Michael FitzGerald Livres

The s and the Supernatural is a gripping account of the magical thinking that dominated beliefs leading up to and including the Second World War.This book explores the obsession with the occult and symbols of arcane power, shedding new light on the most hated political movement in history, and revealing how occultism not only helped the s but also hindered them, as opposition movements utilized its techniques. Particularly intriguing sections include the Vril Society, the New Teutonic Knights, Black Camelot, the 'Occult Bureau', Atlantis and Aryan science.Illustrated throughout with informative photographs, and featuring a wealth of new facts and conclusions, The s and the Supernatural is a fascinating account of this hidden history.

This book is a revealing exploration of the lives of 21 famous writers, philosophers, musicians and painters including George Orwell, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Andy Warhol and many others, in light of the recognized criteria for diagnosis of high-functioning autism and Asperger's Syndrome (AS).

From the emergence of life, to Leewenhoek's microscopic world, to GMO crops, this book presents 250 landmarks in the most widely studied scientific field. It includes illustrated synopses that introduce readers to every major subdiscipline, including cell theory, genetics, evolution, physiology, thermodynamics, molecular biology and ecology.

During World War I, German U-boats had been the most effective naval weapon against the Allies and without America's entry into the war in 1917 Britain would have been starved into surrender. Hitler's accession to power led to the rapid development of numerous military projects, including provision for submarines. Interestingly, the German navy was the branch of the German armed forces with the highest proportion of Nazis and Nazi sympathizers. And this is the story of their part in the war, focusing in particular on the role of the wolf pack of U-boats in the Atlantic, whose stealthy presence beneath the waves ensured that British merchant ships were dicing with death every time they put out to sea

This handy pocket reference offers brief yet clear explanations of Ruby's core components, from operators to reserved words to data structures to method syntax, highlighting those key features that you'll likely use every day when coding Ruby.

Under the Nazis, fringe sciences were legitimate areas for research and development. Unorthodox ideas and projects that were too outrageous for other governments received funding. During the last six months of the war, it seemed obvious the Germans had been crushingly defeated, but in spite of the military situation, Hitler continued to believe that victory would be achieved. He repeatedly told his advisors and inner circle that Germany possessed Wunderwaffen - miracle weapons - that would turn the tide and give the Germans victory. This is the story of the weapons that, if given the chance, could have won the war: Nazi flying saucers, the V-1 flying bomb, the V-2 rocket, and the V-3 heavy gun, as well as the Nazi nuclear program, and much more.

Regular expressions remain a difficult part of the puzzle when learning how to program. Commonly used for sifting through large chunks of text, regexes are incredibly powerful although they may appear daunting to the newcomer. And variations among languages and environments make them even harder to master.

This is a practical guide that distills years of ingenious XML hacking into a complete set of tips, tricks and tools for those who want to leverage the untapped power of XML. It includes many real-world projects that illustrate how to define, create, read and manipulate XML documents.

"During World War II, many deeply mysterious events took place in the fog and chaos of conflict. These were classified, hushed up and kept from the public eye, and yet with the recent opening of secret archives, new light has been shed on these strange circumstances. This brilliant book fills you in on these unsolved cases, teasing fact from fiction." -- Amazon.com

This work illustrates all aspects of XSLT 1.0 through step-by-step examples. The reader should learn about XSLT's template-based syntax, how XSLT templates work with each other, and gain an understanding of XSLT variables.