A personal history of a Nazi battalion's experiences on the Eastern and Western fronts of WWII, told through the vivid accounts of the soldiers themselves.This is the little-known story of Heavy Panzer (Tiger) Battalion 507. Helmut Schneider, himself a veteran of the battalion, sought out as many survivors of the unit as possible and gather their reminiscences. The resulting account is a treasure trove of first-hand material, including personal memories, diaries, le...

This book presents and describes the various uses of gastric bypass in bariatric and metabolic surgery and outlines the different techniques currently available. Furthermore, the possible complications with the procedure and ways to avoid them are also discussed.The use of the gastric bypass for the treatment of diabetes is emphasized and the new indications for the operative treatment of diabetes are featured in detail. Endoscopic uses concerning the gastric bypass are also addres...

This classic study is one of the few books to explore extensively the many facets of envy—“a drive which lies at the core of man’s life as a social being.” Ranging widely over literature, philosophy, psychology, and the social sciences, Professor Schoeck— a distinguished sociologist and anthropologist—elucidates both the constructive and destructive consequences of envy in social life. Perhaps most important, he demonstrates that not only the impetus toward a totalitarian regime but also t...

Fractal is an autobiography meets the Ancient Hebrew language.The author was diagnosed with Coronary Artery Disease in 2015, and following three heart interventions over a period of four years, he became convicted to articulate his life song of a broken heart.This volume relays the author's discovery of patterns and habits concerning the heart, weaving into his own odyssey with music, travels and adventures, insights learned from the language and culture of the anc...

Digital manufacturing is everywhere. Technology advances in production engineering have reduced the “artisan skill” traditionally required in manufacturing processes and replaced it with high-precision, computer-controlled machinery. This reduces human errors and variability in output, but it does not reduce the knowledge required of the professional engineer or shop floor worker. In fact, the reverse is true. They still need to understand the fundamentals, and must acquire other important...

Bart skips outta Fort Collins on an eastbound freight train and ends up in rural, rustbelt, Stentorville, Pennsylvania—a whacky place complete with forgetful old lady—Dotty, black-booted, ragtag bullies stomping around town, one weird, red-headed, whiz kid—Ollie, and a hard-to-read young lady—Abby with a gigantic fireman dad. Set in a previous era, readers will find eerie parallels to events happening today.Poignant while delving into difficult subjects of White Nationalism and Alzh...

Birthed Rebirthed and Born: Turned Around Again is a book of poems written through trials. It was written to inspire others to follow Christ and, for those who do, to become better in their understanding. The romance involved causes one to hope for love again. In all hopes, we search for that which can fill us and lead us into a better way of living. Through Christ and love, all things are achievable.

The first major history of Germany in a generation, a work that presents a five-hundred-year narrative that challenges our traditional perceptions of Germany’s conflicted past.For nearly a century, historians have depicted Germany as a rabidly nationalist land, born in a sea of aggression. Not so, says Helmut Walser Smith, who, in this groundbreaking 500-year history—the first comprehensive volume to go well beyond World War II—challenges traditional perceptions of...

Living as a carpenter who had spent time working in a watch factory, Georg Elser was just an ordinary member of society living in Munich. That is, however, until he took it upon himself to attempt to assassinate the Führer, Adolph Hitler. Being a common man who opposed the Nazi regime, Elser took the skills from his craft and worked to assemble his own bomb detonator. Every night, he snuck out to the Munich Beer Hall, where he worked on assembling the bomb that he planned to use to kill Hi...

For nearly a century, historians have depicted Germany as a rabidly nationalist land, born in a sea of aggression. Not so, says Helmut Walser Smith, who, in this groundbreaking 500-year history challenges traditional perceptions of Germany's conflicted past, revealing a nation far more thematically complicated than twentieth-century historians have imagined.Contrary to widespread perception, the people who first described Germany were pacific in temperament, and the pernicious ideo...

This book is intended to aid both the experienced Karate student and those just starting up to find their way in the theoretical and historical background of Karate. The varied facets of Karate first become obvious to the Karate student after many years of intensive training and study of the roots of Okinawa's Martial Arts.

The problems involved in designing optimal infrared (IR) measuring systems under given conditions are commensurately complex. The optical set-up and radiation conditions, the interaction between sensor and irradiation and the sensor itself, determine the operation of the sensor system. Simple calculations for solving these problems without any understanding of the causal relationships are not possible.Thermal Infrared Sensors offers a concise explanation of the basic physi...