Small in scale, low in price, but large in impact, these books present and disseminate new and innovative theories. The modest format of the books in the Pamphlet Architecture Series belies the importance and magnitude of the ideas within.

    Computer criminals can hack into mobile phones to intercept data; spread viruses, worms, and mobile Trojans; steal identities; and much more. How can you defend yourself against these attacks? Simple-educate yourself with Hacking Mobile Phones, which The Hindu calls the first book on the subject aimed at educating users against mobile phone-related security loopholes, vulnerabilities, and attacks. The New Indian Express declares Fadia's book an excellent guide for all mobile phone users.Deriving data from actual research experiments, code analysis, and case and consumer studies, this book will open your eyes to security threats, secrets, and loopholes that until now went unnoticed.

    

    

    It also contains the easy to follow instructions on how to analyze and compute the structural design of critical building parts such as: reinforced concrete slabs, beams, columns and footings. There are also simple designs and floor plans for a variety of building types to be found in this book.BUILDING DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION should be of interest to architects, engineers, contractors, developers and allied professionals who are engaged in building design, planning and construction. Students and graduates reviewing for the board examinations for architects and engineers would find in this book valuable practical knowledge to supplement the theories learned in their classrooms.Project owners studying this book would appreciate and get a clear understanding of how their envisioned pet project, which sprang only from a mere idea - is transformed slowly step-by-step - into concrete form.Explanations and instructions in BUILDING DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION are conveyed in direct and simple language for easy understanding even by the layman. Plans and drawings are clearly presented, to be easily interpreted by construction workers.

    Back to basics guide to improve your knowledge of and practice of photography.Topics include camera and lens types, lighting, exposure, composition and image editing.

    Damos Bennett, has it all. He is married to a successful doctor and his home improvement business is doing well. They have everything, a big house, fancy cars and everything else anyone could wish for. But that's only on the outside looking in. Behind closed doors their marriage is a nightmare and Damos isn't the prince charming she wished for.        Kwenya Smithson, is a twenty-eight year old successful bakery owner who owns five bakeries. Business is good and he has everything any young black-man could ask for, but what he is missing is love. Kwenya is a perfect catch to the public's eye, but the other life he lives is dangerous. Kwenya is not only the towns favorite baker, but he is also the hustlers favorite king pin. What happens when Kwenya and Ashanta cross paths with their own secrets? Will Kwenya reveal his other life to her and will she tell him about her marriage?      Best friends, Desi and Chasity are the city's most popular strippers. Chasity is having an affair with a married man and Desi wants love from a up and coming young hustler name, Bishop, whose name is starting to ring bells on the streets. Will two women with scheming pasts find the love they are looking for or will it turn their friendship sour as their secrets cross paths?     In this spontaneous, high-class meets hood life drama, everyone is looking for  happiness. Every woman is fighting for what all women want and that's a real man. What man has what it takes to expose them to what's real?    Friendships are being tested, marriages are crumbling and everyone has an agenda. You can't trust nobody, not even the person you are married to.

    We need to move away from the definition of function as utility, she argues, to align it with how function is defined in mathematics, biology or music. Form, on the other hand, should be considered not only in the way buildings are produced, but also how they perform sensorially. Function and form, considered together in architecture, stand in opposition to the dualism which defined our approach to the built environment throughout the twentieth century. This book provides a thought-provoking account of the challenges facing the 21st century built environment, and an enlivened awareness of the wider possibilities of architectural form.

    But what promises to be a few fun-filled weeks house sitting in a millionaire´s paradise soon turns to tragedy as Scott is drawn into a web of mystery, deceit and murder.A fatal accident - What was the eighty-year-old caretaker doing climbing cliffs?A beautiful girl - Is all what it seems with the beautiful blonde from the bar?A secret to kill for - Can Scott uncover the mystery of the lighthouse that his neighbour will kill to protect?

    Each tale discusses an important aspect of childhood and how a child might come to understand it. Young readers will be able to easily relate to the honest and innocent characters, and enjoy the situations those characters find themselves in. The lessons they will learn comprise an important part of growing up.

    In superb graphic detail, with hundreds of plans, illustrations, and diagrams, this comprehensive resource presents and entire library's worth of essential design data for residential development.

    But ambition quickly took wing. The house swelled to 225 rooms and became - until 2012 when it was topped by the home of a billionaire in Mumbai, India – the world’s largest residence ever built for a private citizen. Here’s the story of the house that Vanderbilt built - from the gardens by Frederick Law Olmsted to the John Singer Sargent portraits that adorn its walls.

    This book, covering both the Cambridge IGCSE and O Level courses of the Cambridge syllabuses, draws extensively on real world examples to explore economic concepts, theories and issues. A number of activities, based on examples from qround the world, are designed to facilitate students' easy understanding of the contents. Principles and practices have been explained in simple language and lucid style to enhance the accessibility of the content to students whose first language is not English.

    Until she got a phone call from an unknown number saying they had evidence about her partner's murder. Which makes her return to her hometown Wolverine Harbor. But, the comforting feeling of the familiarity and warmth of her hometown is short-lived when another woman goes missing, her body to be found in the woods a day later. Were the two murders somehow related? Was it just a coincidence?The piece of evidence that is left on her front door, is it taking her in the right direction, or is it meant to throw her off the tracks? The shot that grazed by her head was it only a warning shot or was she plain lucky to have missed it?Read on as Salem Montgomery navigates the rural landscape of Wolverine Harbor chasing the murderer and putting her life at risk. Will she be successful or end up dead like her partner?

    Fall in love with the lakeside small town of Lawford, retired Marine Corps General Harold Hart, his artistic wife Fiona, matchmaking housekeeper Lucy, and his nine single granddaughters. Did we say single? Well not for long!This collection includes books 1-3 of the Hart Land series.Heather – Boston cardiac surgeon Heather Preston has invested everything to achieve her dream of working at a world renowned hospital. When an unsettling call from her grandfather the retired general brings her back to her childhood lakeside home, she rediscovers the appeal of life in a small town, the joys of free-spirited youth—and Jake Harper.Lily - Another matchmaking fiasco behind her, Lily Nelson has sworn off men. Which is just fine since her lifelong dream of owning her own bakery is almost within reach…maybe. Now more than ever, she needs all her wits about her to balance her noisy, no-boundaries friends and family, and look after a handsome firefighter. Not that Cole McIntyre isn’t easy on the eyes, he just might be too easy on her heart.Violet – Unable to work in her flooded Boston studio, yoga instructor Violet Preston retreats to her family’s peaceful lakeside home. While the looming sale of her affordable apartment building might be threatening her Zen, her real battle comes in the form of Grant Whitaker, a well-dressed, smooth-talking, Lamborghini-driving charmer with unexpected plans of his own.Look for more books in the Hart Land series:IrisHyacinthRoseand more!MORE PRAISE FOR HART LAND:"Small town, big family, and mismatches that will steal your heart! Delightful!" Roxanne St. Claire, New York Times bestselling author of the Dogfather Series.