Book Description
An introduction to paintball that includes offensive and defensive tactics, a brief history of the sport, rules of the game, advice on choosing, cleaning, and maintaining equipment, and interviews with the game's best players.
Author : Jerry Braun
Publisher :
Page : 436 pages
File Size : 41,55 MB
Release : 2007
Category : Games & Activities
ISBN : 9781578262540
An introduction to paintball that includes offensive and defensive tactics, a brief history of the sport, rules of the game, advice on choosing, cleaning, and maintaining equipment, and interviews with the game's best players.
Author : Greg Roza
Publisher : The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
Page : 68 pages
File Size : 38,73 MB
Release : 2007-01-15
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781404209947
Examines the history, rules, and strategy of paintball.
Author : Greg Roza
Publisher : The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
Page : 50 pages
File Size : 43,14 MB
Release : 2014-12-15
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1477780939
Though it has been around for only a few decades, paintball is an incredibly popular sport. Paintball fans will appreciate the history of the sport that is offered here, as well as the discussion of tactics that will help them dominate the competition. Neophytes will also find this title valuable, with its overview of how the game is played proving particularly useful. Sidebars offer extra information, while dynamic photos of paintball players in action are sure to capture readers’ attention. A great resource on a high-interest topic.
Author : Leonard M. Adkins
Publisher : The Countryman Press
Page : 496 pages
File Size : 22,22 MB
Release : 2013-07-01
Category : Travel
ISBN : 1581577400
Maryland offers an abundance of natural and cultural riches, so make this guidebook your compass to it all. Limitless exploration and entertainment opportunities await travelers and residents alike, and this thoroughly revised edition of Explorer’s Guide Maryland is the perfect companion for every excursion. The best restaurants, places to stay, and activities for every budget and interest are laid out in an easy-to-navigate guide as useful on the bookshelf as it is in the glove compartment. Descriptions and listings cover the whole state, including the quiet Eastern Shore; picturesque, historic Annapolis; the heart of downtown Baltimore; the many historical sites dotting the southern region; and the scenic northwestern mountains.
Author : Rose Arny
Publisher :
Page : 1372 pages
File Size : 17,92 MB
Release : 2002-02
Category : American literature
ISBN :
Author : Steve Davidson
Publisher :
Page : 203 pages
File Size : 29,55 MB
Release : 2009
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781894953580
An essential guide for parents, youth sports organizations, players or anyone seeking solid information about the sport. A PARENT'S GUIDE covers everything from the history of the game to rules of play, equipment and buying guides, essential contact information and advice for parent's mentoring paintball playing youths. Steve Davidson, author of "MAXING: A GUIDE TO WINNING TOURNAMENT PLAY and THE COMPLETE GUIDE TO PAINTBALL brings over two decades of paintball experience to the subject of youth paintball. In A PARENT'S GUIDE, Davidson blends historical anecdotes, amusing stories and practical information into an easy to read introduction to the sport written just for parents. Packed with a wealth of detailed information, this primer covers everything from safety and medical considerations to basic rules of play.
Author : Carolyn Farquhar Ulrich
Publisher :
Page : 2212 pages
File Size : 20,95 MB
Release : 1993
Category : Periodicals
ISBN :
Author : Steve Scargall
Publisher : Apress
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 24,10 MB
Release : 2020-01-09
Category : Computers
ISBN : 1484249321
Beginning and experienced programmers will use this comprehensive guide to persistent memory programming. You will understand how persistent memory brings together several new software/hardware requirements, and offers great promise for better performance and faster application startup times—a huge leap forward in byte-addressable capacity compared with current DRAM offerings. This revolutionary new technology gives applications significant performance and capacity improvements over existing technologies. It requires a new way of thinking and developing, which makes this highly disruptive to the IT/computing industry. The full spectrum of industry sectors that will benefit from this technology include, but are not limited to, in-memory and traditional databases, AI, analytics, HPC, virtualization, and big data. Programming Persistent Memory describes the technology and why it is exciting the industry. It covers the operating system and hardware requirements as well as how to create development environments using emulated or real persistent memory hardware. The book explains fundamental concepts; provides an introduction to persistent memory programming APIs for C, C++, JavaScript, and other languages; discusses RMDA with persistent memory; reviews security features; and presents many examples. Source code and examples that you can run on your own systems are included. What You’ll Learn Understand what persistent memory is, what it does, and the value it brings to the industry Become familiar with the operating system and hardware requirements to use persistent memory Know the fundamentals of persistent memory programming: why it is different from current programming methods, and what developers need to keep in mind when programming for persistence Look at persistent memory application development by example using the Persistent Memory Development Kit (PMDK)Design and optimize data structures for persistent memoryStudy how real-world applications are modified to leverage persistent memoryUtilize the tools available for persistent memory programming, application performance profiling, and debugging Who This Book Is For C, C++, Java, and Python developers, but will also be useful to software, cloud, and hardware architects across a broad spectrum of sectors, including cloud service providers, independent software vendors, high performance compute, artificial intelligence, data analytics, big data, etc.
Author : Mark Spicer
Publisher : Pen and Sword
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 29,35 MB
Release : 2016-11-30
Category : History
ISBN : 1473884527
This heavily illustrated manual provides a timely, in-depth review of the art of sniping in war and antiterrorist environments. Drawing on a vast, firsthand knowledge of sniper skills, former British Army sniper and sniper instructor Mark Spicer describes the role of the sniper in peace and in war, in reconnaissance and counter-surveillance, in cities, in vehicles, at night and by day. He presents crucial information about training and equipment, judgment and positioning, details of great relevance to professional marksmen, both military and law enforcement. This comprehensive manual will also be of interest to hunters, weapons enthusiasts, competition shooters, and paintball participants. The book is complimented by 280 full color illustrations, diagrams, and related information.
Author : First Books
Publisher : Firstbooks.com
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 13,16 MB
Release : 2021-06-16
Category : Moving, Household
ISBN : 9781937090289
Called "invaluable and highly recommended" by Library Journal, these best-selling relocation guidebooks in the USA feature in-depth neighborhood and community profiles, as well as chapters on getting settled, helpful services, childcare and education, transportation and more.