Product Description: The Little Book of Verse represents a collection of 52 verses, one for every week of the year, that span around thirty years in the life of the author. They have been inspired by a number of themes, often connected with the natural world in one way or another, although they also reflect the human condition...read more

Product Description: This practically-focused text presents a hands-on guide to making biometric technology work in real-life scenarios. Extensively revised and updated, this new edition takes a fresh look at what it takes to integrate biometrics into wider applications...read more

Product Description: Britain in Camera, The Moors, is part of an exclusive series of books which celebrates Britain’s natural landscapes and associated geology with a collection of beautiful photographs and anecdotal text. This edition provides an overview of the English moors which have inspired artists, writers and poets for hundreds of years...read more

Product Description: This book is part of a short series which celebrates Britain’s natural landscapes and associated geology. This edition provides an overview of Wales, to the west of England, an area full of diverse landscapes with mountains, valleys, rivers, hills, lakes and an interesting coastline which features some equally interesting geology...read more

Product Description: This book is part of a short series which celebrates Britain’s natural landscapes and geology. This edition provides an overview of the Lake District, in the north west of England, an area which, with its hills, lakes and rivers, has inspired generations of artists, poets and writers...read more

Product Description: Life - All Our Yesterdays and Tomorrows, is a literary project of unusual scope. It may best be considered as a philosophical work, although even that categorisation does not adequately describe the enormous breadth of coverage of this work...read more

Product Description: This book considers biometric technology in a broad light, integrating the concept seamlessly into mainstream IT, while discussing the cultural attitudes and the societal impact of identity management. Features: summarizes the material covered at the beginning of every chapter, and provides chapter-ending review questions and discussion points; reviews identity verification in nature, and early historical interest in anatomical measurement; provides an overview of biometric technology, presents a focus on biometric systems and true systems integration, examines the concept of identity management, and predicts future trends; investigates performance issues in biometric systems, the management and security of biometric data, and the impact of mobile devices on biometrics technology; explains the equivalence of performance across operational nodes, introducing the APEX system; considers the legal, political and societal factors of biometric technology, in addition to user psychology and other human factors...read more

Product Description: The Evolutionary Conservation concept introduces a new way of practising collaborative conservation on an unprecedented scale, ensuring that the complex web of interactions and dependencies between natural habitats, species and overall environments are properly understood...read more

Product Description: This book takes a fresh look at biometrics and identity management, extending the dialogue beyond technical considerations, and exploring some of the broader societal and philosophical aspects surrounding the use of biometric applications...read more

Product Description: The Homesteaders is a trilogy of works which, together, tell a wonderful, heart warming tale of courage, endurance and hope among the late nineteenth century immigrants to Saskatchewan who, with their diverse backgrounds, came together to transform the wild prairie lands into the wheat bowl of Canada and, in so doing, laid the foundations for the future of the province...read more

Product Description: In the Shadow of Inspiration is a unique book that draws together many strands in order to embrace concepts such as conservation, natural history, social history, and a celebration of Canadian National Parks. In so doing, it revisits the story of Archie "Grey Owl" Belaney and his essential message, and considers the early settlement of these lands...read more

Product Description: The book discusses the geological and natural history of Britain through the early geological formation of the British Isles, the variety of ground rock and how it has formed in different areas, and how early settlers may have lived...read more

Product Description: BANTAM is the first modeling language specifically designed for applications in Biometrics and Token Technology. It represents a significant step forward for the design and implementation of biometric and related technology applications in that:- it is very simple to learn and use;- it offers a consistent system of documentation and a clarity of presentation which make the accurate description of user requirements much easier;- it provides a complete methodology for managing the project from original business case, through procurement and implementation, to subsequent training and support...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: Biometric identity verification (BIV) offers a radical alternative to passports, PIN numbers, ID cards and driving licences. It uses physiological or behavioural characteristics such as fingerprints, hand geometry, and retinas to check a person's identity...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)