Susan Mallery, the New York Times bestselling author of Three Sisters, is world renowned for her "insightful, funny, and poignant" stories (Booklist). With her brand-new Mischief Bay series, she brings vivid color to the story of three friends on the brink of a new life. Nicole Lord wants to be a good wife, but there's a difference between being supportive and supporting her husband, who quit his job to write a screenplay she's never seen. He won't even help take care of their son, leaving Nicole to run the house and work full-time. Sacrificing a personal life for her career is how Shannon Rigg became VP at her firm, but she wonders now whether she made the right choice. An exciting new relationship with a great guy convinces her that it might not be too late--until he drops a bombshell that has her questioning whether she really can have it all. Although Pam Eiland adores her husband, she feels restless now that the kids are grown. Finding sexy new ways to surprise him brings the heat and humor back to their marriage, but when unexpected change turns her life upside down, she'll have to redefine herself. Again. Through romance and heartbreak, laughter and tears, the girls of Mischief Bay will discover that life is richer with friends at your side.

Product Description: The design of RF integrated circuits (RFIC) is the most challenging part of modern wireless system design, due to the presence of distortion and noise. To tackle these challenges, RF circuit designers rely on state-of-art automation tools for design and verification...read more

By analyzing the practical sources of competitiveness of more than one hundred small firms in the computer, machinery, building, electrical and electronics, instruments, chemicals and food industries, the book explains the coexistence of large economies of scale and the resurgence of small firms.

Product Description: Microelectronic devices are now mass-produced, can be found everywhere and are bringing about an unprecedented social change by providing the main stimulus to computer technology, robotics and information technology. Most of the relevant information is produced in English and there is thus need for a multi-lingual dictionary in this area...read more

Product Description: Super Soups takes the world's greatest comfort food and shows you how soup can give you better health, more energy and even make you feel sexier. Michael van Straten, author of Super Juice and Super Salads, has created 50 soup recipes designed to give lifestyle benefits such as clear skin, weight loss, and better moods...read more

Product Description: Uses Verilog HDL to illustrate computer architecture and microprocessor design, allowing readers to readily simulate and adjust the operation of each design, and thus build industrially relevant skillsIntroduces the computer principles, computer design, and how to use Verilog HDL (Hardware Description Language) to implement the designProvides the skills for designing processor/arithmetic/cpu chips, including the unique application of Verilog HDL material for CPU (central processing unit) implementationDespite the many books on Verilog and computer architecture and microprocessor design, few, if any, use Verilog as a key tool in helping a student to understand these design techniquesA companion website includes color figures, Verilog HDL codes, extra test benches not found in the book, and PDFs of the figures and simulation waveforms for instructor...read more

Becket is the fiercely compelling drama that transforms a legendary martyr into a living man. It is the story of Becket, the carousing youth who became the archbishop of Canterbury...and of the beloved friend turned enemy who decreed his death, King Henry II of England. It is in play form.

The printed circuit industry has achieved maturity and universal accep­ tance. No known interconnection technology threatens to render it obso­ lete in the foreseeable future. It offers two unique advantages that are important for any assembly technology: quality (reliability) and economy. The mode of component attachment to printed circuit boards, however, is undergoing a radical change. Technical and economic pressures are forcing the industry to convert some or all of its assembly to surface­ mounting techniques. We are moving away from the traditional large through-the-hole connection with its mechanical security. It is being re­ placed by a small surface butt and/or lap joint, sometimes with no added mechanical support to the solder. This change requires a complete reas­ sessment of design, production, and inspection techniques. A major por­ tion of this book is devoted to the changes imposed by surface mounting. This recent development is an extension of the established hybrid (thick­ and thin-film) industry. Yet when it is applied to conventional printed circuits, there are major differences. One must view the printed circuit board as a planar surface designed to provide interconnections between electronic devices. The electronic in­ dustry is using them for mass-production techniques to join discrete, integrated, and special components (leaded and leadless). This book ap­ plies to all board variations including single-sided, double-sided, multi­ layer, and flexible circuits.