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Set in the late 16th century, the narrative follows John Dee's ambitious proposal to Queen Elizabeth I for establishing colonies in the New World. The initial venture leads to the ill-fated Roanoke Island settlement, known as The Lost Colony, shrouded in mystery. The story continues with the subsequent colonization efforts under James I, culminating in the establishment of Jamestown in 1607. The book explores the challenges and tragedies faced by early settlers as they navigated the complexities of colonization.

Focusing on the intersection of technology and architecture, this volume explores the implications of computational images in modern architectural thought and practice. By rigorously examining the technical foundations and concepts of architecture, it offers a philosophical perspective on the discipline in the context of imaging. Rather than presenting a theory of architectural images, it provides a concise reflection on how these elements influence contemporary architectural discourse and design.

This is a story about a young woman who is victimized by a brutal incident of government-sponsored terrorism. She evolves into a highly professional rebel fighter and executioner, reminiscent of the beauty and deadly efficiency of “La Coralia”, the Coral serpent native to her homeland of “San Andres”—a Central American country undergoing the violent political and social changes so familiar to any dozens of similar Latin American countries. Her life merges with that of an American, James Weston, traveling to her country on a mission for his U.S. Company. These two human beings, brought together by the most unlikely of circumstances, are forced to survive rapidly escalating troubles. They find themselves wanted by local authorities and pursued by Cuban and East German mercenaries. They escape through the cities, lakes, and mountains of San Andres on their way to a remote hideout. Their adventure becomes a whirlpool of ever escalating terror. The conclusion of their journey transforms their lives and their future.

"This popular and successful text was originally written for a one-semester course in linear algebra at the sophomore undergraduate level. Students at this level generally have had little contact with complex numbers or abstract mathematics, so the book deals almost exclusively with real finite dimensional vector spaces, but in a setting and formulation that permit easy generalization to abstract vector spaces. The goal of the first two editions was the principal axis theorem for real symmetric linear transformation. The principal axis theorem becomes the first of two goals for this new edition, which follows a straight path to its solution."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved

A combination of information on dolphin evolution, behaviour, intelligence, and habitats with a survey of the threats to their survival from hunting, fishing, and pollution. It examines the controversies surrounding the keeping of dolphins in captivity and their use by the US and Soviet military.

Photographs and text portray the unusual appearances and behavior of fish, insects, lizards, birds, and other animals