Download or read book Away From Keyboard Volume 2 written by Patricia D. Eddy and published by Patricia D. Eddy. This book was released on 2023-01-15 with total page 822 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: These warriors sacrificed body, heart, and soul for their country. Now, they’ll fight for love. Lose your heart to Patricia D. Eddy’s compelling characters in books 4-6 of her bestselling Away From Keyboard series. This volume contains 6 bonus scenes featuring your very favorite characters from Second Sight, By Lethal Force, and Fighting For Valor! Second Sight Dax The Taliban stole my vision, along with any hope I had of a normal life. Abandoned by my brother-in-arms, alone, I started Second Sight to help people. So why can’t I help myself? When my business partner has to take off to save his first love, I take over his case. But how can I keep Evianna safe when I can’t even see her? Evianna I’m about to become one of the most well-known and powerful women in the tech world. Until a former employee threatens my life. Second Sight has a stellar reputation, but they assign me a blind bodyguard—who happens to own the company. He saves my life once, but can he protect me from a threat neither of could see coming? By Lethal Force Ford I fell in love at eighteen, and never looked back. But then I went off to war, not knowing Joey had been kidnapped and was fighting for her life. Being trafficked nearly destroyed her, and by the time I made it home, I’d lost her forever. Until her sister calls me twenty years later. She’s missing again, but this time, I’ll stop at nothing to find her. Joey I survived the worst kind of hell. That’s what everyone tells me. That I survived. I disagree. My body lived. My soul? It’ll never be the same again. I lost my fiancée, my confidence, and any hope of living a normal life. I managed. Even became a doctor. But I have a dark secret. Under my long sleeves are twenty years worth of scars. When I’m taken from a Doctors Without Borders camp, my worst nightmares come true. No one will find me this time. Not even the man I’ve loved for twenty years. Fighting For Valor val·or: great bravery in the face of danger, especially in battle Ripper My story isn’t a good one. Six years ago, I was tortured and broken so badly, Ripper died, and Isaad was born. Shaped into a weapon for the wrong side, I couldn’t remember who I’d once been. Who I’d wanted to be. Until my captor imprisoned Joey Taylor. I fought my way back with the help of brothers I’d forgotten, though every day, I wish I could stop fighting. Until I meet her. Cara I heard something I shouldn’t have, and now I’m on the run. Seattle seemed like a safe place to start over—until it’s suddenly not. But there’s a man here who wants to help. I thought he was homeless, but he’s just damaged. Maybe worse than me. When we’re together, neither of us feel quite so broken. Can we survive what’s coming? Or will Ripper lose the only thing he has left? Me. Note: These books contain scenes of torture, references to human trafficking, and implied sexual violence that may be disturbing to some readers. Please be aware of these themes before purchasing.

Download or read book Professional Piano Teaching Volume 2 written by Jeanine M. Jacobson and published by Alfred Music. This book was released on 2015-01-22 with total page 455 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This second volume of Professional Piano Teaching is designed to serve as a basic text for a second-semester or upper-division piano pedagogy course. It provides an overview of learning principles and a thorough approach to essential aspects of teaching intermediate to advanced students. Special features include discussions on how to teach, not just what to teach; numerous musical examples; chapter summaries; and suggested projects for new and experienced teachers. Topics: * teaching students beyond the elementary levels * an overview of learning processes and learning theories * teaching transfer students * preparing students for college piano major auditions * teaching rhythm, reading, technique, and musicality * researching, evaluating, selecting, and presenting intermediate and advanced repertoire * developing stylistic interpretation of repertoire from each musical period * developing expressive and artistic interpretation and performance * motivating students and providing instruction in effective practice * teaching memorization and performance skills

Download or read book Write Great Code Volume 2 written by Randall Hyde and published by No Starch Press. This book was released on 2006-03-06 with total page 641 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It's a critical lesson that today's computer science students aren't always being taught: How to carefully choose their high-level language statements to produce efficient code. Write Great Code, Volume 2: Thinking Low-Level, Writing High-Level shows software engineers what too many college and university courses don't - how compilers translate high-level language statements and data structures into machine code. Armed with this knowledge, they will make informed choices concerning the use of those high-level structures and help the compiler produce far better machine code - all without having to give up the productivity and portability benefits of using a high-level language.

Download or read book The Tunnel to Summer the Exit of Goodbyes Ultramarine Manga Vol 2 written by Mei Hachimoku and published by Seven Seas Entertainment. This book was released on 2022-10-18 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Kaoru and Anzu have joined forces to study the mysterious Urashima Tunnel, which is rumored to give you your heart's desire--in exchange for years of your life. As they explore, connected by a length of string, the two students discover other connections in their everyday lives, including seeing a new side of Kawasaki, the school's arrogant queen bee.

Download or read book Unless the Lord builds the house Volume 2 written by Arthur Eedle and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2010-12-02 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This second book of Biblical studies is of a specialist nature. For example, there is a series entitled "Hidden Treasures of Genesis", in which a number of traditionally accepted concepts come under close examination of the Hebrew text. A second series entitled "Studies in Biblical Science" investigates areas where scientific and mathematical truths undergird the Scriptures, and bring glory to God. A short series gathering available evidence on Lucifer opens up much information on the mind and character of man's great accuser. And then there is a series of "Historical studies" relating to Biblical cities which unveils important information. Other subjects under examination are the Coming of the Lord, the Origin and meaning of Evil, Hidden Numerical Treasures, and the Millennium.

Download or read book Dialogue The Yes Interviews Volume2 written by Jon Kirkman and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2019-09-08 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Volume 2 - A series of interviews with members of the progressive rock band 'Yes'. By Jon Kirman.

Download or read book The Nitpicker s Guide for Next Generation Trekkers Volume 2 written by Phil Farrand and published by Random House Worlds. This book was released on 2013-09-11 with total page 579 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A follow-up to the first, best-selling Nitpicker's guide ferrets out the plot inconsistencies, scientific inaccuracies, and other foul-ups in the seventh, final season of the TV series, Star Trek: The Next Generation.

Download or read book Musimathics Volume 2 written by Gareth Loy and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2011-08-19 with total page 579 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The second volume of a commonsense, self-contained introduction to the mathematics and physics of music, focusing on the digital and computational domain; essential reading for musicians, music engineers, and anyone interested in the intersection of art and science. Volume 2 of Musimathics continues the story of music engineering begun in Volume 1, focusing on the digital and computational domain. Loy goes deeper into the mathematics of music and sound, beginning with digital audio, sampling, and binary numbers, as well as complex numbers and how they simplify representation of musical signals. Chapters cover the Fourier transform, convolution, filtering, resonance, the wave equation, acoustical systems, sound synthesis, the short-time Fourier transform, and the wavelet transform. These subjects provide the theoretical underpinnings of today's music technology. The examples given are all practical problems in music and audio. Additional material can be found at http://www.musimathics.com.

Download or read book Hollywood Hearts Boxed Set Volume 2 written by Jean C. Joachim and published by Jean Joachim. This book was released on 2021-07-23 with total page 521 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Book 4 – Movie Lovers Grace Brewster makes the biggest mistake of her life with sexy, bad boy movie producer, Gunther Quill. Humiliated by Quill and Jake Matthews, her sister’s Broadway co-star, Grace vows to even the score with both men. Will her plan work or blow up in her face, losing her the man she loves? Book 5 – Love’s Last Chance Seeking true love, respected choreographer, Dorrie, reconnects with each of three men. Will she find what she’s looking for or end up back with the one man who broke her heart? Book 6 – Lovers & Liars Gunther Quill, arrogant, brilliant producer, hates liars worse than anything. Erica Wheeler needs a job or face eviction. Will a little white lie used to get a plum job working for Gunther destroy her chance for happiness?

Download or read book Human Harmonized Information Technology Volume 2 written by Toyoaki Nishida and published by Springer. This book was released on 2017-04-20 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Going from the philosophy and concepts to the implementation and user study, this book presents an excellent overview of Japan's contemporary technical challenges in the field of human–computer interaction. The next information era will be one in which information is used to cultivate human and social potential. Driven by this vision, the outcomes provided in this work were accomplished as challenges to establish basic technologies for achieving harmony between human beings and the information environment by integrating element technologies including real-space communication, human interfaces, and media processing. Ranging from the neuro-cognitive level to the field trial, the research activities integrated novel perceptual technologies that even exceed human ability to sense, capture, and affect the real world. This book grew out of one of the CREST research areas funded by the Japan Science and Technology Agency. The theme of the project is “the creation of human-harmonized information technology for convivial society”, where 17 research teams aimed at a common goal. The project promotes a trans-disciplinary approach featuring (1) recognition and comprehension of human behaviors and real-space contexts by utilizing sensor networks and ubiquitous computing, (2) technologies for facilitating man–machine communication by utilizing robots and ubiquitous networks, and (3) content technologies for analyzing, mining, integrating, and structuring multimedia data including those in text, voice, music, and images. This is the second of two volumes, which is contributed by eight team leaders. Besides describing the technical challenges, each contribution lays much weight on discussing the philosophy, concepts, and the implications underlying the project. This work will provide researchers and practitioners in the related areas with an excellent opportunity to find interesting new developments and to think about the relationship between human and information technology.

Download or read book The Oxford Handbook of Sound and Imagination Volume 2 written by Mark Grimshaw-Aagaard and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2019-07-26 with total page 704 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Whether social, cultural, or individual, the act of imagination always derives from a pre-existing context. For example, we can conjure an alien's scream from previously heard wildlife recordings or mentally rehearse a piece of music while waiting for a train. This process is no less true for the role of imagination in sonic events and artifacts. Many existing works on sonic imagination tend to discuss musical imagination through terms like compositional creativity or performance technique. In this two-volume Handbook, contributors shift the focus of imagination away from the visual by addressing the topic of sonic imagination and expanding the field beyond musical compositional creativity and performance technique into other aural arenas where the imagination holds similar power. Topics covered include auditory imagery and the neurology of sonic imagination; aural hallucination and illusion; use of metaphor in the recording studio; the projection of acoustic imagination in architectural design; and the design of sound artifacts for cinema and computer games.

Download or read book Sir Rudolf Peierls Selected Private And Scientific Correspondence Volume 2 written by Sabine Lee and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 2009-05-12 with total page 1137 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This edition of the private and scientific correspondence of Sir Rudolf Peierls gives a unique insight into the life and work of one of the greatest theoretical physicists of the 20th century. Rudolf Peierls' scientific work contributed to the early developments in quantum mechanics, and he is well known and much appreciated for his contributions to various disciplines, including solid state physics, nuclear physics, and particle physics. As an enthusiastic and devoted teacher, he passed on his knowledge and understanding and inspired the work of collaborators and students alike. As an effective administrator he was responsible, almost single-handedly, for the establishment of an outstanding successful centre of theoretical physics in Birmingham, and later contributed much to theoretical physics in Oxford.A meticulous collector of correspondence, Sir Rudolf left a fascinating collection of letters, in some cases spanning more than seven decades. This collection includes correspondence with his parents, his wife, the Russian-born physicist Genia Kannegieser, life-long friends such as Hans Bethe, and many great physicists, including Wolfgang Pauli, Niels Bohr, Werner Heisenberg, Lev Landau, and George Placzek, to name but a few.The second volume, which covers the years 1945 to 1995, contains fascinating documents from the early postwar period, when Peierls, like many of his colleagues elsewhere, attempted to rebuild academic life in the aftermath of the Second World War. Materials from the 1950s provide evidence for the significance of the research undertaken by Peierls' group at Birmingham, and for the positive impact of his determined implementation of international exchange on the development of theoretical physics. Later documents illustrate the role played by Peierls in nuclear disarmament, and as a link between East and West through his own personal contacts and within international organisations such as the Pugwash Movement. The extensive apparatus provides an invaluable background which allows the reader to put the documents into their multi-faceted social, political and scientific context.

Download or read book Entertaining Tucson Across the Decades Volume 2 1986 1989 written by Robert E. Zucker and published by BZB Publishing, Inc.. This book was released on 2015-08-01 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The second of four volumes that cover the Tucson entertainment scene during the second half of the 20th century. Volume 2 features hundreds of local musicians and actors between the years 1986 through 1989. Compiled from articles, interviews and original photographs published in the Entertainment Magazine during those years.

Download or read book French Film Theory and Criticism Volume 2 written by Richard Abel and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2021-05-11 with total page 327 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: These two volumes examine a significant but previously neglected moment in French cultural history: the emergence of French film theory and criticism before the essays of Andr Bazin. Richard Abel has devised an organizational scheme of six nearly symmetrical periods that serve to "bite into" the discursive flow of early French writing on the cinema. Each of the periods is discussed in a separate and extensive historical introduction, with convincing explications of the various concepts current at the time. In each instance, Abel goes on to provide a complementary anthology of selected texts in translation. Amounting to a portable archive, these anthologies make available a rich selection of nearly one hundred and fifty important texts, most of them never before published in English.

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Download or read book Professional Piano Teaching Volume 1 Elementary Levels written by Jeanine M. Jacobson and published by Alfred Music. This book was released on 2015-09-25 with total page 431 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Professional Piano Teaching offers a practical guide to the art of piano teaching. Volume 1, now available as an updated second edition, is an excellent introduction to the profession of teaching piano. This revised second edition has been expanded to include chapters on teaching adult students and teaching popular, sacred, and other familiar music. Designed to serve as a basic text for a first-semester or lower-division piano pedagogy course, it provides an overview of learning principles and a thorough approach to essential aspects of teaching elementary-level students. Special features include discussions on how to teach, not just what to teach; numerous musical examples; chapter summaries; and suggested projects for new and experienced teachers. Topics: * The Art of Professional Piano Teaching * Principles of Learning * Beginning Methods * Teaching Beginners and Elementary Students * Teaching Rhythm and Reading * Teaching Technique and Musical Sound Development * Elementary Performance and Study Repertoire * Developing Musicality in Elementary Students * Group Teaching * Teaching Preschoolers * Teaching Adults * Teaching Popular, Sacred, and Other Familiar Music * The Business of Piano Teaching * Evaluation of Teaching

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