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Editor: Richard J. Kilroy, Jr. Contributing Authors: Dr. Alice Anderson, Dr. Amy Blizzard, Dr. Jeannie Grussendorf, Dr, Richard J. Kilroy, Jr., Dr. Daniel Masters, Dr. Carmine Scavo, and Dr. John H.P. Williams Publisher: Wiley – Higher Education – 381 pages Book Review by: Paiso Jamakar Threats to Homeland Security is part of the Wiley Pathways series of books. You can go to www.wiley.com/go/pathways for more information. This book, while of immense interest to the general public due to the 9/11 terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001, is in my opinion, essential reading for people working in the homeland security...

Authors: James B. Schreiber and Kimberley Asner-Self Publisher: Wiley – Higher Education – 374 pages Book Review by: Paiso Jamakar The authors state at the outset of the book that “The Research Question” should be the primary focus of any research endeavor. They write that you the researcher must identify what question has not been answered in the past, that needs to be answered now, and that you want answered. And the answer must be found by analyzing the responses of those who answered the central question and associated questions in your research study. They point out that the...

Editors: Somasundaram Gnanasundaram and Alok Shrivastava Publisher: EMC Education Services, John Wiley & Sons – 489 pages Book Review by: Venkat Subramaniam This book on storing and managing digital (electronic or computer-based) information is quite extensive in scope. The three principal storage platforms it covers are: Traditional or classic storage devices such as internal (within a desktop computer for example) or external hard drives, located outside a computer. Virtualized information storage systems: not actual but versions of a hardware platform, operating system, a storage device or network resource. Cloud information storage environments. Cloud computing is a general term used...

Editors: Catherine Spoors and Kevin Kiff; Series Editor: Matthew D. Gardiner Publisher: Oxford University Press –  621 pages Book Review by Nano Khilnani Anesthesiology (also spelled as anaesthesiology) is one of the most critically important specialties in medicine. A drug known as an anesthetic is usually administered in vapor form to patients before surgery so they become temporarily unconscious and do not feel pain, or minimally at best, while being operated on. Some drugs are also administered locally through injection to numb specific areas or parts of the body prior to certain procedures. For trainees in this field, an...