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The Particle Odyssey: A Journey to the Heart of Matter

Oxford University Press, 2004

"Succeeds in providing readers with an overview of the historical development of particle physics and an appreciation of the exciting ideas that drive current research. No book better captures the visual and intellectual sweep of a century of particle physics."--American Scientist

Boasting more than three hundred...

The Swarm: A Novel

William Morrow, 2006

For more than two years, one book has taken over Germany's hardcover and paperback bestseller lists, reaching number one in Der Spiegel and setting off a frenzy in bookstores: The Swarm.

Whales begin sinking ships. Toxic, eyeless crabs poison Long Island's water supply. The North Sea shelf collapses, killing thousands in...

Boxing and the Mob: The Notorious History of the Sweet Science

Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2019

More than any other sport, boxing has a history of being easy to rig. There are only two athletes and one or both may be induced to accept a bribe; if not the fighters, then the judges or referee might be swayed. In such inviting circumstances, the mob moved into boxing in the 1930s and profited by corrupting a sport ripe for...

Free All Along: The Robert Penn Warren Civil Rights Interviews

New Press, 2019

Featured in the New Yorker’s “Page-Turner”

One of Mashable's “17 books every activist should read in 2019”

“This is an expression not of people who are suddenly freed of something, but people who have been free all along.”...

The Never Cold Call Again Online Playbook: The Definitive Guide to Internet Marketing Success

John Wiley & Sons, 2009

An all-in-one guide to online marketing from the New York Times bestselling author of Never Cold Call Again

In Never Cold Call Again, Frank Rumbauskas shows salespeople how to achieve sales greatness without using those dreaded old tactics like cold calling. Now, in The Never Cold Call Again Online...

Android in Action

Manning Publications, 2011

When we set out to write the first version of this book, many friends and family wondered just what this Android thing was all about. Now, two years after the publication of the first edition, Android is nearly a household term.

The first edition of the book, Unlocking Android, enjoyed enough success that we were privileged to have...

The American Roadside in Émigré Literature, Film, and Photography: 1955–1985 (Studies in Mobilities, Literature, and Culture)

Palgrave Macmillan, 2020

The American Roadside in Émigré Literature, Film, and Photography: 1955–1985 traces the origin of a postmodern iconography of mobile consumption equating roadside America with an authentic experience of the United States through the postwar road narrative, a narrative which, Elsa Court argues, has been...

Nightwork: A History of Hacks and Pranks at MIT

MIT Press, 2011

An MIT "hack" is an ingenious, benign, andanonymous prank or practical joke, often requiring engineering or scientificexpertise and often pulled off under cover of darkness -- instances of campus mischief sometimes coinciding withApril Fool's Day, final exams, or commencement. (It should not beconfused with the sometimes...

Multidimensional Geographic Information Science (Geographic Information Systems Workshop)

CRC Press, 2000

This book has been a long time in the making. The origins of the ideas in this book lie in 1990 when I attended a NATO-funded Advanced Study Institute in Las Navas del Marqués in Spain on ‘Cognitive and Linguistic Aspects of Geographic Space’, organised by Andrew Frank and David Mark. After a long gestation, I started to write...

Practical Webix: Learn to Expedite and Improve your Web Development

Apress, 2018

Learn to create speedy cross-platform applications with ease using Webix. You will begin with an introduction to Webix and basic usage, exploring the interface components and utilities it offers, as well as the tools available (skin builder, form builder, and code snippet testing facility).

You’ll understand how Webix...

Beginning PHP and MySQL: From Novice to Professional

Apress, 2018

Get started with PHP and MySQL programming: no experience necessary. This fifth edition of a classic best-seller includes detailed instructions for configuring the ultimate PHP 7 and MySQL development environment on all major platforms, complete coverage of the latest additions and improvements to the PHP language, and thorough...

Beginning Mac OS X Programming

Wrox Press, 2005

Beginning Mac OS X Programming

Every Mac OS X system comes with all the essentials required for programming: free development tools, resources, and utilities. However, finding the place to begin may be challenging, especially if you have no prior development knowledge. This comprehensive guide offers you an ideal starting point to...

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