David Baldacci has taken a new approach to murder in HOUR GAME. The killer he has created is no run-of-the-mill killer. Quite the contrary. This killer shows an astounding cleverness, exhibiting an ego that mocks the police by making sure the clues he leaves are obvious and in plain sight, while at the same time ensuring that he "plays" by the rules --- warped rules, admittedly, but rules nonetheless.

The small Virginia town of Wrightsburg sees very few murders, and most of those are domestic disputes. So when a body shows up in the woods, the local lawmen get very nervous. Evidence points to foul play immediately, no question. The positioning of the corpse and some gruesome trademarks well known as the MO of a long-ago serial killer leave no doubt about that. Has the Zodiac started up again? Authorities don't think so, since his age would render him incapable of the physical strength required to snuff the life out of the young woman, not to mention muscle the body deep into the woods. A copycat maybe? An equally chilling thought, but it, too, soon proves to be a dead end. Maybe a pair working in tandem?

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Maggie Holloway is unsatisfied with the explanation for her former stepmother's death, and when the residents of a nursing home begin dying suddenly and inexplicably she becomes suspicious. It is only later that she realizes she herself is a target for a twisted killer.

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Talented Erich Krueger seemed like the answer to Jenny's prayers, but after their marriage, she began to notice his obsession with his dead mother, and his possessiveness. Stumbling across old family secrets about a string of deaths, Jenny fears for herself and her children.

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Human Missions to Mars
Enabling Technologies for Exploring the Red Planet
Publisher: Springer 1st Edition
Publication Date: October 2007
ISBN/ASIN: 3540729380
ISBN-13: 978-3540729389
Pages: 542

In Human Missions to Mars Donald Rapp looks at human missions to Mars from
an engineering perspective. He begins by describing the pros and cons of robotic
exploration versus human exploration and then examines the ideas for sending
humans to Mars from the point of view of both the enthusiast and the skeptic.
Chapter 2 describes how space missions are planned and how they may be achieved
as a sequence of separate steps. Chapter 3 deals with the complex issues relating
to the outward journey to Mars and the return leg. The author deals with propulsion
systems and with the analysis of the various trajectories which may be utilized
for such a mission. He divides mission into a number of stages: Earths surface to
low-Earth orbit (LEO); departing from LEO; Mars orbit insertion and landing;
ascent from Mars; trans-Earth injection from Mars orbit and Earth orbit insertion
and landing. Chapter 4 discusses a wide range of elements critical to a human Mars
mission, including life support consumables, radiation effects and shielding,
microgravity effects, abort options and mission safety, possible habitats on the
Martian surface and aero assisted orbit insertion and entry decent and landing.
For any human mission to the Red Planet the possible utilization of any resources
indigenous to Mars would be of great value and such possibilities are discussed
in Chapter 5. The use of indigenous resources on the Moon is described as a
precursor to the availability of similar resources on Mars and issues such as
fuelling Mars-bound craft from lunar resources, the use of lunar ferries, staging,
assembly and refueling in near-Earth space are all discussed. The important
applications arising from the transportation of hydrogen to Mars are also described.
Chapter 6 deals with a range of previous Mars mission studies and the technologies they employed. Chapter 7 looks as how NASA is planning for its return to the Moon,
and the use of the Moon as a stepping stone to Mars. Chapter 8 presents the authors
detailed analysis of why, in his opinion, the current NASA approach will fail to
send humans to Mars before 2080. The book concludes with three appendices describing
the use of solar energy on the Moon and on Mars and the value of
indigenous water on Mars.

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 Author(s) : Simon Harris and James Ross
Publisher : Wrox
Year : Nov 2005
ISBN 10 : 0764596748
ISBN 13 : 9780764596742
Language : English
Pages : 564
File type : PDF
Size : 4.9 MB  (book + source code)

A good understanding of algorithms, and the knowledge of when to apply them, is crucial to producing software that not only works correctly, but also performs efficiently. This is the only book to impart all this essential information-from the basics of algorithms, data structures, and performance characteristics to the specific algorithms used in development and programming tasks.

Packed with detailed explanations and instructive examples, the book begins by offering you some fundamental data structures and then goes on to explain various sorting algorithms. You'll then learn efficient practices for storing and searching by way of hashing, trees, sets, and maps. The authors also share tips on optimization techniques and ways to avoid common performance pitfalls. In the end, you'll be prepared to build the algorithms and data structures most commonly encountered in day-to-day software development.

This book is for anyone who develops applications, or is just beginning to do so, and is looking to understand algorithms and data structures. An understanding of computer programming is beneficial.

TABLE OF CONTENT:
Chapter 01 - Getting Started
Chapter 02 - Iteration and Recursion
Chapter 03 - Lists
Chapter 04 - Queues
Chapter 05 - Stacks
Chapter 06 - Basic Sorting
Chapter 07 - Advanced Sorting
Chapter 08 - Priority Queues
Chapter 09 - Binary Searching and Insertion
Chapter 10 - Binary Search Trees
Chapter 11 - Hashing
Chapter 12 - Sets
Chapter 13 - Maps
Chapter 14 - Ternary Search Trees
Chapter 15 - B-Trees
Chapter 16 - String Searching
Chapter 17 - String Matching
Chapter 18 - Computational Geometry
Chapter 19 - Pragmatic Optimization
Appendix A - Further Reading
Appendix B - Resources
Appendix C - Bibliography
Appendix D - Answers to Exercises


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