National Audubon Society Pocket Guide to Familiar Rocks and Minerals (Audubon Society Pocket Guides)

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Delight & Liberty of Being a Tourist.......2003-06-12

The late George W. Oakes delighted in viewing the great cities of England and Europe, and takes you on walking tours through them with the charm of an old and wise friend. He tells you when to look up, when to cross the square, what alley to turn into and gives you a chance to see the history, the architectural and the people interest you always wanted to experience in your travels. Short tours and detailed walking maps guide you along; the book is almost pocket size so I would advise taking it with you when you visit the great cities next time.

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London Edinburgh (Cadogan Guides)
Andrew Gumbel , and Charles Godfrey-Faussett
Manufacturer: Everyman Publishers
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ASIN: 1860119441

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London and Edinburgh - two great capitals, both full of vitality and culture, both historical centers and just a short distance apart. Even if you only have a short time for each, this unbeatable guide to these two British cities gets right to the point, detailing the essential sights, and uncovering the many secrets beyond and behind the bustle - graceful architecture, world-class art, excellent cuisine, chic shopping and colorful "villages". This guide has perceptive and enlightening insights into history, art, culture and city life, reliable listings on where to stay, eat, shop and play as well as practical advice to help you make the most of your time.

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A1 Portrait Road: London-Edinburg
Nigel Richardson
Manufacturer: HarperSport
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Binding: Hardcover

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Running the 400-odd miles between London and Edinburgh, the A1 is Britain's backbone. This book is a photographic portrait of life on the road. Jon Nicholson's mission is to find out what makes the people living and travelling along Britain's oldest and longest highway tick. Fuelled by a combination of petrol and all-day breakfasts, his journey takes him through a land of extremes, in both culture and terrain, from the genteel to the gritty and from the rolling to the rugged. The text by acclaimed travel writer Nigel Richardson captures the road spot-on, and is the ideal introduction to Nicholson's pictures.

THE AMERICAN UNIVERSAL ENCYCLOPEDIA: A COMPLETE LIBRARY OF KNOWLEDGE, A REPRINT OF THE LAST EDINBURGH AND LONDON EDITION OF CHAMBER'S ENCYCLOPEDIA: COMPLETE IN 15 VOLUMES

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THE AMERICAN UNIVERSAL ENCYCLOPEDIA: A COMPLETE LIBRARY OF KNOWLEDGE, A REPRINT OF THE LAST EDINBURGH AND LONDON EDITION OF CHAMBER'S ENCYCLOPEDIA: COMPLETE IN 15 VOLUMES
Various
Manufacturer: S.W. Green and Sons
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000QAVGVQ

Book-auction Records : A Priced and Annotated Annual Record of London, New York & Edinburgh Auctions, V. 51: Oct 1953-july 1954 (Book Auction Records, Vol 51)

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Book-auction Records : A Priced and Annotated Annual Record of London, New York & Edinburgh Auctions, V. 51: Oct 1953-july 1954 (Book Auction Records, Vol 51)
B.A.R. Annual
Manufacturer: Henry Stevens Son & Stiles
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000JNA75G

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Book-auction records : a priced and annotated annual record of London, New York & Edinburgh auctions, v. 51: Oct 1953-July 1954 Book auction records (B.A.R.) Annual, 1953/54.

Book-auction records. A priced and annotated record of London, Dublin, Edinburgh, Glasgow and American book-auctions. 10 Vols 17-25 for the auction-seasons 1919-1929 missing only volume 23 for the full 11 issues 1919-1929

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Book-auction records. A priced and annotated record of London, Dublin, Edinburgh, Glasgow and American book-auctions. 10 Vols 17-25 for the auction-seasons 1919-1929 missing only volume 23 for the full 11 issues 1919-1929

Manufacturer: Henry Stevens, Son and Stiles
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Leather Bound
ASIN: B000FSS3S8

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Book-Auction Records. Volume 22, Auction Season 1924-25 a Priced And Annotated Annual Record Of London, New York And Edinburgh Book-Auctions Henry Stevens Son & Stiles London 1926

Book-Auction Records: A Priced and Annotated Annual Record of London, New York, and Edinburgh Book-Auctions: Volume 49, October 1951 - August 1952

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Book-Auction Records: A Priced and Annotated Annual Record of London, New York, and Edinburgh Book-Auctions: Volume 49, October 1951 - August 1952
Sons & Stiles (Editor) Henry Stevens
Manufacturer: Henry Stevens, Son & Stiles
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Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000M0JLCQ

Clarence House,: The home of Her Royal Highness the Princess Elizabeth, Duchess of Edinburgh, and of His Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh, K.G

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Clarence House,: The home of Her Royal Highness the Princess Elizabeth, Duchess of Edinburgh, and of His Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh, K.G
Christopher Hussey
Manufacturer: Scribner
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Binding: Unknown Binding

Collins Edinburgh Streetfinder Colour Map (Collins British Isles and Ireland Maps)

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Collins Edinburgh Streetfinder Colour Map (Collins British Isles and Ireland Maps)
England) Collins (Firm : London
Manufacturer: Collins Publishers
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Binding: Map

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Combinatorial and Geometric Group Theory, Edinburgh 1993: Proceedings of ICMS Workshop Held at Heriot-Watt University 23 March to 8 April 1993 (London Mathematical Society Lecture Note Series)

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Combinatorial and Geometric Group Theory, Edinburgh 1993: Proceedings of ICMS Workshop Held at Heriot-Watt University 23 March to 8 April 1993 (London Mathematical Society Lecture Note Series)

Manufacturer: Cambridge University Press
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Binding: Paperback

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The papers in this book represent the current state of knowledge in group theory. It includes articles of current interest written by such scholars as S.M. Gersten, R.I. Grigorchuk, P.H. Kropholler, A. Lubotsky, A.A. Razborov and E. Zelmanov. The contributed articles, all refereed, cover a wide range of topics in combinatorial and geometric group theory. The volume will be indispensable to all researchers in the area.

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A fine tree book for a wide swath of the West.......1998-04-22

Wild Trees of Idaho is, in completeness and competence, one of the best state tree books available in the U.S. But because Idaho's flora has affinities to the boreal forests to its north, the Pacific Northwest rainforest, the Great Basin, Rocky Mountains, and Great Plains, this book is a must for tree enthusiasts from all of Idaho's neighbor states and Canadian provinces as well. More than an identification guide (though a good example of that genre), Wild Trees opens with a broad account of how Idaho's forests evolved over the last hundred million years; and an ecological essay on its present-day vegetation communities. Idaho's sylvan richness, including its many introduced naturalized species, make for a varied array of broadleaved and coniferous species. Each receives a page of text and one of black/white illustrations. There is an 8-page color insert containing brilliant photos of 78 species. Key identification characters are stressed, as are locations in Idaho where noteworthy specimens of each species can be seen, data on the largest Idaho specimens, and generally very reliable natural history information. The writing style is folksy and accessible, yet technically of a high level. This book has a lot to teach.

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Based on two international workshops on trust in agent societies, held at AAMAS 2003 and AAMAS 2004, this book draws together carefully revised papers on trust, reputation, and security in agent society. Besides workshop papers, several contributions from leading researchers in this interdisciplinary field were solicited to complete coverage of all relevant topics.

The 13 papers presented take into account issues from multiagent systems, artificial intelligence, cognitive science, game theory, and social and organizational science. Theoretical topics are addressed as well as applications in human-computer interaction and e-commerce.

Cooperative Agents: Applications in the Social Sciences (Theory and Decision Library A:)

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Cooperative Agents: Applications in the Social Sciences (Theory and Decision Library A:)

Manufacturer: Springer
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Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 1402001908

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Agent-based modelling on a computer appears to have a special role to play in the development of social science. It offers a means of discovering general and applicable social theory, and grounding it in precise assumptions and derivations, whilst addressing those elements of individual cognition that are central to human society. However, there are important questions to be asked and difficulties to overcome in achieving this potential. What differentiates agent-based modelling from traditional computer modelling? Which model types should be used under which circumstances? If it is appropriate to use a complex model, how can it be validated? Is social simulation research to adopt a realist epistemology, or can it operate within a social constructionist framework? What are the sociological concepts of norms and norm processing that could either be used for planned implementation or for identifying equivalents of social norms among co-operative agents? Can sustainability be achieved more easily in a hierarchical agent society than in a society of isolated agents? What examples are there of hybrid forms of interaction between humans and artificial agents? These are some of the sociological questions that are addressed.

Fuzzy-Neuro Approach to Agent Applications

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Fuzzy-Neuro Approach to Agent Applications
Raymond S.T. Lee
Manufacturer: Springer
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Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 3540212035

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The book provides a full explanation of the concepts and theories of intelligent agents and agent-based systems. Providing a comprehensive theoretical background, the author covers modern artificial intelligence topics such as ontologies, neural networks, chaos theory, fuzzy logics and genetic algorithms. Finally, the author details how the iJADK toolkit (intelligent Java agent development kit for intelligent e-business applications) can be used in the design and implementation phases of real applications. The book can be adopted as the main textbook for courses on intelligent agents, advanced topics in AI or contemporary AI technologies; application developers can use it as a complete technical guide and reference manual for the iJADK toolkit; and researchers can use it as a comprehensive reference book on modern AI techniques, and will benefit particularly from the book’s extensive literature survey.

Intelligent Agents: Theory and Applications (Studies in Fuzziness and Soft Computing)

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Intelligent Agents: Theory and Applications (Studies in Fuzziness and Soft Computing)
Germano Resconi , and Lakhmi C. Jain
Manufacturer: Springer
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ASIN: 3540220038

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This monograph presents an integrated approach to agent theory. It introduces new concepts in the area of intelligent and adaptive agents in various contexts. Agents of different orders of complexity are presented including different levels of intelligence, uncertainty, and adaptation. The book introduces the abstract theory of adaptive agents as well as their applications to brain functions, robotics, or physical domains such as sound, gravity or electromagnetic fields.

Intelligent Technologies from Theory to Applications: New Trends in Intelligent Technologies (Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence and Applications, 76)

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Intelligent Technologies from Theory to Applications: New Trends in Intelligent Technologies (Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence and Applications, 76)

Manufacturer: Ios Pr Inc
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ASIN: 1586032569

Multi-Agent Systems and Applications III: 3rd International Central and Eastern European Conference on Multi-AgentSystems, CEEMAS 2003, Prague, Czech Republic, ... (Lecture Notes in Computer Science)

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Multi-Agent Systems and Applications III: 3rd International Central and Eastern European Conference on Multi-AgentSystems, CEEMAS 2003, Prague, Czech Republic, ... (Lecture Notes in Computer Science)

Manufacturer: Springer
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ASIN: 3540404503

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This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the International Central and European Conference on Multi-Agent Systems, CEEMAS 2003, held in Prague, Czech Republic in June 2003.

The 58 revised full papers presented together with 3 invited contributions were carefully reviewed and selected from 109 submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections on formal methods, social knowledge and meta-reasoning, negotiation, and policies, ontologies and languages, planning, coalitions, evolution and emergent behaviour, platforms, protocols, security, real-time and synchronization, industrial applications, e-business and virtual enterprises, and Web and mobile agents.

Multi-Agent Systems. Theories, Languages and Applications: 4th Australian Workshop on Distributed Artificial Intelligence, Brisbane, QLD, Australia, July ... / Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence)

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Multi-Agent Systems. Theories, Languages and Applications: 4th Australian Workshop on Distributed Artificial Intelligence, Brisbane, QLD, Australia, July ... / Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence)

Manufacturer: Springer
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ASIN: 3540654771

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This volume constitutes the thoroughly refereed post-workshop proceedings of the 4th Australian Workshop on distributed Artificial Intelligence held in Brisbane, QLD, Australia in July 1998.The 13 revised full selected and invited papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected for inclusion in the book. The book is devoted to theoretical aspects, languages, and applications of various types of multi-agent systems. Among the topics covered are self-interested mobile agents, formal specification of MAS, coordination, reinforcement learning, self organization, agent negotiation, agent-based intelligent systems, Internet-based DAI applications, agent-based scheduling, Internet agent trading.

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Sweeping readers from the New England colonies to the banks of the Mississipppi, to the battle fields of the Civil War to the storm tossed waters of the Atlantic, this extraordinary collection is ideal-and most economical-for classrooms, libraries, and homes.

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Four American masterpieces- what connects them? .......2005-01-23

What connects these four American masterpieces? Melville and Hawthorne were friends, and in a sense helped inspire each other. Wouldn't it then have made more sense to put together their two greatest masterpieces, ' The Scarlett Letter' and ' Moby Dick' Or is it only a matter of size and convenience that Melville's last work, and one of his great ones 'Billy Budd'is chosen for this volume? And why link with them Crane and Twain? True their best books are chosen and so of these four great American masters we have the best books of three. And only one's greatest masterpiece, and arguably the greatest prose masterpiece in American literature is left out.
Yet how complain about the abundance of riches this volume offers? Each one of the four works here is a small world in itself.
Hester Prynne ( A Scarlet Letter) Huck, Henry Fleming , and Billy Budd each is put through a kind of moral test. Two have more or less tragic ends (Hester and Billy Budd) and two have redemptive moral journeys which enable them to continue on their journeys of life, wiser and morally strengthened.
This is great literature, the best America has to give. And the four taken together are if this is what the reader seeks, a bargain.

Excellent -- A Must Read........1998-03-14

The Scarlet Letter is super. It is well written and tells a touching tale of Puritan hypocrisy. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is a masterpiece of American Literature. The Red Badge of Courage is Fine, and Billy Budd is the story of an innocent sailor prosecuted for a false charge of mutany.

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