Best Selling Books by Daniel Kirk

The conceptual design of a novel hypersonic electromagnetic launch system has been developed, which offers reliable access to space. While the concept can be scaled in both mass and launch speed, the performed study assumes a 100-kg projectile leaving the launcher at 7,000 m/sec. The projectile is propelled and levitated by electromagnetic forces inside of a low pressure tube filled with helium at about 10 torr. A fully controlled acceleration profile, which can be adjusted to meet the requirements of various missions, is used to reach 5000 gee in a 500-meter long launch tube. A constant-flux synchronous motor concept, developed under this contract, is a breakthrough technology that provides contact-free propulsion and self-centering suspension with sufficient stiffness and thrust. The use of high current, persistent mode, superconducting coils in the projectile generates high thrust force with near-zero heat dissipation. No brushes or projectile supplies are needed, eliminating contact phenomena. The low pressure helium atmosphere inside of the launch tube is proposed, which nearly eliminates both aerodynamic and heat transfer effects(force, torque and heating) due to high speed gas flow around the projectile, with large safety margins. The proposed technology therefore removes several of the technical problems that have made hypersonic electromagnetic launch unfeasible, in particular the inductive heating of the projectile when a contact-free armature is desired.

In the first part of this work, new models for describing sub-grid quantities in reactive LES settings were developed. These models included a new model for the sub-filter variance of a conserved scalar, a new method of filtering the G-equation, a resolution-sensitive description of the turbulent burning velocity, and a flamelet formulation valid near premixed fronts. The models were shown to offer improved predictive capability through application to experimental flames. In the second part, a new method to automatically generate skeletal kinetic mechanisms for surrogate fuels, using the directed relation graph method with error propagation, was developed. These mechanisms are guaranteed to match results obtained using detailed chemistry within a user-defined accuracy for any specified target. They can be combined together to produce adequate chemical models for surrogate fuels. A library containing skeletal mechanisms of various accuracies and domains of applicability was assembled.

Rex Tabby fights crime along with his partners, Simon Meeze and Frankie Fluff.

Honk Honk! Beep Beep! Father and child rise early for a trip to watch the sunrise on the mountaintop. Along the way they meet many friendly faces, some headed the same direction, and others in their own vehicles-big rigs, bulldozers and trains--with their own places to go and things to do. Nothing beats the start of a brand new day, especially when there are many vehicles to spot along the way. With a simple, playful text and boldly colored, toy-like illustrations, Daniel Kirk captures the fun of a special drive.

Curious squirrel Curie observes a baby bird flying and is eager to try too, but when everyone tells her that squirrels cannot fly, she is determined to prove them wrong by conducting her own experiments with the help of her big brother Newton. Includes author''s notes and glossary.

Trash trucks roam the city streets gobbling up all the garbage.

An escaped hamster enlivens the ride on an already chaotic school bus.

When Bobby, his mother, and his little brother stop in at the Liberty Diner to wait for their Uncle Angelo, they get much more than breakfast. As the waitress serves up hot coffee and the cook works his magic over a sizzling griddle, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt enters the diner. A victim of polio himself, Bobby is left inspired by his encounter with this man who overcame his own physical disabilities to become president of the United States. This young boy''s unexpected brush with fame is beautifully captured by Daniel Kirk''s lavish oil paintings.

Depicts a 1939 night in the life of Angelo, a gas station attendant, as he works the night shift at Lucky''s Twenty-Four Hour Garage.

Whether they are prancing, leaping, dancing, sleeping, stretching, stalking, grooming, walking, crouching or yowling, cats are fascinating! Find out why they climb trees when they can''t get down, what''s so appealing about trash cans, and why the gift of a dead bird means, "I love you." Cat lovers, unite to celebrate your feline friends. Cat Power! This book comes with a bonus CD with 18 original songs.

In this expanded version of the familiar nursery rhyme, Jack and his sister Jill are sent to get water from a well where they encounter a hungry crocodile.

In this action-filled conclusion to the Elf Realm trilogy, Matt, Tuava-Li, and Tomtar must reach the fabled elfin city of Hunaland at the North Pole. There they will plant the seed that will cause the Tree of Adri to grow anew and strengthen the invisible walls that separate the elfin world from the human. Meanwhile, Jardaine and Nick the troll have tricked Becky into joining them to supposedly rescue Matt from danger. In reality they wish to plant the Seed of Adri themselves, sacrifice Becky, and claim the glory and rewards from the elfin gods. It is a fast-paced race to get to the North Pole first and plant the seed, but unexpected horrors await whoever journeys beyond the Gates of Vattar, where the fading tree grows and where the new seed must be relinquished. Who will get there first? Readers will eagerly seek to discover if Matt and Becky save the world from impending doom and destruction and forever separate the human world from the elf realm for the safety of them all.

Sam, the shy mouse that lives in the library and likes to write books, collaborates with a boy in the library''s Authors and Illustrators Club.

Fourteen-year-old Matt forms an uneasy alliance with Tuava-Li the elf and Tomtar the troll in an attempt to restore to well-being the tree at the northern pole whose roots bind the worlds together, while Matt''s nine-year-old sister Becky tries to free their captive parents with Asra''s help.

Master calendar orders, apellate decisions, opinions, briefs, bench books, correspondence.

Sam the library mouse and his friend Sarah leave the library and go to a museum so Sam can make sketches in his explorer''s journal. While there, they see different kinds of artwork and make friends with another artist.

When Matt and his family move to a new neighborhood, they stumble into the middle of a massive upheaval in the Fairy world, and as the elves'' territory disintegrates and dark factions try to seize control, an apprentice mage sees in Matt the key to saving the Elf Realm from destruction. Reprint.

Whether they are prancing, leaping, dancing, sleeping, stretching, stalking, grooming, walking, crouching, or yowling, cats are fascinating! Find out: why they climb trees when they can¿t get down; what¿s so appealing about trash cans; why the gift of a dead bird means, ¿I love you.¿ Cat lovers, unite to celebrate your feline friends. Cat power! Includes an 18-song CD. Full-color illustrations.

Keisha Ann is proud of all the things she can do during her day at school.