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Self-Liberation of Parson Sykes: Return to Southampton County"

by David J Mason, Ulysses Turner ...

Series Book 3 - Self-Liberation of Parson Sykes Trilogy
With the victorious end of the Civil War, Parson Sykes fulfilled his goal of self-liberation, but he grew frustrated with Reconstruction programs. At the suspension of open hostility, he recognized the need for complete emancipation. Following the defeat of the Confederacy, he must advance civil and human rights to gain real freedom. As post-war planning emerged, new challenges arose. Parson grew ... Read more

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With the victorious end of the Civil War, Parson Sykes fulfilled his goal of self-liberation, but he grew frustrated with Reconstruction programs. At the suspension of open hostility, he recognized the need for complete emancipation. Following the defeat of the Confederacy, he must advance civil and human rights to gain real freedom. As post-war planning emerged, new challenges arose. Parson grew
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Integrating Cognitive Architectures into Virtual Character Design

Edited by Jeremy Owen Turner, Michael Nixon, Ulysses Bernardet, Steve DiPaola ...

Cognitive architectures represent an umbrella term to describe ways in which the flow of thought can be engineered towards cerebral and behavioral outcomes. Cognitive Architectures are meant to provide top-down guidance, a knowledge base, interactive heuristics and concrete or fuzzy policies for which the virtual character can utilize for intelligent interaction with his/her/its situated virtual ... Read more

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Cognitive architectures represent an umbrella term to describe ways in which the flow of thought can be engineered towards cerebral and behavioral outcomes. Cognitive Architectures are meant to provide top-down guidance, a knowledge base, interactive heuristics and concrete or fuzzy policies for which the virtual character can utilize for intelligent interaction with his/her/its situated virtual
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A Resistance History of the United States

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**• INSTANT NATIONAL BESTSELLER! • #1 ABA Indie Bookstores (PB Nonfiction) • #6 New York Times (combined HC and PB Nonfiction) • #9 Publishers Weekly (overall PB) • #16 USA Today overall (all genres, formats)Featured in Ava DuVernay’s new documentary 14th, premiering on Netflix this fall, Tad Stoermer presents a bracing new history that DuVernay calls "deeply necessary for this moment."Revisit the ... Read more

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**• INSTANT NATIONAL BESTSELLER! • #1 ABA Indie Bookstores (PB Nonfiction) • #6 New York Times (combined HC and PB Nonfiction) • #9 Publishers Weekly (overall PB) • #16 USA Today overall (all genres, formats)Featured in Ava DuVernay’s new documentary 14th, premiering on Netflix this fall, Tad Stoermer presents a bracing new history that DuVernay calls "deeply necessary for this moment."Revisit the
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Cyberpsychology

An Introduction to Human-Computer Interaction

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This textbook provides a comprehensive overview of the human-computer interface in clear, non-technical language, making it an ideal introduction for students of both psychology and computer science. Covering the past, present, and future developments in technology and psychology, it combines cutting-edge academic research with engaging illustrations and examples that show students how the ... Read more

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This textbook provides a comprehensive overview of the human-computer interface in clear, non-technical language, making it an ideal introduction for students of both psychology and computer science. Covering the past, present, and future developments in technology and psychology, it combines cutting-edge academic research with engaging illustrations and examples that show students how the
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To Rescue the Republic

Ulysses S. Grant, the Fragile Union, and the Crisis of 1876

by Bret Baier, Catherine Whitney ...

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#1 New York Times BestsellerFox News Channel’s Chief Political Anchor illuminates the heroic life of Ulysses S. Grant"To Rescue the Republic is narrative history at its absolute finest. A fast-paced, thrilling and enormously important book." —Douglas BrinkleyAn epic history spanning the battlegrounds of the Civil War and the violent turmoil of Reconstruction to the forgotten electo... ... Read more

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#1 New York Times BestsellerFox News Channel’s Chief Political Anchor illuminates the heroic life of Ulysses S. Grant"To Rescue the Republic is narrative history at its absolute finest. A fast-paced, thrilling and enormously important book." —Douglas BrinkleyAn epic history spanning the battlegrounds of the Civil War and the violent turmoil of Reconstruction to the forgotten electo...
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Gaming and Simulations: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools and Applications

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Research on the development, design, use, and evaluation of electronic games and simulations is essential to the understanding of their numerous roles and applications. Gaming and Simulations: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools and Applications unites fundamental research on the history, current directions, and implications of gaming at individual and organizational levels. This three-volume reference ... Read more

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Research on the development, design, use, and evaluation of electronic games and simulations is essential to the understanding of their numerous roles and applications. Gaming and Simulations: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools and Applications unites fundamental research on the history, current directions, and implications of gaming at individual and organizational levels. This three-volume reference
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The Real Lincoln

A New Look at Abraham Lincoln, His Agenda, and an Unnecessary War

by Thomas J. Dilorenzo ...

A New Look at Abraham Lincoln, His Agenda, and an Unnecessary WarMost Americans consider Abraham Lincoln to be the greatest president in history. His legend as the Great Emancipator has grown to mythic proportions as hundreds of books, a national holiday, and a monument in Washington, D.C., extol his heroism and martyrdom. But what if most everything you knew about Lincoln were false? What if, ... Read more

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A New Look at Abraham Lincoln, His Agenda, and an Unnecessary WarMost Americans consider Abraham Lincoln to be the greatest president in history. His legend as the Great Emancipator has grown to mythic proportions as hundreds of books, a national holiday, and a monument in Washington, D.C., extol his heroism and martyrdom. But what if most everything you knew about Lincoln were false? What if,
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Virtual Humans

Today and Tomorrow

by David Burden, Maggi Savin-Baden ...

Series series Chapman & Hall/CRC Artificial Intelligence and Robotics Series
Virtual Humans provides a much-needed definition of what constitutes a ‘virtual human’ and places virtual humans within the wider context of Artificial Intelligence development. It explores the technical approaches to creating a virtual human, as well as emergent issues such as embodiment, identity, agency and digital immortality, and the resulting ethical challenges. The book presents an overview ... Read more

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Virtual Humans provides a much-needed definition of what constitutes a ‘virtual human’ and places virtual humans within the wider context of Artificial Intelligence development. It explores the technical approaches to creating a virtual human, as well as emergent issues such as embodiment, identity, agency and digital immortality, and the resulting ethical challenges. The book presents an overview
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The American Civil War

A Hands-on History

by Christopher J. Olsen ...

"A solid history of the Civil War. . . . The author delivers a shrewd portrait of mid-19th-century America and the background to the war." — Kirkus Reviews"Olsen introduces essential issues involved in the outbreak, course, and aftermath of the Civil War in a comprehensible narrative. Effective interplay between context and contingency is Olsen's authorial forte. . . . A trenchant survey history." ... Read more

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"A solid history of the Civil War. . . . The author delivers a shrewd portrait of mid-19th-century America and the background to the war." — Kirkus Reviews"Olsen introduces essential issues involved in the outbreak, course, and aftermath of the Civil War in a comprehensible narrative. Effective interplay between context and contingency is Olsen's authorial forte. . . . A trenchant survey history."
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Building Intelligent Interactive Tutors

Student-centered Strategies for Revolutionizing E-learning

by Beverly Park Woolf ...

Building Intelligent Interactive Tutors discusses educational systems that assess a student's knowledge and are adaptive to a student's learning needs. The impact of computers has not been generally felt in education due to lack of hardware, teacher training, and sophisticated software. and because current instructional software is neither truly responsive to student needs nor flexible enough to ... Read more

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Building Intelligent Interactive Tutors discusses educational systems that assess a student's knowledge and are adaptive to a student's learning needs. The impact of computers has not been generally felt in education due to lack of hardware, teacher training, and sophisticated software. and because current instructional software is neither truly responsive to student needs nor flexible enough to
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Abraham Lincoln

The American Presidents Series: The 16th President, 1861-1865

by George S. McGovern ...

Series series The American Presidents
America's greatest president, who rose to power in the country's greatest hour of need and whose vision saw the United States through the Civil War.Abraham Lincoln towers above the others who have held the office of president—the icon of greatness, the pillar of strength whose words bound up the nation's wounds. His presidency is the hinge on which American history pivots, the time when the young ... Read more

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America's greatest president, who rose to power in the country's greatest hour of need and whose vision saw the United States through the Civil War.Abraham Lincoln towers above the others who have held the office of president—the icon of greatness, the pillar of strength whose words bound up the nation's wounds. His presidency is the hinge on which American history pivots, the time when the young
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The American Presidents Series: The 17th President, 1865-1869

by Annette Gordon-Reed ...

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A Pulitzer Prize-winning historian recounts the tale of the unwanted president who ran afoul of Congress over Reconstruction and was nearly removed from office.Andrew Johnson never expected to be president. But just six weeks after becoming Abraham Lincoln's vice president, the events at Ford's Theatre thrust him into the nation's highest office.Johnson faced a nearly impossible task—to succeed ... Read more

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A Pulitzer Prize-winning historian recounts the tale of the unwanted president who ran afoul of Congress over Reconstruction and was nearly removed from office.Andrew Johnson never expected to be president. But just six weeks after becoming Abraham Lincoln's vice president, the events at Ford's Theatre thrust him into the nation's highest office.Johnson faced a nearly impossible task—to succeed
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