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An essential resource to using contemporary typefaces for effective communication Type is the handwriting of the 21st century, lending its expressive voice to the language of all written communication. Type Speaks is the first book to explore type as a medium that conveys emotions, concepts, and ideas, filled with hundreds of new fonts available through digital foundries. Some exude joy, radiate serenity, or jangle the nerves; some sell or persuade or command or seduce. More than ever before, a great range of type choices, both conventional and unconventional, is available to graphic design professionals and nonprofessionals alike. In this new world, Type Speaks will be an essential reference for anyone crafting messages in words.
She'd left it all behind -- The Tribe, the tragedy, and her vicious memories of the Loxahatchee River. Thirty years later, a subpoena to testify in a Florida court case brings Hannah Simpson back to south Florida...and face to face with Mitchell Goldstein -- a mysterious journalist, determined to learn her story. Armed only with the awful truth and her vivid recollection of that fateful day, we plunge with Hannah into the treacherous Loxahatchee, and witness the young girls of The Tribe the dangerous adventure they braved, the impossible choices...and the many predators lurking there. As her story unfolds, Hanah suspects Goldstein's motives are anything but pure. Yet even he can't resist hearing Hannah's incredible story. With survival threatened by every twist of the current, Hannah is compelled -- by circumstance and fate -- to face the mystical and dangerous forces on this river of souls.
This title collects 90 of the all-time best barn-find stories in condensed form. Each story is accompanied by photographs from the scenes of the finds, creating a heavily illustrated book
Master sniper Bob Lee Swagger protects a group of political hostages during a perilous standoff in this razor-sharp, white-knuckled thriller from Pulitzer Prize winner, New York Times bestselling author, and “one of the best thriller novelists around” (The Washington Post) Stephen Hunter. After his successful takedown of a dangerous terrorist, Bob Lee Swagger learns that no good deed goes unpunished. Summoned to court by the United States Congress, Swagger is accused of reckless endangerment by a hardheaded anti-gun congresswoman. But what begins as political posturing soon turns deadly when the auditorium where the committee is being held is attacked. Swagger, the congresswoman, and num...
This collection of papers examines the field of database and information systems. It includes topics such as: distribution and concurrency; application design; patterns and frameworks; Java; formal aspects of OO; modelling; languages; and measurement database."
Seventeen-year old Piper Hampton visits an old newspaper building, takes a corner into the past, and wishes she'd paid more attention to her history classes.What she does remember is all the TV cop/crime shows she's watched, and with her quick wits and the help of the "good guys" she learns what it's like to be an adult in a world speeding towards war, where love and fear can be as dangerous as the Nazi spies who mistake her for a New York investigator for the German American Bund. Who killed Edwina Blackledge, daughter of a Bund-supporting east coast shipping magnate? And where is the 100K she was taking to New York?
The August 1999 conference concentrated on the delivery of high-quality software on schedule and within budget, offering practical experience from both industry and academia. The 37 technical papers provide insights from lessons learned on real projects, covering such topics as databases, object-ori
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