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No One Can Stop the Rain

A Chronicle of Two Foreign Aid Workers During the Angolan Civil War

By: Karin Moorhouse,Wei Cheng

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No One Can Stop the Rain

A Chronicle of Two Foreign Aid Workers During the Angolan Civil War

By: Karin Moorhouse,Wei Cheng

Set in central Angola during the final stages of the country's thirty-year civil war, No One Can Stop the Rain is the true story of two ordinary M(r)decins Sans Fronti res volunteers OCo a surgeon and his wife, leaving behind their comfortable lives in mid-career. In doing so they are confronted by both the best and worst aspects of humanity. Based on correspondence and diary entries, the book chronicles the couple's journey to Kuito, deep in the heart of Angola. The remnants of this provincial capital had the unenviable reputation of being one of the world's most heavily landmined cities. The events witnessed by Moorhouse and Cheng as they worked alongside civilians OCo victims of landmines, the malnourished, and the displaced OCo provide a unique insight into life in this vast humanitarian citadel. Through the couple's eyes, the reader not only experiences something of the expected, the trauma of war, but also gains a rich insight into the less expected, the ordinary life of both local residents and field volunteers.

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Insomniac Press

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1897414900

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9781897414903

CliffsNotes on Brontë’s Jane Eyre

By: Mary Ellen Snodgrass,Karin Jacobson

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CliffsNotes on Brontë’s Jane Eyre

By: Mary Ellen Snodgrass,Karin Jacobson

The original CliffsNotes study guides offer expert commentary on major themes, plots, characters, literary devices, and historical background. The latest generation of titles in this series also feature glossaries and visual elements that complement the classic, familiar format. Question Victorian—and present-day—society as you study Charlotte Bronte's popular novel with CliffsNotes on Jane Eyre. What is women's position in society? What is the relationship of dreams and fantasy to reality? What is the basis of an effective marriage? Bronte tackles all these questions and more through the story of her heroine Jane Eyre. CliffsNotes provides detailed plot summaries, critical commentaries, and a helpful character map to help you uncover all the insight this novel has to offer. Make your study of this timeless novel a success with CliffsNotes on Jane Eyre. Other features that help you study include Character analyses of major players Critical essays A review section that tests your knowledge Background on the author, including career highlights Classic literature or modern-day treasure—you'll understand it all with expert information and insight from CliffsNotes study guides.

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132

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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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0544182340

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9780544182349

West African Popular Theatre

By: Karin Barber,John Collins,Alain Ricard

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West African Popular Theatre

By: Karin Barber,John Collins,Alain Ricard

. . . a ground-breaking contribution to the field of African literature . . . " —Research in African Literatures "Anyone with the slightest interest in West African cultures, performance or theatre should immediately rush out and buy this book." —Leeds African Studies Bulletin "A seminal contribution to the fields of performance studies, cultural studies, and popular culture. " —Margaret Drewal "A fine book. The play texts are treasures." —Richard Bauman African popular culture is an arena where the tensions and transformations of colonial and post-colonial society are played out, offering us a glimpse of the view from below in Africa. This book offers a comparative overview of the history, social context, and style of three major West African popular theatre genres: the concert party of Ghana, the concert party of Togo, and the traveling popular theatre of western Nigeria.

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309

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Indiana University Press

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0253028078

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9780253028075

Capillary Electrophoresis and Microchip Capillary Electrophoresis

Principles, Applications, and Limitations

By: Carlos D. García,Karin Y. Chumbimuni-Torres,Emanuel Carrilho

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Capillary Electrophoresis and Microchip Capillary Electrophoresis

Principles, Applications, and Limitations

By: Carlos D. García,Karin Y. Chumbimuni-Torres,Emanuel Carrilho

Explores the benefits and limitations of the latest capillary electrophoresis techniques Capillary electrophoresis and microchip capillary electrophoresis are powerful analytical tools that are particularly suited for separating and analyzing biomolecules. In comparison with traditional analytical techniques, capillary electrophoresis and microchip capillary electrophoresis offer the benefits of speed, small sample and solvent consumption, low cost, and the possibility of miniaturization. With contributions from a team of leading analytical scientists, Capillary Electrophoresis and Microchip Capillary Electrophoresis explains how researchers can take full advantage of all the latest techniques, emphasizing applications in which capillary electrophoresis has proven superiority over other analytical approaches. The authors not only explore the benefits of each technique, but also the limitations, enabling readers to choose the most appropriate technique to analyze a particular sample. The book's twenty-one chapters explore fundamental aspects of electrophoretically driven separations, instrumentation, sampling techniques, separation modes, detection systems, optimization strategies for method development, and applications. Specific topics include: Critical evaluation of the use of surfactants in capillary electrophoresis Sampling and quantitative analysis in capillary electrophoresis Capillary electrophoresis with electrochemical detection Overcoming challenges in using microchip electrophoresis for extended monitoring applications Capillary electrophoresis of intact unfractionated heparin and related impurities Microchip capillary electrophoresis for in situ planetary exploration Each chapter begins with an introduction and ends with conclusions as well as references to the primary literature. Novices to the field will find this book an easy-to-follow introduction to core capillary electrophoresis techniques and methods. More experienced investigators can turn to the book for troubleshooting tips and expert advice to guide them through the most advanced applications.

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638

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John Wiley & Sons

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1118529995

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9781118529997

From ASCII Art to Comic Sans

Typography and Popular Culture in the Digital Age

By: Karin Wagner

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From ASCII Art to Comic Sans

Typography and Popular Culture in the Digital Age

By: Karin Wagner

A fresh and provocative take on typography, computing, and popular culture, viewed through four idiosyncratic typographical phenomena from the digital age. From ASCII Art to Comic Sans offers an original vision of the history of typography and computing in the digital age, viewed through the lens of offbeat typography. We often regard text as pure information and typography as a transparent art form without meaning of its own. In this richly illustrated book, however, Karin Wagner offers a fresh perspective that shows how text is always an image that conveys meaning, and how typography, far from being meaningless, has in fact shaped modern visual and material culture in significant ways. By juxtaposing four odd typographical phenomena—the pedantic practice of ASCII art, the curious-looking machine-readable typefaces, the blurry letters of dot matrix printers, and the much-maligned font Comic Sans—Wagner paints a vivid picture of how functional technologies influence popular culture when used in ways their original creators never intended. Design practitioners, as well as fans of media, graphic design, type history, and computer technology, will enjoy this breezily sophisticated perspective on visual and digital culture. Spanning the material and visual aspects of typography from the 1960s to the present, From ASCII Art to Comic Sans is a unique contribution to the study of popular and material culture that fills a gap in the history of typography and computing.

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258

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MIT Press

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0262375214

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9780262375214

No One Can Stop the Rain

A Chronicle of Two Foreign Aid Workers During the Angolan Civil War

By: Karin Moorhouse,Wei Cheng

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No One Can Stop the Rain

A Chronicle of Two Foreign Aid Workers During the Angolan Civil War

By: Karin Moorhouse,Wei Cheng

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No One Can Stop the Rain

No One Can Stop the Rain

CliffsNotes on Brontë’s Jane Eyre

CliffsNotes on Brontë’s Jane Eyre

West African Popular Theatre

West African Popular Theatre

Capillary Electrophoresis and Microchip Capillary Electrophoresis

Capillary Electrophoresis and Microchip Capillary Electrophoresis

From ASCII Art to Comic Sans

From ASCII Art to Comic Sans

No One Can Stop the Rain

No One Can Stop the Rain

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