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2008 Holiday Catalog

Attic Sale


Biology

Pacific Northwest Butterflies & Moths: An Introduction to Familiar Species (Pocket Naturalist)
by James Kavanagh
Publisher Comments
Waterford Press produces reference guides that introduce novices to travel, languages, science and nature. Product information and hundreds of free educational games are featured on the website; www.waterfordpress.com... (read more)
Your Price $5.95
New - Trade Paper

Electricity

Special polymers for electronics and optoelectronics
by J A Chilton
Publisher Comments
This text provides a comprehensive and up to date overview of those polymers most often used in the manufacture of electronic and optoelectronic components. Detailed information on the characteristics of each different material is given before their... (read more)
Your Price $9.75
Used - Hardcover

Physics

Earth Observation Data Policy
by Raymond Harris
Publisher Comments
Although the technology for observing the Earth is well established, there has been very little discussion on policies for the distribution of the acquired data. This topical and innovative book reviews remote sensing/GIS techniques and discusses the key... (read more)
Your Price $10.00
Used - Hardcover

Civil Engineering

Spatial Analytical Perspectives on GIS (GISDATA #4)
by Manfred Fischer
Publisher Comments
The ability to manipulate spatial data in different forms and to extract additional meaning from them is at the heart of GIS, yet genuine spatial analysis tools are rarely incorporated into commercial software, thus seriously limiting their usefulness... (read more)
Your Price $6.50
Used - Trade Paper

Environmental Engineering

Dive (My Adventures)
by Sylvia A Earle
Publisher Comments
Children join Earle as she ventures into the ocean's depths.<P>-- Outstanding Science Trade Book for... (read more)
Your Price $3.00
Used - Hardcover

Mathematics

Representation theory and analysis on homogeneous spaces :a conference in memory of Larry Corwin, February 5-7, 1993, Rutgers University
by Simon Gindikin
Book News Annotation
A combination of new results and surveys of recent work on representation theory and the harmonic analysis of real and p-adic groups. Among the topics are nilpotent homogeneous spaces, multiplicity formulas for induced representations, and new methods... (read more)
Your Price $3.00
Used - Trade Paper

Windows

Microsoft Office XP Inside Out with CDROM (Inside Out)
by Michael Halvorson
Publisher Comments
This reference offers hundreds of timesaving solutions, troubleshooting tips, and handy workarounds in a concise, fast-answer format. Halvorson (Microsoft Office and Visual Basic expert) and Young (software developer and author) present 57 chapters that... (read more)
Your Price $6.50
Used - Softcvr W/comp Media

Health and Medicine

Neuropathology of Dementing Disorders
by William Markesbery
Publisher Comments
Offering up-to-date, comprehensive and authoritative coverage of the subject, this volume presents the latest clinical, pathological, neuroimaging, genetic, epidemiologic, neurochemical, cellular, and molecular features of the major dementias of mid- and... (read more)
Your Price $23.75
Used - Hardcover

Macintosh

Mac Osx Headaches: How to Fix Common (and Not So Common) Problems in a Hurry (Headaches)
by Curt Simmons
Publisher Comments
Fast, Effective Relief from Mac OS X Troubles Diagnose and cure problems for Mac OS X and OS X 10.2 Jaguar Seeking relief from mouse mishaps or memory malfunctions? Take the cure and achieve peak performance with Mac OS X and OS X 10.2 Jaguar. In this... (read more)
Your Price $1.25
Used - Trade Paper

Popular Science

Prisons of Light: Black Holes
by Kitty Ferguson
Publisher Comments
In this jargon-free review of one of the most fascinating topics in modern science, acclaimed science writer, Kitty Ferguson, examines the discovery of black holes, their nature, and what they can teach us about the mysteries of the universe. In search... (read more)
Your Price $3.00
Used - Hardcover

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