Best Selling Books by Paul Rogers

The ABCs of z/OS® System Programming is an eleven-volume collection that provides an introduction to the z/OS operating system and the hardware architecture. Whether you are a beginner or an experienced system programmer, the ABCs collection provides the information you need to start your research into z/OS and related subjects. If you would like to become more familiar with z/OS in your current environment, or if you are evaluating platforms to consolidate your e-business applications, the ABCs collection will serve as a powerful learning tool. The contents of the volumes are: Volume 1: Introduction to z/OS and storage concepts, TSO/E, ISPF, JCL, SDSF, and z/OS delivery and installation Volume 2: z/OS implementation and daily maintenance, defining subsystems, JES2 and JES3, LPA, LNKLST, authorized libraries, Language Environment®, and SMP/E Volume 3: Introduction to DFSMS, data set basics, storage management hardware and software, VSAM, System-Managed Storage, catalogs, and DFSMStvs Volume 4: Communication Server, TCP/IP and VTAM® Volume 5: Base and Parallel Sysplex®, System Logger, Resource Recovery Services (RRS), global resource serialization (GRS), z/OS system operations, Automatic Restart Management (ARM), Geographically Dispersed Parallel SysplexTM (GPDS), availability in the zSeries® environment Volume 6: Introduction to security, RACF®, Digital certificates and PKI, Kerberos, cryptography and z990 integrated cryptography, zSeries firewall technologies, LDAP, Enterprise identity mapping (EIM), and firewall technologies Volume 7: Printing in a z/OS environment, Infoprint Server and Infoprint Central Volume 8: An introduction to z/OS problem diagnosis Volume 9: z/OS UNIX® System Services Volume 10: Introduction to z/Architecture®, zSeries processor design, zSeries connectivity, LPAR concepts, HCD, and HMC Volume 11: Capacity planning, performance management, RMF, and SMF Volume 12: WLM Volume 13: JES3

The ABCs of z/OS System Programming is a thirteen-volume collection that provides an introduction to the z/OS operating system and the hardware architecture. Whether you are a beginner or an experienced system programmer, the ABCs collection provides the information that you need to start your research into z/OS and related subjects. If you want to become more familiar with z/OS in your current environment, or if you are evaluating platforms to consolidate your e-business applications, the ABCs collection will serve as a powerful technical tool. The contents of the volumes are: Volume 1: Introduction to z/OS and storage concepts, TSO/E, ISPF, JCL, SDSF, and z/OS delivery and installation Volume 2: z/OS implementation and daily maintenance, defining subsystems, JES2 and JES3, LPA, LNKLST, authorized libraries, Language Environment, and SMP/E Volume 3: Introduction to DFSMS, data set basics, storage management hardware and software, VSAM, System-Managed Storage, catalogs, and DFSMStvs Volume 4: Communication Server, TCP/IP and VTAM Volume 5: Base and Parallel Sysplex , System Logger, Resource Recovery Services (RRS), global resource serialization (GRS), z/OS system operations, automatic restart management (ARM), Geographically Dispersed Parallel Sysplex (GPDS), availability in the zSeries environment Volume 6: Introduction to security, RACF , Digital certificates and PKI, Kerberos, cryptography and z990 integrated cryptography, zSeries firewall technologies, LDAP, Enterprise Identity Mapping (EIM), and firewall technologies Volume 7: Printing in a z/OS environment, Infoprint Server and Infoprint Central Volume 8: An introduction to z/OS problem diagnosis Volume 9: z/OS UNIX System Services Volume 10: Introduction to z/Architecture, zSeries processor design, zSeries connectivity, LPAR concepts, HCD, and HMC Volume 11: Capacity planning, performance management, RMF, and SMF Volume 12: WLM Volume 13: JES3

This IBM® Redbooks® publication describes the functions of z/OS® Communications Server. z/OS Communications Server provides a set of communications protocols that support peer-to-peer connectivity functions for both local and wide-area networks, including the most popular wide-area network, the Internet. z/OS Communications Server also provides performance enhancements that can benefit a variety of TCP/IP applications. z/OS Communications Server provides both SNA and TCP/IP networking protocols for z/OS. The SNA protocols are provided by VTAM® and include Subarea, Advanced Peer-to-Peer Networking, and High Performance Routing protocols. z/OS Communications Server exploits z/OS UNIX® services even for traditional MVSTM environments and applications. Prior to utilizing TCP/IP services, therefore, a full-function mode z/OS UNIX environment including a Data Facility Storage Management Subsystem (DFSMSdfp), a z/OS UNIX file system, and a security product (such as Resource Access Control Facility, or RACF®) must be defined and active before z/OS Communications Server can be started successfully. The ABCs of z/OS System Programming is a 13-volume collection that provides an introduction to the z/OS operating system and the hardware architecture. Whether you are a beginner or an experienced system programmer, the ABCs collection provides the information that you need to start your research into z/OS and related subjects. If you want to become more familiar with z/OS in your current environment, or if you are evaluating platforms to consolidate your e-business applications, the ABCs collection will serve as a powerful technical tool. The contents of the volumes are as follows: Volume 1: Introduction to z/OS and storage concepts, TSO/E, ISPF, JCL, SDSF, and z/OS delivery and installation Volume 2: z/OS implementation and daily maintenance, defining subsystems, JES2 and JES3, LPA, LNKLST, authorized libraries, SMP/E, Language Environment® Volume 3: Introduction to DFSMS, data set basics storage management hardware and software, catalogs, and DFSMStvs Volume 4: Communication Server, TCP/IP, and VTAM Volume 5: Base and Parallel Sysplex®, System Logger, Resource Recovery Services (RRS), global resource serialization (GRS), z/OS system operations, automatic restart management (ARM), Geographically Dispersed Parallel SysplexTM (GDPS®) Volume 6: Introduction to security, RACF, Digital certificates and PKI, Kerberos, cryptography and z990 integrated cryptography, zSeries® firewall technologies, LDAP, and Enterprise identity mapping (EIM) Volume 7: Printing in a z/OS environment, Infoprint Server and Infoprint Central Volume 8: An introduction to z/OS problem diagnosis Volume 9: z/OS UNIX System Services Volume 10: Introduction to z/Architecture®, zSeries processor design, zSeries connectivity, LPAR concepts, HCD, and HMC Volume 11: Capacity planning, performance management, RMFTM, and SMF Volume 12: WLM Volume 13: JES3

Since the start of the Iraq conflict, world-renowned security expert Paul Rogers has produced a series of monthly reports scrutinising developments in the occupation and the Iraqi response to it, drawing on the unique range of contacts and material available to the prestigious Oxford Research Group. They have become the standard source material for journalists, policymakers and campaigners writing about Iraq. Now, for the first time, Paul Rogers has brought these reports together to provide a detailed and authoritative analysis of the last year in Iraq. A disturbing picture emerges, in which coalition forces repeatedly misread the direction of the insurgency, in which radical groups gain strength through the ongoing (and underreported) loss of civilian lives at the hands of the occupying forces, and in which the US''s determination to secure the Persian Gulf''s oil and gas resources lock it further and further into a destructive, intractable, and ultimately counter-productive war in the Middle East. Concisely-written and highly accessible, ''Iraq and the War on Terror'' is an indispensable book for anyone interested the Middle East, US foreign policy and international security. Its conclusions about the extent of the damage caused by the war, and how long the occupation looks set to last, will send shockwaves through policymakers in the US and the UK alike.

This is my third book of Poetry reflecting my thoughts on life experiences based upon my Christian faith and my own humanity. Poems on The Book of Revelation fill the centrepages. The Poem "The State of Nothing" is my interpetation of a state where nothing exists. The poems on Revelation are, for Christians, the contradictory evidence, offering us the hope and certainty for our future in Him.

Dithering. Decisions that turn out wrong. Decisions that people sabotage or don''t know how to implement. If your company''s experiencing these problems, it''s not alone. Most organizations don''t know how to make and execute good decisions. And they''re paying a high price—as profitability and competitiveness erode. It doesn''t have to be this way. In Decide and Deliver, the authors draw on Bain & Company''s extensive research to present a five-step process for improving your firm''s decision effectiveness: 1. Assess your decision effectiveness—and how your organization affects it. 2. Identify your critical decisions. 3. Set individual critical decisions up for success. 4. Ensure that your company enables and reinforces great decision making and execution. 5. Embed the changes in everyday practice. Master this process, and you see immediate results: people across your organization collaborate to make crucial decisions better and faster than your rivals. And they execute them flawlessly-fueling unprecedented financial performance. Filled with powerful hands-on tools and detailed examples from companies as varied as Ford Motor Company, British American Tobacco, Telstra, Lafarge, and ABB UK, Decide and Deliver helps you make decision management a potent competitive weapon in your company.

Zickzack neu new German spelling is a four-stage course leading a wide ability-range of students to success.

Presents illustrations of a parade of animals whose appearance or behavior suggests appropriate alternate names.

Designed to complement any Key Stage 4 French course, this series of large-format French readers has a photo-roman style. This second book in the series, like each of the others, contains three stories of increasing length which are presented with manageable amounts of everyday spoken language in the form of speech-bubbles. The photographs complement the text and aim to bring an element of fun to the learning process. Also included are vocabulary lists and exercises, for which the answers are available separately.

Contemporary and motivational French course with grammar and progression at its heart, Voyage helps teachers to cover all the requirements of both the Revised National Curriculum and the new QCA Scheme of Work for Key stage 3.

Zickzack neu new German spelling is a four-stage course leading a wide ability-range of students to success.

Presents a four-stage course leading a range of students to success. This title provides preparation of the National Curriculum, standard Grade and Junior Certificate. It also includes Students''Book, Online Teacher''s Material and Copymasters that incorporate the German spelling. It provides activities which cater for a range of abilities.

A look at the different families that have lived in a house during the two hundred years since it was first built.

Route Nationale is a differentiated and integrated approach to teaching and learning French for National Curriculum Key Stages 3 and 4 and the Standard Grade examinations. It provides authentic materials and a wide choice of valid activities whilst understanding the students'' needs for a sense of enjoyment and motivation. Students are encouraged to take an active part in their learning and to develop their ability to work collaboratively, as well as independently.

Full coverage of key grammar for the AQA/NEAB syllabus. Straightforward explanations of grammar. Examination style written tasks to allow students to apply the grammar they have learned. Motivating and memorable cartoon presentation.

Although forest health may be difficult to define and measure, a strong demand exists for assessment of forest conditions at various state, regional, and national scales. Forest Health Monitoring (FHM) is a national program designed to measure the status, changes, and trends of forest conditions annually. This report presents a broad view of forest health issues affecting the Interior West region of Montana, Idaho, Wyoming, Utah, Nevada, Colorado, New Mexico, and Arizona. We found that the forests of the Interior West have changed considerably in the past century. What is more difficult to assess is whether humans have promoted change that is irreversible, or whether the change we see in the forested landscape is within healthy bounds. Discussions of forest health and forest cover change, the developed and wildland interface, insect and disease disturbances, watershed health, biodiversity, and air quality comprise the body of this report. This initial report sets the stage for more in-depth reports on forest health in the Interior West by introducing the FHM program, defining "the forest" regionally, discussing prominent issues, and displaying summary FHM data taken from 1996-1999. A website address is provided on the inside back cover of this report to solicit reader suggestions for improving future FHM reports.

"What does the end of the Cold War mean for world peace? What kind of new world is being constructed out of the former East-West confrontation? The opportunities now exist to create a genuinely peaceful and just new world order. Paul Rogers and Malcolm Dando, widely respected defence analysts, show how this can be achieved." "A Violent Peace begins by examining threats to global stability in the post Cold War era. It looks at the transformation of the nuclear arms race in the 1980s. Do the current arms control processes really curb the development and deployment of the new weapons or will the armaments momentum built up in the last four decades result in more pressure for proliferation throughout the world?" "Recent events have focussed on the spread of nuclear, chemical and biological weapons, ballistic missiles and area-impact munitions. As the East-West rivalries appear to diminish, will the industrialised countries of the North slip into a new pattern of confrontation, with the development of military force projection capabilities designed to ''keep the violent peace'' in the Middle East and other parts of the Third World?" "Above all, in a world of finite resources and increased environmental limitations on economic growth, will conflict between the haves and the have-nots usher in a new world disorder just as the ending of the Cold War appeared to be offering a chance of international peace?" "The agenda set by the authors for coping with the challenges now facing the world community includes not only traditional security issues such as arms control but also the wider issues of poverty, the destruction of the environment and the North-South axis of conflict. The intense East-West confrontation over the past 40 years has dominated strategic thinking and excluded large sections of the world''s population from consideration. It is now time to develop new thinking on international security to deal effectively with a changing but not necessarily a less dangerous world."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved

"This book brings together some of the world''s leading practitioners and thinkers from the fields of art, architecture and design who all share a common desire to exploit the latest computing technologies in their creative practice. The book reveals, for the first time, the working processes of these major practitioners'' work that breaks down traditional creative disciplinary boundaries. Digital Blur provides a rich picture, both visually and textually, of the following nine leaders in the field - Jason Bruges Studio, Greyworld, HeHe, Crispin Jones, the Owl Project, the Pooch, Bengt Sjolen, Troika and Moritz Waldemeyer. This book aims to inspire and inform any reader with an interest in design, architecture, art and/or technology and provides essential reading for any practitioner, researcher, educator and/or other stakeholders involved in the creative arts and industries. The book provides a detailed insight into the techniques of these ten significant creative individuals and how they exploit the latest computing technologies in their work and the impact this will have for creative practice in the future." - publisher.

This series provides full preparation of the National Curriculum, Standard Grade and Junior Certificate. Students'' books, online teacher''s material and copymasters have been revised to incorporate the new German spelling. It provides lively, differentiated activities which cater for a wide range of abilities. Assessment is fully integrated at all stages.

Presenting contemporary French course with grammar and progression, this title helps teachers to cover the requirements of the Revised National Curriculum. This Teacher''s Book provides teachers with support in planning and delivering their lessons. It contains answers to exercises from the Students'' Book and the Copymasters.

Contains ten selected articles on strategy from the Harvard Business Review. Includes writings on how to build a company''s vision, reinventing a business model, and the secrets to successful strategy execution.

The ABCs of IBM® z/OS® System Programming is a 13-volume collection that provides an introduction to the z/OS operating system and the hardware architecture. Whether you are a beginner or an experienced system programmer, the ABCs collection provides the information you need to start your research into z/OS and related subjects. If you would like to become more familiar with z/OS in your current environment, or if you are evaluating platforms to consolidate your e-business applications, the ABCs collection serves as a powerful technical tool. This IBM Redbooks® publication, Volume 8, shows you how to: - Adopt a systematic and thorough approach to dealing with problems and identifying the different types of problems - Determine where to look for diagnostic information and how to obtain it - Interpret and analyze the diagnostic data collected - Escalate problems to the IBM Support Center when necessary - Collect and analyze diagnostic data - a dynamic and complex process - Identify and document problems, collect and analyze pertinent diagnostic data and obtain help as needed, to speed you on your way to problem resolution The content of the volumes is as follows Volume 1: Introduction to z/OS and storage concepts, TSO/E, ISPF, JCL, SDSF, and z/OS delivery and installation Volume 2: z/OS implementation and daily maintenance, defining subsystems, JES2 and JES3, LPA, LNKLST, authorized libraries, SMP/E, Language Environment® Volume 3: Introduction to DFSMS, data set basics storage management hardware and software, catalogs, and DFSMStvs Volume 4: Communication Server, TCP/IP, and VTAM® Volume 5: Base and Parallel Sysplex®, System Logger, Resource Recovery Services (RRS), global resource serialization (GRS), z/OS system operations, automatic restart management (ARM), Geographically Dispersed Parallel Sysplex (GDPS®) Volume 6: Introduction to security, RACF, Digital certificates and PKI, Kerberos, cryptography and z990 integrated cryptography, zSeries® firewall technologies, LDAP, and Enterprise identity mapping (EIM) Volume 7: Printing in a z/OS environment, Infoprint® Server and Infoprint Central Volume 8: An introduction to z/OS problem diagnosis Volume 9: z/OS UNIX System Services Volume 10: Introduction to z/Architecture, zSeries processor design, zSeries connectivity, LPAR concepts, HCD, and HMC Volume 11: Capacity planning, performance management, WLM, RMF, and SMF.