Silencer industry insider N.R. Parker analyzes the most significant, historic and effective firearm silencer designs ever patented in the United States. Find out how suppressors from World War II to todayas state-of-the-art cans are built, and learn about the many innovative techniques used to suppress the noise of gunshots from pistols, rifles ...
This is a journey through six centuries of poets writing in the voice of the opposite sex. Poems both canonical and less traditional, from early modern England to present-day Africa, are in this collection. In an introduction and conclusion the editors explore the historical, cultural and theoretical context of the poems and of cross-gendered ...
This is the story of six men, five English and one from America, who, in the space of forty-five half-hour television shows, transmitted on the UK's BBC 2 (pretty near commercial suicide at the beginning) from the late '60s till the early '70s; four full length feature films; a bunch of albums; the odd single; and some pretty impressive books, ...
Predating the Undertones by almost a year, Stiff Little Fingers were the most successful of the first generation of Belfast bands to take the 1976 advent of the Sex Pistols, the Damned, and the Clash as a clarion call for their own mini-revolution. As their founder, Jake Burns, relates in this entertaining book-length interview with longtime band ...
Director of 14 films, including "Angel Heart," "The Commitments," "Evita," "Fame," "Pink Floyd The Wall," and "The Road to Wellville," Alan Parker is known for his acidic wit and uncompromising approach to filmmaking. Parker has often resorted to humor in cartoons to vent his frustrations about the business, and, to his surprise, recipients within ...
"Algorithms and Data Structures in C++" introduces modern issues in the theory of algorithms, emphasizing complexity, graphs, parallel processing, and visualization. To accomplish this, the book uses an appropriate subset of frequently utilized and representative algorithms and applications in order to demonstrate the unique and modern aspects of ...
From 'Aql to Zwicky, here is the definitive biographical guide to poetry throughout the world in the twentieth century. Over 900 entries by over 75 international contributors bring a uniquely global perspective to bear on modern verse, encapsulating the lives and works of a vast array of poets in precise, compact detail. By placing canonical poets ...
"In Love Song with Motor Vehicles," Alan Michael Parker marshals a penetrating wit and sharp irony that mirrors that of Charles Simic and John Berryman. Parker's robust imagination explores the music in places poetry doesn't usually travel. His poems find their epiphanies early on, and, most strikingly, do not close at their endings but, rather, ...
The old school register for Soho Parish Primary school has a note in the margin recording that five-year-old John Simon Ritchie turned up for his first day at school unaccompanied in September 1962. He'd walked from his mum's council flat near Drury Lane, across Covent Garden and several major road junctions to Gt Windmill Street alone. Somehow it ...
This proceedings volume documents recent cutting-edge developments in multi-robot systems research. This volume is the result of the Third International workshop on Multi-Robot Systems that was held in March 2005 at the Naval Research Laboratory in Washington, D.C. This workshop brought together top researchers working in areas relevant to ...
In the darkness of a May night in the middle of rural Ohio, Ray Stanton is thrown, naked and injured, from a pickup truck. For hours, he struggles to get back to town, unable to make sense of what has just happened until, half-conscious and in pain, he collapses at the door of his neighbor, Mae Reeves. So begins "Cry Uncle," a novel of small ...
Alan Michael Parker's Vandals back their 4 x 4 up to the door of Western Civilization and stomp "inoutinout-inoutinout" of these poems, looting at will. Parker tosses the poetics of Nash, Simic, Berryman, and Vasko Popa into the aesthetic blender, then hits the liquefy button to produce a collection of disturbing levity.
At last, a collector's book for The Clash generation, written and researched with the full knowledge of Mick Jones, Paul Simon, Don Letts and the late Joe Strummer. "Rat Patrol" is 96 pages of discographies both official and bootleg, full U.K. gig guide, DVD, other books, genuine Clash clothing, posters, flyers and a full tribute to the late Joe ...
Twenty-two notable poets (including Andrew Hudgins, Maxine Kumin, David St. John, and Mark Strand) offer translations of a poem by a poet they find significant, along with a short biography of the poet and an essay. But there's a surprise-the poet and poem presented are invented by the book's 22 contributors! "The Imaginary Poets" presents ...
From 'Aql to Zwicky, here is the definitive biographical guide to poetry throughout the world in the twentieth century. Over 900 entries by over 75 international contributors bring a uniquely global perspective to bear on modern verse, encapsulating the lives and works of a vast array of poets in precise, compact detail. By placing canonical poets ...
This highly anticipated second volume in the Silencer History and Performance series provides an unprecedented look into the evolution, tactical employment and performance of historic and state-of-the-art silenced firearms suitable for close-quarters combat, long-distance sniping and other professional applications. It chronicles the production of ...
The strange and sinister story of the U.S. government's secret war on John Lennon and Yoko Ono is dramatically told in this book based on recently released documents from the FBIUs own archives.
"Elephants & Butterflies" combines the imaginative forays of "The Vandals" with the more meditative approach of "Love Song with Motor Vehicles." Both wild and calm, boisterous and quiet, the poems in "Elephants & Butterflies" use surprise, song, and startling metaphor while allowing the ideas to simmer just below the surface of the lyric. The ...
This proceedings volume documents recent cutting-edge developments in multi-robot systems research and is the result of the Second International Workshop on Multi-Robot Systems that was held in March 2003 at the Naval Research Laboratory in Washington, D.C. This workshop brought together top researchers working in areas relevant to designing teams ...
Having survived the San Francisco earthquake of 1906, Thomas Moran stumbles into a career as a pickpocket at the tender age of seven. His picaresque journey takes him through Prohibition and the Depression accompanied by an assortment of gangsters and ne'er-do-wells.
This proceedings volume documents recent cutting-edge developments in multi-robot systems research. This volume is the result of a workshop on Multi-Robot Systems that was held in March 2002 at the Naval Research Laboratory in Washington, D.C. This workshop was held as part of the NATO working group IST-032/RTG-014 on Multi-Robot Systems and ...
Complete with a full discography, concert listings, and many rare photos, this is the definitive biography of Sid Vicious, punk legend and 20th-century icon. 70 photos.
For 20 years Alan Parker has been one of Britain's most successful film directors. He has been at the helm of movies that have courted critical acclaim ("Shoot the Moon", "Birdy"), popular success ("The Commitments", "Angel Heart"), and political controversy ("Midnight Express", "Mississippi Burning") in equal measure. He has solicited ...
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