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Optical Materials

By: Kelly S. Potter,Joseph H. Simmons

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Optical Materials, Second Edition, presents, in a unified form, the underlying physical and structural processes that determine the optical behavior of materials. It does this by combining elements from physics, optics, and materials science in a seamless manner, and introducing quantum mechanics when needed. The book groups the characteristics of optical materials into classes with similar behavior. In treating each type of material, the text pays particular attention to atomic composition and chemical makeup, electronic states and band structure, and physical microstructure so that the reader will gain insight into the kinds of materials engineering and processing conditions that are required to produce a material exhibiting a desired optical property. The physical principles are presented on many levels, including a physical explanation, followed by formal mathematical support and examples and methods of measurement. The reader may overlook the equations with no loss of comprehension, or may use the text to find appropriate equations for calculations of optical properties. - Includes a fundamental description of optical materials at the beginner and advanced levels - Provides a thorough coverage of the field and presents new concepts in an easy to understand manner that combines written explanations and equations - Serves as a valuable toolbox of applications and equations for the working reader

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0128226498

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The Shadow-Line

A Confession

By: Joseph Conrad

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The Shadow-Line

A Confession

By: Joseph Conrad

Joseph Conrad's short novel The Shadow-Line: A Confession (1917) is one of the key works of early twentieth-century fiction. This edition, established through modern textual scholarship, and published as part of the Cambridge Edition of the Works of Joseph Conrad, presents Conrad's only major work written during the First World War and its 1920 preface in forms more authoritative than any so far printed. Correspondence reveals that the part- and chapter-divisions present in the historical editions lack authorial sanction, and this edition of The Shadow-Line offers a continuous text for the first time, restoring to the narrative a fluency and dramatic intensity not hitherto found in any printing. An Introduction and Explanatory Notes, as well as maps and illustrations, enrich this volume. The Appendices publish materials relevant to Conrad's maritime career and to the publishing of the American serial, and the Apparatus allows the reader to follow the creative process.

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Cambridge University Press

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1107512174

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9781107512177

Heart of Darkness

By: Joseph Conrad

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Heart of Darkness

By: Joseph Conrad

A newly edited and richly annotated version of Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness, now considered a classic of early modernism.

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1108428894

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Notes on Life and Letters

By: Joseph Conrad

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Notes on Life and Letters

By: Joseph Conrad

The twenty-six essays collected in Notes on Life and Letters (first published 1921) offer a kaleidoscopic view of Joseph Conrad's literary views and interest in the events of his day, including the Titanic disaster, First World War, and the re-emergence of his native Poland as a nation state. The introduction gives the history of the gathering of these diverse pieces into a single volume, traces the book's reception, and offers new perspectives on its relationship to Conrad's other writings. His essays underwent multiple layers of unauthorized intervention by typists, compositors and editors: this history is set out in the essay on the text and in the apparatus. The notes explain literary and historical references, identify places mentioned, and gloss foreign terms. Two maps supplement the explanatory material. This edition, first published in 2004 and established through modern textual scholarship, presents Conrad's essays and reviews in an authoritative form.

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Cambridge University Press

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0521561639

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9780521561631

The Inheritors and The Nature of a Crime

By: Joseph Conrad

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The Inheritors and The Nature of a Crime

By: Joseph Conrad

The inheritors -- Nature of a crime / J.D. Salinger.

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Cambridge Edition of the Works of Joseph Conrad

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1107016819

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Lord Jim

By: Joseph Conrad

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Lord Jim

By: Joseph Conrad

This compact novel, completed in 1900, as with so many of the great novels of the time, is at its baseline a book of the sea. An English boy in a simple town has dreams bigger than the outdoors and embarks at an early age into the sailor's life. The waters he travels reward him with the ability to explore the human spirit, while Joseph Conrad launches the story into both an exercise of his technical prowess and a delicately crafted picture of a character who reaches the status of a literary hero.

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Penguin UK

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0141920157

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9780141920153

The Selected Letters of Joseph Conrad

By: Joseph Conrad

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The Selected Letters of Joseph Conrad

By: Joseph Conrad

Brings together for the first time the most important and illuminating letters of one of our major writers.

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Cambridge University Press

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0521191920

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Through the Wheat

The U.S. Marines in World War I

By: Edwin Howard Simmons,Estate of Joseph H Alexander

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Through the Wheat

The U.S. Marines in World War I

By: Edwin Howard Simmons,Estate of Joseph H Alexander

U.S. Marine participation in World War I is known as a defining moment in the Marine Corps' great history. It is a story of exceptional heroism and significant operational achievements, along with lessons learned the hard way. The Marines entered World War I as a small force of seagoing light infantry that had rarely faced a well-armed enemy. On a single June day, in their initial assault "through the wheat" on Belleau Wood against German machine-guns and poison gas shells, the Marines suffered more casualties than they had experienced in all their previous 142 years. Yet at Belleau Wood, Soissons, BlancMont, St. Mihiel, and the Meuse-Argonne the Marines proved themselves to be hard-nosed diehards with an affinity for close combat. Nearly a century later Belleau Wood still resonates as a touchstone battle of the Corps. Two retired Marines, well known for their achievements both in uniform and with the pen, have recorded this rich history in a way that only insiders can. Brig. Gen. Edwin H. Simmons and Col. Joseph H. Alexander recount events and colorful personalities in telling detail, capturing the spirit that earned the 4th Marine Brigade three awards of the French Croix de Guerre and launched the first pioneering detachments of "Flying Leathernecks." Here, hand-to-hand combat seen through the lenses of a gas mask is accompanied by thought-provoking assessments of the war's impact on the Marine Corps.

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Naval Institute Press

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1612518834

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9781612518831

29th Infantry Division

A Short History of a Fighting Division

By: Joseph H. Ewing

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29th Infantry Division

A Short History of a Fighting Division

By: Joseph H. Ewing

Covers the colonial origins of the three infantry regiments that comprise the Blue and Gray Division,"" the establishment of the Division in 1917, and its current status as a light infantry division in the Maryland National Guard. Contains an emphasis on the history of the 29th Infantry Division in WWII. Map displaying activity of 29th Division from June 6, 1944 through January 1, 1945 on endsheets. Hundreds of photos. Indexed

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Turner Publishing Company

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1563110105

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9781563110108

Battle Of The Barricades: U.S. Marines In The Recapture Of Seoul [Illustrated Edition]

By: Colonel Joseph H. Alexander USMC

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Battle Of The Barricades: U.S. Marines In The Recapture Of Seoul [Illustrated Edition]

By: Colonel Joseph H. Alexander USMC

Includes over 30 maps, photos and illustrations The Second Battle of Seoul was the battle to recapture Seoul from the North Koreans in late September 1950. The advance on Seoul was slow and bloody, after the landings at Inchon. The reason was the appearance in the Seoul area of two first-class fighting units of the North Korean People’s Army, the 78th Independent Infantry Regiment and 25th Infantry Brigade, about 7,000 troops in all. The NKPA launched a T-34 attack, which was trapped and destroyed, and a Yak bombing run in Incheon harbor, which did little damage. The NKPA attempted to stall the UN offensive to allow time to reinforce Seoul and withdraw troops from the south. Though warned that the process of taking Seoul would allow remaining NKPA forces in the south to escape, MacArthur felt that he was bound to honor promises given to the South Korean government to retake the capital as soon as possible. On September 22, the Marines entered Seoul to find it heavily fortified. Casualties mounted as the forces engaged in desperate house-to-house fighting. Anxious to pronounce the conquest of Seoul, Almond declared the city liberated on September 25 despite the fact that Marines were still engaged in house-to-house combat. Despite furious resistance by the North Korean forces, the Marines triumphed; pushing the communists soldiers out of Seoul. This U.S. Marine Corps history provides unique information about this important battle of the Korean War.

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Pickle Partners Publishing

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1786251426

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9781786251428

Storm Landings

Epic Amphibious Battles in the Central Pacific

By: Estate of Joseph H Alexander

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Storm Landings

Epic Amphibious Battles in the Central Pacific

By: Estate of Joseph H Alexander

The Pacific War changed abruptly in November 1943 when Admiral Chester Nimitz unleashed a relentless 18-month, 4,000-mile offensive across the Central Pacific, spearheaded by fast carrier task forces and U.S. Marine and Army assault troops. The sudden American proclivity for amphibious frontal assaults against fortified islands astonished Japanese commanders, who called them “storm landings” because they differed so sharply from the limited landings of 1942-43. This is the story of seven epic assaults from the sea against murderous enemy fire—Tarawa, Saipan, Guam, Tinian, Peleliu, Iwo Jima, and Okinawa. Each risky battle enhanced the U.S. capability to concentrate overwhelming naval force against a distant island and literally kick down the front door. While the assault forces learned priceless operational lessons from each landing, so did the Japanese. The ultimate U.S. victory in the seven “storm landings” came at the total cost of 100,000 killed and wounded. The survivors faced the prospect of even bloodier future beachheads against mainland Japan. Award-winning historian Joseph Alexander relates this extraordinary story with an easy narrative style bolstered by years of analyzing U.S. and Japanese battle accounts, personal interviews with veterans, and his own amphibious warfare experience. Abounding with human-interest stories of colorful “web-footed amphibians,” his book vividly portrays the sheer drama of these naval battles whose magnitude and ferocity may never again be seen in this world.

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Naval Institute Press

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1612512666

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9781612512662

Spirit Cure

A History of Pentecostal Healing

By: Joseph W. Williams

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Spirit Cure

A History of Pentecostal Healing

By: Joseph W. Williams

Joseph W. Williams examines the changing healing practices of pentecostals in the United States over the past 100 years, from the early believers to the later generations of pentecostals and their charismatic successors.

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Oxford University Press

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0199765677

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9780199765676

The Green Berets in the Land of a Million Elephants

U.S. Army Special Warfare and the Secret War in Laos 1959–74

By: Joseph D. Celeski

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The Green Berets in the Land of a Million Elephants

U.S. Army Special Warfare and the Secret War in Laos 1959–74

By: Joseph D. Celeski

The untold story of US Special Forces in Laos, one of the longest secret wars of the Cold War—by a military historian and Special Forces veteran. The Secret War in Laos was one of the first “long wars” fought by US Special Forces, spanning a period of about thirteen years. It was one of the largest CIA-paramilitary operations of the time, kept out of the view of the American public until now. Between 1959 and 1974, Green Berets were covertly deployed to Laos during the Laotian Civil War to prevent the Communist Pathet Lao from taking over the country. Operators disguised as civilians and answering only to “Mister,“ were delivered to the country by Air America, where they reported to the US Ambassador. With limited resources, they faced a country in chaos. Maps had large blank areas. and essential supplies often didn’t arrive at all. In challenging tropical conditions, they trained and undertook combat advisory duties with the Royal Lao Government. Shrouded in secrecy until the 1990s, this was one of the first major applications of special warfare doctrine. Now, the story is comprehensively told for the first time using official archival documents and interviews with veterans.

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Casemate Publishers

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1612006663

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9781612006666

The Secret Sharer and Other Stories (Norton Critical Editions)

By: Joseph Conrad

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The Secret Sharer and Other Stories (Norton Critical Editions)

By: Joseph Conrad

This Norton Critical Edition includes four stories—two set on stormy seas, two on calm seas, all four based on the same incident—that speak to each other in interesting ways. The stories in this Norton Critical Edition maintain the connection and sequencing that Joseph Conrad saw among them. In his “Author’s Note” to ‘Twixt Land and Sea, Conrad writes of his two “Calm-pieces” (“The Secret Sharer” and The Shadow-Line) and his two “Storm-pieces” (The Nigger of the “Narcissus” and “Typhoon”). This edition is based on the first English book edition for the stories and the first American edition for the “Author’s Note” for The Shadow-Line, “Typhoon,” and “The Secret Sharer.” The stories are accompanied by explanatory annotations, a note on the texts (including a list of textual emendations), and a preface. “Backgrounds and Contexts” brings together relevant correspondence and contemporary reviews from both British and American sources. Also included are documents related to Conrad’s sources for the stories, among them Charles Arthur Sankey’s “Ordeal of the Cutty Sark: A True Story of Mutiny, Murder on the High Seas.” To help readers navigate, the editor includes a glossary of nautical terms as well as diagrams of the kinds of ships that appear in the stories. “Criticism” includes fifteen essays representing both new and established voices. The essays are arranged by story, with the focus on Conrad’s major themes—colonialism, narrative, gender, and race. Albert J. Guerard, Lillian Nayder, Mark D. Larabee, Fredric Jameson, F. R. Leavis, and John G. Peters are among the contributors. A chronology of Conrad’s life and work and a selected bibliography are also included.

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W. W. Norton & Company

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0393269167

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9780393269161

The Secret Sharer and Other Stories (International Student Edition) (Norton Critical Editions)

By: Joseph Conrad

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The Secret Sharer and Other Stories (International Student Edition) (Norton Critical Editions)

By: Joseph Conrad

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0393614794

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9780393614794

Heart of Darkness - Ed. Peters

By: Joseph Conrad

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Heart of Darkness - Ed. Peters

By: Joseph Conrad

Heart of Darkness is based upon Joseph Conrad’s own experience in the Congo; “it is,” as he remarks in his 1916 author’s note to Youth: A Narrative and Two Other Stories, “experience pushed a little (and only very little) beyond the actual facts.” Unlike many other editions, this new edition of Conrad’s most famous tale focuses on the time in which Conrad was himself in the Congo, while also exploring the differences between his reported experiences and their reshaping in fiction. This edition includes an extensive selection of Conrad’s correspondence and autobiographical writing, as well as contemporary accounts of the Congo from other writers. Contemporary reviews situate Heart of Darkness in its literary contexts.

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Broadview Press

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1554813514

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9781554813513

Korea, the Untold Story of the War

By: Joseph C. Goulden

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Korea, the Untold Story of the War

By: Joseph C. Goulden

A history of the Korean War makes use of recently declassified documents that provide a background for the decisions that affected the course of the war.

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0070235805

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9780070235809

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