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Tan Tarn How

Six Plays

By: Tan Tarn How

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Let Tan Tarn How, one of Singapore’s most controversial playwrights, take you on a journey that confronts the social and political issues facing Singaporeans today. With his signature wit and unflinching candour, he puts the spotlight on issues of life and death, sex and love, government, national identity and racism. This collection contains six award-winning plays and an introduction by Dr. K. K. Seet.

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Epigram Books

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9810733720

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Fear of Writing

By: Tan Tarn How

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Fear of Writing

By: Tan Tarn How

The maestro of political plays is back and his latest offering in a decade, Fear of Writing, is a groundbreaking commentary with its finger on the political pulse of Singapore today. In Fear of Writing, a playwright struggles with writer’s block, a director and producer bemoan their failure to get a government license to stage their play, and a father writes to his daughter overseas. Seemingly disparate elements are woven together, while the line between art, performance and reality begin to blur dramatically as the play reaches its chilling conclusion. Fear of Writing is a play that will haunt you while compelling you to decide where you stand on the issues of control and censorship. Written by Tan Tarn How, Fear of Writing was first staged by Theatreworks in 2011 to critical acclaim.

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9810733739

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Singapore Perspectives 2009: The Heart Of The Matter

By: Tarn How Tan

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Singapore Perspectives 2009: The Heart Of The Matter

By: Tarn How Tan

The Singapore Perspectives series is a yearly publication that provides critical analysis of emerging trends and issues Singapore faces in terms of social, economic and political development. It is a quick and essential reference for understanding the broad policy discussions that animate thought leaders, policy-makers and the public in the country during the immediate period or that are likely to do so in the short and medium term.In this volume, contributors take an in-depth look at four topics of pertinent interest to Singapore's mid- to long-term future and offer some radical ideas for Singaporeans' consideration. They are: Can Singaporeans Afford a High-Cost Singapore?; Can Singaporeans Remain Rooted?; Can Singapore Preserve Its Hub Status?; Can Government Do Less, and Singaporeans More? Contributors include Member of Parliament Inderjit Singh, playwright and law academic Eleanor Wong and former president of the Law Society of Singapore Philip Jeyaretnam.Co-published by the think-tank, the Institute of Policy Studies, Singapore, this is a useful publication for those with an interest in understanding the governance challenges facing a small, highly globalised economy and nation-state, or those who want a quick feel of the pulse of Singapore.

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World Scientific

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9814467189

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Singapore Perspectives 2010

A Home, Heart, Horizon

By: Tarn How Tan

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Singapore Perspectives 2010

A Home, Heart, Horizon

By: Tarn How Tan

The Singapore Perspectives series is a yearly publication that provides critical analysis of emerging trends and issues Singapore faces in terms of social, economic and political development. It is a quick and essential reference for understanding the broad policy discussions that animate thought leaders, policy-makers and the public in the country during the immediate period or that are likely to do so in the short and medium term.In this volume, contributors look at the short-term challenges that Singapore faces and the policy options open to the nation, and share their insights on Singapore society, politics and economics. Written by an ensemble of authors from a wide spectrum of Singapore society, this volume covers critical issues under the themes such as ?One United People?, ?One Grace Society? and ?One Global City?.Co-published by the think-tank, the Institute of Policy Studies, Singapore, this is a useful publication for those with an interest in understanding the governance challenges facing a small, highly globalised economy and nation-state, or those who want a quick feel of the pulse of Singapore.

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9814322415

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Singapore Perspectives 2007

A New Singapore

By: Tan Tarn How

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Singapore Perspectives 2007

A New Singapore

By: Tan Tarn How

The Singapore Perspectives series is a yearly publication that provides critical analysis of emerging trends and issues Singapore faces in terms of social, economic and political development. It is a quick and essential reference for understanding the broad policy discussions that animate thought leaders, policy-makers and the public in the country during the immediate period or that are likely to do so in the short and medium term. This edition focuses on how Singapore will cope with the social impact of, first, the development of a dual economy and, second, the adoption of new communications technologies. There is a section on the political implications of an aggressive new policy to promote immigration as SingaporeOCOs response to the global competition for talent, and, finally, the future of regionalism and ASEAN. Co-published by the think-tank, the Institute of Policy Studies, Singapore, this is a useful publication for those with an interest in understanding the governance challenges facing a small, highly globalised economy and nation-state, or those who want a quick feel of the pulse of Singapore.

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9812708243

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Control in Robotics and Automation

Sensor Based Integration

By: Bijoy K. Ghosh,T. J. Tarn,Ning Xi

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Control in Robotics and Automation

Sensor Based Integration

By: Bijoy K. Ghosh,T. J. Tarn,Ning Xi

Microcomputer technology and micromechanical design have contributed to recent rapid advances in Robotics. Particular advances have been made in sensor technology that allow robotic systems to gather data and react "intelligently" in flexible manufacturing systems. The analysis and recording of the data are vital to controlling the robot.In order to solve problems in control and planning for a Robotic system it is necessary to meet the growing need for the integration of sensors in to the system. Control in Robotics and Automation addresses this need. This book covers integration planning and control based on prior knowledge and real-time sensory information. A new task-oriented approach to sensing, planning and control introduces an event-based method for system design together with task planning and three dimensional modeling in the execution of remote operations.Typical remote systems are teleoperated and provide work efficiencies that are on the order of ten times slower than what is directly achievable by humans. Consequently, the effective integration of automation into teleoperated remote systems offers potential to improve remote system work efficiency. The authors introduce visually guided control systems and study the role of computer vision in autonomously guiding a robot system. - Sensor-Based Planning and Control in an Event-Based Approach - Visually Guided Sensing and Control - Multiple Sensor Fuson in Planning and Control - System Integration and Implementation - Practical Applications

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Elsevier

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0080503071

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Ins and Outs of the Forest Rivers

By: Nathaniel Tarn

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Ins and Outs of the Forest Rivers

By: Nathaniel Tarn

Nathaniel Tarn's newest collection of poems, Ins and Outs of the Forest Rivers, dives deep into the spiritual and physical sufferings of our global age. After a moving overture, the book unfolds in five sections: "Of the Perfected Angels," with its lucid meditation on Issenheim altarpiece by Matthias Grünewald; "Dying Trees," written out of the horrible loss of hundreds of thousands of trees throughout the American West in recent years; "War Stills," an engagement with the ongoing atrocities in Iraq; "Movement / North of the Java Sea," taking flight from Maui to Bali to Papua New Guinea; and the final section "Sarawak," snaking its way through the river and indigenous anguish of Borneo, where Tarn as poet-anthropologist surveyed the loss of forest lands and its effects on tribal peoples.

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New Directions Publishing

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0811217981

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9780811217989

Selected Poems

1950-2000

By: Nathaniel Tarn

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Selected Poems

1950-2000

By: Nathaniel Tarn

Finalist for the PEN Center USA's Literary Award in Poetry (2003) For some forty years, Nathaniel Tarn has been celebrated as an extraordinary figure in American writing. His work in a variety of scholarly and literary genres has ranged from Maya ritual to Jewish mysticism, the monasteries of Burma to the arctic seas of Alaska. One of the founders of ethnopoetics, he has brought to poetry an almost limitless range of interests and a remarkable dexterity in both open and closed forms. As Eliot Weinberger has written, “What holds it together is Tarn’s ecstatic vision, his continuing enthusiasm for the stuff of the world.”

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Wesleyan University Press

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0819565423

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9780819565426

The Greeks in Bactria and India

By: William Woodthorpe Tarn

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The Greeks in Bactria and India

By: William Woodthorpe Tarn

A landmark study of the Greek kingdoms of Bactria and India that treats them as Hellenistic states.

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Cambridge University Press

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1108009417

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The Jewish Princess Feasts & Festivals

By: Georgie Tarn,Tracey Fine

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The Jewish Princess Feasts & Festivals

By: Georgie Tarn,Tracey Fine

The Princesses are back in the kitchen and ready to COOK! So raise a glass, say Lechayim, and get ready. Georgie Tarn and Tracey Fine, authors of the delightful Jewish Princess Cookbook, bring their culinary wisdom and irrepressible good spirits to a new enterprise. This time, they’re cooking up memorable feasts for family and friends--and readers are invited to indulge in wonderful recipes for Purim, Passover, Rosh Hashanah, Chanukkah, and many other special holidays where food is central to the festivities. And there’s more: Tarn and Fine share great ideas for a Bris Brunch, Bar and Bat Mitvahs, weddings, and cozy, casual dinners that combine traditional Jewish dishes with nouveau recipes destined to become new "classics.” A heady concoction of wit, humor, charm, personal stories, and delicious recipes, this book finishes up with a must-see list of amusing Yiddishisms. And the colorful retro art used throughout is the icing on the (Melting Nutty Raspberry Meringue) cake!

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Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.

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1402769237

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Systems, Models and Feedback: Theory and Applications

Proceedings of a U.S.-Italy Workshop in honor of Professor Antonio Ruberti, Capri, 15–17, June 1992

By: A. Isidori,Tarn

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Systems, Models and Feedback: Theory and Applications

Proceedings of a U.S.-Italy Workshop in honor of Professor Antonio Ruberti, Capri, 15–17, June 1992

By: A. Isidori,Tarn

It is a great honor and privilege to have this opportunity of celebrating the 65th birthday of Professor Antonio Ruberti by holding an International Conference on Systems, Models and Feedback. The conference, and this volume which contains its proceedings, is a tribute to Professor Ruberti in acknowledgement of his major contributions to System Theory, at a time in which this area was emerging and consolidat ing as an independent discipline, his role as a leader of the Italian academic community, his activity in promoting and fostering close scientific relations between Italian and U.S. scholars in Systems and Control. The format of this conference is inspired by a series of seminars initi ated exactly twenty years ago under the direction of Professor Ruberti, in Italy, and Professor R. R. Mohler, in the U.S. By bringing together many authoritative talents from both countries, these seminars were instrumental in promoting the expansion of System Theory in new areas, notably that of Nonlinear Control, and were the key to successful scientific careers for many of the younger attendants.

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Springer Science & Business Media

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1475722044

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The Hellenistic Age

By: J. B. Bury,E.A. Barber,Edwyn Bevan,W.W. Tarn

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The Hellenistic Age

By: J. B. Bury,E.A. Barber,Edwyn Bevan,W.W. Tarn

The Hellenistic Age" covers all significant aspects of the Hellenistic civilization. Authors' intention was to provide a comprehensive review of the historical period in which Greek cultural influence and power was at its peak in Europe, North Africa and Western Asia. The book deals with art, exploration, literature, theatre, architecture, music, mathematics, philosophy, science, and the most important social questions of the period between the conquest of Alexander the Great and the emergence of the Roman Empire. The Hellenistic period covers the period of Mediterranean history between the conquest of Alexander the Great and the emergence of the Roman Empire. At that time, Greek cultural influence and power was at its peak in Europe, North Africa and Western Asia. This book covers all the significant aspects of the Hellenistic civilization including the arts, exploration, literature, theatre, architecture, music, mathematics, philosophy and science Contents: The Hellenistic Age and the History of Civilization Alexandrian Literature Hellenistic Popular Philosophy The Social Question in the Third Century

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e-artnow

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8027303281

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The Tyrant's Writ

Myths and Images of Writing in Ancient Greece

By: Deborah Tarn Steiner

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The Tyrant's Writ

Myths and Images of Writing in Ancient Greece

By: Deborah Tarn Steiner

Covering material as diverse as curse tablets, coins, tattoos, and legal decrees, Deborah Steiner explores the reception of writing in archaic and classical Greece. She moves beyond questions concerning ancient literacy and the origins of the Greek alphabet to examine representations of writing in the myths and imaginative literature of the period. Maintaining that the Greek alphabet was not seen purely as a means of transcribing and preserving the spoken word, the author investigates parallels between writing and other signifiers, such as omens, tokens, and talismans; the role of inscription in religious rites, including cursing, oath-taking, and dedication; and perceptions of how writing functioned both in autocracies and democracies. Particularly innovative is the suggestion that fifth-century Greek historians and dramatists portrayed writing as an essential tool of tyrants, who not only issue written decrees but also "inscribe" human bodies with brands and cut up land with compasses and rules. The despotic overtones associated with writing inform discussion of its function in democracies. Although writing could promote equal justice, ancient sources also linked this activity with historical and mythical figures who opposed the populist regime. By examining this highly nuanced portrayal of writing, Steiner offers a new perspective on ancient views of written law and its role in fifth-century Athenian democracy. Originally published in 1994. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

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1400872855

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Images in Mind

Statues in Archaic and Classical Greek Literature and Thought

By: Deborah Tarn Steiner

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Images in Mind

Statues in Archaic and Classical Greek Literature and Thought

By: Deborah Tarn Steiner

In archaic and classical Greece, statues played a constant role in people's religious, political, economic, aesthetic, and mental lives. Evidence of many kinds demonstrates that ancient Greeks thought about--and interacted with--statues in ways very different from our own. This book recovers ancient thinking about statues by approaching them through contemporary literary sources. It not only shows that ancient viewers conceived of images as more operative than aesthetic, but additionally reveals how poets and philosophers found in sculpture a practice ''good to think with.'' Deborah Tarn Steiner considers how Greek authors used images to ponder the relation of a copy to an original and of external appearance to inner reality. For these writers, a sculpture could straddle life and death, encode desire, or occasion reflection on their own act of producing a text. Many of the same sources also reveal how thinking about statues was reflected in the objects' everyday treatment. Viewing representations of gods and heroes as vessels hosting a living force, worshippers ritually washed, clothed, and fed them in order to elicit the numinous presence within. By reading the plastic and verbal sources together, this book offers new insights into classical texts while illuminating the practices surrounding the design, manufacture, and deployment of ancient images. Its argument that images are properly objects of cultural and social--rather than purely aesthetic--study will attract art historians, cultural historians, and anthropologists, as well as classicists.

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