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Product Description: Program Kinect to do awesome things using a unique selection of open source software! The Kinect motion-sensing device for the Xbox 360 and Windows became the world's fastest-selling consumer electronics device when it was released (8 million sold in its first 60 days) and won prestigious awards, such as "Gaming Gadget of the Year...read more

Product Description: This is a new edition of English Heritage's widely acclaimed study of that great British institution, the public house. First published in 2004, this was described as the best history of the pub available. Now updated and corrected, it offers a scholarly, yet accessible history of the origins of the pub and its development since medieval times...read more

Product Description: This is a new edition of English Heritage's widely acclaimed study of that great British institution, the public house. First published in 2004, this was described as the best history of the pub available. Now updated and corrected, it offers a scholarly, yet accessible history of the origins of the pub and its development since medieval times...read more

Product Description: Grace is the first in a series of books on 'serious theology for a popular audience' which will explore key aspects of their belief in clear, accessible and attractive language. The volumes in this series will mostly have one-word titles, words that are commonly used in church...read more

Product Description: Fresh Expressions of Church are most significant development in the Church of England in recent decades. Many have called for a thorough theological engagement with the movement. The Church of England is engaging in radical new departures when the ecclesiological thinking for such experiments is far from complete...read more

An introduction to 3D games programming explains how to utilize Java 3D and JOGL to create unique games, discussing such topics as multitextured landscapes, backgrounds and overlays, J2SE 6 applications, building a game pad controller with JInput, the P5 Data Glove, and more. (Advanced)

Provides instructions for creating computer games using the Java platform, including information on 2D and 3D-programming, creating sound and audio effects, and working with side-scroller and isometric tile games.

Product Description: Offers a new interpretation of the political content, significance, and consequences of Kemalism, the founding and still official political ideology of the modern Turkish Republic. This book provides an informed analysis of the ideological content of Kemalism - the name given to Mustafa Kemal Atatürk's party's political thought and practice - hand the persistently official and semi-official, hegemonic ideology of the Turkish Republic, formally founded in 1923...read more

Product Description: A collection of philosophically oriented essays on the three main political ideologies of liberalism, communism, and fascism, this book provides an overview for readers who have little or no knowledge of the basic political idea systems of modern times...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: In this new interpretation of the modernization and secularization of Turkey, Andrew Davison demonstrates the usefulness of hermeneutics in political analysis. A hermeneutic approach, he argues, is essential in understanding the complex relations between politics and religion in post-Ottoman Turkey-and, more broadly, between politics and matters of culture throughout the modern world...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: You don't have to have a degree in computer science to enjoy this unique collection of funny stories, parodies, laughable true-life incidents, comic song lyrics, and jokey poems from the world of computing...read more