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Application of Approximate Unsteady Aerodynamics for Flutter Analysis - Paperback

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by Nasa Technical Reports Server (Ntrs) (Created by)A technique for approximating the modal aerodynamic influence coefficient (AIC) matrices by using basis functions has been developed. A process for using the resulting approximated modal AIC matrix in aeroelastic analysis has also been developed. The method requires the unsteady aerodynamics in frequency domain, and this methodology can be applied to the unsteady subsonic, transonic, and supersonic aerodynamics. The flutter solution can be f...

Planning Guide for Maintaining School Facilities - Scholar's Choice Edition - Paperback

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by United States Department of Education Ed (Created by) This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work...

Chinese Connection: Cross-Border Drug Trafficking Between Myanmar and China - Scholar's Choice Edition - Paperback

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by National Institute of Justice (Created by), Ko-Lin Chin (Author), Sheldon X. Zhang (Author) This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the w...

Flutter and Divergence Analysis Using the Generalized Aeroelastic Analysis Method - Paperback

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by Nasa Technical Reports Server (Ntrs) (Created by), John W. Edwards (Author), Carol D. Wieseman (Author)The Generalized Aeroelastic Analysis Method (GAAM) is applied to the analysis of three well-studied checkcases: restrained and unrestrained airfoil models, and a wing model. An eigenvalue iteration procedure is used for converging upon roots of the complex stability matrix. For the airfoil models, exact root loci are given which clearly illustrate the nature of the flutter and divergence ...

Dr. Art's Guide to Planet Earth, for Earthlings Ages 12 to 120 - Scholar's Choice Edition - Paperback

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Challenging the Conditions of Prisons and Jails: A Report on Section 1983 Litigation - Scholar's Choice Edition - Paperback

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by U. S. Army Center for Military History (Created by), Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Ju (Created by), Martin Blumenson (Author) This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in ...

Systems, Stability, and Statecraft: Essays on the International History of Modern Europe - Paperback

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by P. Schroeder (Author)Few scholars have provided as much insight into the struggle of leaders, ideas, and policies as Paul W. Schroeder. Constantly challenging conventional views, and drawing upon a masterly command of the sources and literature, Schroeder provides new answers to old questions about international history and politics since the age of Napoleon. Were European international relations really driven by balance of power politics, or has that traditional view blinded us to an unde...

Facing the Future: A New Theory of Political Representation - Paperback

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by Manly P. Hall (Author)This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work. Number of Pages: 156 Dimensions: 0.36 x 9 x 6 IN Pu...

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by Ian Fraser (Author), Lawrence Wilde (Author)The Marx Dictionary is a comprehensive and accessible guide to the world of Karl Marx. Meticulously researched and extensively cross-referenced, this unique book covers all his major works, ideas and influences and provides a firm grounding in the central themes of Marx's thought from a philosophical perspective. Students will discover a wealth of useful information, analysis and criticism. A-Z entries include clear definitions of all the key ter...

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by Andrea Ballestero (Author)Based on fieldwork among state officials, NGOs, politicians, and activists in Costa Rica and Brazil, A Future History of Water traces the unspectacular work necessary to make water access a human right and a human right something different from a commodity. Andrea Ballestero shows how these ephemeral distinctions are made through four technolegal devices-formula, index, list and pact. She argues that what is at stake in these devices is not the making of a distinc...

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by Robert E. Sr. Herndon (Author)We have been taking bad ideas from Satan since the fall. These ideas continue to place us in bondage. Ideas have the power to build or destroy lives, redeem or corrupt cultures, save or damn souls. John Maynard Keynes believed that the "power of vested interest" is a small matter compared to "the gradual encroachment of ideas." I refer to Satan and demons as spiritual shadow forces, and those people who follow him knowingly (most unknowingly) as human shadow f...

Ecomodernism: Technology, Politics and the Climate Crisis - Paperback

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by Jonathan Symons (Author)Is climate catastrophe inevitable? In a world of extreme inequality, rising nationalism and mounting carbon emissions, the future looks gloomy. Yet one group of environmentalists, the 'ecomodernists', are optimistic. They argue that technological innovation and universal human development hold the keys to an ecologically vibrant future. However, this perspective, which advocates fighting climate change with all available technologies - including nuclear power, synth...

Food Fix: How to Save Our Health, Our Economy, Our Communities, and Our Planet--One Bite at a Time - Paperback

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by Mark Hyman (Author)An indispensable guide to food, our most powerful tool to reverse the global epidemic of chronic disease, heal the environment, reform politics, and revive economies, from #1 New York Times bestselling author Mark Hyman, MD--"Read this book if you're ready to change the world" (Tim Ryan, US Representative). What we eat has tremendous implications not just for our waistlines, but also for the planet, society, and the global economy. What we do to our bodies, we do to the ...

The Autobiography of Malcolm X - Paperback

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by Malcolm X (Author)ONE OF TIME'S TEN MOST IMPORTANT NONFICTION BOOKS OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY In the searing pages of this classic autobiography, originally published in 1964, Malcolm X, the Muslim leader, firebrand, and anti-integrationist, tells the extraordinary story of his life and the growth of the Black Muslim movement. His fascinating perspective on the lies and limitations of the American Dream, and the inherent racism in a society that denies its nonwhite citizens the opportunity ...

Iran in Revolt: Revolutionary Aspirations in a Post-Democratic World - Hardcover

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by Hamid Dabashi (Author)In his retelling of the boldness and tragedy of the Zhina uprising in Iran, Hamid Dabashi asks: What constitutes the success of revolutions and how do we measure their failures? In September 2022, a young Kurdish woman, Zhina Mahsa Amini, was killed in police custody for failing to observe the strict dress code imposed on Iranian women. Her death sparked a massive social uprising within and outside of Iran. The slogan, "Woman, Life, Freedom," spread like wildfire fro...

We Can Have Peace in the Holy Land: A Plan That Will Work - Paperback

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by Jimmy Carter (Author)In this urgent, balanced, and passionate book, Nobel Peace Laureate and former President Jimmy Carter argues that the present moment is a unique time for achieving peace in the Middle East--and he offers a bold and comprehensive plan to do just that.President Carter has been a student of the biblical Holy Land all his life. For the last three decades, as president of the United States and as founder of The Carter Center, he has studied the complex and interrelated issu...

The Cult of Trump: A Leading Cult Expert Explains How the President Uses Mind Control - Paperback

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by Steven Hassan (Author)A masterful and eye-opening examination of Trump and the coercive control tactics he uses to build a fanatical devotion in his supporters written by "an authority on breaking away from cults...an argument that...bears consideration as the next election cycle heats up" (Kirkus Reviews). Since the 2016 election, Donald Trump's behavior has become both more disturbing and yet increasingly familiar. He relies on phrases like, "fake news," "build the wall," and continues ...

Follow the Money: The Shocking Deep State Connections of the Anti-Trump Cabal - Hardcover

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by Dan Bongino (Author)Wall Street Journal and USA Today Bestseller! As seen on The Ben Shapiro Show! Follow the Money exposes the labyrinth of connections between D.C.'s slimiest swamp creatures--Democrat operatives, lying informants, desperate and destructive FBI agents, Obama power brokers, CIA renegade John Brennan, George Soros, and more--who conspired to attack Trump by manufacturing one bogus scandal after another. Bestselling author, podcast favorite, and Fox News contributor Dan Bon...

The Path to Paradise: The Inner World of Suicide Bombers and Their Dispatchers - Paperback

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by Anat Berko (Author)***Named Among the Top 50 Books on Terrorism and Counterterrorism, Perspectives on Terrorism www.terrorismanalysts.com, Volume II, Issue 11***Suicide bombers are often compared to smart bombs. From their dispatchers' point of view, they are highly effective, inexpensive weapons, and there is no need to invest in their technological development. Suicide bombers are in fact smarter than smart bombs because they can choose their own targets and can react to circumstances on...

America Unbound: The Bush Revolution in Foreign Policy - Hardcover

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by Ivo H. Daalder (Author), James M. Lindsay (Author)A splendidly illuminating book.-The New York TimesLike it or not, George W. Bush has launched a revolution in American foreign policy. He has redefined how America engages the world, shedding the constraints that friends, allies, and international institutions once imposed on its freedom of action. In America Unbound, Ivo Daalder and James Lindsay caution that the Bush revolution comes with serious risks-and, at some point, we may find tha...

A Clear and Present Danger: Narcissism in the Era of President Trump - Hardcover

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by Steven Buser (Editor), Leonard Cruz (Editor), Jean Shinoda Bolen (Contribution by)President Trump's victory in 2016 stunned the world and unleased a new era in U.S. politics. Donald Trump often embodies the opposite of what many expect from a president, making it difficult for even Republican leaders to know how to respond to him. From his stubborn refusal to release his tax returns to the unprecedented cordiality he displayed to Vladimir Putin despite compelling evidence of Russia's tampe...

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by Stefan Collini (Author)A devastating analysis of what is happening to our academia In recent decades there has been an immense global surge in the numbers both of universities and of students. In the UK alone there are now over 140 institutions teaching more subjects to nearly 2.5 million students. New technology offers new ways of learning and teaching. Globalization forces institutions to consider a new economic horizon. At the same time governments have systematically imposed new proced...

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by Phyllis Bennis (Author), John Berger (Author), Naomi Klein (Author)On October 7th 2001, US-led forces invaded Afghanistan, marking the start of George Bush and Tony Blair's "War on Terror." Six years on, where have the policies of Bush and Blair left us? Bringing together some of the finest contemporary writers, this wide-ranging anthology, from reportage and "faction" to fiction, explores the impact of this "long war" throughout the world, from Palestine to Iraq, Abu Ghraib, the curtailme...

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by Milan Rai (Author)For over twenty-five years Noam Chomsky's prolific political intervention has enlightened and inspired radicals while enraging their opponents in the halls of power. Beginning with a concise biography of his subject, Milan Rai presents a sympathetic yet probing analysis of Chomsky's critique of United States' media and foreign policy and his vision of a libertarian socialist future. Drawing on the entire range of Chomsky's prodigious output, including little-known intervi...

Navigating Political Science: Professional Advancement & Success in the Discipline - Paperback

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by Worcester Kent (Editor)Navigating Political Science: Professional Advancement & Success in the Discipline brings together some of the most noteworthy discipline-focused contributions to APSA journals published over the past decades. It offers a wide-ranging compendium of 28 chapters by 45 contributors, on topics ranging from peer reviewing, mentoring, and faculty governance to blogging, data collection, and digital media in the classroom.The volume is organized into five sections: Task...

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by Karl Marx (Author), Fredrick Engels (Author), Samuel Moore (Translator)With 6 alternate language edition prefaces. One of the most important and influential political theories ever formulated, The Communist Manifesto is a revolutionary summons to the working class-an incisive account of a new theory of communism that would be brought about by a proletarian revolution. Arguing that increasing exploitation of industrial workers will eventually lead to a rebellion in which capitalism will be ...

Recipes for Disaster: Trump Administration Commentary, Historical Chronicle and Cookbook - Paperback

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by C. L. Whitworth (Author)Trump Administration Commentary, Historical Chronicle and Cookbook is a collection of headlines, newsfeeds and twitter comments served up with a little 'tongue-in-cheek.' Sample some of these spicy dishes that are filled with passionate prose and pertinent information. Recipes for Disaster by C L Whitworth is a keepsake that guides you through actual events from the 2016 US Presidential Election and beyond. You'll be surprised at what you have already forgotten from...

Equality: An American Dilemma, 1866-1896 - Paperback

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by Charles Postel (Author)An in-depth study of American social movements after the Civil War and their lessons for today by a prizewinning historian The Civil War unleashed a torrent of claims for equality--in the chaotic years following the war, former slaves, women's rights activists, farmhands, and factory workers all engaged in the pursuit of the meaning of equality in America. This contest resulted in experiments in collective action, as millions joined leagues and unions. In Equality: A...

Subdividing the Land: Metes and Bounds and Rectangular Survey Systems - Paperback

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by Gaby M. Neunzert (Author)Ideally, every tract of land has a description on paper and a physical survey on the ground. When boundary disputes arise, all parties concerned must quickly learn the vocabulary and processes involved with real estate. Written for anyone dealing in real estate transactions, Subdividing the Land: Metes and Bounds and Rectangular Survey Systems provides this background. It defines key legal terms, examines key concepts of Metes and Bounds, the structure of the U.S. ...

Empowered: One Planet at a Time - Hardcover

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by Patty Dreier (Author), Aberdeen Leary (Foreword by), Dan Sivek (Illustrator)There are many reasons why young people don't stand up for their planet and themselves. Yet, their future depends on it. Patty Dreier helps teens/young adults (and their teachers/mentors) discover the great power within and around them which can be tapped to support meaningful action on social and environmental issues that matter to them. As a former elected official and someone with diverse background and experien...

Socialists and the Empire: Five Years' Work of TheFabian Colonial Bureau - Paperback

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by Rita Hinden (Author)This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduce...

Rebirthing Lincoln, a Biography: Abe's Behavior From His Secret Birth In North Carolina To The War He Launched, Which Caused The Needless Deaths of On - Hardcover

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by Howard White (Author)By rebirthing Abraham Lincoln, we can understand his behavior throughout his adult life and the true history of why he waged his war. Rebirthed, we accept that "Honest Abe" had, for decades been lying about the identity of his true father, Abraham Enloe, and about his illegitimate birth in North Carolina.Furthermore, by rebirthing Lincoln, todays Americans will understand what motivated him, beginning immediately after being sworn in as President of the remaining Unite...