233 pages | George Mason University (March, 2010) | ISBN: N/A | PDF | 4.3 MB

This is an open set of lecture notes on metaheuristics algorithms, intended for undergraduate students, practitioners, programmers, and other non-experts. It was developed as a series of lecture notes for an undergraduate course. The topics are short and light on examples and theory.

378 pages | AU Press (20010) | ISBN: 1897425570 | PDF | 5.5 MB

This book makes several remarkable claims: the greatest cultural achievement in the Western Canadian mountain region may be what has been preserved, not what has been developed. Protecting the spine of the Rocky Mountains will preserve crucial ecological functions. A must-read for those who appreciate Western Canada's breathtaking landscape.

344 pages | Book Jungle (April 2007) | ISBN: 1594626243 | PDF | 35.2 MB

This book was one of the first to consider religious illumination from a psychological perspective. The basic point is that the human race is slowly and sporadically, albeit with increasing speed, advancing in consciousness to a higher state that will eventually lift the species above the fear, ignorance and brutality that have plagued mankind throughout history.

958 pages | General Books (January 2010) | ISBN: 115356131X | PDF | 74.5 MB

The book covers the entire field of pediatrics as completely as more bulky volumes. The discussions of the individual disease conditions are absolutely dependable and the therapeutic measures advised are in line with the most recent accepted usage.

675 pages | Pennsylvania State University (2007) | ISBN: 1449505716 | PDF | 1.3 MB

One of the great innovative figures in American letters, Walt Whitman created a daringly new kind of poetry that became a major force in world literature. Leaves Of Grass is his one book. First published in 1855 with only twelve poems, it was greeted as the most extraordinary piece of wit and wisdom that America has yet contributed.