Alan John: 126 books
Energy for a Warming World
A Plan to Hasten the Demise of Fossil Fuels
Language: English
Release Date: January 14, 2010
"Energy for a Warming World" challenges the commonplace notion that the amount of power which mankind can potentially harness from renewable resources is more than large enough to assuage future demand levels.
By examining the renewable issue from an electrical engineering perspective,...
Unholy Trinity
The Adrian Lim 'Ritual' Child Killings
Language: English
Release Date: February 23, 2016
Singapore’s most bizarre murder case drew to a close on 25 November 1988 when Adrian Lim, his wife Catherine Tan Mui Choo and mistress Hoe Kah Hong were hanged at Changi Prison. After two children were found dead within a fortnight in 1981, the Toa Payoh ‘ritual killings’ proved shocking for...
Complete Unity 2018 Game Development
Explore techniques to build 2D/3D applications using real-world examples
Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2019
Leverage the power of the Unity 2018 game engine to create games with brilliant gameplay and high replayability.
Key Features
Develop different types of games from scratch with Unity 2018
Discover the secrets of creating AAA quality shaders without writing long algorithms
Script intelligent game...
Climate Change
The Facts
Language: English
Release Date: January 11, 2015
Stockade Books and The Institute of Public Affairs are proud to publish Climate Change: The Facts, featuring 22 essays on the science, politics and economics of the climate change debate. Climate Change: The Facts features the world’s leading experts and commentators on climate change.
Highlights...
Ethnic Historians and the Mainstream
Shaping America's Immigration Story
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2013
Do historians “write their biographies” with the subjects they choose to address in their research? In this collection, editors Alan M. Kraut and David A. Gerber compiled eleven original essays by historians whose own ethnic backgrounds shaped the choices they have made about their own research...
by Marion Zimmer Bradley, Alan E. Nourse, Philip José Farmer
Language: English
Release Date: September 16, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: September 16, 2016
Fantastic Universe started publishing in 1953 and continued until March 1960. It was one of the better magazines to launch during the boom in science fiction magazines publishing. It published many important stories' by some of the fields best known writers. This is our third Fantastic universe Superpack....
by Nicolas Brunel, John Rinzel, Jonathan Rubin
Language: English
Release Date: November 4, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: November 4, 2016
A comprehensive, integrated, and accessible textbook presenting core neuroscientific topics from a computational perspective, tracing a path from cells and circuits to behavior and cognition.
This textbook presents a wide range of subjects in neuroscience from a computational perspective. It...
by John A. Lomax, Alan Lomax
Language: English
Release Date: July 24, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: July 24, 2013
"A book to cherish permanently." — The New York Times.
With this ample collection of authentic ballads and songs, you can immerse yourself in the rich tradition and heritage of American folk music. Discover the diversity, spontaneity, free-flowing melody, and sheer invention of scores...
by Evelyn E. Smith, Harry Harrison, Marion Zimmer Bradley
Language: English
Release Date: September 9, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: September 9, 2016
Fantastic Universe' started publishing in 1953 and continued until March 1960. It was one of the better magazines to launch during the boom in science fiction magazine publishing. It published many important stories' by some of the field's best known writers. This is our second Fantastic Universe...
The Boy from Baby House 10
From the Nightmare of a Russian Orphanage to a New Life in America
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2011
In 1990, a young boy afflicted with cerebral palsy was born, prematurely, in Russia. His name was Vanya. His mother abandoned him to the state childcare system and he was sent to a bleak orphanage called Baby House 10. Once there, he entered a nightmare world he was not to leave for more than eight...
Intracranial Pressure and its Effect on Vision in Space and on Earth
Vision Impairment in Space
Language: English
Release Date: June 2, 2017
Fluid distribution during spaceflight and impact on brain and vision health is an emerging field of high-priority research in the NASA human space program. International Space Station astronauts have developed ocular refraction changes during prolonged spaceflight. Within this book, experts review...
by Alan Davidson, John Richardson
Language: English
Release Date: January 21, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: January 21, 2013
Fleur's an unusual superhero because she's a hen - a free ranging secret agent who's given a mission to release hundreds of her sisters from their grim prison camp. Fast moving action and humour abound in this classic satire. First published in 1995 and still in print. Wonderful cartoon-style illustrations...
Fantastic Stories Presents: Science Fiction Super Pack #1
With linked Table of Contents
Language: English
Release Date: August 3, 2014
The editors at www.fantasticstoriesoftheimagination.com present Fantasy and Science Fiction from the Present, Past, and Future. The Cold Calculations by Michael A. Burstein, They Twinkled like Jewels by Philip José Farmer, Lingua Franca by Carole McDonnell, Dawn of Flame by Stanley G. Weinbaum, Don’t...
Ontario Beer
A Heady History of Brewing from the Great Lakes to Hudson Bay
Language: English
Release Date: May 27, 2014
Beer historians and writers Alan McLeod and Jordan St. John have tapped the cask of Ontario brewing to bring the complete story to light, from foam to dregs. Ontario boasts a potent mix of brewing traditions. Wherever Europeans explored, battled, and settled, beer was not far behind, which brought the...