Rob Davis

Forced from his routine with just three weeks until his deathday, Scarper Lee, along with friends Vera and Castro, travels to the motherless oven, where children create their parents, to search for his missing brass sculpture father.

The Motherless Oven

Woodrow Phoenix

In a collaboration which brings together the largest ever number of comic and graphic novel talents to work together on one project, 50 of today's most exciting and renowned artists tell a continuous tale, starting in 1968 up to the present day. With each chapter dedicated to each year, Nelson embraces all aspects of comics storytelling across a wide spectrum, uniting established talents from 2000 AD, DC, Marvel, Dark Horse, Beano and The Dandy. This is an unprecedented anthology, a pioneering experiment-cum-relay-race of graphic novel magic.

Nelson

Jonathan Morris

Roger Langridge

Mike Collins

Martin Geraghty

Child of Time

Vera lives in the cruel world of Grave Acre. Her mother is the Weather Clock, the megalomaniacal Prime Minister of Chance. Her father is a can opener. Charting Vera's childhood, the second part of Rob Davis' trilogy takes us from her home in Parliament to suicide school, and from the Bear Park to the black woods that lie beyond. In the present day, Vera and Castro Smith are determined to see their friend Scarper again - but is he even still alive? Can anyone outlive their deathday?

The Can Opener s Daughter

The Can Opener's Daughter

A simple day at work becomes a race for his life as loyal and patriotic Max discovers sensitive information that’s he not supposed to find. Thinking his friend and boss Mark is working with terrorists developing a new form of chemical weapons for mass destruction, Max enlists the help of his best friend Sam to foil the plans he discovered. Quickly Max is hiding out in FT Lauderdale before he and Sam fly to Jamaica where he discovers the truth. The US Government working with Mark has set a trap to stop a major terrorist group working in Afghanistan. Things don’t go quite as planned and Max and Sam learn their good life living in sunny Ft Lauderdale takes some serious turns as they become the hunted by both Jake a deranged psycho and the terrorists whose weapons supply they intended to stop.

Deadly Plans

This practical book describes the key operations of ARIS Toolset - the market leading Business Process Modelling Tool. Based on his experience of using ARIS in British Telecommunications plc, the author describes practical ways of using the tool. Using screen shots and plenty of practical examples, Rob Davis shows how ARIS can be used to model business processes. Throughout the book Davis provides readers with tips and short-cuts, enabling users to start modelling quickly and effectively. He also provides insights into the ARIS concepts, and tells readers about the benefits and trade-offs of using the tool in alternative ways. Unlike other books, this practical guide tackles issues found in real projects.

A Practical Guide

Business Process Modelling with ARIS

Following on from Rob Davis’ successful introductory book, ARIS Design Platform: Getting Started with BPM, Rob now covers in detail some of the more advanced concepts of using ARIS Business Architect. This is a practical ‘how-to’ guide and contains tips, techniques and short cuts gained from practical experience and explains clearly how to use ARIS and why ARIS is a powerful tool for process modeling. Advanced concepts such as the following are presented in this reader-friendly and concise guide: - Matrix editor, - Find and query, - Model generation, - Method filters and method changes, - Templates and fonts, - Reports and semantic checks, - Macros, - Transformations, - Database administration, - User management. This easy-to-follow advanced text is a must have guide and reference for all users who want to increase their ARIS skills, and for those who need to undertake advanced model and database management.

Advanced Process Modelling and Administration

ARIS Design Platform

The much-anticipated final volume of Rob Davis's dark and inventive trilogy The Motherless Ovenand The Can Opener's Daughtermay have raised more questions than they answered, but The Book of Forks explains everything. Castro Smith finds himself imprisoned within the mysterious Power Station, writing his Book of Forks while navigating baffling daily meetings with Poly, a troubled young woman who may be his teacher, his doctor, his prison guard . . . or something else entirely. Meanwhile, back home, Vera and Scarper's search for their missing friend takes them through the chaotic war zone of the Bear Park and into new and terrifying worlds. With The Book of Forks, Rob Davis completes his abstract adventure trilogy by stepping inside Castro's disintegrating mind to reveal the truth about the history of the world, the meaning of existence, and the purpose of kitchen scales.

The Book of Forks

Eric Brabander

This practical "how-to" guide to both using the ARIS Design Platform and how to use it to create real business models, follows Rob Davis’ hugely successful Business Process Modelling with ARIS (Springer 2001). This second volume describes the new release of ARIS 7 Design Platform including ARIS Business Architect and ARIS Business Designer. Containing tips, techniques and short cuts gained from practical experience, this book show how to use ARIS in an easy way, supporting smart methods and smart models, and displays how ARIS can be used as a powerful tool for BPM. This book is a must-have guide and reference for all existing and new users of ARIS.

Getting Started with BPM

Dans le monde de Scarper Lee, les parents ne font pas d'enfants - ce sont les enfants qui font leur parents. Le père de Scarper est sa fierté et joie, une construction alimentée à vent de cuivre avec une voile se gonflant. Sa mère est un sèche-cheveux de Bakélite. Dans ce monde, il pleut des couteaux et les appareils électroménagers ont des âmes. Il n'y a aussi aucun anniversaire seulement DeathDay le jour de mort. Scarper Lee sait a juste trois semaines pour vivre. Cece histoire est une fable troublante et originale sur le passage à l'âge adulte, vu par les yeux d'un adolescent bizarre. Cet univers un peu déformé pas si différent de notre propre monde. Opressant ; intriguant et magique, ce roman graphique vient confirmer que l'ancien dessinateur de Judge Dredd et Daredevil, est non seulement un très grand narrateur, déjà mis en lumière par une sélection aux Eisner Awards pour son Don Quichotte, mais aussi un auteur à part entière.

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