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Mary Somerville and the World of Science
Mary Somerville (1780-1872), after whom Somerville College Oxford was named, was the first woman scientist to win an international reputation entirely in her own right, rather than through association with a scientific brother or father. She was active in astronomy, one of the most demanding areas of science of the day, and flourished in the unique British tradition of Grand Amateurs, who paid…
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Marxism and 20th-Century English-Canadian Novels: A New Approach to Social Re…
This monograph is the first academic work to apply a neo-Marxist approach to 20th-century Canadian social realist novels, pursuing a refreshingly (neo-)Marxist approach to such issues as Bakhtinian notions of the novelistic form and dialogism as applied to Canadian socio-political novels influenced by various socialisms, socialist-feminist concerns, economic and sexual politics, and the genre o…
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The Literariness of Media Art
“Language can be this incredibly forceful material—there’s something about it where if you can strip away its history, get to the materiality of it, it can rip into you like claws” (Hill in Vischer 1995, 11). This arresting image by media artist Gary Hill evokes the nearly physical force of language to hold recipients in its grip. That power seems to lie in the material of language itse…
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- 9781138091511
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- 700 BEN l
Thornton's Arabic Series Volume II : Elementary Arabic, First Reading-Book
This is the second volume in a series of four books, first published in 1919. The series treats Arabic grammar in a highly technical way and was written to expand up the foundational Arabic text, Wright's Grammar. This volume of Elementary Arabic is divided into four sections of readings, including extract from the Qur'an, stories of warriors, hadith, and historical extracts. It ends with a glo…
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Technical Theatre Practicum Textbook
Technical Theatre II (Intermediate) CHAPTER 1: JOBS IN TECHNICAL THEATRE CHAPTER 2: WORKING IN A NEW VENUE CHAPTER 3: PERFORMANCE ETIQUETTE CHAPTER 4: THE ACTOR SCENE BREAKDOWN CHAPTER 5: SCENERY CHAPTER 6: STAGE PROPERTIES CHAPTER 7: STAGE LIGHTING CHAPTER 8: COSTUMES CHAPTER 9: SOUND CHAPTER 10: BLOCKING NOTATION CHAPTER 11: PRODUCTION REPORTS CHAPTER 12: CUEING SCRIPTS
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A "Labyrinth of Linkages" in Tolstoy's "Anna Karenina"
The renowned Russian writer Leo Tolstoy created a realistic masterpiece in Anna Karenina (1878). In the same work, moreover, he utilized allegory and symbol to an extent and at a level of sophistication unknown in his other works. In Browning’s study, the author identifies and analyzes previously unnoticed or only briefly mentioned “linkages and keystones” found in two highly developed cl…
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- 9781936235186
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Technology, Media Literacy, and the Human Subject : A Posthuman Approach
What does it mean to be media literate in today’s world? How are we transformed by the many media infrastructures around us? We are immersed in a world mediated by information and communication technologies (ICTs). From hardware like smartphones, smartwatches, and home assistants to software like Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and Snapchat, our lives have become a complex, interconnected netwo…
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Literary Transcendentalism : Style and Vision in the American Renaissance
Broader in scope than any previous literary study of the transcendentalists, this rewarding book analyzes the theories and forms characteristic of a vital group of American writers, as well as the principles and vision underlying transcendentalism. All the movement's major literary figures and forms are considered in detail.Lawrence Buell combines intellectual history and critical explication, …
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CMOS RF Circuit Design for Reliability and Variability
The subject of this book is CMOS RF circuit design for reliability. The device reliability and process variation issues on RF transmitter and receiver circuits will be particular interest to the readers in the field of semiconductor devices and circuits. This proposed book is unique to explore typical reliability issues in the device and technology level and then to examine their impact on RF w…
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CMOS Indoor Light Energy Harvesting System for Wireless Sensing Applications
This book discusses in detail the CMOS implementation of energy harvesting. The authors describe an integrated, indoor light energy harvesting system, based on a controller circuit that dynamically and automatically adjusts its operation to meet the actual light circumstances of the environment where the system is placed. The system is intended to power a sensor node, enabling an autonomous wir…
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