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Between Art and Poetry

New Perspectives on Tablelands Flora

By: John Ryan

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Between Art and Poetry

New Perspectives on Tablelands Flora

By: John Ryan

A brief new collection of scientifically informed poems by John C Ryan with brilliant illustrations by David Mackay and featuring many of the unique specimens of trees and plants characteristic of the northern tablelands of NSW known as the New England Region surrounding the city of Armidale, location of the University of New England.

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0648214400

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Digital Arts

An Introduction to New Media

By: Cat Hope,John Charles Ryan

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Digital Arts

An Introduction to New Media

By: Cat Hope,John Charles Ryan

Digital Arts presents an introduction to new media art through key debates and theories. The volume begins with the historical contexts of the digital arts, discusses contemporary forms, and concludes with current and future trends in distribution and archival processes. Considering the imperative of artists to adopt new technologies, the chapters of the book progressively present a study of the impact of the digital on art, as well as the exhibition, distribution and archiving of artworks.Alongside case studies that illustrate contemporary research in the fields of digital arts, reflections and questions provide opportunities for readers to explore relevant terms, theories and examples. Consistent with the other volumes in the New Media series, a bullet-point summary and a further reading section enhance the introductory focus of each chapter.

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Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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1780933207

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9781780933207

The Dead and Those about to Die

D-Day: the Big Red One at Omaha Beach

By: John C. McManus

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The Dead and Those about to Die

D-Day: the Big Red One at Omaha Beach

By: John C. McManus

Provides a detailed, harrowing account of the D-Day assault on Omaha Beach from the perspective of the soldiers of the 1st Infantry Division as well as from the Gap Assault Team engineers who dealt with mines and other dangerous obstacles.

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Dutton Caliber

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1524745502

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9781524745509

Braintree

By: John A. Dennehy

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Braintree

By: John A. Dennehy

First settled in 1634, and incorporated in 1640, the Town of Braintree has a long and distinguished history. Old Braintree, which originally encompassed what is now Braintree, Quincy, Randolph, and Holbrook, was the birthplace of John Adams, John Hancock, John Quincy Adams, and Sylvanus Thayer. Primarily a farming community for almost three centuries, Braintree was also home to a number of water-powered mills and businesses, which prospered along the banks of the Monatiquot River. With the arrival of the railroad in the mid-19th century, several manufacturing plants were built near South Braintree Square. Farming and manufacturing have since been replaced by white-collar businesses and retail establishments. Since World War II, Braintree has become home to a larger and increasingly diverse residential and business population, due in part to its proximity to Boston and three major highways. Braintree presents images from the archives of the Braintree Historical Society and includes many previously unpublished photographs.

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Arcadia Publishing

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1439623597

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9781439623596

Introduction to the Environmental Humanities

By: J. Andrew Hubbell,John C. Ryan

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Introduction to the Environmental Humanities

By: J. Andrew Hubbell,John C. Ryan

In an era of climate change, deforestation, melting ice caps, poisoned environments, and species loss, many people are turning to the power of the arts and humanities for sustainable solutions to global ecological problems. Introduction to the Environmental Humanities offers a practical and accessible guide to this dynamic and interdisciplinary field. This book provides an overview of the Environmental Humanities’ evolution from the activist movements of the early and mid-twentieth century to more recent debates over climate change, sustainability, energy policy, and habitat degradation in the Anthropocene era. The text introduces readers to seminal writings, artworks, campaigns, and movements while demystifying important terms such as the Anthropocene, environmental justice, nature, ecosystem, ecology, posthuman, and non-human. Emerging theoretical areas such as critical animal and plant studies, gender and queer studies, Indigenous studies, and energy studies are also presented. Organized by discipline, the book explores the role that the arts and humanities play in the future of the planet. Including case studies, discussion questions, annotated bibliographies, and links to online resources, this book offers a comprehensive and engaging overview of the Environmental Humanities for introductory readers. For more advanced readers, it serves as a foundation for future study, projects, or professional development.

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415

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Routledge

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135120033X

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9781351200332

Encyclopedia of British and Irish Political Organizations

Parties, Groups and Movements of the 20th Century

By: Peter Barberis,John McHugh,Mike Tyldesley

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Encyclopedia of British and Irish Political Organizations

Parties, Groups and Movements of the 20th Century

By: Peter Barberis,John McHugh,Mike Tyldesley

This major, authoritative reference work embraces the spectrum of organized political activity in the British Isles. It includes over 2,500 organizations in 1,700 separate entries. Arrangement is in 20 main subject sections, covering the three main p

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A&C Black

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0826458149

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Sustainability Perspectives for Resources and Business

By: Orie L. Loucks,O. Homer Erekson,Jan Willem Bol,Raymond F. Gorman,Pamela C. Johnson,Timothy C. Krenbiel

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Sustainability Perspectives for Resources and Business

By: Orie L. Loucks,O. Homer Erekson,Jan Willem Bol,Raymond F. Gorman,Pamela C. Johnson,Timothy C. Krenbiel

Miami University in Oxford, Ohio offers a course entitled "Sustainability Perspectives," based on this text. The course was awarded "The Instructional Innovation Award" at the 1996 annual meeting of the Decision Sciences Institute, an association of Decision Science professionals headquartered at Georgia State University in Atlanta. The 1990s have seen the development of important new approaches to sustaining corporate development and protecting the environment. Corporations are beginning to realize their responsibilities for a healthy environment. Sustainable development is viewed as an integrated, ecological, economic, and social system in which both economic growth and quality-of-life improvements can occur in a unified system complementary to the maintenance of natural capital. Sustainability Perspectives for Resources and Businesses shows the reader that a sound understanding of the concepts involved in sustainable development is beneficial to businesses, natural resources, and the population in general. This textbook was written to help students and professionals involved in business, science, or engineering to understand the changes occurring in the workplace. It serves as a step toward understanding how business and science, as professional communities, are adapting to new information about risks to the environment. Various chapters are devoted to resources, values, and valuation systems. Each section develops principles such as resilience and integrity in the economy and the environment.

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CRC Press

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0429606842

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9780429606847

Nuclear Weapons and the Environment

An Ecological Case for Non-proliferation

By: John Perry

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Nuclear Weapons and the Environment

An Ecological Case for Non-proliferation

By: John Perry

In Nuclear Weapons and the Environment, John Perry highlights the environmental damage caused by nuclear device testing. The failure of the Nuclear Proliferation Treaty and the continued proliferation of nuclear weapons is a grave risk to not only human life but to the environment. Pointing to the unstable political situation between a variety of state and non-state actors, the remediation of nuclear test sites, and the risks involved in the production of nuclear weapons, Perry makes a clear case for the dire importance of non-proliferation.

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Rowman & Littlefield

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1793602840

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9781793602848

Plants in Contemporary Poetry

Ecocriticism and the Botanical Imagination

By: John Ryan

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Plants in Contemporary Poetry

Ecocriticism and the Botanical Imagination

By: John Ryan

Positioned within current ecocritical scholarship, this volume is the first book-length study of the representations of plants in contemporary American, English, and Australian poetry. Through readings of botanically-minded writers including Les Murray, Louise Glück, and Alice Oswald, it addresses the relationship between language and the subjectivity, agency, sentience, consciousness, and intelligence of vegetal life. Scientific, philosophical, and literary frameworks enable the author to develop an interdisciplinary approach to examining the role of plants in poetry. Drawing from recent plant science and contributing to the exciting new field of critical plant studies, the author develops a methodology he calls "botanical criticism" that aims to redress the lack of emphasis on plant life in studies of poetry. As a subset of ecocriticism, botanical criticism investigates how poets engage with plants literally and figuratively, materially and symbolically, in their works. Key themes covered in this volume include plants as invasives and weeds in human settings; as sources of physical and spiritual nourishment; as signifiers of region, home, and identity; as objects of aesthetics and objectivism; and, crucially, as beings with their own perspectives, voices, and modes of dialogue. Ryan demonstrates that poetic imagination is as essential as scientific rationality to elucidating and appreciating the mysteries of plant-being. This book will appeal to a multidisciplinary readership in the fields of ecocriticism, ecopoetry, environmental humanities, and ecocultural studies, and will be of interest to researchers in the emerging area of critical plant studies.

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131728755X

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9781317287551

Outskirts of Empire

Studies in British Power Projection

By: John Fisher

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Outskirts of Empire

Studies in British Power Projection

By: John Fisher

Outskirts of Empire: Studies in British Power Projection investigates the substructure of Britain’s interests in the Near East and beyond during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Essays address themes in British power projection in a geographically wide area encompassing parts of the Ottoman Empire, Morocco and Abyssinia, illuminating interlinking elements of Britain’s power and presence through commerce, religion, consular activity, expatriates, travel and exploration and technology. Through careful investigation of the interface of these themes the book develops a deeper sense of Britain’s presence in the Near East and contiguous areas and highlights the network of Britons who were required to sustain that presence.

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1351042688

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9781351042680

A New and Vastly Improved Edition of the Industrial Resources

By: John Gregory

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A New and Vastly Improved Edition of the Industrial Resources

By: John Gregory

Reprint of the original, first published in 1872. The publishing house Anatiposi publishes historical books as reprints. Due to their age, these books may have missing pages or inferior quality. Our aim is to preserve these books and make them available to the public so that they do not get lost.

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3382805707

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9783382805708

New Faculty

A Practical Guide for Academic Beginners

By: C. Lucas,John W. Murry

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New Faculty

A Practical Guide for Academic Beginners

By: C. Lucas,John W. Murry

A useful compendium of 'survival' advice for the faculty newcomer on a variety of subjects: practical tips on classroom teaching, student performance evaluation, detailed advice on grant-writing, student advising, professional service, and publishing.

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Springer

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0230120083

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9780230120082

The Endless Crisis

How Monopoly-Finance Capital Produces Stagnation and Upheaval from the USA to China

By: John Bellamy Foster,Robert W. McChesney

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The Endless Crisis

How Monopoly-Finance Capital Produces Stagnation and Upheaval from the USA to China

By: John Bellamy Foster,Robert W. McChesney

The days of boom and bubble are over, and the time has come to understand the long-term economic reality. Although the Great Recession officially ended in June 2009, hopes for a new phase of rapid economic expansion were quickly dashed. Instead, growth has been slow, unemployment has remained high, wages and benefits have seen little improvement, poverty has increased, and the trend toward more inequality of incomes and wealth has continued. It appears that the Great Recession has given way to a period of long-term anemic growth, which Foster and McChesney aptly term the Great Stagnation. This incisive and timely book traces the origins of economic stagnation and explains what it means for a clear understanding of our current situation. The authors point out that increasing monopolization of the economy—when a handful of large firms dominate one or several industries—leads to an over-abundance of capital and too few profitable investment opportunities, with economic stagnation as the result. Absent powerful stimuli to investment, such as historic innovations like the automobile or major government spending, modern capitalist economies have become increasingly dependent on the financial sector to realize profits. And while financialization may have provided a temporary respite from stagnation, it is a solution that cannot last indefinitely, as instability in financial markets over the last half-decade has made clear.

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Monthly Review Press

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1583676791

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9781583676790

Atomic Frontier Days

Hanford and the American West

By: John M. Findlay,Bruce W. Hevly

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Atomic Frontier Days

Hanford and the American West

By: John M. Findlay,Bruce W. Hevly

Outstanding Title by Choice Magazine On the banks of the Pacific Northwest’s greatest river lies the Hanford nuclear reservation, an industrial site that appears to be at odds with the surrounding vineyards and desert. The 586-square-mile compound on the Columbia River is known both for its origins as part of the Manhattan Project, which made the first atomic bombs, and for the monumental effort now under way to clean up forty-five years of waste from manufacturing plutonium for nuclear weapons. Hanford routinely makes the news, as scientists, litigants, administrators, and politicians argue over its past and its future. It is easy to think about Hanford as an expression of federal power, a place apart from humanity and nature, but that view distorts its history. Atomic Frontier Days looks through a wider lens, telling a complex story of production, community building, politics, and environmental sensibilities. In brilliantly structured parallel stories, the authors bridge the divisions that accompany Hanford’s headlines and offer perspective on today’s controversies. Influenced as much by regional culture, economics, and politics as by war, diplomacy, and environmentalism, Hanford and the Tri-Cities of Richland, Pasco, and Kennewick illuminate the history of the modern American West.

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University of Washington Press

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0295802987

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9780295802985

Quadrangle, The

By: John M. Manguso

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Quadrangle, The

By: John M. Manguso

Designed by Q.M. Gen. Montgomery Meigs and built in 1876 as a quartermaster supply depot, the Quadrangle evolved into a major regional headquarters. The Quadrangle has become synonymous with Fort Sam Houston. It has been immortalized in the art of Porfirio Salinas and the jewelry of James Avery. In Texas, the Quadrangle at Fort Sam Houston stands second only to the Alamo in historical significance. Designated as a National Historic Landmark in 1974 for its military contribution to the defense of the United States through the Indian Wars, the war with Spain, and both world wars as well as Korea, Vietnam, and the global war on terrorism, the Quadrangle continues its role as an active participant in national defense as the headquarters responsible for the land defense of North America. For almost 150 years, military activities have been conducted in the Quadrangle, and many of America's greatest soldiers and airmen have served within its walls--Ranald Mackenzie, Tasker Bliss, Frederick Funston, John J. Pershing, Billy Mitchell, Walter Krueger, and Jonathan M. Wainwright.

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146712866X

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Between Art and Poetry

Between Art and Poetry

Digital Arts

Digital Arts

The Dead and Those about to Die

The Dead and Those about to Die

Braintree

Braintree

Introduction to the Environmental Humanities

Introduction to the Environmental Humanities

Encyclopedia of British and Irish Political Organizations

Encyclopedia of British and Irish Political Organizations

Sustainability Perspectives for Resources and Business

Sustainability Perspectives for Resources and Business

Nuclear Weapons and the Environment

Nuclear Weapons and the Environment

Plants in Contemporary Poetry

Plants in Contemporary Poetry

Outskirts of Empire

Outskirts of Empire

A New and Vastly Improved Edition of the Industrial Resources

A New and Vastly Improved Edition of the Industrial Resources

New Faculty

New Faculty

The Endless Crisis

The Endless Crisis

Atomic Frontier Days

Atomic Frontier Days

Quadrangle, The

Quadrangle, The

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