Most Popular Books by Chris Howard

A dazzling eco-thriller set in a terrifying world with some chilling similarities to our own . . .17-year-old Banyan is a tree builder. Using salvaged scrap metal, he creates forests for rich patrons who seek a reprieve from the desolate landscape. Although Banyan''s never seen a real tree--they were destroyed more than a century ago--his missing father used to tell him stories about the Old World. Everything changes when Banyan meets a mysterious woman with a strange tattoo, a map to the last living trees on earth, and he sets off across a wasteland from which few return. Those who make it past the pirates and poachers can''t escape the locusts . . . the locusts that now feed on human flesh.But Banyan isn''t the only one looking for the trees, and he''s running out of time. Unsure of whom to trust, he''s forced to make an alliance with Alpha, a beautiful, dangerous pirate with an agenda of her own. As they race towards a promised land that might only be a myth, Banyan makes shocking discoveries about his family, his past, and how far people will go to bring back the trees.

An indispensable on-the-ground guide to the financial landscape of the twenty-first century, from venture capital to hedge funds to management consulting. Money Makers illuminates the often-secretive industries of the private sector that drive the modern economy. David Snider and Chris Howard draw on their interviews with top executives—such as Jamie Dimon, CEO of JPMorgan Chase; David Rubenstein, cofounder of the Carlyle Group; and Shona Brown, former SVP of Business Operations at Google—to reveal the histories, mechanics, operations, and challenges of investment banking, venture capital, private equity, hedge funds, management consulting, and the management of Fortune 500 companies. “A fabulous book for understanding entrepreneurship, venture capital and the symbiotic relationship they share. Money Makers takes readers inside these fields with highly relevant, engaging examples and a clear articulation of industry dynamics.” —Reed Hastings, chairman and cofounder of Netflix “An excellent read on the inner workings of business and finance. I was particularly impressed by the lucid discussions of the consulting industry and the role of executives at Fortune 500 companies.” —Stephen Kaufman, Senior Lecturer at the Harvard Business School, former Chairman and CEO of Arrow Electronics, former partner at McKinsey & Company Includes a Foreword by Robert K. Steel, Former Undersecretary of Domestic Finance for the US Treasury

This IBM® Redbooks® publication describes visual development, visualization, adapters, analytics, and accelerators for IBM InfoSphere® Streams (V3), a key component of the IBM Big Data platform. Streams was designed to analyze data in motion, and can perform analysis on incredibly high volumes with high velocity, using a wide variety of analytic functions and data types. The Visual Development environment extends Streams Studio with drag-and-drop development, provides round tripping with existing text editors, and is ideal for rapid prototyping. Adapters facilitate getting data in and out of Streams, and V3 supports WebSphere MQ, Apache Hadoop Distributed File System, and IBM InfoSphere DataStage. Significant analytics include the native Streams Processing Language, SPSS Modeler analytics, Complex Event Processing, TimeSeries Toolkit for machine learning and predictive analytics, Geospatial Toolkit for location-based applications, and Annotation Query Language for natural language processing applications. Accelerators for Social Media Analysis and Telecommunications Event Data Analysis sample programs can be modified to build production level applications. Want to learn how to analyze high volumes of streaming data or implement systems requiring high performance across nodes in a cluster? Then this book is for you.

An album-by-album account of working with iconic artists such as Anthony Kiedis, Michael Stipe, Gord Downie, and Bono, from a leader in the field Mark Howard, a record producer/engineer/mixer and a trailblazer in the industry, will take you through the star-studded world of recording and producing Grammy Award–winning artists. Listen Up! is an essential read for anyone interested in music and its making. Along with the inside stories, each chapter gives recording and producing information and tips with expert understanding of the equipment used in making the world’s most unforgettable records and explanations of the methods used to get the very best sound. Listen Up! is both production guide and exclusive backstage pass into the lives of some of the planet’s most iconic musicians. Writing with his brother Chris Howard, Mark Howard provides a rare glimpse into the normally invisible, almost secretive side of the music story: that of the producer and recording engineer.

From the Icelandic coast of Vík, where a Troll ship waits entombed in stone for the hand of the artist to free it, to a boy who, with the help of his alien friend, learns to create entire worlds, the stories in Pen-Ultimate showcase tales of fantastic visions, alien perceptions, and emerging awareness. This speculative fiction anthology contains eleven stories written by graduates of the Boston area Ultimate SF Writing Workshop. All proceeds from the sale of the book will be donated to the SFWA (Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America) emergency medical fund.

An addictive new drug fuels superhuman strength and speed in this action-packed sci-fi thriller that will have fans of Scott Westerfeld and Marie Lu on the edge of their seats. Only those young enough can survive tetra, a dangerous drug that creates a pulse-pounding rush of enormous strength and incredible speed. Seventeen-year-old Alana West has been trained to use tetra so she can pursue the young criminals who abuse its power—criminals like the one who nearly killed her kid brother. On tetra, Alana is unstoppable—an explosive blur as she surges through New York City. But with the clock ticking down to her eighteenth birthday, Alana will soon be too old for the rush . . . when just one more dose will prove deadly. Supported only by her steady handler, Tucker, Alana goes undercover, infiltrating an elite gang of breaknecks to stop their supply of the drug. But when Alana gets trapped on the wrong side of the law, she learns the breaknecks are not quite what they seem—especially Ethan, the boy who seems to see the truth inside her. With her dependency on tetra increasing, Alana must decide where her loyalties lie, before the rush ends. Forever.

Based on a series of 20 oral history interviews with the men who served in the ''Flower'' class corvettes during the Battle of the Atlantic. Discussions covered recruitment, training and structure of the crews, the pattern of the convoys, and the general conditions on board, highlighting the stress and anxieties experienced by the crew.

The role of the Women''s Royal Naval Service has changed dramatically since its first formation in 1917. Initially recruited to provide support for Naval Officers, the women of the WRNS soon took on work that had previously been considered beyond their capabilities. WRNS in Camera provides a fascinating insight into the evolving nature of the WRNS, how it undertook a variety of roles and responsibilities that cemented the vital role these women played in the Royal Navy, and set the stage of opportunity for future generations. It further shows how their work affected their personal sense of identity and self-esteem and how, having assumed a certain level of authority during their war service, many found it difficult to adjust to civilian life after demobilization. Hardcover - 10-1/4" x 7-3/4" - 192 pages - 150 b/w

The Fires of Righteousness Creatures of the night, be warned. From the lost notebooks of Rudolph Van Richten comes a new entry in the library of the greatest vampire-hunter to ever walk the Realm of Dread. Included herein are tools and techniques that allow the heroes of Ravenloft to take the fight to the next level. From potent spells to arcane artifacts, the secrets within represent some of Ravenloft''s greatest hopes against the legions of darkness. The Flames of Heroism First in a series of Van Richten''s Arsenal handbooks, this book introduces a variety of new weapons against the fiends that populate Ravenloft. Included are rules for alchemy, new spells, magical items, new equipment and even a few prestige classes (such as the alchemist and crusading knight) fully prepared to bring down the forces of evil.

The Internet, Facebook. Twitter, Face Time, Skype and many more social networks have opened the door to our children for access to more lessons about the birds and the bees than we baby boomers ever had during our growing up years! We have to do something about it and it starts at home. How are parents today prepared to protect their children? Can you send them to the mall without adult supervision? NO! Predators don''t have to go to the mall today, but they are there and they are watching your children! They are watching in your own home (check out Skype and Face Time, if you haven''t already). Not only is a mind a terrible thing to waste; virginity is a terrible thing to waste, especially at 10 and 11 years old! Parents, wake up! Educate yourselves and your children about what sex is and what its purpose is. Inside these pages there are statistics and facts and even testimonies that will make you think, stop, look and listen! Listen to your children and guide them in the right direction of abstinence before marriage. Enlightenment is precious and priceless! Read on... Chris Howard grew up as a sheltered (loved) child in a suburb of Richmond, VA. Living in Northern Virginia (outside Washington, DC) has fired up her love for learning and informing others. Her nurturing spirit compels her to protect as many young people as she can from some of the misinformation she learned in her youth. She feels as a mother of 4 adults and 4 grandchildren, she is qualified to do just that."

If I had known my tears were doors for summoning sea demons, I wouldn''t have tried so hard to cry. There are plenty of other things I wouldn''t have done either, but the sea has ways of getting into my head, into my dreams-ways of making me do things, and even worse, making me think I wanted to do them.I grew up about as far from the ocean as anyone can get. Plenty of rivers and lakes nearby, but sadly it''s all freshwater and the sea isn''t even a dream in their courses.I grew up fearing water, not trusting it, uncomfortable with more than five gallons gathered in one place. I mean real fear, like the sound of running water made my knees shake. That''s the work of Matrothy, the Girl''s Department Director.I was four years old the first time she tried to drown me...Kass is a bookish teenager trapped in a mid-west American boarding school, under the reign of the oppressive Girl''s Department Director and the watchful eyes of river witches. She never knew her parents. She doesn''t know where she''s from, or even if she''s entirely human. When she drowns on her birthday, everything about her life and her place in the world changes-a mermaid''s tail is just the beginning. Kass finds out that her parents didn''t abandon her, that there''s more to the Director than the brutish, tyrannical façade, and the boarding school is really her prison. Knowledge is a prize, and knowing her enemies is a start, but will it set her free?

We all face new beginnings at many times in our lives. Be it a changing career, entering or leaving a relationship, emigrating to a new country, retiring, reevaluating life after a brush with death, or rebuilding life after losing everything. So often what some see as a wondrous opportunity can appear to us-in the centre of it all-as nothing but hardship, obstacles and chaos. Yet it is these very situations which offer us wondrous opportunities to create an even more enjoyable, rich, and rewarding life for ourselves, if only we could pick our way through. This is why Keith Blakemore-Noble has brought together sixteen international experts from a wide range of fields to share their experiences, knowledge, and tips for making the best of your own new beginnings, learning from everything they went through with theirs.

Sea Throne is the sequel to Seaborn (Juno Books). Kassandra prepares for war against her grandfather, and is confronted on all sides. Nikasia, the daughter of the king''s war-bard--who claims descent from Circe--seeks revenge for the murder of her father. A group of immortals bands together to take everything away, and Kassandra must take them on while holding her family together. Praise for Seaborn: "From the first page of Seaborn, you are immersed. Chris Howard navigates a wild ride through a brilliantly edgy and richly atmospheric alter-world. Here is a fresh, formidable spin on fantasy, and Howard is a talent to watch out for. Seaborn will leave you spellbound." -Adele Griffin, author of where I want to be "Dark and atmospheric, Seaborn is an imaginative new entry in the world of paranormal fiction." -Liz Maverick, author of Wired, a Publishers Weekly Best Book of 2007 ..".a fresh and entertaining read and I fully expect we will be hearing more from Chris Howard in the future." -SciFiGuy "Fascinating read..." -Romantic Times 4 star review

Fast paced and funny, Chris Howard''s tales of a medical life make great reading. The book starts in the 1960s Liverpool of the Beatles, where Chris, still a wet-behind-the-ears medical student throws himself into university life, politics and sailing. He describes the ups and downs of student life; the exams passed and failed, of learning to examine and treat patients and how to deliver babies. After a decade in Liverpool as student and junior doctor, he moves with his young family to the Far East, to Hong Kong, joining a charismatic surgeon and together, through ups and downs, their practice grows and changes. These are tales of life and death, of love and loyalty. A roller-coaster ride of long hours in maternity hospitals and clinics; of travelling in China and Asia, of sailing the South China Sea. These are stories guaranteed to keep the reader hooked to the end. Illustrated with over 50 contemporary photographs.

Kaffia Lang''s an experienced hacker. She''s cautious, but her inability to turn down any network cracking challenge often leads her and anyone with her into danger. Alex, a geeky skater, new at school, works his way into the mysterious technological world she''s created. He doesn''t know whether he loves her or fears her, but he''s forced to choose when he finds himself caught in a tangle of revenge, and Kaffia''s life hangs on every decision he makes. Nanowhere...is a love story with all the usual elements: rogue soldiers, computer hacking, tyranny, cryptography, hit-men with an affinity for rolled adhesives, rebellious skateboarders, and sentient billion-node self-organizing nanotech ghosts. "Chris Howard has released an...interesting and well-written..sf thriller called Nanowhere along with a bunch of supplementary materials that purports to be the lab notes and publications of one of the book''s characters..." -Cory Doctorow, BoingBoing

All Life began in the ocean. The tides, the salt, the rolling waves are in our souls, and the sea will always have the power to call us home... There''s a world deep under the sea, a kingdom that has endured thousands of years without the modern world knowing it exists. Those who dwell there are thalassogenêis: seaborn. Kassandra is the king''s granddaughter-the one he wishes he had killed when he''d had the chance. She comes from the sea, but she''s spent her whole life in exile on the surface, befriending sea-demons, foiling assassins, and learning to control strange and frightening powers she barely understands. But now she''s ready to declare war on the murderous king... "From the first page of Seaborn, you are immersed. Chris Howard navigates a wild ride through a brilliantly edgy and richly atmospheric alter-world. Here is a fresh, formidable spin on fantasy, and Howard is a talent to watch out for. Seaborn will leave you spellbound."-Adele Griffin, author of where I want to be "Dark and atmospheric, Seaborn is an imaginative new entry in the world of paranormal fiction."-Liz Maverick, author of Wired, a Publishers Weekly Best Book of 2007 "...a fresh and entertaining read and I fully expect we will be hearing more from Chris Howard in the future."-SciFiGuy "Fascinating read..." -Romantic Times 4 star review

A MODERN YA FANTASY Andin Teller can change the world with a pencil and paintbrush. Teller isn''t just his name. It''s what he is-someone who can manipulate memories, reality, and even shift time with the right pencil line, brush stroke, or telling of a story. But there''s a cost with every tale, and he isn''t alone. No longer able to hide from his enemies, Andin is forced to navigate a world he doesn''t understand, taking on family betrayers, assassins, and rivals who have powers greater than his own.

"Banyan was once a tree builder, creating scrap-metal forests for rich clients in a barren burned-out world. Now he''s traded his scaffolds for lookouts, his tools for guns. On a stolen boat, surrounded by a mutinous crew, Banyan has escaped from Promise Island with the last living trees on earth, and he''s desperate to smuggle them to safety. But powerful enemies are in pursuit, seeking to claim the trees for themselves. To reach a safe haven, Banyan will need the help of the pirate girl he loves, Alpha, his broken friend, Crow, and his troubled sister, Zee. Only together can they cross the mysterious molten wasteland of THE RIFT. And when Banyan discovers a new threat to Alpha''s life, he fears he''ll lose not only the trees they sacrificed so much to find, but the girl who inspires him and gives him hope"--Back cover.

Werewolf: The Apocalypse is about anger over the loss of what the shapeshifting Garou hold dearest: Gaia, the Earth itself. Corruption from without and within has caused the destruction not only of the Garou''s environment, but also of their families, friends and culture, which extends in an unbroken line to the very dawn of life. No matter how righteously the Garou hold themselves, no matter how they prey on their destroyers, the corruption spreads. Now the time for reconciliation is past. This grave insult against Gaia can end in only one way: blood, betrayal... and rage. The sourcebook about the secret lairs of werewolves.

GenTech Corporation scours the wastelands, desperate to reclaim the last living trees from the young thieves who stole them. But Banyan no longer has the trees he and his friends smuggled south. Hunted and betrayed, he must trust in strangers as he tries to find his old friend Crow and gather feuding tribes together in preparation for war. As the battle for the trees begins, Banyan is reunited with the girl who always gave him hope, but he finds Alpha has changed in ways he''d never imagined. And when they embark upon a final journey to Vega with the goal of taking down GenTech forever, Banyan must choose between fighting for a conflicted world or saving the lives of the people he loves.