In this portable (5x7.5") supplementary text, Rawls (Thomas Jefferson School of Public Policy, College of William and Mary) examines the nature of the American legislative machine and how well it func
Let the games begin! These thirteen original stories by veterans of the fantasy realms take role-playing games and universes to a whole new level. From a teenager who finds a better future in virtual
Jake and his pets love their little blankets, which they carry everywhere they go, but when the blankets start to get smelly, Jake's mother has trouble getting them into the washing machine.
A series of essays on the evolution of culture, dealing with topics including the city and consciousness, evolution of the afterlife, literary and mathematical archetypes, machine consciousness and th
Mule is the most widely used open source ESB, providing an alternative to expensive commercial options. "Mule in Action" is a comprehensive tutorial designed for working Java developers and explores
Video games are one of today's most popular forms of entertainment. Every day, video game developers draw more and more people into their virtual worlds. If you've got a creative mind and a knack for
After the Earth was destroyed by ruthless machine intelligences known as the Cold Minds, the remnants of the human race sought refuge among the Hidden Worlds. Now, renegade pilot Linnea Kiaho and her
WWW.(Your Social Network).COMAre you a virtual social butterfly? Captivated by the buzz of new media? Interested in setting the online social scene for others? And making a profit doing so? Tap into t
What at first seemed to be a chaotic uprising of machine against man is becoming a controlled event, destroying the lives of billions and hurling the known galaxy into a state of utter discord. The fo
In the years between the world wars, French intellectuals, politicians, and military leaders came to see certain encounters-between human and machine, organic and artificial, national and internationa
Jagerstatter (1907-43) was one of many men who refused to serve in the Nazi war machine and was murdered for it. What he stands out for is his articulation of his views in his letters. A Catholic Aust
At the end of World War I, the United States Army—despite its recent experience with trenches, machine guns, barbed wire, airplanes, and even tanks—maintained a horse-mounted cavalry from
Al Capone, George "Machine Gun" Kelly, Alvin Karpis, "Dock" Barker--these were just a few of the legendary "public enemies" for whom America's first supermax prison was created. In Alcatraz: The Gangs
Language in Cognition argues that language is based on the human construal of reality. Humans refer to and quantify over virtual entities with the same ease as they do over actual entities: the natura
The type of control system used for electrical machines depends on the use (nature of the load, operating states, etc.) to which the machine will be put. The precise type of use determines the control
Do virtual museums really provide added value to end-users, or do they just contribute to the abundance of images? Does the World Wide Web save endangered cultural heritage, or does it foster a societ
Digitising personal information is changing our ways of identifying persons and managing relations. What used to be a "natural" identity, is now as virtual as a user account at a web portal, an email
Noise is everywhere and in most applications that are related to audio and speech, such as human-machine interfaces, hands-free communications, voice over IP (VoIP), hearing aids, teleconferencing/tel
Having been kidnapped by aliens and transformed into a garbage-machine that can convert Earth's trash into alien food, Lunchbox the basset hound finds himself in a strange predicament as the sole savi
An omnibus anthology brings together the complete adventures of Sam Gunn, a visionary astronaut, scoundrel, and venture capitalist, as he comes to the aid of twin sisters trapped in the "virtual sex"
Life is not easy for twelve-year-old Erec Rex. His single mother can barely support her six adopted kids. And they've moved into an apartment so tiny that Erec sleeps with the washing machine. Worse,
Running through months in the year, Bow-Wow finds himself buried in snow in February and nestled among flowers, birds, and butterflies in June. Then in October the moon acts like an X-ray machine, sho
這本書可以指引您一條從Java前往MID（Mobile Internet Device）裝置的快速捷徑。以範例集作為切入角度，由淺而深入，帶領初學Android或對Android有設計基礎的開發人員，逐步開拓對手機世界的想像。本書為實務結合創意的2.0書籍，藉由「手機╳網路╳影音╳樂活╳社群」為出發點，讓Java專家、Android手機程式開發者得以啟發更多可見的創意發想，跟著書中的範例學習，一步
Android is a free, open source, Java-based mobile platform developed by Google. "Unlocking Android" prepares the reader to embrace the Android mobile platform in easy-to-understand language and build
No city in the world has seen more intense political battles between bosses and reformers than New York, which is home to America's original party machine, Tammany Hall, and its most spectacular urban
"A lot has happened in the financial markets since 1992, when Peter Bernstein wrote his seminal Capital Ideas. Happily, Peter has taken up his facile pen again to describe these changes, a virtual rev
He may be half-man and half-machine, but Vic Stone (a.k.a. Cyborg of the Teen Titans) remains all hero in this miniseries exploring his dark origins and the nefarious plot to exploit his unique machin
In our current global networked culture that puts so much emphasis on the virtual and the visual, the mind and the body have become detached and ultimately disconnected. Though physical appearance is
In our current global networked culture that puts so much emphasis on the virtual and the visual, the mind and the body have become detached and ultimately disconnected. Though physical appearance is
This guide is for Java, Flex, and Flash developers who need development design patterns and practical RIA architecture integration techniques for integrating Flex on the Spring Framework. Some experie
This guide for beginning and seasoned Java developers explains how to use the Eclipse Rich Client Platform (RCP), an open-development platform. It explains how to apply modern graphical user interface
Concentrates on Britain's international policy under the Labour governments in the 1960s. This book covers topics that range from defence policy and the government machine to European integration, NAT
