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1. Fundamentals of Dependable Computing for Software Engineers

   By John Knight

   Series: Chapman & Hall/CRC Innovations in Software Engineering and Software Development Series

   Fundamentals of Dependable Computing for Software Engineers presents the essential elements of computer system dependability. The book describes a comprehensive dependability-engineering process and explains the roles of software and software engineers in computer system dependability. Readers...

   Published January 11th 2012 by Chapman and Hall/CRC
2. Newnes Building Services Pocket Book

   2nd Edition

   By John Knight, W.P. Jones

   Newnes Building Services Pocket Book is a unique compendium of essential data, techniques and procedures, best practice, and underpinning knowledge. This makes it an essential tool for engineers involved in the design and day-to-day running of mechanical services in buildings, and a valuable...

   Published December 16th 2003 by Routledge
3. Wildlife in Asia

   Cultural Perspectives

   Edited by John Knight

   Drawing on anthropological and historical data, this book examines human-wildlife relations in China, Tibet, Japan, Bhutan, Indonesia, the Philippines, Malaysia, India, Thailand and Vietnam. The volume initially focuses on the various ways in which wild animals are exploited as a resource, for...

   Published December 3rd 2003 by Routledge
4. Natural Enemies

   People-Wildlife Conflicts in Anthropological Perspective

   Edited by John Knight

   Series: European Association of Social Anthropologists

   Wild animals raid crops, attack livestock, and sometimes threaten people. Conflicts with wildlife are widespread, assume a variety of forms, and elicit a range of human responses. Wildlife pests are frequently demonized and resisted by local communities while routinely 'controlled' by state...

   Published December 13th 2000 by Routledge
5. Schooling Reform In Hard Times

   By Bob Linguard, John Knight, Paige Porter

   Published February 17th 1993 by Routledge
6. Understanding Schooling

   An Introductory Sociology of Australian Education

   By Miriam Henry, John Knight, Robert Lingard, Sandra Taylor

   This analysis of Australian schooling relates international sociological research to the actual experiences of teachers in the classroom, and sets those experiences in the wider context of the Australian school system....

   Published February 28th 1990 by Routledge