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  • Buckrammer's Tales

    The Continuing Catboat Summers Adventures

    Buckrammer's Tales In the Fall of 2003, Catboat Summers, a collection of boating memoirs hit bookseller's shelves. It quickly became a bestseller among nautical books, praised by reviewers and readers alike. This new compilation continues in the same mold ... but with a bit more edge. As in Catboat Summers, the "Tales" in this book are paced so that each can each be read in "one shot." If you ... Read more

    $8.69 USD

  • Sullivan County

    A Bicentennial History in Images

    by John Conway ...
    Series series Vintage Images
    First inhabited by the Lenape Indians and settled by European colonists in the seventeenth century, New York�s Sullivan County has experienced several ages of prosperity and growth over the last two hundred years. Locals conceived of timber rafting in the eighteenth century to support the shipbuilding industry, followed by a prosperous tanning boom in the nineteenth century that supplied leather ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Remembering the Sullivan County Catskills

    by John Conway ...
    Series series American Chronicles
    Compiled from the best of John Conway�s popular �Retrospect� column, these articles shine a spotlight on famous faces of the past, from George Suslosky, phenomenal yet feisty diner cook, to �the worst woman on earth,� Lizzie Brown Halliday. Enlightening and entertaining, the remarkable historical vignettes in this volume explore the customs and curiosities of the Sullivan County Catskills. High on ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Regular Algebra and Finite Machines

    Series series Dover Books on Mathematics
    World-famous mathematician John H. Conway based this classic text on a 1966 course he taught at Cambridge University. Geared toward graduate students of mathematics, it will also prove a valuable guide to researchers and professional mathematicians.His topics cover Moore's theory of experiments, Kleene's theory of regular events and expressions, Kleene algebras, the differential calculus of events ... Read more

    $8.69 USD

  • Debts to Pay

    English Canada and Quebec from the Conquest to the Referendum

    Written by a respected western Canadian writer, Debts to Pay offers a fresh point of view on the perennial questions of Quebec's place in the Canadian federation.Rejecting the hardline positions of both sovereigntists and federalists, Conway attempts to understand Quebec's demands by understanding its history. Through a discussion of relations between Quebec and Canada in the past and present, he ... Read more

    $16.99 USD

  • The Canadian Family in Crisis

    Fifth Edition

    In this book, sociology professor John F. Conway looks at families past, present and future and examines the changing nature of family. Figures from the first decade of the new millennium tell us that one marriage in two may well end in divorce. Conway considers the implications of divorce, the impact of social changes on men, women and children, and suggests how these issues might be better ... Read more

    $16.99 USD

  • A Course in Point Set Topology

    Series series Mathematics and Statistics (R0)
    This textbook in point set topology is aimed at an upper-undergraduate audience. Its gentle pace will be useful to students who are still learning to write proofs. Prerequisites include calculus and at least one semester of analysis, where the student has been properly exposed to the ideas of basic set theory such as subsets, unions, intersections, and functions, as well as convergence and other ... Read more

    $58.49 USD

  • A First Course in Analysis

    Series series Cambridge Mathematical Textbooks
    This rigorous textbook is intended for a year-long analysis or advanced calculus course for advanced undergraduate or beginning graduate students. Starting with detailed, slow-paced proofs that allow students to acquire facility in reading and writing proofs, it clearly and concisely explains the basics of differentiation and integration of functions of one and several variables, and covers the ... Read more

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  • On Quaternions and Octonions

    This book investigates the geometry of quaternion and octonion algebras. Following a comprehensive historical introduction, the book illuminates the special properties of 3- and 4-dimensional Euclidean spaces using quaternions, leading to enumerations of the corresponding finite groups of symmetries. The second half of the book discusses the less f ... Read more

    $77.99 USD

  • The Magic Theorem

    A Greatly-Expanded, Much-Abridged Edition of The Symmetries of Things

    Series series AK Peters/CRC Recreational Mathematics Series
    The Magic Theorem: a Greatly-Expanded, Much-Abridged Edition of The Symmetries of Things presents a wonder- fully unique re-imagining of the classic book, The Symmetries of Things. Begun as a standard second edition by the original author team, it changed in scope following the passing of John Conway. This version of the book fulfills the original vision for the project: an elementary introduction ... Read more

    $34.99 USD

  • The Symmetries of Things

    Series series AK Peters/CRC Recreational Mathematics Series
    Start with a single shape. Repeat it in some way—translation, reflection over a line, rotation around a point—and you have created symmetry. Symmetry is a fundamental phenomenon in art, science, and nature that has been captured, described, and analyzed using mathematical concepts for a long time. Inspired by the geometric intuition of Bill Thurston and empowered by his own analytical skills, John ... Read more

    $120.99 USD

  • The Prairie Populist

    George Hara Williams and the Untold Story of the CCF

    George Hara Williams was the most successful of the early leaders of the CCF in Saskatchewan. But his role in the party was undermined by Tommy Douglas and M. J. Coldwell, and now he is almost forgotten.The populist who mobilized farmers of the province to support a socialist platform, he was one of five MLAs elected in the 1934 election, becoming Leader of the Opposition. He firmly supported ... Read more

    $14.39 USD