Richard Hamilton

Managing Writers is a practical guide to managing documentation projects in the real world. It is informal, but concise, using examples from the author's experience working with and managing technical writers. It looks beyond big project, big team methodologies to the issues faced by smaller, less well-funded projects. Managing Writers is for technical writers, both freelancers and employees, documentation managers, and managers in other disciplines...

Richard Hamilton provides an in-depth critique of the writings of Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels on Britain, France, and Germany. Hamilton contends that the validity of their principal historical claims has been assumed more often than investigated, and he reviews the logic of their historical arguments, citing relevant sources that challenge many of the assertions they used to build their theory of inexorable historical change. Although Marx emphasized...

When their teacher gets stuck in the jungle gym, the kindergarten students decide to take over the classroom and do exactly what they want--at least for a while.

At bedtime, a little girl and her father play a game in which each imagines what it would be like to be the other for a day.

While staying at his grandmother's home, Jack finds a hole into the eighteenth century when a band of highwaymen tumble into his bedroom.

Explores the relationship between the cuisine of elBulli and the world of art, from the starting point of Ferran Adria's participation in Documenta 12. Compiles debates, texts and round tables between artists, chefs, gallerists and curators - including: Adrian Searle, Heston Blumenthal, Anya Gallaccio, Peter Kubelka, Antoni Miralda, Carsten Höller, Massimiliano Gioni, Massimo de Carlo, Jerry Saltz, Bill Buford, Davide Paolini and Bice Curiger--slip...

"Reunite with your favorite high fliers, Hiccup and Toothless, in this brand-new adventure! As the new chier, Hiccup must bring order to his village after the recent attack by Drago Bludvist and his Bewilderbeast. Another opportunity to prove himself comes when the earthquake-plagued island of Nepenthe calls for assistance. But once on the island, it becomes clear the tremors are just a part of the problem! From the minds of Dean DeBlois (writer and...

"When fifteen-year-old teenager Jim Lake stumbled upon a magical amulet that gave him a powerful suit of armor and the title of Trollhunter--defender of the good trolls. In one training session, Jim's troll companion, Blinky, must detail the battles of Kanjigar the Courageous--his struggles, triumphs, and failures in leading the safety of Troll Market!"--