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2010: Odyssey Two (Space Odyssey Series #2)
by Arthur C. ClarkeThe celebrated author continues his Space Odyssey with this Hugo Award winner: &“A daring romp through the solar system and a worthy successor to 2001&” (Carl Sagan). In 1968, Arthur C. Clarke&’s bestselling 2001: A Space Odyssey captivated the world and was adapted into the classic film by Stanley Kubrick. Fourteen years later, fans and critics were thrilled by the release of 2010: Odyssey Two. Nine years after the ill-fated Discovery One mission to Jupiter, a joint Soviet-American crew travels to the planet to investigate the mysterious monolith orbiting the planet, the cause of the earlier mission&’s failure—and what became of astronaut David Bowman. The crew includes project expert Heywood Floyd, and Dr. Chandra, the creator of HAL 9000. What they discover is an unsettling alien conspiracy tampering with the evolution of life on Jupiter&’s moons as well as that of humanity itself. Meanwhile, the being that was once Dave Bowman—the only human to unlock the mystery of the monolith—streaks toward Earth on a vital mission of its own . . . &“Clarke deftly blends discovery, philosophy, and a newly acquired sense of play.&” —Time &“2010 is easily Clarke&’s best book in over a decade.&” —The San Diego Union-Tribune
2010: Take Back America
by Dick Morris Eileen McgannCasting your vote in the november 2010 election may be the single most important thing you do all year. Because these elections Will be the critical turning point for america's future. They're our chance to take back america. We stand at the crossroads of ideals and policies: freedom versus socialism; sovereignty versus international subservience; economic liberty versus debt slavery; quality medical care versus government-sponsored euthanasia; and private property versus confiscatory taxation. All this depends on the answer to one question: Will Obama maintain his control of Congress? To prepare us for this battle, Dick Morris and Eileen McGann have written 2010: Take Back America, their most important book yet. In Fleeced, they warned of the dangers of an Obama administration. In Catastrophe, they predicted his campaign to promote a socialist economy. And now, in this book, they offer a battle plan to take back America. Morris and McGann explain the stakes -- permanent unemployment, rampaging inflation, international control of our economy, collapse of our manufacturing industry, European-style taxation levels, and a nation without quality medical care at any price. They point out the targets -- the incumbent Democrats who are most vulnerable. They identify the races we must win and offer ammunition to do so. They examine the records of Harry Reid, Blanche Lincoln, Arlen Specter, Kirsten Gillibrand, and Barbara Boxer -- the key incumbent targets for 2010. And they tell you all the secrets these incumbents hope you won't find out. They outline a strategy for victory -- explaining the pitfalls and walking us through a path to winning control of Congress. And then they tell us what we can do as individuals to defeat Obama -- how to go beyond the traditional work of donating, local campaigning, and voting, and build our own electronic precincts to get people engaged and spread the word between now and Election Day. Today politics is no longer a spectator sport; Morris and McGann explain how to get off the bleachers and get out on the field, using everything from e-mail to blogs, YouTube, Facebook, and Twitter to get the message out. The battle is coming. 2010: Take Back America is the basic training manual you need to win.
2011 Artist's and Graphic Designer's Market
by Mary Burzlaff BosticTHE TOOLS TO BUILD A SUCCESSFUL ART CAREER2011 Artist's & Graphic Designer's Market is the must-have reference guide for emerging artists who want to establish a successful career in fine art, illustration, cartooning or graphic design.This edition is packed with resources you can use including:Complete, up-to-date contact information for more than 1,000 art markets, including, galleries, magazines, book publishers, greeting card companies, ad agencies, syndicates, art fairs and moreArticles on the business of freelancing - from basic copyright information to tips on promoting your workSpecial features on economic survival as a freelance artist, finding work and maintaining business relationships, an insider's guide to the illustration industry, getting your work into galleries, photographing your artwork, and an interview with literary agent Anna OlswangerInformation on grants, residencies, organizations, publications and websites that offer support and direction for creative artists of all types
2011 Career Plan
by Laurence ShatkinShows people how to position their career for great rewards as the nation rebounds from recession.
2011 Children's Writer's & Illustrator's Market®: 23rd Annual Edition
by Alice PopeNow includes a subscription to CWIM online (the children's publishing area of writersmarket. com). The 2011 CWIM offers more than 650 listings for book publishers, magazines, agents, art reps and more. It's completely updated and is the most trusted source for children's publishing information. CWIM also contains exclusive interviews with and articles by well-respected and award-winning authors, illustrators, and publishing professionals as well as nuts-and-bolts how-to information. Readers will learn what to do, how to do it, and get loads of information and inspiration.
2011 Collector Car Price Guide
by Ron KowalkeThe Authority for Collector Car Pricing With 760 pages priced at your fingertips, 2011 Collector Car Price Guide is the ultimate resource for car hobbyists. Whether you're looking to find a price on a blue ribbon show car, or a beater station wagon, you can find out what it's worth, and what people are paying for it, in the most comprehensive guide on the market. More than 250,000 accurate price listings for cars of all eras Exclusive 1 to 6 condition grading places values on all conditions, from show car to parts car Covers every mass-produced U.S. car Domestic cars, light trucks, and selected imported cars and trucks Explanation of 1 through 6 condition rating system
2011 Daily Calendar: Worst-Case Scenario
by Joshua Piven David BorgenichtBe prepared for the worst with expert advise and survival trivia all year long.
2011 Guide To Literary Agents
by Chuck SambuchinoNow includes subscription to GLA online (the agents section of writersmarket.com)!Now in its 20th year, Guide to Literary Agents is a writer's best resource for finding a literary agent who can represent their work to publishing houses, big and small. The days when a writer could deal directly with a large publisher are over. Literary agents represent writers and shepherd manuscripts to the right editor; and a good representative is the difference between a published book and a manuscript that never gets read. To help writers acquire an agent, GLA provides names and specialties for more than 750 individual agents around the United States and the world. GLA includes more than 90 pages of original articles on finding the best agent to represent your work and how to seal the deal. From identifying your genre to writing query letters to avoiding agent pet peeves, GLA will help writers deal with agents every step of the way.NOTE: Subsciption to GLA online NOT included with e-book edition.
2011 International Conference in Electrics, Communication and Automatic Control Proceedings (Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering #165)
by Ran Chen2011 International Conference in Electrics, Communication and Automatic Control Proceedings examines state-of-art and advances in Electrics, Communication and Automatic Control. This book presents developments in Power Conversion, Signal and image processing, Image & video Signal Processing. The conference brings together researchers, engineers, academic as well as industrial professionals from all over the world to promote the developments of Electrics, Communication and Automatic Control.
2011 National Gang Threat Assessment: Emerging Trends
by Federal Bureau of InvestigationGangs continue to commit criminal activity, recruit new members in urban, suburban, and rural regions across the United States, and develop criminal associations that expand their influence over criminal enterprises, particularly street-level drug sales. The most notable trends for 2011 have been the overall increase in gang membership, and the expansion of criminal street gangs' control of street-level drug sales and collaboration with rival gangs and other criminal organizations.
2011 North American Coins and Prices
by David C. HarperThree Countries, One Price Guide Updated prices and new coin issues make the 2011 North American Coins & Prices an indispensable guide for collectors of coins of the United States, Canada and Mexico. Basic introductory materials help those new to coin collecting better understand the hobby. More than 45,000 individual coin listings are organized by country, denomination and date of issue. The United States section begins with early Colonial coins and tokens of the 17th and 18th centuries and follows through to Federal issues from 1792 onward. Mexico's listings begin with 1701 and Canada's commence with its earliest unified coinage in 1858. New to this 20th edition are: Extensive price revisions to the listings of Mexico A vast array of new issues from the Royal Canadian Mint Complete price updates for all United States coinage A great value at an economical price. The 2011 North American Coins & Prices is the best coin price guide value on the market.
2011 Novel & Short Story Writer's Market®: 30th Annual Edition
by Alice PopeNow includes a subscription to NSSWM online (the fiction section of writersmarket.com). For 28 years, Novel & Short Story Writer?s Market has been the only resource of its kind exclusively for fiction writers. Anyone who is writing novels and/or stories?whether romance or literary, horror or graphic novel?needs this resource to help them prepare their submissions and sell their work. You'll have access to listings for over 1,100 book publishers, magazines, literary agents, writing contests and conferences, each containing current contact information, editorial needs, schedules and guidelines that save writers time and take the guesswork out of the submission process. NSSWM includes more than 100 pages of listings for literary journals alone and another 100 pages of book publishers (easily four times as many markets for fiction writers as Writer?s Market offers). It also features over a 100 pages of original content: interviews with working editors and writers, how-tos on the craft of fiction, and articles on the business of getting published.
2011 Photographer's Market
by Mary Burzlaff BosticALL THE INFORMATION YOU NEED TO FIND BUYERS FOR YOUR PHOTOS For more than three decades, photographers have trusted Photographer's Market. This must-have resource offers all the markets that are right for you: magazines, book publishers, greeting card companies, stock agencies, advertising firms, contests, and more. In addition to more than 1,000 markets for your work, the 2011 Photographer's Market includes: Up-to-date information on how to start and run a photography business, including how to find clients, who to contact to submit your photos, what types of photos they need, and how to submit both digital and film images Special features on finding your niche, taking advantage of local publishing opportunities, and networking with other photographers Inspiring and informative interviews with successful pros including commercial/fine art photographer Robb Siverson, animal lifestyle photographer Suzanne Bird, and "StoryPortrait" photographer Genevieve Russell Markets for fine art photographers, including hundreds of galleries and art fairs, as well as tips for maximizing art fair success
2011 Poet's Market®: 24th Annual Edition
by Robert Lee BrewerPoets of all skill levels have turned to Poet's Market for more than two decades for all the information they need on publishing poetry. This new edition includes: * Features on the realties of poetry publishing, mistakes to avoid, identifying scams, giving great readings, and promoting your work. Articles on translating poetry, social networking, self-publishing, alternative outlets for poetry collections, and more. * Information on workshops, organizations and online resources that help poets perfect their skills and network with fellow poets and editors. * Thorough indexes to make choosing the best potential markets easier. * And access to all Poet's Market listings in a searchable online database!
2011 Songwriter's Market
by Editors of Writer's Digest BooksTHE MOST TRUSTED GUIDE TO SONGWRITING SUCCESSFor 34 years, Songwriter's Market has provided the most complete and up-to-date information songwriters need to place their songs with music publishers, record companies, record producers, managers & booking agents, music firms, and more.In the 2011 Songwriter's Market, you'll find:Hundreds of songwriting placement opportunities, including how each market is different from the next and how to find success.Interviews with songwriting legends, such as Mark Mothersbaugh (Devo) and Even Stevens, who's written for everyone from Kenny Rogers to Martina McBride.Power-packed articles on taking charge of your career, including how to navigate social media sites and find alternative routes to songwriting success.Plus, the basic nuts and bolts of the songwriting business are explained, including how to submit songs, the proper way to handle Copyright, how to identify scams, negotiating contracts, what royalties are (and how to get them), and more.Listings for songwriting organizations, conferences, workshops, retreats, colonies, and contests.Take charge of your songwriting career today with the 2011 Songwriter's Market.
2011 Standard Catalog of World Coins 2001-Date (Standard Catalog #2011)
by George S. Cuhaj Thomas MichaelThis massively expanded 5th Edition of the Standard Catalog of® World Coins 2001 - Date brings you up-to-date and accurate values for a vast selection of the most recent coins produced and sold by today's World Mints, Central Banks and their distributors.The 5th edition is 20 percent larger, with 100 additional pages of exciting new issue coinage and extensive value revisions reflecting the burgeoning market for modern commemorative precious metal coins.Housed in these pages of accumulated knowledge you will find:Current market valuesKM identification numbersAccurate mintage figuresDetailed descriptionsPhotographic imagesMetallic and other compositionsPrecious metal weightsCovering a variety of current coin issues including:Commemorative coins of inventive shapes, sizes, colors, compositions and texturesPopular Silver and Gold commemorative coins currently rising in valueCirculation coins struck in durable metals for constant daily useInnovative coins produced in acrylic or hosting precious gemsStep into 21st Century coin collecting with confidence! Add this new 2011 Standard Catalog of® World Coins 2001 - Date to your reference library today!
2011 The Little Data Book On Information And Communication Technology
by World BankThis Little Data Book presents tables for over 213 economies showing the most recent national data on key indicators of information and communications technology (ICT), including access, quality, affordability, efficiency,sustainability, and applications.
2011-2012 Assessment of the Army Research Laboratory
by National Research Council Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences Laboratory Assessments Board Army Research Laboratory Technical Assessment BoardThe charge of the Army Research Laboratory Technical Assessment Board (ARLTAB) is to provide biennial assessments of the scientific and technical quality of the research, development, and analysis programs at the Army Research Laboratory (ARL). The ARLTAB is assisted by six panels, each of which focuses on the portion of the ARL program conducted by one of ARL's six directorates1. When requested to do so by ARL, the ARLTAB also examines work that cuts across the directorates. For example, during 2011-2012, ARL requested that the ARLTAB examine crosscutting work in the areas of autonomous systems and network science. The overall quality of ARL's technical staff and their work continues to be impressive. Staff continue to demonstrate clear, passionate mindfulness of the importance of transitioning technology to support immediate and longer-term Army needs. Their involvement with the wider scientific and engineering community continues to expand. Such continued involvement and collaboration are fundamentally important for ARL's scientific and technical activities and need to include the essential elements of peer review and interaction through publications and travel to attend professional meetings, including international professional meetings. In general, ARL is working very well within an appropriate research and development niche and has been demonstrating significant accomplishments, as exemplified in the following discussion, which also addresses opportunities and challenges.
2012
by Brian Damato21 de diciembre de 2012.El día en que el tiempo se detendrá.Jed DeLanda, descendiente de los mayas, tiene una mente prodigiosa para las matemáticas y pasa la mayor parte de su tiempo jugando al go contra su ordenador mientras vive de los beneficios que le dan sus negocios en la red. ¿Su arma secreta? El juego de adivinación maya utilizado antiguamente para predecir acontecimientos del futuro. Pero el fin del mundo se acerca. Comienza la cuenta atrás. Jed deberá averiguar por qué los mayas predijeron el fin de los tiempos en esa fecha e iniciar la búsqueda de la clave que le ayude a evitar el Armagedón. ¿Podrá un solo hombre salvar al planeta?« Brian DAmato conjuga la historia maya, la ciencia moderna, la teoría del juego y el inminente Apocalipsis maya en un mismo relato, consiguiendo como resultado una lectura absorbente y emocionante.»Douglas Preston
2012
by Daniel Pinchbeck2012: The Year of the Mayan Prophecy is a literary and metaphysical epic that binds together the cosmological phenomena of our time, ranging from crop circles to quantum theory to the worldwide resurgence of shamanism, supporting the Mayan prophecy that the year 2012 will bring an unprecedented global shift. In tracing the meaning of the prophetic Mayan 'end date' of 2012 to our present society, Daniel Pinchbeck draws together alien abductions, psychedelic visions, the current ecological crisis and other peculiar aspects of 21st century life into a new vision for our time. 2012 heralds the end of one way of existence and the return of another, in which the Mesoamerican God Quetzalcoatl returns, bringing with him an ancient - yet to us, wholly new - way of living. There are many hints, both in quantum theory and elsewhere, that humanity is precariously balanced between greater self-potential and environmental disaster. Pinchbeck's journey, which takes us from the endangered rainforests of the Amazon to Stonehenge in England, tells the story of a man in whose trials we recognise our own hopes and anxieties about modern life.
2012
by Laura CastellanosSe dice que hace cinco mil años los mayas profetizaron un hecho extraordinario de destrucción o regeneración en 2012. Pero ¿cómo y de dónde surgieron las llamadas "profecías mayas"? 2012. Las profecías del fin del mundo es la primera investigación periodística que aborda su origen, pone nombre a sus principales precursores y detractores, y expone las pugnas y contradicciones entre sí. Este libro integra igualmente las tesis más relevantes, afines y opuestas, generadas desde terrenos tan contrastantes como el new age, la astrología mundana, la arqueología y la ciencia. Reúne algunos de los proyectos asombrosos y extravagantes que la fecha ya detonó. Y recapitula sobre la necesidad ancestral por conocer el futuro, la historia del pensamiento del eterno retorno y el Apocalipsis, de los fines del mundo fallidos, y de los más célebres profetas y clarividentes. ¿Estamos ante un cataclismo o un cambio de conciencia? Aquí encontrarás claves para comprender los tiempos venideros. 2012. Las profecías del fin del mundo es un libro serio y apasionante que recoge la urgencia por mirar el horizonte a través de nuevas utopías. Acusaciones contra el principal profeta de 2012 por consumo de cocaína y una predicción fallida de fin del mundo en 1994. En Venezuela desarrollaron el proyecto de un centro comercial búnker. El máximo solar no ocurrirá en 2012 lo que descarta las profecías de catástrofes: astrofísico de la UNAM. Incluye predicciones políticas mundiales y de las elecciones presidenciales mexicanas en 2012.
2012
by Whitley StrieberDecember 21, 2012, may be one of the most watched dates in history. Every 26,000 years, Earth lines up with the exact center of our galaxy. At 11:11 on December 21, 2012, this event happens again, and the ancient Maya calculated that it would mark the end, not only of this age, but of human consciousness as we know it.But what will actually happen? The end of the world? A new age for mankind? Nothing? The last time this happened, Cro-Magnon man suddenly began creating great art in the caves of southern France, which to this day remains one of the most inexplicable changes in human history. Now Whitley Strieber explores 2012 in a towering work of fiction that will astound readers with its truly new insights and a riveting roller-coaster ride of a story. A mysterious alien presence unexpectedly bursts out of sacred sites all over the world and begins to rip human souls from their bodies, plunging the world into chaos it has never before known. Courage meets cowardice, loyalty meets betrayal as an entire world struggles to survive this incredible end-all war. Heroes emerge, villains reveal themselves, and in the end something completely new and unexpected happens that at once lifts the fictional characters into a new life, and sounds a haunting real-world warning for the future.At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
2012 Artist's & Graphic Designer's Market
by Mary Burzlaff BosticNEW LOOK, NEW FEATURES, UPDATED RESOURCES: ALL THE TOOLS YOU NEED TO BUILD A SUCCESSFUL ART CAREER!2012 Artist's & Graphic Designer's Market is the must-have reference guide for emerging artists, who want to establish a successful career in fine art, illustration, cartooning or graphic design. For years, artists have relied on us to help them find new markets and navigate the changing business landscape. The 2012 Artist's & Graphic Designer's Market introduces a whole host of new features and guarantees the most up-to-date, individually verified listings possible.In addition to the 100% updated market listings, artists will find new resources they'll want to use everyday including:Complete, up-to-date contact information for more than 1,600 art market listings, including galleries, magazines, book publishers, greeting card companies, ad agencies, syndicates, art fairs and moreArticles on the business of freelancing--from basic copyright information to tips on promoting your workNEW! Special features on selling more art in 2012, secrets to social media success, pocket-sized promotion, creating an online presence, fine-tuning your sales pitch and generating referralsNEW! Informative articles on getting the most from workshops, handling problems creatively, applying creative thinking to running your business and managing your clientsNEW! Inspiring and informative interviews with successful professionals including graphic designer Tom Davie and artist and illustrator Mike MaydakInformation on grants, residencies, organizations, publications and websites that offer support and direction for creative artists of all typesPLEASE NOTE: Free subscriptions are NOT included with the e-book edition of this title.