Sharps

Sharps
Author: K. J. Parker
Publisher: Hachette UK
Total Pages: 316
Release: 2012-07-05
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0748131728

'[Sharps] is a ripping good adventure yarn, laced with frequent barbed witticisms and ace sword fighting... Parker's settings and characterizations never miss a beat, and the intricate political interplay of intrigue is suspenseful almost to the last page.' - Publishers Weekly 'This is another splendid offering from K.J. Parker, the (pseudonymous) British fantasist who seems incapable of writing in anything but top form.' - Locus For the first time in nearly forty years, an uneasy truce has been called between two neighbouring kingdoms. The war has been long and brutal, fought over the usual things: resources, land, money . . . Now, there is a chance for peace. Diplomatic talks have begun and with them, the games of skill and chance. Two teams of fencers represent their nations at this pivotal moment. When the future of the world lies balanced on the point of a rapier, one misstep could mean ruin for all. Books by K.J. Parker: Fencer Trilogy The Colours in the Steel The Belly of the Bow The Proof House Scavenger Trilogy Shadow Pattern Memory Engineer Trilogy Devices and Desires Evil for Evil The Escapement Saloninus Blue and Gold The Devil You Know Two of Swords The Two of Swords: Part 1 The Two of Swords: Part 2 The Two of Swords: Part 3 Novels The Company The Folding Knife The Hammer Sharps Savages Sixteen Ways to Defend a Walled City My Beautiful Life

Obstruction Theory

Obstruction Theory
Author: H. J. Baues
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 398
Release: 2006-11-15
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 3540359796

International Air Guide: Air Atlas

International Air Guide: Air Atlas
Author: Imprimerie Crété S.A., Paris, France
Publisher: Imprimerie Crété S.A.
Total Pages: 445
Release: 2017-02-01
Genre: Transportation
ISBN: 1543021913

The International Air Guide was published in 1931, and it contains all international airports, aerodromes and airfields. Any large airport, but also any little-known airfield, is described in detail. In most cases, this description also includes a historical aeronautical chart and aerodrome map with reference to the corresponding coordinates, radio frequencies and special geographical blockades. For those who are interested in aeronautics and in aviation history, and for those, who want to locate vanished or abandoned airfields, the International Airport Guide is a perfect tool.

Human Factors of Visual and Cognitive Performance in Driving

Human Factors of Visual and Cognitive Performance in Driving
Author: Candida Castro
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 298
Release: 2008-11-21
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 142005533X

Human error is involved in more than 90 percent of traffic accidents, and of those accidents, most are associated with visual distractions, or looking-but-failing-to-see errors. Human Factors of Visual and Cognitive Performance in Driving gathers knowledge from a human factors psychology standpoint and provides deeper insight into traffic -user beh

Droysen and the Prussian School of History

Droysen and the Prussian School of History
Author: Robert Southard
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Total Pages: 256
Release: 2014-07-11
Genre: History
ISBN: 0813149738

The Prussian School of History first predicted and advocated, then celebrated and defended, the unification of Germany by Prussia. Experts in German historiography and the history of German liberalism have often complained about the lack of a book, in any language, that traces the origins and explains the ideas of this school of history. Here is that book. Robert Southard finds that, for the Prussian School, history had an agenda. These historians generally expected history to complete its main tasks in their own time and country. The outcome of their politics was, really, an "end of history"—not a cessation to historical occurrences, but a cessation of onward historical movement because the historical process had already achieved its long-term, beneficent purposes. Leading us through the intricacies of important but untranslated works of J. G. Droysen, Max Duncker, Rudolph Hayn, and Heinrich von Sybel, Southard demonstrates their belief that the historical sequence was a continual unfolding of God's plan. Indispensable for those interested in the history of German historical writing, this book also has major implications for understanding the history of political liberalism.