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Computational Mechanics of the Classical Guitar describes a new dynamic paradigm in instrument acoustics based on time-dependent transient analysis and simulation of complete musical instruments. It describes the current state of theoretical and experimental research into the guitar for engineers, instrument makers and musicians. This includes a summary of the basic equations for the mechanics of vibrating bodies and a presentation of the FDM (finite difference method) model with which the true vibrational behaviour of the instrument as an entire system can be understood for the first...

Private and bookish, Jackie Kennedy found herself thrust into the world spotlight as the young and glamorous wife of the President John F. Kennedy. As First Lady she restored the once neglected rooms of the White House to their former glory, and through her charm and elegance became a style icon whose influence is still felt even today. Kids will be fascinated to read about a First Family whose youth, intelligence, and good looks captivated America in the early 1960s.

Being personal wizard to a multinational CEO isn't all fun and games. When Colin's not busy with assassins and his own inner demons, there's amnesia potions and odd jobs like hunting down a serial criminal or two.



To add to it, things between Colin and his demon-blooded girlfriend Veruca have been a little unstable since last winter's freak blizzard. It doesn't make the relationship any easier that his favorite FBI contact looks exactly like his missing, presumed dead, fiancé.



All of that would be enough to keep Colin busy. But when a...

Colin Fisher is a young man with a lot of problems on his plate: a dying father, a dead car doubling as a home, and a mysteriously disappeared fiancEe. You'd think with a magical inclination he'd be able to turn it all around, but not so much.

Yet his bad luck appears to be on the way out when the CEO of a multinational corporation offers him a job. It's a sweet gig as a personal wizard with a fat paycheck. It just has one catch. The paranoid CEO isn't a mere hypochondriac, he's been hexed with an authentic ancient curse.

Now Colin is the only thing standing...