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| "Microelectronic Circuits by Kenneth Smith, Adel S. Sedra (Paperback, 2015)" |
| "This market-leading textbook continues its standard of excellence and innovation built on the solid pedagogical foundation that instructors expect from Adel S Sedra and Kenneth C Smith New to this Edition A revised study of the MOSFET and the BJT and their application in amplifier design Improved treatment of such important topics as cascode amplifiers frequency response and feedback Reorganized and modernized coverage of Digital IC Design New topics including Class D power amplifiers IC filters and oscillators and image sensors A new expand-your-perspective feature that provides relevant historical and application notes Two thirds of the end-of-chapter problems are new or revised A new Instructor's Solutions Manual authored by Adel S Sedra"
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| "The Riverside Chaucer: Reissued with a new foreword by Christopher Cannon by Geoffrey Chaucer, Larry D. Benson (Paperback,..." |
| "The third edition of the definitive collection of Chaucer's Complete Works reissued with a new foreword by Christopher Cannon Since F N Robinson's second edition of the The Works of Geoffrey Chaucer was published in 1957 there has been a dramatic increase in Chaucer scholarship This has not only enriched our understanding of Chaucer's art but has also enabled scholars working for the first time with all the source-material to recreate Chaucer's authentic texts For the third edition an international team of experts completely re-edited all the works added glosses to appear on the page with the text and greatly expanded the introductory material explanatory notes textual notes bibliography and glossary In short the Riverside Chaucer is the fruit of many years' study - the most authentic and exciting edition available of Chaucer's Complete Works"
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| "Molecular Biology : Principles of Genome Function" |
| "The biological world operates on a multitude of scales - from molecules to cells to tissues to organisms to ecosystems Throughout all these levels runs a common thread the communication and onward passage of information - from cell to cell from organism to organism and ultimately from generation to generation But how does this information - no more than a static repository of data - come alive to govern the processes that constitute life? The answer lies in the concerted action of molecular components which cooperate through a series of carefully-regulated processes to bring the information in our genome to life These components and processes lie at the heart of one of the most fascinating subjects to engage the minds of scientists today molecular biology Molecular Biology Principles of Genome Function offers a fresh distinctive approach to the teaching of molecular biology It is an approach that reflects the challenge of teaching a subject that is in many ways unrecognizable from the molecular biology of the 20th century - a discipline in which our understanding has advanced immeasurably but about which many questions remain to be answered It is written with several guiding themes in mind - A focus on key principles provides a robust conceptual framework on which students can build a solid understanding of the discipline; - An emphasis on the commonalities that exist between the three kingdoms of life and the discussion of differences between the three kingdoms where such differences offer instructive insights into molecular processes and components gives students an accurate depiction of our current understanding of the conserved nature of molecular biology and the differences that underpin biological diversity; - An integrated approach demonstrates how certain molecular phenomena have diverse impacts on genome function by presenting them as themes that recur throughout the book rather than as artificially separated topics At heart molecular biology is an experimental science and a central element to the understanding of molecular biology is an appreciation of the approaches taken to yield the information from which concepts and principles are deduced Yet there is also the challenge of introducing the experimental evidence in a way that students can readily comprehend Molecular Biology responds to this challenge with Experimental Approach panels which branch off from the text in a clearly-signposted way These panels describe pieces of research that have been undertaken and which have been particularly valuable in elucidating difference aspects of molecular biology Each panel is carefully cross-referenced to the discussion of key molecular biology tools and techniques which are presented in a dedicated chapter at the end of the book Beyond this Molecular Biology further enriches the learning experience with full-colour custom-drawn artwork; end-of-chapter questions and summaries; relevant suggested further readings grouped by topic; and an extensive glossary of key terms Among the students being taught today are the molecular biologists of tomorrow; these individuals will be in a position to ask fascinating questions about fields whose complexity and sophistication become more apparent with each year that passes Molecular Biology Principles of Genome Function is the perfect introduction to this challenging dynamic but ultimately fascinating discipline Online Resource Centre The Online Resource Centre to accompany Molecular Biology Principles of Genome Function features For registered adopters of the text Electronic artwork Figures from the book are available to download for use in lectures Journal Club Suggested research papers and discussion questions linked to topics featured in the book build on the Experimental Approach panels in the book itself to guide the process of assimilating knowledge from the research literature Answers to end of chapter questions Full answers to every end of chapter question are provided to assist with the grading of students' work For everyone Links to video animations Links to a range of animations that have been designed to illustrate some of the central processes in molecular biology including those that are particularly challenging to visualize"
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| "Today We Die a Little : Emil Zatopek, Olympic Legend to Cold War Hero" |
| "LONGLISTED FOR THE WILLIAM HILL SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARDSHORTLISTED FOR THE CROSS SPORTS BOOK AWARDS BIOGRAPHY OF THE YEAR The definitive biography of one of the greatest most extraordinary runners and Olympic heroes of all time from the author of running classic Feet in the Clouds Emil Zatopek won five Olympic medals set 18 world records and went undefeated over 10000 metres for six years He redefined the boundaries of endurance training in Army boots in snow in sand in darkness But his toughness was matched by a spirit of friendship and a joie de vivre that transcended the darkest days of the Cold War His triumphs put his country on the map yet when Soviet tanks moved in to crush Czechoslovakia's new freedoms in 1968 Zatopek paid a heavy personal price for his brave defence of socialism with a human face' Rehabilitated two decades later he was a shadow of the man he had been - and the world had all but forgotten him Today We Die A Little strips away the myths to tell the complex and deeply moving story of the most inspiring Olympic hero of them all"
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| "Medicine : The Definitive Illustrated History" |
| "Medicine tells the fascinating history of medicine through the ages to the present day Follow the greatest stories of medicine and its breakthroughs with incredible coverage of disease drugs treatment and curesMedicine covers the gory pitfalls and miraculous breakthroughs of medical history from trepanning bloodletting and body snatching to brand new developments in IVF and gene therapy with compelling stories and stunning illustrations Clear diagrams explain major diseases such as cancer and trace the progression of medical treatment through the centuries from ancient healers and herbalists to scurvy and smallpox and the World Wars to modern psychiatry Perfect for adults and students alike and anyone interested in the fascinating medical history of the world Medicine is the definitive visual history of our health"
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| "What's Where on Earth? Atlas: The World as You've Never Seen It Before! by DK (Hardback, 2017)" |
| "Much more than just a book of maps What's Where on Earth? Atlas brings our amazing world to life in 3-DWhat's Where on Earth? Atlas is like no other atlas you have ever seen With its specially commissioned 3-D maps and artworks it will take you on a continent-by-continent tour of the world Themed maps for each continent on topics such as major geographical features cities and monuments population and wildlife explore the world in incredible detail What's Where on Earth? Atlas is the perfect gift and home reference for any child aged between 8 and 11 with an interest in the world around them"
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| "Marvel Absolutely Everything You Need to Know by DK (Hardback, 2016)" |
| "This amazing Marvel book contains fantastic facts incredible info and uncanny trivia about the Super Heroes and villains of the Marvel Comics UniverseMarvel Absolutely Everything You Need to Know is packed with Marvel trivia It includes fun facts bizarre-but-true tales and quirky insights in everyone's favourite Marvel comic characters including The Avengers Spider-Man Captain Marvel Black Panther and Daredevil Discover why the Hulk comes in three different varieties - green grey and red and how a frog once gained Thor's powers! From behind-the-scenes revelations to strange and interesting facts this unique book will surprise and delight new and die-hard Marvel fans alike (c) 2016 MARVEL"
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| "Flush by Virginia Woolf (Paperback, 2016)" |
| "&39;Things are not simple but complex If he bit Mr Browning he bit her too Hatred is not hatred; hatred is also love&39; Virginia Woolf&39;s delightful biography of the poet Elizabeth Barrett Browning&39;s spaniel which asks what it means to be human - and to be dog One of 46 new books in the bestselling Little Black Classics series to celebrate the first ever Penguin Classic in 1946 Each book gives readers a taste of the Classics&39; huge range and diversity with works from around the world and across the centuries - including fables decadence heartbreak tall tales satire ghosts battles and elephants"
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| "The Call of Cthulhu" |
| "'What has risen may sink and what has sunk may rise'Mad macabre tales of demonic spirits hideous rites ancient curses and alien entities lurking beneath the surface of rural New England from the man who created the modern horror storyA new series of twenty distinctive unforgettable Penguin Classics in a beautiful new design and pocket-sized format with coloured jackets echoing Penguin's original covers"
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| "DKfindout! Human Body Flexibound" |
| "Silver award winner in the MadeForMums Awards 2017 children&39;s books series category Look inside your brilliant body with DK&39;s brand new human body book DKfindout! Human Body will satisfy any child who is eager to learn and acquire facts - and keep them coming back for more! From gooey gastric juices to our amazing brains and everything in the human body in-between this book will give kids the understanding they crave about how our bodies work DKfindout! Human Body explains the complex systems like digestion that keep us ticking over and will satisfy any budding biologist DKfindout! Human Body will surprise and delight young readers aged 6 to 9"
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| "Italian English Bilingual Visual Dictionary" |
| "The Italian English Bilingual Visual Dictionary is your essential vocabulary guide to the world around you With over 10000 fully illustrated terms arranged by theme language learning has never been easier Perfect for tourist and business travellers alike DK's Bilingual Visual Dictionary series is by your side when buying food talking about work discussing health and studying language Stunning visuals and comprehensive indexes combine to make the Italian English Bilingual Visual Dictionary your indispensable Italian language companion Fully updated to reflect recent changes in technology and clothing the Italian English Bilingual Visual Dictionary also features an easy-to-use audio app enabling you to hear terms spoken out loud in both Italian and English Learn and retain all the key phrases you need to know and perfect your pronunciation with audio help"
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| "Cold Comfort Farm (Penguin Essentials) Mass Market Paperback" |
| "A Hay Festival and The Poole VOTE 100 BOOKS for Women Selection A hilarious and merciless parody of rural melodramas and one of the best-loved comic novels of all time Cold Comfort Farm by Stella Gibbons is beautifully repackaged as part of the Penguin Essentials range &39;We are not like other folk maybe but there have always been Starkadders at Cold Comfort Farm&39; Sensible sophisticated Flora Poste has been expensively educated to do everything but earn a living When she is orphaned at twenty she decides her only option is to descend on relatives - the doomed Starkadders at the aptly named Cold Comfort Farm There is Judith in a scarlet shawl heaving with remorse for an unspoken wickedness; raving old Ada Doom who once saw something nasty in the woodshed; lustful Seth and despairing Reuben Judith&39;s two sons; and there is Amos preaching fire and damnation to one and all As the sukebind flowers Flora takes each of the family in hand and brings order to their chaos Cold Comfort Farm is a sharp and clever parody of the melodramatic and rural novel &39;Very probably the funniest book ever written&39; Sunday Times &39;Screamingly funny and wildly subversive&39; Marian Keyes Guardian &39;Delicious Cold Comfort Farm has the sunniness of a P G Wodehouse and the comic aplomb of Evelyn Waugh&39;s Scoop&39; Independent &39;One of the finest parodies written in Englisha wickedly brilliant skit&39; Robert Macfarlane Guardian Stella Gibbons was born in London in 1902 She went to North London Collegiate School and studied journalism at University College London She then worked for ten years on various papers including the Evening Standard Her first publication was a book of poems The Mountain Beast (1930) and her first novel Cold Comfort Farm (1932) won the Femina Vie Heureuse Prize Amongst her other novels are Miss Linsey and Pa (1936) Nightingale Wood (1938) Westwood (1946) Conference at Cold Comfort Farm (1949) and Beside the Pearly Water (1954) Stella Gibbons died in 1989"
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| "Idoru by William Gibson (Paperback, 2011)" |
| "Idoru - a gripping techno-thriller by William Gibson bestselling author of Neuromancer'Fast witty and cleverly politicized' GuardianTokyo post-eventAfter an attack of scruples Colin Laney's skipped out on his former employer Slitscan - avoiding the rash of media lawyers sent his way - and taken a job for the outfit managing Japanese rock duo LoRez Rez has announced he's going to marry an 'idoru' by the name of Rei Toi - she exists only in virtual reality - and this creates complications that Laney a net runner is supposed to sort out But when Chai part of LoRez's fan club turns up unaware that she's carrying illegal nanoware for the Russian Kombinat Laney's scruples nudge him towards trouble all over again And this time lawyers'll be the least of his worries William Gibson is a prophet and a satirist a black comedian and an outstanding architect of cool Readers of Neal Stephenson Ray Bradbury and Iain M Banks will love this book Idoru is the second novel in the Bridge trilogy - read Virtual Light and All Tomorrow's Parties for more'Sharp fast bright a must' Arena'A classic technothriller lean evocative tense' Wired'Luxuriate in prose simultaneously as hard and laconic as Elmore Leonard's and as glacially poetic as JG Ballard's an exhilarating ride' New StatesmanWilliam Gibson's first novel Neuromancer has sold more than six million copies worldwide In an earlier story he had invented the term 'cyberspace'; a concept he developed in the novel creating an iconography for the Information Age long before the invention of the Internet The book won three major literary prizes He has since written nine further novels including Count Zero; Mona Lisa Overdrive; The Difference Engine; Virtual Light; Idoru; All Tomorrow's Parties; Pattern Recognition; Spook Country and most recently Zero History He is also the author of Distrust That Particular Flavor a collection of non-fiction writing"
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| "Monty : His Part in My Victory" |
| "Monty His Part in My Victory is volume three of Spike Milligan's outrageous hilarious legendary War Memoirs'It's all over Von Arnheim has surrendered and he's very angry''This could mean war'The third volume of Spike Milligan's laugh-a-line account of life as a gunner in World War Two resumes on the eve of victory in North Africa Now Britain's looniest war hero must combat some of the direst threats a soldier has ever faced - boredom ('Christ I just thought of Catford') a cold ('In this weather?' 'Yed') moving camp ('It's a sort of Brighton with camels') relaxing on the beach ('Life was golden and we were the assayers') moving camp again ('We're already somewhere else') a visit to Carthage ('It's terrible it's like Catford') and a perilous encounter with the gloriously endowed Mademoiselle Villion ('Help! massage I said weakly') Against the odds they survive and are sent at last to Italy to be killed'Desperately funny vivid vulgar' Sunday Times 'Milligan is the Great God to all of us' John Cleese 'The Godfather of Alternative Comedy' Eddie Izzard 'That absolutely glorious way of looking at things differently A great man' Stephen Fry Spike Milligan was one of the greatest and most influential comedians of the twentieth century Born in India in 1918 he served in the Royal Artillery during WWII in North Africa and Italy At the end of the war he forged a career as a jazz musician sketch-show writer and performer before joining forces with Peter Sellers and Harry Secombe to form the legendary Goon Show Until his death in 2002 he had success as on stage and screen and as the author of over eighty books of fiction memoir poetry plays cartoons and children's stories"
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| "A Delicate Truth by John Le Carre (Paperback, 2006)" |
| "'With A Delicate Truth le Carre has in a sense come home And it's a splendid homecoming Satisfying subtle and compelling' The TimesA counter-terror operation codenamed Wildlife is being mounted in Britain's most precious colony Gibraltar Its purpose to capture a high-value jihadist arms-buyer Its authors an ambitious Foreign Office Minister and a private defence contractor who is also his close friend So delicate is the operation that even the Minister's Private Secretary Toby Bell is not cleared for itThree years later when the horrifying truth behind Operation Wildlife is uncovered Toby will be forced to choose between his conscience and his duty to the Service If the only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing how can he keep silent?'A brilliant climax with sinister deaths casual torture wrecked lives and shameful compromises' Observer'This is writing of such quality that - as Robert Harris put it - it will be read in one hundred years' Daily Mail'Perhaps the most significant novelist of the second half of the twentieth century in Britain' Ian McEwan"
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| "The Complete Lyrics: 1978-2013 by Nick Cave (Paperback, 2013)" |
| "The complete collection of Nick Cave lyrics spanning his entire career from 1978 until 2013 revised and updated by the cult rock star'He is an Australian artist like Sidney Nolan is an Australian artist - beyond comparison beyond genre beyond dispute' - from Nick Cave's induction into the Australian Hall of FameThis complete collection of Nick Cave's lyrics spans his entire career from his writing for The Birthday Party through the highly acclaimed Murder Ballads and The Boatman's Call to recent work with Grinderman and his 2013 album Push the Sky Away Brought together in one volume these lyrics make up one of the most outstanding achievements of contemporary musicSwitching between the cynical and the sanguine the defeated and the defiant Nick Cave deals in love war beauty children romance rejection Pethedine poetry pants money flowers and so much more From the bestselling author of And the Ass Saw the Angel and The Death of Bunny Munroe this definitive collection will be adored by Nick Cave fans everywhere'His lyrics deal with passion on the edge and are peopled with mad bayou preachers black-hearted lovers and killers His language is rich poetic apocalyptic' Guardian'Richly poetic creations which live a second life on the page Essential reading' VoxNick Cave was born in Australia in 1957 He moved to London with his band The Birthday Party in 1990 and four years later he formed The Bad Seeds with whom he has made 15 studio albums In recent years he has made two albums with his other band Grinderman In 1999 he curated and directed the Meltdown Festival at London's South Bank Centre He has also written the soundtrack for a number of successful films including The Assassination of Jesse James Lawless and The Proposition His novel And the Ass Saw the Angel was an international bestseller Time Out's Book of the Year and was reissued in the Penguin Essential series His second novel The Death of Bunny Monroe was published in 2009 He lives in Brighton with his wife and two children"
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| "The Collected Stories of Lydia Davis" |
| "The Collected Stories of Lydia Davis is the complete collection of short fiction from the world-renowned Lydia DavisWINNER OF THE MAN BOOKER INTERNATIONAL PRIZE 2013'Big rejoicing Lydia Davis has won the Man Booker International prize Never did a book award deliver such a true match-winning punch Best of all a new audience will read her now and find her wit her vigour and rigour her funniness her thoughtfulness and the precision of form which mark Davis out as uniqueDaring excitingly intelligent and often wildly comic she reminds you in a world that likes to bandy its words about what words such as economy precision and originality really mean This is a writer as mighty as Kafka as subtle as Flaubert and as epoch-making in her own way as Proust A two-liner from Davis or a seemingly throwaway paragraph will haunt What looks like a game will open to deep seriousness; what looks like philosophy will reveal playfulness tragicomedy ordinariness; what looks like ordinariness will ask you to look again at Davis's writing In its acuteness it always asks attentiveness and it repays this by opening up to its reader like possibility or like a bush covered in flowerheadsShe's a joy There's no writer quite like her' Ali Smith'What stories Precise and piercing extremely funny Nearly all are unlike anything you've ever read' Metro'I loved these stories They are so well-written with such clarity of thought and precision of language Excellent' William Leith Evening Standard'Remarkable Some of the most moving fiction - on death marriage children - of recent years To read Collected Stories is to be reminded of the grand echoing mind-chambers created by Sebald or recent Coetzee A writer of vast intelligence and originality' Independent on Sunday'A body of work probably unique in American writing in its combination of lucidity aphoristic brevity formal originality sly comedy metaphysical bleakness philosophical pressure and human wisdom' New Yorker'Davis is a high priestess of the startling telling detail She can make the most ordinary things such as couples talking or someone watching television bizarre almost mythical I felt I had encountered a most original and daring mind' Colm Toibin Daily TelegraphLydia Davis is the author of one novel and seven story collections the most recent of which was a finalist for the 2007 National Book Award She is the recipient of a MacArthur Fellowship and was named a Chevalier of the Order of Arts and Letters by the French government for her fiction and her translations of modern writers including Maurice Blanchot Michel Leiris and Marcel Proust"
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| "Principles of Cyber-Physical Systems by Rajeev Alur (Hardback, 2015)" |
| "A foundational text that offers a rigorous introduction to the principles of design specification modeling and analysis of cyber-physical systemsA cyber-physical system consists of a collection of computing devices communicating with one another and interacting with the physical world via sensors and actuators in a feedback loop Increasingly such systems are everywhere from smart buildings to medical devices to automobiles This textbook offers a rigorous and comprehensive introduction to the principles of design specification modeling and analysis of cyber-physical systems The book draws on a diverse set of subdisciplines including model-based design concurrency theory distributed algorithms formal methods of specification and verification control theory real-time systems and hybrid systems explaining the core ideas from each that are relevant to system design and analysisThe book explains how formal models provide mathematical abstractions to manage the complexity of a system design It covers both synchronous and asynchronous models for concurrent computation continuous-time models for dynamical systems and hybrid systems for integrating discrete and continuous evolution The role of correctness requirements in the design of reliable systems is illustrated with a range of specification formalisms and the associated techniques for formal verification The topics include safety and liveness requirements temporal logic model checking deductive verification stability analysis of linear systems and real-time scheduling algorithms Principles of modeling specification and analysis are illustrated by constructing solutions to representative design problems from distributed algorithms network protocols control design and roboticsThis book provides the rapidly expanding field of cyber-physical systems with a long-needed foundational text by an established authority It is suitable for classroom use or as a reference for professionals"
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| "Effective Coding with VHDL: Principles and Best Practice by Ricardo Jasinski (Hardback, 2016)" |
| "A guide to applying software design principles and coding practices to VHDL to improve the readability maintainability and quality of VHDL codeThis book addresses an often-neglected aspect of the creation of VHDL designs A VHDL description is also source code and VHDL designers can use the best practices of software development to write high-quality code and to organize it in a design This book presents this unique set of skills teaching VHDL designers of all experience levels how to apply the best design principles and coding practices from the software world to the world of hardware The concepts introduced here will help readers write code that is easier to understand and more likely to be correct with improved readability maintainability and overall qualityAfter a brief review of VHDL the book presents fundamental design principles for writing code discussing such topics as design quality architecture modularity abstraction and hierarchy Building on these concepts the book then introduces and provides recommendations for each basic element of VHDL code including statements design units types data objects and subprograms The book covers naming data objects and functions commenting the source code and visually presenting the code on the screen All recommendations are supported by detailed rationales Finally the book explores two uses of VHDL synthesis and testbenches It examines the key characteristics of code intended for synthesis (distinguishing it from code meant for simulation) and then demonstrates the design and implementation of testbenches with a series of examples that verify different kinds of models including combinational sequential and FSM code Examples from the book are also available on a companion website enabling the reader to experiment with the complete source code"
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| "What Do Science, Technology, and Innovation Mean from Africa?" |
| "Explorations of science technology and innovation in Africa not as the product of technology transfer from elsewhere but as the working of African knowledgeIn the STI literature Africa has often been regarded as a recipient of science technology and innovation rather than a maker of them In this book scholars from a range of disciplines show that STI in Africa is not merely the product of technology transfer from elsewhere but the working of African knowledge Their contributions focus on African ways of looking meaning-making and creating The chapter authors see Africans as intellectual agents whose perspectives constitute authoritative knowledge and whose strategic deployment of both endogenous and inbound things represents an African-centered notion of STI Things do not (always) mean the same from everywhere observes Clapperton Chakanetsa Mavhunga the volume's editor Western colonialist definitions of STI are not universalizableThe contributors discuss topics that include the trivialization of indigenous knowledge under colonialism; the creative labor of chimurenga the transformation of everyday surroundings into military infrastructure; the role of enslaved Africans in America as innovators and synthesizers; the African ethos of fixing; the constitutive appropriation that makes mobile technologies African; and an African innovation strategy that builds on domestic capacities The contributions describe an Africa that is creative technological and scientific showing that African STI is the latest iteration of a long process of accumulative multicultural knowledge productionContributorsGeri Augusto Shadreck Chirikure Chux Daniels Ron Eglash Ellen Foster Garrick E Louis D A Masolo Clapperton Chakanetsa Mavhunga Neda Nazemi Toluwalogo Odumosu Katrien Pype Scott Remer"
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| "A Little History of Literature" |
| "This 'little history' takes on a very big subject the glorious span of literature from Greek myth to graphic novels from The Epic of Gilgamesh to Harry Potter John Sutherland is perfectly suited to the task He has researched taught and written on virtually every area of literature and his infectious passion for books and reading has defined his own life Now he guides young readers and the grown-ups in their lives on an entertaining journey 'through the wardrobe' to a greater awareness of how literature from across the world can transport us and help us to make sense of what it means to be human Sutherland introduces great classics in his own irresistible way enlivening his offerings with humor as well as learning Beowulf Shakespeare Don Quixote the Romantics Dickens Moby Dick The Waste Land Woolf 1984 and dozens of others He adds to these a less-expected personal selection of authors and works including literature usually considered well below 'serious attention' - from the rude jests of Anglo-Saxon runes to The Da Vinci Code With masterful digressions into various themes - censorship narrative tricks self-publishing taste creativity and madness - Sutherland demonstrates the full depth and intrigue of reading For younger readers he offers a proper introduction to literature promising to interest as much as instruct For more experienced readers he promises just the same"
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| "Poilu : The World War I Notebooks of Corporal Louis Barthas, Barrelmaker, 1914-1918" |
| "The harrowing first-person account of a French foot soldier who survived four years in the trenches of the First World War Along with millions of other Frenchmen Louis Barthas a thirty-five-year-old barrelmaker from a small wine-growing town was conscripted to fight the Germans in the opening days of World War I Corporal Barthas spent the next four years in near-ceaseless combat wherever the French army fought its fiercest battles Artois Flanders Champagne Verdun the Somme the Argonne Barthas' riveting wartime narrative first published in France in 1978 presents the vivid immediate experiences of a frontline soldier This excellent new translation brings Barthas' wartime writings to English-language readers for the first time His notebooks and letters represent the quintessential memoir of a poilu or hairy one as the untidy unshaven French infantryman of the fighting trenches was familiarly known Upon Barthas' return home in 1919 he painstakingly transcribed his day-to-day writings into nineteen notebooks preserving not only his own story but also the larger story of the unnumbered soldiers who never returned Recounting bloody battles and endless exhaustion the deaths of comrades the infuriating incompetence and tyranny of his own officers Barthas also describes spontaneous acts of camaraderie between French poilus and their German foes in trenches just a few paces apart An eloquent witness and keen observer Barthas takes his readers directly into the heart of the Great War"
Price: 11.99 |
| "The Long, Long Life of Trees" |
| "A lyrical tribute to the diversity of trees their physical beauty their special characteristics and uses and their ever-evolving meanings Since the beginnings of history trees have served humankind in countless useful ways but our relationship with trees has many dimensions beyond mere practicality Trees are so entwined with human experience that diverse species have inspired their own stories myths songs poems paintings and spiritual meanings Some have achieved status as religious cultural or national symbols In this beautifully illustrated volume Fiona Stafford offers intimate detailed explorations of seventeen common trees from ash and apple to pine oak cypress and willow The author also pays homage to particular trees such as the fabled Ankerwyke Yew under which Henry VIII courted Anne Boleyn and the spectacular cherry trees of Washington DC Stafford discusses practical uses of wood past and present tree diseases and environmental threats and trees' potential contributions toward slowing global climate change Brimming with unusual topics and intriguing facts this book celebrates trees and their long long lives as our inspiring and beloved natural companions"
Price: 9.49 |
| "Medieval Europe" |
| "A spirited and thought-provoking history of the vast changes that transformed Europe during the 1000-year span of the Middle Ages The millennium between the breakup of the western Roman Empire and the Reformation was a long and hugely transformative period-one not easily chronicled within the scope of a few hundred pages Yet distinguished historian Chris Wickham has taken up the challenge in this landmark book and he succeeds in producing the most riveting account of medieval Europe in a generation Tracking the entire sweep of the Middle Ages across Europe Wickham focuses on important changes century by century including such pivotal crises and moments as the fall of the western Roman Empire Charlemagne's reforms the feudal revolution the challenge of heresy the destruction of the Byzantine Empire the rebuilding of late medieval states and the appalling devastation of the Black Death He provides illuminating vignettes that underscore how shifting social economic and political circumstances affected individual lives and international events Wickham offers both a new conception of Europe's medieval period and a provocative revision of exactly how and why the Middle Ages matter"
Price: 9.49 |
| "The Road Past Mandalay" |
| "The second part of the bestselling novelist's autobiography about his time in the Gurkhas during the second world warThis is the second part of John Masters' autobiography how he fought with his Gurkha regiment during World War II until his promotion to command one of the Chindit columns behind enemy lines in Burma Written by a bestselling novelist at the height of his powers it is an exceptionally moving story that culminates in him having to personally shoot a number of wounded British soldiers who cannot be evacuated before their position is overrun by the Japanese It is an uncomfortable reminder that Churchill's obsession with 'special forces' squandered thousands of Allied lives in operations that owed more to public relations than strategic calculation This military and moral odyssey is one of the greatest of World War II frontline memoirs"
Price: 7.49 |
| "The Mind's Eye by Oliver Sacks (Paperback, 2011)" |
| "Oliver Sacks is a perfect antidote to the anaesthetic of familiarity His writing turns brains and minds transparent' Observer How does the brain perceive and interpret information from the eye? And what happens when the process is disrupted? In The Mind's Eye Oliver Sacks tells the stories of people who are able to navigate the world and communicate with others despite losing what many of us consider indispensable senses and abilities the capacity to recognize faces the sense of three-dimensional space the ability to read the sense of sight For all of these people the challenge is to adapt to a radically new way of being in the world - and The Mind's Eye is testament to the myriad ways that we as humans are capable of rising to this challenge"
Price: 7.49 |
| "Letters and Papers from Prison, New Edition" |
| "One of the great classics of prison literature Letters and Papers from Prison effectively serves as the last will and testament of the Lutheran theologian Dietrich Bonhoeffer executed by the Nazis after incarceration in Tegel Prison Acute and subtle warm and perceptive yet also profoundly moving the documents collectively tell a very human story of loss of courage and of hope Bonhoeffer's story continues to be as vitally relevant as politically prophetic and as theologically significant as it always has This edition includes a new introduction by Samuel Wells"
Price: 12.49 |
| "Conversations With God by Neale Donald Walsch (Paperback, 1997)" |
| "Neal Donald Walsch was experiencing a low period in his life when he decided to write a letter to God venting his frustrations What he did not expect was a response As he finished his letter he was moved to continue writing - and out came extraordinary answers to his questions This work presents the answers that Walsch received helping him to change himself his life and the way he viewed other beings"
Price: 7.49 |
| "Nathaniel's Nutmeg: How One Man's Courage Changed the Course of History by Giles Milton (Paperback, 1999)" |
| "In 1616 an English adventurer Nathaniel Courthope stepped ashore on a remote island in the East Indies on a secret mission - to persuade the islanders of Run to grant a monopoly to England over their nutmeg a fabulously valuable spice in Europe This infuriated the Dutch who were determined to control the world's nutmeg supply For five years Courthope and his band of thirty men were besieged by a force one hundred times greater - and his heroism set in motion the events that led to the founding of the greatest city on earthA beautifully told adventure story and a fascinating depiction of exploration in the seventeenth century NATHANIEL'S NUTMEG sheds a remarkable light on history"
Price: 7.99 |
| "Oscar Wilde Stories For Children by P. J. Lynch, Oscar Wilde (Paperback, 2000)" |
| "An exceptionally handsome large-format gift edition of timeless fairy tales by Oscar Wilde Spectacular full-color paintings illustrate six of Wilde's best-loved stories including The Happy Prince The Nightingale and the Rose and The Selfish Giant Full-color illustrations"
Price: 7.49 |
