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Of Firebirds & Moonmen

A Designer's Story from the Golden Age

By: Norman J. James

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Of Firebirds & Moonmen

A Designer's Story from the Golden Age

By: Norman J. James

This is a designer’s story from the Golden Age, of Firebirds and Moonmen. It is the author’s story of how, through chance and circumstance, he was to live a 13-1/2 year odyssey, working with the most talented people in General Motors, on two of the most exciting projects that anyone could ever dream of. At GM Styling, under Harley Earl, to become responsible for the design of the Firebird III, the gas turbine experimental car that, half a century later, can arguably be considered the arch-typical representation for the concept car. Then, to follow that, to become involved in the earliest serious development of manned and unmanned vehicles for lunar exploration, and for hardware that rests on the moon today. The story is told in three parts. First is the early period, where hardships and family bonds temper and condition a polio survivor to abandon his high school preparation, to become a mechanical engineer, and to accept a college scholarship to study Industrial Design, an art curriculum, at Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, New York. This period continues, almost as a condensed course, on the fundamentals of design. Key elements evolve around the teachings of mentors Alexander Kostellow and Rowena Reed. In the second phase, the author is in Detroit and the methods and politics of General Motors Styling, during the height of the Motoramas, are detailed. The design of the Firebird III is the heart of the book and is its reason for existing. As the last surviving member of the four principals in its design (Harley Earl, Bob McLean and Stefan Habsburg being the others), the author feels obligated to assure that the story behind those closed studio doors is told. The story progresses from the Firebird III’s inception, as a Harley Earl vision, through its design and build phase then to its Motorama film production, for presentation in the main ballroom of the Waldorf Astoria. In the third phase, the author makes a career change, transferring to an aerospace organizational structure and accepting his role as a team player, responsible for carrying out his skills in the support of team objectives. Industrial design, conceptual and drawing skills are applied in the Mechanisms Group for the formulation of mechanical systems on manned and unmanned lunar exploration vehicles. The excitement of realizing that the group was “in on the ground-floor” of lunar exploration is only tempered now by a déjà vu feeling: of realizing that NASA is once again at that same point in time, planning for a return to the moon in 2024. During this period, the author served under Sam Romano, who would later become the head the Lunar Roving Vehicle (LRV) program, with Dr. Greg Bekker as the Chief Scientist and Ferenc Pavlics as the mobility expert. These people, and others, are the Moonmen. Of Firebirds & Moonmen is heavily documented with photographs, illustrations and graphics, which were prepared at General Motors as proposal and contract deliverables. They are supplemented with personal photographs and other graphics collected or prepared specifically for the book. All illustrations, corporate and personal, are by the author. ****** The book is a fun read, and many amateurs old enough to remember the early days of spaceflight will relate to the path James followed as a telescope maker and amateur astronomer -Dennis di Cicco- SkyandTelescope.com ****** Excerpts from the book are included in GM’s online living history – Generations of GM Wiki, in celebration of their centennial anniversary in 2008. The author’s contribution is on the Firebird III, its inception as defined by Harley Earl and its first "flight," in filming for the 1959 Motorama in Mesa, Arizona.

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1453594698

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CLEP Human Growth & Development, 10th Ed., Book + Online

By: Dr. Norman Rose

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CLEP Human Growth & Development, 10th Ed., Book + Online

By: Dr. Norman Rose

Earn College Credit with REA Test Prep for the CLEP® Human Growth & Development Exam Everything you need to pass the test and move ahead with your education or career. CLEP® is the most trusted credit-by-examination program in the United States, accepted by more than 2,900 colleges and universities. For over 20 years, REA has helped students pass CLEP® exams and earn college credit while reducing their tuition costs. Perfect for adults returning to college, military service members, or high school or home-schooled students, REA’s CLEP® test preps provide students with the tools they need to succeed. Diagnostic exam to focus your study: Score reports from our online diagnostic test give you a fast way to pinpoint what you already know and where you need to spend more time studying. Complete subject review: Our targeted review covers all the material you'll be expected to know for the exam and includes a glossary of must-know terms. Measure your test-readiness: Two full-length practice tests with instant score reports help you zero in on the CLEP® Human Growth & Development topics that give you trouble now and show you how to arrive at the correct answer so you'll be prepared on test day. Go with REA, the acknowledged leader in CLEP® preparation. Our CLEP® prep helps you earn valuable college credit, save on tuition, and jump-start your degree.

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Research & Education Assoc.

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0738612529

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9780738612522

The Art of Machine Learning

A Hands-On Guide to Machine Learning with R

By: Norman Matloff

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The Art of Machine Learning

A Hands-On Guide to Machine Learning with R

By: Norman Matloff

Learn to expertly apply a range of machine learning methods to real data with this practical guide. Packed with real datasets and practical examples, The Art of Machine Learning will help you develop an intuitive understanding of how and why ML methods work, without the need for advanced math. As you work through the book, you’ll learn how to implement a range of powerful ML techniques, starting with the k-Nearest Neighbors (k-NN) method and random forests, and moving on to gradient boosting, support vector machines (SVMs), neural networks, and more. With the aid of real datasets, you’ll delve into regression models through the use of a bike-sharing dataset, explore decision trees by leveraging New York City taxi data, and dissect parametric methods with baseball player stats. You’ll also find expert tips for avoiding common problems, like handling “dirty” or unbalanced data, and how to troubleshoot pitfalls. You’ll also explore: How to deal with large datasets and techniques for dimension reduction Details on how the Bias-Variance Trade-off plays out in specific ML methods Models based on linear relationships, including ridge and LASSO regression Real-world image and text classification and how to handle time series data Machine learning is an art that requires careful tuning and tweaking. With The Art of Machine Learning as your guide, you’ll master the underlying principles of ML that will empower you to effectively use these models, rather than simply provide a few stock actions with limited practical use. Requirements: A basic understanding of graphs and charts and familiarity with the R programming language

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No Starch Press

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1718502109

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Being Elizabethan

Understanding Shakespeare's Neighbors

By: Norman Jones

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Being Elizabethan

Understanding Shakespeare's Neighbors

By: Norman Jones

Captures the worldviews, concerns, joys, and experiences of people living through the cultural changes in the second half of the sixteenth century and the early seventeenth century, Shakespeare’s age. Elizabethans lived through a time of cultural collapse and rejuvenation as the impacts of globalization, the religious Reformation, economic and scientific revolutions, wars, and religious dissent forced them to reformulate their ideas of God, nation, society and self. This well-written, accessible book depicting how Elizabethans perceived reality and acted on their perceptions illustrates Elizabethan life, offering readers well-told stories about the Elizabethan people and the world around them. It defines the older ideas of pre-Elizabethan culture and shows how they were shattered and replaced by a new culture based on the emergence of individual conscience. The book posits that post-Reformation English culture, emphasizing the internalization of religious certainties, embraced skepticism in ways that valued individualism over older communal values. Being Elizabethan portrays how people’s lives were shaped and changed by the tension between a received belief in divine stability and new, destabilizing, ideas about physical and metaphysical truth. It begins with a chapter that examines how idealized virtues in a divinely governed universe were encapsulated in funeral sermons and epitaphs, exploring how they perceived the Divine Order. Other chapters discuss Elizabethan social stations, community, economics, self-expression, and more. Illustrates how early modern culture was born by exposing readers to events, artistic expressions, and personal experiences Provides an understanding of Elizabethan people by summarizing momentous events with which they grew up Appeals to students, scholars, and laymen interested in history and literature of the Elizabethan era Shows how a new cultural era, the age of Shakespeare, grew from collapsing late Medieval worldviews. Being Elizabethan is a captivating read for anyone interested in early modern English culture and society. It is an excellent source of information for those studying Tudor and early Stuart history and/or literature.

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John Wiley & Sons

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1119168260

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9781119168263

Capitalism, Hegemony and Violence in the Age of Drones

By: Norman Pollack

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Capitalism, Hegemony and Violence in the Age of Drones

By: Norman Pollack

This book offers a critical analysis of the rise of the US to global hegemony against a background of increased erosion of democracy and rule of law, and a rising linear pattern of near-absolute capitalist development. The author argues that the significant shrinkage of the ideological spectrum globally, as a result of worrisome levels of business and government interpenetration, has created a dangerous 'prefascist configuration' whereby unthinkable levels of violence have been normalized through the use of technologies such as drones, increasingly condoned even by 'liberal' groups and the so-called political left. Using the example of the Obama administration and its increased reliance on drone assassinations, the volume makes a case for the dangers that lie in today's unique convergence of lack of transparency in government, business-government interpenetration, informal social regimentation, and militarization of capitalism.

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Springer

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3319648888

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I Don't Have Enough Faith to be an Atheist

By: Norman L. Geisler

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I Don't Have Enough Faith to be an Atheist

By: Norman L. Geisler

I don't have enough faith to be an atheist argues that Christianity requires the least faith of all worldviews because it is the most reasonable. The authors lay out the evidence for truth, God, and the Bible in logical order and in a readable, non-technical, engaging style. A valuable aid to those interested in examining the reasonableness of the Christian faith, Geisler and Turek provide a firm challenge to the the prior beliefs of doubters and skeptics.

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ReadHowYouWant.com

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1458771180

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Results-Based Leadership

By: David Ulrich,Jack Zenger,Norman Smallwood

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Results-Based Leadership

By: David Ulrich,Jack Zenger,Norman Smallwood

A landmark book, Results-Based Leadership challenges the conventional wisdom surrounding leadership. Authors Ulrich, Zenger, and Smallwood--world-renowned experts in human resources and training--argue that it is not enough to gauge leaders by personal traits such as character, style, and values. Rather, effective leaders know how to connect these leadership attributes with results. Results-Based Leadership shows executives how to deliver results in four specific areas: results for employees, for the organization, for its customers, and for its investors. The authors provide action-oriented guidelines that readers can follow to develop and hone their own results-based leadership skills. By shifting our focus to the connection between the attributes and the results of leadership, this perceptive new guide fundamentally improves our understanding of effective leadership. Results-Based Leadership brings a refreshing clarity and directness to the leadership discussion, providing a hands-on program to help executives succeed with their leadership challenges.

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Harvard Business Press

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1422160858

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9781422160855

The New Consumers

The Influence Of Affluence On The Environment

By: Norman Myers,Jennifer Kent

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The New Consumers

The Influence Of Affluence On The Environment

By: Norman Myers,Jennifer Kent

While overconsumption by the developed world's roughly one billion inhabitants is an abiding problem, another one billion increasingly affluent "new consumers" in developing countries will place additional strains on the earth's resources, argue authors Norman Myers and Jennifer Kent in this important new book. The New Consumers examines the environmental impacts of this increased consumption, with particular focus on two commodities -- cars and meat -- that stand to have the most far-reaching effects. It analyzes consumption patterns in a number of different countries, with special emphasis on China and India (whose surging economies, as well as their large populations, are likely to account for exceptional growth in humanity's ecological footprint), and surveys big-picture issues such as the globalization of economies, consumer goods, and lifestyles. Ultimately, according to the orman Myers and Jennifer Kent, the challenge will be for all of humanity to transition to sustainable levels of consumption, for it is unrealistic to expect "new" consumers not to aspire to be like the "old" ones. Cogent in its analysis, The New Consumers issues a timely warning of a major and developing environmental trend, and suggests valuable strategies for ameliorating its effects.

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Island Press

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1597267864

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9781597267861

Ferris Wheels

An Illustrated History

By: Norman D. Anderson

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Ferris Wheels

An Illustrated History

By: Norman D. Anderson

Anderson (North Carolina State University) is clearly obsessed with the Ferris Wheel. He describes the conception and construction of the first example--at the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago, 1893. Imitators and variations are described and illustrated with period photos and patent drawings. An appendix contains 115 pages of patent drawings. A charming, unique book (that will win no graphics awards). Paper edition (unseen), $29.95. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

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Popular Press

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087972532X

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9780879725327

Conversations with Norman Mailer

By: Norman Mailer

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Conversations with Norman Mailer

By: Norman Mailer

In twenty eight interviews this great American writer rises to the occasion and is at his sharpest in conversations with Lillian Ross, Marshall McLuhan, Malcolm Muggeridge, William F. Buckley, Jr., and George Plimpton.

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Univ. Press of Mississippi

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0878053522

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9780878053520

Ton-Up Lancs

A Photographic History of the Thirty-Five RAF Lancasters that Each Completed One Hundred Sorties

By: Norman Franks

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Ton-Up Lancs

A Photographic History of the Thirty-Five RAF Lancasters that Each Completed One Hundred Sorties

By: Norman Franks

An updated and expanded photographic history of the famed military aircraft—and the men who flew them. Aviation historian Norman Franks updates his classic book, The Lancaster, with new information and photos. The Avro Lancaster was a four-engine heavy bomber that played a crucial role in World War II, and this illustrated volume records the history of thirty-five of them, supported by stories from aircrew members. The most famous of the bombers is “Queenie” (W5868), the only one of these Lancasters that survives, now in the Bomber Command Hall at the Royal Air Force Museum in London. Ton-Up Lancs delves into some of the controversies surrounding Queenie and other Lancasters, and also includes detailed listings of each raid these thirty-five Lancasters flew during from 1942 through 1945, together with the names of the pilot and crew that took them on sorties all over Hitler’s Third Reich and Northern Italy, on support missions before and after D-Day in June 1944, and attacks on V1 rocket launch sites situated in Northern France. The book also offers a view from one of the Lancaster’s former skippers on what it was like to fly a bomber tour of operations in Bomber Command.

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Grub Street Publishers

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1908117478

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Of Firebirds & Moonmen

Of Firebirds & Moonmen

CLEP Human Growth & Development, 10th Ed., Book + Online

CLEP Human Growth & Development, 10th Ed., Book + Online

The Art of Machine Learning

The Art of Machine Learning

Being Elizabethan

Being Elizabethan

Capitalism, Hegemony and Violence in the Age of Drones

Capitalism, Hegemony and Violence in the Age of Drones

I Don't Have Enough Faith to be an Atheist

I Don't Have Enough Faith to be an Atheist

Results-Based Leadership

Results-Based Leadership

The New Consumers

The New Consumers

Ferris Wheels

Ferris Wheels

Conversations with Norman Mailer

Conversations with Norman Mailer

Ton-Up Lancs

Ton-Up Lancs

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