James L : 962 books
Learning HTML5 Game Programming
A Hands-on Guide to Building Online Games Using Canvas, SVG, and WebGL
Language: English
Release Date: September 27, 2011
Get Started Fast with HTML5 Online Game Programming!
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HTML5 will transform web and mobile gaming. As new browsers rapidly adopt it, HTML5 will do everything “legacy” technologies such as Flash and Silverlight have done—and much more. In Learning HTML5 Game Programming, pioneering...
Clinical Manual of Psychosomatic Medicine
A Guide to Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry
Language: English
Release Date: September 24, 2012
The Clinical Manual of Psychosomatic Medicine, both educates psychiatrists and mental health professionals practicing in hospital settings about the relationship between physiological processes and psychological and behavioral factors and arms them with the evidence they need to inform hospital administrators...
by James L. Huston
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 1999
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 1999
In the autumn of 1857, sustained runs on New York banks led to a panic atmosphere that affected the American economy for the next two years. In The Panic of 1857 and the Coming of the Civil War, James L. Huston presents an exhaustive analysis of the political, social and intellectual repercussions...
English Lessons
The Pedagogy of Imperialism in Nineteenth-Century China
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2003
Inserting China into the history of nineteenth-century colonialism, English Lessons explores the ways that Euroamerican imperial powers humiliated the Qing monarchy and disciplined the Qing polity in the wake of multipower invasions of China in 1860 and 1900. Focusing on the processes by which Great...
by James L. Wilber
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2013
In the underground city of Necropolis, Hades is bound by duty, family, and his own alienation. That all changes when he meets Persephone, a true free spirit. Will their love tear apart the world above and below? From the author of My Babylon comes a modern retelling of the Hades & Persephone myth....
Buster Keaton's Silent Shorts
1920-1923
Language: English
Release Date: January 30, 2013
By the mid-1920s, Buster Keaton had established himself as one of the geniuses of cinema with such films as Sherlock, Jr., The Navigator, and his 1927 work The General, which was the highest ranked silent on the American Film Institute's survey of the 100 greatest films. Before Keaton ventured into...
Encountering Gorillas
A Chronicle of Discovery, Exploitation, Understanding, and Survival
Language: English
Release Date: July 5, 2013
Gorillas, the largest of the apes inhabiting our planet, have been a source of fear, awe, and inspiration to humans. In this book, James L. Newman brings a lifetime of study of Africa to his compelling story of the rich and varied interaction between gorillas and humans since earliest contact. He...
by James L Clark
Language: English
Release Date: May 4, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: May 4, 2012
Learn to read minds, conduct hypnosis, and predict the future! Instead of employing visual magic, the tricks in this book help aspiring performers exercise mental powers that seem downright supernatural. Seasoned magician James L. Clark shares his professional secrets with 15 psychological illusions...
Cherishing Men from Afar
Qing Guest Ritual and the Macartney Embassy of 1793
Language: English
Release Date: July 25, 1995
In the late eighteenth century two expansive Eurasian empires met formally for the first time—the Manchu or Qing dynasty of China and the maritime empire of Great Britain. The occasion was the mission of Lord Macartney, sent by the British crown and sponsored by the East India Company, to the court...
Mighty by Sacrifice
The Destruction of an American Bomber Squadron, August 29, 1944
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2015
The high cost of the Allied air offensive during World War II.
On August 29, 1944, the 15th U.S. Army Air Force unleashed 500 bombers against oil and rail targets throughout central Europe. It dispatched the 20th Squadron of the 2nd Bombardment Group on what they regarded as an easy assignment:...
by James L. Neibaur
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2016
For ten years Jack Nicholson toiled in low-budget films and guest spots in such television shows as Dr. Kildare and The Andy Griffith Show before his breakout performance in Easy Rider. Despite “retiring” in 2010, Nicholson remains one of the most revered actors of the last half century. Nominated...
by James L. Neibaur
Language: English
Release Date: June 16, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: June 16, 2017
In 1931 Universal Studios released Dracula starring Bela Lugosi. This box office success was followed by a string of films featuring macabre characters and chilling atmospherics, including Frankenstein, The Mummy, and The Invisible Man. With each new film, Universal established its place in the Hollywood...
The Elements of Police Hostage and Crisis Negotiations
Critical Incidents and How to Respond to Them
Language: English
Release Date: May 13, 2013
Run a safe and successful crisis negotiation-from start to finish!
The Elements of Police Hostage and Crisis Negotiations: Critical Incidents and How to Respond to Them reduces the negotiation procedures for hostage, barricaded, and suicide incidents to their basic elements, providing quick...
Port Tobacco, MD - Prior to 1895
Civil War era Port Tobacco, MD
Language: English
Release Date: December 14, 2012
Port Tobacco, Maryland was one of the earliest towns established in the United States, dating back to the early 1600’s. This work describes the history of Port Tobacco and its people, buildings and layout for those history buffs interested in such information. The author, James L. Barbour (the...