Exploring cemeteries across Texas, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Louisiana, and Arkansas, this unusual travel guide illuminates the history behind the sites and the people who lie buried there. Information is given on accommodations for travelers--an ideal book for the amateur genealogist or weekend historian. 50 photos. Index.

A journalist discovers that a Victorian England relation of hers escaped from the clutches of Jack the Ripper, and ultimately, "Death" itself. Now Patti Fuller must find out how her great-great-grandmother cheated "Death" all those years ago. Original.

Photographs and text profile the geography, wildlife, and landscapes of Antarctica.

The first of a new series of thrilling original novels based on New Line Cinema's "Final Destination" films. The lead guitarist of an all-girl band predicts the destruction of the club they're about to play in. A handful of patrons survive, only to be picked off one by one. Original.

1.1 Background There are many paradigmatic statements in the literature claiming that this is the decade of parallel computation. A great deal of research is being de voted to developing architectures and algorithms for parallel machines with thousands, or even millions, of processors. Such massively parallel computers have been made feasible by advances in VLSI (very large scale integration) technology. In fact, a number of computers having over one thousand pro cessors are commercially available. Furthermore, it is reasonable to expect that as VLSI technology continues to improve, massively parallel computers will become increasingly affordable and common. However, despite the significant progress made in the field, many funda mental issues still remain unresolved. One of the most significant of these is the issue of a general purpose parallel architecture. There is currently a huge variety of parallel architectures that are either being built or proposed. The problem is whether a single parallel computer can perform efficiently on all computing applications.