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The Worth of Smart

By: Blaine Readler

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True stories about next-generation Predator drones scouting the Mexican border for illegals, a scientist whose only means of escaping certain death in the Antarctic carries him into the future, robots fooled by Groucho glasses, interstellar astronauts who draw blood over dessert snacks while the schizophrenic ship computer eggs them on, and the smartest man on Earth who's dumber than a turnip. Then, there's a whole gaggle of true stories about aliens: aliens that come to Earth to claim the remains of their deceased Roswell companions, only to find the captain's head missing; aliens that come to Earth to recruit space fighter pilots because their own arms are too short to reach the controls; aliens that try to come to earth disguised as marbles; and aliens that come to Earth to practice their acting roles as aliens coming to Earth. Amazing, but all true. At least, there's no clear evidence that these stories couldn't one day happen.

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0615400388

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Monsters in the Attic

By: Blaine Readler

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Monsters in the Attic

By: Blaine Readler

Gabe didn't go looking for the role as Earth's defender against marauding aliens; in fact, quite the opposite. Pet sitter by day, jump-blues guitarist by night, Gabe's plate is, as they say, quite full. He has his ducks all in a row. He and life are reading off the same page. You get the picture. But fate is not some bleeding heart, Mr. Rogers, do-gooder. Oh no. Once he decides that it's Gabe's turn at bat, he reaches out his gnarled hand--or in this case, raccoon paw--clutches Gabe's shoulder, spins him around and impresses in no uncertain terms that the fate of the world is no longer in fate's hands, but that fate has put the fate in his hands. That's Gabe's hands. Adding to the non-trivial problem of saving the world, though, is Gabe's growing suspicion that fate in the form of a raccoon is lying.

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061541141X

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9780615411415

Crusher

By: Blaine C. Readler

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Crusher

By: Blaine C. Readler

Darren's cousin was never the sharpest pencil in the box, and when an attempt to get his home video on television by faking a fall from a high dive misfired, the pencil was reduced to a stub. After a ship-wrecked alien takes up residence in his cousin's now-unused head, Darren finds himself dragged off to NASA for help, only to be accused of orchestrating an alien invasion. Fleeing for their lives, he and his alien zombie cousin must search out and stop the true invasion massing to overrun the Earth. The question is whether Darren can resist strangling his companion before everything we know is obliterated.

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0983497397

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9780983497394

The Leap

By: Blaine Readler

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The Leap

By: Blaine Readler

According to the oft-quoted proverb: in the country of the blind, the one-eyed man is king. But what about in the country of the merely severely myopic? What if the one-eyed man has cataracts, and the myoptics have corrective glasses? Stumbling into a world very similar yet also and very different from his own, Will must figure out how to use his figurative one eye to avoid this world's steroid-hyped version of Homeland Security, or at least impress them with a figurative wink and ogle to convince them that his cataracts are something special. Lest you get a wrong impression, the story involves Will's eye only as normal part of his normal anatomy. It does include, though, a caustic foe, a competent cutie co-adventurer, journeys to the moon and Australia, blow-up space dummies, and even a bona fide personal rocket pack. What is not figuratively included is both excitement and thrills. Those are very much literal.

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061541897X

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9780615418971

Vhdl by Example

A Concise Introduction for Fpga Design

By: Blaine C. Readler

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Vhdl by Example

A Concise Introduction for Fpga Design

By: Blaine C. Readler

A practical primer for the student and practicing engineer already familiar with the basics of digital design, the reference develops a working grasp of the VHLD hardware description language step-by-step using easy-to-understand examples. Starting with a simple but workable design sample, increasingly more complex fundamentals of the language are introduced until all core features of VHDL are brought to light. Included in the coverage are state machines, modular design, FPGA-based memories, clock management, specialized I/O, and an introduction to techniques of simulation. The goal is to prepare the reader to design real-world FPGA solutions. All the sample code used in the book is available online. What Strunk and White did for the English language with "The Elements of Style," VHDL BY EXAMPLE does for FPGA design.

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0983497354

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9780983497356

Powderhole

By: Blaine C. Readler

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Powderhole

By: Blaine C. Readler

Coming back to your hometown is always difficult, but for Bruce Weiss, it's murder. Citizens are dying in bizarre accidents as undercover agents descend to probe the whereabouts of a reported meteor and rumors of killer bees. Bruce isn't sure whether he's lucky or imperiled when he's pressed into service to help a capable and attractive agent of uncertain motives. As the townspeople of Powderhole start dropping like flies, Bruce must forge an alliance with the sexy stranger, and take sides against old friends, just to stay alive.

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0983497370

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9780983497370

Eaters and Overlords

By: Blaine Readler

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Eaters and Overlords

By: Blaine Readler

In pursuit of an extra credit project for her zoology course, Terri stumbles on three ape-like creatures hiding in a makeshift tree house. The fact that there are no apes native to the rainforests of the northwest might be of purely academic interest if it weren¿t for the recent nearby knife murder of an old man . . . and that one of the primates brandishes a small sword. The delinquent trio insist that Terri find ¿properly respectful experts¿ to help them refuel their small spaceship, warning of dire consequences if not soon achieved. When she explains that no one on Earth can create quantities of antimatter, they set off to find a refueling base that had been brought to Earth thousands of years ago. Thus begins Terri¿s adventure with three refugee aliens, so confident in their superiority to humans, even though they use medieval weapons and prefer to live in trees. Other beings have tracked the refugees to Earth, however¿an intersection of ancient interstellar rivals with Terri¿and Earth¿caught smack dab in the middle.

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0999229621

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A Select Group

By: Blaine C. Readler

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A Select Group

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Divorced, broke, and jobless, Caleb believes he's found a reprieve from a life on the streets when he answers an ad calling for volunteers in an extended university study. Along with a dozen others, he trades his clothes for a simple uniform and boards a bus for an undisclosed destination. As the driver takes them higher and higher into the remote California mountains, the hapless volunteers debate what exactly they've signed up for. Just before their phones are confiscated, they find a paper published by the study's sponsor professor, predicting the effects on groups when confronted with dire dangers. As Caleb watches miles of wilderness glide past, he wonders if he should have settled for a life under a city overpass. A Select Group is a taught thriller that explores the tribal tendency within us all--and the dark potential of a few--when groups are threatened. Against the doomed us-versus-them defense, stands one woman determined that people can rise above primal instincts to cooperate and persevere against those that seek to capitalize on human frailties.

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0999229613

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Moonstroke

By: Blaine C. Readler

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Moonstroke

By: Blaine C. Readler

It's been twelve years since a massive solar flare destroyed communications with the American base on the far side of the Moon, killing the platinum mining workers and leaving just three adults to raise thirty-seven orphans. Isolated, the base has carried on, and the orphans--now teenagers--have taken up the mining. It's all they've ever known. But now enigmatic lights on the horizon and in the sky mark the arrival of someone--or something--that heralds an end to a patterned life of restraint and enforced duty. Katlin, the daughter of the base leader, has enjoyed the full education afforded by the base library, and finds her loyalties torn between her father and Van, the capable teenage leader who is ready to break the yoke of servitude and face the wonders available in the wide universe.

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0983497389

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9780983497387

Moonstroke II

Alien Territory

By: Blaine C. Readler

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Moonstroke II

Alien Territory

By: Blaine C. Readler

The isolation of Moon base Daedalus has ended after twelve years, and Katlin has left for college on Earth. Her home planet is not the dream that evolved from her childhood memories, though, and when news arrives that the base¿s liberator, Namazi, has been apprehended, she sets off with her only friend, Beau, to save him. Earth has turned its eyes on Daedalus¿s vast platinum store, however, and powerful forces are maneuvering to grasp the helpless prey, with Namazi playing a key, if unwilling, role. As Katlin and Beau are swept up into the violent storm, Van and the rest of the base¿s nexgens are finding that lunar life on their own is fraught with its own perils.

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9780999229606

Electric Savvy

Using Electricity to Make Your House a Home

By: Blaine C. Readler

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Electric Savvy

Using Electricity to Make Your House a Home

By: Blaine C. Readler

If you think that electricity is some kind of juice that burns in your lamp like a candle, or if you worry about violating Ohm's law, then this book is for you. On the other hand, if you know that a complete circuit is required for current to flow, but wonder whether higher voltage or higher current will kill you first, then this book is also for you. Even if you understand how electricity animates your vacuum cleaner, but are a little hazy about when to use rechargeable versus alkaline batteries, or how a computer executes instructions, then this book is for you as well. In fact, unless you are heading off to an isolated tropical island to shed modern civilization and live off of fish and coconuts, this book is for you. Explained in a style accessible by the technical and non-technical alike, the book is an entertaining tour through everything electrical in your house, from your doorbell to your advanced surveillance system. Learning has never been so easy and fun.

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0983497362

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Book's by Blaine Readler

The Worth of Smart

The Worth of Smart

Monsters in the Attic

Monsters in the Attic

Crusher

Crusher

The Leap

The Leap

Vhdl by Example

Vhdl by Example

Powderhole

Powderhole

Eaters and Overlords

Eaters and Overlords

A Select Group

A Select Group

Moonstroke

Moonstroke

Moonstroke II

Moonstroke II

Electric Savvy

Electric Savvy

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