Parallel and Distributed Computing and Networks

One of the most influential anthropological works of the last two decades, Alfred Gell's Art and Agency is a provocative and ambitious work that both challenged and reshaped anthropological understand

Alfred Gell (1945-1997) was a British social anthropologist who died young, of cancer. In 2008, ten years after his influential book's posthumous publication, a symposium on Art and Agency (1998) conv

Islamic cultures in the Middle East have inherited and developed a legacy of urbanism spanning millennia to the ancient civilizations of the region. In contrast to well-organized states like China in

Two Bibles in one - The MESSAGE and the New King James, showing the best of the traditional and the most free of the contemporary translations. The Message has gained popularity as a translation to co

The People's Parallel Bible lets you read two of the most powerful translations of God's Word in one quality Bible edition. Now you can compare the time-honored King James Version with the clear and a

The ESV Spanish/English Parallel Bible features two columns of Scripture on each page: the Reina-Valera 1960 Spanish text on the left, and the ESV English language text on the right.

The People's Parallel Bible lets you read two of the most powerful translations of God's Word in one quality Bible edition. Now you can compare the time-honored King James Version with the clear and a

Since its launch in late 2000, "Cabinet" magazine has become a touchstone for a certain approach to understanding culture, one that shuns orthodox distinctions--high/low, serious/humorous, professiona

Uses Internet as a springboard in envisioning the network of the future and its components such as the national information infrastructure, information networks, databases, and consumer electronics, a

This is a coin collector’s dream folder! Not only does it have a space for every state’s quarter—arranged according to year—but now it has slots for the six brand-new quarters that the United States Mint is issuing. These latest coins will honor the District of Columbia, along with five U.S. territories: the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. Not only will this handy folder help collectors hold on to these special keepsakes, but it includes a description of the Commemorative Coin Program; the new District of Columbia, and five U.S. territories programs; a history of the United States Quarter Dollar; details on how the designs were chosen; and an account of how coins are manufactured by the Mint and distributed by the Federal Reserve Bank.

In these 1960s adventures, Aquaman, the Atom, Batman, the Flash, Green Arrow, Green Lantern, Superman, and Wonder Woman meets the Justice Society of America from the parallel world known as Earth-1, a

What is a neighbourhood? What holds it together? What tears it apart? Each has its own geography, relying on such social networks as schools, parks, libraries, community centres, and places of worship

The Dutch Republic in the 17th century was home to one of the greatest flowerings of painting in the history of Western art. Freed from the constraints of royal and church patronage, artists created a

Features more than 500 paintings from many of the best figurative artists active over the past quarter century, including Jonathan Yeo, Stuart Pearson Wright, Paul Emsley, Annabel Cullen and Ishbel My

Everybody's talking about Green these days; sustainable architecture and urbanism are getting almost universal attention. And they deserve it. Who could possibly oppose Green?But there's also a lot of

Collects the author's writings on art, architecture, and globalism, discussing artistic practice and cutlural critique, exploring the works of Rem Koolhaas, Brian Junge, and Sam Durant.

Currently, the various departments of justice of Barcelona and L'Hospitalet de Llobregat are scattered in 17 buildings distributed between the two cities, with functional frustrations for both users a

Mobile context-awareness is a popular research trend in the field of ubiquitous computing. Advances in mobile device sensory hardware and the rise of ‘virtual’ sensors such as web application programm

This essential version of George Wittenborn's guestbook was conceived and designed by Ronny Van de Velde, Antwerp-based collector and dealer in works of modern art. In a way, this 'hands of art' proje

Computing and information and communications technology (ICT) has dramatically changed how we work and live, has had profound effects on nearly every sector of society, has transformed whole industrie

Ping-pong is the most popular racquet sport in the world. And no wonder: it is one of the few sports that is genuinely enjoyable to play at any skill level and at any age. From the fluorescent-lit bas