The action on the track isn't the only story in NASCAR. In a sport that has trancended its "playing field" to become a cultural phenomenon, NASCAR racing has become as much about the star driver, the grizzled crew chief, the calculating team owner, the hard-working pit crew, the skilled hands back at the race shop, and the die-hard fans as it is about brightly colored cars speeding by at 200 mph. Through evocative candid portrait photography from the lens of Scott Robinson, Faces of NASCAR explores the full spectrum of people involved in the Nextel Cup series, from drivers to officials to spectators. Each subject is photographed in a striking portrait, with incredible detail. Robinson's simple, yet powerful photographic portrayals highlight the passion, intensity, and joy these racing diehards feel when they are spending the weekend at the track. A must-have for any NASCAR fan, Faces of NASCAR speaks to the human side of this exciting and fascinating sport through these portraits as well as commentary from those who love this sport most.

Faces of Nascar: A Pictorial Tribute to America's Greatest Sport

Engineering & Transportation

Robinson, Scott

Automotive

Motorbooks Intl

Scott Robinson's The Dark Hills is a brilliant exploration of depression and spirituality. Written in lucidly poetic language, this masterpiece of creative nonfiction is encyclopedic in its knowledge of the world's religions. Robinson neither shies away from his personal bouts with depression, nor from his warm and intimate love for his family. His intelligent treatment of the subject of depression, and his sense of humor are unforgettable.

The Dark Hills

Religion & Spirituality

SACRED FEET

The Real America in Romance, Volumes 6-7

Markham, Edwin

Musick, John Roy

Biographies & Memoirs

Nabu Press

The Real America in Romance

History

Americas

Ornithology is the classic text for the undergraduate ornithology course, long admired for its evolutionary approach to bird science. The new edition maintains the scope and expertise that made the book so popular while incorporating the latest research and updating the exquisite program of drawings.

Ornithology

Science & Math

Gill, Frank

Prum, Richard

Biological Sciences

W.H.Freeman

The Rock Candy series combines pop music scholarship with a sense of fun and entertainment. This entry surveys the best of what is not-so-commonly known about the Beatles, with broad commentary on their creativity, innovation, cultural experimentation, and the scope of their impact on modern music and culture.

Rock Candy: The Beatles

Arts & Photography

Music

CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform

Nonprofit Organizations and Disaster: Individual, Organizational and Network Approaches to Emergency Management

Reference

Survival & Emergency Preparedness

Westphalia Press

"The Robinson Biography, written as it was in the mid-21st century (and thankfully published on paper, we estimate around 2080-90) notably references, and thereby confirms, a number of sources thought by many to be apocryphal: the originaldocumentaries of HAL 9000, including the two scholarly Clarke accounts, and the two visual summaries by Kubrick and Hyams. Several other synoptic accounts are also referenced. In addition, we find the names Turing, Asimov, Hofstadter, all known elsewhere in the surviving pre-Blink record; and the names Forster, Chandra, and Langley, though confined to Hal lore, are encouragingly redundant. All of this in itself is a boon, and we shall be decades poring over it, for that reason alone." Proceedings of the 99th International Congress, of Hybrid Minds, Historical Conclave Edinburgh, Scotland 20 Oct 2391

HAL 9000: An Unauthorized Biography

Computers & Technology

Computer Science

Independently published

Star Trek's Cmdr. Data... Alien's Ash and Bishop... Skynet and the Terminator... the androids of Westworld... Ex Machina's Eva, the Stepford Wives - and the granddaddy of them all, HAL 9000... These and other famous artificial minds are at the heart of this exploration of AI and the possibility of machine consciousness, suggesting the directions that the evolution of the technology might take. How great is the gap between the AI of film and television and what's emerging in the world today? Will that gap be closed at some point? Will we ever see androids who think and feel and experience the world as we do? Scott Robinson, a social scientist who implements AI and augmented intelligence systems in the corporate world, takes on these questions and others in these surveys of AI in fiction and the real world: What would it take to create a true artificial mind, if it's even possible? What are the building blocks of consciousness, and how could they be recreated in a machine? What can human society learn from the AI of fiction? And if we can actually build conscious machines - should we? With fan service to spare, AI in Sci-Fi tours the science fiction universe for its fascinating artificial life, reaching into the imagination for inspirations that will guide our path tomorrow, as human and machine enter into permanent partnership...

AI in Sci-Fi: Fictional Artificial Minds and the Real World Awaiting Them

Humor & Entertainment

Movies

John Locke's influence on American political culture has been largely misunderstood by his commentators. Though often regarded as the architect of a rationally ordered and civilized liberalism, John Locke and the Uncivilized Society demonstrates that Locke's thought is culpable for the rather uncivilized expressions of political engagement seen recently in America. By relying upon Eric Voegelin's concept of pneumopathology, Locke is shown to be subtly constructing a liberal ideology and thereby individuals who approach liberalism as closed-minded ideologues, not as deeply responsible and mature citizens. Because Locke's citizens will be slogan chanters instead of deep thinkers, Locke's work does not create a liberalism that provides the best possible regime for humans, but a mere shadow of the best possible regime.

John Locke and the Uncivilized Society: Individualism and Resistance in America Today (Political Theory for Today)

Politics & Social Sciences

Anthropology

Lexington Books

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