Lupita Manana
Lupita Manana

Author: Patricia Beatty

Publisher: Turtleback Books

Published: 2000-10-17

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780833586063

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To help her poverty-stricken family, 13-year-old Lupita enters California as an illegal alien and starts to work while constantly on the watch for la migra

Proceedings of the AIAA Modeling and Simulation Technologies Conference
Proceedings of the AIAA Modeling and Simulation Technologies Conference

Author: American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics

Publisher: AIAA (American Institute of Aeronautics & Astronautics)

Published: 1997

Total Pages: 526

ISBN-13:

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Topics for the 1997 conference on modelling and simulation technologies included: motion systems; rotor-craft and air cushion vehicle dynamics and modelling; pilot training and low-cost simulation; weapons and engagement modelling and simulation; simulator network and information technologies; visual, radarf and environmental modelling and simulation; test and evaluation; space systems; simulator fidelity; aircraft dynamics, modelling and performance; simulator development and software re-use; human factors; and research and test facilities.

The Tyranny of Words
The Tyranny of Words

Author: Stuart Chase

Publisher: HMH

Published: 2015-04-07

Total Pages: 413

ISBN-13: 0544664434

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The pioneering and still essential text on semantics, urging readers to improve human communication and understanding with precise, concrete language. In 1938, Stuart Chase revolutionized the study of semantics with his classic text, The Tyranny of Words. Decades later, this eminently useful analysis of the way we use words continues to resonate. A contemporary of the economist Thorstein Veblen and the author Upton Sinclair, Chase was a social theorist and writer who despised the imprecision of contemporary communication. Wide-ranging and erudite, this iconic volume was one of the first to condemn the overuse of abstract words and to exhort language users to employ words that make their ideas accurate, complete, and readily understood. “[A] thoroughly scholarly study of the science of the meaning of words.” —Kirkus Reviews “When thinking about words, I think about Stuart Chase’s The Tyranny of Words. It is one of those books that never lose its message.” —CounterPunch

Charles Lindbergh and the Spirit of St. Louis
Charles Lindbergh and the Spirit of St. Louis

Author: Dominick A. Pisano

Publisher:

Published: 2002-05

Total Pages: 152

ISBN-13:

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Coinciding With The Celebration of the 75th anniversary of Lindbergh's famed first non-stop solo flight across the Atlantic, & the 100th anniversary of his birth, this thorough account delivers a fresh & intriguing look at Lindbergh's life & his legendary feat.