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Advanced Calculusby R. Creighton BuckISBN 1577663020 (1-57766-302-0)
Hardcover, Waveland Pr Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Advanced Calculus'Book summary:New publisher! Corrected version! Demonstrating analytical and numerical techniques for attacking problems in the application of mathematics, this well-organized, clearly written text presents the logical relationship and fundamental notations of analysis. Buck discusses analysis not solely as a tool, but as a subject in its own right. This skill-building volume familiarizes students with the language, concepts, and standard theorems of analysis, preparing them to read the mathematical literature on their own. The text revisits certain portions of elementary calculus and gives a systematic, modern approach to the differential and integral calculus of functions and transformations in several variables, including an introduction to the theory of differential forms. The material is structured to benefit those students whose interests lean toward either research in mathematics or its applications. [via]
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Advanced Calculusby Loomis&, Shlomo SternbergISBN 0867201223 (0-86720-122-3)
Hardcover, Jones & Bartlett Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Advanced Calculus'Book summary:[via]This book is based on an honors Calculus course given in the 1960s. The book contains more material than was normally covered in any one year. It can be used (with omissions) for a year's course in Advanced Calculus, or as a text for a 3-semester introduction to analysis. There are exercises spread throughout the book.
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Baseball Between the Numbers: Why Everything You Know About the Game Is Wrongby Clay Davenport, Neil De Mause, James Click, Baseball Prospectus Team Of Experts, Jonah KeriISBN 0465005470 (0-465-00547-0)
Softcover, Perseus Books Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Baseball Between the Numbers: Why Everything You Know About the Game Is Wrong'Book summary:In the numbers-obsessed sport of baseball, statistics don't merely record what players, managers, and owners have done. Properly understood, they can tell us how the teams we root for could employ better strategies, put more effective players on the field, and win more games. The revolution in baseball statistics that began in the 1970s is a controversial subject that professionals and fans alike argue over without end. Despite this fundamental change in the way we watch and understand the sport, no one has written the book that reveals, across every area of strategy and management, how the best practitioners of statistical analysis in baseball-people like Bill James, Billy Beane, and Theo Epstein-think about numbers and the game. Baseball Between the Numbers is that book. In separate chapters covering every aspect of the game, from hitting, pitching, and fielding to roster construction and the scouting and drafting of players, the experts at Baseball Prospectus examine the subtle, hidden aspects of the game, bring them out into the open, and show us how our favorite teams could win more games. This is a book that every fan, every follower of sports radio, every fantasy player, every coach, and every player, at every level, can learn from and enjoy.[via]More editions of Baseball Between the Numbers: Why Everything You Know About the Game Is Wrong:
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Baseball Between the Numbers : Why Everything You Know about the Game Is Wrongby Jonah Keri, Nate Silver, Baseball Prospectus Team of Experts StaffISBN 0465005969 (0-465-00596-9)
Hardcover, Basic Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Baseball Between the Numbers : Why Everything You Know about the Game Is Wrong'Book summary:In the numbers-obsessed sport of baseball, statistics don't merely record what players, managers, and owners have done. Properly understood, they can tell us how the teams we root for could employ better strategies, put more effective players on the field, and win more games. The revolution in baseball statistics that began in the 1970s is a controversial subject that professionals and fans alike argue over without end. Despite this fundamental change in the way we watch and understand the sport, no one has written the book that reveals, across every area of strategy and management, how the best practitioners of statistical analysis in baseball-people like Bill James, Billy Beane, and Theo Epstein-think about numbers and the game. Baseball Between the Numbers is that book. In separate chapters covering every aspect of the game, from hitting, pitching, and fielding to roster construction and the scouting and drafting of players, the experts at Baseball Prospectus examine the subtle, hidden aspects of the game, bring them out into the open, and show us how our favorite teams could win more games. This is a book that every fan, every follower of sports radio, every fantasy player, every coach, and every player, at every level, can learn from and enjoy.[via]More editions of Baseball Between the Numbers : Why Everything You Know about the Game Is Wrong:
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Baseball Prospectus 2005by Clay Davenport, Will Carroll, The BP of Experts on Baseball Talent, James Click, David Cameron, Nate SilverISBN 0761135782 (0-7611-3578-2)
Softcover, Workman Pub Co
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Baseball Prospectus 2005'Book summary:Dont think theres merit in the idea of analyzing baseball players using sophisticated statistical tools? Maybe you should talk to the deliriously happy members of Red Sox nation, whose team is run by Theo Epstein, a disciple of the BP way of thinking. Where can fans and fantasy players get this same inside intelligence thats revolutionizing Major League front offices? Baseball Prospectus.
The best book of its kind Rob Neyer, ESPN.com
If a general manager hasnt read Baseball Prospectus, he should be fired for incompetence. Michael Lewis, author of Moneyball
Baseball Prospectus has become the standard by which all scouting guides should be measured. Billy Beane, Oakland Athletics General Manager
I never cease to be blown away by the geniuses at Baseball Prospectus. Jayson Stark, ESPN
The best book for preparing for a rotisserie draft USA Today
Packed with statistics, analysis, and attitude, Baseball Prospectus is the essential season-long companion for the millions of fans and fantasy baseball players who are looking to understand the inside game. Includes extensive performance analysis of 1,600 playerscovering the majors, the minors, top 40 prospects, draft choices, and rookie ballplus in-depth, insightful essays on all 30 Major League clubs and gimlet-eyed evaluations of their top 50 players. With ballpark-adjusted stats, a deadly accurate system for forecasting a players performance, and more, Baseball Prospectus hits it out of the park every year. [via]More editions of Baseball Prospectus 2005:
Baseball Prospectus 2006by Baseball Prospectus Team of ExpertsISBN 0761139958 (0-7611-3995-8)
Softcover, Workman Pub Co
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Calculusby Michael SpivakISBN 0521867444 (0-521-86744-4)
Hardcover, Cambridge University Press
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Calculus'Book summary:THIS IS OUT OF PRINT!!!!!
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Calculus on Manifolds: A Modern Approach to Classical Theorems of Advanced Calculusby Michael SpivakISBN 0805390219 (0-8053-9021-9)
Softcover, Perseus Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Calculus on Manifolds: A Modern Approach to Classical Theorems of Advanced Calculus'Book summary:This little book is especially concerned with those portions of advanced calculus in which the subtlety of the concepts and methods makes rigor difficult to attain at an elementary level. The approach taken here uses elementary versions of modern methods found in sophisticated mathematics. The formal prerequisites include only a term of linear algebra, a nodding acquaintance with the notation of set theory, and a respectable first-year calculus course (one which at least mentions the least upper bound (sup) and greatest lower bound (inf) of a set of real numbers). Beyond this a certain (perhaps latent) rapport with abstract mathematics will be found almost essential.[via]More editions of Calculus on Manifolds: A Modern Approach to Classical Theorems of Advanced Calculus:
The Collected Sandman Covers, 1989-1997by Neil Gaiman, Dave McKeanISBN 1563893878 (1-56389-387-8)
Softcover, DC Comics
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Complex Analysis: An Introduction to the Theory of Analytic Functions of One Complex Variableby Lars Valerian AhlforsISBN 0070006571 (0-07-000657-1)
Hardcover, McGraw-Hill Science Engineering
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Complex Analysis: An Introduction to the Theory of Analytic Functions of One Complex Variable'Book summary:A standard source of information of functions of one complex variable, this text has retained its wide popularity in this field by being consistently rigorous without becoming needlessly concerned with advanced or overspecialized material. Difficult points have been clarified, the book has been reviewed for accuracy, and notations and terminology have been modernized. Chapter 2, complex functions, features a brief section on the change of length and area under conformal mapping, and much of chapter 8, global-analytic functions, has been rewritten in order to introduce readers to the terminology of germs and sheaves while still emphasizing that classical concepts are the backbone of the theory. Chapter 4, complex integration, now includes a new and simpler proof of the general form of cauchy's theorem. There is a short section on the riemann zeta function, showing the use of residues in a more exciting situation than in the computation of definite integrals [via]
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The Continuum: A Critical Examination of the Foundation of Analysisby Hermann Weyl, Stephen Pollard, Thomas BoleISBN 0486679829 (0-486-67982-9)
Softcover, Dover Pubns
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Continuum: A Critical Examination of the Foundation of Analysis'Book summary:This classic text deals with the conceptual problem posed by the continuum the set of all real numbers. Chapter 1 deals with the logic and mathematics of set and function, while Chapter 2 focuses on the concept of number and the continuum. Advanced-level mathematical landmark will interest anyone working in foundational analysis. Bibliography. Originally published 1918.[via]More editions of The Continuum: A Critical Examination of the Foundation of Analysis:
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Convex Analysisby R. Tyrrell RockafellarISBN 0691015864 (0-691-01586-4)
Softcover, Princeton Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Convex Analysis'Book summary:Available for the first time in paperback, R. Tyrrell Rockafellar's classic study presents readers with a coherent branch of nonlinear mathematical analysis that is especially suited to the study of optimization problems. Rockafellar's theory differs from classical analysis in that differentiability assumptions are replaced by convexity assumptions. The topics treated in this volume include: systems of inequalities, the minimum or maximum of a convex function over a convex set, Lagrange multipliers, minimax theorems and duality, as well as basic results about the structure of convex sets and the continuity and differentiability of convex functions and saddle- functions.This book has firmly established a new and vital area not only for pure mathematics but also for applications to economics and engineering. A sound knowledge of linear algebra and introductory real analysis should provide readers with sufficient background for this book. There is also a guide for the reader who may be using the book as an introduction, indicating which parts are essential and which may be skipped on a first reading."This book should remain for some years as the standard reference for anyone interested in convex analysis." J. D. Pryce, Edinburgh Mathematical Society [via]
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Counterexamples in Analysisby Bernard R. Gelbaum, John M.H. OlmstedISBN 0486428753 (0-486-42875-3)
Softcover, Dover Pubns
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Counterexamples in Analysis'Book summary:These counterexamples deal mostly with the part of analysis known as "real variables." The 1st half of the book discusses the real number system, functions and limits, differentiation, Riemann integration, sequences, infinite series, more. The 2nd half examines functions of 2 variables, plane sets, area, metric and topological spaces, and function spaces. 1962 edition. Includes 12 figures.[via]More editions of Counterexamples in Analysis:
Differential Equations: With Applications and Historical Notesby George Finlay SimmonsISBN 0070573751 (0-07-057375-1)
Hardcover, McGraw-Hill
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Differential Equations, With Applications and Historical Notesby George F. Simmons, John S. RobertsonISBN 0070575401 (0-07-057540-1)
Hardcover, McGraw-Hill Science Engineering
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Differential Equations, With Applications and Historical Notes'Book summary:A revision of a much-admired text distinguished by the exceptional prose and historical/mathematical context that have made Simmons' books classics. The Second Edition includes expanded coverage of Laplace transforms and partial differential equations as well as a new chapter on numerical methods. [via]
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Dustcoversby Neil Gaiman, Dave McKeanISBN 1563893886 (1-56389-388-6)
Hardcover, DC Comics/Vertigo
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Dustcovers: The Collected Sandman Covers 1989-1996by Neil Gaiman, Dave McKeanISBN 082304632X (0-8230-4632-X)
Softcover, Hearst Book Intl
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Elementary Classical Analysisby Jerrold E. Marsden, Michael J. HoffmanISBN 0716721058 (0-7167-2105-8)
Hardcover, W H Freeman & Co
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Elementary Classical Analysis'Book summary:[via]Designed for courses in advanced calculus and introductory real analysis, Elementary Classical Analysis strikes a careful balance between pure and applied mathematics with an emphasis on specific techniques important to classical analysis without vector calculus or complex analysis. Intended for students of engineering and physical science as well as of pure mathematics.More editions of Elementary Classical Analysis:
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Elements of the Theory of Functions and Functional Analysisby S.V. Fomin, A.N. KolmogorovISBN 0486406830 (0-486-40683-0)
Softcover, Dover Pubns
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Elements of the Theory of Functions and Functional Analysis'Book summary:Based on the authors' courses and lectures, this two-part advanced-level text is now available in a single volume. Topics include metric and normed spaces, continuous curves in metric spaces, measure theory, Lebesque intervals, Hilbert space, and more. Each section contains exercises. Lists of symbols, definitions, and theorems. 1957 edition.[via]More editions of Elements of the Theory of Functions and Functional Analysis:
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Foundations of Modern Analysisby Avner FriedmanISBN 0486640620 (0-486-64062-0)
Softcover, Dover Pubns
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Foundations of Modern Analysis'Book summary:Measure and integration, metric spaces, the elements of functional analysis in Banach spaces, and spectral theory in Hilbert spaces all in a single study. Only book of its kind. Unusual topics, detailed analyses. Problems. Excellent for first-year graduate students, almost any course on modern analysis. Preface. Bibliography. Index.[via]More editions of Foundations of Modern Analysis:
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Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everythingby Stephen J. Dubner, Steven D. LevittISBN 0061245135 (0-06-124513-5)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything'Book summary:Economics is not widely considered to be one of the sexier sciences. The annual Nobel Prize winner in that field never receives as much publicity as his or her compatriots in peace, literature, or physics. But if such slights are based on the notion that economics is dull, or that economists are concerned only with finance itself, Steven D. Levitt will change some minds. In Freakonomics (written with Stephen J. Dubner), Levitt argues that many apparent mysteries of everyday life don't need to be so mysterious: They could be illuminated and made even more fascinating by asking the right questions and drawing connections. For example, Levitt traces the drop in violent crime rates to a drop in violent criminals and, digging further, to the Roe v. Wade decision that preempted the existence of some people who would be born to poverty and hardship. Elsewhere, by analyzing data gathered from innercity Chicago drug-dealing gangs, Levitt outlines a corporate structure much like McDonald's, where the top bosses make great money while scores of underlings make something below minimum wage. And in a section that may alarm or relieve worried parents, Levitt argues that parenting methods don't really matter much and that a backyard swimming pool is much more dangerous than a gun. These enlightening chapters are separated by effusive passages from Dubner's 2003 profile of Levitt in The New York Times Magazine, which led to the book being written. In a book filled with bold logic, such back-patting veers Freakonomics, however briefly, away from what Levitt actually has to say. Although maybe there's a good economic reason for that too, and we're just not getting it yet. --John Moe
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Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everythingby Steven D. Levitt, Stephen J. DubnerISBN 006089637X (0-06-089637-X)
Softcover, HarperCollins Canada, Limited
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything'Book summary:Economics is not widely considered to be one of the sexier sciences. The annual Nobel Prize winner in that field never receives as much publicity as his or her compatriots in peace, literature, or physics. But if such slights are based on the notion that economics is dull, or that economists are concerned only with finance itself, Steven D. Levitt will change some minds. In Freakonomics (written with Stephen J. Dubner), Levitt argues that many apparent mysteries of everyday life don't need to be so mysterious: They could be illuminated and made even more fascinating by asking the right questions and drawing connections. For example, Levitt traces the drop in violent crime rates to a drop in violent criminals and, digging further, to the Roe v. Wade decision that preempted the existence of some people who would be born to poverty and hardship. Elsewhere, by analyzing data gathered from innercity Chicago drug-dealing gangs, Levitt outlines a corporate structure much like McDonald's, where the top bosses make great money while scores of underlings make something below minimum wage. And in a section that may alarm or relieve worried parents, Levitt argues that parenting methods don't really matter much and that a backyard swimming pool is much more dangerous than a gun. These enlightening chapters are separated by effusive passages from Dubner's 2003 profile of Levitt in The New York Times Magazine, which led to the book being written. In a book filled with bold logic, such back-patting veers Freakonomics, however briefly, away from what Levitt actually has to say. Although maybe there's a good economic reason for that too, and we're just not getting it yet. --John Moe
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Freakonomics Intl Pb: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everythingby Stephen J. Dubner, Steven D. LevittISBN 0061131326 (0-06-113132-6)
Hardcover, Harpercollins
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Function Theory of One Complex Variableby Steven G. Krantz, Robert E. GreeneISBN 0821839624 (0-8218-3962-4)
Hardcover, Amer Mathematical Society
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Function Theory of One Complex Variable'Book summary:Complex analysis is one of the most central subjects in mathematics. It is compelling and rich in its own right, but it is also remarkably useful in a wide variety of other mathematical subjects, both pure and applied. This book is different from others in that it treats complex variables as a direct development from multivariable real calculus. As each new idea is introduced, it is related to the corresponding idea from real analysis and calculus. The text is rich with examples and exercises that illustrate this point. The authors have systematically separated the analysis from the topology, as can be seen in their proof of the Cauchy theorem. The book concludes with several chapters on special topics, including full treatments of special functions, the prime number theorem, and the Bergman kernel. The authors also treat $H^p$ spaces and Painlevé's theorem on smoothness to the boundary for conformal maps. This book is a text for a first-year graduate course in complex analysis. It is an engaging and modern introduction to the subject, reflecting the authors' expertise both as mathematicians and as expositors. [via]
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Functional Analysisby Frigyes Riesz, Bela Sz.-NagyISBN 0486662896 (0-486-66289-6)
Softcover, Dover Pubns
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Functional Analysis'Book summary:Classic exposition of modern theories of differentiation and integration and the principal problems and methods of handling integral equations and linear functionals and transformations. Topics include Lebesque and Stieltjes integrals, Hilbert and Banach spaces, self-adjunct transformations, spectral theories for linear transformations of general type, more.[via] -
Functional Analysisby Walter RudinISBN 0070542368 (0-07-054236-8)
Hardcover, McGraw-Hill Science Engineering
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Functional Analysis'Book summary:This classic text is written for graduate courses in functional analysis. This text is used in modern investigations in analysis and applied mathematics. This new edition includes up-to-date presentations of topics as well as more examples and exercises. New topics include kakutani's fixed point theorem, lamonosov's invariant subspace theorem, and an ergodic theorem. This text is part of the walter rudin student series in advanced mathematics [via]
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Functional Analysisby Kosauku YosidaISBN 3540586547 (3-540-58654-7)
Softcover, Springer Verlag
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Functional Analysis'Book summary:Preliminaries.- Semi-norms.- Applications of the Baire-Hausdorff Theorem.- The Orthogonal Projection and F. Riesz' Representation Theorem.- The Hahn-Banach-Theorems.-Strong Convergence and Weak Convergence.- Fourier Transform and Differential Equations.- Dual Operators.- Resolvent and Spectrum.- Analytical Theory of Semi-groups.- Compact Operators.- Normed Rings and Spectral Representation.- Other Representation Theorems in Linear Spaces.- Ergodic Theory and Diffusion Theory.- The Integration of the Equations of Evolution. [via]
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Geometric Measure Theoryby H. FedererISBN 3540606564 (3-540-60656-4)
Softcover, Springer Verlag
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Geometric Measure Theory'Book summary:"This book is a major treatise in mathematics and is essential in the working library of the modern analyst." (Bulletin of the London Mathematical Society) [via]
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Guide to Tolkien's Worldby David DayISBN 1571458786 (1-57145-878-6)
Softcover, Advantage Pub Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Guide to Tolkien's World'Book summary:Guide to Tolkien's World is a scholarly, definitive, and enchantingly beautiful reference to all the living creatures -- both flora and fauna -- that inhabit J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle-earth and Undying Lands. It is complete with descriptive text, both black and white and color illustrations, maps, a chronology, and a special index referring readers back to Tolkien's original works. All 129 races identified are clearly explained in terms of their physical appearance, language, behavior, and culture. [via]
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Hero With A Thousand Facesby Joseph CampbellISBN 1567311202 (1-56731-120-2)
Hardcover, Fine Communications
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Hero With A Thousand Faces'Book summary:Originally written by Campbell in the '40s-- in his pre-Bill Moyers days -- and famous as George Lucas' inspiration for "Star Wars," this book will likewise inspire any writer or reader in its well considered assertion that while all stories have already been told, this is *not* a bad thing, since the *retelling* is still necessary. And while our own life's journey must always be ended alone, the travel is undertaken in the company not only of immediate loved ones and primal passion, but of the heroes and heroines -- and myth-cycles -- that have preceded us. [via]
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How to Read Donald Duck: Imperialist Ideology in the Disney Comicby Armand Mattelart, Dorfman, Ariel and Mattelart, ArmandISBN 0884770230 (0-88477-023-0)
Softcover, Intl General
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How to Read Literature Like a Professor: A Lively and Entertaining Guide to Reading Between the Linesby Thomas C. FosterISBN 006000942X (0-06-000942-X)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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› Find signed collectible books: 'How to Read Literature Like a Professor: A Lively and Entertaining Guide to Reading Between the Lines'Book summary:What does it mean when a fictional hero takes a journey?. Shares a meal? Gets drenched in a sudden rain shower? Often, there is much more going on in a novel or poem than is readily visible on the surfacea symbol, maybe, that remains elusive, or an unexpected twist on a characterand there's that sneaking suspicion that the deeper meaning of a literary text keeps escaping you.
In this practical and amusing guide to literature, Thomas C. Foster shows how easy and gratifying it is to unlock those hidden truths, and to discover a world where a road leads to a quest; a shared meal may signify a communion; and rain, whether cleansing or destructive, is never just rain. Ranging from major themes to literary models, narrative devices, and form, How to Read Literature Like a Professor is the perfect companion for making your reading experience more enriching, satisfying, and fun.
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Intelligence Analysis: A Target-centric Approachby Robert M. ClarkISBN 156802830X (1-56802-830-X)
Softcover, Cq Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Intelligence Analysis: A Target-centric Approach'Book summary:For nearly 50 years, facing a static enemy, American intelligence analysis was based on a hierarchical decision-making process that oftentimes insulated analysts from criticism and interaction with the ultimate consumers of their product. In countering asymmetric threats and non-state adversaries, the model is simply outmoded. A flatter, horizontal, networked solution has proven much more effective in today's world.
In his second edition, Robert Clark--former CIA analyst and executive in the Intelligence Directorate--explains how a collaborative, target-centric process both attends to the needs of the customer and promotes more effective collection. Based on feedback from users, early chapters introduce the concept of model synthesis more gradually. Recent intelligence events--with the Iraqi WMD Commission Report at center stage--illustrate the importance of target-centric analysis. This revision also includes broader treatment of collection strategies, systems analysis, and analyst-customer interaction as well as more attention to denial and deception, and to both counterterrorism and counterintelligence analysis.
This new edition contains updates of the practical information and day-to-day details from the previous book told as only an experienced intelligence hand could. Extensive descriptions of the art of target modeling and organizational analysis, as well as thoroughly detailed overviews of the quantitative and predictive techniques used in intelligence analysis make this book an essential tool for illuminating an often shadowy world. [via]
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Intelligence Analysis: Estimation & Predictionby Robert M. ClarkISBN 1561673072 (1-56167-307-2)
Softcover, S.T.A.C. Technical Editor
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Introduction to Complex Analysisby H. A. PriestleyISBN 0198525621 (0-19-852562-1)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Introduction to Complex Analysis'Book summary:This book presents a straightforward and concise introduction to elementary complex analysis. The emphasis is on those aspects of the theory that are important in other branches of mathematics, and no prior knowledge of topology is assumed. Basic techniques are explained and the major theorems are presented, helping readers to gain an understanding of the theoretical as well as practical applications. In addition, this revised edition includes many exercises that will aid undergraduates wishing to gain a firm understanding of the subject. [via]
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Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr - Introduction to Complex Analysis: ISBN 0198532466 (0-19-853246-6)
Hardcover, Clarendon Press - Introduction to Complex Analysis: ISBN 0198525621 (0-19-852562-1)
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An Introduction to Hilbert Spaceby Nicholas YoungISBN 0521337178 (0-521-33717-8)
Softcover, Cambridge Univ Pr
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Introduction to Topology and Modern Analysisby George F. SimmonsISBN 1575242389 (1-57524-238-9)
Hardcover, Krieger Pub Co
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Introduction to Topology and Modern Analysis'Book summary:This material is intended to contribute to a wider appreciation of the mathematical words "continuity and linearity". The book's purpose is to illuminate the meanings of these words and their relation to each other. [via]
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Introductory Real Analysisby S.V. Fomin, A.N. KolmogorovISBN 0486612260 (0-486-61226-0)
Softcover, Dover Pubns
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Introductory Real Analysis'Book summary:[via]Self-contained and comprehensive, this elementary introduction to real and functional analysis is readily accessible to those with background in advanced calculus. It covers basic concepts and introductory principles in set theory, metric spaces, topological and linear spaces, linear functionals and linear operators, and much more. 350 problems. 1970 edition.More editions of Introductory Real Analysis:
The Iteration of Rational Functions: Complex Analytic Dynamical Systemsby Alan F. BeardonISBN 3540975896 (3-540-97589-6)
Hardcover, Springer-Verlag
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J. R. R. Tolkien's Sanctifying Mythby Bradley J. Birzer, Joseph PearceISBN 1932236201 (1-932236-20-1)
Softcover, Isi Books
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Lebesgue Integration and Measureby A. J. WeirISBN 0521097517 (0-521-09751-7)
Softcover, Cambridge Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Lebesgue Integration and Measure'Book summary:Lebesgue integration is a technique of great power and elegance which can be applied in situations where other methods of integration fail. It is now one of the standard tools of modern mathematics, and forms part of many undergraduate courses in pure mathematics. Dr Weir's book is aimed at the student who is meeting the Lebesgue integral for the first time. Defining the integral in terms of step functions provides an immediate link to elementary integration theory as taught in calculus courses. The more abstract concept of Lebesgue measure, which generalises the primitive notions of length, area and volume, is deduced later. The explanations are simple and detailed with particular stress on motivation. Over 250 exercises accompany the text and are grouped at the ends of the sections to which they relate; notes on the solutions are given. [via]
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Mathematical Analysisby Tom M. ApostolISBN 0201002884 (0-201-00288-4)
Hardcover, Addison-Wesley
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Measure Theoryby P.R. HalmosISBN 0387900888 (0-387-90088-8)
Hardcover, Springer Verlag
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Non-Standard Analysisby Abraham RobinsonISBN 0691044902 (0-691-04490-2)
Softcover, Princeton Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Non-Standard Analysis'Book summary:Considered by many to be Abraham Robinson's magnum opus, this book offers an explanation of the development and applications of non-standard analysis by the mathematician who founded the subject. Non-standard analysis grew out of Robinson's attempt to resolve the contradictions posed by infinitesimals within calculus. He introduced this new subject in a seminar at Princeton in 1960, and it remains as controversial today as it was then. This paperback reprint of the 1974 revised edition is indispensable reading for anyone interested in non-standard analysis. It treats in rich detail many areas of application, including topology, functions of a real variable, functions of a complex variable, and normed linear spaces, together with problems of boundary layer flow of viscous fluids and rederivations of Saint-Venant's hypothesis concerning the distribution of stresses in an elastic body.
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Object-Oriented Analysis and Design With Applicationsby Grady Booch, Jim Conallen, Robert A. Maksimchuk, Michael W. Engle, Bobbi J. YoungISBN 020189551X (0-201-89551-X)
Hardcover, Addison-Wesley
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Principles of Mathematical Analysisby Walter RudinISBN 007054235X (0-07-054235-X)
Hardcover, McGraw-Hill Science Engineering
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Principles of Mathematical Analysis'Book summary:The third edition of this well known text continues to provide a solid foundation in mathematical analysis for undergraduate and first-year graduate students. The text begins with a discussion of the real number system as a complete ordered field. (Dedekind's construction is now treated in an appendix to Chapter I.) The topological background needed for the development of convergence, continuity, differentiation and integration is provided in Chapter 2. There is a new section on the gamma function, and many new and interesting exercises are included. This text is part of the Walter Rudin Student Series in Advanced Mathematics. [via]
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Problems and Theorems in Analysis II: Theory of Functions, Zeros, Polynomials, Determinants, Number Theory, Geometryby George Polya, Gabor Szego, C. E. BilligheimerISBN 3540636862 (3-540-63686-2)
Softcover, Springer Verlag
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A Radical Approach to Real Analysisby David M. BressoudISBN 0883857472 (0-88385-747-2)
Hardcover, Mathematical Assn of Amer
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Radical Approach to Real Analysis'Book summary:This book is an undergraduate introduction to real analysis. Teachers can use it as a textbook for an innovative course, or as a resource for a traditional course. Students who have been through a traditional course, but do not understand what real analysis is about and why it was created, will find answers to many of their questions in this book. Although this is not a history of analysis, the author returns to the roots of the subject to make it more comprehensible. The book begins with Fourier's introduction of trigonometric series and the problems they created for the mathematicians of the early nineteenth century. Cauchy's attempts to establish a firm foundation for calculus follow, and the author considers his failures and his successes. The book culminates with Dirichlet's proof of the validity of the Fourier series expansion and explores some of the counterintuitive results Riemann and Weierstrass were led to as a result of Dirichlet's proof. Mathematica ® commands and programs are included in the exercises. However, the reader may use any mathematical tool that has graphing capabilities, including the graphing calculator. [via]
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Real Analysisby H.L. RoydenISBN 0024041513 (0-02-404151-3)
Hardcover, Prentice Hall
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Real and Complex Analysisby Walter RudinISBN 0070542341 (0-07-054234-1)
Hardcover, McGraw-Hill Science Engineering
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Real and Complex Analysis'Book summary:This is an advanced text for the one- or two-semester course in analysis taught primarily to math, science, computer science, and electrical engineering majors at the junior, senior or graduate level. The basic techniques and theorems of analysis are presented in such a way that the intimate connections between its various branches are strongly emphasized. The traditionally separate subjects of 'real analysis' and 'complex analysis' are thus united in one volume. Some of the basic ideas from functional analysis are also included. This is the only book to take this unique approach. The third edition includes a new chapter on differentiation. Proofs of theorems presented in the book are concise and complete and many challenging exercises appear at the end of each chapter. The book is arranged so that each chapter builds upon the other, giving students a gradual understanding of the subject.
This text is part of the Walter Rudin Student Series in Advanced Mathematics. [via]
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The Sandman Companionby Hy BenderISBN 1563896443 (1-56389-644-3)
Softcover, Dc Comics
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Sandman Companion'Book summary:The Sandman was a groundbreaking and award-winning series that told the dark and tragic tale of Morpheus, the King of Dreams. A fascinating mythology of horror and consequence, this epic masterfully combined intriguing literature with captivating art. THE SANDMAN COMPANION is an exhaustive guide to this legend. Revealing hitherto undisclosed information and behind-the-scenes secrets, this book features in-depth interviews, never-before-seen illustrations, character origins, and story explanations and analysis. Also including excerpts from the original proposal for the series, this handbook is the perfect complement to the Sandman graphic novels. [via]
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The Sandman Companionby Neil Gaiman, Hy BenderISBN 1563894653 (1-56389-465-3)
Hardcover, Dc Comics
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Secrets and LiesISBN 3527500219 (3-527-50021-9)
Hardcover, John Wiley & Sons Inc
Find This BookBook summary:Wem kann man heute noch trauen? Bruce Schneier ist sicher einen Versuch wert -- seine Fähigkeit, den gesunden Menschenverstand anzusprechen, macht sein Buch Secrets & Lies. IT-Sicherheit in einer vernetzten Welt sowohl zu einer Offenbarung als auch zu einem praktischen Ratgeber. Schon seit Jahren arbeitet er im Bereich der Kryptographie und der elektronischen Sicherheit, und kam dabei zu der ernüchternden Erkenntnis, dass selbst die intelligenteste Programmierung und die sicherste Hardware keinen Schutz vor Angriffen darstellt, die auf menschliche Schwächen zielen.
Das Buch ist übersichtlich in drei Teile gegliedert: am Anfang ein Überblick über aktuelle Systeme und Bedrohungen, es folgen Techniken mit denen Daten geschützt und abgefangen werden können und zuletzt Strategien für die optimale Einrichtung von Sicherheitssystemen. Ohne sich blind auf vorbeugende Sicherheitsmaßnahmen zu verlassen, befürwortet Schneier Vorgehensweisen zur schnellen Aufdeckung und Reaktion auf einen Angriff, während man sich Amateure mit Firewalls und anderen Gateways vom Leib hält.
Neueinsteiger in die Welt von Schneier werden erstaunt sein, wie unterhaltsam er vor allem bei Themen sein kann, die allgemein als trocken und langweilig betrachtet werden. Egal ob er das Sicherheitsproblem von Rebellen und Todesstern in Star Wars analysiert oder sich über die großen Software- und E-Commerce-Unternehmen lustig macht, die ständig die Sicherheit ihrer Systeme für neue Modeanwendungen aufs Spiel setzen -- Schneier ist einer der wenigen Technik-Autoren, die den Leser unentwegt zum Lachen bringen.
Zwar ist er was die Zukunft der Systemsicherheit betrifft einigermaßen pessimistisch, aber er nimmt dem Leser die Angst, indem er unsere Welt der Elektronik mit der uns vertrauten, ebenso unsicheren Welt des Papiers vergleicht. Was macht da schon ein kleiner Kreditkartenbetrug aus. Trotz einer unglücklich platzierten (wenn auch kurzen) Schleichwerbung für seine Beratungsfirma im Nachwort des Buches, kann man sich darauf verlassen, dass Schneier in Secrets & Lies. IT-Sicherheit in einer vernetzten Welt" gute Arbeit leistet. --Rob Lightner [via]
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Shakespeare: Inventionby Harold BloomISBN 1573221201 (1-57322-120-1)
Hardcover, Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Shakespeare: Invention'Book summary:"Personality, in our sense, is a Shakespearean invention, and is not only Shakespeare's greatest originality but also the authentic cause of his perpetual pervasiveness." So Harold Bloom opines in his outrageously ambitious Shakespeare: The Invention of the Human. This is a titanic claim. But then this is a titanic book, wrought by a latter-day critical colossus--and before Bloom is done with us, he has made us wonder whether his vision of Shakespeare's influence on the whole of our lives might not be simply the sober truth. Shakespeare is a feast of arguments and insights, written with engaging frankness and affecting immediacy. Bloom ranges through the Bard's plays in the probable order of their composition, relating play to play and character to character, maintaining all the while a shrewd grasp of Shakespeare's own burgeoning sensibility.
It is a long and fascinating itinerary, and one littered with thousands of sharp insights. Listen to Bloom on Romeo and Juliet: "The Nurse and Mercutio, both of them audience favorites, are nevertheless bad news, in different but complementary ways." On The Merchant of Venice: "To reduce him to contemporary theatrical terms, Shylock would be an Arthur Miller protagonist displaced into a Cole Porter musical, Willy Loman wandering about in Kiss Me Kate." On As You Like It: "Rosalind is unique in Shakespeare, perhaps indeed in Western drama, because it is so difficult to achieve a perspective upon her that she herself does not anticipate and share." Bloom even offers some belated vocational counseling to Falstaff, identifying him as an Elizabethan Mr. Chips: "Falstaff is more than skeptical, but he is too much of a teacher (his true vocation, more than highwayman) to follow skepticism out to its nihilistic borders, as Hamlet does."
In the end, it doesn't matter very much whether we agree with all or any of these ideas. What does matter is that Bloom's capacious book sends us hurrying back to some of the central texts of our civilization. "The ultimate use of Shakespeare," the author asserts, "is to let him teach you to think too well, to whatever truth you can sustain without perishing." Bloom himself has made excellent use of his hero's instruction, and now he teaches us all to do the same. --Daniel Hintzsche [via]
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Shakespeare: The Invention of the Humanby Harold BloomISBN 157322751X (1-57322-751-X)
Softcover, Riverhead Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Shakespeare: The Invention of the Human'Book summary:"Personality, in our sense, is a Shakespearean invention, and is not only Shakespeare's greatest originality but also the authentic cause of his perpetual pervasiveness." So Harold Bloom opines in his outrageously ambitious Shakespeare: The Invention of the Human. This is a titanic claim. But then this is a titanic book, wrought by a latter-day critical colossus--and before Bloom is done with us, he has made us wonder whether his vision of Shakespeare's influence on the whole of our lives might not be simply the sober truth. Shakespeare is a feast of arguments and insights, written with engaging frankness and affecting immediacy. Bloom ranges through the Bard's plays in the probable order of their composition, relating play to play and character to character, maintaining all the while a shrewd grasp of Shakespeare's own burgeoning sensibility.
It is a long and fascinating itinerary, and one littered with thousands of sharp insights. Listen to Bloom on Romeo and Juliet: "The Nurse and Mercutio, both of them audience favorites, are nevertheless bad news, in different but complementary ways." On The Merchant of Venice: "To reduce him to contemporary theatrical terms, Shylock would be an Arthur Miller protagonist displaced into a Cole Porter musical, Willy Loman wandering about in Kiss Me Kate." On As You Like It: "Rosalind is unique in Shakespeare, perhaps indeed in Western drama, because it is so difficult to achieve a perspective upon her that she herself does not anticipate and share." Bloom even offers some belated vocational counseling to Falstaff, identifying him as an Elizabethan Mr. Chips: "Falstaff is more than skeptical, but he is too much of a teacher (his true vocation, more than highwayman) to follow skepticism out to its nihilistic borders, as Hamlet does."
In the end, it doesn't matter very much whether we agree with all or any of these ideas. What does matter is that Bloom's capacious book sends us hurrying back to some of the central texts of our civilization. "The ultimate use of Shakespeare," the author asserts, "is to let him teach you to think too well, to whatever truth you can sustain without perishing." Bloom himself has made excellent use of his hero's instruction, and now he teaches us all to do the same. --Daniel Hintzsche [via]
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Sylvia Plath: A Biographyby Linda Wagner-MartinISBN 0312023251 (0-312-02325-1)
Softcover, St. Martin's Press
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Sylvia Plath : A Biography'Book summary:The first biography of Sylvia Plath to draw on unpublished journals and letters, Sylvia Plath provides a detailed, objective, and illuminating portrait of this talented and tortured woman who is widely recognized as one of America's foremost poets of the 20th century. 20 pages of photos. [via]
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Sylvia Plath: A Literary Lifeby Linda Wagner-MartinISBN 1403916535 (1-4039-1653-5)
Softcover, Palgrave Macmillan
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Sylvia Plath: A Literary Life'Book summary:The emphasis in this study is the way Sylvia Plath made herself into a writer. She studies elements of Plath's work with dedication to discussions of style and effect. Close attention to Plath's reading and her apprenticeship writing in both fiction and poetry provides information helpful to understanding the late work of the 1960s. The book concludes with a section assessing Sylvia Plath's current standing. [via]
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Tensor Analysis on Manifoldsby Samuel I. Goldberg, Richard L BishopISBN 0486640396 (0-486-64039-6)
Softcover, Dover Pubns
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Tensor Analysis on Manifolds'Book summary:Striking just the right balance between formal and abstract approaches, this text proceeds from generalities to specifics. Topics include function-theoretical and algebraic aspects, manifolds and integration theory, several important structures, and adaptation to classical mechanics. "First-rate. . . deserves to be widely read." American Mathematical Monthly. 1980 edition.
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The Thinker's Toolkit: Fourteen Powerful Techniques for Problem Solvingby Morgan D. JonesISBN 0812928083 (0-8129-2808-3)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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The Thinker's Toolkit: Fourteen Skills for Making Smarter Decisions in Business and in Lifeby Morgan D. Jones, Karl WeberISBN 0812926013 (0-8129-2601-3)
Hardcover, Random House Inc
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A Tolkien Bestiaryby David Day, I. Miller, M. Foreman, A. Curless, L. PostmaISBN 0920080472 (0-920080-47-2)
Softcover, Harbour Publishing Company, Limited
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Undergraduate Analysisby Serge LangISBN 0387948414 (0-387-94841-4)
Hardcover, Springer Verlag
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Undergraduate Analysis'Book summary:This logically self-contained introduction to analysis centers around those properties that have to do with uniform convergence and uniform limits in the context of differentiation and integration. From the reviews: "This material can be gone over quickly by the really well-prepared reader, for it is one of the book's pedagogical strengths that the pattern of development later recapitulates this material as it deepens and generalizes it." --AMERICAN MATHEMATICAL SOCIETY [via]
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Understanding Comicsby Scott McCloudISBN 1563895579 (1-56389-557-9)
Softcover, Dc Comics
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Understanding Comics'Book summary:216 page paperback written in comic book form about the world's most misunderstood artform. [via]
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Understanding Comics: The Invisible Artby Scott McCloudISBN 0613027825 (0-613-02782-5)
Hardcover, Micro Data Base Systems, Incorporated (m d b s)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art'Book summary:As all good card-carrying comic-book fans know, their sheer passion will never overcome narrow-minded critics and their baying cries of derision. There is far more to this perpetually underrated medium than a mix of art and prose. With this indispensable, spellbinding tome, writer/artist Scott McCloud rises to the challenge of dissecting what remains the most enigmatic of art forms. After all, says McCloud, "No other art form gives so much to its audience while asking so much from them as well". Over the course of 215 impeccably formed pages, McCloud joyously exposes and deconstructs a hidden world of icons in a most literate and valid manner. His charming guidance finds a place where Time and Space is effortlessly malleable and the reader is both a willing accomplice and necessary vessel for comics' singular magic. Cunningly presented in comic form, McCloud (or his comic equivalent) conducts a journey that spans thousands of years, taking in art from Prehistoric Man to the Egyptians to Van Gogh to Jack Kirby. Never has psychological and cultural analysis been so understandably clear, beautifully aided by clever visuals and his truly infectious love for the medium. By the end of this funny, charming, rare and exciting book, you'll not doubt the notion that a comic book "...is a vacuum into which our identity and awareness are pulled ... an empty shell that we inhabit which enables us to travel to another realm". A fine exchange for a little faith and a world of imagination. --Danny Graydon [via]
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The Visual Display of Quantitative Informationby Edward R. TufteISBN 0961392142 (0-9613921-4-2)
Hardcover, Graphics Pr
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The Way of Analysisby Robert S. StrichartzISBN 0867204710 (0-86720-471-0)
Hardcover, Jones & Bartlett Pub
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Ways of Seeingby John BergerISBN 0844661759 (0-8446-6175-9)
Hardcover, Peter Smith Pub Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Ways of Seeing'Book summary:[via]John Bergers Classic Text on Art
John Berger's Ways of Seeing is one of the most stimulating and the most influential books on art in any language. First published in 1972, it was based on the BBC television series about which the (London) Sunday Times critic commented: "This is an eye-opener in more ways than one: by concentrating on how we look at paintings . . . he will almost certainly change the way you look at pictures." By now he has.
"Berger has the ability to cut right through the mystification of the professional art critics . . . He is a liberator of images: and once we have allowed the paintings to work on us directly, we are in a much better position to make a meaningful evaluation" Peter Fuller, Arts Review
"The influence of the series and the book . . . was enormous . . . It opened up for general attention to areas of cultural study that are now commonplace" Geoff Dyer in Ways of Telling
Winner of the 1972 Booker Prize for his novel, G., John Peter Berger (born November 5th, 1926) is an art critic, painter and author of many novels including A Painter of Our Time, From A to X and Bentos Sketchbook.More editions of Ways of Seeing:
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Win SharesISBN 1931584036 (1-931584-03-6)
Softcover, S T A T S Publishing
Find This BookBook summary:Win Shares, a revolutionary system that allows for player evaluation across positions, teams and eras, measures the total sum of player contributions in one groundbreaking number. James' latest advancement in the world of statistical analysis is the next big stepping-stone in the "greatest players of all-time" debate. For as long as baseball has been played, fans have struggled to compare the legends of the game with today's stars. Win Shares by Decade is just one of the many sections you'll find inside to help you judge who ranks where among the pantheon of baseball greats. [via]
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Freakonomics: Un Economista Polfticamente Incorrecto Explora El Lado Oculta De Lo Que Nos Afectaby Stephen J. Dubner, Steven D. LevittISBN 8466625127 (84-666-2512-7)
Softcover, Ediciones B
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