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The Art of Sport

Prentice Hall, 2003

The Art of Sport is a book about sport, but not only this: it is also a book about the beauty, the unexpected, the grace, the anguish, the triumph and the pain of sport.

In this collection, Reuters photographers have captured the significance of moments in time. More often than not the photograph needs no caption: it tells its own story...

Beginning C# 2005 Databases (Programmer to Programmer)

Wrox Press, 2006

Welcome to Beginning C# 2005 Databases! In this book you learn everything you need to know about
developing C# applications that access databases. If you are wondering why this is such an important
topic, just consider how many applications use the functionality. At first glance, you might notice a few
specialized ones such as...

Absolute Beginner's Guide to a Lite and Healthy Lifestyle

Que, 2005

Get off the scale and get to the bookstore! Absolute Beginner's Guide to a Lite and Healthy Lifestyle is your how-to-guide for a way-of-life makeover. Written by registered dietician Nicole Haywood and endorsed by the National Institute for Fitness and Sport, ABG to a Lite and Healthy Lifestyle ignores fad diets and focuses...

Geocaching: Hike and Seek with Your GPS (Technology in Action Series)

Apress, 2004

It isn't often that you witness the birth of a new sport or game. I'm not referring to some variation on a theme, like snowboarding on your hands, or to one of the prepackaged amusements that erupt like a volcano of marketing froth during the holiday seasons, but a real game-one that catches the imagination and quickly...

Human Motion: Understanding, Modelling, Capture, and Animation (Computational Imaging and Vision)

Springer, 2007

The study of human motion dates back more than 2000 years. With the event of information technology, new areas have been added to this field. Research using computer vision and computer graphics contributes to a transformation of biomechanics into a discipline that now applies computing technology throughout; on the other hand, computer vision and...

Brodeur: Beyond the Crease

John Wiley & Sons, 2006

THIS PREFACE IS BEING WRITTEN en route to London for my yearly pilgrimage to the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club for The Championships, otherwise known as Wimbledon. This trip has become an annual opportunity to reflect upon the latest season of hockey, the sport that usually commands the bulk of my professional...

Team Geek: A Software Developer's Guide to Working Well with Others

O'Reilly, 2012

Life is full of unexpected twists, and the two of us never imagined we’d someday write a book about software engineering.

Like most computer geeks, we discovered that our hobby and passion—playing with computers—was a great way to make a living after graduating college. And...

Game Design Workshop, Second Edition: A Playcentric Approach to Creating Innovative Games

Morgan Kaufmann, 2008

There is magic in games.

Not magic like a Level 19 fi reball spell is magic. Not the kind of magic you get when you purchase a trick in a magic store. And not the kind of mystical experience that organized religion can go on about. No, games are magic in the way that fi rst kisses are magic, the way that fi nally arriving at a perfect...

A Wavelet Tour of Signal Processing, Third Edition: The Sparse Way

Academic Press, 2008

I cannot help but find striking resemblances between scientific communities and schools of fish. We interact in conferences and through articles, and we move together while a global trajectory emerges from individual contributions. Some of us like to be at the center of the school, others prefer to wander around, and a few swim in multiple...

10-Minute Toughness: The Mental Training Program for Winning Before the Game Begins

McGraw-Hill, 2008

No psychobabble, no self-help clichés, no touchy-feely theories. Whether you're striving to get ahead in business or sports, 10-Minute Toughness is the simple and effective mental-training program to help you make the most of what you've got and give you the extra push you need to go the distance. You'll find the competitive edge...

JUMP! : Skydiving Made Fun & Easy

McGraw-Hill, 2003

Skydiving can be the thrill of a lifetime, but is “taking the plunge” right for you? Before you invest your hard earned dollars in pricey equipment and expensive lessons, read this book and find out. You’ll get an expert, frank overview of the sport covering everything you need to know BEFORE you go ahead and enroll in a skydiving...

Sports Nutrition: Fats and Proteins

CRC Press, 2007

The text essentially comprises sixteen independent essays, written by various experts in sport nutrition, each contribution provides 100 or more recent references. … the first half is allocated to the metabolism of a particular nutrient, and the second half considers the minimum requirements of the athlete and the possible impact upon...

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