• Publisher: Riverhead Hardcover
• Number Of Pages: 384
• Publication Date: 2007-05-22
• Sales Rank: 3
• ISBN / ASIN: 1594489505
• EAN: 9781594489501
• Binding: Hardcover
• Manufacturer: Riverhead Hardcover
• Studio: Riverhead Hardcover
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  It's difficult to imagine a harder first act to follow than The Kite Runner: a debut novel by an unknown writer about a country many readers knew little about that has gone on to have over four million copies in print worldwide. But when preview copies of Khaled Hosseini's second novel, A Thousand Splendid Suns, started circulating at Amazon.com, readers reacted with a unanimous enthusiasm that few of us could remember seeing before. As special as The Kite Runner was, those readers said, A Thousand Splendid Suns is more so, bringing Hosseini's compassionate storytelling and his sense of personal and national tragedy to a tale of two women that is weighted equally with despair and grave hope.

  We wanted to spread the word on the book as widely, and as soon, as we could. See below for an exclusive excerpt from A Thousand Splendid Suns and early reviews of the book from some of our top customer reviewers.--The Editors

• Publisher: CRC
• Number Of Pages: 575
• Publication Date: 2002-12-23
• Sales Rank: 633534
• ISBN / ASIN: 084930900X
• EAN: 9780849309007
• Binding: Hardcover
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  Digital technology now enables unparalleled functionality and flexibility in the capture, processing, exchange, and output of color images. But harnessing its potential requires knowledge of color science, systems, processing algorithms, and device characteristics-topics drawn from a broad range of disciplines. One can acquire the requisite background with an armload of physics, chemistry, engineering, computer science, and mathematics books and journals- or one can find it here, in the Digital Color Imaging Handbook. Unprecedented in scope, this handbook presents, in a single concise and authoritative publication, the elements of these diverse areas relevant to digital color imaging. The first three chapters cover the basics of color vision, perception, and physics that underpin digital color imaging. The remainder of the text presents the technology of color imaging with chapters on color management, device color characterization, digital halftoning, image compression, color quantization, gamut mapping, computationally efficient transform algorithms, and color image processing for digital cameras. Each chapter is written by world-class experts and largely self-contained, but cross references between chapters reflect the topics' important interrelations. Supplemental materials are available for download from the CRC Web site, including electronic versions of some of the images presented in the book.

• Publisher: State University of New York Press
• Number Of Pages: 408
• Publication Date: 1996-09
• Sales Rank: 255679
• ISBN / ASIN: 0791430685
• EAN: 9780791430682
• Binding: Paperback
• Manufacturer: State University of New York Press
• Studio: State University of New York Press
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Helpful for Quick Reference and for Students

While not comprehensive, this book is a concise "...introduction to the basic terms found in the major schools of Indian Philsosophy." (From the Preface) I find this statement to be true. As a quick reference this book is very helpful. It contains most of the terms of Indian Philosophy one would need to know, and in many cases it provides a multiple definitions. Sure, some definitions seem simplified, but that is due to their nature, the limitations of the English Language and our own Philosophical Concepts, and to the scope of the book. Dr. Grimes clearly states the aim of the book in the Preface. It is to define "...most terms", and to do this in a 440 page paperback one needs to be brief. Presumably Scholars of Sanskrit and Indian Philosophy should have other References to consult, but I think it still is helpful also to them, because it is easy and quick to use. Sanskrit Students will also benefit because all terms are given in the Devanagari Script and in Romanized Transliteration. I use this book and recommend it.

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Number Of Pages: 666
• Publication Date: 2004-01-12
• Sales Rank: 164591
• ISBN / ASIN: 0521833450
• EAN: 9780521833455
• Binding: Hardcover
• Manufacturer: Cambridge University Press
• Studio: Cambridge University Press
• Book Description:
  

  Simple explanations lead the reader logically from the basics of laser action to advanced topics in laser physics and engineering in this comprehensive introduction to the physical and engineering principles of laser operation and design. Direct explanations, examples, and many homework problems make this book invaluable to undergraduate and first-year graduate students taking courses on lasers. Summaries of key types of lasers, use of unique theoretical descriptions, and an extensive bibliography also recommend this volume to researchers. First Edition Hb (1996): 0-521-55424-1 First Edition Pb (1996): 0-521-55617-1

• Publisher: Extique
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• ISBN / ASIN: B000HFBQ60
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• Binding: Health and Beauty
• Manufacturer: Extique
• Studio: Extique
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• Publisher: The MIT Press
• Number Of Pages: 182
• Publication Date: 2003-01-17
• Sales Rank: 651788
• ISBN / ASIN: 0262072408
• EAN: 9780262072403
• Binding: Hardcover
• Manufacturer: The MIT Press
• Studio: The MIT Press
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  Few topics in international economics are as controversial as the choice of an exchange rate regime. Since the breakdown of the Bretton Woods system in the early 1970s, countries have adopted a wide variety of regimes, ranging from pure floats at one extreme to currency boards and dollarization at the other. While a vast theoretical literature explores the choice and consequences of exchange rate regimes, the abundance of possible effects makes it difficult to establish clear relationships between regimes and common macroeconomic policy targets such as inflation and growth.
  
  This book takes a systematic look at the evidence on macroeconomic performance under alternative exchange rate regimes, drawing on the experience of some 150 member countries of the International Monetary Fund over the past thirty years. Among other questions, it asks whether pegging the exchange rate leads to lower inflation, whether floating exchange rates are associated with faster output growth, and whether pegged regimes are particularly prone to currency and other crises. The book draws on history and theory to delineate the debate and on standard statistical methods to assess the empirical evidence, and includes a CD-ROM containing the data set used.