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The Middle Ages: 500-1450 (The History of Medicine)

Facts on File, 2009

During the Middle Ages (ca. 529-1100), the rise of Christianity had a definite effect on the practice of medicine. Pope Gregory (ca. 540-604) stressed the importance of prayer over medicine, and over time that sentiment became pervasive. Each time a person was healed, it was considered a miracle. The church taught that since God sometimes sent...

Baby Signs: How to Talk with Your Baby Before Your Baby Can Talk, Third Edition

McGraw-Hill, 2009

The Essential Parenting Guide- NOW COMPLETELY UPDATED AND EXPANDED!

In 1982, child development experts Linda Acredolo, Ph.D., and Susan Goodwyn, Ph.D., discovered that babies can communicate with simple signs-even before they're able to talk. The result: Baby Signs, the groundbreaking technique that has changed parenting...

Mac OS X Snow Leopard: The Missing Manual

Pogue Press, 2009

This updated edition of David Pogue's immensely popular Mac guidebook offers a wealth of detail on Apple's newest operating system. Snow Leopard is faster and more reliable than earlier Mac OSX versions, and no one is more reliable at bringing you up to speed than David Pogue.

The most authoritative book for Mac users of all...

Scripting Your World: The Official Guide to Second Life Scripting

Sybex, 2008

Find complete information about Second Life scripting and gain access to more than 50 previously unpublished ready-to-use scripts in Scripting Your World: The Official Guide to Second Life Scripting. Learn how to script Second Life behaviors, grouped into categories like avatar movement, communications, prim and object control,...

The Moscow Puzzles: 359 Mathematical Recreations

Scribner, 1977

This book has been a classic in the former Soviet Union since it was first published in 1956, and it remains just as entertaining today. A master at making math fun for his high school students, Boris Kordemsky loaded this clever collection with a wide variety of math and logic related games and puzzles dealing with magic squares, tricky...

Mathematical Recreations

Dover Publications, 1953

IN October, 1941, I was invited to give a course of lectures at the New School for Social Research in New York City on the general topic, "Mathematical Recreations." On these lectures this book is based.

It may also be regarded as a revised edition of my similar work, published in French, entitled, "La Mathematique des...

Theology in Stone: Church Architecture from Byzantium to Berkeley

Oxford University Press, 2004

Thinking about church architecture has come to an impasse. Reformers and traditionalists are talking past each other. Statements from both sides are often strident and dogmatic. In Theology in Stone, Richard Kieckhefer seeks to help both sides move beyond the standoff toward a fruitful conversation about houses of worship. Drawing on a wide range...

Creative Shutter Speed: Master the Art of Motion Capture

John Wiley & Sons, 2009

Learn to unleash the power of every shutter speed

Shutter speed is an integral part of exposure. Learn to use it creatively, and you unlock the magic that transforms an ordinary subject into a work of art. From the blazing 1/8000 second that captures each feather in a hummingbird's wing to the lazy half-second that turns a fireworks...

Semiconductors and the Information Revolution: Magic Crystals that made IT Happen

Academic Press, 2009

This book sets out to explain the development of modern electronic systems and devices from the viewpoint of the semiconductor materials (germanium, silicon, gallium arsenide and many others) which made them possible. It covers the scientific understanding of these materials and its intimate relationship with their technology and many applications....

SmartDraw For Dummies (Computer/Tech)

For Dummies, 2009

Welcome to SmartDraw For Dummies, the book written especially for those who are lucky enough to have discovered the best business graphics program on the market and want to find out how to use it in time to finish that report, sales presentation, or product brochure that was due yesterday.

Have you ever needed to create a graph of recent...

Encyclopaedia of the History of Science, Technology, and Medicine in Non-Western Cultures 2 Volume Set

Springer, 2008

The second edition of this landmark encyclopaedia will contain approximately 1000 entries dealing in depth with the history of the scientific, technological and medical accomplishments of cultures outside of the United States and Europe. The entries consist of fully updated articles together with hundreds of entirely new topics.

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24 Deadly Sins of Software Security: Programming Flaws and How to Fix Them

McGraw-Hill, 2009

"What makes this book so important is that it reflects the experiences of two of the industry's most experienced hands at getting real-world engineers to understand just what they're being asked for when they're asked to write secure code. The book reflects Michael Howard's and David LeBlanc's experience in the trenches working with...

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