James Chambers verfasst Erzählungen, die sich in die beklemmenden Bereiche von Horror, Kriminalität, Fantasy und Science-Fiction vorwagen. Sein Schreiben zeichnet sich durch eine eindringlich unheimliche Atmosphäre aus, die den Leser in Welten voller Spannung und des Seltsamen zieht. Chambers versteht es meisterhaft, Spannung aufzubauen und die Grenzen der menschlichen Psyche im Angesicht des Unbekannten und Furchterregenden auszuloten. Seine Erzählungen schöpfen oft aus Lovecraft’schen Motiven und bewahren dennoch eine unverwechselbare und denkwürdige Stimme, die seine Werke auszeichnet.
This book is published as a companion to the Thames Television series of the same name produced and directed by Richard Mervyn. Numerous fascinating colour and b/w illustrations, gilt lettering to spine; light creasing to top edge of d/j; nick and score on jacket spine; minor softening to tail of spine; crease on top corner of FEP, text and illustrations clean and tight.
A dramatic series that captures, culture by culture, the information that never makes it into the history books: strange stories, mystic rites, angry gods, vision quests.
This book tells the tragic story of the doomed romance between Charlotte, heir to the English throne, and Leopold, uncle of Queen Victoria and first King of the Belgians.
Asimov explores one of his most popular and bestselling subjects in this full color illustrated novel of the world of robotics. Based on Asimov's seminal work and on his final robot story, this fast-paced, high-tech adventure is invigorated by illustrations that capture the spirit of this fantastic classic.
This book provides a comprehensive guide to building, deploying, and managing cross-platform web applications using ASP.NET Core. You'll gain expertise in Microsoft's open-source technology while integrating MVC, Docker, Azure Web Apps, Visual Studio, C#, JavaScript, and Entity Framework. Following the fictitious development team at Alpine Ski House, you'll experience a four-sprint journey from initial design to deployment and maintenance. The authors, three leading Microsoft MVPs, demonstrate how to build robust cross-platform applications, create immediate builds, and deploy viable products swiftly. You'll learn to leverage Azure for cloud scalability, develop solutions on Linux, and establish consistent environments using Docker. The book covers accessing data with Entity Framework Core, generating HTML views with the Razor view engine, and applying a new configuration system with structured logging. You'll also explore security through identity management, improve testability with dependency injection, and manage JavaScript effectively. Additional topics include using package managers, writing maintainable CSS with SASS, utilizing tag helpers, and testing web applications with xUnit.net and Jasmine. Code samples and complete apps are available for download, enhancing your learning experience.