Best Selling Books by Peter Carter

A biography of the man who transformed China from an ancient, traditional culture into a revolutionary nation.

All the mistakes you might make with SQL Server—and how to avoid them! 100 SQL Server Mistakes and How to Avoid Them prepares you for the pitfalls database professionals often encounter—from administration to development, availability, and security. You'll learn to sidestep common errors that slow down your T-SQL code and ensure your SQL Server is installed and configured to handle anything your organization throws at it. Inside 100 SQL Server Mistakes and How to Avoid Them you'll learn to avoid: • Development errors when writing T-SQL • Installation and administration mistakes • Optimization missteps • Common pitfalls relating to high availability and disaster recovery (HA/DR) • Security oversights that can endanger your data 100 SQL Server Mistakes and How to Avoid Them doesn't focus on the "happy path"—instead, it covers all the errors and problems you might face as a SQL Server developer or administrator. Each chapter is filled with real-world issues drawn from author Peter A. Carter’s two-decade-long career in SQL Server. Peter's seasoned advice helps dispel myths, debunk misconceptions, and set you on the right road. About the technology Perfecting a SQL Server system can be a complex balancing act. Why is T-SQL running so slowly? Is the right data available? Are we protected against data theft? What about that new server instance I need to administer? Even the most skilled SQL Server experts make mistakes that cost time and performance. This book can help you get it right the first time. About the book 100 SQL Server Mistakes and How to Avoid Them focuses exclusively on the errors that you might—and probably will—make as a SQL Server admin or developer. Real-world examples, code samples, and helpful diagrams make it easy to understand each issue and its solution. You’ll learn how to write performant code, design efficient database schemas, implement error handling, work with complex data types, and much more, all in a friendly, common-sense problem/solution format. What's inside • T-SQL development • Installation, administration, and optimization • High availability and security About the reader Readers need to understand basic SQL Server concepts and SQL queries. Perfect for junior database admins, full-stack developers, and “accidental” DBAs. About the author Peter A. Carter is a SQL Server expert with experience developing, administering, and architecting data-tier applications and SQL Server platforms. Table of Contents 1 Introducing SQL Server 2 Development standards 3 Data types 4 Database design 5 T-SQL development 6 SSIS development 7 Error handling, testing, source control, and deployment 8 SQL Server installation 9 Instance and database management 10 Optimization 11 Indexes 12 Backups 13 Availability 14 Security

Pro SQL Server Administration brings SQL Server administration into the modern era with strong coverage of hybrid cloud environments, In-Memory OLTP, and installation on Server Core. This comprehensive guide to SQL Server Administration for today’s DBA helps you to administer the new and key areas of SQL Server, including Columnstore indexes and the In-Memory OLTP feature set introduced in 2014. You will also be guided through the administration of traditional areas of SQL Server, including how to secure your instance, monitor and maintain your instance, and to use features such as AlwaysOn to make your instance highly available. Also covered is the use of SQL Server features to scale out read-only workloads. Pro SQL Server Administration is an all-new book taking up-to-date and modern approach that you'll want and need to further your career as a SQL Server database administrator. Extensive coverage of hybrid cloud environments involving Azure SQL Database Detailed discussions on all new, key features, including AlwaysOn and in-memory support Comprehensive coverage of key skills, such as monitoring, maintenance and indexing

Statistics is a topic that generates a range of emotions: from unmitigated joy at making sense of reams of data to sheer fright at the very mention of a word that sounds eerily like 'sadistics'. Data Analysis for Business: Statistics in a Brave New World aims to lessen the fear of this much-maligned science by introducing a range of practical applications and examples to fit a range of scenarios. Gone are the formulaic, number-crunching examples that dominate most textbooks, to be replaced by real-life examples. Each chapter includes instructions on how to convert data into easily interpretable output. Data Analysis for Business: Statistics in a Brave New World focuses on a mixture of descriptive and inferential statistics, including which graph best fits which dataset, which numbers are best used to summarise this dataset, how probability dictates our lives without consciously thinking of it in such terms, how the knowledge of relationships between variables can aid in prediction, and techniques to forecast key performance indicators. This book also explains why the median house price is not always an accurate guide to average house prices, how odds are calculated and how games like roulette use this to protect against 'losing runs', why false positives in medicine produce an unnecessary 'scare factor', how the law's 'innocent until proven guilty' dictum applies to statistics, and how a tool like multiple regression can be used to help you forecast the margin in a game of football.

Set in Northumbria at the end of the eighth century, the youthful Madatan's story depicts the conflict between the animal will to survive and the desire to live in harmony with humanity and nature.

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Young Timur Ven marches with the Turkish army toward Vienna, as yong Stefan Zabruski marches with the Polish army to save the city from the infidels.

Just as fifteen-year-old East Berliner Erika Nordern is preparing for an important track competition, sinister police inquiries and the appearance of a relative believed to be dead indicate that her family has not yet escaped the shadow of long-ago Nazi crimes.

Young John Spencer is bound for the worst service in the Navy, an antislavery patrol aboard the HMS Sentinel in the West African Squadron.

Captain Teachum, who claims to be the world's wickedest pirate and to have buried treasure in many ruined castles, desert islands, and jungles, reveals three secrets about himself.

A sympathetic account of life for a thirteen-year-old working class boy in the bitterly divided city of Belfast in 1969.

Imaging Science is the essential textbook for all undergraduate students and others training in diagnostic radiography, providing unique integrated coverage of physics, photography and equipment. Imaging Science shows the reader the principles of achieving maximum diagnostic image quality while minimising the potentially harmful effects of exposure to ionising radiation. The first five chapters explain X-ray imaging, from conventional procedures through to computed tomography (CT). Then, three chapters cover the imaging modalities based on gamma radiation (RNI), ultrasound and nuclear magnetic resonance (MRI). For readers whose previous science study has been limited, chapters 1 - 4 are accompanied by commentary notes which draw out and define key scientific terms.

Figure de l'architecture du XXe siècle, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe (1886-1969) a réalisé certains des bâtiments les plus emblématiques de l'époque contemporaine, comme le Seagram Building, la Neue Nationalgalerie de Berlin, les appartements de Lake Shore Drive et la Farnsworth House. Mies van der Rohe au travail est un document unique sur les principes qui régissent l'architecture de Mies, la manière dont il travaillait et sa méthodologie rigoureuse en tant qu'enseignant. Cet ouvrage est l'édition française de Mies van der Rohe at work publié pour la première fois en 1974. L'auteur, Peter Carter, propose un examen approfondi des ouvrages majeurs de l'architecte, en s'appuyant sur de nombreux documents, informations techniques, photographies et dessins. Phyllis Lambert, directrice et fondatrice du Centre canadien d'architecture (CCA) et commissaire d'une exposition consacrée à l'œuvre de Mies, a rédigé l'avant-propos. Peter Carter a étudié puis travaillé avec Mies van der Rohe pendant treize ans. Il a commencé la rédaction de cet ouvrage alors qu'il était associé dans l'agence de l'architecte. Les concepts spatiaux et structuraux de Mies van der Rohe sont analysés à travers ses trois grands types de bâtiments: le bâtiment à ossature, sous sa forme élevée et sous sa forme basse, et le bâtiment à portée libre. Peter Carter examine enfin ses plus grands projets, les analysant d'abord isolément, puis dans leur contexte urbain. Mies van der Rohe apporta également une contribution essentielle à l'enseignement de l'architecture, d'abord avec le Bauhaus, au début des années trente, puis plus tard, aux Etats-Unis, en tant que directeur de l'école d'architecture et d'urbanisme de l'Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT). Un chapitre est consacré à l'architecte en tant qu'enseignant et est illustré d'exemples de travaux réalisés par ses étudiants de L'IIT Enfin, la dernière partie retrace son parcours, du fils de tailleur de pierre au maître de l'architecture du XXe siècle excellant dans l'utilisation de l'acier et du verre. Le texte de Peter Carter est ponctué de témoignages de Mies van der Rohe lui-même et de ses confrères.

Kapitein Sladrop lijkt de meest norse zeeroverskapitein. Maar als je achter zijn geheimen komt, is hij een minder stoere piraat dan je zou denken. Prentenboek met humoristische, gedetailleerde tekeningen in kleur. Vanaf ca. 4 jaar.