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American Cars 1946-1959: Every Model, Year by Year
American Cars 1946-1959: Every Model, Year by Year

From the resumption of automobile production at the close of World War II through the 1950s, the American auto industry would see the births and deaths of several manufacturers, great technological advances, and an era of dramatic styling as a prospering nation asserted its growing mobility. Cars of this period are among the most iconic...

Real Analysis with an Introduction to Wavelets and Applications
Real Analysis with an Introduction to Wavelets and Applications
Real Analysis is based on the real numbers, and it is naturally involved in practical mathematics. On the other hand, it has taken on subject matter from set theory, harmonic analysis, integration theory, probability theory, theory of partial differential equations, etc., and has provided these areas with important ideas and...
Diesel Heart: An Autobiography
Diesel Heart: An Autobiography
The doctors gathered around, passing the stethoscope from hand to hand, taking turns listening to my chest. Finally, the lead doctor said, "Now, that's what I call a heartbeat!" I snapped, "Whaddaya mean?"

"It's like hearing a diesel engine inside a Mustang body," he said.

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Creatures of Cain: The Hunt for Human Nature in Cold War America
Creatures of Cain: The Hunt for Human Nature in Cold War America

How Cold War America came to attribute human evolutionary success to our species' unique capacity for murder

After World War II, the question of how to define a universal human nature took on new urgency. Creatures of Cain charts the rise and precipitous fall in Cold War America of a theory that
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Six Sigma Business Scorecard : Creating a Comprehensive Corporate Performance Measurement System
Six Sigma Business Scorecard : Creating a Comprehensive Corporate Performance Measurement System
Ensuring growth and profitability through performance

 

PLAN * IMPLEMENT * MEASURE * ADJUST * PROFIT

 

"Great book! The readers should keep their highlighters handy for they will find many points that they will want to remember." -- H. James Harrington, Ph.D., Author of Business
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Human Accomplishment: The Pursuit of Excellence in the Arts and Sciences, 800 B.C. to 1950
Human Accomplishment: The Pursuit of Excellence in the Arts and Sciences, 800 B.C. to 1950
A sweeping cultural survey reminiscent of Barzun's From Dawn to Decadence.

"At irregular times and in scattered settings, human beings have achieved great things. Human Accomplishment is about those great things, falling in the domains known as the arts and sciences, and the people who did them.'

So begins...

Frommer's Provence & the Riviera (Frommer's Complete)
Frommer's Provence & the Riviera (Frommer's Complete)
  • France remains the most popular tourist destination worldwide with nearly 80 million visitors a year.
  • The average American visitor spends 9-12 days in France.
  • There's no such thing as an "off season" in the South of France anymore; our authors guide the reader to the hard-to-find bargains and best...
Guarantee of Peace: The League of Nations in British Policy 1914-1925
Guarantee of Peace: The League of Nations in British Policy 1914-1925

Peter Yearwood reconsiders the League of Nations, not as an attempt to realize an idea but as an element in the day-to-day conduct of Britain's foreign policy and domestic politics during the period 1914-25.

He challenges the usual view that London reluctantly adopted the idea in response to pressure from Woodrow Wilson
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Worldmark Encyclopedia of Cultures and Daily Life
Worldmark Encyclopedia of Cultures and Daily Life

Th e Worldmark Encyclopedia of Cultures and Daily Life, Second Edition, contains over 500 articles exploring the ways of life of peoples of the world. Arranged in fi ve volumes by geographic regions—Africa, Americas, Asia & Oceania (two volumes), and Europe—the volumes of this encyclopedia parallel the organization of its...

Food Irradiation Research and Technology
Food Irradiation Research and Technology

The benefits of food irradiation to the public health have been described extensively by organizations such as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in the USA and the World Health Organization. The American Medical Association and the American Dietetic Association have both endorsed the irradiation process. Yet the potential health...

Advanced Software Engineering: Expanding the Frontiers of Software Technology
Advanced Software Engineering: Expanding the Frontiers of Software Technology
This volume presents proceedings from the 19th IFIP World Computer Congress in Santiago, Chile. The proceedings of the World Computer Congress are a product of the gathering of 2,000 delegates from more than 70 countries to discuss a myriad of topics in the ICT domain. Of particular note, this marks the first time that a World Computer Congress has...
Hip: The History (P.S.)
Hip: The History (P.S.)

Hip: The History is the story of how American pop culture has evolved throughout the twentieth century to its current position as world cultural touchstone. How did hip become such an obsession? From sex and music to fashion and commerce, John Leland tracks the arc of ideas as they move from subterranean Bohemia to Madison Avenue and...

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