Best Selling Books by Dave Stewart

The Bureau for Paranormal Research and Defense faces its worst tragedy ever as the war against the plague of frogs reaches a devastating new level. Heralded by a bizarre villain from the B.P.R.D.''s past, an ancient monster god marches across the American heartland portending an end to the reign of men, and leaving a permanent mark on the Bureau. Hellboy creator Mike Mignola continues his collaboration with artist Guy Davis and cowriter John Arcudi to unravel a tale that will leave the earth shaken and the B.P.R.D. shattered. This collection includes a sketchbook section chronicling Guy Davis''s creation of the abominations unleashed in The Black Flame. • The B.P.R.D. is changed forever in this story revealing secret names, visions and dreams, a Nazi madman, and the death of a beloved agent. • Written by award-winning Hellboy creator Mike Mignola, who also provides cover art. • Dark Horse has sold over 50,000 copies of Mike Mignola''s B.P.R.D.!

Siamo in America a metà del secolo scorso, in quella che gli appassionati di fumetto chiamano la Silver Age dell’Universo DC. È un periodo in cui gli Stati Uniti vivono di promesse e dura realtà, di aspirazioni e paranoie, di città che si espandono e baraccopoli segregate, di vertiginosi progressi scientifici e latenti conflitti della cosiddetta Guerra Fredda. In questo momento storico pieno di problemi e opportunità, si affaccia una nuova generazione di avventurieri giovani e audaci che accettano coraggiosamente le sfide della Nuova Frontiera per cambiare l’America e il pianeta intero. Quali insidie dovranno affrontare, in un mondo che si muove così velocemente? Dall’immaginazione del pluripremiato Darwyn Cooke (Batman: Ego), uno dei migliori fumettisti canadesi di sempre, arriva un racconto dal sapore retrò che delizierà gli amanti delle storie di spionaggio e di supereroi e che già dalla prima pubblicazione è stato considerato un classico della letteratura disegnata. [VOLUME UNICO. CONTIENE: THE NEW FRONTIER 1-6, JUSTICE LEAGUE: THE NEW FRONTIER SPECIAL 1]

Multicore software development is growing in importance and applicability in many areas of embedded systems from automotive to networking, to wireless base stations. This chapter is a summary of key sections of the recently released Multicore Programming Practices (MPP) from the Multicore Association (MCA). The MPP standardized “best practices” guide is written specifically for engineers and engineering managers of companies considering or implementing a development project involving multicore processors and favoring use of existing multicore technology. There is an important need to better understand how today’s C/C++ code may be written to be “multicore ready”, and this was accomplished under the influence of the MPP working group. The guide will enable you to (a) produce higher-performing software; (b) reduce the bug rate due to multicore software issues; (c) develop portable multicore code which can be targeted at multiple platforms; (d) reduce the multicore programming learning curve and speed up development time; and (e) tie into the current structure and roadmap of the Multicore Association’s API infrastructure.

Follows the efforts of Denny Colt, a private detective who survived death to continue his fight against crime as The Spirit, as he fights Octagon, a network of criminals, and other villains.

Amour, Trahison, honneur et guerre sans merci dans les coulisses du néo-Tokyo de 2063. Tokyo, 2063. La ville a évolué en une gigantesque mégalopole techno-punk. Renjiro est le conseiller et stratège du plus grand criminel japonais : le seigneur de guerre yakuza Hideaki. Sous sa direction, le clan du Dragon Noir a pris le contrôle des quartiers malfamés de Honshu en éliminant avec force et cruauté tous leurs opposants. Mais Hideaki a d’autres ambitions que de régner sur la pègre, il projette de renverser le gouvernement lui-même. Sa soif de pouvoir est telle qu’il imagine pouvoir défaire la junte ultra-nationaliste et surarmée qui protège le pouvoir en place. Rien ne semble pouvoir l’arrêter. Pris entre deux feux, Renjiro va devenir le pion d’une guerre sans merci lorsque Hideaki lui demande de s’infiltrer chez l’ennemi. Entre son honneur de guerrier et la puissance du groupe d’élite militaire, il comprend que sa rédemption va dépendre de sa capacité à jouer double-jeu... Pourra-t-il mettre ses principes de côtés jusqu’au bout et faire émerger le statu quo ? Andy Diggle et Leinil Francis Yu, deux méga-stars de la planète « super-héros », nous plongent dans un univers futuriste riche et inattendu, évoquant le néo-Tokyo de Akira. Un cocktail explosif d’action, de thriller et de SF porté par des héros puissants et charismatiques.