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réf. 3744742652.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
1989réf. 84538Lincolnwood IL: Publications International Ltd 1989. First Printing Stated. Hardcover. Very good/Good. Mark Rucker Photo researcher. Format is approximately 10.25 inches by 13 inches. 504 pages. Illustrations many in color. Index. DJ is price cut. DJ has some wear and soiling. This is an oversize heavy book that will require additional shipping charges if sent outside of the United States. The narrative is mostly organized by 20th century decades. During four decades as a magazine publisher/editor/writer for a variety of national magazines and websites Stephen Hanks has written about sports politics the media health and nutrition and most recently cabaret and theater. In 1999 Stephen created and edited the multiple award-winning Archaeology magazine for children called DIG. Between 2004-06 Stephen was Publisher and Editorial Director of Energy Times an award-winning health and nutrition publication. From 2012-2016 Stephen was the lead New York Cabaret Editor and Writer for BroadwayWorld and was cited by the website in 2013 as Most Creative Male Editor. Since entering the world of Cabaret in 2010 as a reviewer for Cabaret Scenes Magazine Stephen has also been a producer promoter publicist and performer. Relive baseball's history and evolution through remarkable stories and more than 1000 striking photographs. The most comprehensive baseball book available this colorful volume covers every season of the major leagues since 1876 with intriguing analysis thorough statistics and little-known facts. Baseball's true history comes alive through the marvelous stories and pictures in 150 Years of Baseball an entertaining and thorough volume that is the perfect addition to a sports library. Publications International, Ltd hardcover
1971réf. 79654Cabin John Maryland : Crothers Brewster and Kaufmann 1971. Copy No. 244 of a limited edition of 750 copies being a reprint of the 1939 original edition. Hardcover. Good. Arthur D. Fuller. xviii 2 108 pages. Small size book measuring 4" x 6". Contains Foreword by Gordon Grand and Illustrations by Arthur D. Fuller. Slight darkening to text. Inscribed on fep to Ron Crawford by Charles Crothers. Originally published in 1939 by The Derrydale Press This is a collection of 32 poems illustrated by Arthur D. Fuller. Joel David Barber 1876-1952 was an early 20th-century architect from New York City who is best known as an early collector and promoter of duck decoys as folk art. Barber began collecting the carved wooden decoys in 1918 after finding one a red-breasted merganser hen by accident near his Long Island boathouse. In addition to collecting and exhibiting the works Barber organized decoy carving competitions and produced works of his own. This includes a 1932 exhibition composed of 116 decoys in his own collection and 54 contemporary decoys made by Charles "Shang" Wheeler sponsored by Abercrombie & Fitch. But his most enduring contribution was his 1934 book Wild Fowl Decoys which is considered the seminal work on the subject and remained the definitive collector's guide for many decades after its publication. The book includes images of decoys designed and made by Barber himself. He also wrote a lesser known work of short stories and poetry Long Shore based on his experiences as an outdoorsman in New England. Following his death Barber's collection of about 400 decoys was given to the Shelburne Museum in Vermont. Some of the poems were originally published in The Queen Anne's Record & Observer and Country Life & The Sportsman. The book records old tidal scenes and events slumbering across the film of the author's memory. Joel Barber's records in short stories and verse memories of places he visited and fished during a long life in the outdoors. He writes movingly about lying in a dory off Monhegan Island in Maine gunning for eider ducks with eagles in the sky and rafting swans and geese soaring overhead. Barber was a master wordsmith whose stories and poetry bring to life a lost way of life along the Atlantic shore. The Derrydale Press was an American book publishing company founded in 1927 with headquarters on Park Ave. in Manhattan New York. It was the creation of Princeton University graduate Eugene V. Connett III 1891-1969. He told Time magazine that he got the Derrydale name "from a bottle of whiskey and a map of Ireland." An important publisher of outdoor books for North American audiences during the first half of the 20th century according to a 1938 Time magazine article it was the only publishing house in the world devoted exclusively to sporting books. The company went out of business in 1942. Godfrey W. Kaufmann of Potomac Maryland had a copy of the original signed limited edition of 1939 from the Derrydale Press. Since the copyright was expired he worked with William Brewster of Plymouth Massachusetts and Charles Crothers of Cabin John Maryland came together to produce "a few copies for the enjoyment of those who love the tidewater marshes." There may have been fewer copies of this largely facsimile reprint produced that were originally printed by the Derrydale Press. Crothers, Brewster, and Kaufmann hardcover
1998réf. 76646Seattle: Smithsonian Institution in Association with the University of Washington Press 1998. Presumed First Edition First printing. Trade paperback. Very good. Format is approximately 8.5 inches by 11 inches. 112 pages. Illustrations some in color. Some cover curving. James G. Barber is a historian and curator at the National Portrait Gallery. His research interests include portraiture of the Jacksonian and Civil War eras and the American presidency. With an essay by Amy Verone Curator Sagamore Hill National Historic Site. Foreword by John Allen Gable Executive Director Theodore Roosevelt Association. For Further Reading. This is an exhibition catalog organized by the National Portrait Gallery Smithsonian Institution in association with Manhattan Sites and Sagamore Hill National Hsitoric Site National Park Service United Sates Department of the Interior. The exhibition tour included the National Portrait Gallery October 27 1998-February 7 1999; Federal Hill National Memorial New York City March 19-July 4 2999 and Hillwood Art Museum C. W. Post Campus Long Island University New York August 15-November 14 1999. The author writes that the exhibition is a "portrait narrative of the man whose progressive ideas about social justice representative democracy and America's role as a world leader still largely define our national character." When Theodore Roosevelt became the 26th U. S. President after the assassination of William McKinley he had already been a State Assemblyman Civil Service Commissioner Police Commissioner Assistant Secretary of the United States Navy Governor and war hero before becoming McKinley's Vice President. After deciding not to run for President in the 1908 election Roosevelt planned a year-long African safari. Roosevelt wooed the Smithsonian Institution to join the expedition by offering to contribute wildlife specimens for its collections. Arrangements were made for the Roosevelt party to do the hunting and shooting while the Smithsonian scientists and taxidermists supervised the preservation and shipping of the specimens back for research and exhibition. Smithsonian Institution in Association with the University of Washington Press paperback
1977réf. 35005Englewood Cliffs NJ: Prentice-Hall Inc 1977. Second Edition. First Printing. good fair to good. 24 cm 576 notes index discoloration inside hinges some wear and small tears to DJ edges some DJ soiling. Inscribed by the author. Prentice-Hall, Inc unknown
1928réf. 22122New York: R.M. McBride 1928. very good. 26 cm 148 illus 50 full pages of Types of Aeroplanes and 85 sketches and diagrams glossary With an Introduction by Professor Alexander Klemin. Alexander Klemin was born in London May 15 1888; BS London University 1907; immigrated to the U.S. 1914; MS Massachusetts Institute of Technology MIT 1915; became a U.S. citizen while head of the Aeronautics Department at MIT 1917; Officer-in-charge of the Research Department Army Air Service at McCook Field Dayton Ohio during World War I; head Guggenheim School of Aeronautics at New York University College of Engineering 1925-45; author of Textbook Of Aeronautical Engineering If you Want to Fly Simplified Aerodynamics and Airplane Stress Analysis; technical editor Aviation magazine 1915-1917; member Royal Aeronautical Society American Society of Mechanical Engineers Society of Automotive Engineers; died 1950. R.M. McBride unknown
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2013réf. 10712CRC Press 2013. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover xxxi 245 pages NOT ex-library. Fine interior clean and bright throughout with unmarked text free of inscriptions and stamps firmly bound. Boards show gentle indentations to spine ends a touch of cosmetic wear to the protective laminate. Issued without a dust jacket. -- This book offers a comprehensive exploration of optimal and robust scheduling methodologies for networked control systems NCSs. It focuses on how to design and implement performance-oriented reliable and robust controllers across various communication networks such as those used in automotive and aerospace industries. Combining tools from control theory and communication theory the book bridges gaps between control system design and network scheduling ensuring time-deterministic behavior while maintaining closed-loop stability. With practical examples the book illustrates how controllers sensors and actuators are integrated into NCSs emphasizing robustness and real-world applications such as hardware-in-the-loop testing in automotive systems. Targeted towards researchers engineers and students the book provides essential insights into the co-design of control and communication networks as well as real-time vehicle control systems. CRC Press hardcover
2011réf. 11058Cambridge University Press 2011. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. Oversized hardcover xiii 417pp 4 pages of plates shipping weight over 1kg NOT ex-library. Owner's name inside the front board covered with a blank sticker. Book is clean and bright with unmarked text free of stamps firmly bound. Issued without a dust jacket. -- 'What's going to happen next' Time series data hold the answers and Bayesian methods represent the cutting edge in learning what they have to say. This ambitious book is the first unified treatment of the emerging knowledge-base in Bayesian time series techniques. Exploiting the unifying framework of probabilistic graphical models the book covers approximation schemes both Monte Carlo and deterministic and introduces switching multi-object non-parametric and agent-based models in a variety of application environments. It demonstrates that the basic framework supports the rapid creation of models tailored to specific applications and gives insight into the computational complexity of their implementation. The authors span traditional disciplines such as statistics and engineering and the more recently established areas of machine learning and pattern recognition. Readers with a basic understanding of applied probability but no experience with time series analysis are guided from fundamental concepts to the state-of-the-art in research and practice. -- Contents: 1. Inference and estimation in probabilistic time series models / David Barber A. Taylan Cemgil & Silvia Chiappa University of Cambridge; -- I. Monte Carlo -- 2. Adaptive Markov chain Monte Carlo: theory and methods / Yves Atchad Gersende Fort Eric Moulines & Pierre Priouret; 3. Auxiliary particle filtering: recent developments / Nick Whiteley & Adam M. Johansen; 4. Monte Carlo probabilistic inference for diffusion processes: a methodological framework / Omiros Papaspiliopoulos; -- II. Deterministic approximations -- 5. Two problems with variational expectation maximisation for time series models / Richard Eric Turner & Maneesh Sahani; 6. Approximate inference for continuous-time Markov processes / C dric Archambeau & Manfred Opper; 7. Expectation propagation and generalised EP methods for inference in switching linear dynamical systems / Onno Zoeter & Tom Heskes; 8. Approximate inference in switching linear dynamical systems using Gaussian mixtures / David Barber; -- III. Switching models -- 9. Physiological monitoring with factorial switching linear dynamical systems / John A. Quinn & Christopher K.I. Williams; 10. Analysis of changepoint models / Idris A. Eckley Paul Fearnhead & Rebecca Killick; -- IV. Multi-object models -- 11. Approximate likelihood estimation of static parameters in multi-target models / Sumeetpal S. Singh Nick Whiteley & Simon J. Godsill; 12. Sequential inference for dynamically evolving groups of objects / Sze Kim Pang Simon J. Godsill Jack Li Fran ois Septier & Simon Hill; 13. Non-commutative harmonic analysis in multi-object tracking / Risi Kondor; -- V. Nonparametric models -- 14. Markov chain Monte Carlo algorithms for Gaussian processes / Michalis K. Titsias Magnus Rattray & Neil D. Lawrence; 15. Nonparametric hidden Markov models / Jurgen Van Gael & Zoubin Ghahramani; 16. Bayesian Gaussian process models for multi-sensor time series prediction / Michael A. Osborne Alex Rogers Stephen J. Roberts Sarvapali D. Ramchurn & Nick R. Jennings; -- VI. Agent-based models -- 17. Optimal control theory and the linear Bellman equation / Hilbert J. Kappen; 18. Expectation maximisation methods for solving POMDPs and optimal control problems / Marc Toussaint Amos Storkey & Stefan Harmeling Biological Cybernetics; Index Cambridge University Press hardcover
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1993réf. 5598026Cambridge University Press 1993. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. Book contains pencil markings. In poor condition suitable as a reading copy. No dust jacket. Re-bound by library. Library sticker on front cover. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item500grams ISBN:0521416205 Cambridge University Press hardcover
2018réf. 2-883172956XMarsilio Editori Spa 2018. Paperback. New. 352 pages. 11.00x9.50x1.00 inches. Marsilio Editori Spa paperback
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