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  • Computer-Related Risks

    by Peter Neumann ...
    "This sobering description of many computer-related failures throughout our world deflates the hype and hubris of the industry. Peter Neumann analyzes the failure modes, recommends sequences for prevention and ends his unique book with some broadening reflections on the future."—Ralph Nader, Consumer AdvocateThis book is much more than a collection of computer mishaps; it is a serious, technically ... Read more

    $27.59 USD

  • Jena 1800

    The Republic of Free Spirits

    by Peter Neumann ...
    Translated by Shelley Frisch ...
    "An exhilarating account of a remarkable historical moment, in which characters known to many of us as immutable icons are rendered as vital, passionate, fallible beings . . . Lively, precise, and accessible." —Claire Messud, Harper'sAround the turn of the nineteenth century, a steady stream of young German poets and thinkers coursed to the town of Jena to make history. The French Revolution and ... Read more

    $17.29 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Transmodern Literatures in the 21st Century

    Of(f) Limits

    Edited by Claus-Peter Neumann, Pilar Royo-Grasa ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in Contemporary Literature
    Transmodern Literatures in the 21st Century: Of(f) Limits offers an in-depth examination of how transmodern literatures in English over the last two decades have addressed the phenomenon of the limit. The 14 chapters that make up the volume examine how geographical, racial, ethnical, sociocultural, generical, ontological, epistemological, and other limits are articulated, transgressed, and ... Read more

    $61.99 USD

  • Asian Beekeeping in the 21st Century

    Edited by Panuwan Chantawannakul, Geoffrey Williams, Peter Neumann ...
    Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
    From the perspective of local scientists, this book provides insight into bees and beemanagement of Asia, with a special focus on honey bees.Asia is home to at least nine honey bee species, including the introduced European honeybee, Apis mellifera. Although A. mellifera and the native Asian honey bee, Apis cerana,are the most commonly employed species for commercial beekeeping, the remainingnon ... Read more

    $98.09 USD

  • Embedded Systems for Smart Appliances and Energy Management

    Edited by Christoph Grimm, Peter Neumann, Stefan Mahlknecht ...
    Series series Engineering (R0)
    This book provides a comprehensive introduction to embedded systems for smart appliances and energy management, bringing together for the first time a multidisciplinary blend of topics from embedded systems, information technology and power engineering. Coverage includes challenges for future resource distribution grids, energy management in smart appliances, micro energy generation, demand ... Read more

    $89.09 USD

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    Jena 1800

    The Republic of Free Spirits

    by Peter Neumann ...
    Narrated by Christa Lewis ...

    Unabridged

    6 hours 9 min

    Around the turn of the nineteenth century, a steady stream of young German poets and thinkers coursed to the town of Jena to make history. The French Revolution and the Napoleonic Wars had dealt a one-two punch to the dynastic system. Confidence in traditional social, political, and religious norms had been replaced by a profound uncertainty that was as terrifying for some as it was exhilarating ... Read more

    $19.99 USD

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

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