Gingrich sounds a clarion call to recognize that the life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness that the country holds so dear are inseparable from a sincere and humble acknowledgment that these gifts are only the Creator's to give.
At the corner of 71st Street and Park Avenue, on Manhattan's Upper East Side, is the famed limestone apartment building that Rockefellers, Vanderbilts, Chryslers, and Ron Perelman have called home. In 740 PARK, society reporter Michael Gross chronicles the fascinating history of the massive 1930 luxury building whose spacious duplexes and ...
Mark Allen Weiss' innovative approach to algorithms and data structures teaches the simultaneous development of sound analytical and programming skills for the advanced data structures course. Readers learn how to reduce time constraints and develop programs efficiently by analyzing the feasibility of an algorithm before it is coded. The C++ ...
More than eighty of the loveliest, most tranquil, and sometimes hidden places in Paris are celebrated in this charming guidebook "Quiet Corners of Paris" is a beautifully illustrated peek into eighty-one often overlooked, always beautiful, locales: hidden villas, winding lanes, little-known 19th-century passages, serene gardens, and cobblestone ...
An expanded and updated edition of the classic guide for backyard builders covers all the issues: use, cost, placement, difficulty, and construction basics; and provides detailed illustrations, plans and commonsense advice.
This engaging history of the house that has served as home to U.S. presidents for more than two centuries revises and enlarges William Seale's 1986 classic account of the White House's architectural, social, and cultural history. Besides updating the original volumes, the new edition includes chapters on the presidencies of Dwight D. Eisenhower, ...
Tony Gaddis's accessible, step-by-step style helps beginning students understand the important details necessary to become skilled programmers at an introductory level. Gaddis motivates the study of both programming skills and a programming language by presenting all the details needed to understand the "how" and the "why"--but never losing sight ...
This work offers an urban exploration of the oddities and artifacts of New York City's past that are hidden in plain across the boroughs, from the World's first Hall of Fame in the Bronx to the remnants of the original Penn Station in Manhattan to what may be the only statue to a gynecologist at Grand Army Plaza, Brooklyn. "Forgotten New York" is ...
Silver's record captures with rare, stunning photos the New York of legend and memory. From the lost Penn Station and two World's Fairs to the stone facades of great Fifth Avenue houses and the cast-iron facades of commerce, "Lost New York" is a startling reminder of what has disappeared forever. 255 photos.
This book is both an engrossing account of the colossal object from outer space that the authors believe caused the death of the dinosaurs and an absorbing tale of how scientists uncovered evidence to support their theory.
Discover the magic of the City of Light! Tour one of the most romantic cities in the world -- Paris -- in this stunning collection of past-and-present photographs that pay tribute to the city's fabulous architecture and heritage. Experience the culture and charm for yourself in the new compact edition of "Paris Then and Now." As qualified guide ...
Where will you be ten years from now? How will a course in data structures help you? Perhaps you will be a software engineer writing large software in specialized areas such as computer graphics. The authors of such programs, today and in the future, require a ready knowledge of proven methods for representing data. For example, the graphics ...
This is a fundamental data structures in a consistent object oriented framework. Now revised to reflect the innovations of Java 5.0, Goodrich and Tamassia's Fourth Edition of "Data Structures and Algorithms in Java" continues to offer accessible coverage of fundamental data structures, using a consistent object oriented framework. The authors ...
Conceived and co-created by the National Children's Book and Literary Alliance, this collection of essays, personal accounts, historical fiction, poetry, and original art from more than 100 leading authors and illustrators offers a multifaceted look at America's history through the prism of the White House. It includes an Introduction by ...
Praise for "New York, New York": "A voluptuous array of city imagery. The pictures are panoramic, the colors uncommonly rich and beautiful."-Janet Maslin, the "New York Times" "I love this book! Wonderful, wonderful pictures of New York . . . extraordinary reproductions." -Charlie Gibson, Good Morning America "Even the most jaded photo ...
Describing programming methods and tools using the C programming language, this text emphasizes problem specification and program design, analysis, testing and verification and program correctness. The text develops large and small programs in runnable C, compares algorithms and data structures to emphasize trade-offs among time, space and ...
One of the indisputable Wonders of the World, its listing silhouette is instantly recognizable the world over. Now Nicholas Shrady tells the story of the Leaning Tower of Pisa, from its curse-ridden beginnings - construction was halted for a century after the erection of the first four stories in 1173 - through earthquakes, world wars, the ...
This is a gripping account of the disastrous Cocoanut Grove fire in Boston - the most deadly nightclub fire in American history - and the pursuit of justice that rose from its embers. On the night of Saturday 28th November, 1942, Boston suffered its worse disaster ever. At the city's premier nightspot the Cocoanut Grove, the largest nightclub fire ...
In simple and practical language, this manual teaches the seven secrets of good landscape design, shows how to plan a stylish landscape that meets practical family needs, and teaches readers how to build a functional, beautiful landscape. It covers how to create a new or "remodelled" landscape consisting of outdoor "rooms" dedicated to various ...
This book teaches the classic data structures with an informal, yet rigorous, approach; it includes the appropriate object-oriented concepts and makes use of the appropriate Java constructs.
For courses in Structural Technology and Statics and Strength of Materials. A market leader, Elementary Structures for Architects and Builders, Fifth Edition provides an introduction to building structures and materials, covering essential topics in statics and mechanics of materials, and an introduction to structural analysis and design. Topics ...
Data Structures and Algorithms in Java, Second Edition is designed to be easy to read and understand although the topic itself is complicated. Algorithms are the procedures that software programs use to manipulate data structures. Besides clear and simple example programs, the author includes a workshop as a small demonstration program executable ...
Following the huge success of the book last Christmas, comes a new edition of this classic work, in portable trade paperback format. Simon Jenkins travelled the length and breadth of England to select his thousand best churches. Organised by county, each church is described - often with delightful asides - and given a star-rating from one to five. ...
Remember the handcrafted mischief of the gangs on "The Little Rascals", "Gilligan's Island", and "The Swiss Family Robinson?" This cleverness is back in the old-fashioned fun of "Treehouses and Other Cool Stuff You Can Build". Imagine building an old-fashioned go-cart, an A-frame treehouse, a portable lemonade stand, a seesaw, a scooter skateboard ...
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