Trusted, innovative, and calibrated, Chemistry: The Central Science has helped millions of students understand and succeed in general chemistry. Its unrivaled problems, scientific accuracy, and clarity are maintained in this new edition, which is the book's biggest revision to date. In the Twelfth Edition, every word and piece of art has been studied for effectiveness. Based on feedback from students like you, this revision reflects the unparalleled expertise of its author team; each chapter has been updated and streamlined to remove any content not proven to increase student comprehension. Joined in this edition by new co-author Patrick Woodward, the book's solid authorship gains a fresh, new perspective yet maintains its unified, consistent voice.

Introduction to Mechatronic Design is ideal for upper level and graduate Mechatronics courses in Electrical, Computing, or Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering.

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Unlike other texts on mechatronics that focus on derivations and calculations, Introduction to Mechatronics, 1e, takes a narrative approach, emphasizing the importance of building intuition and understanding before diving into the math. The authors believe that integration is the core of mechatronics—and students must have a command of each of the domains to create the balance necessary for successful mechatronic design—and devote sections of the book to each area, including mechanical, electrical, and software disciplines, as well as a section on system design and engineering. A robust package of teaching and learning resources accompanies the book.

It would be difficult for any artist or designer not to be inspired by page after page of ingenious, surprising, beautifully designed objects. The extraordinary Farago Collection, which emphasizes work by American artists, was donated to the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston in 2006. Presented here are approximately 150 unique pieces of jewelry from the Collection, including works by such artist-jewelers as Alexander Calder, Art Smith, Ramona Solberg, to name just a few. The items are shown in full-page photos in an elegantly designed volume (9.5x11') along with essays by Kelly H. L'Ecuyer (curator of decorative arts & sculpture, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston) and by two contributors, also from MFA, Yvonne J. Markowitz and Gerald W.R. Ward, and by independent researcher Michelle Tolini Finamore. The essays discuss the Collection itself, the individual artists, the beginnings of studio jewelry, abstraction and assemblage, evolving directions, messages, meanings, materials, and techniques. Annotation ©2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Unaware of the attraction he holds for Xhex, vampire John Matthew is taken in by The Brotherhood, who have no knowledge of his history or true identity, in this novel from the New York Times bestselling author. Reprint. A best-selling book.

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Gaston Leroux's novel The Phantom of the Opera, first published in 1910, remained a perennial favorite throughout the twentieth century and into the early 2000s. It was adapted to several popular motion pictures and into one of the most successful stage musicals of all time. Its main character, Erik, is a romantic figure whose appeal reaches across different cultures and times. He is a sensitive soul, an accomplished composer and musician whose great unfinished work, Don Juan Triumphant, is described as breathtakingly beautiful by the one person he allows to hear it; he is an object of pity, whose face has been disfigured from birth, causing him to hide behind a silk mask; and he is hopelessly in love with a young woman whom he can never seriously hope will love him back. At the same time, he a dangerous, menacing figure, lurking in the hidden catacombs beneath the opera house and blackmailing those who will not bow to his whims. He can hear things said in privacy and can create catastrophes that might or might not be the accidents that they seem to be.

Seven deadly sins. Seven souls that must be saved. One more no-holds- barred battle between a fallen angel with a hardened heart and a demon with everything to lose.

Isaac Rothe is a black ops soldier with a dark past and a grim future. The target of an assassin, he finds himself behind bars, his fate in the hands of his gorgeous public defender Grier Childe. His hot attraction to her can only lead to trouble-and that's before Jim Heron tells him his soul is in danger. Caught up in a wicked game with the demon who shadows Jim, Isaac must decide whether the soldier in him can believe that true love is the ultimate weapon against evil.

Bella appartiene alla glymera, l'aristocrazia dei vampiri. E stata catturata dai nemici mortali della sua razza, i lesser: rinchiusa in un centro di tortura, rischia di impazzire e di morire, ma la Confraternita del pugnale nero riesce a liberarla appena in tempo. A guidare la spedizione dei vampiri guerrieri è Zsadist, che ha il volto e il cuore segnato da spaventose cicatrici, e crede di non avere posto per i sentimenti. Invece, davanti alla sofferenza e all'inspiegabile amore di Bella, Zsadist scopre una tenerezza che non sapeva di poter provare. Ma sarà Bella a capire che, per squarciare la corazza che avvolge il cuore del feroce guerriero, è necessario portare alla luce il terribile passato che l'ha segnato per sempre, ed esorcizzarlo. Per affrontare, uniti, i pericoli che li minacciano. 'Porpora' è il terzo romanzo della serie 'La confraternita del pugnale nero'

Thomas, a professional development consultant, shows high school math teachers how to rotate teaching strategies to engage students with different learning styles and to challenge students to work outside of their preferred learning styles. The classroom instructional strategies are geared to four distinct math learning styles: mastery (step-by-step procedures, vocabulary knowledge, not abstract), understanding (reading word problems, developing a mathematical argument), self-expressive (metaphorical expression, modeling and experimentation), and interpersonal (game competition, cooperative learning, real-world applications). The instructional strategies include directions, examples, planning considerations, and reproducible forms, and can be used with any curriculum or textbook. Annotation ©2010 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Il secondo romanzo della 'confraternita del pugnale nero'. Irresistibile e immortale --- Nella città di Caldwell ci sono uomini che hanno sacrificato il cuore e l’anima a un’entità malvagia, l’Omega. In cambio hanno ottenuto l’eterna giovinezza e una missione: sterminare tutti i vampiri che da secoli popolano la città. Per difendersi dalla voglia di morte dei lesser, i vampiri più forti e coraggiosi si sono riuniti nella Confraternita del Pugnale Nero. Mary ha trent’anni, è umana e non sa nulla della guerra che insanguina Caldwell. Non sa nemmeno che Rhage, occhi verdi, corpo perfetto, è uno di quei vampiri guerrieri, segnato da una maledizione che lo trasforma in un mostro terrificante ogni volta che perde il controllo. Ma tra Mary e Rhage scoppia un amore irresistibile, più forte delle leggi che impediscono a un vampiro di amare un’umana, più forte della malattia che ha di nuovo colpito Mary. L’amore potrà sconfiggere la morte?

Unaware of the attraction he holds for Xhex, vampire John Matthew is taken in by The Brotherhood who have no knowledge of his history or true identity, in this novel from the New York Times bestselling author.

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Thomas, a math teacher and consultant who is associated with a professional development organization that works with math educators, and Brunsting, a math teacher, staff-development specialist, and author, delineate 21 research-based strategies to help middle school teachers differentiate math instruction and assessment according to student learning styles. They outline four categories to teach specific math skills and learning styles--computing accurately, explaining concepts, finding ways to solve routine problems, and exploring and discussing real-world applications with others--as well as multistyle strategies and instructional strategies to use to reach all learners, engage students, and change their perceptions about math, with a focus on rotating the skills in the classroom. They include links to standards, directions, examples, planning considerations, reproducible forms, and variations. Annotation ©2010 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Combining extensive archival research on both sides of the Atlantic, a thorough work offers an in-depth look at how the Union Navy achieved its greatest grand-strategic victory in the American Civil War--deterring the British Navy from entering the war on the side of the Confederacy.

Volume 20 of the Revolutionary War Series covers 8 April to 31 May 1779. As it begins, Washington is gathering intelligence in preparation for a summer expedition against the Iroquois Confederacy. After considering various intelligence reports compiled with the help of scouts and spies, he issued comprehensive orders to the expedition's commander, Major General John Sullivan, laying out his plan of campaign, At the same time, Washington viewed with concern the worsening situation in the south, where the British had captured Savannah, Georgia, and were pressuring Charleston, South Carolina. His attempts to dispatch reinforcements southward were interrupted, however, by a devastating British raid on Portsmouth, Virginia, in early May.

Washington's development of his espionage network in New York City reaped dividends later that month when one of his spies-a double agent-alerted him ahead of time of a British attack up the Hudson River toward West Point. Thanks to this timely intelligence, Washington prepared his troop dispositions and defenses in advance; and although the British managed to capture King's Ferry, New York, at the end of May, they posted no threat to West Point. Beneath the surface, however, a new and potentially more dangerous threat was brewing; Major General Benedict Arnold, enraged at WashingtonÆs inability to clear up Arnold's dispute with Congress and the Government of Pennsylvania, initiated secret contacts with the British

Coss (military history, US Army Command and General Staff College, Virginia) writes this history to correct the long standing assumption that Wellington's Peninsular Campaign redcoats were drawn from society's dregs. Using the British Soldier Compendium database and many first-person accounts, he proves they were otherwise. They were laborers and tradesmen suffering unemployment following Britain's industrial revolution. Their cohesiveness, values and code of sharing shed light on soldier units up to the very present. Backgrounds and daily lives of the soldiers are illuminated by every aspect of this study. Additionally, charts and tables that examine nutrition, ethnicity, height, trades and other characteristics support discoveries about who these men were and how they fought. Annotation ©2010 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Caldwell, NY: Jim Heron fa il carpentiere, ha un passato avvolto nel mistero, si diverte con gli amici nella discoteca Iron Mask e di solito non pensa all'inferno o al paradiso. Ma un giorno, dopo un'avventura con una donna bellissima e pericolosa, ha un incidente mortale sul lavoro, e si ritrova in uno strano prato dove quattro uomini giocano a croquet. Sono angeli, e arruolano Jim per la lotta millenaria in corso tra angeli e demoni, in cui la posta in palio è la salvezza della terra. Jim potrà tornare in vita e avrà il compito di salvare sette anime da ciascuno dei sette vizi capitali. La prima è quella del ricchissimo Vin Di Pietro, e il suo peccato è l'avarizia. Mentre cerca di redimerlo, Jim si rende conto che il nostro mondo è pieno di angeli caduti e demoni che possono assumere le forme più ingannevoli, come il corpo meraviglioso di una donna. 'Io voglio' è il primo romanzo della nuova serie 'Angeli caduti.'

Rehvenge is used to living in the shadows and dealing with the roughest night walkers around-including the Black Dagger Brotherhood. As his secret identity as a sympath is threatened, he turns to the only light in his ever darkening world- a female vampire untouched by corruption, who's the only thing standing between him and eternal damnation.

Springfield's historic Oak Ridge Cemetery is accounted second only to Arlington National Cemetery in Washington, D.C., as the most visited cemetery in the United States. The burial place of Abraham Lincoln, Oak Ridge's dramatically landscaped grounds are an important contribution to American landscape architecture. A portrait of Victorian sentimentalizing of death, Oak Ridge provides a sublime backdrop for contemplating life. Unlike grim churchyards and bleak graveyards, rural cemeteries are places of great beauty for the living who continue to use them for walking, riding, and quiet reflection. But Oak Ridge's peacefulness has occasionally been disturbed, as in 1876 when gunfire rang out while secret service agents attempted to catch grave robbers who had broken into the Lincoln Tomb.

When Jim Heron becomes a fallen angel and must save the souls of seven people, he forever changes the life of businessman Vin diPietro by introducing him to a woman who makes him question his destiny, his sanity, and his heart. Original.

The only human allowed in the inner circle of the Black Dagger Brotherhood, ex-homicide cop Butch O'Neal, after saving a civilian vampire from the dreaded slayers, is left for dead and only the aristocratic vampire beauty he desires can bring him back.

An insider's guide to the Black Dagger Brotherhood series offers profiles of the members of the Brotherhood and their romantic adventures, includes a teaser for the upcoming novel in the series, Lover Avenged, and features an original short story about Zsadist and Bella. Original.

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Scholars mostly of history and religion explore the religious thought of African American sociologist, historian, novelist, poet, and editor Du Bois (1868-1963), mostly in terms of his The Souls of Black Folks, but also Darkwater and Dark Princess. They look at whether he was religious; the importance of souls (Souls); rhetorics of religion and redeeming lynch victims; and Islam, Judaism, and Buddhism. Among specific topics are his pragmatic religious naturalism, veiled bodies and the study of Black religion, resurrected Black manhood in his martyr tales, lynching as crucifixion, and Du Bois as America's foremost Black Zionist. Annotation ©2009 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

In the 14th volume of the Presidential Series, Editor Hoth and 21 additional editors offer transcriptions of the papers and letters of George Washington from September 1-December 31, 1793. At the time, Washington and his administration were occupied with preserving the neutrality of the United States. The letters address issues such as French privateers in American waters, British complaints regarding seizure of British ships, and French forays into Spanish Florida and Louisiana. Other topics include preparations for Washington's annual message, frontier defense, and British retention of northwestern forts. Transcriptions follow the original capitalization and punctuation of the texts as closely as possible. Annotation ©2009 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

New York Times bestselling author J.R. Ward delivers a behind-the-scenes look at her “to die for”( Publishers Weekly) Black Dagger Brotherhood series—and a brand-new short story starring Zsadist and Bella.

This is a book no Black Dagger Brotherhood fan should miss—an insiderÂ's guide that will seduce readers as powerfully as the sexy band of Brothers and the world they live in. And also included is an original short story about stars Zsadist and Bella!

This comprehensive guide features insider information on the Brotherhood, their dossiers, stats, and special gifts. Readers will savor interviews with their favorite characters, deleted scenes, exciting material from the J.R. Ward message board and the answers to their burning questions. TheyÂ'll learn what itÂ's like for J.R. Ward to write each installment of the series, and in a fascinating twist, read an interview with the author—conducted by the Brothers. Plus readers will get a sneak peek at the much anticipated next book in the Black Dagger Brotherhood series, Lover Avenged.