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Encyclopedia of World Cultures: South America
Encyclopedia of World Cultures: South America
This volume addresses the cultures of South America south of Panama. As the fourth-largest continent and the southernmost part of the New World land masses, South America encompasses 17,814,435 square kilometers. The continent is politically divided into twelve sovereign republics-Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana,...
Groupware: Design, Implementation, and Use: 9th International Workshop, CRIWG 2003
Groupware: Design, Implementation, and Use: 9th International Workshop, CRIWG 2003

This volume constitutes the proceedings of the 9th International Workshop on Groupware (CRIWG 2003). The conference was held in the city of Autrans, on the spectacular Vercors plateau in the foothills of the French Alps. The organizing committee could not have thought of a better setting to inspire lively discussions and reflection on...

The History of Terrorism: From Antiquity to al Qaeda
The History of Terrorism: From Antiquity to al Qaeda
This authoritative work provides an essential perspective on terrorism by offering a rare opportunity for analysis and reflection at a time of ongoing violence, chilling threats, and renewed reprisals. In it, some of the best international specialists working on the subject today examine terrorism's long and complex history from antiquity to the...
Bridges to Infinity: The Human Side of Mathematics
Bridges to Infinity: The Human Side of Mathematics
Most of the reasons that I have written this book can be explained in terms of what reportedly happened one day in the eighteenth century when the great German mathematician Leonhard Euler confronted the eminent French scholar and atheist Denis Diderot with a spurious mathematical proof for the existence of God. Euler, it seems, accepted an...
The Templar Code For Dummies
The Templar Code For Dummies

A captivating look into the society of the Knights Templar

Brought to you by the author of Freemasons For Dummies, The Templar Code is more than an intriguing cipher or a mysterious symbol – it is the Code by which the Knights Templar lived and died, the Code that bound them together in secrecy, and the Code...

London For Dummies
London For Dummies

London is home to both the traditional and the trend-setting, from ceremonious pomp and pageantry to the "anything goes" aura of Soho. You can hang around the Tower of London or seek out the coolest shops and happening clubs. Once you've worked up an appetite, you can feast on fish and chips, try modern British cuisine, or take...

No Wonder You Wonder!: Great Inventions and Scientific Mysteries
No Wonder You Wonder!: Great Inventions and Scientific Mysteries

This book explores and explains scientific mysteries and principles, leavened with tongue-in-cheek humor and an abundance of illustrations. Chapters are short, but give an understanding of technology and science not available elsewhere. Questions include:

• What holds a satellite up while it goes around the Earth?

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Piano for Dummies
Piano for Dummies
At first glance, a piano may seem like an intimidating instrument that would be very difficult to learn how to play, but despite what your seventh-grade piano teacher may say, playing piano isn't brain surgery. It just takes time, practice, and patience.

Piano For Dummies starts at the very beginning and walks you through...

Offshore Outsourcing of IT Work: Client and Supplier Perspectives
Offshore Outsourcing of IT Work: Client and Supplier Perspectives

Based on over 200 interviews, this new book provides rich insights and practices on the toughest challenges facing offshore client/supplier relationships.  While many client organizations found benefits to be gained from the offshoring of IT work, others struggled to realize any cost savings or other improvements. How...

Encyclopedia of the Mexican-American War
Encyclopedia of the Mexican-American War

At first glance, it would seem that Mexico and the United States should have been good neighbors in the nineteenth century—they were both relatively young countries that had rebelled against a mother nation to establish republics. As they grew, they both had to deal with states with populations that believed that their...

The Discovery of the Germ (Revolutions in science)
The Discovery of the Germ (Revolutions in science)
Words, like coins, are subject to devaluations and debasement. Big words, like revolution, are particularly vulnerable. Because of its proper coupling with adjectives such as American, French or Industrial, the term ‘revolution’ has been exploited by a myriad writers seeking to hype up some comparatively minor change in, say, the...
England For Dummies
England For Dummies

England offers so many royal palaces, massive cathedrals, glorious gardens, world-class museums, and historical sites that you could be overwhelmed, but this guide helps you zero in on the things you want to see and do and plan the perfect trip for you! It gives you up-to-date info on: shopping and antiquing; side trips to attractions; where...

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