Peter Bowman: 15 books

Endurance: A German Tale from the World War Era is the memoir of Peter Bowman, raised in 1920s-1930s Germany. His story is told as recalled during his twilight years, through the eyes of a philosophic mental health professional. Endurance is a reflective tale of rebellion against tradition, in a time...

Autumn in New Hampshire. The air is crisp, the moonless night still. Bonnie and I tilt our chairs back against the rear deck railing and take in a brilliant celestial canopy. How can there be so many stars? Were they hung there just to remind me of my own insignificance?A satellite hurries by overhead,...

Felice and Peter bring three-day old Michael home from the hospital and go from being a couple to a family. At work Peter goes from creative computer geek to senior executive. Can romance survive? This is a true story and the third installment of Peter’s journey to happiness with the women he meets along the way.

Look what they’re saying about Digital Intelligence: What if the Armilus, the Anti-Christ, Al-Masīḥ ad-Dajjāl are not just folktales, but digital creatures living in our computers and smartphones with the primal urge of all lifeforms to be fruitful and multiply? What if the price of their...

Looking for a romance set to the beat of a different drummer? This is the true story of what happened to Peter after The Kiss That Changed My Life. There are no bodices ripped, no hairy chests or heaving breasts – but if making love or giving birth or what might happen in the back seat of a VW Bug...

Peter was a talented violinist, a fierce computer programmer, and a social misfit. His lack of a loving partner nearly cost him everything. On a clear night in the middle of the Brooklyn Bridge a kiss changed his life forever. The story is true, some names have been changed, the feelings have not.

A comprehensive, state-of-the-art examination of the changing ways we measure scholarly performance and research impact. Bibliometrics has moved well beyond the mere tracking of bibliographic citations. The web enables new ways to measure scholarly productivity and impact, making available...

Outsourcing - contracting out public services to private business interests - is an unacknowledged revolution in the British economy. The outsourcing revolution has happened quietly but is creating powerful new corporate interests, transforming the organisation of government at all levels, and simultaneously...

Her father is a vain, foolish baronet, obsessed with his lineage but so careless with money that he is obliged to quit his ancestral seat. Her sister is a fretful invalid with a good-natured husband and two disobedient sons. She herself falls in love with a handsome naval officer, and he with her,...

The two decades after Waterloo marked the great age of foreign fortune hunters in England. Each year brought a new influx of impecunious Continental noblemen to the world’s richest country, and the more brides they carried off, the more alarmed society became.The most colourful of these men was Prince...

Farming across Borders uses agricultural history to connect the regional experiences of the American West, northern Mexico, western Canada, and the North American side of the Pacific Rim, now writ large into a broad history of the North American West. Case studies of commodity production and distribution,...

Written as a practical Cookbook, the recipes in this essential guide will help you make the most out of Oracle Data Integrator 11g.This book is meant for people who already possess a basic understanding of Oracle Data Integrator and want to take it to the next level by learning how to better leverage...

Getting Started with Oracle Data Integrator 11g: A Hands-On Tutorial is a practical tutorial bursting with tips, illustrations and real-world best practices to get you on your way with ODI. If you are a software/ETL developer or database administrator who is new to Oracle Data Integrator but want...

The development of international wildlife law has been one of the most significant exercises in international law-making during the last fifty years. This second edition of Lyster's International Wildlife Law coincides with both the UN Year of Biological Diversity and the twenty-fifth anniversary...