MIKE THOMAS

Basado en la especificación final de Java 1.0, el presente libro, utiliza la Web como plataforma de programación. Construye aplicaciones reales totalmente funcionales a medida que avanzas por los cuatro niveles de la guia practica (todo el codigo fuente esta contenido en el CD-ROM y en Compañero Online).Indice Extractado: Introduccion - World Wide Web y Java - Nociones basicas de programacion en Java - Fundamentos de los Applets Java - Orientacion a objetos en Java - Sintaxis y semantica - Funcionamiento de los Applets - Interfaz de usuario basica - Interfaz de usuario avanzada - Graficos e imagenes - Diseño de programas avanzados - Etc.

In 1959, a group of like-minded Chicagoans joined forces to open a hip new venue dedicated to coffee, cigarettes, conversation, and comedy. The result, a nightly cabaret featuring a troupe of inventive young actors skewering everything from politics to popular culture in witty, rapid-fire, improvised scenes, not only made delighted audiences laughit made history.Copping its iconic name from a New York journalists disparaging remark, Chicagos Second City theater brashly defied the role of runner-up and single-handedly made the Windy City North Americas cradle of comedic brilliance from which generations of household names would spring. Now, in The Second City Unscripted, a Whos Who of the celebrated comedy camps alumniincluding Alan Arkin, David Steinberg, Harold Ramis, Dan Aykroyd, Eugene Levy, Amy Sedaris, and Stephen Colberttell it like it was in the house that hilarity built. Here are candid tales of John Belushis raw ambition and chemical experimentation, Bill Murrays heckler-pummeling and lady-killing, superstar Mel Gibsons roof-raising appearance in Braveheartregalia, and legendary director Del Closes shuttling between the comedic asylum he ruled over and the real one he rehabbed in.In this unvarnished, unexpurgated, and unprecedented account, what happened onstage, backstage, and offstage at Second City isnt staying there anymore. From the smash hits and near misses to the love affairs and the bitter feuds, from the showbiz politics and pitfalls to the inspired tomfoolery and heartbreaking tragedy, The Second City Unscripted is part memoir of a cherished era, part time capsule from a comedic renaissance, and part valentine to the exquisite art of being funny. It captures like never before the history of the men and women who caught lightningand laughterin a bottle.

Meet Jacob Smith, your good-old British policeman. But Jacobs no ordinary beat bobby. Hes a tactical firearms officer; a handsome, popular, financially secure specialist. Hes a connoisseur of fine cinema, who also enjoys his expansive collection of do-it-yourself art DVDs (the latest of which was borrowed during a drugs warrant). And he likes to keep himself in shape, hence the large steroid habit - and the even larger amount of money he owes his dealer. And did we mention hes partial to womensfeet? The girlfriend whos desperately trying to shrug him off? Or what about his parents dark past?And now his family and friends are starting to worry... and his police superiors are increasingly taking notice of the way he conducts himself. Jakes a very busy boy. And life is about to get even more complicated...Pocket Notebook is the brilliant debut novel from serving police officer Mike Thomas. An angry black comedy, it follows Jacobs very public fall from grace, all of which he meticulously records in his police notebook.

The definitive biography of Johnny Carson, the entertainer who redefined late-night television and American culture, told through intimate insights and riveting accounts of his legendary career and complex personal life.In 2002, Bill Zehme landed one of the most coveted assignments for a magazine writer: an interview with Johnny Carsonthe only one hed granted since retiring from hosting TheTonight Show a decade earlier. Zehme was tapped for the Esquire feature story thanks to his years of legendary celebrity profiles, and the resulting piece portrayed Carson as more human being than American TV icon. Following Carsons passing in 2005, Zehme embarked on an exhaustive nearly decade-long research journey, interviewing dozens of Carsons colleagues and friends to craft this immensely informative and insightful (The Minnesota Star Tribune) biography, although his efforts were halted by a cancer diagnosis. When he died in 2023 his obituaries mentioned the Carson book, with New York Times comedy critic Jason Zinoman calling it one of the great unfinished biographies.Yet the hundreds of pages Zehme managed to complete are astounding both for the caliber of their writing and how they illuminate one of the most legendary talk show hosts of all time: A man who brought so much joy and laughter to so many millions, but was himself exceedingly shy and private. Zehme traces Carsons rise from a magic-obsessed Nebraska boy to Navy ensign in World War II to a burgeoning radio and TV personality to, eventually, host of The Tonight Showwhich he transformed, along with the entirety of American popular culture, over the next three decades. Without Carson, there would be no late-night television as we know it. On a much more intimate level, Zehme also captures the turmoil and anguish that accompanied the success: four marriages, troubles with alcohol, and the devastating loss of a child.In one passage, Zehme notes that when asked by an interview in the mid-80s for the secret to his success, Carson replied simply, Be yourself and tell the truth. Completed with the help from journalist and Zehmes former research assistant Mike Thomas, Carson the Magnificent offers just that: an honest assessment of who Johnny Carson really was.

Boxing day, late shift.On duty: Flub, Dullas, Vince and Thrush. The new guy: Sergeant Martin Finch. What begins as a routine shift policing a football match rapidly descends into chaos. But how far will new guy Martin go to fit in? One thing is for certain: the lives of everyone on the Ugly Bus and the life of a young woman drawn into their orbit will change for ever.