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The Sublime Engine

Author : Stephen Amidon
Publisher : Rodale Books
ISBN 13 : 1609617274
Total Pages : 258 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (96 download)

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Download or read book The Sublime Engine written by Stephen Amidon and published by Rodale Books. This book was released on 2012-01-17 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The heart has consistently captured the human imagination. It has been singled out as a cultural icon, the repository of our deepest religious and artistic impulses, the organ whose steady functioning is understood, both literally and symbolically, as the very life force itself. The Sublime Engine will explore the profound sense of awe every person feels when they ponder the miracle encased within their ribs. In this lyrical history of our most essential organ, a critically-acclaimed novelist and a leading cardiologist--who happen to be brothers--draw upon history, science, religion, popular culture, and literature to illuminate all of the heart's physical and figurative chambers. Each of the four sections-- The Ancient Heart, The Renaissance Heart, The Modern Heart, and The Future Heart--will focus on a major epoch in our understanding of the heart and the hidden history of cardiology. Erudite, witty, and enthralling, The Sublime Engine makes the heart come alive for readers.

Motorsports and American Culture

Author : Mark D. Howell
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1442230975
Total Pages : 249 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (422 download)

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Download or read book Motorsports and American Culture written by Mark D. Howell and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2014-04-10 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Soon after the first automobiles were introduced in the United States, auto racing became a reality. Since that time, motorsports have expanded to include drag racing, open wheel racing, rallying, demolition derbies, stock car racing, and more. Motorsports have grown to such an extent that NASCAR is now the second most watched professional sport in America, behind only football. But motorsports are about much more than going fast and finishing first. These events also reflect our culture, our society, our values, and our history. In Motorsports and American Culture: From Demolition Derbies to NASCAR, Mark D. Howell and John D. Miller bring together essays that examine the relevancy of motorsports to American culture and history, from the late nineteenth century to the present. Addressing a wide spectrum of motorsports—such as stock car racing, demolition derbies, land speed record pursuits, and even staged train wrecks—the essays highlight the social and cultural implications of contemporary and historical moments in these sports. Topics covered include gender roles in motorsports, hot rods and the creation of fan and participant identities, the appeal of demolition derbies, the globalization of motorsports, the role of moonshine in stock car history, the economic relationship between NASCAR and its corporate sponsors, and more. Offering the most thorough study of motorsports to date from a diverse pool of disciplines and subjects, Motorsports and American Culture will appeal to motorsports and automobile enthusiasts, as well as those interested in American history, popular culture, sports history, and gender studies.

Game Engine Black Book: DOOM

Author : Fabien Sanglard
Publisher : Software Wizards
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 432 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Game Engine Black Book: DOOM written by Fabien Sanglard and published by Software Wizards. This book was released on with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It was early 1993 and id Software was at the top of the PC gaming industry. Wolfenstein 3D had established the First Person Shooter genre and sales of its sequel Spear of Destiny were skyrocketing. The technology and tools id had taken years to develop were no match for their many competitors. It would have been easy for id to coast on their success, but instead they made the audacious decision to throw away everything they had built and start from scratch. Game Engine Black Book: Doom is the story of how they did it. This is a book about history and engineering. Don’t expect much prose (the author’s English has improved since the first book but is still broken). Instead you will find inside extensive descriptions and drawings to better understand all the challenges id Software had to overcome. From the hardware -- the Intel 486 CPU, the Motorola 68040 CPU, and the NeXT workstations -- to the game engine’s revolutionary design, open up to learn how DOOM changed the gaming industry and became a legend among video games.

The Amorous Heart

Author : Marilyn Yalom
Publisher : Basic Books
ISBN 13 : 0465094716
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (65 download)

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Download or read book The Amorous Heart written by Marilyn Yalom and published by Basic Books. This book was released on 2018-01-09 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An eminent scholar unearths the captivating history of the two-lobed heart symbol from scripture and tapestry to T-shirts and text messages, shedding light on how we have expressed love since antiquity The symmetrical, exuberant heart is everywhere: it gives shape to candy, pendants, the frothy milk on top of a cappuccino, and much else. How can we explain the ubiquity of what might be the most recognizable symbol in the world? In The Amorous Heart, Marilyn Yalom tracks the heart metaphor and heart iconography across two thousand years, through Christian theology, pagan love poetry, medieval painting, Shakespearean drama, Enlightenment science, and into the present. She argues that the symbol reveals a tension between love as romantic and sexual on the one hand, and as religious and spiritual on the other. Ultimately, the heart symbol is a guide to the astonishing variety of human affections, from the erotic to the chaste and from the unrequited to the conjugal.

Game Love

Author : Jessica Enevold
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 147661878X
Total Pages : 284 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (766 download)

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Download or read book Game Love written by Jessica Enevold and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2015-01-09 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What does love have to do with gaming? As games have grown in complexity, they have increasingly included narratives that seek to engage players with love in a variety of ways. While media attention often focuses on violent emotions and behavior in gaming, love has always been central to the experience. We love to play games, we have titles that we love, and sometimes we love too much or love terrible games for their shortcomings. Love in gaming is rather like love in life--often complicated and frustrating but also exciting and gratifying. This collection of fresh essays explores the meaning and role of love in gaming, describing a number of ways--from coding to cosplay--in which love can be expressed in, for and around games. Investigating how gaming involves love is also key to understanding the growing importance of games and gamers as cultural markers.

An Illustrated History of Health and Fitness, from Pre-History to our Post-Modern World

Author : Roy J. Shephard
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3319116711
Total Pages : 1095 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (191 download)

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Download or read book An Illustrated History of Health and Fitness, from Pre-History to our Post-Modern World written by Roy J. Shephard and published by Springer. This book was released on 2014-11-27 with total page 1095 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines the health/fitness interaction in an historical context. Beginning in primitive hunter-gatherer communities, where survival required adequate physical activity, it goes on to consider changes in health and physical activity at subsequent stages in the evolution of “civilization.” It focuses on the health impacts of a growing understanding of medicine and physiology, and the emergence of a middle-class with the time and money to choose between active and passive leisure pursuits. The book reflects on urbanization and industrialization in relation to the need for public health measures, and the ever-diminishing physical demands of the work-place. It then evaluates the attitudes of prelates, politicians, philosophers and teachers at each stage of the process. Finally, the book explores professional and governmental initiatives to increase public involvement in active leisure through various school, worksite, recreational and sports programmes.

Modulation of Oxidative Stress in Heart Disease

Author : Sajal Chakraborti
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 9811389462
Total Pages : 686 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (113 download)

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Download or read book Modulation of Oxidative Stress in Heart Disease written by Sajal Chakraborti and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2019-11-10 with total page 686 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book highlights the multifaceted roles of Reactive Oxygen Species (ROS) in modulating normal cellular and molecular mechanisms during the development of different types of heart disease. Each chapter in the book deals with the role that altered redox homeostasis plays in the pathophysiology of heart disease. In addition, the book explains how reactive oxidant species interact with their targets and provides novel strategies for attenuating oxidative stress-induced types of heart disease. The book not only covers ROS-induced response in heart disease at the cellular level, but also demonstrates that an imbalance of redox states has its roots in our genes, and explains the ways gene expression is regulated. In turn, it reviews potential sources of ROS, their pathological effects on the heart, and potential sites for therapeutic interventions.

Statement of the Sugar and Rice Crops Made in Louisiana in ....

Author : Alcée Bouchereau
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 998 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (321 download)

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Download or read book Statement of the Sugar and Rice Crops Made in Louisiana in .... written by Alcée Bouchereau and published by . This book was released on 1878 with total page 998 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Motor Land

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 642 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (334 download)

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Download or read book Motor Land written by and published by . This book was released on 1922 with total page 642 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Motor Boat

Author : Francis P. Prial
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 116 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book The Motor Boat written by Francis P. Prial and published by . This book was released on 1907 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Commercial Motor

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1104 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book The Commercial Motor written by and published by . This book was released on 1908 with total page 1104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Motor Boat

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 842 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (334 download)

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Download or read book Motor Boat written by and published by . This book was released on 1907 with total page 842 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Motor Boat

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1008 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (33 download)

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Download or read book The Motor Boat written by and published by . This book was released on 1910 with total page 1008 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Sunny Stories and Some Shady Ones

Author : James Payn
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 292 pages
Book Rating : 4.B/5 (1 download)

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Download or read book Sunny Stories and Some Shady Ones written by James Payn and published by . This book was released on 1891 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Knight's American Mechanical Dictionary

Author : Edward Henry Knight
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 988 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Knight's American Mechanical Dictionary written by Edward Henry Knight and published by . This book was released on 1881 with total page 988 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Motor

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 676 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (334 download)

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Download or read book Motor written by and published by . This book was released on 1918 with total page 676 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Aeroplane

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1320 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (319 download)

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Download or read book The Aeroplane written by and published by . This book was released on 1919 with total page 1320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: