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The Driver: My Dangerous Pursuit of Speed and Truth in the Outlaw Racing World
The Driver: My Dangerous Pursuit of Speed and Truth in the Outlaw Racing World

On his deathbed, Alex Roy's father dropped tantalizing hints about the notorious Cannonball Run of the 1970s, the utterly illegal high-speed nonstop race from New York to L.A. that was nothing at all like the one portrayed in the Burt Reynolds movie.

Inspired by his father's dying words, and against the advice of his loyal,...

NTC's Pocket Dictionary of Words and Phrases : 12,000 Words, Idioms, and Phrasal Verbs for Travelers and Learners
NTC's Pocket Dictionary of Words and Phrases : 12,000 Words, Idioms, and Phrasal Verbs for Travelers and Learners
Containing 6000 basic words and 6000 common idioms and phrasal verbs, Spears's latest book will be in demand by ESL students, teachers, and foreigners traveling in the United States. A former linguistics professor, Spears has written or edited over 30 dictionaries, including NTC's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions, and is...
The Essential Galileo
The Essential Galileo
Edited and translated by Maurice A. Finocchiaro, an international authority on Galileo, this collection makes available to scholars and students an excellent and extensive selection of Galileo's key works from his early career to the end of his life - some in toto and some represented by key selections. It presents not only Galileo's most famous...
Foundation Rails 2
Foundation Rails 2
I wrote this book with the goal of providing an introduction to Rails for people who have some passing familiarity with other scripting languages such as JavaScript or PHP. That being said, the main requirement for success with this book is simply going to be motivation and curiosity. Readers with an abundance of both, who are willing to go beyond...
Metonymy: Hidden Shortcuts in Language, Thought and Communication (Cambridge Studies in Cognitive Linguistics)
Metonymy: Hidden Shortcuts in Language, Thought and Communication (Cambridge Studies in Cognitive Linguistics)

'Metonymy' is a type of figurative language used in everyday conversation, a form of shorthand that allows us to use our shared knowledge to communicate with fewer words than we would otherwise need. 'I'll pencil you in' and 'let me give you a hand' are both examples of metonymic language. Metonymy serves a wide...

George Silverman's Explanation
George Silverman's Explanation
WHAT do I know of Hoghton Towers? Very little; for I have been gratefully unwilling to disturb my first impressions. A house, centuries old, on high ground a mile or so removed from the road between Preston and Blackburn, where the first James of England, in his hurry to make money by making baronets, perhaps made some of those remunerative...
Data Compression: The Complete Reference
Data Compression: The Complete Reference
Giambattista della Porta, a Renaissance scientist, was the author in 1558 of Magia Naturalis (Natural Magic), a book in which he discusses many subjects, including demonology, magnetism, and the camera obscura. The book mentions an imaginary device that has since become known as the “sympathetic telegraph.” This device was to have...
Visual Effects in A Digital World: A Comprehensive Glossary of over 7,000 Visual Effects Terms
Visual Effects in A Digital World: A Comprehensive Glossary of over 7,000 Visual Effects Terms
"Extensive, exhaustive, complete...Half the terms I didn't know! Every studio exec, director, producer, student and journalist should read this book cover to cover!"
Scott Ross, Co-Founder/CEO, Digital Domain

"An indispensable tool for anyone working in the visual effects medium today."
Marty Cohen, Post
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Human Computation (Synthesis Lectures on Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning)
Human Computation (Synthesis Lectures on Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning)

Human computation is a new and evolving research area that centers around harnessing human intelligence to solve computational problems that are beyond the scope of existing Artificial Intelligence (AI) algorithms. With the growth of the Web, human computation systems can now leverage the abilities of an unprecedented number of people via the...

Microsoft Word Whiz 2002
Microsoft Word Whiz 2002
Use this guide to increase proficiency on Microsoft Word 2002. It is designed to be progressive and modular, creating ease of use for beginners, yet comprehensive enough as a review for the Microsoft Office Specialist certification exam.

This book is exactly what you need to increase proficiency on Microsoft Word 2002.

The book...

Service-Oriented Modeling (SOA): Service Analysis, Design, and Architecture
Service-Oriented Modeling (SOA): Service Analysis, Design, and Architecture
Answers to your most pressing SOA development questions

How do we start with service modeling? How do we analyze services for better reusability? Who should be involved? How do we create the best architecture model for our organization? This must-read for all enterprise leaders gives you all the answers and tools needed to develop a sound...

Algebraic Theory of Automata Networks (SIAM Monographs on Discrete Mathematics and Applications, 11)
Algebraic Theory of Automata Networks (SIAM Monographs on Discrete Mathematics and Applications, 11)
This self-contained monograph covers the foundations of what is currently known about automata networks, giving the reader sufficient theoretical background to be at the forefront of research in many related areas. Alexandra Kireeva, Mathematical Reviews

Algebraic Theory of Automata Networks investigates automata networks as
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