Author: Timothy Remus
Publisher: Wolfgang Publications, Inc.
Keywords: chassis, motorcycle, custom, advanced
Number of Pages: 144
Published: 2006-06-01
List price: $24.95
ISBN-10: 1929133375
ISBN-13: 9781929133376
The chassis is the foundation for the motorcycle. Thus, picking a chassis, or deciding on any modifications, must be undertaken with care. This book is a guide to frame styles, and quality. Bolted to the chassis are some very important componets. Items like the fork assembly and the shock absorbers. Motorcycles Chassis includes a thorough discussion of how suspension components work and how to pick the best one for your particular motorcycle. The brakes represent the other group of very important components that are bolted to the frame. Again, Motorcycle Chassis analyzes the different types of
Author: Matt Doeden
Publisher: Lerner Publications
Keywords: mania, motor, cars, custom
Number of Pages: 48
Published: 2007-12-15
List price: $26.60
ISBN-10: 0822572893
ISBN-13: 9780822572893
People customize their cars to look cool, go fast--or both. To their owners, custom cars are more than just vehicles. They are a hobby, a passion, even a way of life. From high-powered hot rods and street rods, to fast and colorful tuner cars, each type of custom has a unique culture and community surrounding it. That’s because car lovers like nothing better than to hang out together and share their love of cars. In this book, you will learn about everything from cool classic customs to the hottest new custom machines, the names of some of the most famous car customizers, and where car l
Author: Matthew MacDonald
Publisher: Apress
Keywords: custom, controls, forms, windows, net, pro
Number of Pages: 1080
Published: 2005-12-15
List price: $49.99
ISBN-10: 1590594398
ISBN-13: 9781590594391
Renowned author Matthew MacDonald combines careful treatment of the API with detailed user-interface design principles. Further, this book incorporates C# and the final beta of .NET 2.0. The result: thorough coverage of Windows Forms and GDI+ namespaces for you .NET programmers! You will become equipped to design state-of-the-art Windows interfaces and program graphics, and learn how to create your own controls. As a developer, you must know more than just how to add a control to a window. You must be able to create an entire user interface framework that’s scalable, flexible, and re
Author: Craig Cheetham
Publisher: Motorbooks
Keywords: view, five, cars, custom, rods
Number of Pages: 192
Published: 2005-05-15
List price: $19.95
ISBN-10: 0760323097
ISBN-13: 9780760323090
This book looks in detail at over 45 beautiful custom cars from the UK, Europe and America, providing an exhilarating tour of some of the most amazing and spectacular automobiles ever to have rolled out of a garage. Covering outlandish and extrovert vehicles based on all the most famous marques including Chevrolet, Ford, Hudson, Mercury, Volkswagen and Willys, Hot Rods and Custom Cars is packed with a wealth of information. Each car is presented in 3-view format, with key engineering changes and styling features annotated. A feature box lifts the bonnet to focus on each car’s unique powerpl
Author: Bronislaw Malinowski
Publisher: Littlefield Adams
Keywords: society, savage, custom, crime
Number of Pages: 132
Published: 1985-06-28
List price: $30.95
ISBN-10: 0822602105
ISBN-13: 9780822602101
Bronislaw Malinowski achieved international recognition as the founder of "functionalism" in social anthropology, based on his studies of Melanesian society on the Trobriand Islands off New Guinea. His "Crime and Custom in Savage Society" is now one of the classic works of modern anthropology. In his book, Malinowski describes and analyzes the ways in which Trobriand Islanders structure and maintain the social and economic order of their tribe. This is essential reading for anyone interested in anthropology.
Author: Charles Ross
Publisher: University of California Press
Keywords: macbeth, malory, castle, custom
Number of Pages: 215
Published: 1997-02-25
List price: $45.00
ISBN-10: 0520204301
ISBN-13: 9780520204300
The "custom of the castle" imposes strange ordeals on knights and ladies seeking hospitalitydaunting, mostly evil challenges that travelers must obey or even defend. This seemingly fantastic motif, first conceived by Chrtien de Troyes in the twelfth century and widely imitated in medieval French romance, flowered again when Italian and English authors adopted it during the century before Shakespeare’s plays and the rise of the novel. Unlike other scholars who have dismissed it as pure literary convention, Charles Ross finds serious social purpose behind the cu
Author: Louis E. Probst MD
Publisher: Slack Incorporated
Keywords: custom, controversies, advances, lasik
Number of Pages: 528
Published: 2003-11-12
List price: $228.95
ISBN-10: 1556426542
ISBN-13: 9781556426544
TLCVision, Ann Arbor, MI. Answers questions such as: How will the technology evolve? What will happen with retail pricing? How will custom LASIK affect the practitioner? and more. Discusses preoperative advancements, the Artemis anterior segment ultrasound, and more. Includes pearls, presentation of complex cases, and high-quality illustrations. DNLM: Keratomileusis, Laser In Situ
