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My Life as a Photographer

By: Eric Dortch

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My Life as a Photographer

By: Eric Dortch

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Xlibris Corporation

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1669827372

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9781669827375

Real-Time Rendering

By: Tomas Akenine-Möller,Eric Haines,Naty Hoffman

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Real-Time Rendering

By: Tomas Akenine-Möller,Eric Haines,Naty Hoffman

Thoroughly revised, this third edition focuses on modern techniques used to generate synthetic three-dimensional images in a fraction of a second. With the advent of programmable shaders, a wide variety of new algorithms have arisen and evolved over the past few years. This edition discusses current, practical rendering methods used in games and other applications. It also presents a solid theoretical framework and relevant mathematics for the field of interactive computer graphics, all in an approachable style. The authors have made the figures used in the book available for download for fair use.:Download Figures. Reviews Rendering has been a required reference for professional graphics practitioners for nearly a decade. This latest edition is as relevant as ever, covering topics from essential mathematical foundations to advanced techniques used by today’s cutting edge games. -- Gabe Newell, President, Valve, May 2008 Rendering ... has been completely revised and revamped for its updated third edition, which focuses on modern techniques used to generate three-dimensional images in a fraction of the time old processes took. From practical rendering for games to math and details for better interactive applications, it's not to be missed. -- The Bookwatch, November 2008 You'll get brilliantly lucid explanations of concepts like vertex morphing and variance shadow mapping—as well as a new respect for the incredible craftsmanship that goes into today's PC games. -- Logan Decker, PC Gamer Magazine , February 2009

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1046

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CRC Press

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1315362007

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9781315362007

Race and Politics in North Carolina, 1872–1901

The Black Second

By: Eric Anderson

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Race and Politics in North Carolina, 1872–1901

The Black Second

By: Eric Anderson

Eric Anderson studies one of the most remarkable centers of black political influence in the late nineteenth century—North Carolina’s second congressional district. From its creation in 1872 as a result of gerrymandering to its collapse in the extremism of 1900, the “black second” produced increasingly effective black leaders in public office, from postmasters to prosecuting attorneys and congressmen. Race and Politics in North Carolina illuminates the complex effects upon whites of the rise of black leadership, both within the Republican party and in the larger community. Although many white Republicans found it difficult to accept an increasing role for blacks, they worked in acceptable if awkward partnership with Negro Republicans. By 1900 strident appeals for white solidarity had cracked the fragile biracial unit of the Republican second district. With the emergence of such Democratic leaders as Furnifold Simmons, Josephus Daniels, Charles B. Aycock, and Claude Kitchin—second district men all—a restrictive notion of the Negro’s place in society had triumphed in North Carolina and the nation. Eric Anderson’s study examines regional and national history. His record clarifies a confusing, uneven period of promise from the emancipation to the disfranchisement of black Americans.

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404

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LSU Press

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0807107840

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9780807107843

Blues

A Regional Experience

By: Bob L. Eagle,Eric S. LeBlanc

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Blues

A Regional Experience

By: Bob L. Eagle,Eric S. LeBlanc

Examining the blues genre by region, and describing the differences unique to each, make this a must-have for music scholars and lay readers alike. A melding of many types of music such as ragtime, spiritual, jug band, and other influences came together in what we now call the blues. Blues: A Regional Experience is the most comprehensive and up-to-date reference book of blues performers yet published, correcting many errors in the existing literature. Arranged mainly by ecoregions of the United States, this volume traces the history of blues from one region to another, identifying the unique sounds and performers of that area. Each section begins with a brief introduction, including a discussion of the region's culture and its influence on blues music. Chapters take an in-depth look at blues styles from the following regions: Virginia and the tidewater area, Carolinas and the Piedmont area, the Appalachians and Alabama, the Mississippi Delta, Greater Texas, the Lower Midwest, the Midwest, the Northeast, and California and the West. Biographical sketches of musicians such as B.B. King and T-Bone Walker include parental data and up-to-date biographical information, including full names, pseudonyms, and burial place, when available. The work includes a chapter devoted to the Vaudeville era, presenting much information never before published. A chronology, selected artists' CD discography, and bibliography round out this title for students and music fans.

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382

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Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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9798216054931

Gullah Spirituals

The Sound of Freedom and Protest in the South Carolina Sea Islands

By: Eric Sean Crawford

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Gullah Spirituals

The Sound of Freedom and Protest in the South Carolina Sea Islands

By: Eric Sean Crawford

In Gullah Spirituals musicologist Eric Crawford traces Gullah Geechee songs from their beginnings in West Africa to their height as songs for social change and Black identity in the twentieth century American South. While much has been done to study, preserve, and interpret Gullah culture in the lowcountry and sea islands of South Carolina and Georgia, some traditions like the shouting and rowing songs have been all but forgotten. This work, which focuses primarily on South Carolina's St. Helena Island, illuminates the remarkable history, survival, and influence of spirituals since the earliest recordings in the 1860s. Grounded in an oral tradition with a dynamic and evolving character, spirituals proved equally adaptable for use during social and political unrest and in unlikely circumstances. Most notably, the island's songs were used at the turn of the century to help rally support for the United States' involvement in World War I and to calm racial tensions between black and white soldiers. In the 1960s, civil rights activists adopted spirituals as freedom songs, though many were unaware of their connection to the island. Gullah Spirituals uses fieldwork, personal recordings, and oral interviews to build upon earlier studies and includes an appendix with more than fifty transcriptions of St. Helena spirituals, many no longer performed and more than half derived from Crawford's own transcriptions. Through this work, Crawford hopes to restore the cultural memory lost to time while tracing the long arc and historical significance of the St. Helena spirituals.

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Univ of South Carolina Press

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1643361910

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9781643361918

The Best 167 Law Schools

By: Eric Owens,Princeton Review (Firm)

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The Best 167 Law Schools

By: Eric Owens,Princeton Review (Firm)

Offers information about admission, academics, and social life at top U.S. and Canadian law schools.

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Princeton Review

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0375427384

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9780375427381

The Best 168 Law Schools, 2013 Edition

By: Esq. Eric Owens,Princeton Review

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The Best 168 Law Schools, 2013 Edition

By: Esq. Eric Owens,Princeton Review

Provides a detailed overview of nearly 170 of the finest law schools across North America, including information on each school's academic program, competitiveness, financial aid, admissions requirements and social scenes. Original.

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Princeton Review

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0307945308

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Red River Steamboats

By: Eric J. Brock,Gary Joiner

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Red River Steamboats

By: Eric J. Brock,Gary Joiner

Known by the French settlers of the eighteenth century as the Fleuve Rouge, the Red River boasts a fascinating history in Louisiana. It is the state's historic highway along which plantations were built, and upon which their wares went to the great markets of New Orleans and the rest of the world. In this captivating collection of vintage images, the history of navigation on the Red River unfolds. Flowing some 1,300 miles through four states, the Red River is the eighth-longest river in the continental United States. Despite numerous disasters, regular navigation occurred on the river for over a century. Huge craft loaded with North Louisiana cotton plied the river between Shreveport and New Orleans, and packet steamers carried mail and passengers to dozens of stops along the river's path. The showboats traveling along the river brought a new form of entertainment to the cities and towns that lined its banks. Included in this volume are views spanning the Great Raft, the opening of the river to navigation and commerce, the role the river played in the Civil War, and the twilight of commercial steam navigation. The first photographic tribute to the river ever published, Red River Steamboats captures a bygone era in Louisiana's history.

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Arcadia Publishing

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0738501689

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9780738501680

Real-Time Rendering, Fourth Edition

By: Tomas Akenine-Möller,Eric Haines,Naty Hoffman

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Real-Time Rendering, Fourth Edition

By: Tomas Akenine-Möller,Eric Haines,Naty Hoffman

Thoroughly updated, this fourth edition focuses on modern techniques used to generate synthetic three-dimensional images in a fraction of a second. With the advent of programmable shaders, a wide variety of new algorithms have arisen and evolved over the past few years. This edition discusses current, practical rendering methods used in games and other applications. It also presents a solid theoretical framework and relevant mathematics for the field of interactive computer graphics, all in an approachable style. New to this edition: new chapter on VR and AR as well as expanded coverage of Visual Appearance, Advanced Shading, Global Illumination, and Curves and Curved Surfaces.

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CRC Press

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1351816152

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9781351816151

Shreveport

By: Eric J. Brock

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Shreveport

By: Eric J. Brock

A collection of over 100 images which providina a view of life and commerce in Shreveport, Louisiana from settlement of the area in the 19th century through its present-day role.

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0738524794

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9780738524795

The Chicago Guide to Collaborative Ethnography

By: Luke Eric Lassiter

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The Chicago Guide to Collaborative Ethnography

By: Luke Eric Lassiter

Collaboration between ethnographers and subjects has long been a product of the close, intimate relationships that define ethnographic research. But increasingly, collaboration is no longer viewed as merely a consequence of fieldwork; instead collaboration now preconditions and shapes research design as well as its dissemination. As a result, ethnographic subjects are shifting from being informants to being consultants. The emergence of collaborative ethnography highlights this relationship between consultant and ethnographer, moving it to center stage as a calculated part not only of fieldwork but also of the writing process itself. The Chicago Guide to Collaborative Ethnography presents a historical, theoretical, and practice-oriented road map for this shift from incidental collaboration to a more conscious and explicit collaborative strategy. Luke Eric Lassiter charts the history of collaborative ethnography from its earliest implementation to its contemporary emergence in fields such as feminism, humanistic anthropology, and critical ethnography. On this historical and theoretical base, Lassiter outlines concrete steps for achieving a more deliberate and overt collaborative practice throughout the processes of fieldwork and writing. As a participatory action situated in the ethical commitments between ethnographers and consultants and focused on the co-construction of texts, collaborative ethnography, argues Lassiter, is among the most powerful ways to press ethnographic fieldwork and writing into the service of an applied and public scholarship. A comprehensive and highly accessible handbook for ethnographers of all stripes, The Chicago Guide to Collaborative Ethnography will become a fixture in the development of a critical practice of anthropology, invaluable to both undergraduates, graduate students, and faculty alike.

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University of Chicago Press

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0226467015

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9780226467016

Hawking's Hallway

By: Neal Shusterman,Eric Elfman

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Hawking's Hallway

By: Neal Shusterman,Eric Elfman

Readers who enjoy strange science, quirky humor, and out-of-this-world plot twists will be captivated by this third and final book in the electrifying Accelerati Trilogy from New York Times bestselling and award-winning author Neal Shusterman and author/screenwriter Eric Elfman. Nick Slate, in order to protect his father and little brother, reluctantly must help the Accelerati complete Tesla's great device. Their power-mad leader wants nothing less than to control the world's energy -- but there are still three missing objects to track down. Nick's friends can't help him, as they are spread across the globe grappling with their own mysteries -- with Vince in Scotland, Caitlin and Mitch on their way to New Jersey, and Petula's whereabouts unknown. On his own, Nick must locate Tesla's final inventions -- which are the most powerful of all, capable of shattering time and collapsing space. Read more in the Accelerati Trilogy: Tesla's Attic Edison's Alley

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392

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Little, Brown Books for Young Readers

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142315522X

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9781423155225

Mastering HTML 4

By: Deborah S. Ray,Eric J. Ray

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Mastering HTML 4

By: Deborah S. Ray,Eric J. Ray

CD-ROM contains: sample code from text -- Java 2 SDK -- Netscape Communicator and Microsoft Internet Explorer -- evaluation copies of other software.

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0782125247

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9780782125245

Best 170 Law Schools

By: Eric Owens,Princeton Review (Firm)

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Best 170 Law Schools

By: Eric Owens,Princeton Review (Firm)

Offering an insiders perspective on the nations top law schools, this guide provides rankings based on student surveys, with opinions about classes, professors, and the social scenes, as well as a complete index of law schools throughout the country.

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Princeton Review

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0375766286

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9780375766282

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Behind the Lens

Behind the Lens

Real-Time Rendering

Real-Time Rendering

Race and Politics in North Carolina, 1872–1901

Race and Politics in North Carolina, 1872–1901

Blues

Blues

Gullah Spirituals

Gullah Spirituals

The Best 167 Law Schools

The Best 167 Law Schools

The Best 168 Law Schools, 2013 Edition

The Best 168 Law Schools, 2013 Edition

Red River Steamboats

Red River Steamboats

Real-Time Rendering, Fourth Edition

Real-Time Rendering, Fourth Edition

Shreveport

Shreveport

The Chicago Guide to Collaborative Ethnography

The Chicago Guide to Collaborative Ethnography

Hawking's Hallway

Hawking's Hallway

Mastering HTML 4

Mastering HTML 4

Best 170 Law Schools

Best 170 Law Schools

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