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Breaking the sound barrier by Goodman, Amy, 1957-

Table of Contents: “…The art of war and deception -- Resistance to war cannot be jailed -- Clinton to antiwar voters: bring 'em on -- Carlos Arredondo exploding into action -- Hang up on war: claim your telephone tax rebate -- War and censorship at Wilton High School -- The time is right for new Pentagon papers -- The uncounted casualties of war -- Winter soldier marches again -- Body of war -- Whistle-blower points to target list in U.S. attack on hotel -- Threats, lies, and audiotape -- Invasion of the sea-smurfs -- Obama's Afghan trap -- Obama's coalition of the unwilling -- Climate change. …”
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Handbook of Mixture Analysis

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The Modoc War : a Story of Genocide at the Dawn of America's Gilded Age. by McNally, Robert Aquinas

Table of Contents: “…Hounds and Scouts; 29. Hang 'em High; 30. Varnishing Vengeance; 31. Still Small Voices Swell; 32. …”
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The myth of popular culture : From Dante to Dylan. by Meisel, Perry

Table of Contents: “…Blonde on Blonde: Harlow and Monroe -- Hang 'Em High: Welles, Lewis, Eastwood -- 6 The Blues Misreading of Gospel: A History of Rock and Roll -- A Scandal in Bohemia -- Jazz Myth, Jazz Reality -- Soul Synthesis -- Plugging In -- Buddy Holly and the British Invasion -- The Body English -- Part III The World of Bob Dylan -- 7 Dylan and the Critics -- Falling -- The Limits of Typology -- Dylan as Poet -- 8 Words and Music -- Fractions -- "Slippin' and Slidin'" -- Dylan and Deferred Action -- 9 Dylan Himself -- The Death of the Author -- The Grand Tour and the Middle Passage -- Hortatory…”
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Master Presenter : Lessons from the World's Top Experts on Becoming a More Influential Speaker, The Best of PresentationXpert. by Zielinski, David

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Creative Teaching Approaches In The Lifelong Learning Sector. by Harvey, Brendon

Table of Contents: “…5 Classroom Management and CreativityIntroduce ground rules; Clear instructions; Being engaged and active offsets potential disruptiveness; Preparation and pre-thinking; Practical exercise: room layouts; 6 The Hooks of Engagement: Creative Methods to Engage Learners; Hook 'em using narrative; Hook 'em using music; Hook 'em using images; Hook 'em using moving images; 7 Encouraging Constructive Thinking and Exploration of Ideas; Active inquirers, not passive sponges; Stimulating constructive thinking: the Sticky Notes Scorecard Activity.…”
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Decision Making in the U.S. Department of Energy's Environmental Management Office of Science and Technology. by Staff, National Research Council

Table of Contents: “…Department of Energy's Environmental Management Office of Science and Technology -- Copyright -- Acknowledgments -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF REVIEWERS -- Preface -- Contents -- Executive Summary -- SCOPE AND CONTENT OF THIS REPORT -- APPROPRIATENESS AND EFFECTIVENESS OF OST DECISION-MAKING PROCESSES -- Process Element 1: Identification of High-Priority DOE-EM Site Technology Needs -- Process Element 2: Program Planning -- Process Element 3: Assessments of Technology Development Proposals and Projects…”
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Desert passions : Orientalism and romance novels by Teo, Hsu-Ming, 1970-

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Soul survivors : stories of wounded women warriors and the battles they fight long after they've left the war zone / Stories of wounded women warriors and the battles they fight lo... by Holmstedt, Kirsten A.

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Still : Samuel Beckett's quietism by Wimbush, Andy

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Semi-solid processing of alloys and composites XIII : selected, peer reviewed papers from the 13th International Conference on Semi-Solid Processing of Alloys and Composites (S2P 2...

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Brilliance by design : creating learning experiences that connect, inspire, and engage by Halsey, Vicki, 1955-

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In the zone : helping children rise to the challenge of learning by Lansdown, Mike

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The merciless book of metal lists by Abrams, Howie

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Art Briles looking up : my journey from tragedy to triumph by Eatman, Nick

Table of Contents: “…"I Feel Like a Winner"; 14. A High You Can't Buy; 15. Something to Bragg About; 16. …”
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Forensic photography : a practitioner's guide by Marsh, Nick (Nicholas)

Table of Contents: “…Title Page; Copyright; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgements; About the Companion Website; Chapter 1: Image Processing; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 The digital image; 1.3 Image acquisition; 1.4 Colour images; 1.5 The imaging chain and workflow; 1.6 White balance; 1.7 Image histogram; 1.8 Image processing terminology; 1.9 Digital image processing operations; 1.10 Classes of operations; 1.11 Noise reduction; 1.12 Sharpening filters; 1.13 History log; 1.14 Layers; 1.15 Bit depth and dynamic range; 1.16 File formats; 1.17 Image compression; 1.18 Image processing at image capture.…”
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Making a Meal of It : Writing about Film. by McFarlane, Brian

Table of Contents: “…Mothers: Some Kids do 'ave 'em; 42. Portraits in Celluloid.…”
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Financial spillovers to emerging markets during the global financial crisis by Frank, Nathaniel, Hesse, Heiko

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Noninterpretive skills in radiology : Q & A top score prep guide for the boards by Weissman, Alan, MD, Bartel, Twyla B.

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Republic of Poland : selected issues.

Table of Contents: “…Global Financial Conditions and Foreign Participation in Ems Government Bond Markets; 2. International Financial Spillovers into EMs; TABLES; 1. …”
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Poker : the parody of capitalism by Bjerg, Ole, 1974-

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Swiss sensibility : the culture of architecture in Switzerland by Roos, Anna

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Naturally healthy Mexican cooking : authentic recipes for dieters, diabetics, & all food lovers by Peyton, James W.

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Renewable Energy and Power Technology II : Selected, Peer Reviewed Papers from the 2014 2nd International Conference on Renewable Energy and Environmental Technology (REET 2014), A...

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LSAT For dummies by Hatch, Lisa Zimmer

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Art in Science : Selections from EMERGING INFECTIOUS DISEASES. by Potter, Polyxeni

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The problem with pleasure : modernism and its discontents by Frost, Laura Catherine, 1967-

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Mastering Java Machine Learning. by Kamath, Dr. Uday

Table of Contents: “…Case Study -- Horse Colic Classification -- Business problem -- Machine learning mapping -- Data analysis -- Label analysis -- Features analysis -- Supervised learning experiments -- Weka experiments -- RapidMiner experiments -- Results, observations, and analysis -- Summary -- References -- Chapter 3: Unsupervised Machine Learning Techniques -- Issues in common with supervised learning -- Issues specific to unsupervised learning -- Feature analysis and dimensionality reduction -- Notation -- Linear methods -- Principal component analysis (PCA) -- Random projections (RP) -- Multidimensional Scaling (MDS) -- Nonlinear methods -- Kernel Principal Component Analysis (KPCA) -- Manifold learning -- Clustering -- Clustering algorithms -- k-Means -- DBSCAN -- Mean shift -- Expectation maximization (EM) or Gaussian mixture modeling (GMM) -- Hierarchical clustering -- Self-organizing maps (SOM) -- Spectral clustering -- Affinity propagation -- Clustering validation and evaluation -- Internal evaluation measures -- External evaluation measures -- Outlier or anomaly detection -- Outlier algorithms -- Statistical-based -- Distance-based methods -- Density-based methods -- Clustering-based methods -- High-dimensional-based methods -- One-class SVM -- Outlier evaluation techniques -- Supervised evaluation -- Unsupervised evaluation -- Real-world case study -- Tools and software -- Business problem -- Machine learning mapping -- Data collection -- Data quality analysis -- Data sampling and transformation -- Feature analysis and dimensionality reduction -- Observations on feature analysis and dimensionality reduction -- Clustering models, results, and evaluation -- Observations and clustering analysis -- Outlier models, results, and evaluation -- Summary -- References -- Chapter 4: Semi-Supervised and Active Learning -- Semi-supervised learning.…”
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Modern optics and photonics : atoms and structured media

Table of Contents: “…Evers [and others] -- Relativistic high-order harmonic generation / M.C. Kohler and K.Z. …”
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Out of Uniform, Second Edition : Your Guide to a Successful Military-to-Civilian Career Transition. by Wolfe, Tom

Table of Contents: “…Filters, Part One (Employerâ#x80;#x99;s); 7. When Can You Start?; 8. Travel: Are Your Bags Packed?…”
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Body area communications : channel modeling, communication systems, and EMC by Wang, Jianqing (Engineer), Wang, Qiong (Engineer)

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Mastering Business for Strategic Communicators: Insights and Advice from the C-suite of Leading Brands. by Ragas, Matthew W.

Table of Contents: “…Part II: Communications, Business Acumen, and the C-suite2 The Communicator as Integrator -- Note -- 3 Why Business Acumen Matters More Than Ever -- The â#x80;#x9C;Ah-Haâ#x80;#x9D; Moment: Getting Grilled By MBAs -- If You Canâ#x80;#x99;t Beatâ#x80;#x99;em, Joinâ#x80;#x99;em: Time to Get an MBA -- Putting My Education to Work -- The Telescope and the Microscope -- Problem-Solving Requires Common Understanding -- Reference -- 4 From Farm to Pharm: Business and Life Lessons Learned in the Barnyard -- Lesson #1: Others Always Come First, Even If They Are Cows…”
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Computational electrodynamics : a gauge approach with applications in microelectronics by Schoenmaker, Wim, 1954-

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Making a meal of it : writing about film by McFarlane, Brian, 1934-

Table of Contents: “…Mothers: Some Kids do 'ave 'em42. Portraits in Celluloid; 43. Shooting Minds; 44. …”
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Python game programming by example : a pragmatic guide for developing your own games with Python / Pragmatic guide for developing your own games with Python by Rodas de Paz, Alejandro, Howse, Joseph

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Carbon Nanotubes and Nanosensors : Vibration, Buckling and Balistic Impact. by Elishakoff, Isaac

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Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal Vol. 20 No. 11 2014 : Trilingual edition English/French/Arabic. by Organization, World Health

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FUNdraising : 50 Proven Strategies for Successful School Fundraisers. by Sennett, Frank

Table of Contents: “…Maximize Student Participation with a "Do-Your-Own-Thing-a-Thon." -- Chapter 7 -- Sporting Chances -- No. 18. …”
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The hero factor : how great leaders transform organizations and create winning cultures by Hayzlett, Jeffrey W., Eber, Jim

Table of Contents: “…; Chapter 13: Inclusive Cultures: Hero or Status Quo?; You Can Ask Google Anything, But What If You Question Google?…”
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Differentiation in Practice : a Resource Guide for Differentiating Curriculum, Grades 5-9. by Tomlinson, Carol Ann

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