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Hdl Chip Design: A Practical Guide for Designing, Synthesizing & Simulating Asics & Fpgas Using Vhdl or Verilog

Doone, 1998

Arthur C. Clarke once wrote that any sufficiently advanced civilization would possess seemingly magical powers to a lesser-advanced one. Technology, and in particular computer technology, has and always will present a Janus head...

My New iPad: A User's Guide

No Starch Press, 2010

The iPad is cute. It's lovable. It's fun to play with. And it's a bit mysterious.

My New iPad is your guide to getting more from your new iPad, Apple's latest magical creation. You'll learn how to do the things you want to do right now—like surf the Internet, send email, listen to music,...

Inquisition in the Fourteenth Century: The Manuals of Bernard Gui and Nicholas Eymerich (Heresy and Inquisition in the Middle Ages)

York Medieval Press, 2019

The Inquisition played a central role in European history. It moulded societies by enforcing religious and intellectual unity; it helped develop the judicial and police techniques which are the basis of those used today; and it helped lay the foundations for the persecution of witches. An understanding of the Inquisition is therefore...

Hardboiled Web Design

Five Simple Steps LLP, 2010

Every web designer harbours tales of frustration, limitation and despair. Web design requires skills and knowledge beyond mere manipulation of form, shape, language, colour, message and meaning. What users don’t see behind those visuals is just as important as what they do see. We have to think about moving parts and engineering...

Enchanting Robots: Intimacy, Magic, and Technology (Social and Cultural Studies of Robots and AI)

Palgrave Macmillan, 2019

This book argues that robots are enchanting humans (as potential intimate partners), because humans are enchanting robots (by performing magical thinking), and that these processes are a part of a significant re-enchantment of the “modern” world. As a foundation, the author examines arguments for and against intimate relationships...

Arthur: God and Hero in Avalon

Reaktion Books, 2019

For fifteen centuries, legends of King Arthur have enthralled us. Born in the misty past of a Britain under siege, half-remembered events became shrouded in ancient myth and folklore. The resulting tales were told and retold, until over time Arthur, Camelot, Avalon, the Round Table, the Holy Grail, Excalibur, Lancelot, and...

From Russia with Tough Love: Pavel's Kettlebell Workout for a Femme Fatale

Dragon Door Publications, 2002

In Russia, kettlebells have long been revered as the fitness-tool of choice for Olympic athletes, elite special forces and martial artists. The kettlebell’s ballistic movement challenges the body to achieve an unparalleled level of physical conditioning and overall strength.

But until now, the astonishing benefits of the...

Statistics in a Nutshell: A Desktop Quick Reference

O'Reilly, 2008

One thing I (Sarah) have learned over the last 20 or so years is that a sure way to derail a promising conversation at a party is to tell people what I do for a living. And rest assured that I’m neither a tax auditor nor captain of a sludge barge.No, I’m merely a biostatistician and statistics instructor, a revelation which invariably...

12 Essential Skills for Software Architects

Addison Wesley, 2011

As you start reading this book, I hope you are prepared to keep an open mind and are willing to try some new approaches to your daily life.

My name is Dave Hendricksen, and I have the privilege of being a software architect for Thomson Reuters, where the focus of my work is on producing intelligent legal...

Learning Adobe Connect 9

Packt Publishing, 2013

Successfully create and host web meetings, virtual classes, and webinars with Adobe Connect

Overview

Master all the important features of Adobe Connect

Utilize Adobe Connect for your mission critical web conferencing needs, independent of the type of user devices

A practical...

Dictionary of Celtic Mythology (Oxford Paperback Reference)

Oxford University Press, 1994

The Celts were one of the great founding civilizations of Europe and the first North European people to emerge into recorded history, producing a vibrant labyrinth of mythological tales and sagas that have influenced the literary traditions of Europe and the world.

The first A-Z reference of its kind, Dictionary of Celtic Mythology...

Digital Storytelling, First Edition : A Creator's Guide to Interactive Entertainment

Focal Press, 2004

This book is about storytelling—a new form of storytelling, to be sure, but part of
a tradition that stretches back to preliterate times. Storytelling is a magical and
powerful craft. Not only can it transport the audience on a thrilling journey into
an imaginary world, but it can also reveal dark secrets of human nature or...

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