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by B H Lossing
Language: English
Release Date: February 5, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: February 5, 2013
This is an illustrated tour of Quebec city and environs made during the mid nineteenth century by the noted historian. Good commentary on the tour and the History of Quebec.
An Unseen Light
Black Struggles for Freedom in Memphis, Tennessee
Language: English
Release Date: March 20, 2018
During the second half of the nineteenth century, Memphis, Tennessee, had the largest metropolitan population of African Americans in the Mid-South region and served as a political hub for civic organizations and grassroots movements. On April 4, 1968, the city found itself at the epicenter of the...
by Arthur Melzer, Todd Gitlin, Seyla Benhabib
Language: English
Release Date: July 17, 2001
Language: English
Release Date: July 17, 2001
With the end of the Cold War, the death of Communism, and the decline of Socialism, what are the primary issues, ideologies, and parties that now structure politics? Melzer, Zinman, and Weinberger have compiled essays from prominent experts to examine the politics of the past to help plot the political...
by Paul J.J. Welfens, S. Jungbluth, John T. Addison
Language: English
Release Date: March 14, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: March 14, 2013
In the new global economy, more countries have opened up to international competition and rapid capital flows. However, in the triad the process of globalization is rather asymmetric. With a rising role of multinational companies there are favorable prospects for higher global growth and economic...
by H. Kriesi, D. Bochsler, J. Matthes
Language: English
Release Date: January 11, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: January 11, 2013
This book provides comprehensive coverage of the models of contemporary democracy; its social, cultural, economic and political prerequisites; its empirically existing varieties and its two major challenges - globalization and mediatization. The book also covers the global spread of democracy and its spread into supranational democracies.
The DelFly
Design, Aerodynamics, and Artificial Intelligence of a Flapping Wing Robot
Language: English
Release Date: November 26, 2015
This book introduces the topics most relevant to autonomously flying flapping wing robots: flapping-wing design, aerodynamics, and artificial intelligence. Readers can explore these topics in the context of the "Delfly", a flapping wing robot designed at Delft University in The Netherlands.
How...
Gravity and Magnetic Exploration
Principles, Practices, and Applications
Language: English
Release Date: March 14, 2013
This combination of textbook and reference manual provides a comprehensive account of gravity and magnetic methods for exploring the subsurface using surface, marine, airborne and satellite measurements. It describes key current topics and techniques, physical properties of rocks and other Earth materials,...
Nuclear Energy Encyclopedia
Science, Technology, and Applications
Language: English
Release Date: August 10, 2011
The A-to-Z reference resource for nuclear energy information
A significant milestone in the history of nuclear technology, Nuclear Energy Encyclopedia: Science, Technology, and Applications is a comprehensive and authoritative reference guide written by a committee of the world's leading energy...
Fundamentals of Intellectual Property Rights
For Students, Industrialist and Patent Lawyers
Language: English
Release Date: January 17, 2017
Be the rightful owner of your creativity before some else commercially owns it. The knowledge of IPR is the key to professional success in the world that competes with commercial creativity.
Fattitudes
Beat Self-Defeat and Win Your War with Weight
Language: English
Release Date: May 5, 2000
What's keeping you from slimming down? It may be Fattitudes! Fattitudes are the thoughts and feelings that sabotage your weight--loss goals. Dr. Jeffrey R. Wilbert and his wife Norean, who have had personal and professional experience fighting the war against fattitudes, tell you how to stop self-sabotage.
Learn...
by Alfred C. Kinsey, Wardell B. Pomeroy, Clyde E. Martin
Language: English
Release Date: May 22, 1998
Language: English
Release Date: May 22, 1998
Originally published in 1953, the material presented in Sexual Behavior in the Human Female was derived from personal interviews with nearly 6,000 women; from studies in sexual anatomy, physiology, psychology, and endocrinology. The study revealed the incidence and frequency with which women participate...
Galveston's Maceo Family Empire
Bootlegging & the Balinese Room
Language: English
Release Date: November 18, 2014
At the dawn of the twentieth century, Galveston was a beacon of opportunity on the Texas Gulf Coast. Dubbed the "Wall Street of the Southwest," its laissez-faire reputation called those hungry for success to its shores. Led by brothers Salvatore and Rosario at the height of Prohibition, the Maceo family...
by B.H. Liddell Hart
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2013
This book provides a study of the military leadership of Marshall Foch, the Supreme Commander of Allied Forces in World War I. This has a fantastic introduction to the politics of coordination of war among the Allies and the personalities involved. Includes several good maps.
Turbo Coding, Turbo Equalisation and Space-Time Coding
EXIT-Chart-Aided Near-Capacity Designs for Wireless Channels
Language: English
Release Date: May 3, 2011
Covering the full range of channel codes from the most conventional through to the most advanced, the second edition of Turbo Coding, Turbo Equalisation and Space-Time Coding is a self-contained reference on channel coding for wireless channels. The book commences with a historical perspective on...