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Spacecraft Power Systems

CRC Press, 2004

The first man-made satellite was Sputnik I, launched and operated by Russia in the low Earth orbit in 1957. In the decade that followed, the American space exploration programs launched many Earth orbiting satellites. The first commercial geosynchronous satellite, Intelsat-1, was placed in orbit in 1965, and, in 1969, NASA’s Apollo-11 became...

Getting an Investing Game Plan: Creating It, Working It, Winning It

John Wiley & Sons, 2003

Praise for Getting an Investing Game Plan

"I think you’ll find this book valuable. It’s full of great ideas and tangible examples that will show you how to craft a sensible investment plan."
–From the Foreword by Don Phillips, Managing Director, Morningstar, Inc.

"This is the best book on...

Adventure Guide to Thailand (Hunter Travel Guides)

Hunter House, 2006

A thorough guide to the number-one tourist destination in Southeast Asia. The finest hotels, with impeccable service, cost a fraction of what you would pay elsewhere, and shoppers will never tire of the vast selections, from silk scarves and designer gowns to exotic jewellery. Try elephant trekking, sea canoeing or Thai massage. Taste the...

The Physical Tourist: A Science Guide for the Traveler

Birkhauser, 2008

Typical travel guides have sections on architecture, art, literature, music and cinema. Rarely are any science-related sites identified. For example, a current travel guide for Germany contains one tidbit on science: Einstein is identified as the most famous citizen of Ulm. By contrast, this travel guide walks a tourist through Berlin and...

Becoming Biliterate: A Study of Two-Way Bilingual Immersion Education

Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 2003

The increasing number of linguistically diverse students in U.S. schools, especially Mexican and Mexican American Spanish-speaking children, continues to challenge the ways public schools are educating this population. After 30 years of controversy over bilingual education, quality education for linguistically diverse students has remained an...

Adaptive Hypermedia and Adaptive Web-Based Systems: 5th International Conference, AH 2008

Springer, 2008

Adaptive Hypermedia has emerged as an important area of both academic and deployed research. It encompasses a broad range of research that will enable personalized, adaptive hypermedia systems to play an even more effective role in people’s lives. The Web has enabled the widespread use of many personalized systems, such as recommenders,...

Landscapes of Mars: A Visual Tour

Springer, 2008

Practically next door to us in our Solar System, Mars is the most Earth-like of all the worlds held in perpetual motion by the Sun’s gravity. It is a planet that has fascinated and intrigued humans since prehistoric times. The Greeks named it Ares, after their god of war. The connection was easy to make because of the planet’s...

Information and Communication Technologies in Support of the Tourism Industry

IGI Global, 2007

Tourism is one of the leading industries worldwide. The magnitude of growth in tourism will bring both opportunities and problems to source and destination markets in years to come, especially in the internal and external exchange of information in the industry. Information and Communication Technologies in Support of the Tourism Industry...

Athens, Attica and the Megarid: An Archaeological Guide (Experiences of Archaeology)

Routledge, 2001

The idea for this guidebook arose from a sojourn of several years in Greece. During this period it became clear from visits to many sites that, in spite of the large number of tourist guides dealing with Greece (especially with Athens, Attica and the Megarid), there was no guide which really filled the need for reliable...

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