publisher: IGI Global
Keywords: heuristics, practices, principles, knowledge, oriented, design, object
Number of Pages: 362
Published: 2006-07-27
List price: $94.95
ISBN-10: 1591408962
ISBN-13: 9781591408963

In order to properly understand a field, a researcher has to first understand the accumulated knowledge of that field. Micro-architectural design has accumulated knowledge elements that are clearly defined. These elements, such as design patterns, are properly differentiated and generally understood, but other elements such as heuristics, best practices, and others are just vague concepts. Object-Oriented Design Knowledge: Principles, Heuristics and Best Practices provides a unified and global vision about the lesser-defined areas of micro-architectural design knowledge, exposing the

Author: Javier O. Huerta
Publisher: Arte Publico Pre
Keywords: poemas, otros, clarifications
Number of Pages: 53
Published: 2007-09-30
List price: $10.95
ISBN-10: 1558855009
ISBN-13: 9781558855007

In his poem, Toward a Portrait of the Undocumented, Javier O. Huerta writes, "The economy is a puppeteer / manipulating my feet. / (Who’s in control when you dance?) / Pregnant with illegals, the Camaro / labors up the road; soon I will be born." Sharing similar experiences with the more than 11 million undocumented people who live in United States, Javier O. Huerta struggles with his own sense of loss, caught between his life here and his past in Mexico. "Soy nadiense," he writes in another poem--I am from nowhere. Fluent in English and Spanish, Huerta writes poems in both languages, an

Author: Javier Sierra
Publisher: Atria
Keywords: supper, secret
Number of Pages: 336
Published: 2006-03-21
List price: $25.95
ISBN-10: 0743287649
ISBN-13: 9780743287647

Milan, 1497: Leonardo da Vinci is completing his masterpiece, The Last Supper. Pope Alexander VI is determined to execute him after realizing that the painting contains clues to a baffling -- and blasphemous -- message, which he is determined to decode. The Holy Grail and the Eucharistic Bread are missing, there is no meat on the table and, shockingly, the apostles are portraits of well-known heretics -- none of them depicted with halos. And why has the artist painted himself into the scene with his back turned toward Jesus? The clues to Leonardo’s greatest puzzle are right before your e