Jack Kerouac 1922-1969. On the Road, The Dharma Bums, Doctor Sax, Maggie Cassidy, Visions of Cody, Desolation Angels, Visions of Gerard, Tristessa, Mexico City Blues, The Town and the City, Vanity of Duluoz and many more. Coming from the notebooks, the burning typewriter, the racing imagination of Jack Kerouac, who described himself as a ‘… strange, solitary, catholic mystic …’ – he was celebrated, then destroyed by fame, neglected in the years that followed and then rediscovered. We are s...

Supported with code examples and the authors' real-world experience, this book offers the first guide to engine design and rendering algorithms for virtual globe applications like Google Earth and NASA World Wind. The content is also useful for general graphics and games, especially planet and massive-world engines. With pragmatic advice throughout

Ralph Waldo Emerson famously said, “It’s not the destination, it’s the journey.”He must’ve been a Phillies fan.The Philadelphia Phillies, a franchise nearly 150 years old, has only reached its grand destination twice (World Series wins in 1980 and 2008), but it harbors the most fervent fan base in baseball. How?Well, Olive Garden famously said, “When you’re here, you’re family.” The Phillies—warts and all—have been an inextricable part of the city, and the lives of ...

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Behind enemy lines and displaced in time!Before the Battle of Trenton, George Washington reputedly threw a coin across the river. What if that coin was a bicentennial quarter?When a squad of ROTC cadets training at Fort Dix, New Jersey, in November 2008 find themselves transported to December 1776 in the days before the Battle of Trenton, they find a Continental Army in disarray and General George Washington contemplating the potential of a bleak future. To make matters wor...

It begins with word of a town from the future.In the Spanish province of Nuevo Mexico, Father Philip, the only Jesuit north of the Rio Grande, receives letters full of information from a new town in Germany full of time travelers. Just one article from the Britannica lights a revolt of the native population.Eduardo Bernal, born in Nuevo Mexico and just sixteen years old, loves the place of his birth and his native neighbors. Can he save them from Spanish colonial prejudice ...

Marlon Pridmore was more than a small town loan officer. He also loved to tinker and make things—the more difficult, the better. Then, he found himself caught up in the Ring of Fire and flung into the seventeenth century with no hope of return. He decided to ease his frustrations by building his first airship—which he also intended to be his last.Or so he thought. Mike Stearns, the president of the New United States, had other plans—and so, he discovered, did some gentlemen of the ...

The Book of Five Rings is a text on kenjutsu and the martial arts in general, written by the Japanese swordsman Miyamoto Musashi around 1645. There have been various translations made over the years, and it enjoys an audience considerably broader than only that of martial artists and people across East Asia: for instance, some foreign business leaders find its discussion of conflict and taking the advantage to be relevant to their work in a business context. The modern-day Hyōhō Niten Ichi...

How does a highly organized syndicate of private distillers and corrupt federal agents manage to quietly steal millions of dollars directly from the United States Treasury, right under the nose of the President? The Whiskey Ring scandal of 1875 exposed a level of systemic corruption so deep that it permanently tainted the legacy of Ulysses S. Grant's administration. In the aftermath of the Civil War, the federal government imposed steep excise taxes on liquor. To avoid paying, a massive ne...

Enjoy this audio book which combines two of the most powerful books: The Art of War and The Book of Five Rings.This audio book is narrated by two of the most notable narrators, Arthur Grey (Art of War) and Kevin Theis (Book of Five Rings).Download and enjoy your copy today!

The sudden passing of Justice Antonin Scalia shook America. After almost thirty years on the Supreme Court, Scalia had become as integral to the institution as the hallowed room in which he sat. His wisecracking interruptions during oral arguments, his unmatched legal wisdom, his unwavering dedication to the Constitution, and his blistering dissents defined his leadership role on the court and inspired new generations of policymakers and legal minds.Now, as Republicans and Democrat...

This audiobook contains three of the most notable works on strategy: The Art of War, The Prince, and The Book of Five Rings.