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Vancouver Walking

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Quartermain, Meredith, PUBLISHER: NeWest Press, Journey along Vancouver s city streets ong>pastong> its landmarks through ong>theong> sounds and smells of Chinatown Ramble along ong>theong> seawall on English Bay ride ong>theong> curving streets to Kitsilano on a winter afternoon and experience ong>theong> vibrant sights and sounds of ong>theong> city s history as it jostles for a place in ong>theong> present

Historical Perspectives on Climate Change

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Fleming, James Rodger, PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press, USA, This intriguing volume provides a thorough examination of ong>theong> historical roots of global climate change as a field of inquiry, from ong>theong> Enlightenment to ong>theong> late twentieth century. Based on primary and archival sources, ong>theong> book is filled with interesting perspectives on what people have understood, experienced, and feared about ong>theong> climate and its changes in ong>theong> ong>pastong>. Chapters explore climate and culture in Enlightenment thought; climate debates in early America; ong>theong> development of international networks of observation; ong>theong> scientific transformation of climate discourse; and early contributions to understanding terrestrial temperature changes, infrared radiation, and ong>theong> carbon dioxide ong>theong>ory of climate. But perhaps most important, this book shows what a study of ong>theong> ong>pastong> has to offer ong>theong> interdisciplinary investigation of current environmental problems.

Proceedings: Microscopy and Microanalysis : Volume 8

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Kruuk, Hans / Volkl, Edgar / Piston, David, PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press, This Proceedings volume contains extended abstracts of all ong>theong> ong>papersong> presented at ong>theong> Microscopy and Microanalysis meeting held in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada on August . This meeting was a joint event comprising ong>theong> 60th Annual Meeting of ong>theong> Microscopy Society of America, ong>theong> 36th Annual Meeting of ong>theong> Microbeam Analysis Society, ong>theong> 29th Annual Meeting of ong>theong> Microscopy Society of Canada/Societe de Microscopie du Canada and ong>theong> 35th Annual Meeting of ong>theong> International Metallographic Society. ong>Theong> Proceedings consists of both a printed volume containing ong>theong> extended abstracts of all invited ong>papersong> as well as a searchable CD-ROM containing ong>theong> extended abstracts of all ong>papersong> presented at ong>theong> meeting.

Lot's Wife and the Venus of Milo: Conflicting Attitudes to

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Thomson, Boris / Thomson, R. D. B., PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press, Professor Thompson's subject is ong>theong> uneasy position of art within Marxist ideology: what part can ong>theong> arts of ong>theong> ong>pastong> play in ong>theong> new society? On ong>theong> one hand ong>theong>re was ong>theong> sense of a continuing cultural tradition, more or less independent of ideological change symbolized in ong>theong> image of ong>theong> Venus of Milo, and on ong>theong> oong>theong>r, ong>theong> iconoclastic demands for a complete break with ong>theong> ong>pastong> in all its forms made by revolutionary artists, who found in ong>theong> myth of Lot's wife a symbol of ong>theong> attractions of ong>theong> ong>pastong>. Originally published in , ong>theong> book discusses ong>theong> problems and paradoxes involved from a general ong>theong>oretical point of view and in ong>theong> work of individual artists. Professor Thompson suggests that ong>theong> power inherent in art to resist social and ideological changes undermines all rationalistic ong>theong>ories of art, those of ong>theong> Marxists and those fashionable in ong>theong> West.

Distinguished Figures in Mechanism and Machine Science:

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Ceccarelli, Marco, PUBLISHER: Springer London, This is ong>theong> first part of a series of books whose aim is to collect contributed ong>papersong> describing ong>theong> work of famous persons in MMS (Mechanism and Machine Science). ong>Theong> current work treats mainly technical developments in ong>theong> historical evolution of ong>theong> fields that today are grouped in MMS. Thus, ong>theong> emphasis is on biographical notes describing ong>theong> efforts and experiences of people who have contributed to ong>theong> technical achievements which forms ong>theong> core of each contributed paper. ong>Theong>se ong>papersong> cover ong>theong> wide field of ong>theong> History of Mechanical Engineering with specific focus on MMS. This volume will be of value to a wide audience interested in ong>theong> history of engineering.

Creating New Learning Experiences on a Global Scale: Second

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Klamma, Ralf, PUBLISHER: Springer, This book constitutes ong>theong> refereed proceedings of ong>theong> Second European Conference on Technology Enhanced Learning, EC-TEL , held in Crete, Greece in September . ong>Theong> 28 revised full ong>papersong>, 18 revised short ong>papersong> presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 116 submissions. ong>Theong> conference provides a unique forum for all research related to technology-enhanced learning, as well as its interactions with knowledge management, business processes and work environments. Topics addressed are collaborative learning, personalized learning, multimedia content, semantic web, metadata and learning, workplace learning, learning repositories and infrastructures for learning, as well as experience reports, assesment, and case studies.

AI*Ia 99: Advances in Artificial Intelligence: 6th Congress

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Associazione Italiana Per Lintelligenza Artificiale / Mello, P. / Lamma, E., PUBLISHER: Springer, This book constitutes ong>theong> thoroughly refereed post-conference proceedings of ong>theong> 6th Congress of ong>theong> Italian Association for Artificial Intelligence, AI*IA 99, held in Bologna, Italy, in September . ong>Theong> 33 revised full ong>papersong> presented were carefully reviewed and selected for inclusion in ong>theong> book from a total of 64 congress submissions. ong>Theong> ong>papersong> are organized in topical sections on knowledge representation; automated reasoning; temporal and qualitative reasoning; machine learning, data mining, and ong>theong>ory revision; natural language processing and web interfaces; multi-agent systems; perception and robotics; and planning and scheduling.

Serving the Public Trust: Insights Into Fundraising Research

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Pribbenow, Paul P., PUBLISHER: Jossey-Bass, During ong>theong> ong>pastong> forty years, fundraising has evolved into a profession that is characterized by increasingly sophisticated methods and purposes, defining much of how philanthropy is practiced in ong>theong> United States. This evolution of fundraising has resulted in many new issues relating to how institutions, individual citizens, and ong>theong> government perceive ong>theong> current practice of philanthropy and where professional fundraisers fit into common life. This issue presents four ong>papersong> that were originally commissioned for ong>theong> Think-Tank on Fund-Raising Research and two responses to ong>theong>se ong>papersong>. ong>Theong> information presented shows ong>theong> ways in which trust and policy are grounded in our common history and experience and illustrates how working togeong>theong>r will forge a stronger link between public trust and policy. This issue offers insightful glimpses into questions society must consider as it seeks a healthier understanding about philanthropy and philanthropic fundraising, seeking to strengong>theong>n ong>theong> role of philanthropy. This is ong>theong> 26th issue of ong>theong> quarterly journal "New Directions for Philanthropic Fundraising."

Water Conservation, Reuse, and Recycling: Proceedings of an

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Committee on U S-Iranian Workshop on Water Conservation Reus / Office for Central Europe and Eurasia Development Security a / Nati, PUBLISHER: National Academies Press, In December , a group of specialists on water resources from ong>theong> United States and Iran met in Tunis, Tunisia, for an interacademy workshop on water resources management, conservation, and recycling. This was ong>theong> fourth interacademy workshop on a variety of topics held in , ong>theong> first year of such workshops. Tunis was selected as ong>theong> location for ong>theong> workshop because ong>theong> Tunisian experience in addressing water conservation issues was of interest to ong>theong> participants from both ong>theong> United States and Iran. This report includes ong>theong> agenda for ong>theong> workshop, all of ong>theong> ong>papersong> that were presented, and ong>theong> list of site visits.

Handbook of Landscape Archaeology

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: David, Bruno / Thomas, Julian, PUBLISHER: Left Coast Press, Over ong>theong> ong>pastong> three decades, "landscape" has become an umbrella term to describe many different strands of archaeology. From ong>theong> processualist study of settlement patterns to ong>theong> phenomenologist's experience of ong>theong> natural world, from human impact on ong>pastong> environments to ong>theong> environment's impact on human thought, action, and interaction, ong>theong> term has been used. In this volume, for ong>theong> first time, over 80 archaeologists from three continents attempt a comprehensive definition of ong>theong> ideas and practices of landscape archaeology, covering ong>theong> ong>theong>oretical and ong>theong> practical, ong>theong> research and conservation, and encasing ong>theong> term in a global framework. As a basic reference volume for landscape archaeology, this volume will be ong>theong> benchmark for decades to come. All royalties on this Handbook are donated to ong>theong> World Archaeological Congress.

An Introduction to Crop Physiology:

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Milthorpe, F. L. / Milthorpe / Moorby, J., PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press, This book was made available as a second edition in . It provides an understanding of ong>theong> ways in which ong>theong> various physiological processes are integrated to produce ong>theong> responses shown by whole plants growing in ong>theong> variable environment in ong>theong> field, whilst ong>stressingong> ong>theong> quantitative aspects of ong>theong>se relationships. This was ong>theong> first general text to attempt such a treatment, ong>theong>reby digesting much material that had been found only in research ong>papersong> or detailed monographs and complementing ong>theong> reductionist approach of most standard texts of plant physiology. Most of ong>theong> subject matter concerns agricultural systems, but many of ong>theong> concepts and approaches are applicable to more complex natural ecosystems. Emphasis is placed on integrating knowledge from many sources and on trying to assess quantitatively ong>theong> importance of each component. ong>Theong> result is a comprehensive account making ong>theong> book a valuable background for all interested in ong>theong> study of plants in ong>theong> field.

Collection of Papers on Soil Science of the Estonian

Collection of ong>Papersong> on Soil Science of ong>theong> Estonian Agricultural Academy No. 49 Copertina flessibile â€" pp.155 Euro 70 (suolo 13)

A European Central Bank?: Perspectives on Monetary

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: De Cecco, Marcello, PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press, Based on a conference held by ong>theong> Italian Macroeconomic Policy Group and ong>theong> Centre for Economic Policy Research, this study examines ong>theong> issues raised by European monetary unification. An introduction describes recent developments and identifies ong>theong> motivations for creating a European central bank. ong>Theong>oretical ong>papersong> analyze ong>theong> interactions of capital controls, financial intermediation, and seigniorage in open economies, ong>theong> optimal design of centralized banks of issue by sovereign countries, and some new aspects of ong>theong> "optimal currency area" question. ong>Theong> volume concludes with a panel discussion on ong>theong> feasibility of European monetary unification, featuring leading academics and central bankers.

Language, Thought, and Reality: Selected Writings

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Carroll, John B. / Whorf, Benjamin L., PUBLISHER: MIT Press (MA), ong>Theong> pioneering linguist Benjamin Whorf () grasped ong>theong>relationship between human language and human thinking: how language can shape ourinnermost thoughts. His basic ong>theong>sis is that our perception of ong>theong> world and ourways of thinking about it are deeply influenced by ong>theong> structure of ong>theong> languages wespeak. ong>Theong> writings collected in this volume include important ong>papersong> on ong>theong> Maya, Hopi, and Shawnee languages as well as more general reflections on language andmeaning.

NATO: Its Past, Present, and Future

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Duignan, Peter, PUBLISHER: Hoover Institution Press, NATO tells ong>theong> story--ong>pastong>, present and future--of ong>theong> most successful peacetime venture in Western cooperation, from ong>theong> historic alliance's shaky beginnings to its cold war triumphs, failures, and successes.

Algorithmic Learning Theory - Alt '92: Third Workshop, Alt

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Doshita, Shuji / Furukawa, Koichi / Jantke, Klaus P., PUBLISHER: Springer, This volume contains ong>theong> ong>papersong> that were presented at ong>theong> Third Workshop onAlgorithmic Learning ong>Theong>ory, held in Tokyo in October . In addition to 3invited ong>papersong>, ong>theong> volume contains 19 ong>papersong> accepted for presentation, selected from 29 submitted extended abstracts. ong>Theong> ALT workshops have been held annually since and are organized and sponsored by ong>theong> Japanese Society for Artificial Intelligence. ong>Theong> main objective of ong>theong>se workshops is to provide an open forum for discussions and exchanges of ideasbetween researchers from various backgrounds in this emerging, interdisciplinary field of learning ong>theong>ory. ong>Theong> volume is organized into parts on learning via query, neural networks, inductive inference, analogical reasoning, and approximate learning.

Cofanetto Michael Jackson "The King Of Pop"

Cofanetto Originale Michael Jackson contenente: Off ong>theong> wall Thriller Bad Dangerous History: ong>pastong>, present and future Blood on ong>theong> dance floor Invincible Video greatest hits: history History on film Volume II Live in Bucharest: ong>Theong> Dangerous tour + Libretti illustrati: ong>Theong> Collection ong>Theong> Legend

Crystallographic Computing 3: Data Collection, Structure

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Sheldrick, G. M. / Kruger, C. / Goddard, R., PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press, USA, ong>Theong> latest in a series on crystallographic computing, this collection of 33 ong>papersong> covers ong>theong> full spectrum of computer applications in crystallography, including ong>theong> use of micro-, mini-, and mainframe computers. Special emphasis is given to single crystal and powder data collection, including position sensitive detectors; to crystallographic databases; to computer methods in protein crystallography; and to program systems for crystal structure determination. Presented at ong>theong> Ninth International School on Crystallographic Computing, held in Mulheim (FRG) in August , ong>theong>se ong>papersong> provide state-of-ong>theong>-art information that is not available elsewhere.

Bradt Croatia

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Letcher, Piers, PUBLISHER: Bradt Travel Guides, This new travel guide explores every aspect of ong>theong> Balkan country of Croatia, with a strong focus on ong>theong> natural and cultural aspects of this emerging nation. In-depth coverage of Dubrovnik - ong>theong> "Pearl of ong>theong> Adriatic," now restored to its former glory - and national parks, including ong>theong> world-famous Plitvice Lakes, are just a couple of ong>theong> highlights of ong>theong> Bradt guide. Miles of unspoiled beaches and over offshore islands bordering ong>theong> Adriatic make up ong>theong> stunning Dalmatian coast, perfect for sunbathing and yachting. Walkers can discover waterfalls, inland parks, and coastal hikes with breathtaking scenery. ong>Theong> historic cities of Dubrovnik, Zagreb, and Split provide an insight into ong>theong> ong>pastong> for culture vultures intent on getting ong>theong> best out of ong>theong> country's remarkably rich heritage. This is ong>theong> perfect guide to help visitors find and enjoy ong>theong>ir own corner of this peaceful country, and learn about Croatia ong>pastong> and present.

On the Functions of the Brain and of Each of Its Parts

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Gall, PUBLISHER: General Books, Title: On ong>theong> Functions of ong>theong> Brain and of Each of Its Parts: With Observations on ong>theong> Possibility of Determining ong>theong> Instincts, Propensities, and Talents, or ong>theong> Moral and Intellectual Dispositions of Men and Animals, by ong>theong> Configuration of ong>theong> Brain and Head Volume: 5-6 Publisher: Boston, Marsh, Capen

Mathematics as a Service Subject

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Howson, A. G. / Kahane, J. P. / Lauginie, P., PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press, Based on ong>theong> International Commission on Maong>theong>matical Instruction conference held in early , this volume consists of a number of key ong>papersong> presented by international authorities on ong>theong> role of maong>theong>matics in applied subjects, such as engineering, computer science, and maong>theong>matical modelling. ong>Theong> importance of certain maong>theong>matical ideas, such as geometry and discrete maong>theong>matics is stressed, as well as ong>theong> more classical methods. ong>Theong> book includes a long article by ong>theong> editor synong>theong>sizing some of ong>theong> main ong>theong>mes and trends debated at ong>theong> conference.

Screening the Past: Film and the Representation of History

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Barta, Tony, PUBLISHER: Praeger Publishers, Film and television have been accepted as having a pervasive influence on how people understand ong>theong> world. An important aspect of this is ong>theong> relationship of history and film. ong>Theong> different views of ong>theong> ong>pastong> created by film, television, and video are only now attracting closer attention from historians, cultural critics, and filmmakers. This volume seeks to advance ong>theong> critical exploration scholars have recently begun. Barta begins by addressing ong>theong> various ways ong>theong> ong>pastong> is "screened" for our understanding and relates ong>theong> art of film to oong>theong>r media. ong>Theong> essays that follow deal primarily with ong>theong> changing perspectives of political and social developments--and changing concepts of ideology, gender, or culture--in films and television programs made for historically shaped reasons. Chapters by filmmakers explore issues of context and intent in ong>theong>ir own projects. Scholars and general readers interested in film and cultural studies will find this an important volume.

AAAI-92: Proceedings of the Tenth National Conference on

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: American Association on Artificial Intel / AAAI Press, PUBLISHER: AAAI Press, ong>Theong> focus of ong>theong> AAAI-92 conference is on ong>theong> re integration of AI as a diverse but coherent whole. Accordingly ong>theong> traditional list of community-based content areas has been replaced by a more neutral set of taxonomies that span ong>theong> field. For example, a paper proposing a new epistemology for representing ong>theong> physical world based on an analysis of human brain structure would be described as "representation, physical world, biological." ong>Theong> ong>papersong> collected here represent significant research contributions to such areas as ong>theong> principles underlying cognition, perception, and action in man and machine; ong>theong> design, application, and evaluation of AI algorithms and systems; and ong>theong> analysis of domains in which AI systems perform.

Collection of Papers on Soil Science of the Estonian

Collection of ong>Papersong> on Soil Science of ong>theong> Estonian Agricultural Academy No. 49 Copertina flessibile â€" Copertina flessibile Editore: Jerusalem: Israel Program for Scientific Translations () Euro 30

Fontana del Papa "The Past.& the Pasta"

Fontana del Papa "ong>Theong> ong>Pastong>...& ong>theong> ong>Pastong>a" "An Italian Renaissance tale of one family's tenacity and ong>theong> challenges ong>theong>y faced, to achieve ong>theong>ir dream of restoring a 16th century farmhouse and create a home that stands true in today's world."

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