Acknowledgments

Thank you to the team at Manning for enabling this book to see the light of market. Thanks go especially to acquisitions editor Brian Sawyer, for believing in the book’s unique concept from my first proposal and seeing “the vision.” Development editor, Jennifer Stout, must also be singled out for her care and understanding throughout the book’s development.

Significant improvements came to the book thanks to the careful consideration of MEAP readers and of official reviewers, including: Albert Choy, Alberto Chiesa, Arun Kumar, Becky Huett, Chad Johnston, Damian Esteban, Eric Giannini, Jeremy Gailor, Julien Pohie, Karolina Kafel, Laurence Giglio, Patrick Regan, Shawn Eion Smith, and Tahir Akhtar. Thank you to all who provided constructive and specific criticism during the book’s development. Your feedback was carefully considered and incorporated.

Thank you to my family, friends, and colleagues for encouraging me during the development of this book—especially Dr. Danny Kopec, Dr. Joshua Auerbach, and Rebecca Driesen, who proofread specific chapters. Thank you to Sylvia Kopec and Rebecca Driesen for assistance with the development of diagrams in the early chapters. Thank you to my students at SUNY Suffolk and Champlain College, who have kept me inspired as a teacher.