Geodesy is the science that deals with the Earth's figure and the interrelationship of selected points on its surface. This is the only book on the market designed to provide readers with an introduction to geodesy without the usual emphasis on complex mathematics. Describes such positioning techniques as horizontal and vertical geodetic datums. Satellite geodesy, electromagnetic distance measurement, laser ranging and emerging technologies including the global positioning techniques and GIS are among the topics discussed. Features scores of two-color diagrams and examples to facilitate understanding.

Introduction to Geodesy: The History and Concepts of Modern Geodesy

Science & Math

Smith, James R.

Astronomy & Space Science

Wiley-Interscience

Clive Barker's Hellraiser (No. 6)

Wolfe, Ron

Mumy, Bill

Ferrer, Miguel

Saltzgaber, Erik

Marvel Enterprises

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Basic Geodesy: An Introduction to the History and Concepts of Modern Geodesy Without Mathematics

Computers & Technology

Programming

Landmark Enterprises

Mormon Mission Prep: A Practical Guide to Spiritual and Physical Preparation takes a unique look at missionary preparation by focusing on the practical as well as the spiritual side of preparing to serve the Lord. The book provides details on the application forms and estimated timelines of when to start and how long steps should take. The book helps young people, their parents, and leaders to know the mission call process in order to relieve stress and help prevent unnecessary delays in getting the mission call. The book also discusses how to become an effective missionary by knowing and using the scriptures, maintaining your worthiness, understanding the gospel, and developing a testimony. Author Jimmy Smith addresses these issues and more in this book that is full of tips on preparing both spiritually and physically for an LDS mission.

Mormon Mission Prep: A Practical Guide to Spiritual and Physical Preparation

Religion & Spirituality

Christian Books & Bibles

Simply Fresh Designs

This book is the same as the academic version of Individual Income Taxes without RIA Checkpoint and CPAexcel software.

South-Western Federal Taxation 2012: Individual Income Taxes (with H&R Block @ Home™ Tax Preparation Software CD-ROM)

HOFFMAN, WILLIAM

Tax Law

South-Western College/West.

One of the most definitive books written on the gentrification phenomena. The author examines the various aspects of gentrification and how they were countered in one community, Venice, California. The time period is the first two decades of the 21st century, with side trips to the 20th. Profiles abound of individuals who were profoundly affected by the intrusion into their daily lives.

Gentrifying Paradise: Resistance and Removal in 21st Century Venice California

Politics & Social Sciences

Social Sciences

CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform

Comprehensively documented and illustrated, this is the definitive and authoritative look at one of America's landmark amusement parks, Playland at the Beach, a glamorous park that is still revered by San Franciscans more than 40 years after it closed. A dearly loved part of old San Francisco, the park incorporated rides, dining, sight-seeing, socialization, and its pioneering attractions inspired the designers of the amusement parks that followed. A companion piece to ""San Francisco's Playland at the Beach: The Early Years,"" this keepsake covers the years 1945 to 1972, showcasing both the height of Playland's postwar popularity and its decline, closure, and destruction during its final years. Illustrated by a huge collection of rare black-and-white and color photographs, it lets the reader experience the rides, attractions, restaurants, and behind-the-scenes operations of the great amusement park during its best-remembered period.

San Francisco's Playland at the Beach: The Golden Years

Arts & Photography

Photography & Video

Linden Publishing

In the modern British fleet some of the largest, most important - and most potent - vessels are not technically warships, nor are they commanded by Royal Navy officers. This does not prevent them going 'in harm's way' (indeed, many have been awarded Battle Honours), and their pseudo-civilian status allows them to carry out duties forbidden for diplomatic reasons to recognized warships. Formally classed as merchant ships, these vessels are run like the Navy's own shipping company, by a unique organization, the Royal Fleet Auxiliary, which celebrates its centenary in 2005. From humble origins in 1905 with ships that carried coal, and later oil fuel, for the fleet, through hazardous service in two world wars, the RFA has become an absolutely central element in modern naval warfare. This book combines the largely unsung history of this service in peace and war - including a detailed chronology of its activities - with the most comprehensive fleet list ever compiled. Written by the RFA's official historians, it is illustrated in depth from the archives, and completed by extensive appendices covering topics like losses, medals and honors, flags, color schemes, badges and pennant numbers.

The Royal Fleet Auxiliary: A Century Of Service

History

Adams, Thomas A.

Europe

Chatham Pub.

With long-forgotten stories and evocative photographs, this collection showcases the once-familiar sites that have faded into dim memories and hazy legends. Not just a list of places, facts, and dates, this pictorial history shows why San Francisco has been a legendary travel destination and one of the world's premier places to live and work for more than 150 years.

San Francisco's Lost Landmarks

Word Dancer Press

Bringing a dark and forgotten era into vivid life, this fascinating history explores a booming criminal enterprise that was spawned in California in the 1920s and 1930s. Exposing a spree of kidnappings referred to as the ""snatch racket,"" true accounts of the crimes and the unfortunate victims are revealed. Driven by greed, desperation, or sheer stupidity, this detailed discussion explains that the ransom artists preyed indiscriminately on Hollywood socialites, wealthy heiresses, and even the poor--while each new disappearance brought new headlines and sales to the newspaper companies. Illustrating the manner in which even the simplest capers would often run tragically awry, 15 bizarre and often ironic tales are presented, including how a modern city rose to lynch a pair of kidnappers, the college kids who chose to imitate Leopold and Loeb, and the famed evangelist who faked her own abduction to cover up an affair. Early forensic techniques are described, including the first documented call tracing using a bevy of operators in a phone chain, as well as the birth of the modern symbiotic relationship between the news media and high-profile crime, demonstrating how the sensationalism of personal tragedy became a source for increased media sales.

The California Snatch Racket: Kidnappings During the Prohibition and Depression Eras

Rogers, W. Lane

Americas

Craven Street Books

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