Subject(s): Fluid dynamics Summary: "Fluid mechanics is an exciting and fascinating subject with unlimited practical applications ranging from microscopic biological systems to automobiles, airplanes, and spacecraft propulsion. Fluid mechanics has also historically been one of the most challenging subjects for undergraduate students because

Subject(s): Nazi hunters -- History | World War, 1939-1945 -- Atrocities | War criminals -- History -- Germany | Fugitives from justice -- History -- Germany | Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) Summary: "Describes the small group of men and women who sought out former Nazis all over the world after the Nuremberg trials, refusing to let their cr

Subject(s): Aging -- Social aspects -- Asia | Well-being -- Age factors -- Asia Summary: This book brings together state-of-the-art research on successful aging in Asian populations, and highlights how the factors that contribute to successful aging differ from those in the West. It examines the differences between the Asian and Western context

Subject(s): Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children Summary: "Interpret the WISC-V to help diagnose learning disabilities and to translate profiles of test scores to educational action The Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children--Fifth Edition (WISC-V) is a valuable tool for assessing children and adolescents with learning disorders--and

Subject(s): Computer animation | Computer graphics Summary: "Digital characters are a driving force in the entertainment industry today. Every animated film and video game production spends a large percentage of its resources and time on advancing the quality of the digital characters inhabiting the world being created. This book presents t

Subject(s): Gross domestic product Summary: "In one lifetime, GDP, or Gross Domestic Product, has ballooned from a narrow economic tool into a global article of faith. It is our universal yardstick of progress. As The Little Big Number demonstrates, this spells trouble. While economies and cultures measure their performance by it, GDP ignor

Subject(s): Metadata | Electronic information resources -- Management | Information retrieval | Digital media | Digital preservation | Digital humanities | Cultural property -- Digitization Summary: "This book explores the analysis and interpretation, discovery and retrieval of a variety of non-textual objects, including image, music and mo

Subject(s): Obama, Barack | United States. Congress. Senate -- Biography | Legislators -- Biography -- United States | African American politicians -- Biography | Presidents -- Biography -- United States | United States -- Politics and government -- 2001-2009 Summary: Obama's speech at the 2004 Democratic National Convention instantly catap

Subject(s): Web sites -- Design | Web typography Summary: "With a vast selection of typefaces now available, there is no excuse for using boring typography in web design. The New Web Typography: Create a Visual Hierarchy with Responsive Web Design shows you how to implement web-safe fonts to create visually appealing and multi-browser-frien

Subject(s): Leadership | Communication in management | Employee motivation Summary: "Companies need High Potential leaders (Hi-Po’s) more than ever before to help them adapt to todays tumultuous, digitally-driven business environment. If you meet the Hi-Po criteria, you're in high demand--and this book explains how to fast-tra