Bob Ward Bücher

Focusing on the innovative features of SQL Server 2019, this book explores advancements beyond traditional database administration, including machine learning, big data analytics, and support for Linux and containers. It targets data professionals familiar with SQL Server fundamentals who are eager to enhance their expertise in cutting-edge technologies like Kubernetes, Java, and Azure data virtualization. This resource is designed to elevate skills and adapt to the evolving landscape of modern data platforms.

The book delves into the advanced features and cloud integrations of SQL Server 2022, highlighting its status as the most cloud-connected edition to date. Key topics include the blockchain-based Ledger for secure data tracking, built-in Query Intelligence for performance assurance during upgrades, and innovations like contained availability groups and data virtualization with S3 object storage. Readers will gain insights into leveraging these capabilities to enhance application performance without requiring code changes, ensuring a smooth transition to the new version.

An utterly gripping and twisty psychological thriller for fans of Claire McGowan, K.L. Slater and Andrea Mara 'I could not put it down until I finished the last page!!!' Netgalley reviewer 'A fantastic thriller which will have you racing to the very end' Netgalley reviewer Frances Brookman has just received the phone call every mother dreads. Her daughter Naomi has been in a life-threatening accident. As she races to the hospital, Frances catches sight of a child in another car - a girl screaming for help. It's a split-second thing and looks can be deceptive. Should she follow the car and risk a delay getting to her daughter? Or do nothing and live with the knowledge that she didn't help a child in need? What everyone's saying about The Girl Who Vanished! 'I thought I knew what the outcome was going to be I couldn't have been more wrong. This is an exceptional thriller' 'Original storyline, lots of intrigue, twists, and turns (I could not guess the ending). I devoured this.' 'Twisty and unpredictable this book was gripping and let me on the edge of my seat. I couldn't put it down.' 'A gripping, unputdownable read that I devoured in a single afternoon' 'Totally gripping suspense with lots of twists and turns truly enjoyed totally recommend' 'So many unexpected and explosive twists and stunning cliff hangers kept me glued to these pages. I sped through it unable to put it down'

She should have been safe. But she never came home. 'A gripping thriller . . . Highly recommended' C.S. Green

First published in 1941, Forest Silver is an important work of Lake District fiction, in which E M Ward evokes her environment with pitch-perfect authenticity.

Enter the fascinating world of crime scene investigation. As seen on BBC 2's Forensics: the Real CSI. I WORK WITH THE MURDERED DEAD. My job isn’t like other people’s. I make my way to the scene of a crime, usually an ordinary home or an unexceptional street. I pull on my protective gloves, mask and gather everything I need. I meet the corpse. Maybe she’s on the living room floor, a knife-slash to her neck. Or he might be face down in the gutter, bullet holes piercing the back of his jacket. Perhaps the body is so small, tucked into the corner of a blood-stained crib that I don’t see it at first. However they died, my first encounter with the dead is always the same. As I snap on my latex gloves, I look at their face. ‘I’m going to gather evidence from you,’ I tell them. ‘I’m sorry, I’ll be as gentle as I can.’ And then? Well, then I get to work. Every contact with crime leaves a trace. Every crime has an impact on me, too. This is my life in crime scene investigation.

Příběh muže, který dostal Ameriku do vesmíru, přináší vyváženou studii o otci moderní raketové techniky. Novinář Bob Ward, se zkušenostmi z amerického vesmírného programu, představuje Wernhera von Brauna a jeho raketový tým v Marshallově centru NASA. Ward se opírá o sedmileté pátrání v archivech a více než stovku rozhovorů, aby přinesl nové informace o von Braunovi, jehož život byl spojen s nacistickým režimem, ale i s americkým vesmírným pokrokem. Ward zkoumá von Braunovu roli při konstrukci rakety V-2, kterou Hitler použil k terorizaci Spojenců, a jeho dlouholeté působení ve službách Třetí říše. Dosahuje závěru, že von Braun byl primárně apolitický a členství v nacistické straně přijal pod nátlakem. Také poukazuje na to, že jeho spojení s otrockou pracovní silou při výrobě V-2 bylo okrajové. Kniha zdůrazňuje von Braunův přínos pro Spojené státy po válce, kdy s týmem vyslal první americké satelity, astronauty do vesmíru a sestrojil superraketu Saturn V, která dopravila astronauty na Měsíc. Ward se také věnuje méně slavnému závěru von Braunovy kariéry v NASA a jeho boji s rakovinou.