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Space Ace

A Combat Pilot’s Journey from Vietnam to Beyond Earth

by Robert Gibson, Anthony Paustian ...

“On December 2, 1988, I lifted off aboard the Shuttle Atlantis on a top-secret mission to deploy a classified surveillance satellite. We accomplished the mission on the first day, but on the second, Mission Control informed us they had seen something hit our right wing during launch and ordered us to examine it. We saw a major amount of damage to our heat protection tiles. Given it was a ... Read more

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“On December 2, 1988, I lifted off aboard the Shuttle Atlantis on a top-secret mission to deploy a classified surveillance satellite. We accomplished the mission on the first day, but on the second, Mission Control informed us they had seen something hit our right wing during launch and ordered us to examine it. We saw a major amount of damage to our heat protection tiles. Given it was a
... Read more
Bridge the Culture Gaps

A toolkit for effective collaboration in the diverse, global workplace

by Robert Gibson ...

The highly practical self-help guide to optimize the performance of individuals working in an intercultural environment.Readers will learn how to mitigate unconscious bias to create inclusive organizations and how to use key cultural dimensions to communicate and cooperate in intercultural teams. Addressing the unique challenges of influencing across cultures and managing international projects, ... Read more

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The highly practical self-help guide to optimize the performance of individuals working in an intercultural environment.Readers will learn how to mitigate unconscious bias to create inclusive organizations and how to use key cultural dimensions to communicate and cooperate in intercultural teams. Addressing the unique challenges of influencing across cultures and managing international projects,
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Updated And Upgraded Lisa Marie Presley - 134 Facts

by Robert Gibson ...

An updated Lisa Marie Presley interpretation. This book is your ultimate resource for Lisa Marie Presley. Here you will find the most up-to-date 134 Success Facts, Information, and much more.In easy to read chapters, with extensive references and links to get you to know all there is to know about Lisa Marie Presley's Early life, Career and Personal life right away.A quick look inside: Divas live ... Read more

$20.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

An updated Lisa Marie Presley interpretation. This book is your ultimate resource for Lisa Marie Presley. Here you will find the most up-to-date 134 Success Facts, Information, and much more.In easy to read chapters, with extensive references and links to get you to know all there is to know about Lisa Marie Presley's Early life, Career and Personal life right away.A quick look inside: Divas live
... Read more
First Flight

by Robert Gibson ...

Illustrated by Michelle Rouch ...

First Flight follows the captivating journey of a determined young owlet named Andrew, mentored by his wise grandfather, Hoot, as he strives to master the skill of flying. Andrew gains confidence through daily practice flights, and despite the challenges of a daunting fall and the sudden disappearance of his grandfather, he persists and eventually reaps the rewards of consistent effort. First ... Read more

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First Flight follows the captivating journey of a determined young owlet named Andrew, mentored by his wise grandfather, Hoot, as he strives to master the skill of flying. Andrew gains confidence through daily practice flights, and despite the challenges of a daunting fall and the sudden disappearance of his grandfather, he persists and eventually reaps the rewards of consistent effort. First
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Swing for Jython

Graphical Jython UI and Scripts Development using Java Swing and WebSphere Application Server

by Robert Gibson ...

Series series Professional and Applied Computing (R0)
This book shows you how to use Swing to add a GUI to your Jython scripts, with an emphasis on the WebSphere Application Server wsadmin utility. In fact, we're going to teach you Swing using Jython, and we're going to do it in a way that, hopefully, that makes your scripts easier for people to use, more robust, more understandable, and therefore easier to maintain. ... Read more

$55.99 CAD

This book shows you how to use Swing to add a GUI to your Jython scripts, with an emphasis on the WebSphere Application Server wsadmin utility. In fact, we're going to teach you Swing using Jython, and we're going to do it in a way that, hopefully, that makes your scripts easier for people to use, more robust, more understandable, and therefore easier to maintain.
... Read more
Lucifer At Daybreak

California At the Dawn of the Third World War

by Robert Lawrence Gibson ...

World War Three comes to California disguised as a repeat of the Japanese terror balloon bombing campaign of World War Two. The balloons found a moist forest and caused little damage, but the modern battle found a tinder dry fire scape. Destruction of Nuclear Power Plants, cities destroyed and a disabling electro magnetic pulse sends the survivors into an all out battle for survival underground to ... Read more

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World War Three comes to California disguised as a repeat of the Japanese terror balloon bombing campaign of World War Two. The balloons found a moist forest and caused little damage, but the modern battle found a tinder dry fire scape. Destruction of Nuclear Power Plants, cities destroyed and a disabling electro magnetic pulse sends the survivors into an all out battle for survival underground to
... Read more
The Fair Dinkum Economy

Changing Direction for a Brighter Future

by Robert Gibson ...

The Fair Dinkum Economy offers an easy-to-read, easy-to-understand economic guide for everyone. It explores the recent decline in the living standards of developed countries and negative effects of the swing in the balance of power to the Asian and Indian regions. Author Robert Gibson maintains that the way this economic change is happening will not benefit any country. Whats more, there is an ... Read more

$5.99 CAD

The Fair Dinkum Economy offers an easy-to-read, easy-to-understand economic guide for everyone. It explores the recent decline in the living standards of developed countries and negative effects of the swing in the balance of power to the Asian and Indian regions. Author Robert Gibson maintains that the way this economic change is happening will not benefit any country. Whats more, there is an
... Read more
British and Irish Wild Flowers and Plants

A Pocket Guide

by Rachel Hamilton, Chris Gibson, Robert Still ...

Series series WILDGuides of Britain & Europe
A highly illustrated and portable identification guide to the most common wild flowers and other plantsThis innovative photographic guide covers the most common wild flowers and other plants found in Britain and Ireland, as defined by the very latest distribution maps. It is designed so that anyone faced with an unfamiliar wild plant can confidently put a name to the species or recognise that it ... Read more

$18.99 CAD

A highly illustrated and portable identification guide to the most common wild flowers and other plantsThis innovative photographic guide covers the most common wild flowers and other plants found in Britain and Ireland, as defined by the very latest distribution maps. It is designed so that anyone faced with an unfamiliar wild plant can confidently put a name to the species or recognise that it
... Read more
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Bridge the Culture Gaps

A toolkit for effective collaboration in the diverse, global workplace

by Robert Gibson ...

Narrated by Ric Jerrom ...

Unabridged

7 hours 31 min

The essential guide for working in diverse teams and across cultures today.This practical self-help guide will optimize the performance of individuals and teams working in an intercultural environment. By increasing awareness of the nature and impact of diversity in the workplace and national cultural differences, it demonstrates how to use the power of difference to achieve positive results for ... Read more

$34.99 CAD

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The essential guide for working in diverse teams and across cultures today.This practical self-help guide will optimize the performance of individuals and teams working in an intercultural environment. By increasing awareness of the nature and impact of diversity in the workplace and national cultural differences, it demonstrates how to use the power of difference to achieve positive results for
... Read more

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The Autobiography of an Electron

Wherein the Scientific Ideas of the Present Time Are Explained in an Interesting and Novel Fashion

by Charles Robert Gibson ...

The Autobiography of an Electron: Wherein the Scientific Ideas of the Present Time Are Explained in an Interesting and Novel Fashion is a captivating and imaginative work by Charles R. Gibson that brings the wonders of early 20th-century physics to life through the unique perspective of an electron itself. Written in a style that is both accessible and engaging, the book takes readers on a journey ... Read more

$29.99 CAD

The Autobiography of an Electron: Wherein the Scientific Ideas of the Present Time Are Explained in an Interesting and Novel Fashion is a captivating and imaginative work by Charles R. Gibson that brings the wonders of early 20th-century physics to life through the unique perspective of an electron itself. Written in a style that is both accessible and engaging, the book takes readers on a journey
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Wittgenstein and Literary Studies

Edited by Robert Chodat, John Gibson ...

Series series Cambridge Studies in Literature and Philosophy
Wittgenstein is often regarded as the most important philosopher of the twentieth century, and in recent decades, his work has begun to play a prominent role in literary studies, particularly in debates over language, interpretation, and critical judgment. Wittgenstein and Literary Studies solidifies this critical movement, assembling recent critics and philosophers who understand Wittgenstein as ... Read more

$112.99 CAD

Wittgenstein is often regarded as the most important philosopher of the twentieth century, and in recent decades, his work has begun to play a prominent role in literary studies, particularly in debates over language, interpretation, and critical judgment. Wittgenstein and Literary Studies solidifies this critical movement, assembling recent critics and philosophers who understand Wittgenstein as
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Sustainability Assessment

Applications and opportunities

Edited by Robert Gibson ...

Current and expanding human activities are moving us towards ever deeper unsustainability. While there is no single, simple means of reversing the invidious biophysical trends and redirecting the distribution of benefits, one necessary step is to approach every new and renewed undertaking as an opportunity to deliver maximum multiple, mutually reinforcing, fairly distributed and lasting gains. ... Read more

$114.04 CAD

Current and expanding human activities are moving us towards ever deeper unsustainability. While there is no single, simple means of reversing the invidious biophysical trends and redirecting the distribution of benefits, one necessary step is to approach every new and renewed undertaking as an opportunity to deliver maximum multiple, mutually reinforcing, fairly distributed and lasting gains.
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