In this provocative new book, respected Canadian journalist David Cayley compiles and reflects upon the thoughts of Ivan Illich, one of the 20th century's most visionary cultural critics. Illich believed that the West could only be understood as a corruption of the Christian New Testament. Cayley presents Illich's exploration of this idea, ...
U.S DVD sales will top $8.1 billion in 2002, an increase of over 50 per cent, according to Adams Media Research. DVD sales this year surpassed video, even though only 30 per cent of households have DVD players (compared to 90 per cent for VCRs). In August 2002, the "New York Times" dubbed DVD "the most successful home entertainment device in ...
David Charles and Alex Kupinsky--men in very powerful positions. As admirals of the two largest, most thoroughly equipped naval fleets in history, they may be responsible for all-out nuclear war. But they are also fighting an internal war--because once, a long time ago, they were personal allies.
A brilliant Soviet deception has damaged America's fleet of nuclear submarines--and the stage is set for one of the most gripping edge-of-the-seat submarine stories ever written!
The U.S. Navy Seals join forces with the K.G.B. in a battle for the New World Order in an all-new adventure novel from the bestselling author of Boomer. Highly decorated Navy Seal Captain Bernie Ryng teams up with his former archenemy Spetnaz Colonel Paul Voronov in an effort to save the new democracies trying to survive in the land of Marx and ...
All Charles Brooking's pictures are illustrated and described in this volume, together with his known drawings and engravings. It also describes the Dutch marine painters in the 17th century and shows how the English school developed following the Van de Velde's work at Greenwich.
Castro is dead. Duran, his fanatical successor, poses the ultimate threat to Soviet power--and American peace. Both countries want him dead. While Soviet forces move to replace him with a political puppet, America forms its own plan of action--a daring game of cross, doublecross . . . and war!
This is one of Dickens' earliest collections of stories. Intended for the holiday season, "A Round of Stories by the Christmas Fire" offers tales of romance, theft, justice and heart-warming family reunions. Continuing the tradition of ghost stories for Christmas, some of the haunting tales are inspiring while others are chilling. The voices of ...
"Artificial life is a new field of scientific inquiry that studies biology by attempting to synthesize such biological phenomena as life, evolution, and ecological dynamics within computers and other """
A brilliant Soviet deception has damaged America's fleet of nuclear submarines--and the stage is set for one of the most gripping edge-of-the-seat submarine stories ever written!
Admiral Theodore Madnuson disliked the idea of sending the Seventh Fleet into a rendezvous with the Russians, but the President thought it was good public relations. And soon the world wondered why the U.S. and Soviet fleets were steaming into the East China Sea.
Statistical, machine learning and neural network approaches to classification are all covered in this volume. Contributions have been integrated to provide an objective assessment of the potential for machine learning algorithms in solving significant commercial and industrial problems, widening the foundation for exploitation of these and related ...
Imperator--no radar can detect her. A submarine arsenal of state-of-the-art weaponry, it can transport a landing force 1500 strong. It is the United States Navy's silent hunter of the sea. And Russia will not rest until she is destroyed. From the author of Choke Point and First Salvo.
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Video Demystified: A Handbook for the Digital Engineer
