Born in the 1890s on opposite sides of the Atlantic, friends for more than forty years, Dorothy Thompson and Rebecca West lived strikingly parallel lives that placed them at the center of the social a
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Showcases the art of twelve revolutionary artists from the twentieth century, and offers commentaries on each artist's practices, life, and significant pieces.
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Digital production tools and online networks have dramatically increased the generalvisibility, accessibility, and diversity of pornography. Porn can be accessed for free, anonymously,and in a seeming
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GAME DEVELOPMENT WITH MICROSOFT DIRECTCOMPUTE teaches the theories behind parallel computing and computing on the graphics card, and provides hands-on examples of real tasks that could be solved using
Shares uplifting guidelines for building strong and enduring bonds with others for improved relationships and community networks, counseling readers on topics ranging from communication and etiquette
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Steeb (scientific computing, U. of Johannesburg, South Africa) sets out all the basic concepts in the closely connected fields, together with the definitions, theorems, and algorithms, which are imple
We live in an interoperable world. Computer hardware and software products from different manufacturers can exchange data within local networks and around the world using the Internet. The competitio
This book is a love story, a political memoir, a parallel journey into and through grief and loss. It goes inside Cabinet and inside the heart. It wonders why we don't make enough room in our lives fo
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The subject of data-driven modeling has been addressed in various disciplines such as statistics, pattern recognition, signal processing, genomics, artificial neural networks, machine learning, and d
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The series "Studies in Fuzziness and Soft Computing" contains publications on various areas within the so-called soft computing which include fuzzy sets, rough sets, neural networks, evolutionary comp
This book offers a state-of-the-art introduction to the mathematical theory of supply chain networks, focusing on those described by partial differential equations. The authorsdiscuss modeling of comp
There are simple and funny Russian texts for easy reading. The book consists of Elementary and Pre-intermediate courses with parallel Russian-English texts. The author maintains learners' motivation w
Updated - February 2014 adding OLANs. Premises cabling has evolved from being all "Cat 5" for enterprise LANs to copper, fiber and wireless networks to support LANs, data centers, security and buildin
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Shipwrecks discovered throughout Southeast Asia and the precious cargoes they contain represent invaluable information for the study of international trade networks. However, these treasure troves of
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Looks at the world of Indian fashion, exploring the work of such designers as Fightercock, Kavita Bharthia, and Gayatri Khanna and discusses the innovative techniques being used for textiles, sculptur
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Scheme is a general-purpose programming language, descended from Algol and Lisp, widely used in computing education and research and a broad range of industrial applications. This thoroughly updated
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