In this candid memoir, an astronaut recounts his personal and professional triumphs, including the sacrifices he made to excel in the U.S. space program.
"Sound System Engineering Third Edition" is a complete revision and expansion of the former work. Written by two leading authorities in the field of audio engineering, this highly respected guide covers the fundamentals necessary for the understanding of today's systems as well as for those systems yet to come. The space formerly occupied by ...
A former crewmember offers a detailed description of the U.S. Navy's top-secret, four-hundred-ton submarine, an expensive, dangerous vessel with a custom-built miniature nuclear reactor designed as a secret weapon during the Cold War. Reprint. 25,000 first printing.
Ron and Luella Bingham were known in Lewiston, Idaho, for their sexual promiscuity. Former deputy sheriff Ken Arasmith shot and killed the couple in broad daylight, claiming the two had drugged and raped his 15-year-old daughter. Since the murders, 15 other young women have come forward claiming that they had been abused by the Binghams. This is ...
Developed from the popular History Channel series, Civil War Journal: The Leaders features eighteen readable biographies of men who led their fellow citizens during the conflict, both on and off the battlefield. Many were generals or soldiers, while others fought slavery, created entire industries, wrote impassioned speeches and articles, and ...
A complete guide to throwing clay on a potter's wheel. It combines the complete instructions with stunning colour photographs of every step of the process. Packed with comprehensive instructions for beginners, invaluable tips for experts and a running gallery of contemporary international work for collectors, the hardback edition (Lark, 1998) ...
For courses in Mathematics for Business, Finite Mathematics, and Applied Calculus. This text, modern in its writing style as well as in its applications, contains numerous exercises-both skill oriented and applications-, real data problems, and a problem solving method. Its exercises are based on data from the World Wide Web, and allow students ...
s both Northern and Southern perceptions of victory and defeat, this volume includes accounts of three Confederate victories, five Union victories, and three stalemates. Also included are chapters on soldier life, the almost unstoppable Iron Brigade, and the first volunteer African-American combat troops. 500+ photos.
Jesse Sikes lives only to hunt, kill, and eat, and his favorite prey is human. For Jesse Sikes is a wendigo, a carnivorous monster clothed in black and silver fur--a creature who can transform himself at will into a tall, handsome man to better stalk his prey!
On 22nd July 1991, a panic-stricken young man with a pair of manacles dangling from his wrist, ran out of apartment 213, Oxford Apartments, Milwaukee and told the police an incredible tale of terror. When he led officers back to his captor's lair, they made a gruesome discovery - torsos stuffed in a barrel, severed heads piled up in the fridge and ...
A real life "Hand That Rocks the Cradle", covered by national news media such as Hard Copy and A Current Affair. Denise and William Fisher were delighted with their 20-year-old Swiss nanny, Olivia Riner--until their 3-month-old daughter died in a freak fire in 1991. Olivia was tried and acquitted in a tragic case that continues to be investigated. ...
Known for his nonfictional accounts of the most talked about murders of the 1990s, Don Davis takes a new direction with this book. He steps back in history and into the realm of fiction, but continues to grow on his strengths as researcher and storyteller. This action-packed thriller, set in the final days of World war II, takes us up from the ...
With the help of this guide, the reader can experience the thrill of mountain biking. Whether you are a beginner who wants to learn the fundamentals or an experienced biker seeking ideas for places to ride, this book provides all the information needed.
The third and final book in the companion series to the A&E/History Channel series concentrates on those elements that made the Civil War distinctly American, including treatments on slavery, divided families, the war on civilians, and women in the war. Illustrations.
From the critically praised authors of Sins of the Flesh comes a terrifying novel of supernatural suspense. Two serial killers--a vampire and a vampire-hunter--stalk the streets and back alleys of Chicago in a stretch limo, offering immortality to the callously cruel, but enormously wealthy, members of the jet set.
Each volume in the "Planetary Exploration" series has been designed to introduce aspects of the solar system to young readers. The text has been illustrated with artwork which provides a scientifically accurate portrayal of features of the planet's surfaces, and gives such details as a sunrise over the rings of Saturn and the total eclipse of the ...
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