This unique resource provides professionals and students at all levels with complete, easy-to-understand coverage of the management of complex technical projects through systems engineering. Written for a wide spectrum of readers, from novices to experienced practitioners, the book holds the solution to delivering projects on time and within budget, avoiding the failures and inefficiencies of past efforts. It provides a framework that encapsulates all areas of systems engineering, clearly showing where the multitude of systems engineering activities fit within the overall effort. The book...

Dealing with the subject of childhood molestation and sexual addiction, the author recounts the sex he has had with the family pet, a male teacher and other assorted women and men.

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This remarkable book looks at the physical and metaphorical attributes of the human body as a site of contention, politics, and cultural protest. Essayists from the social sciences and the humanities discuss a range of issues, from torture and moral panics to the "AIDS plague" and the homosocial subtexts of George Bush's political speeches. Sometimes written in shocking and graphic language, these essays embrace the notion that there is a viable place in scholarly writing for anger, sadness, joy, despair, grief, and celebration—an infusion of passion. The tradition of emotional involvement...