Real-time 3D Character Animation with Visual C++ by Lever, Nik, 1958-

Table of Contents: “…Real-time 3D Character Animation with Visual C++; Copyright; Contents at a glance; Contents in summary; About the author; Introduction; Chapter 1: 3D basics; Chapter 2: Drawing points and polygons the hard way; Chapter 3: Drawing points and polygons the easy way with OpenGL; Chapter 4: OpenGL lighting and textures; Chapter 5: Creating low polygon characters; Chapter 6: Texture mapping; Chapter 7: Setting up a single mesh character; Chapter 8: Keyframe animation; Chapter 9: Inverse kinematics; Chapter 10: Importing geometry and animation from Lightwave 3D…”
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Texts in transit in the medieval Mediterranean

Table of Contents: “…Morrison -- Rabbi Yedidyah Rakh on Ezekiel's "I heard" : a case study in Byzantine Jews' reception of Spanish-Provencal Jewish philosophical-scientific culture / Ofer Elior -- Gradations of light and pairs of opposites : two theories and their role in Abraham Bar Hiyya's Scroll of the revealer / Y. …”
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Human Factors Research Needs for an Aging Population. by Staff, National Research Council

Table of Contents: “…""Human Factors Research Needs for an Aging Population""; ""Copyright""; ""Foreword""; ""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""1 Introduction""; ""BACKGROUND""; ""OVERVIEW""; ""2 Human Factors Problems Associated with Aging""; ""DEMOGRAPHICS, ECOLOGY, AND SOCIOLOGY""; ""HOME ACTIVITIES""; ""WORK ACTIVITIES""; ""TRANSPORTATION""; ""Driving""; ""Visual Abilities and Driving""; ""Acuity""; ""Contrast Sensitivity Function""; ""Dynamic Visual Acuity and Motion Detection""; ""Visual Field""; ""Distance Perception""; ""Dark Adaptation""; ""Visual Search""; ""Lighting and Driving""…”
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Measure of Multitude : Population in Medieval Thought. by Biller, Peter

Table of Contents: “…The Politics (iii): multitude""; ""PART 4. THE LIGHT OF COMMON DAY""; ""14. The bulging circuit of Florence""; ""Epigraph: The climate of thought""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index of Manuscripts""; ""B""; ""C""; ""E""; ""F""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""V""…”
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The "I" of the camera : essays in film criticism, history, and aesthetics by Rothman, William

Table of Contents: “…Griffith and the birth of the movies -- Judith of Bethulia -- True heart Griffith -- The ending of City lights -- The goddess: reflections on melodrama east and west -- Red dust: the erotic screen image -- Virtue and villainy in the face of the camera -- Pathos and transfiguration in the face of the camera: a reading of Stella Dallas -- Viewing the world in black and white: race and the melodrama of the unknown woman -- Howard Hawks and Bringing up baby -- The filmmaker in the film: octave and the rules of Renoir's game -- Stagecoach and the quest for selfhood -- To have and have not adapted a film from a novel -- Hollywood and the rise of suburbia -- Nobody's perfect: Billy Wilder and the postwar American cinema -- The river -- Vertigo: the unknown woman in Hitchcock -- North by northwest: Hitchcock's monument to the Hitchcock film -- The villain in Hitchcock: "Does he look like a 'wrong' one to you?" …”


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Seventeen years in Alaska : a depiction of life among the Indians of Yakutat by Johnson, Albin, 1865-1947

Table of Contents: “…Earthquake and Fire-Spewing MountainsA Mountain Climb; Professor David Nyvall's Visit to the Mission Station, Summer 1903; Alaska, a Land of Gold; Alaska's Climate; Wild Berries; VII; Hunting and Fishing in Alaska; A Bear Story; The Man Who Shot Many Bears; An Adventuresome Seal Hunt; The Tlingit's Yearly Potlatch (Annual Feast); VIII; Sunset in Alaska; The Northern Lights; Chief George Naa-kaa-nee; The Thousand-Year-Old Woman; Stranded on an Island; An Adventure at the Hot Springs; IX; The Census in Alaska, Year 1900; Implementation of the Law in Alaska; X; The Fruits of the Mission Work.…”
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Peter Zumthor, works : buildings and projects, 1979-1997 by Zumthor, Peter

Table of Contents: “…Lightness and pain -- Buildings: -- Protective Housing for Roman Archaeological Excavations, Chur, Graubünden 1985-86 -- Zumthor Studio, Haldenstein, Graubünden 1985-86 -- Caplutta Sogn Benedetg, Sumvitg, Graubünden, 1985-1988 -- Homes for Senior Citizens, Chur, Masans, Graubünden, 1989-1993 -- Gugalun House, Versam, Graubünden, 1990-1994 -- Spittelhof Estate, Biel-Benken, Baselland, 1989-1996 -- Thermal Bath Vals, Vals, Graubünden, 1990-1996 -- Kunsthaus Bregenz, Austria, 1990-1997 -- Traces / Helene Binet -- Projects: -- Community Center, Landquart, Graubünden, 1987 -- Apartment Building with Stores in Zurich's Old Town, 1988 -- Holiday Hotel, Swiss Association of the Blind, Willerzell, Schwyz, 1989 -- Burghalde Apartment Building, Baden, Aargau, 1989 -- Mountain Resaurant and Cable Car Station, Rothorn, Valbella, Graubünden, 1990 -- "Topography of Terror," International Exhibition and Documentation Center, Berlin, 1993- -- Lindau Casino, Lake Constance, Germany, 1995 -- Herz Jesu Church, Munich, 1996 -- Kolumba, Diocesan Museum, Cologne, 1997- Villa in Küsnacht on Lake Zurich, 1997 -- Swiss Pavilion Expo 2000, Hanover, 1997- -- Laban Centre for Movement and Dance, London, 1997 -- List of Works -- Biography -- Awards, Exhibitions -- Bibliography -- Collaborators.…”


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Volcanic Unrest From Science to Society

Table of Contents: “…Part 1 – Overview on volcanic unrest -- Significance of unrest -- Past experiences -- Part 2 - Geophysical and geochemical insights on unrest and precursory activity -- Volcano Seismology: detecting unrest in wiggly lines -- Volcano geodesy and multiparameter investigations -- Volcanic gases and low temperature volcanic fluids -- MONITORING CAPACITY: obvious and hidden problems -- Part 3 – Magma dynamics: Lessons from experiments and models -- Storage and ascent of magma -- Magma rejuvenation: Insights from numerical models -- Crystals, bubbles and melt: critical conduit processes revealed by numerical models -- Interaction between magma and hydrothermal system -- The magma laboratory: Constraining unrest mechanisms -- From unrest to eruption: Conditions for phreatic vs. magmatic activity -- Geochemical and isotopic investigations in the light of unrest -- Magma mixing as a prelude to unrest -- Part 4 – Bridging the gap between science and decision-making -- Legal governance -- A Warner paper incl Cost benefit -- Recognizing and tracking volcanic unrest: a probabilistic approach -- Probabilistic tools for hazard assessment and risk management -- Deterministic vs. probabilistic forecasts -- Perspective on global practices of communication and decision-makers’ needs -- Social resilience and compliance during unrest crises -- Outreach and education -- Volcanic Unrest Simulation Exercises – guidance for future exercises -- Glossary -- INDEX.…”
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The Environmental Toolkit for Teachers : First Steps to Sustainability. by Fraser, Neil

Table of Contents: “…-- Setting the context -- Contextual facts -- The tools -- Environmental management basics -- Environmental management and schools -- How to implement environmental management -- Key tasks of an Eco-Teacher -- Routes to sustainability -- Encouraging sustainable behaviour change -- The 4 Es: enable, engage, exemplify, encourage -- Questions and answers regarding the 4 Es -- 2 Taking action on litter -- Introduction to litter management -- Eco-Schools and litter -- Know your litter -- Resources for litter management -- Understanding school litter management -- Getting started with litter management -- Litter clearing -- Reducing litter -- 3 Taking action on waste -- Introduction to waste management -- Eco-Schools and waste minimisation -- Know your waste -- Resources for waste management -- Understanding the school waste management -- Getting started with waste management -- Paper -- Food -- Packaging -- Resource efficiency and recycled procurement -- 4 Taking action on energy -- Introduction to energy management -- Eco-Schools and energy -- Know your energy -- Resources for energy management -- Understanding school energy management -- Getting started with energy management -- Heating -- Lighting -- Small power machines -- Alternative and renewable energy -- Resources -- Case studies -- List of useful resources -- Appendices -- Index.…”
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Gurren lagann TV series. Complete collection

Table of Contents: “…Let's go buddy -- 27. The lights in the sky are stars.…”

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Rethinking the foundations : historiography in the ancient world and in the Bible : essays in honour of John Van Seters

Table of Contents: “…s “Ecumenicalâ€? Ancestor -- New Light on Egyptâ€?s Stance Towards Asia, 610â€?586 BCE -- Wie sieht Israel seine Geschichte? …”
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Living Large by Mitchell, Harold

Table of Contents: “…14 Bugs and the Blues15 How to do an epic lunch; 16 Lighting up a room: Getting to know Xanana and Kirsty Sword Gusmão; 17 People I've met; Part IV; 18 The media: Where it's come from and where it's going; 19 A toolkit for young entrepreneurs; 20 The greatest juggle of all: Work/life balance; 21 How to walk away gracefully: Succession; 22 Love and marriage; Epilogue; Tributes; Index; Copyright…”
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Handbook of research on food processing and preservation technologies. Volume 1, Nonthermal and innovative food processing methods

Table of Contents: “…Ramesh -- Ultraviolet Light Technology: Applications for Fresh Produce / Gozde Oguz Korkut and Gurbuz Gunes -- Microwave-Assisted Extraction (MAE) Technology: Potential for Extraction of Food Components / Faizan Ahmad, Sadaf Zaidi, and Z. …”
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Afterlives of romantic intermediality : the intersection of visual, aural, and verbal frontiers

Table of Contents: “…Loss of presentiveness--and poetical explanations : linguisitic iconicity in poetry by Tieck and Eichendorff / Norman Kasper -- Externalizing the picture frame : Keats's Negative capability and the uses of Ekphrasis / Klara Franz -- "Meteoric and solar light" : visuality as formal principle in Franz Liszt's The battle of the Huns / Arne Stollberg -- Mediality and intermediality in Friedrich Schlegel's early romantic thought / Asko Nivala -- Aesthetic unity and the politics of sameness in Clemens Brentano's theoretical writings / Mattias Pirholt -- Part II, Afterlives of Romantic intermediality. …”
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Three ways of thought in ancient China by Waley, Arthur

Table of Contents: “…The Realm of Nothing Whatever -- Stories of Chuang Tzu and Hui Tzu -- Stories of Lao Tzu and Confucius -- The Ancients -- The Brigand and the Sage -- Death -- The Cicada and the Wren -- Yoga -- King Mu and the Wizard -- Yang-shêng -- The Taoist and Tao -- Dim Your Light -- Buried among the People -- Part II. Politics -- Contemporary Events -- The Uncarved Block -- The Golden Age -- Government -- Dealing with the World -- Mencius -- The Better Feelings -- Government by Goodness -- Mencius and the Kings -- The Kings of Wei -- The Duke of T'êng -- The Three Years Mourning -- Mencius and the king of Sung -- Mencius and the king of Ch'i -- The Yen Episode -- The Handling of Sages -- Great Men -- The Rival Schools -- Mo Tzu -- Mencius and the Agriculturalists -- Cl'ên Chung -- Mencius and the Disciples -- Methods of Argument -- The Realists -- Affinities of the Realists -- The Realist Conception of Law -- The People and the Law -- Smith and Wesson -- Agriculture and War -- Classes to be Eliminated -- The Past -- The Ruler -- Power -- The Art of the Courtier -- Epilogue. …”
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Primer by Smith, Aaron, 1974-

Table of Contents: “…X X XThe River Phoenix Collection; X; When You Told Me Your Father Was Dying; Still Life with Antidepressants; Jennifer Lawrence; Still Life with a Hundred Crucifixions; Homosexuality; Evangelical; Lessons; David Beckham Is People Magazine's Sexiest Man Alive; Primer for Men; Each Light a Knife; The Bar Closes But You Don't Want to Go Home; Driving North on Interstate 99 the Poet Considers His Life at Forty; X X X; Notes; Acknowledgments.…”
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Quantum Computer Music Foundations, Methods and Advanced Concepts

Table of Contents: “…Quantum Frequency Detector For Audio Files(Rajiv Mistry) -- Chapter 13. Making Sound With Light: Sound Synthesis With A Photonic Quantum Computer(Eduardo R. …”
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Differential Geometry and Relativity Theory : an Introduction by Faber, RichardL

Table of Contents: “…Chapter 1 Curves -- chapter 2 Gauss Curvature (Informal Treatment) -- chapter 3 Surfaces in E3 -- chapter 4 The First Fundamental Form -- chapter 5 The Second Fundamental Form -- chapter 6 The Gauss Curvature in Detail -- chapter 7 Geodesics -- chapter 8 The Curvature Tensor and the Theorema Egregium -- chapter 9 Manifolds -- part II Special Relativity (The Geometry of Flat Spacetime) -- chapter 1 Inertial Frames of Reference -- chapter 2 The Michelson-Morley Experiment -- chapter 3 The Postulates of Relativity -- chapter 4 Relativity of Simultaneity -- chapter 5 Coordinates -- chapter 6 Invariance of the Interval -- chapter 7 The Lorentz Transformation -- chapter 8 Spacetime Diagrams -- chapter 9 Lorentz Geometry -- chapter 10 The Twin Paradox -- chapter 11 Temporal Order and Causality -- part III General Relativity (The Geometry of Curved Spacetime) -- chapter 1 The Principle of Equivalence -- chapter 2 Gravity as Spacetime Curvature -- chapter 3 The Consequences of Einstein's Theory -- chapter 4 The Universal Law of Gravitation -- chapter 5 Orbits in Newton's Theory -- chapter 6 Geodesics -- chapter 7 The Field Equations -- chapter 8 The Schwarzschild Solution -- chapter 9 Orbits in General Relatvity -- chapter 10 The Bending of Light.…”
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Practical Rails Projects by Alameda, Eldon

Table of Contents: “…-IT Help Desk part 1 - Ticketing System: Develop the base system and end-user interface -- Develop the backend admin system -- Implement management reports and customer satisfaction surveys -- IT Help Desk part 2 - System Inventory: Develop the baseline system -- Utilize Active Resource to integrate -- IT Help Desk part 3 - Light Wiki: Develop baseline system -- Integrate with Active Resource -- Enhance the three apps as one system.…”
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Ancient complexities : new perspectives in Precolumbian North America

Table of Contents: “…Lekson -- A people's history of the American Southwest / Severin Fowles -- Downsizers, upgraders, cultural constructors, and social producers / Robert Chapman -- The unbearable lightness of complexity / Norman Yoffee.…”


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