Acknowledgments

Writing this book required a significant investment of my time, so, above all, I want to thank my wife Renata for her endless support and patience during those long hours and busy weekends.

I’d like to thank Manning for giving me the chance to write this book. In particular, thanks to Michael Stephens for making the initial contact, to Marjan Bace for giving me a chance to write this book, to Bert Bates for setting me in the right direction, to Karen Miller for keeping me on track, to Aleksandar Dragosavljevic for managing the review process, to Kevin Sullivan for overseeing production, to Tiffany Taylor for transforming my “English” into proper English, and to Candace Gillhoolley and Ana Romac for promoting the book.

The material in this book has been significantly improved thanks to great feedback from reviewers and early readers. Above all, I wish to thank Andrew Gibson for useful feedback, great insights, and for rescuing me when I got stuck at the last hurdle. I’d also like to thank Alexei Sholik and Peter Minten, who provided excellent immediate technical feedback during the writing process.