"If you have ever driven by a building and wondered what has happened within its walls, you know what drives Abandoned Arkansas. Every day neglected structures are on the verge of being demolished or in desperate need of renovation. Join Michael Schwarz, Eddy Sisson, Ginger Beck, and James Kirkendall through the forgotten history of the Natural State, from the Majestic Hotel in Hot Springs to Dogpatch USA, an abandoned theme park once lo ..."
"An absorbing selection of Walter Benjamin s personal manuscripts, images, and documents The work of the great literary and cultural critic Walter Benjamin is an audacious plotting of history, art, and thought; a reservoir of texts, commentaries, scraps, and fragments of everyday life, art, and dreams. Throughout his life, Benjamin gathered together all kinds of artifacts, assortments of images, texts, and signs, themselves representing ..."
"This unique, practical resource delivers specific Linux-based open source solutions to dozens of today's most common computing and business challenges. Each modular chapter covers all you need to know to solve a specific set of problems -- with extensive examples, and detailed guidance on acquiring and running the Linux-based open source software you'll need. Multitool Linux begins by reviewing the skills and mindset you need to make th ..."
"In the aftermath of the American Revolution, the friendship between Virginians Thomas Jefferson and James Madison became one of the most important political collaborations in American history. This study examines the origins and evolution of their partnership, placing it within the context of US–British relations following the Revolution and analyzing how their relationship affected early republican politics."
"Real-Time ShadowsImportant elements of games, movies, and other computer-generated content, shadows are crucial for enhancing realism and providing important visual cues. In recent years, there have been notable improvements in visual quality and speed, making high-quality realistic real-time shadows a reachable goal. Real-Time Shadows is a comprehensive guide to the theory and practice of real-time shadow techniques. It covers a large ..."
"Microsoft describes Silverlight as a "cross-browser, cross-platform plug-in for delivering the next generation of .NET based media experiences and rich interactive applications for the Web." That's a really boring description for a really exciting new technology. Anyone who has looked at the demos and gotten a taste of what Silverlight can do knows that Silverlight represents an entirely new level of rich web interface technology for Mi ..."
"Linux is the fastest-growing Java development platform because it saves money and then saves time by serving as a platform for both development and deployment. But developers face significant platform-specific challenges when managing and deploying Java applications in a controlled production environment. Written for Java and Linux developers alike, Java' Application Development on Linux is the hands-on guide to the full Java applicatio ..."
The Age of the Rococo.(1st Edition) by Michael. Schwarz Hardcover, Published 1971 by International Thomson Publishing ISBN-13: 978-0-275-25480-3, ISBN: 0-275-25480-1
"Portions of this chapter were previously published as Michael Schwarz, “The
Origins of Jeffersonian Nationalism: Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, and the
Sovereignty Question in the Anglo-American Commercial Dispute of the 1780s,”
Journal of Southern History, ... Forrest McDonald, States' Rights and the Union:
Imperium in Imperio, 1776–1876 (Lawrence: University Press of Kansas, 2000);
and Hendrickson, Peace Pact, especially Hendri ..."
"Further, our gratitude goes to Martin Stingl for writing the soware that was used to
create the comparison images and plots in Chapter 4, and Louis Bavoil for
providing us with code that helped us in producing other illustrations in this
document. To ensure the quality of the descriptions, all chapters were proofread
by many people. ey ... and Chalmers University (Ola Olsson, Markus Billeter, ...)
for their kind help. e models in t ..."
"If Charles Dickens were alive to see Roman Polanski's faithful adaptation of "Oliver Twist", he'd probably give it his stamp of approval. David Lean's celebrated 1948 version of the Dickens classic and Carol Reed's Oscar®-winning 1968 musical are more entertaining in some ways, but Polanski's rendition is both painstakingly authentic (with superb cinematography and production design) and deeply rooted in the emotional context of the st ..."
"When an angel dares to cross the line, he stumbles into the harsh reality of post-Cold War Berlin and finds himself engaged in deadly combat to protect the mortals he loves.The gravity-defying imagery of director Wim Wenders (Wings of Desire; Paris, Texas) gives wings to this daring film of suspense and intrigue. Otto Sander and Natassja Kinski lead an all-star ensemble cast that includes Horst Buchholz and Willem Dafoe with cameo appea ..."