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Volume 70 begins with two "Foundations in Cancer Research" articles, a staple of the
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Dominion: The Word and the New World Order (Omega-Letter Tape library, Volume 1, No. 3)
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3 cassettes from The Omega-Letter (Ontario, Canada): (1) Dominion: A Dangerous New Theology (2) Dominion and the Cross (3) Dominion: A New Revelation. All three tapes are with Peter Lalonde in conversation with Dave Hunt.
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This digital document is an article from Women's Health Letter, published by Thomson Gale on November 1, 2005. The length of the article is 674 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.
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This monograph presents an introductory overview of smart structures, their concepts, their active involvement in the vibration control, their applications and the extensive research work done on it so far.
The modelling of flexible beams using two types of beam theories, viz., the Euler-Bernoulli theory and the
Timoshenko beam theory is presented, including a new concept of finite element modeling of the flexible structures using Timoshenko beam theory with the inclusion of the shear both in the piezo-patches as well as in the host structure. It presents the design of the periodic output feedback control system for smart structure
systems, the design of the FOS controllers for active vibration control and the design of Discrete Sliding Mode controllers using multirate output feedback technique. This monograph is based on the authors work on the multirate output sampling techniques (FOS and POF) and the multirate output feedback based discrete-time sliding mode control of flexible beams with simulations performed in Matlab. The hardware implementation of some of the developed control algorithms is depicted using DSpace and Real Time Workshop.
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Finite Mathematics with Calculus: A Modeling Approach
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This text uses a modeling approach to unify the traditional topics of finite mathematics and calculus. Use of graphing calculators is carefully integrated to support the modeling approach. The authors apply graphical, numerical, and symbolic techniques to motivate understanding.
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Each chapter focuses on a different type of modeling technique. Real data are used to provide relevance for students and to motivate them when creating and analyzing models. There are more than 2,400 exercises to be worked, and more than 400 figures, graphics, tables, and photographs support and clarify the text material.
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Using technology as a tool for solving problems, this unique book presents the practical, day-to-day applications of mathematical concepts by connecting them to real-world examples and reader's actual problems. The focus is on the entire process of problem-solving, including the formulation and validation of mathematical models. Approaches the problem-solving process from beginning to end, using actual situations readers' need to solve. Helps readers understand mathematical functions and models: identifying and validating assumptions of models, making ballpark estimates, verifying calculations, performing sensitivity analysis, and identifying an appropriate level of precision to reflect a reasonable margin of error. A valuable reference book for any professional who can use mathematical models to solve everyday business problems.
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A look to the west. . ........2000-01-21
This book is a must read. A refreshing glimpse into the adventures of a Western Theater Quartermaster. Obviously intense and very thorough research was done editing these memoirs. Dr. Bergeron is indeed a premier Civil War historian.
This is an extremely important Civil War source book........1997-12-05
Grisamore's memoir is an important source of information on the Western and Trans-Mississippi theaters of the Civil War. Because he was a quartermaster, his story is a unique one because few quartermaster officers left memoirs. The book is full of humor as well as little known episodes of the war. Grisamore was a native of Indiana but felt strongly enough about the Confederate war effort to join the army and risk his life.
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In Uncle Silas, Sheridan Le Fanu's most celebrated novel, Maud Ruthyn, the young, naïve heroine, is plagued by Madame de la Rougierre from the moment the enigmatic older woman is hired as her governess. A liar, bully, and spy, when Madame leaves the house, she takes her dark secret with her. But when Maud is orphaned, she is sent to live with her Uncle Silas, her father's mysterious brother and a man with a scandalous-even murderous-past. And, once again, she encounters Madame, whose sinister role in Maud's destiny becomes all too clear.
With its subversion of reality and illusion, and its exploration of fear through the use of mystery and the supernatural, Uncle Silas shuns the conventions of traditional horror and delivers a chilling psychological thriller.
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Great Read.......2007-01-10
I really liked this one. It's a definite page-turner with a very satisfying ending. I definitely recommend reading it if you're looking for a good mystery/thriller.
uncle silas.......2006-12-28
This book is great for anyone who is a fan of Gothic, Victorian, or mystery novels. All of these genres come into play for an interesting story. The tone is dark, and the descriptions of the landscape help give the book a "spooky" feel. There is also an interesting tie in with the Swedenbourgs, which was informative, as well. I loved this book, and it's a shame that Sheridan Le Fanu isn't more widely read.
An excellent Gothic story with a psychological edge.......2006-05-28
An excellent Gothic story, but not really falling into the "supernatural" category, which is refreshing, this novel reminds me more of James'
The Turn of The Screw, moreso for its delvings into the psychological realm of the human psyche, especially that of neurosis, and, of course, Maud's brilliant insights into her once revered (almost perversely so) Uncle Silas, a true sociopath (psychopath) if ever there was one. This is a very suspensful and engaging book and I highly recommend it.
A melancholy and eerie read...........2006-04-20
One of my most favourite books by an awe-inspiring author.
Sucks you in right from the lyrical and poetic first paragragh. Vintage prose you just do not see anymore, with a plot, characters and settings to transport you into another time and place. Le Fanu's descriptive ability is beyond amazing...
If you love this, you must check out his ghost stories. I read them over and over....they are the most superbly done of the 19th century!
Nonstop dread.......2006-02-26
"Uncle Silas" by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu is considered
one of the great Gothic novels. It is a long, long
novel of suspense- and since it is so long, it must be
a record holder for sustained dread. Chapter after
chapter, you worry about poor little Maud, the
beleaguered heroine.
Actually, I doubt you do. Maud isn't very
comprehensible to the modern reader. She is the
daughter of a rich estate-owner, and she will inherit
everything upon his death. The problem is that her
father frets over his ne'er-do-well younger brother
Silas. He wants to pay off Silas's debts and reform
him, but being woolenly virtuous himself, the plan he
comes up to do it is impractical and may utterly
destroy poor Maud.
Not that you really care about Maud. As a Victorian
heroine, she stands up to her enemies using her power
of very-good-etiquette, and hopes that her stoic
passivity will stir the heart of some passing
nobleman. The most she will do in her own behalf is
stamp her foot. It's hard to sympathise with a weepy
foot-stamper, particularly when imagining what any
modern heroine would do in her place: write a letter
to her lawyer, call in reporters, plan an escape, or
beat the living crap out of old Silas.
It doesn't matter. In early Gothic novels, you were
expected to care about the heroes and heroines, but as
the genre evolved, the emphasis shifted to the
villains. And "Uncle Silas" has mesmerizing villains.
There's the grotesque Frenchwoman Madame de
Rougierre, who is at turns pathetic and terrifying.
There's Silas's son, who could have been a young
gentleman if he hadn't been raised in bitter poverty
by his father. And finally, there's Uncle Silas: you
don't know what to think of this old opium-addicted
ruin. Is he a victim of other people's cruel
prejudice? Is he a man who got off to a poor start
and was never allowed to make it up? Will Maud be able
to rehabilitate him?
You can find out by reading the book.
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Uncle Silas (Nonsuch Classics)
Joseph S. Le Fanu
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Silas Rutvyn is something of a riddle. To some, including his niece, he is something of a ghost. As Le Fanu gradually unfolds the layers of this story, we are irresistibly drawn into his world. There are, however, no simple answers.
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The Musings of Uncle Silas
B. B. Clarke
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Illustrated with comic drawings.
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Musings of Uncle Silas
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My Uncle Silas
H E Bates
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My Uncle Silas
H E Bates
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A new Granada TV series starting this fall in the UK.
Uncle Silas, the rural reprobate, was popularized in H.E. Bates’ magazine short stories. This complete collection is illustrated by Edward Ardizzonne’s original drawings – perfectly capturing the little red-thatched house atop a violet-banked lane. Over the course of 95 years Uncle Silas led an active life, and loved to boast of his daring fights, and the women whose hearts he’d captured, over a glass of cowslip wine.
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A Classic to warm your heart........2007-08-08
The basis of a really outstanding BBC series which did justice to this outstanding HUMAN book.
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