When amateur enthusiasts began sending fuzzy signals from their garages and rooftops, radio broadcasting was born. Sensing the medium's potential, snake-oil salesmen and preachers took to the air, at once setting early standards for radio programming and making bedlam of the airwaves. Into the chaos stepped a young secretary of commerce, Herbert Hoover, whose passion for organization guided the technology's growth. When a charismatic bandleader named Rudy Vallee created the first on-air variety show and America elected its first true radio president, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, radio had arrived. Rudel tells the story of the boisterous years when radio took its place in the nation's living room and forever changed American politics, journalism, and entertainment.

Hall of Fame third baseman and longtime player and broadcaster for the Detroit Tigers, Kell tells a simple and homey tale of his life. Kell's peak playing years occurred immediately after World War II, so some fans are more likely to recognize him for his television broadcasts than his diamond feats. Kell stresses the traditional family values he grew up with in his hometown in Arkansas. Detroit is his second home, and he has plenty of stories of Tiger greats.

In her own life and through her work with others, Victoria Castle has repeatedly encountered the tragic theme of not-enough-ness--both the I am not enough and There is not enough varieties--and witnessed how it cripples even the most b...

Everybody needs a rock -- at least that's the way this particular rock hound feels about it in presenting her own highly individualistic rules for finding just the right rock for you.

Perl, acrnimo para Practical Extraction and Report Language, es un lenguaje de programacin interpretado, diseado por Larry Wall, quien liber la primera versin en 1987. Es muy apropiado para escribir, desde aplicaciones sencillas hasta las ms complejas. En particular, en este libro se demuestra lo verstil que es Perl para manipular diferentes formatos usados en la industria, tanto en la ssmica como en la petrolera, as como tambin para manipular la gran cantidad de informacin que se genera durante programas de adquisicin de ssmica. Tambin se muestran ejercicios para programar aplicaciones visuales, que facilitan el proceso de interaccin de los usuarios con la aplicacin. Los ejercicios mostrados en este libro permiten que el usuario aprenda los rudimentos de programacin en Perl y comience a implementarlos de inmediato.

A listing of 547 songs contained on 308 recordings for children, organized alphabetically under 170 subject headings. Includes a core list of forty-six recommendations.