Antique yet up-to-the-minute, familiar yet unrecognizable, outwardly urban but quintessentially rural, conservative yet path-breaking China is a land of mesmerizing and eye-opening contradictions. Damian Harper, Lonely Planet Writer

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Storyline: As Atlantis completes its 135th and final mission, this definitive documentary charts the rise and fall of the most ambitious space programme ever undertaken, the space shuttle. For the past three decades since it first launch in 1981, the shuttle has become an iconic symbol of America's technological dominance while at the same time rewriting the rules of space travel. Here is reusable vehicle that could lift off like a rocket, carry people and cargo into Earth's orbit, then land on a runway like a plane and do it time after time. But two disasters, in 1986 and 2003, and the tragic loss of 14 astronauts shocked the World, and signalled the end of the programme, and the end of an era. However, its legacy has been extraordinary. In 30 years of service, the shuttle has flown more miles, completed more missions and put more men and women in orbit than any other spacecraft in history...

Popularly known as "the Llama," Learning Perl is the book most programmers rely on to get started with this versatile language. The bestselling Perl tutorial since it was first published in 1993, this sixth edition includes recent changes to the language up to Perl 5.14.

This book reflects the combined experience of its authors, who have taught Perl at Stonehenge Consulting since 1991. Years of classroom testing and experience helped shape the book's pace and scope, and this edition is packed with exercises that let you practice the concepts while you follow the text.

Thinkwell's Economics is a college-level course and is a combination of both our Microeconomics and Macroeconomics courses; nothing is left out, so it's a fantastic 2-for-1 deal. Most colleges offer microeconomics and macroeconomics as one-semester courses. Some colleges present economics as a survey course covering microeconomics and macroeconomics topics but lasting only one semester. At least one semester in economics is recommended for a college prep curriculum. A good math foundation is important for this course; we recommend Algebra 2 or College Algebra as a prerequisite.

TACGYM MANUAL
Your expertly crafted, 79 page Field Manual to Tactical Gymnastics includes precise descriptions of the protocols and workouts within the TACGYM system.
Elaborate reports for all 12 workout missions (Fubar, Snafu and Tarfu - and all four levels of each: Delta to Alpha) are laid out in both written and photographic format. Included, are the innovative scoresheets for tracking your results in repetition, time, heart rate, technique, discomfort and exertional level. The master program charts allow you to schedule the calendar of your exercise through all four aspects of recovery.

This is a new craft magazine for spring 2011. According to the cover it is for people who love the crafty life. Mollie Makes will contain news sections to keep you up to date with the latest goings on in the craft scene as well as interesting project sections and interviews with like-minded professionals in the craft and design world. It basically mixes up new craft ideas with interesting features and shopping sections.

Many books on ECG interpretation use simulated ECG tracings. Most of the traces that you find in this book are from real people and of the quality that you will be expected to interpret from in practice. The second edition of worldwide popular 'The ECG Workbook' continues with a straightforward, systematic approach to ECG interpretation and includes:-TWO NEW chaptersCommon Arrhythmias explains five of the most Common types of arrhythmia: Atrial Fibrillation, Atrial Flutter, Ventricular Tachycardia, Supraventricular Tachycardia and Ventricular Fibrillation, and a whole chapter is devoted to Ectopics and Extrasystoles.

Die Welt der Programmierer erscheint vielen Mitmenschen noch immer als ein seltsamer Kreis an seltsamen Menschen, die seltsame Dinge tun, damit unsere Computer das tun, was wir wollen. Doch Programmierung ist nicht seltsam, sie kann sogar Spa? machen ;-) - wenn man versteht, worum es dabei geht. O'Reilly hat sich mit diversen Buchern wie Computergeschichte(n) - nicht nur fur Geeks: von Antikythera zur Cloud oder Coding for Fun: Programmieren, spielen, IT-Geschichte erleben schon um das Verstandnis fur die Welt der IT-Geeks verdient gemacht. Mit dem neuen Sieben Wochen, sieben Sprachen bietet sich erst mal auch fur Programmier-Neulinge ein kompletter Uberblick uber die existierenden Programmierkonzepte am Beispiel. Genial!