Second edition of the best-selling Practical SQL. An approachable guide to programming in SQL (Structured Query Language) that will teach even beginning programmers how to build powerful databases and analyze data to find meaningful information.

Practical SQL is an approachable and fast-paced guide to SQL (Structured Query Language) written by longtime professional journalist Anthony DeBarros. SQL is the primary tool that programmers, web developers, researchers, journalists, and oth...

Improvisation plays a key role in the toolbox of the music therapist. This guide will prove indispensable to students/teachers/therapists/musicians as a book of musical techniques and therapeutic methods. Notated examples allow readers to try out techniques as they read, with audio examples on the accompanying downloadable content.

This new textbook, Hospitality Revenue Management: Concepts and Practices, provides a comprehensive, in-depth introduction to the basic concepts and best practices of hospitality revenue management. With a real-world, hands-on approach, the book places students in the role of a revenue manager striving to succeed in an ever-changing hospitality business environment. The book takes a unique multi-author, collaborative approach, with chapters from outstanding industry leaders who share their ex...

Shortlisted for the Financial Times & McKinsey Business Book of the Year Award

Financial Times and Economist Book of the Year

Meet the billionaire traders who supply the world with oil, metal and food.

You've probably never heard of them.

They wield unimaginable political and economic power.

And, like it or not, you're one of their customers.

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'Shows how much money and global influence is concentrated in the hands of a tiny group . . . Remarkable . . . As the authors roam from oilfield to w...

The first monograph from LAYER, one of the world's most sought-after design studios, and its founder Benjamin Hubert, providing a candid and insightful account of how to make it in the highly competitive design industry

The ultimate collection of the most innovative, beautiful, and influential products ever designed - now fully up to date

The most comprehensive guide ever published on preparing, eating, and enjoying gluten-free recipes from around the world

With 350 naturally gluten-free recipes drawing from food cultures around the globe, The Gluten-Free Cookbook brings home healthy cooking to a global audience that is growing exponentially every day. This gorgeous book spotlights everyday dishes from more than 80 countries - showcasing the diversity of recipes that are deliciously gluten-free by design, rather than being rel...

Inspiration for stunning planting for your garden throughout the year - from Anna Pavord, one of today's most inspiring and much-loved garden writers, the author of global bestseller The Tulip

A stunning visual biography of the life of Walter Gropius, founder of the Bauhaus, and one of the world's most influential architects

An essential guide to vibrant, vegetarian Mexican home cooking, including naturally vegan, gluten-free, and dairy-free dishes