1998, ISBN: 9781236779922

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Los Alamitos, California, U.S.A.: IEEE Computer Society, 1992. Hardback in near fine condition.. Hardcover. Near Fine., Los Alamitos, California, U.S.A.: IEEE Computer Society, 1992, New … Mehr…

Los Alamitos, California, U.S.A.: IEEE Computer Society, 1992. Hardback in near fine condition.. Hardcover. Near Fine., Los Alamitos, California, U.S.A.: IEEE Computer Society, 1992, New York: Museum of Modern Art. Fine/Very Good -. 1994. Hard Cover. 4to 0870701576 Heavy book no extra postage will be asked for. Dust jacket complete, marks on back. Black cloth boards with bright gilt titling on spine. No ownership marks. Illustrated throughout, b&w photographs.208 pages clean and tight. American Politicians presents a marvellous collection of images, from Mathew Brady's indelible portraits of Abraham Lincoln to the carefully staged "photo opportunities" of today. Among them are icons of political photography-Calvin Coolidge wearing a Native American headdress, Fiorello La Guardia reading comics over the radio, Harry Truman playing piano for Lauren Bacall, Lyndon Johnson displaying the scar from his surgery. Also reproduced are many rare photographs of both prominent and obscure practitioners of the rites of American politics, caught unrelentingly by the camera. The pictures have been selected from an array of public and private collections, including those of the Smithsonian Institution, the Library of Congress, the Museum of the City of New York, the New-York Historical Society, the Chicago Historical Society, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, and the archives of photo agencies, newspapers, and magazines. Susan Kismaric, Curator in the Department of Photography at The Museum of Modern Art, New York, relates the fascinating history of how photography has pictured, and helped to transform, American politics. Since the 184os, when daguerreotypes of political figures were first made in the United States, the circumstances of photographing them have radically changed. The relationship between the politician and the photographer, formerly one of cooperation and mutual benefit, has become an open tug-of-war: the politician wants to project a carefully calculated image, while the photographer is in pursuit of "truth." Kismaric explains the technological changes that accompanied this development, from the carefully posed political portrait of the nineteenth century to the news photo of today made using a camera with motor-driven film advance, transmitted by satellite, and, sometimes, manipulated by computer. She considers such issues as how political photographs have been disseminated, how picture agencies and wire services developed, and the rise and decline of the magazine photo essay as television became politicians' principal image-creating tool. A major theme of her book is that increasingly sophisticated control by politicians of their images, coupled with more restricted access to prominent figures in the wake of political assassinations in the 1g6os, has made it more and more difficult for photographers to get close enough, physically and psychologically, to make compelling pictures of our leaders. ., Museum of Modern Art, 1994, LONDON.VIRGIN,1995. UK, 12mo paperback original (pbo), p/b 1st edn.NFINE.'The Missing Adventures' series was introduced by Virgin Publishing as demand for the books showed that novels featuring past Doctors would be as popular as the 'New Adventures' series featuring the 7th Doctor.Bright, crisp, clean, glossy laminated, colour pictorial art-work by Martin Rawle illustrated upper wrap, with minimal shelf-wear, miniscule rubbing and negligible creasing to edges - appears an unread copy - as there are no reading creases to the spine/backstrip.Top+fore-edges very lightly aged - as usual/normal - but clean, contents bright, tight and clean and no dog-ear creases to page corners. A rebellion on another planet.A kidnapping in Central London.The head of MI5 assassinated.A hostage seige suddenly and violently ended by the SAS.A computer CD slipped into the Doctor's pocket by a dead man. . . It's 1998,and the global information superhighway is about to come on line.OffNet controls everything digital from cars to sliding doors, from interactive television to military command and control systems.The Doctor and Sarah must join forces with an old friend in a race against time:to prevent the breakdown of technoloigical society and foil an unconventional alien takeover bid. This adventure takes place between the television stories SEEDS OF DOOM and THE MASQUE OF MANDRAGORA.This 11th novel in the series of 33, featuring the 4th Doctor, Sarah and Harry and is now out-of-print and uncommon to find. Please contact rpaxtonden@blueyonder.co.uk, because of the lighter weight of this item, for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! . UK,12mo paperback original,p/b 1st edn.. Colour,pictorial card covers.. NFINE./No dw/dj,as issued,card wraps.. 12mo.. UK,paperback original,pb 1st.., LONDON.VIRGIN,1995., Oxford, England: Phaidon, 1981 EXCESS POSTAGE may be involved with this heavy book, especially to international customers. Postage could be more than any computer-generated Shipping Estimate, which is based on an average book. . Hard Back. Very Good/Very Good. Size F: 9"-10" Tall (228-254mm)., Phaidon, 1981, G2 Rights. Paperback. New. Paperback. 184 pages. Dimensions: 8.2in. x 5.4in. x 1.1in.A lifetime in teaching and a touch of Taoism inform these wise words from a master of aphorisms. While most collections of sayings relate to simple societies, and involve camels and the eyes of needles and so on, Dr Tan Boon Tee lifts the lid on modern life - in all its glories and grimness. Here are pithy observations on computers, cars, warfare, wealth, private medicine, modern art, physics, families and urban living. If Dr Tan is occasionally a tad cynical, it is because he has led a full life, and tasted the bitter as well as the sweet. Take this comment on one of our finest institutions: The words gambol and gamble have the same pronunciation. One is joyful play and the other is a risky adventure. Somehow, marriage is sandwiched between them. . . Intrigued Read on, as Dr Tan suggests, at your own pace, and enjoy these reflections on our changing times with a curious mind and a light heart. This item ships from multiple locations. Your book may arrive from Roseburg,OR, La Vergne,TN., G2 Rights, Branden Books. Paperback. New. Paperback. 238 pages. Dimensions: 8.8in. x 6.0in. x 0.8in.Subliminal Ad-Ventures in Erotic Art, by Wilson Bryan Key Dr. Key is a member of the Mensa Society. In this pioneering work on subliminal commu-nications, he analyzes how the media is being manipulated at the expense of innocent by-standers who receive hidden signals without being aware of the fraud. This abuse is espe-cially prominent through the use of inductive erotic images such as the popular character of Smooth character Camel. His book goes beyond the subliminal implications of erotic art. Embedding subliminally encoded messages has been a practice of great artists, as it is a practice in the modern days of print, celluloid and computer media. Spin the record backward and you will get a secret message; play it regularly, and the same message may be getting to your subconscious. Among the many artists and famous personae studied in this book, Dr. Key shows a spe-cial preference for individuals such as da Vinci, Michelangelo, Rubens, Rembrandt, Picasso, and many more. This item ships from multiple locations. Your book may arrive from Roseburg,OR, La Vergne,TN, Momence,IL, Commerce,GA., Branden Books, RareBooksClub.com. Paperback. New. This item is printed on demand. Paperback. 118 pages. This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1863 edition. Excerpt: . . . distributed amongst the workmen may readily be computed from the fact that, under the most favourable circumstances, the cost of making iron in wages alone amounts to 36s. a-ton. An immense additional value was given to all land in which the Black Band was found. Mr. Mushet mentions that in 1839 the proprietor of the Airdrie estate derived a royalty of 16, 500l. from the mineral, which had not before its discovery yielded him one farthing. At the same time, many fortunes have been made by pushing and energetic men who have of late years entered upon this new branch of industry. Amongst these may be mentioned the Bairds of Gartsherrie, who vie with the Guests and Crawshays of South Wales, and have advanced themselves in the course of a very few years from the station of small farmers to that of great capitalists owning estates in many counties, holding the highest character as commercial men, and ranking among the largest employers of labour in the kingdom. It is stated in the North British is now above a million tons of pig-iron Review for Nov. 1845, that As in a year, the above figures will have to Scotland every furnace--with the ex-be multiplied by 2 to give the present ception of one at Carron---now uses annual savings. the hot blast, the saving on our present 1 Papers read by Mr. Ralph Moore, produce of 400, 000 tons of pig-iron is Mining Engineer, Glasgow, before the 2, 000, 000 tons of coals, 200, 000 tons Royal Scottish Society of Arts, Edin. of limestone, and 650, 000 sterling per 1861, pp. 13, 14. annum. But as the Scotch produce Linvention nest-elle pas la poesie de la science. . . Toutes les grandes dcouvertes portent avec elles la trace ineffacable dune pense potique. ll faut. . . This item ships from La Vergne,TN., RareBooksClub.com<

1992, ISBN: 9781236779922

Gebundene Ausgabe

Los Alamitos, California, U.S.A.: IEEE Computer Society, 1992. Hardback in near fine condition.. Hardcover. Near Fine., Los Alamitos, California, U.S.A.: IEEE Computer Society, 1992, Pear… Mehr…

Los Alamitos, California, U.S.A.: IEEE Computer Society, 1992. Hardback in near fine condition.. Hardcover. Near Fine., Los Alamitos, California, U.S.A.: IEEE Computer Society, 1992, Pearson Education. First edition. Softcover. New. We live in the information age, where swift access to relevant information in whatever form or medium can dictate the success or failure of businesses or individuals. The timely provision of relevant information with minimal `noise` is critical to modern society and this is what information retrieval (IR) is all about. It is a dynamic subject, with current changes driven by the expansion of the World Wide Web, the advent of modern and inexpensive graphical user interfaces and the development of reliable and low-cost mass storage devices. Modern Information Retrieval discusses all these changes in great detail and can be used for a first course on IR as well as graduate courses on the topic. The book comprises two portions which complement and balance each other. The core portion includes nine chapters authored or co-authored by the designers of the book. The second portion, which is fully integrated with the first, is formed by six state-of-the-art chapters written by leading researchers in their fields. From IR models to indexing text, from IR visual tools and interfaces to the Web, from IR. multimedia to digital libraries, the book provides both breadth of coverage and richness of detail. It is our hope that, given the now clear relevance and significance of information retrieval to modern society. the book will contribute to further disseminate the study of the discipline at information science, computer science, and library science departments throughout the world. Printed Pages: 534., Pearson Education, RareBooksClub. Paperback. New. This item is printed on demand. Paperback. 118 pages. This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1863 edition. Excerpt: . . . distributed amongst the workmen may readily be computed from the fact that, under the most favourable circumstances, the cost of making iron in wages alone amounts to 36s. a-ton. An immense additional value was given to all land in which the Black Band was found. Mr. Mushet mentions that in 1839 the proprietor of the Airdrie estate derived a royalty of 16, 500l. from the mineral, which had not before its discovery yielded him one farthing. At the same time, many fortunes have been made by pushing and energetic men who have of late years entered upon this new branch of industry. Amongst these may be mentioned the Bairds of Gartsherrie, who vie with the Guests and Crawshays of South Wales, and have advanced themselves in the course of a very few years from the station of small farmers to that of great capitalists owning estates in many counties, holding the highest character as commercial men, and ranking among the largest employers of labour in the kingdom. It is stated in the North British is now above a million tons of pig-iron Review for Nov. 1845, that As in a year, the above figures will have to Scotland every furnace--with the ex-be multiplied by 2 to give the present ception of one at Carron---now uses annual savings. the hot blast, the saving on our present 1 Papers read by Mr. Ralph Moore, produce of 400, 000 tons of pig-iron is Mining Engineer, Glasgow, before the 2, 000, 000 tons of coals, 200, 000 tons Royal Scottish Society of Arts, Edin. of limestone, and 650, 000 sterling per 1861, pp. 13, 14. annum. But as the Scotch produce Linvention nest-elle pas la poesie de la science. . . Toutes les grandes dcouvertes portent avec elles la trace ineffacable dune pense potique. ll faut. . . This item ships from La Vergne,TN., RareBooksClub<