Children's Books in Print, 2007
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Page : pages
File Size : 23,6 MB
Release : 2006
Category : Authors
ISBN : 9780835248518
The Manchurian Candidate
Author : Richard Condon
Publisher : RosettaBooks
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 45,95 MB
Release : 2013-11-25
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0795335067
Book Description
The classic thriller about a hostile foreign power infiltrating American politics: “Brilliant . . . wild and exhilarating.” —The New Yorker A war hero and the recipient of the Congressional Medal of Honor, Sgt. Raymond Shaw is keeping a deadly secret—even from himself. During his time as a prisoner of war in North Korea, he was brainwashed by his Communist captors and transformed into a deadly weapon—a sleeper assassin, programmed to kill without question or mercy at his captors’ signal. Now he’s been returned to the United States with a covert mission: to kill a candidate running for US president . . . This “shocking, tense” and sharply satirical novel has become a modern classic, and was the basis for two film adaptations (San Francisco Chronicle). “Crammed with suspense.” —Chicago Tribune “Condon is wickedly skillful.” —Time
Commerce Business Daily
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Page : 1358 pages
File Size : 41,61 MB
Release : 1999-11
Category : Government purchasing
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Heart of a Dolphin
Author : Catherine Hapka
Publisher : Scholastic Inc.
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 20,33 MB
Release : 2016-04-26
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 054591941X
Book Description
Sometimes you find a friend where you least expect it... When Annie spots a dolphin trapped in fishing line in the cove near her house, she rushes to free him. Everyone cheers when she returns to shore, but only Annie knows that she and the dolphin have forged a special bond. He's become her friend -- and keeps returning to the cove to visit and play!Meanwhile, out of the water, nothing is going right. Annie's best friend, Emma, has changed, and keeps ditching her to hang out with snobby Morgan. At home, Annie's busy parents barely seem to have time for her, and she's stuck with her hyper younger brother always tagging along. Then a misunderstanding with Morgan makes things even worse... and ultimately leaves Annie alone and in danger. Can her dolphin friend help her when she needs it most?
Economic Security: Neglected Dimension of National Security ?
Author : National Defense University (U S )
Publisher : Government Printing Office
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 39,87 MB
Release : 2011-12-27
Category : Business & Economics
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Book Description
On August 24-25, 2010, the National Defense University held a conference titled “Economic Security: Neglected Dimension of National Security?” to explore the economic element of national power. This special collection of selected papers from the conference represents the view of several keynote speakers and participants in six panel discussions. It explores the complexity surrounding this subject and examines the major elements that, interacting as a system, define the economic component of national security.
The Seat of the Soul
Author : Gary Zukav
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 20,75 MB
Release : 2014
Category : New Age movement
ISBN : 147675540X
Book Description
Explores a new phase of human evolution that reflects a growing understanding about authentic, spiritual power based on cooperative beliefs and a reverence for life.
Rapid Visual Screening of Buildings for Potential Seismic Hazards: Supporting Documentation
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Publisher : Government Printing Office
Page : 206 pages
File Size : 39,64 MB
Release : 2015
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780160926754
Book Description
The Rapid Visual Screening (RVS) handbook can be used by trained personnel to identify, inventory, and screen buildings that are potentially seismically vulnerable. The RVS procedure comprises a method and several forms that help users to quickly identify, inventory, and score buildings according to their risk of collapse if hit by major earthquakes. The RVS handbook describes how to identify the structural type and key weakness characteristics, how to complete the screening forms, and how to manage a successful RVS program.
Introductory Statistics 2e
Author : Barbara Illowsky
Publisher :
Page : 2106 pages
File Size : 44,50 MB
Release : 2023-12-13
Category : Mathematics
ISBN :
Book Description
Introductory Statistics 2e provides an engaging, practical, and thorough overview of the core concepts and skills taught in most one-semester statistics courses. The text focuses on diverse applications from a variety of fields and societal contexts, including business, healthcare, sciences, sociology, political science, computing, and several others. The material supports students with conceptual narratives, detailed step-by-step examples, and a wealth of illustrations, as well as collaborative exercises, technology integration problems, and statistics labs. The text assumes some knowledge of intermediate algebra, and includes thousands of problems and exercises that offer instructors and students ample opportunity to explore and reinforce useful statistical skills. This is an adaptation of Introductory Statistics 2e by OpenStax. You can access the textbook as pdf for free at openstax.org. Minor editorial changes were made to ensure a better ebook reading experience. Textbook content produced by OpenStax is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
Backpacker
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Page : 140 pages
File Size : 13,19 MB
Release : 2007-09
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Book Description
Backpacker brings the outdoors straight to the reader's doorstep, inspiring and enabling them to go more places and enjoy nature more often. The authority on active adventure, Backpacker is the world's first GPS-enabled magazine, and the only magazine whose editors personally test the hiking trails, camping gear, and survival tips they publish. Backpacker's Editors' Choice Awards, an industry honor recognizing design, feature and product innovation, has become the gold standard against which all other outdoor-industry awards are measured.
Understanding Media
Author : Marshall McLuhan
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 396 pages
File Size : 44,1 MB
Release : 2016-09-04
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ISBN : 9781537430058
Book Description
When first published, Marshall McLuhan's Understanding Media made history with its radical view of the effects of electronic communications upon man and life in the twentieth century.
