Added by: englishcology | Karma: 4552.52 | Fiction literature | 12 December 2008
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The Washington Post called this "a dizzying magic show of a novel, chock-a-block with all the props of Victorian sensation fiction: seances, multiple narrators, a family curse, doubles, a lost notebook, wraiths, and disembodied spirits; a haunted house, awesome mad-doctor machinery, a mausoleum, and ghoulish horrors; a misunderstood scientist, impossible disappearances; the sins of the fathers visited upon their descendants." Winner of the 1996 World Fantasy Award, The Prestige is even better than that, because unlike many Victorians, Priest writes crisp, unencumbered prose. And anyone who's ever thrilled to the arcing electricity in the "It's alive!" scene in Frankenstein will relish the "special effects" by none other than Nikola Tesla.
Why do requirements matter? Experience has shown that insufficient attention is paid to requirements. The price paid for this lack of focus and applied practices is systems that don't meet customer needs; take longer to develop than planned; and cost more than customers are willing to pay.
Are we ready to change? Are you willing to spend some time and effort involved in practical exercises to experience how better requirements should evolve? If yes, commit to digesting the counsel of two experienced practitioners and to changing current practices to ones that will produce better results...
"California Algebra 2" has been developed to help all students achieve a better understanding of mathematics and improve their mathematics scores on assessments. "California Algebra 2" helps all students become better problem solvers with the unique approach to interweaving skills, concepts, and word problems in Get Ready for the Chapter, in Study Guide and Review, and throughout the exercises.
Reading age for native speakers: High School students
"California Algebra 1" has been developed to help all students achieve a better understanding of mathematics and improve their mathematics scores on assessments. "California Algebra 1" helps all students become better problem solvers with the unique approach to interweaving skills, concepts, and word problems in Get Ready for the Chapter, in Study Guide and Review, and throughout the exercises.
Reading age for native speakers: High School students
This book is about doctoral study. The context is a disparate group of countries from around the world and the purpose is to better understand the way in which postgraduate research is organized and delivered. We intended the better understanding to arise from informed descriptions of doctoral processes and procedures in the various countries sampled.
