Barry Durham's Books

27 Views of Durham

The Bull City in Prose & Poetry

By: Jean Anderson,Jim Wise,Katy Munger,Ariel Dorfman,Rodrigo Dorfman,Barry Yeoman,Clyde Edgerton,Pam Spaulding,Diane Daniel,Cliff Bellamy

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27 Views of Durham

The Bull City in Prose & Poetry

By: Jean Anderson,Jim Wise,Katy Munger,Ariel Dorfman,Rodrigo Dorfman,Barry Yeoman,Clyde Edgerton,Pam Spaulding,Diane Daniel,Cliff Bellamy

Eno Publishers builds on its successful 27 Views series by showcasing the literary community of Durham, North Carolina, in 27 Views of Durham: The Bull City in Prose & Poetry. The book features 27 writers, who in poetry, essays, short stories, and book excerpts focus on the town of Durham, famous for Duke University, tobacco, and Southern cuisine. The collection offers readers a broad and varied picture of life past and present in Durham, as well as a sense of the town's literary breadth. Contributing authors include Steve Schewel, Jean Anderson, Carl Kenney, Katy Munger, Ariel Dorfman, Pierce Freelon, John Valentine, Shirlette Ammons, Jim Wise, and others.

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0983247536

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Historical Dictionary of Canada

By: Stephen Azzi,Barry M. Gough

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Historical Dictionary of Canada

By: Stephen Azzi,Barry M. Gough

Canada has become a leader among the modern nations of the world. It has emerged as a modern industrial nation, and as a key player in the resource, commodities, and financial institutions that make up today’s world. This third edition of the Historical Dictionary of Canada contains a chronology, an introduction, and an extensive bibliography. It includes over 700 cross-referenced entries on a wide range of topics, covering the broad sweep of Canadian history from long before European contact until present day. Topics include Indigenous peoples, women, religion, regions, politics, international affairs, arts and culture, the environment, the economy, language, and war. This is an excellent resource for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about Canada. It introduces readers to the successes and failures, the conflicts and accommodations, the events and trends that have shaped Canadian history.

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Rowman & Littlefield

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1538120348

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9781538120347

Across the Line

Tales of the First Black Basketball Players in the ACC and SEC

By: Barry Jacobs

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Across the Line

Tales of the First Black Basketball Players in the ACC and SEC

By: Barry Jacobs

In the 1960s, college sports required more than athletic prowess from its African American players. For many pioneering basketball players on 18 teams in the Atlantic and Southeastern conference, playing ball meant braving sometimes menacing crowds during the tumultuous era of civil rights. Perry Wallace feared he would be shot when he first stepped onto a court in his Vanderbilt uniform. During one road game, Georgia's Ronnie Hogue fended off a hostile crowd with a chair. Craig Mobley had to flee the Clemson campus, along with other black students. C.B. Claiborne couldn't attend the Duke team banquet when it was held at an all-white country club. Wendell Hudson's mother cried with heartache when her son decided to play at the University of Alabama, and Al Heartley locked himself in a campus dorm at North Carolina State for safety the night Martin Luther King, Jr., was assassinated. Grounded in the civil rights struggles on campuses throughout the south, the voices of players, coaches, opponents and fans reveal the long-neglected story of race, sports and social history. Barry Jacobs has covered college basketball as well as news and other sports since 1976 for numerous publications, among them the New York Times, Washington Post, GQ, People, Oceans, the Saturday Evening Post and the Sporting News. He is the author of four books, including Coach K's Little Blue Book, The World According to Dean, and Three Paths to Glory. For 14 years he wrote the Fan’s Guide to ACC Basketball. He also served as an elected county commissioner for 20 years and supervises Moorefields, an historic site near Hillsborough, NC.

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1493071297

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The Perpetual Guest

Art in the Unfinished Present

By: Barry Schwabsky

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The Perpetual Guest

Art in the Unfinished Present

By: Barry Schwabsky

Contemporary art sometimes pretends to have made a clean break with history. In The Perpetual Guest, poet and critic Barry Schwabsky demonstrates that any robust understanding of art's present must also account for the ongoing life and changing fortunes of its past. Surveying the art world of recent decades, Schwabsky attends not only to its most significant newer faces-among them, Kara Walker, Thomas Hirschhorn, Ai Weiwei, Chris Ofili, and Lorna Simpson-but their forebears as well, both near (Jeff Wall, Nancy Spero, Dan Graham, Cindy Sherman) and more distant (Velzquez, Manet, Matisse, and the portraitists of the Renaissance). Schwabsky's rich and subtle contributions illuminate art's present moment in all its complexity: shot through with determinations produced by centuries of interwoven traditions, but no less open-ended for it.

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The Ernst & Young Almanac and Guide to U.S. Business Cities

65 Leading Places to Do Business

By: Ernst & Young LLP,Michael L. Evans,Barry M. Barovick

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The Ernst & Young Almanac and Guide to U.S. Business Cities

65 Leading Places to Do Business

By: Ernst & Young LLP,Michael L. Evans,Barry M. Barovick

Thinking of relocating or expanding your business to another city?Are you starting a new business? Let Ernst & Young, thenation's leading business and financial consulting firm, help youfind the location that best serves your company's needs, The ernst& Young Almanac and Guide to U.S. Business Cities Theauthoritative reference that profiles 65 places to do business inthe United States and helps answer your questions about Labor ForceIssues--How extensive is the available pool of workers? What arethe prevailing wages and benefits? What is the level of salaryinflation? Is the 18- to 44-year-old population stable, growing, ordeclining? Education Issues--What percentage of students graduatefrom high school? Go on to higher education? How good are thearea's colleges and universities? What kind of vocational trainingis available? How current is the technology used? Is the businesscommunity actively involved in school issues? Have apprenticeshipprograms been established? Business Climate, Housing & Qualityof Life Issues--Is the community reaching out to welcome newbusinesses? How does its regulatory environment compare with otherareas? Where will workers live? How long is the average commute?What types of recreational facilities and activities does thecommunity offer? What is the air quality and level of trafficcongestion? How much crime is there? Costs--What are the occupancycosts for rental space for an office? A warehouse? What are theconstruction costs? Commercial and industrial electric costs? Whatare the state, city, and property tax rates? America's business ison the move. Let The Ernst & Young Almanac and Guide to U.S.Business Cities help you make your move.

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0471589659

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Painting in Stone

Architecture and the Poetics of Marble from Antiquity to the Enlightenment

By: Fabio Barry

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Painting in Stone

Architecture and the Poetics of Marble from Antiquity to the Enlightenment

By: Fabio Barry

A sweeping history of premodern architecture told through the material of stone Spanning almost five millennia, Painting in Stone tells a new history of premodern architecture through the material of precious stone. Lavishly illustrated examples include the synthetic gems used to simulate Sumerian and Egyptian heavens; the marble temples and mansions of Greece and Rome; the painted palaces and polychrome marble chapels of early modern Italy; and the multimedia revival in 19th-century England. Poetry, the lens for understanding costly marbles as an artistic medium, summoned a spectrum of imaginative associations and responses, from princes and patriarchs to the populace. Three salient themes sustained this “lithic imagination”: marbles as images of their own elemental substance according to premodern concepts of matter and geology; the perceived indwelling of astral light in earthly stones; and the enduring belief that colored marbles exhibited a form of natural—or divine—painting, thanks to their vivacious veining, rainbow palette, and chance images.

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Yale University Press

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0300248164

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Chasseur & St Lawrence

By: Barry Warburton

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Chasseur & St Lawrence

By: Barry Warburton

The story of the last cruise of the United States privateer brig Chasseur during the War of 1812 and her captain, the intrepid Thomas Boyle. Leaving New York in the dead of winter 1814, Chasseur set sail for the rich waters of the Caribbean. Hunted by the Royal Navy, chased by pirates, tracking huge British convoys Boyle and Chasseur survive it all until, surprised by a British warship, they must fight for their lives. All Baltimore rejoices at their triumphant return and Chasseur is named "The Pride of Baltimore.

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Sea Gypsy Press

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0984526307

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Civil War Savannah: Savannah, immortal city

By: Barry Sheehy,Cindy Wallace,Vaughnette Goode-Walker

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Civil War Savannah: Savannah, immortal city

By: Barry Sheehy,Cindy Wallace,Vaughnette Goode-Walker

An epic iv volume history : a city & people that forged a living link between America, past & present.

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Greenleaf Book Group

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1934572705

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New England Weather, New England Climate

By: Gregory A. Zielinski,Barry D. Keim

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New England Weather, New England Climate

By: Gregory A. Zielinski,Barry D. Keim

A comprehensive, accessible guide to a subject near and dear to every New Englander's heart: the weather

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1584655208

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The Works of Thomas De Quincey, Part I Vol 7

By: Grevel Lindop,Barry Symonds

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The Works of Thomas De Quincey, Part I Vol 7

By: Grevel Lindop,Barry Symonds

Thomas De Quincey (1785-1859) is considered one of the most important English prose writers of the early-19th century. This is the first part of a 21-volume set presenting De Quincey's work, also including previously unpublished material.

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100074972X

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Actual Innocence

Five Days to Execution and Other Dispatches from the Wrongly Convicted

By: Jim Dwyer,Peter J. Neufeld,Barry Scheck

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Actual Innocence

Five Days to Execution and Other Dispatches from the Wrongly Convicted

By: Jim Dwyer,Peter J. Neufeld,Barry Scheck

Ten true tales of people falsely accused detail the flaws in the criminal justice system that landed these people in prison

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038549341X

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9780385493413

Dark Places

The Haunted House in Film

By: Barry Curtis

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Dark Places

The Haunted House in Film

By: Barry Curtis

Horror films revel in taking viewers into shadowy places where the evil resides, whether it is a house, a graveyard or a dark forest. These mysterious spaces foment the terror at the heart of horror movies, empowering the ghastly creatures that emerge to kill and torment. With Dark Places, Barry Curtis leads us deep inside these haunted spaces to explore them – and the monstrous antagonists who dwell there. In this wide-ranging and compelling study, Curtis demonstrates how the claustrophobic interiors of haunted spaces in films connect to the ‘dark places’ of the human psyche. He examines diverse topics such as the special effects – ranging from crude to state-of-the-art – used in movies to evoke supernatural creatures; the structures, projections and architecture of horror movie sets; and ghosts as symbols of loss, amnesia, injustice and vengeance. Dark Places also examines the reconfiguration of the haunted house in film as a motel, an apartment, a road or a spaceship, and how these re-imagined spaces thematically connect to Gothic fictions. Curtis draws his examples from numerous iconic films – including Nosferatu, Psycho, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre and The Shining – as well as lesser-known international works, which allow him to consider different cultural ideas of ‘haunting’. Japanese horror films and their Hollywood remakes – such as Ringu and The Ring, or Juon and The Grudge – come under particular scrutiny, as he explores Japanese cinema’s preoccupation with malevolent forces from the past. Whether you love the splatter of blood or prefer to hide under the couch, Dark Places cuts to the heart of why we are drawn to carnage.

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Reaktion Books

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1861895755

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God Understands Divorce

A Biblical Message of Grace

By: Barry D. Ham

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God Understands Divorce

A Biblical Message of Grace

By: Barry D. Ham

How to survive the life, death, and rebirth of marriage. Forgiveness removes any walls between you and God. Forgiveness is vertical as well as horizontal. —Myles Munroe (excerpt from Single, Married, Separated, and Life After Divorce) God Understands Divorce is a comprehensive compilation of real-life marriage situations that explain how quickly relationships can deteriorate, how to bring life back to terminally ill marriages—and how to let go. Whether you are divorced or thinking about it, you will discover:· How and why God understands divorce.· How to cope and become refreshed and respected.· A variety of real-life scenarios designed to change your perspective.· An interactive, friendly conversation to help revive the best part of you.· The eight steps to reconciliation. Critical marital issues discussed include: Infidelity and Impotence; Drug and Alcohol Abuse; Personal Growth; Finances and Parenting; Personal Happiness; Intolerance, Physical and Emotional Abuse; Incompatibility. God Understands Divorce brings you full circle—back into the loving arms of a loving God.

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Destiny Image Publishers

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0768489121

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9780768489125

Commerce of Taste

Church Architecture in Canada, 1867-1914

By: Barry Magrill

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Commerce of Taste

Church Architecture in Canada, 1867-1914

By: Barry Magrill

In the late-nineteenth century the circulation of pattern books featuring medieval church architecture in England facilitated an unprecedented spread of Gothic revival churches in Canada. Engaging several themes around the spread of print culture, religion, and settlement, A Commerce of Taste details the business of church building. Drawing upon formal architectural analysis and cultural theory, Barry Magrill shows how pattern books offer a unique way of studying the relationships between taste, ideology, privilege, social change, and economics. Taste was a concept used to legitimize British - and to an extent Anglican - privilege, while other denominations resisted their aesthetic edicts. Pattern books eventually lost control of the exclusivity associated with taste as advances in printing technology and transatlantic shipping brought more books into the marketplace and readerships expanded beyond the professional classes. By the early twentieth century taste had become diluted, the architect had lost his heroic status, and architectural distinctions among denominations were less apparent. Drawing together the history of church building and the broader patterns of Canadian social and historical development, A Commerce of Taste presents an alternative perspective on the spread of religious monuments in Canada by looking squarely at pattern books as sources of social conflict around the issue of taste.

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McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP

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0773587004

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9780773587007

Unwarranted

Policing Without Permission

By: Barry Friedman

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Unwarranted

Policing Without Permission

By: Barry Friedman

In June 2013, documents leaked by Edward Snowden sparked widespread debate about secret government surveillance of Americans. Just over a year later, the shooting of Michael Brown, a black teenager in Ferguson, Missouri, set off protests and triggered concern about militarization and discriminatory policing. In Unwarranted, Barry Friedman argues that these two seemingly disparate events are connected-and that the problem is not so much the policing agencies as it is the rest of us. We allow these agencies to operate in secret and to decide how to police us, rather than calling the shots ourselves. The courts have let us down entirely. Unwarranted is filled with stories of ordinary people whose lives were sundered by policing gone awry. Driven by technology, policing has changed dramatically from cops seeking out bad guys, to mass surveillance of all of society-backed by an increasingly militarized capability. Friedman captures this new eerie environment in which CCTV, location tracking, and predictive policing has made us all suspects, while proliferating SWAT teams and increased use of force puts everyone at risk. Police play an indispensable role in our society. But left under-regulated by us and unchecked by the courts, our lives, liberties, and property are at peril. Unwarranted is a vital, timely intervention in debates about policing, a call to take responsibility for governing those who govern us.

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Macmillan

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0374280452

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Scientific Method

A Historical and Philosophical Introduction

By: Barry Gower

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Scientific Method

A Historical and Philosophical Introduction

By: Barry Gower

The central theme running throughout this outstanding new survey is the nature of the philosophical debate created by modern science's foundation in experimental and mathematical method. More recently, recognition that reasoning in science is probabilistic generated intense debate about whether and how it should be constrained so as to ensure the practical certainty of the conclusions drawn. These debates brought to light issues of a philosophical nature which form the core of many scientific controversies today. Scientific Method: A Historical and Philosophical Introduction presents these debates through clear and comparative discussion of key figures in the history of science. Key chapters critically discuss * Galileo's demonstrative method, Bacon's inductive method, and Newton's rules of reasoning * the rise of probabilistic `Bayesian' methods in the eighteenth century * the method of hypotheses through the work of Herschel, Mill and Whewell * the conventionalist views of Poincaré and Duhem * the inductivism of Peirce, Russell and Keynes * Popper's falsification compared with Reichenbach's enumerative induction * Carnap's scientific method as Bayesian reasoning The debates are brought up to date in the final chapters by considering the ways in which ideas about method in the physical and biological sciences have affected thinking about method in the social sciences. This debate is analyzed through the ideas of key theorists such as Kuhn, Lakatos, and Feyerabend.

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Routledge

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1134806299

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The Curious Passage of Richard Blanshard

First Governor of Vancouver Island

By: Barry Gough

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The Curious Passage of Richard Blanshard

First Governor of Vancouver Island

By: Barry Gough

Celebrated historian Barry Gough brings a defining era of Pacific Northwest history into focus in this biography of Richard Blanshard, the first governor of Vancouver Island—illuminating with intriguing detail the genesis and early days of Canada's westernmost province. Early one wintry day in March 1850, after seven weary weeks out of sight of land, a well-dressed Londoner, a bachelor aged thirty-two, stood at the ship’s rail taking in the immensity of the unfolding scene. From Her Britannic Majesty’s paddlewheel sloop-of-war Driver, steadily thumping forth on Imperial purpose, all that Richard Blanshard could make out to port, in reflected purple light upon the northern side, was a forested, rock-clad island rising to considerable height. Vancouver’s Island they called it in those far-off days. This was his destination. Richard Blanshard was only governor of the young colony for three short, unhappy years—only one and a half of which were spent in the colony itself. From the very beginning he was at odds with the vastly influential Hudson’s Bay Company, run by its Chief Factor James Douglas, who succeeded Blanshard as governor of the colony of Vancouver Island and later became the first governor of the colony of British Columbia. While James Douglas is remembered, for better or worse, as a founding father of British Columbia, Richard Blanshard’s name is now largely forgotten, despite his vitally important role in warning London of American cross-border aggressions, including a planned takeover of Haida Gwaii. However, his failures highlight the fascinating struggles of the time—the supreme influence of commerce, the disparity between expectations and reality, and the bewildering collision of European and Pacific Northwest culture.

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Harbour Publishing

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1990776396

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The Works of Thomas De Quincey, Part II vol 8

By: Grevel Lindop,Barry Symonds

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The Works of Thomas De Quincey, Part II vol 8

By: Grevel Lindop,Barry Symonds

Thomas De Quincey (1785-1859) is considered one of the most important English prose writers of the early-19th century. This is the second part of a 21-volume set presenting De Quincey's work, also including previously unpublished material.

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Taylor & Francis

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1040246974

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Physiology of the Eye

An Introduction to the Vegetative Functions

By: Irving Fatt,Barry A. Weissman

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Physiology of the Eye

An Introduction to the Vegetative Functions

By: Irving Fatt,Barry A. Weissman

Physiology of the Eye: An Introduction to the Vegetative Functions, Second Edition discusses the fundamental concept of the operating process of the visual system. The book is comprised 10 chapters that cover the functions and properties of the parts of the ocular system. The text first provides a review of ocular anatomy, and then proceeds to covering parts, including aqueous humor, vitreous body, and lens. The next two chapters deal with various concerns in cornea, such as swelling pressure and metabolism. Chapter 8 discusses the sclera, while Chapter 9 tackles the retina. The last chapter talks about the tears and the lids. The book will be most useful to both optometrists and ophthalmologists. Readers who are curious about the operating process of the eye will find this text interesting.

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1483163695

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Computation and Logic in the Real World

Third Conference on Computability in Europe, CiE 2007, Siena, Italy, June 18-23, 2007, Proceedings

By: S. Barry Cooper

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Computation and Logic in the Real World

Third Conference on Computability in Europe, CiE 2007, Siena, Italy, June 18-23, 2007, Proceedings

By: S. Barry Cooper

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the Third International Conference on Computability in Europe, CiE 2007, held in Sienna, Italy, in June 2007. The 50 revised full papers presented together with 36 invited papers were carefully reviewed and selected from 167 submissions.

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Springer Science & Business Media

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3540730001

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Alexander Kennedy Isbister

A Respectable Critic of the Honourable Company

By: Barry Cooper

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Alexander Kennedy Isbister

A Respectable Critic of the Honourable Company

By: Barry Cooper

Born of mixed Scottish/Native Indian blood in what is now Saskatchewan, Isbister emigrated to Britain after he found his ambitions thwarted by Hudson's Bay Company policies regarding native-born employees. There he became a respected educator, but more important to this study, he also became the most persistent critic of the Company, and of British and Canadian policies dealing with the inhabitants of Rupert's Land and the Northwest Territories.

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0773573526

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Shoulder to Shoulder

Broadening the Men’s Shed Movement

By: Barry Golding

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Shoulder to Shoulder

Broadening the Men’s Shed Movement

By: Barry Golding

In the six years since The Men’s Sheds Movement book in 2015, the Movement has broadened to include many other nations and also Women’s Sheds, encompassing almost 3,000 Sheds worldwide to 2021. Shoulder to Shoulder: Broadening the Men’s Shed Movement shines a light on the transformational experiences and positive impact that Sheds have had on the lives, health and wellbeing of men, women, families and communities. The book’s many powerful Men’s and Women’s Shed case studies highlight how shared, hands-on social activity by ‘shedders’ can reduce the potentially destructive forces of loneliness and social isolation, even during a global pandemic. It’s about the universal value of “having somewhere to go, something to do, and someone to talk with,” as envisaged in the very first Australian Men’s Shed in 1998. Informative, insightful, easy to read and carefully researched, Shoulder to Shoulder provides a well-documented tour de force of this globally expanding and broadening international movement.

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Common Ground Research Networks

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1863352589

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9781863352581

Phonetic Transcription in Theory and Practice

By: Barry Heselwood

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Phonetic Transcription in Theory and Practice

By: Barry Heselwood

Phonetic transcription is a key element in many kinds of written works, not least linguistics books, dictionaries, language-teaching texts and bilingual reference works. This book is the first book-length scholarly monograph to address all of the important aspects of phonetic transcription.The aim of phonetic transcription is to represent the sounds of speech on paper. This book reviews contemporary uses of phonetic transcription in dictionaries, language teaching texts, phonetic and phonological studies, dialectology and sociolinguistics, speech pathology and therapy, and forensic phonetics. Heselwood surveys the history of attempts to represent speech, considering the relationship of transcription to written language. The book also includes a thorough analysis of the many different kinds of phonetic transcription - broad, narrow, auditory, systematic, segmental, suprasegmental, parametric and others - addressing what exactly is represented in different kinds and levels of transcription.Different ways in which transcription can be used alongside modern instrumental records of speech are illustrated with the claim that transcription embodies a kind of knowledge about speech unavailable to instruments - knowledge gained from the experience of listening to it in a phonetically informed manner. The author grounds this claim in the philosophy of phenomenalism, countering arguments against auditory transcription that have been advanced by experimental phoneticians for reasons of empirical inadequacy, and by linguistic rationalists who say it is irrelevant for understanding the supposedly innate categories that are said to underlie speech. A glossary of terms is included, along with a series of examples to demonstrate the comparison, classification and interpretation of phonetic transcriptions for different purposes.

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Edinburgh University Press

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0748691014

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9780748691012

Introduction to Educational Gerontology

By: Ronald H. Sherron,D. Barry Lumsden

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Introduction to Educational Gerontology

By: Ronald H. Sherron,D. Barry Lumsden

Educational gerontology is the study of the changes in the learning process caused by old age. This new edition provides an update of developments in this field of research. The volume probes topics such as implications for education for the aging, reminiscence, methods of teaching, social exchange and equal opportunity.

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Taylor & Francis

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1317770722

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Iron Age Communities in Britain

An Account of England, Scotland and Wales from the Seventh Century BC until the Roman Conquest

By: Barry Cunliffe

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Iron Age Communities in Britain

An Account of England, Scotland and Wales from the Seventh Century BC until the Roman Conquest

By: Barry Cunliffe

Since its first publication in 1971, Barry Cunliffe's monumental survey has established itself as a classic of British archaeology. This fully revised fourth edition maintains the qualities of the earlier editions, whilst taking into account the significant developments that have moulded the discipline in recent years. Barry Cunliffe here incorporates new theoretical approaches, technological advances and a range of new sites and finds, ensuring that Iron Age Communities in Britain remains the definitive guide to the subject.

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Routledge

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1134938039

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The Political Force of Musical Beauty

By: Barry Shank

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The Political Force of Musical Beauty

By: Barry Shank

In The Political Force of Musical Beauty, Barry Shank shows how musical acts and performances generate their own aesthetic and political force, creating, however fleetingly, a shared sense of the world among otherwise diverse listeners. Rather than focusing on the ways in which music enables the circulation of political messages, he argues that communities grounded in the act and experience of listening can give rise to new political ideas and expression. Analyzing a wide range of "beautiful music" within popular and avant-garde genres—including the Japanese traditions in the music of Takemitsu Toru and Yoko Ono, the drone of the Velvet Underground, and the insistence of hardcore punk and Riot grrrl post-punk—Shank finds that when it fulfills the promise of combining sonic and lyrical differences into a cohesive whole, musical beauty has the power to reorganize the basis of social relations and produce communities that recognize meaningful difference.

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Duke University Press

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082237675X

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9780822376750

The Films of Lenny Abrahamson

A Filmmaking of Philosophy

By: Barry Monahan

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The Films of Lenny Abrahamson

A Filmmaking of Philosophy

By: Barry Monahan

The Films of Lenny Abrahamson: A Filmmaking of Philosophys of provides a comprehensive study of the films of contemporary, highly critically-appraised Irish director Lenny Abrahamson. As well as considering the aesthetics, cultural reflections and philosophical concerns in the better known work of this dynamic and profoundly original Irish filmmaker, it also looks at his short film – 3 Joes – and his little-seen student film Mendel. As the first sustained study of Abrahamson's engaging and cinematically rich work, Barry Monahan's book sheds light on the aesthetic wealth of the artist and connects his stylistic innovations to the context of his projects' socio-cultural background, to his own influences in modern cinema – going beyond Irish film, to reflect upon the works of auteurs such as Bergman, Tarkovsky, Kubrick, and Kaurismäki among others – and to a broader reflection on what his canon has to contribute to the philosophy of cinema, art, and questions about human existence in the 21st century.

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Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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1501316125

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9781501316128

History, Performance and Conservation

By: Barry Bridgwood,Lindsay Lennie

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History, Performance and Conservation

By: Barry Bridgwood,Lindsay Lennie

Ideal for students of architectural technology, this volume of the Technologies of Architecture series covers the technologies available and the processes necessary for the conservation of existing buildings and environments. This book provides, in a single text, the tools for students to be able to evaluate such buildings, as well as an extensive understanding of the mechanisms which cause their deterioration and knowledge of the technologies available to correct their status. The ever higher standards set for buildings, especially in energy conservation contexts, demand that practitioners appreciate how the performance of existing structures can be enhanced, which is also covered. Considering the work of conservation within a holistic perspective and historical context, this book is additionally invaluable for architecture and construction students.

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Taylor & Francis

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1134078994

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9781134078998

Standing Our Ground

Women, Environmental Justice, and the Fight to End Mountaintop Removal

By: Joyce M. Barry

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Standing Our Ground

Women, Environmental Justice, and the Fight to End Mountaintop Removal

By: Joyce M. Barry

Standing Our Ground: Women, Environmental Justice, and the Fight to End Mountaintop Removal examines women’s efforts to end mountaintop removal coal mining in West Virginia. Mountaintop removal coal mining, which involves demolishing the tops of hills and mountains to provide access to coal seams, is one of the most significant environmental threats in Appalachia, where it is most commonly practiced. The Appalachian women featured in Barry’s book have firsthand experience with the negative impacts of Big Coal in West Virginia. Through their work in organizations such as the Coal River Mountain Watch and the Ohio Valley Environmental Coalition, they fight to save their mountain communities by promoting the development of alternative energy resources. Barry’s engaging and original work reveals how women’s tireless organizing efforts have made mountaintop removal a global political and environmental issue and laid the groundwork for a robust environmental justice movement in central Appalachia.

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Ohio University Press

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0821444107

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9780821444108

The Kinetoscope

A British History

By: Richard Brown,Barry Anthony

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The Kinetoscope

A British History

By: Richard Brown,Barry Anthony

The story of how the motion-picture device was developed, and its role in Victorian society and early cinema. The position of the kinetoscope in film history is central and undisputed; indicative of its importance is the detailed attention American scholars have given to examining its history. However, the Kinetoscope’s development in Britain has not been well documented and much current information about it is incomplete and out of date. This book, for the first time, presents a comprehensive account of the unauthorized and often colorful development of British kinetoscopes, using many previously unpublished sources. The commercial and technical backgrounds of the kinetoscope are looked at in detail; the style and content of the earliest British films analyzed; and the device’s place in the wider world of Victorian popular entertainment examined. In addition, a unique legal case is revealed and a number of previously unrecorded film pioneers are identified and discussed.

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Indiana University Press

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0861969316

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9780861969319

Larry Bowa

"I Still Hate to Lose"

By: Larry Bowa,Barry M. Bloom

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Larry Bowa

"I Still Hate to Lose"

By: Larry Bowa,Barry M. Bloom

As current manager of the Philadelphia Phillies, Larry Bowa has seen a lot in his 34-year career in baseball; so much that Bowa himself recently exclaimed, I've been in the game for so long now, nothing really shocks me anymore. True, perhaps, but while Bowa may no longer be shocked by what he witnesses on and off the diamond, his passion for winning has remained as constant as his love for the game. Bowa's initiation into the big leagues began in Philly as a shortstop in 1970 and has spanned the life of three Phillies ballparks. During those early years with stints at organizations including the Mets and the Cubs, Bowa gained a reputation as a passionate loud mouth. Although Bowa himself admits his misdeeds were a result of nothing more than youthful inexperience (Since I left San Diego I've never thrown chairs or the food spread again), he still has a flame in his heart and a flair to win. Looking back on it, I was wrong. That's inexperience. But I still come to the ballpark every day with that burning desire to win. I hate to lose and that will never change.

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Sports Publishing LLC

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1582617880

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9781582617886

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