Dictionary of Computer and Internet Terms

Dictionary of Computer and Internet Terms
Barron''s Educational Series Inc., 10th edition (2009)
ISBN-10: 0764121669 | 560 pages
PDF | English | 9.5 MB

Computer terminology is constantly expanding, and the brand-new edition of this dictionary has been updated to keep pace with the latest important innovations in computer science and technology. Emphasis is on helpful information for non-technical home computer users. The book presents more than 3,200 computer-related terms with clear and succinct definitions. Revised features include up-to-date information on Windows Vista, networking, data storage, video, computer security and ethics, and personal computer hardware.

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The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Folktales and Fairy Tales (3 Vol. set)

The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Folktales and Fairy Tales (3 Vol. set)
By Donald Haase | Greenwood Press (2007) | ISBN: 0313334412
PDF | English | 15 MB | 1240 pages

Folk and fairy tales exist in all cultures and are at the heart of civilization. The most comprehensive work of its kind, this massive Encyclopedia gives students and general readers a broad, accessible, multicultural survey of folk and fairy tales from around the world. Edited by one of the foremost authorities on the subject, the Encyclopedia draws on the work of numerous expert contributors and covers a broad range of themes and motifs, characters and character types, genres, individuals, national traditions, and other topics. Extensively cross-referenced.

Fully illustrated. Helps literature students analyze and undestand folk and fairy tales as literary forms. Helps social studies students understand folk and fairy tales as the foundation of cultures around the world. Fosters a respect for cultural diversity. The Greenwood Encyclopedia of World Folklore and Folklife is organized into volumes on particular regions, and by culture group within each region. This book has a straight alphabetical organization of entries. The Greenwood Encyclopedia of World Folklore and Folklife includes substantial entries on particular culture groups. This book includes entries on national folktale and fairy tale traditions, but most of the entries are topical.

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Mysterious Creatures: A Guide to Cryptozoology

Mysterious Creatures: A Guide to Cryptozoology
By George M. Eberhart | ABC-CLIO (Dec 2002) | ISBN: 1576072835
PDF | English | 8.33 MB | 722 pages

In this fascinating encyclopedia, author George M. Eberhart provides a comprehensive catalog of nearly 1,000 cryptids - unknown animals usually reported through eyewitness accounts and not yet described by science. Cryptids are the stuff of folklore, hoaxes, and genuine scientific breakthroughs. There are 400 now-classified cryptids once considered either extinct or pure fantasy. The cryptozoologist's job is to strip away the myth, misidentification, and mystery - and separate fact from fiction.Mysterious Creatures covers everything from dinosaurs and the emala-ntouka, an elephant-killing dinosaur-like animal of central Africa, to searches for the Loch Ness monster, Bigfoot, and other cryptozoological hoaxes. Entries about specific animals include the derivation or meaning of each cryptid's name, its scientific name, variant names, a physical description, behavior, description of tracks, habitat, significant sightings, present status, and possible explanations. Illustrations and photographs accompany many entries. The book also includes resources and references for further information.

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Historia filozofii TOM I By Frederick Copleston

Historia filozofii TOM I By Frederick Copleston
Instytut Wydawniczy Pax, Warszawa 1998 | ISBN: 8221110509
PDF | Polish | 21 MB | 609 pages

Dziewięciotomowa "Historia filozofii" F. Coplestona uważana jest za najlepsze i najwszechstronniejsze opracowanie dziejów europejskiej myśli filozoficznej od starożytnych Greków po czasy współczesne. Pełni funkcję zarówno podręcznika akademickiego, jak i gruntownego wprowadzenia w dzieje filozofii przeznaczonego dla średnio wykształconego czytelnika.

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The Gale Encyclopedia of Diets: A Guide to Health and Nutrition, Two Volume Set

The Gale Encyclopedia of Diets: A Guide to Health and Nutrition, Two Volume Set
By Jacqueline L. Longe | Gale Cengage (Nov 2007) | ISBN: 1414429916
PDF | English | 21.4 MB | 1115 Pages

As the incidence of diabetes, heart disease, and other obesity-related disorders rise, weight-conscious Americans seek easy ways to pursue healthful diets. There is an abundance of information from the popular media on the topic, but to get a more objective presentation of diets, nutrition, and health, the library user may want to turn to The Gale Encyclopedia of Diets: A Guide to Health and Nutrition. This reference contains 275 articles contributed by specialists in nutrition and medical writing. Topics are arranged alphabetically, with a master index at the end of the second volume. Color figures illustrate some articles, while lists of resources—books, periodicals, and organizations—accompany all of them. In addition to special or popular diets (Anti-inflammatory diets, Subway diet), the encyclopedia describes nutrition-related health problems (Bulimia nervosa, Diabetes mellitus) and other nutrition-related topics (Food labeling, St. Johns wort). Every entry starts with definitions and descriptions, and within each category, the articles follow a common format. Diet articles, for example, include sections on the diet’s function, benefits, risks, and “questions to ask your doctor.” Information on health problems describes demographics, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention. Entries on other topics related to nutrition include relevant precautions, interactions, “parental concerns,” and other appropriate information. Among other information to be gleaned from these volumes, readers will learn that the Body for Life, Eating for Life, and Fit for Life diet programs may have similar names, but their approaches and goals differ significantly. Bulimia nervosa is the most common eating disorder in the U.S., afflicting 3 percent of Americans, 85 to 90 percent of whom are female. Finally, there are several diets described as “ancient” or “time-honored” (for example, the Asian diet), but the so-called Caveman diet and Neanderthin beat them all, having been around for more than 10,000 years, their proponents claim. The Gale Encyclopedia of Diets is a practical reference, providing timely information on a topic of interest to many of us. No other reference source pulls together so much information on so many different popular diets, and its standard rubric for articles allows for quick comparisons of goals, approaches, risks, and benefits. It is highly recommended for any public or academic library.

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Encyclopedia of Evolution By Stanley A. Rice

Encyclopedia of Evolution By Stanley A. Rice
Facts on File (2006) | ISBN: 0816055157 | 528 pages
PDF | English | 11.9 MB

Evolutionary science is not only one of the greatest breakthroughs of modern science, but also an area that draws a great deal of interest on the part of students and the reading public. Perhaps more than any other scientific area, evolutionary science has caused us all to question what we are, where we came from, and how we relate to the rest of the universe. "Encyclopedia of Evolution" contains more than 200 entries that span modern evolutionary science and the history of its development. This comprehensive volume clarifies many common misconceptions about evolution. For example, many people have grown up being told that the fossil record does not demonstrate an evolutionary pattern, and that there are many "missing links." In fact, most of these "missing links" have been found, and their modern representatives are often still alive today. The biographical entries represent evolutionary scientists within the United States who have had and continue to have a major impact on the broad outline of evolutionary science. The biographies chosen reflect the viewpoints of scientists working within the United States. Five essays that explore interesting questions resulting from studies in evolutionary science are included as well. The appendix consists of a summary of Charles Darwin's "The Origin of Species", which is widely considered to be the foundational work of evolutionary science and one of the most important books in human history.

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Encyclopedia of the American Revolution, 2nd Edition By Harold E. Selesky

Encyclopedia of the American Revolution, 2nd Edition By Harold E. Selesky
Charles Scribner's Sons (2006) | 1400 Pages | ISBN: 0684315130
PDF | English | 25 MB

This 3-volume set is a major revision of a classic in the field, one that has remained in print since its appearance in 1966, The Encyclopedia of the American Revolution by Mark M. Boatner. This A-Z ready-reference dictionary is the essential source for all military aspects of the American Revolutionary War in the period 1763-1783. One-third of the entries are biographical, while the rest cover campaigns and strategy, battles, skirmishes, naval actions, weaponry, political issues and events, popular legends, and the participation of the European powers.
This edition includes new articles on: the Frontier; Violence; Mobilization; Religion; Women; African Americans, and Historiography, along with many topics of current interest to historians. Also included in the Encyclopedia is an update of Boatner's Landmarks of the American Revolution. This state-by-state guide skillfully demonstrates the "power of places."

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Pierre Auguste Renoir By Peter Feist

Pierre Auguste Renoir By Peter Feist
Numen (2003) | ISBN: 9707180986 | 96 pages
PDF (Full Color) | Spanish | 7.8 MB

Pierre Auguste Renoir (1841-1919) is now universally acclaimed: museums pride themselves on his paintings, crowds flock to his retrospectives. His work shows art at its most light-hearted, sensual and luminous. Renoir never wanted anything ugly in his paintings, nor any dramatic action. "I like pictures which make me want to wander through them when it's a landscape," he said, "or pass my hand over breast or back if it's a woman." Renoir's entire oeuvre is dominated by the depiction of women. Again and again he painted "these faunesses with their pouting lips" (Mallarme) and invented a new image of feminity.

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The Reformation Era (Greenwood Guides to Historic Events 1500-1900)

The Reformation Era (Greenwood Guides to Historic Events 1500-1900)
By Robert D. Linder, Greenwood Press (2007) | ISBN 0313318433 | 254 pages
PDF | English | 16.2 MB

Although religious unrest had been brewing in Western Europe long before Martin Luther nailed his Ninety-Five Theses to the door of the Castle Church in Wittenberg, Germany, historians view this event as the tipping point that shattered the unity of Medieval Catholic civilization. Disillusioned by Church bureaucracy and a papal schism, and encouraged by the formation of early nation states and the rise of Renaissance Humanism, Western Europe was primed for an alternative to the old order. The reforms of what eventually became the Lutherans, Calvinists, Anglicans, and Radical Anabaptists called for a return to scripture and a focus on individual faith. The counterreformation on the part of the Catholic Church brought about a new focus on spirituality that culminated in the Council of Trent. The event that Linder calls "Midwife to the Modern World" still resonates today, in modern spiritual revivals, religious debates, and newer Church reforms. Illuminated by primary source documents from the period, a timeline, a glossary, and biographies of key figures, this volume is an ideal reference source for any student of the past, and the present.

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Britain in Revolution: 1625-1660

Britain in Revolution: 1625-1660
By Austin Woolrych | Oxford University Press (2003) | ISBN: 0198200811
PDF | English | 6 MB | 814 Pages

This is the definitive history of the English Civil War, set in its full historical context from the accession of Charles I to the Restoration of Charles II. These were perhaps the most turbulent years of British history with reverberations down the centuries. Austin Woolrych captures the drama and the passion, the momentum of events and the force of contingency. He brilliantly interweaves the history of the three kingdoms and peoples, gripping the reader with the fast-paced yet always balanced story.

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