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Discover what robots can do and how they work Find out how to build your own robot and program it to perform tasks Ready to enter the robot world? This book is your passport It walks you through building your very own little metal assistant from a kit, dressing it up, giving it a brain, programmi... More

As a manager, every decision you make must both support and drive your organization's strategic goals. But first you must understand those goals - what they are, how they were arrived at, how you can contribute to them, and what you can do to help achieve them. Manager's Guide to Strategy provides y... More

For a quarter century, Software Engineering: A Practitioner's Approach has been the best-selling guide to software engineering for students and industry professionals alike. In its sixth edition, the book has been completely restructured and redesigned, undergoing a substantial content update that a... More

In a single work of colossal scope one of the world's greatest scientists has given us a complete and unrivalled guide to the glories of the universe. The Road to Reality is the most important and ambitious work of science for a generation. It provides nothing less than a comprehensive account of th... More

In recent years, the discipline of English has become increasingly problematic as a field of academic study. What kinds of text constitute 'English literature', and how they might be read, interpreted and analysed are no longer straightforward issues. In particular, the impact of modern literary the... More

Downey explains how the discovery of a 9,000-year-old skeleton has pitted science against Native American rights. Illustrations.From its discovery in the Columbia River shallows three years ago, reporter Roger Downey has chronicled the epic adventures of the skeleton called "Kennewick Man": first as... More

Around 300 essay-style entries introduce the reader to the traditional terms of literary criticism and the central preoccupations of contemporary critical thinking.... More