Shot All to Hell by Mark Lee Gardner recounts the thrilling life of Jesse James, Frank James, the Younger brothers, and the most famous bank robbery of all time.
Follow the Wild West's most celebrated gang of outlaws as they step inside Northfield's First National Bank and back out on the streets to square off with heroic citizens who risked their lives to defend justice in Minnesota.
With compelling details that chronicle the two-week chase that followed--the near misses, the fateful mistakes, and the bloody final shootout on the Watonwan River, Shot All to Hell is a galloping true tale of frontier justice from the author of To Hell on a Fast Horse: The Untold Story of Billy the Kid and Pat Garrett, Mark Lee Gardner.
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Автор: Barney Delgarno, Belinda Tynan, Mark J.W. Lee, Sue Название: Learning in Virtual Worlds: Research and Applications ISBN: 177199133X ISBN-13(EAN): 9781771991339 Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan) Рейтинг: Цена: 5511.00 р. Наличие на складе: Поставка под заказ.
Описание:
Three-dimensional (3D) immersive virtual worlds have been touted asbeing capable of facilitating highly interactive, engaging, multimodallearning experiences. Much of the evidence gathered to support theseclaims has been anecdotal but the potential that these environmentshold to solve traditional problems in online and technology-mediatededucation—primarily learner isolation and studentdisengagement—has resulted in considerable investments in virtualworld platforms like Second Life, OpenSimulator, and Open Wonderland byboth professors and institutions. To justify this ongoing and sustainedinvestment, institutions and proponents of simulated learningenvironments must assemble a robust body of evidence that illustratesthe most effective use of this powerful learning tool.
In this authoritative collection, a team of international expertsoutline the emerging trends and developments in the use of 3D virtualworlds for teaching and learning. They explore aspects of learnerinteraction with virtual worlds, such as user wayfinding in SecondLife, communication modes and perceived presence, and accessibilityissues for elderly or disabled learners. They also examine advancedtechnologies that hold potential for the enhancement of learnerimmersion and discuss best practices in the design and implementationof virtual world-based learning interventions and tasks. By evaluatingand documenting different methods, approaches, and strategies, thecontributors to Learning in Virtual Worlds offer importantinformation and insight to both scholars and practitioners in thefield.
How to develop robots that will be more like humans and less like computers, more social than machine-like, and more playful and less programmed.
Most robots are not very friendly. They vacuum the rug, mow the lawn, dispose of bombs, even perform surgery--but they aren't good conversationalists. It's difficult to make eye contact. If the future promises more human-robot collaboration in both work and play, wouldn't it be better if the robots were less mechanical and more social? In How to Grow a Robot, Mark Lee explores how robots can be more human-like, friendly, and engaging.
Developments in artificial intelligence--notably Deep Learning--are widely seen as the foundation on which our robot future will be built. These advances have already brought us self-driving cars and chess match-winning algorithms. But, Lee writes, we need robots that are perceptive, animated, and responsive--more like humans and less like computers, more social than machine-like, and more playful and less programmed. The way to achieve this, he argues, is to "grow" a robot so that it learns from experience--just as infants do.
After describing "what's wrong with artificial intelligence" (one key shortcoming: it's not embodied), Lee presents a different approach to building human-like robots: developmental robotics, inspired by developmental psychology and its accounts of early infant behavior. He describes his own experiments with the iCub humanoid robot and its development from newborn helplessness to ability levels equal to a nine-month-old, explaining how the iCub learns from its own experiences. AI robots are designed to know humans as objects; developmental robots will learn empathy. Developmental robots, with an internal model of "self," will be better interactive partners with humans. That is the kind of future technology we should work toward.
Автор: Lee Brooks, Mark Donnelly, Richard Mills Название: Mad Dogs and Englishness: Popular Music and English Identities ISBN: 1501311255 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781501311253 Издательство: Bloomsbury Academic Рейтинг: Цена: 25054.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Mad Dogs and Englishness connects English popular music with questions about English national identities, featuring essays that range across folk music, Bowie and Burial, to PJ Harvey, Bishi and Tricky. The later years of the 20th century saw a resurgence of interest in cultural and political meanings of Englishness in ways that continue to resonate now. Pop music is simultaneously on the outside and inside of the ensuing debates. It can be used as a mode of commentary about how meanings of Englishness circulate socially. But it also produces those meanings, often underwriting claims about English national cultural distinctiveness and superiority. This book’s expert contributors use trans-national and trans-disciplinary perspectives to provide historical and contemporary commentaries about pop’s complex relationships with Englishness. Each chapter is based on original research, and the essays comprise the best single volume available on pop and the English imaginary.
Автор: Golden Mark Lee Название: The Ring of Torrents: A Jewish Mary ISBN: 099650740X ISBN-13(EAN): 9780996507400 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 5690.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: For two years I lived with Mary or Miryam (as she prefers). I watched, listened to, followed, and learned about her in ways no one had before. Mary knew I was there, also that she needed to allow me to report on her and her life.Yes, in such episodes, I crafted, cared for and composed a Mary of my own making by adding to the Gospels' foundational design. But, she understood this. We never talked directly. Yet, our roles were understood. She lived and I learned how she slept, dressed, cooked, ate, worked, made friends and prayed. Most of all, what Mary thought. Whatever fulfilled her, drove her, and frightened the young woman I took responsibility to note, for you, the reader. She let me see much of what others had previously missed.Mary is one of my people, the Jews (maybe an ancient ancestor). My heritage ran back to her steps, sandaled, as she walking out the calling on her Jewish core. I watched her growth. This young woman and I had enough in common for her to allow me to see her most troubled moods and the truly fragrant lightness of her ancient ways. She spotted me taking notes and was never uneasy - okay, at times she was - you'll read about those. I could tell she took me to be a scribe sent from above. I let that pass. Unspoken, and with a grin, Mary nodded to my purpose to tell others. Though we two remained strangers, Mary knew my job trailed past her existence and beyond her imagination. You might say that God had a parking spot reserved for me wherever she was.I learned to admire that woman beyond the limited print of Scripture.
Автор: Childress Mark Название: Looking for Harper Lee ISBN: 1492883670 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781492883678 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 1033.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Автор: Greenblatt Mark Lee Название: Valor: Unsung Heroes from Iraq, Afghanistan, and the Home Front ISBN: 1630761443 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781630761448 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 2682.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Valor is the fruit of Mark Lee Greenblatt`s interviews with brave veterans who have incredible stories to tell. Stories that, until now, have largely gone unnoticed by the public. From the close-quarters urban Iraq war to rural Afghanistan and the stormy Atlantic, Greenblatt`s accounts allow readers a glimpse into the heart and soul of true heroes.
Автор: Lee Mark Название: Twenty Big Trucks in the Middle of the Street ISBN: 0763676500 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780763676506 Издательство: Random House (USA) Цена: 827.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Count the trucks getting stuck in a traffic jam in this rhythmic read-aloud sure to draw in kids who love everything on wheels.One ice-cream truck selling everything sweet breaks down and blocks the middle of our street. If you're a little boy on a bike, an ice-cream truck on your street is always a welcome sight. But what if the truck breaks down and blocks the mail truck behind it (now there are two), not to mention a third truck carrying hay? One by one, trucks of all types and sizes and functions are sure to pile up behind, offering ample opportunity for ogling -- and counting. And maybe the boy's idea for putting one of the trucks to good use might even save the day
Автор: Moyad, Mark Lee, Janet Название: Supplement handbook ISBN: 1623360358 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781623360351 Издательство: Random House (USA) Рейтинг: Цена: 2391.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Nearly half of Americans use supplements and many more are curious about them, but there`s a lot of misinformation out there. The author takes the guesswork out of what to use and when by providing clear, authoritative advice on more than 200 ailments and 200 supplements.
