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This is a historical journey in pursuit of the history, legend and lore of vampires. Where do they come from? Why do they have so much appeal today? As "Twilight" hits the book charts and billboards, and "True Blood" is on TV there are vampires in downtown clubs and never has it been more fashionable to be pale. M J Trow looks at the story of...

Games, or contexts of strategic interaction, pervade and suffuse our lives and the lives of all organisms. How are we to make sense of and cope with such situations? How should an agent play? When will and when won't cooperation arise and be maintained? Using examples and a careful digestion of the literature, Agents, Games, and Evolution:...

This is the definitive how-to guide to intaglio printmaking.With clear step-by-step instructions and over 200 illustrations, this beautifully illustrated book describes methods which, while employing a strong traditional basis, achieve stunning prints the modern way - safer, healthier and more environmentally friendly.Covering every stage of the...

Here is an introduction to numerical methods for partial differential equations with particular reference to those that are of importance in fluid dynamics. The author gives a thorough and rigorous treatment of the techniques, beginning with the classical methods and leading to a discussion of modern developments. For easier reading and use, many...

Self-satisfied, delighting in the many fascinating quirks of his own personality, Hermann Hermann is perhaps not to be taken too seriously. But then a chance meeting with a man he believes to be his double reveals a frightening 'split' in Hermann's nature. With shattering immediacy, Nabokov takes us into a deranged world, one full of an impudent,...

This book tells the stories behind the disappearances of some of our most famous works of art - and some that never existed at all. Like Sherlock Holmes' dog in the night time, sometimes the true significance of things lies in their absence. Rick Gekoski tells the very human stories that lie behind some of the greatest losses to artistic culture -...