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The Emigrant or Reflections While Descending the Ohio by Thomas, Frederick W., 1806-1866 (Frederick William)

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The Stephens Family: A Genealogy of the Descendants of Joshua Stevens by Stephens, Bascom Asbury Cecil

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The Life of a Conspirator Being a Biography of Sir Everard Digby by One of His Descendants by De Longueville, Thomas, 1844-1922

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The Golden Horde: A Captivating Guide to the European Appanage of the Mongol Empire That Was Ruled by the Descendants of Genghis Khan by Captivating History (Author)

Memoir of an Eventful Expedition in Central America Resulting in the Discovery of the Idolatrous City of Iximaya, in an Unexplored Region; and the Possession of two Remarkable Aztec Children, Descendants and Specimens of the Sacerdotal Caste, (n by Velasquez, Pedro

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From dawn to decadence 500 years of western culture life : 1500 to the present by Barzun, Jacques

Table of Contents: “…From Faust, Part I, to the "Nude Descending a Staircase No. 2" -- Part IV. From "The Great Illusion" to "Western Civ Has Got to Go"…”

Achieving human rights by Falk, Richard A.

Table of Contents: “…-- Genocide at the world court: the case against Serbia -- A descending spiral -- Encroaching on the rule of law: counter-terrorist justifications -- Humanitarian intervention -- Crimes, lies, and law: human rights in adversity -- Humanity in question -- The ideal of the citizen pilgrim.…”
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CLINICAL NEUROANATOMY by Snell, Richard S.

Table of Contents: “…Introduction and organization of the nervous system -- The neurobiology of the neuron and the neuroglia -- Nerve fibers, peripheral nerves, receptor and effector endings, dermatomes, and muscle activity -- The spinal cord and the ascending and descending tracts -- The brainstem -- The cerebellum and its connections -- The cerebrum -- The structure and functional localization of the cerebral cortex -- The reticular formation and the limbic system -- The basal nuclei (basal ganglia) and their connections -- The cranial nerve nuclei and their central connections and distribution -- The thalamus and its connections -- The hypothalamus and its connections -- The autonomic nervous system -- The meninges of the brain and spinal cord -- The ventricular system, the cerebrospinal fluid, and the blood-brain and blood-cerebrospinal fluid barriers -- The blood supply of the brain and spinal cord -- The development of the nervous system…”

Embracing defeat Japan in the wake at World War ll by Dower, John W.

Table of Contents: “…Imperial democracy: descending partway from heaven -- ch. 11. Imperial democracy: evading responsibility -- ch. 12. …”

Steady aircraft flight and performance by McClamroch, N. Harris

Table of Contents: “…Chapter 1: Aircraft Components and Subsystems 1 1.1 Aircraft Subsystems for Conventional Fixed-Wing Aircraft 1 1.2 Aerodynamic Control Surfaces 2 1.3 Aircraft Propulsion Systems 3 1.4 Aircraft Structural Systems 4 1.5 Air Data and Flight Instrumentation 5 1.6 Guidance, Navigation, and Control 5 1.7 Flight Control Computers 6 1.8 Communication Systems 6 1.9 Aircraft Pilots 6 1.10 Autonomous Aircraft 7 1.11 Interconnection and Integration of Flight Systems 7 Chapter 2: Fluid Mechanics and Aerodynamics 9 2.1 Fundamental Properties of Air 9 2.2 Standard Atmosphere Model 10 2.3 Aerodynamics Fundamentals 15 2.4 Aerodynamics of Flow over a Wing 18 2.5 Wing Geometry 19 2.6 Problems 21 Chapter 3: Aircraft Translational Kinematics, Attitude, Aerodynamic Forces and Moments 24 3.1 Cartesian Frames 25 3.2 Aircraft Translational Kinematics 26 3.3 Aircraft Attitude and the Translational Kinematics 29 3.4 Translational Kinematics for Flight in a Fixed Vertical Plane 30 3.5 Translational Kinematics for Flight in a Fixed Horizontal Plane 32 3.6 Small Angle Approximations 34 3.7 Coordinated Flight 34 3.8 Clarification of Bank Angles 35 3.9 Aerodynamic Forces 35 3.10 Aerodynamic Moments 39 3.11 Problems 41 Chapter 4: Propulsion Systems 47 4.1 Steady Thrust and Power Relations 47 4.2 Jet Engines 47 4.3 Propeller Driven by Internal Combustion Engine 50 4.4 Turboprop Engines 53 4.5 Throttle as a Pilot Input 53 4.6 Problems 53 Chapter 5: Prelude to Steady Flight Analysis 56 5.1 Aircraft Forces and Moments 57 5.2 Steady Flight Equations 58 5.3 Steady Longitudinal Flight 60 5.4 Steady Level Turning Flight 60 5.5 Flight Constraints 60 5.6 Aircraft Case Studies 61 5.7 Characteristics of an Executive Jet Aircraft 62 5.8 Characteristics of a Single Engine Propeller-Driven General Aviation Aircraft 63 5.9 Characteristics of an Uninhabited Aerial Vehicle (UAV) 64 5.10 Problems 66 Chapter 6: Aircraft Steady Gliding Longitudinal Flight 69 6.1 Steady Gliding Longitudinal Flight 69 6.2 Steady Gliding Longitudinal Flight Analysis 71 6.3 Minimum Glide Angle 74 6.4 Minimum Descent Rate 74 6.5 Maximum Glide Angle 75 6.6 Maximum Descent Rate 75 6.7 Steady Gliding Longitudinal Flight Envelopes 76 6.8 Steady Gliding Longitudinal Flight: Executive Jet Aircraft 76 6.9 Steady Gliding Longitudinal Flight: General Aviation Aircraft 81 6.10 Conclusions 85 6.11 Problems 86 Chapter 7: Aircraft Cruise in Steady Level Longitudinal Flight 90 7.1 Steady Level Longitudinal Flight 90 7.2 Steady Level Longitudinal Flight Analysis 94 7.3 Jet Aircraft Steady Level Longitudinal Flight Performance 99 7.4 General Aviation Aircraft Steady Level Longitudinal Flight Performance 100 7.5 Steady Level Longitudinal Flight: Executive Jet Aircraft 102 7.6 Steady Level Longitudinal Flight Envelopes: Executive Jet Aircraft 106 7.7 Steady Level Longitudinal Flight: General Aviation Aircraft 109 7.8 Steady Level Longitudinal Flight Envelopes: General Aviation Aircraft 113 7.9 Conclusions 116 7.10 Problems 116 Chapter 8: Aircraft Steady Longitudinal Flight 121 8.1 Steady Longitudinal Flight 121 8.2 Steady Longitudinal Flight Analysis 125 8.3 Jet Aircraft Steady Longitudinal Flight Performance 130 8.4 General Aviation Aircraft Steady Longitudinal Flight Performance 133 8.5 Steady Climbing Longitudinal Flight: Executive Jet Aircraft 136 8.6 Steady Descending Longitudinal Flight: Executive Jet Aircraft 143 8.7 Steady Longitudinal Flight Envelopes: Executive Jet Aircraft 149 8.8 Steady Climbing Longitudinal Flight: General Aviation Aircraft 150 8.9 Steady Descending Longitudinal Flight: General Aviation Aircraft 157 8.10 Steady longitudinal Flight Envelopes: General Aviation Aircraft 162 8.11 Conclusions 164 8.12 Problems 165 Chapter 9: Aircraft Steady Level Turning Flight 171 9.1 Turns by Side-Slipping 171 9.2 Steady Level Banked Turning Flight 171 9.3 Steady Level Banked Turning Flight Analysis 175 9.4 Jet Aircraft Steady Level Turning Flight Performance 180 9.5 General Aviation Aircraft Steady Level Turning Flight Performance 183 9.6 Steady Level Turning Flight: Executive Jet Aircraft 186 9.7 Steady Level Turning Flight Envelopes: Executive Jet Aircraft 195 9.8 Steady Level Turning Flight: General Aviation Aircraft 196 9.9 Steady Level Turning Flight Envelopes: General Aviation Aircraft 207 9.10 Conclusions 209 9.11 Problems 209 Chapter 10: Aircraft Steady Turning Flight 214 10.1 Steady Banked Turns 214 10.2 Steady Banked Turning Flight Analysis 218 10.3 Jet Aircraft Steady Turning Flight Performance 225 10.4 General Aviation Aircraft Steady Turning Flight Performance 229 10.5 Steady Climbing and Turning Flight: Executive Jet Aircraft 233 10.6 Steady Descending and Turning Flight: Executive Jet Aircraft 244 10.7 Steady Turning Flight Envelopes: Executive Jet Aircraft 253 10.8 Steady Climbing and Turning Flight: General Aviation Aircraft 255 10.9 Steady Descending and Turning Flight: General Aviation Aircraft 266 10.10 Steady Turning Flight Envelopes: General Aviation Aircraft 276 10.11 Conclusions 278 10.12 Problems 279 Chapter 11: Aircraft Range and Endurance in Steady Flight 285 11.1 Fuel Consumption 285 11.2 Steady Flight Background 286 11.3 Range and Endurance of a Jet Aircraft in Steady Level Longitudinal Flight 286 11.4 Range and Endurance of a General Aviation Aircraft in Steady Level Longitudinal Flight 291 11.5 Range and Endurance of a Jet Aircraft in a Steady Level Turn 297 11.6 Range and Endurance of a General Aviation Aircraft in a Steady Level Turn 298 11.7 Range and Endurance of a Jet Aircraft in a Steady Turn 299 11.8 Range and Endurance of a General Aviation Aircraft in a Steady Turn 300 11.9 Maximum Range and Maximum Endurance: Executive Jet Aircraft 301 11.10 Maximum Range and Maximum Endurance: General Aviation Aircraft 307 11.11 Conclusions 313 11.12 Problems 313 Chapter 12: Aircraft Maneuvers and Flight Planning 319 12.1 Static Flight Stability 319 12.2 Flight Maneuvers 321 12.3 Pilot Inputs That Achieve a Desired Flight Condition 324 12.4 Flight Plans Defined by a Sequence of Waypoints 325 12.5 A Flight Planning Problem: Executive Jet Aircraft 327 12.6 A Flight Planning Problem: General Aviation Aircraft 331 12.7 Conclusions 336 12.8 Problems 336 Chapter 13: From Steady Flight to Flight Dynamics 344 13.1 Flight Dynamics Assumptions 345 13.2 Differential Equations for the Translational Flight Dynamics 346 13.3 Including Engine Characteristics and Fuel Consumption 349 13.4 Differential Equations for Longitudinal Translational Flight Dynamics 351 13.5 Differential Equations for Takeoff and Landing 353 13.6 Steady Flight and the Translational Flight Dynamics 355 13.7 Dynamic Flight Stability 356 13.8 Computing Dynamic Flight Performance Measures and Flight Envelopes 357 13.9 Flight Simulations: Executive Jet Aircraft 359 13.10 Flight Simulations: General Aviation Aircraft 365 13.11 Conclusions 372…”

Essentials of oceanography by Garrison, Tom 1942-

Table of Contents: “…-- Each of Earth's Inner Layers Has Unique Characteristics -- Radioactive Elements Generate Heat Inside Earth -- Continents Rise above the Ocean Because of Isostatic Equilibrium -- 3.3.Wegener's Idea Is Transformed -- 3.4.The Breakthrough: From Seafloor Spreading to Plate Tectonics -- Plates Interact at Plate Boundaries -- Insight from a National Geographic Explorer 3.1 -- Ocean Basins Form at Divergent Plate Boundaries -- Island Arcs Form, Continents Collide, and Crust Recycles at Convergent Plate Boundaries -- Crust Fractures and Slides at Transform Plate Boundaries -- 3.5.Confirmation of Plate Tectonics -- A History of Plate Movement Has Been Captured in Residual Magnetic Fields -- Plate Movement above Mantle Plumes and Hot Spots Provides Evidence of Plate Tectonics -- Sediment Age and Distribution, Oceanic Ridges, and Terranes Are Explained by Plate Tectonics -- 3.6.Scientists Still Have Much to Learn about the Tectonic Process -- Questions from Students -- Terms and Concepts to Remember -- Study Questions -- Global Environment Watch -- Chapter in Perspective -- 4.Ocean Basins -- 4.1.The Ocean Floor Is Mapped by Bathymetry -- Echo Sounders Bounce Sound off the Seabed -- Multibeam Systems Combine Many Echo Sounders -- Satellites Can Be Used to Map Seabed Contours -- Robots Descend to Observe the Details -- Insight from a National Geographic Explorer 4.1 -- 4.2.Ocean-Floor Topography Varies with Location -- 4.3.Continental Margins May Be Active or Passive -- Continental Shelves Are Seaward Extensions of the Continents -- Continental Slopes Connect Continental Shelves to the Deep-Ocean Floor -- Spotlight Figure 4.8 Major Features of Ocean Basins -- Submarine Canyons Form at the Junction between Continental Shelf and Continental Slope -- Continental Rises Form As Sediments Accumulate at the Base of the Continental Slope -- 4.4.The Topology of Deep-Ocean Basins Differs from That of the Continental Margin -- Oceanic Ridges Circle the World -- Hydrothermal Vents Are Hot Springs on Active Oceanic Ridges -- Abyssal Plains and Abyssal Hills Cover Most of Earth's Surface -- Volcanic Seamounts and Guyots Project above the Seabed -- Trenches and Island Arcs Form in Subduction Zones -- 4.5.The Grand Tour -- Questions from Students -- Terms and Concepts to Remember -- Chapter in Perspective -- Study Questions -- Global Environment Watch -- 5.Ocean Sediments -- 5.1.Sediments Vary Greatly in Appearance -- 5.2.Sediments May Be Classified by Particle Size -- 5.3.Sediments Are Classified by Source -- Terrigenous Sediments Come from Land -- Biogenous Sediments Form from the Remains of Marine Organisms -- Hydrogenous Sediments Form Directly from Seawater -- Cosmogenous Sediments Come from Space -- Marine Sediments Are Usually Combinations of Terrigenous and Biogenous Deposits -- 5.4.Neritic Sediments Overlie Continental Margins -- 5.5.Pelagic Sediments Vary in Composition and Thickness -- Turbidites Are Deposited on the Seabed by Turbidity Currents -- Clays Are the Finest and Most Easily Transported Terrigenous Sediments -- Oozes Form from the Rigid Remains of Living Creatures -- Hydrogenous Materials Precipitate out of Seawater Itself -- Researchers Have Mapped the Distribution of Deep-Ocean Sediments -- 5.6.Scientists Use Specialized Tools to Study Ocean Sediments -- 5.7.Sediments Are Historical Records of Ocean Processes -- A Closer Look 5.1 Could Sediment Cores Tell Us Something about Earth's History, and Thus Offer Insight into Future Change? …”

Orang Kaya Bendahara Paduka Raja of Perak: Megat Terawis journey to our roots / $c Putri Zanina Bt. Megat Zainuddin by Putri Zanina Megat Zainuddin

The Donme Jewish converts, Muslim revolutionaries, and secular Turks by Baer, Marc David

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The palace law of Ayutthaya and the Thammasat law and kingship in Siam

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