The Great Wall at Sea: China's Navy Enters the 21st Century by Bernard D. Cole, ISBN 1557502390
With the world's largest population, largest army, and fastest growing economy, China is now building a large modern navy to assure its status as Asia's predominant power. Yet the West is sorely limited in its knowledge of what could become its greatest naval opponent. This major new study -- the first in more than fifteen years -- provides the specialist and general reader alike with timely, authoritative information about China's developing navy and its quest for power. The author, a professor at the National War College, first looks at China's two-thousand-year-old maritime tradition and then examines China's extensive territorial claims at sea, following up with a path-blazing description of the nation's increasing dependence on energy sources mined from the ocean floor.
The main focus of the book is a detailed examination of China's navy, its organization and its submarines, ships, and airplanes that form the heart of the sea-going force. The book also takes into account the officers and sailors who man the growing fleet and Beijing's efforts to train and educate them to be both professionally capable and politically reliable. China's future plans for its navy, including doctrine and operations, are fully discussed. In his conclusion, the author places China's naval developments within the context of national goals and plans as well as in the international arena. He asserts that Beijing will continue as a continental power with a maritime strategy and a navy focused on specific, limited goals, while reminding readers that the reunification of Taiwan is an objective that may well involve the United States.
Haunted Houses (1924) by Camille Flammarion, ISBN 0766145735
Contents: spiritualism and materialism, a reply to Camille Saint-Saens; experimental proofs of survival; haunted houses, a first survey of the subject; strange phenomena in a Calvados castle; haunted house of La Constantinie (Correze); hauntings, ancient and modern; mysterious noises at parsonage, the teacher's house, an indivisible companion; fantastic Villa of Comeada, Coimbra (Portugal); Cherbourg observations, what is the aura of a dwelling; a general excursion among haunted houses; classification of phenomena, hauntings associated with the dead; haunting phenomena not attributable to the dead, raping spirits, poltergeist; spurious haunted houses; search of causes; unknown of yesterday is the truth of tomorrow.
Haunted Houses (1924) by Camille Flammarion, ISBN 0766145735 
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The Time Warp Trio by Jon Scieszka, ISBN 0807262056
Read by William Dufris
1 hour, 38 minutes
2 cassettes
When Joes and his friends open up The Book, it transports them to another place and time. In "Knights of the Kitchen Table," the boys find themselves in Camelot fighting a black knight. In the "Not-So-Jolly Roger," the boys meet Blackbeard and must escape before they're buried along with his treasure.
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The Art of War by Sun Tzu, ISBN 0195015401
Written in China over two thousand years ago, Sun Tzu's The Art of War provides the first known attempt to formulate a rational basis for the planning and conduct of military operations. These wise, aphoristic essays contain principles acted upon by such twentieth-century Chinese generals as Mao Tse Tung. Samuel Griffith offers a much-needed translation of this classic which makes it even more relevant to the modern world. Including an explanatory introduction and selected commentaries on the work, this edition makes Sun Tzu's timeless classic extremely accessible to students of Chinese history and culture, as well as to anyone interested in the highly volatile military and political issues in present-day China.
The Art of War by Sun Tzu, ISBN 0195015401
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Computer-based Testing And the Internet
No topic is more central to innovation and current practice in testing and assessment today than computers and the Internet. This timely publication highlights four main themes that define current issues, technical advances and applications of computer-based testing: Advances in computer-based testing -- new test designs, item selection algorithms, exposure control issues and methods, and new tests that capitalize on the power of computer technology. Operational issues -- systems design, test...
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