"Here is a book I wish I had when taking physics my senior year in high school!" --Book Report A lively illumination of modern physics' marquee players, featuring: Albert Einstein Max Planck Ernest Rutherford Niels Bohr Werner Heisenberg Richard Feynman Murray Gell--Mann "Brennan has a knack for exp[...]
Should government's power to tax be limited? The events of the late 1970s in the wake of California's Proposition 13 brought this question very sharply into popular focus. Whether the power to tax should be restricted, and if so how, are issues of immediate policy significance. Providing a serious a[...]
Societies function on the basis of rules. These rules, rather like the rules of the road, coordinate the activities of individuals who have a variety of goals and purposes. Whether the rules work well or ill, and how they can be made to work better, is a matter of major concern. Appropriately interp[...]
From semiconductor fundamentals to semiconductor devices used in the telecommunications and computing industries, this 2005 book provides a solid grounding in the most important devices used in the hottest areas of electronic engineering. The book includes coverage of future approaches to computing [...]
Award-winning original fiction for learners of English. At seven levels, from Starter to Advanced, this impressive selection of carefully graded readers offers exciting reading for every student's capabilities. Six stories about a world we cannot explain. A film star discovers the dangers of dancin[...]
Award-winning original fiction for learners of English.
Award-winning original fiction for learners of English. At seven levels, from Starter to Advanced, this impressive selection of carefully graded readers offers exciting reading for every student's capabilities. Five entertaining stories about the power of discovery set in countries across the globe[...]
Award-winning original fiction for learners of English.
Award-winning original fiction for learners of English. At seven levels, from Starter to Advanced, this impressive selection of carefully graded readers offers exciting reading for every student's capabilities. Three stories to make you think, set in the near future, 100 years and 1500 years from n[...]
Award-winning original fiction for learners of English.
Cambridge English Readers is an exciting new series of original fiction, specially written for learners of English. Graded into six levels - from elementary to advanced - the stories in this series provide easy and enjoyable reading on a wide range of contemporary topics and themes. Five stories abo[...]
With the clarity of a physicist and the compassion of a gifted healer with more than twenty years of professional experience observing 5,000 clients and students, Barbara Ann Brennan presents the first in-depth study of the human energy field for people who seek happiness and health, and who wish to[...]
Barbara Ann Brennan's bestselling first book, Hands of Light, established her as one of the world's most gifted healers and teachers. Now, in her long-awaited new work, she continues her ground-breaking exploration of the human energy field, or auro - the source of our experience of health or illne[...]
Whether you're just a bit nosy, or you want to launch a full-scale investigation of your neighbours, this handbook teaches you everything you need to know. There are practical sections on codes, ciphers, invisible ink and signalling, as well as guidance on drops and safe houses.[...]
Part of the "Handbooks" series, this book helps you to rethink everything you've ever been taught in science lessons at school.[...]
The most powerful weapon on the planet is hidden right behind your eyes. This work includes some facts about the strange powers of the human mind such as: the brain has no pain receptors; Buddhists believe that the entire universe is maya, an illusion generated by the human mind; and more.[...]
The British diplomat, Sir Benjamin Bathurst, walked around his horses and simply disappeared. An entire Roman Legion marched into nowhere and was never seen again. Where did they go to?Einstein calculated that Black Holes in the depths of space could function as doorways to parallel realities. And i[...]
Serves as a guide for a cryptographer and code-buster. This work includes: codebreaking methods, examples and tests; how to develop complex ciphers; tools for encrypting messages, from invisible ink to computer pixels; and, a history of how codes and ciphers have developed, taking in the ancient Gre[...]
Explaining the fundamentals of Wizardry, this guide includes a mix of case studies, theory and practical techniques. It explores: the Ancient Roots of Wizardry; Wizard Training and Work; Magic in the Everyday World; An Experiment in Levitation; and Remembering Past Lives.[...]
The book of Daniel is a literary rich and complex story known for its apocalyptic style. Written in both Hebrew and Aramaic, the book begins with stories of Daniel and three Jewish young men Hananiah (Shadrach), Mishael (Meshach), and Azariah (Abednego) who are exiles among the remnant from Judea i[...]