With one or two exceptions, the materials dealt with are all active materials those involved in the processing of signals in a way that depends crucially on some specific property of those materials. The types of signals considered include optical as well as electronic functions, and also chemical s
With one or two exceptions, the materials dealt with are all active materials those involved in the processing of signals in a way that depends crucia...
Electronic materials are a dominant factor in many areas of modern technology. The need to understand'them is paramount; this book addresses that need. The main aim of this volume is to provide a broad unified view of electronic materials, including key aspects of their science and technology and also, in many cases, their commercial implications. It was considered important that much of the contents of such an overview should be intelligible by a broad audience of graduates and industrial scientists, and relevant to advanced undergraduate studies. It should also be up to date and even...
Electronic materials are a dominant factor in many areas of modern technology. The need to understand'them is paramount; this book addresses that need...
Arturo Marone called his pear brandy the Elixir. His family calls it the Nectar of the Gods. Doc thinks they might be right.
A former serviceman, Doc's been at loose ends since his forced exit from a savage military career. His promising university professorship is terminated when it's discovered he fabricated a portion of his resume. Since then he's been wandering, picking up jobs where he can.
While working as a carpenter in Houston, Doc is invited to the Texas Hill Country home of Maggie Marone. There he meets Maggie's family and samples Arturo's pear brandy for the first time....
Arturo Marone called his pear brandy the Elixir. His family calls it the Nectar of the Gods. Doc thinks they might be right.
Max and his wife arrive at her childhood home in the Pocono Mountains of Pennsylvania looking for a fresh start. But Max's wife quickly leaves him for her former lover. Max is okay with her choice, but his love of women, specifically for a beautiful co-worker, get him into immediate trouble. And this time, there's no turning back.
Max tries to rebuild his life, win Laurie's love, and do his job as Director of Construction. But when his boss, sleazy lawyer Joe Harrison, sets his sights on a multimillion-dollar contract, Max discovers the truth about the money's dubious origins. It's too...
Max and his wife arrive at her childhood home in the Pocono Mountains of Pennsylvania looking for a fresh start. But Max's wife quickly leaves him ...
After sixteen months on the inside, Max Dietrich and his lover, Sargent Jessie Dolorosa, have returned to The Promised Land-Texas, far from the Giordano Crime Family who engineered his imprisonment in Pennsylvania.
Max is a home builder and Jessie a detective lieutenant and Deputy Sherriff. They're married and have a son and have settled into the good life in the Hill Country. Until a gang of meth-cooking bikers ruins everything.
When Max and Jessie's reconnaissance of the biker's compound blows up, two cops are dead, Jessie's wounded and Max must explain how a civilian shot and...
After sixteen months on the inside, Max Dietrich and his lover, Sargent Jessie Dolorosa, have returned to The Promised Land-Texas, far from the Gio...
