You will never look at the world the same way after you've experienced The Automatic Universe. Gripping truths about reality reveal the mechanics of existence that will challenge your beliefs about the meaning of life. A riveting reality check addresses how the universe operates and the role humans play within it. Reality is put on a suspenseful trial that will question your belief in existence. Your senses will tingle as you discover the trut...
The story of Odette, a schizophrenic girl caught between a cold reality in an abusive foster home and a bizarre set of fantasies where she is considered a god by her creations. But the intentions of the inhabitants of her psyche, divided into two warring factions, are even less clear than those of the people she encounters in her real world of school and never-ending therapy, which is ruled by her charismatic and psychotic best friend Anna. He...
Three important technology issues face professionals in today's business, education, and government world. In Privacy, Identity, and Cloud Computing, author and computer expert Dr. Harry Katzan Jr. addresses the subjects of privacy and identity as they relate to the new discipline of cloud computing, a model for providing on-demand access to computing service via the Internet.A compendium of eight far-reaching papers, Privacy, Identity, and Cl...
When Evan McGorkle moved to Manhattan more than fifteen years ago, he harbored big dreams. He had a bachelor's degree in English and a few unpublished stories, he burned with the anticipation of earning a living as a writer. Part of his dream came true, he published two historical romance novels. Neither one met with much success.Now, to pay the bills, Evan works as a freelance copy editor, even so, he still aspires to become a best-selling au...
Three important technology issues face professionals in today's business, education, and government world. In Privacy, Identity, and Cloud Computing, author and computer expert Dr. Harry Katzan Jr. addresses the subjects of privacy and identity as they relate to the new discipline of cloud computing, a model for providing on-demand access to computing service via the Internet.A compendium of eight far-reaching papers, Privacy, Identity, and Cl...
Irving W. Phillips created the widely syndicated cartoon, "The Strange World of Mr. Mum, " half a century ago, but his ironic, whimsical humor remains just as relevant today.
Television dramas, reality shows, and police procedural mystery novels may try to replicate the truth of a cop's life, but sometimes the real story is stranger-and more entertaining.In more than thirty engaging anecdotes, Cop Stories gives a no-holds-barred inside look at the experiences of Dick Ellwood, police officer for the Baltimore Police Department from 1965 through his retirement in 1990. He vividly depicts the teeming street life of on...
Television dramas, reality shows, and police procedural mystery novels may try to replicate the truth of a cop's life, but sometimes the real story is stranger-and more entertaining.In more than thirty engaging anecdotes, Cop Stories gives a no-holds-barred inside look at the experiences of Dick Ellwood, police officer for the Baltimore Police Department from 1965 through his retirement in 1990. He vividly depicts the teeming street life of on...
When Evan McGorkle moved to Manhattan more than fifteen years ago, he harbored big dreams. He had a bachelor's degree in English and a few unpublished stories, he burned with the anticipation of earning a living as a writer. Part of his dream came true, he published two historical romance novels. Neither one met with much success.Now, to pay the bills, Evan works as a freelance copy editor, even so, he still aspires to become a best-selling au...
Cuando hemos abusado o dejado de cuidar nuestro cuerpo, éste responde haciendo sonar sus alarmas. El fin de la enfermedad llegará cuando dejemos de luchar "contra" ella y comprendamos, desde una perspectiva multidimensional, su finalidad. Este libro invita a ver los síntomas como respuestas adaptativas de un cuerpo inteligente, cuya capacidad para sanarse puede estimularse con estilos saludables de vida y aprendiendo prácticas de sanación natu...
This is a story about one man's venture to build an adult treehouse with all the bells and whistles. Follow your dreams and use the lessons learned about leadership throughout your life to accomplish your goals. This is a forty-year personal journey that builds upon experiences with family, the military and manufacturing. The goal here was to build a self-contained structure and work through the planning that involved engineering, drafting and...
Advances in Imaging and Electron Physics merges two long-running serials--Advances in Electronics and Electron Physics and Advances in Optical and Electron Microscopy. This series features extended articles on the physics of electron devices (especially semiconductor devices), particle optics at high and low energies, microlithography, image science and digital image processing, electromagnetic wave propagation, electron microscopy, and the co...
There is a dead body in room 110 of the Death Valley Motel, and the evidence points to murder. Managers Ric and Alex Delgado are siblings with police work in their blood, they chose this small Death Valley town specifically because it appeared to be a quiet place where Alex could heal from the violent traumas of her past. Now a killer has struck too close to Alex, opening old wounds and threatening the calmness and routine of her new life.
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