Best Selling Books by David Rubin

Introduction to Continuum Mechanics is a recently updated and revised text which is perfect for either introductory courses in an undergraduate engineering curriculum or for a beginning graduate course. Continuum Mechanics studies the response of materials to different loading conditions. The concept of tensors is introduced through the idea of linear transformation in a self-contained chapter, and the interrelation of direct notation, indicial notation, and matrix operations is clearly presented. A wide range of idealized materials are considered through simple static and dynamic problems, and the book contains an abundance of illustrative examples of problems, many with solutions.Serves as either a introductory undergraduate course or a beginning graduate course textbook.Includes many problems with illustrations and answers.

In ancient Greece the first superhero was born. Heracles, the son of Zeus, came into the world with strength, charm, and a fighting spirit. The Hero Book Two continues David Rubín''s epic tale of Heracles in a postmodern look at the Twelve Labors and the champion''s fateful doom. The story delves deep into his life, revealing those who would wish him harm on his meteoric rise to stardom, his tumultuous love affairs, and his incredibly heroic feats. Rubín''s eclectic style will change the way you look at one of the most important Greek myths.

"Welcome David Rubín to the table. He is a big talent and the real deal. The Hero is a strong statement of intent.”—Paul Pope (creator of Battling Boy) In ancient Greece the first superhero was born. Heracles, the son of Zeus, came into the world with strength, charm, and a fighting spirit. Groundbreaking storyteller David Rubín (Illustrator on Paul Pope''s The Rise of Aurora West) reexamines the life of the world''s greatest champion in The Hero, chronicling Heracles''s incredible adventures, from his innocent boyhood to his meteoric rise to popularity as he tackles the Twelve Labors. It is a journey tempered by a steady decay that never relieves him of his heroic burden. And it is this burden that becomes his only grip on reality as Heracles edges toward his fateful end. Introduction by John Arcudi (B.P.R.D., The Creep)!

Democracy has never been more vulnerable. The problem is right here in America. How to Sabotage an Election Become an election judge and carry a refrigerator magnet in your pocket Program every fifth vote to automatically record for your candidate Bury your hacked code Avi Rubin, a computer scientist at Johns Hopkins and a specialist in systems security knows something the rest of us don’t. Maybe we suspected it, maybe we’ve thought it, but we didn’t have proof. Until now. The electronic voting machines being used in 37 states are vulnerable to tampering, and because the manufacturers are not required to reveal—even to the government—how they operate, voters will never know if their votes are recorded accurately. Follow Rubin on his quest to wake America up to the fact that the irregularities in the 2004 elections might not have been accidents; that there are simple solutions that election commissions are willfully ignoring; that if you voted on an electronic machine, there’s a chance you didn’t vote the way you wanted to. Learn what you can do the next time you vote to make sure that your vote is counted. Imagine for a moment that you live in a country where nobody is sure how most of the votes are counted, and there’s no reliable record for performing a recount. Imagine that machines count the votes, but nobody knows how they work. Now imagine if somebody found out that the machines were vulnerable to attack, but the agencies that operate them won’t take the steps to make them safe. If you live in America, you don’t need to imagine anything. This is the reality of electronic voting in our country. Avi Rubin is a computer scientist at Johns Hopkins University and a specialist in systems security. He and a team of researchers studied the code that operates the machines now used in 37 states and discovered the following terrifying facts: The companies hired to test the election equipment for federal certification did not study the code that operates the machines and the election commissions employed no computer security analysts. All votes are recorded on a single removable card similar to the one in a digital camera. There is no way to determine if the card or the code that operates the machine has been tampered with. It’s very easy to program a machine to change votes. There’s no way to determine if that has happened. There were enough irregularities with the electronic voting machines used throughout the 2004 election to make anyone think twice about using them again. Avi Rubin has testified at Congressional hearings trying to alert the government that it has put our democracy at risk by relying so heavily on voting machines without taking the proper precautions. As he has waged this battle, he has been attacked, undermined, and defamed by a prominent manufacturer. His job has been threatened, but he won’t give up until every citizen understands that at this moment, our democracy hangs in the balance. There are simple solutions and, before you vote in the next election, Rubin wants you to know your rights. If you don’t know them and you use an electronic voting machine, you may not be voting at all.

"This eye-popping book offers a visual history of the psychedelic sensibility. In pop culture, that sensibility is associated with lava lamps, album covers, and "teashades," but it first manifested itself in the extreme colors and kaleidoscopic compositions of 1960s Op Artists. The psychedelic sensibility didn''t die at the end of the 1960s; Psychedelic traces it through the day-glo colors of painters Peter Saul, Alex Grey, and Kenny Scharf, the pill and hemp leaf paintings of Fred Tomaselli, the intensified palettes of Douglas Bourgeois and Sharon Ellis, and mixed-media and new media works by younger artists in the new millennium." "Although the term "psychedelic" was coined to describe hallucinatory experiences produced by drugs used psychotherapeutically, the story these images tell is about the influence of psychedelic culture on the art world - not necessarily the influence of drugs. As contemporary art evolved into a diverse and pluralistic discipline, the psychedelic evolved into a language of color and light. In Psychedelic, more than seventy-five vivid color images chart this development, exploring the art chronologically, from early Op Art through recent work using digital technology. The book, which accompanies an exhibition organized by the San Antonio Museum of Art, includes three essays that set the works in historical and cultural context." --Book Jacket.

Uno strano oggetto spaziale cade su un pianeta abitato da funghi antropomorfi. Nella foresta attorno alle città fungo iniziarono a imperversare strani attacchi di abitanti delle campagne mutati dal potere dello strano asteroide. Sarà un gruppo di avventurieri, pronti a stringere amicizia sul campo di battaglia, a fermare la minaccia cosmica che grava sul loro mondo. Mushroom Wars è un fantasy con funghetti antropomorfi dall''aspetto fiabesco, che si massacrano a colpi di spada e di magie esplosive.

Le meurtre d''un Dieu menace de déchirer le tissu spatio-temporel, qui est la base même de notre réalité. Notre Cosmic Détective essaye de résoudre l''affaire pour faire obstacle à une destruction totale. Mais les mystères sur lesquels il va enquêter et ce qu''il va découvrir seront-ils pires que le désastre qu''il tente d''éviter ? Et son esprit va-t-il vaciller sous les révélations auxquelles il doit faire face?

Alex Tanner is a Professor of Classics at Yale University. A previous run for office in Connecticut bore no fruit, though he still maintains a connection with politics. For this reason he''s invited onto the Golden American, a luxury boat that, unbeknownst to him, is filled with potential donors for his former college friend''s bid for President. Deceit, murder, and a poisonous snake on the loose-well, many snakes, in a sense-fill this adventurous, nail-biting voyage. David Rubin displays an inimitable grasp of high society and all its follies in this page-turning epic that stands up perfectly in today''s charged political climate, reminding us once again that the wealthy buying and selling elections is nothing new.

While pursuing his degree, Joe Wheelwright decides to dabble in astrology to make extra cash. Though he is agnostic on the power of stars and planets to predict human fate, his clients are anything but. What follows is an insider''s gaze at the intelligentsia of mid-20th century New York City - their feet anchored in brick and pavement while their minds spin with Eastern mysticism. David Rubin brilliantly dissects the paradoxes of human nature in a comic adventure in which everyone fancies one another while no one trusts a soul. Propelled by sex, secrets, musical compulsions and occult yearnings, they remind the reader that all humans carry contradictions the stars themselves can''t untangle.

This collection of three short stories features David Rubin''s keen insights into human nature by following a young Robert Dallary from the Florida coast to Manhattan, where he enters the elite social circle of his uncle, Frank. In ''Cerberus Shoals'' we find a broke Robert gaining employment on a small boat smuggling questionable goods. His interactions with the captain, Tote Walmus, and his not-so-faithful wife, Georgie, along with her dependably drunk father, Poley, carry this adventurous story along. Robert receives many initiations en route to his destination. In ''Princess Nashreen at Home'' we find Robert employed and living in New York City, thanks to Uncle Frank, who has made his recent fortune running gambling operations even though he himself does not gamble. Robert does take a gamble, however, when connecting with the Iranian and Egyptian royalty, Princess Nashreen. Finally, in ''A Rehearsal, '' we find Robert facing an existential dilemma: remain in these elite surroundings with his Hungarian Jewish girlfriend, Judy Aranyi, or break out to pursue his passion: the piano. His Russian teacher, Madame Dolgoruki, helps him pursue his destiny-that which, he learns, he creates for himself.

When a mysterious book, The End of Professor Salamandra, starts circulating around Southern State University''s Manhattan campus, it''s immediately apparent the professor in question is really the verbose Albie Mandragore. Suspicions arise that Mandragore''s longtime rival, Charles Greenfield, is the author-their long-standing family feud stretches from pre-war Vienna to New York City of the seventies. Yet no one at the university is spared from gossip, betrayal, and romantic confusion by David Rubin''s pen in this insightful, page-turning tale.

Everyone is running from something at the Jacaranda, a low-key summer getaway in Hesper Key on the gulf side in Florida. Stella Hennessey took over operations when her gambling husband disappeared, relying on the income of a cast of characters that summer in this out-of-the-way enclave. That is, until Frank Dallary finds himself on the run after a failed coup and in need of a hideout. Only this is a calculated move: Frank''s long-lost, unsuspecting nephew, Robert, works for Stella. Uncle Frank wants to inspire Robert''s piano career with his wide range of contacts but has to approach the situation carefully, as Robert is filled with the same temperamental Dallary blood. Meanwhile Frank seems a bit over his head with Stella, who has plans of her own. Part romance, part murder mystery, part family reunion, and all around adventure story, this is one of David Rubin''s most fully realized novels, introducing the world to the tangled web of the Dallary family, which would continue in his writings throughout his life.

David Rubin''s imagination runs free in this novel about a fictional Caribbean island, St. Michael Amargas, located at the end of the Great Breakaway Reef. Charlie Sanderson returns after many years to visit his family''s business, Sanderson''s Breakaway Reef Hotel. This is no congenial visit, however: Charlie''s running from something in America; his last recourse is to confront his father once again. In his most politically-charged thriller, Rubin explores the complex intertwined realities of family life, colonialism, politics, and romance. Charlie stumbles his way through murder, conspiracy, and espionage.

Premchand is the greatest figure in twentieth century Hindi literature and some of his finest work is to be found in his short stories. Filled with compassion and indignation, the stories inside this volume offer an incomparable panorama of North Indian life in the early twentieth century, along with a devastating satire on the cruelty and pride of the privileged class. Born Dhanpat Rai in 1880 in Lamhi, a small village near Varanasi, Premchand''s first collection was published in 1908; in 1918 he changed his pen name to Premchand upon the publication of his first major novel, Sevasadan. Premchand is still popular throughout the Hindi and Urdu speaking world and has been translated into many languages. David Rubin is considered one of his top translators. As Rubin writes in his introduction, "The inhumanity of caste hierarchies, the struggle for India''s independence, and the wretched plight of women are some of the problems that arouse his indignation most frequently." This volume was selected for the Asian fiction series of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). -The David Rubin Collection seeks to assemble the fiction, non-fiction, translations and poetry of the late American novelist and scholar David Rubin. While he was best known for his translations of Indian writers Premchand and Nirala, David was also a master storyteller. His 1963 novel, The Greater Darkness, won the British Authors'' Club award for that year''s best first novel. He remained a prolific writer until his death in 2008. His works are archived at the Howard Gotlieb Archival Research Center at Boston University. For more information please visit davidrubinsindia.com.