There are many books on object-oriented programming for the professional programmer or designer who wants an in-depth knowledge. This is the first book for people that simply want to know what it is all about. It opens with a description of the differences between the procedural and object-oriented programming approaches. Then presents the basic concepts of object-oriented programming.

Concepts of Object-Oriented Programming (Programming Languages)

Computers & Technology

Smith, David N.

Programming

McGraw-Hill/Osborne Media

Splendid tongue-in-cheek adventure/melodrama in the Beat the Devil tradition. Centerpiece of the plot is the never-translated manuscript (in an extinct Arabian dialect) of Leo Africanus, a revered Moorish explorer whose conversion to Christianity is a matter of intense concern to Moslems, Christians, and Jews in Africa and may sway the faith of today's millions on the continent. Did Leo die a true Christian or was he secretly still a Moslem? And does his manuscript report on a thriving Jewish empire in mid-Africa in the sixteenth century? A hot property--but the famed manuscript has been stolen from a Nigerian museum and is being sneaked out of the country. To get it back, Mutawali Muntaka, chief judge of Kano and Senior Advisor on Islamic Law to the military government, enlists the aid (through an elaborate ruse) of his old friend Jim Stevens, a resourceful former N.Y. district attorney, now a businessman ""of no religious alliance."" And Muntaka--sly, toothless, forever serenely misattributing quotations from great Western writers--takes the resistant Stevens with him on a freakish trek through the desert into Niger toward Marrakech, the big international market for stolen art works. On the way, and fin Marrakech itself, they are constantly beset by a wonderful assortment of religiously-motivated heavies whose masterfully deceptive dialogue often seems straight from the lips of Greenstreet and Lorre. And so it goes. . . . Giddily convoluted plot, elegant chat, a leading lady who's a Catholic nun--a very special oasis in the desert of dumb Third World melodramas.

The Leo conversion

Literature & Fiction

United States

Dodd, Mead

Timbuktu

This detailed reference book, produced in cooperation with IBM, provides encyclopedic coverage of the Smalltalk language as found in IBM's Smalltalk and VisualAge products, while also providing an introduction to Object-Oriented programming. Although a programming background is assumed, no prior knowledge of Smalltalk or Object-Oriented concepts is needed. Numerous examples guide readers through the concepts and methods of "IBM Smalltalk, " moving from short expressions, to code fragments, to full programs.

IBM Smalltalk: The Language (The Benjamin/Cummings Series in Object-Oriented Software Engineering)

Addison-Wesley Professional

Animal Farm, steeped in scathing commentary about communism and the Russian Revolution, as well as 1984, a ferocious parody of the totalitarian state, are masterpieces of literature and social thought. This insightful book shows that contrary to popular opinion, author George Orwell was actually a passionate socialist. It recounts events that influenced his work, including his experiences as a left-wing journalist and soldier in the Spanish Civil War.

Orwell for Beginners

SMITH, DAVID

Writers & Readers

J. Curley

Bibliography of Samuel Johnson

Politics & Social Sciences

Courtney, William P.

Social Sciences

Oak Knoll Pr

This photographic guide will assist scientists working with archaeological plant or insect remains in the identification of calcium-phosphate replaced biological remains. Diagnostic criteria and images are presented for the most commonly occurring taxa found as mineralised remains in cesspits, drains and middens, dating from the prehistoric to post-medieval periods . Phosphatic mineralisation primarily preserves soft tissues and often results in the loss of diagnostic features typically seen in other types of preservation, particularly of the thickened, protective outer layers (pericarps and seed coats) of fruits and seeds. For insect remains this type of preservation primarily favours fly (Diptera) pupae and puparia. High quality photographic images are presented, for the most part using mineralised archaeological material. High magnification images of specific structures and cell layers (magnifications of up to x160) are included where appropriate. Variations of potential preservation are illustrated where possible. Identification criteria for each taxon is highlighted, along with examples of archaeological sites which yielded mineralised material, information on modern ecology and interpretative value of each taxon.

Mineralised Plant and Invertebrate Remains: A guide to the identification of calcium phosphate replaced remains (Historic England Guidance)

Carruthers, Wendy J.

Archaeology

Historic England

The fourteen papers in this volume focus on the environmental archaeology of Britain, uncovering a rich seam of evidence from what might, to the uninitiated, seem like the most unlikely places. They are centred on issues looked at by Susan Limbrey during her career, and presented in her honour on the occasion of her retirement.Table of ContentsSusan Limbrey - A Tribute (D. Smith, W. Smith and M. B. Brickley) Fertile Ground: Papers in Honour of Susan Limbrey - An Introduction (D. Smith, W. Smith and M. B. Brickley) Ten Years on from Whither Environmental Archaeology?: The Current State of Environmental Archaeology in Britain (M. B. Brickley, W. Smith and D. Smith) New World Dogs: Theory and Practice (D. Brothwell) The Severn-Wye Revisited: Lateglacial-Holocene Floodplain Palaeoenvironments in the Lugg Valley (A. G. Brown, J. Hatton, L. Pearson, R. Roseff and R. Jackson) Wondering about Worms: Stones, Soil and Stratigraphy (M. G. Canti) Holocene Relative Sea Level Change in the Severn Estuary: Regional and National Perspectives (D. Druce) Changing Fluvial Conditions and Landscapes in the Trent Valley: A Review of Palaeoentomological Evidence (M. Greenwood and D. Smith) Manuring Practices in Antiquity: A Review of the Evidence (E. Guttmann, I. Simpson and D. Davidson) The History of Woodland Management during the 19th and 20th Centuries in the Pindos Mountains, NW Greece (C. Hall) Cultural and Environmental Influences on Late Holocene Landscape Change in the Lesser Antilles: Some Preliminary Observations from Nevis (J. Heathcote) Honeybees (Apis mellifera Linnaeus) from Archaeological Deposits in Britain (H. Kenward) Microstratigraphy and Micromorphology: Contributions to Interpretation of the Neolithic Settlement at Çatalhöyük, Turkey (W. Matthews) Health in Romano-British Urban Communities: Reflections from the Cemeteries (R. Redfern and C. Roberts)

Fertile Ground: Papers in honour of Susan Limbrey (Symposia of the Association for Environmental Archaeology)

History

Smith, Wendy

Brickley, Megan

Ancient Civilizations

Oxbow Books

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