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Examining the full scope of digital signal processing in the biomedical field, this guide provides the basics of digital signal processing as well as C-language programs for designing and implementing simple digital filters. The text provides a set of laboratory experiments that can be done using ei... More

The tale of Sleeping Beauty is true. There was actually a princess, and an evil fairy queen, and a terrible cursed spinning wheel. It did happen... so long ago that it's remembered now only as a "fairy tale." In real life, though, there was no magic kiss and no happy ending. The princess just kept s... More

What makes a literary classic? In "Sensational Designs" Jane Tompkins argues that it is not the intrinsic merit of a text, but rather the circumstances of its writing. Against the modernist belief that art, in order to be art, must be free from propaganda, Tompkins contends that writers like Brockde... More

Where was the man who could win her heart? The man who could carry on the Kris Kringle legend? Somehow she couldn't mesh the two. The man of my dreams and my father just weren't the same man.Where was the man who could win her heart? The man who could carry on the Kris Kringle legend? Somehow she co... More

When two artistic recluses pick the same mountain to hide on. Someone is bound to be found out.When two artistic recluses pick the same mountain to hide on. Someone is bound to be found out.... More

sroom and discovers how much of what she learned there needs to be unlearned. A painful and exhilarating story of spiritual awakening, Tompkins' book critiques our educational system, while also paying tribute to it.Here one of our leading literary scholars looks back on her own life in the classroo... More

Calvin Tomkins first discovered the work of Robert Rauschenberg in the late 1950s, when he began to look seriously at contemporary art. While gazing at Rauschenberg's painting "Double Feature," Tomkins felt compelled to make some kind of literal connection to the work, and it is in that sprit that "... More

Everyone is Psychic is an introduction to Spritualism. It is based upon the author's very real experiences to become a medium and spiritual healer. It is for those in this existence who are open minded enough or have the need to understand the help that is available through Spiritualism. It is a sta... More

Illustrates how aspects can offer a profound depiction of an individual and his or her destiny. - Contains comprehensive sections full of interpretations for every planetary combination. - Concepts are explained through the use of actual birth charts and diagrams. - A core textbook at the Faculty of... More