The subject of digital image processing has migrated from a graduate to a junior or senior level course as students become more proficient in mathematical background earlier in their college education. With that in mind, Introduction to Digital Image Processing is simpler in terms of mathematical derivations and eliminates derivations of advanced s

Sometimes life throws you a curveball. They suck in the moment, but in the long run, you end up being chased by three masked men through a cemetery. Now that's the curveball you want.My boyfriend was perfect, up until he wasn't. When Mr. Vanilla found out about my deepest, darkest fantasies, he spread them all over campus and shamed me in the worst way possible. I dropped out of college and moved to a small town, where I have just inherited a house from my long-los...

From Nobel Prize–winning author William Faulkner, As I Lay Dying is a masterpiece of Southern Gothic literature and one of the best books of the twentieth century. This gorgeous hardcover edition includes decorated endpapers and a set of brand-new illustrations.As she nears the end of her life, Addie Bundren wants nothing more than to be buried in her native Jefferson, Mississippi, far from the miserable backwater surroundings of her married life. A captiv...

**A romantic, unreliable narrator leads us through his interplanetary coming-of-age story.Known as America’s first fully painted graphic novel, the poetic, philosophical, and Kirby & Eisner Award-nominated Moonshadow receives a new edition.**Enhanced with a new painted cover by Jon J Muth and an expanded bonus section featuring concept art, early notes from the creative team, and script pages from writer J.M. DeMatteis, this influential, timeless “fairy tale for ad...

The Old Testament is not just a collection of disparate stories, each with its own meaning and moral lessons. Rather, it's one cohesive story, tied together by the good news about Israel's coming Messiah, promised from the beginning. Covering each book in the Old Testament, this volume invites readers to teach the Bible from a Reformed, covenantal, and redemptive-historical perspective. Featuring contributions from twelve respected evangelical scholars, this gospel-centered introduction to...

Why should you consider a commercial skunk raising operation? Can skunks bring a source of untapped riches and wealth?William Edwin Pratt provides surprising answers in his 1915 book "Practical Skunk Raising: A Book of Information concerning the Raising of Skunks for Profit."As Pratt explains, skunks raise a better coat in captivity than when wild, because their food is gotten without hunting for it, and are beyond danger of man, dogs, and other intruders. Striped skunks in...

World War II veteran Hank Dunfield is about to turn one hundred years old. The staff at Ponderosa Pine Lodge have recruited Sarah, a young nursing student, to keep Hank safe, comfortable, and in the building while they plan a grand centenarian celebration. There’s one problem: Hank doesn’t want to live that long.Seemingly opposites, Hank and Sarah kindle a deep friendship. Sarah fears the future with multiple sclerosis will be even more isolated, difficult, and painful than the iso...

An inspiring and innovative guide towards living your best life--made easy--from Venus Williams, one of the greatest tennis players of all time.Throughout Venus Williams' incredible career in tennis, she's been asked almost every question imaginable. What she eats, how she trains, what she does to unwind, and most frequently, how does she manage to do it all?Venus harnessed a rich blend of hard-won wisdom and core discipline to achieve her goals while keepi...

Rita Williams-Garcia’s masterful and bold Coretta Scott King Honor Book is fresh, funny, and powerfully relevant. T****his novel by a master storyteller and Newbery Honor-winning author is about one girl’s discovery of her family history—and her own place within it.When fourteen-year-old Gayle gets in trouble with a boy—again—her mother doesn’t give her a choice: Gayle is getting sent away from New York to her family down South, along with her baby, José.In...

La evaluación de impacto es un tipo de estudio que permite identificar si las políticas, los programas o proyectos causaron un efecto positivo sobre la población que los recibió. Si partimos de la premisa de que las políticas públicas son instrumentales —medios para alcanzar un fin—, la evaluación de impacto es, en muchos sentidos, su prueba de fuego. Por abocarse a la realización de inferencias causales, la evaluación de impacto se considera la joya de la corona de la investigación aplica...

A collection of William Shakespeare's sonnets and tales.William Shakespeare was born in 1564 in Stratford-upon-Avon. His father, John Shakespeare, was a store owner and a farmer, and at one point, also served as the town's mayor. William was the third of eight children. He was married to Anne Hathaway who was eight years older than himself. They had three children Susanna (1583), and twins-- Hamnet and Judith (1585). Shakespeare wrote 36 plays, 154 Sonnets and two narrative poems. H...

The supply of wild fur has already fallen behind the demand and the time is in sight when wild fur will form but a small per cent of that in use. All furs trapped in steel traps are less beautiful because the animal suffers. It is a well-known fact that the less the animal suffers, the better the fur. The time is not far away when nearly all fur will be grown on fur-ranches. Fur-farming unquestionably has a great future as an industry. Without detailing countless fa...