Product Description: The construction of British Dreadnought warships between 1905 and 1920 was an enormous financial and industrial undertaking which involved all the major ship builders in Great Britain and two Royal Naval Dockyards. The speed at which these warships could be built became a matter of national importance as Britain was inexorably drawn into an accelerating naval race with Germany...read more

Product Description: During the past century, the Royal Navy and its support services at Portsmouth dockyard have experienced a pace of change not seen since the 15th century. This book examines the impact of that change on the ships, buildings, and personnel of the naval base...read more

Explains how to create applications for Windows Services using Visual Basic, discusses the use of the System.ServiceProcess namespace, and demonstrates how to improve scalability.

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Product Description: This is a practical book about how to store, preserve and use plant foods for use in the home. It answers the questions householders ask when they are faced with mouldy, spoiled vegetables, luscious-looking but tasteless fruits, and creepy crawlies in the flour...read more

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