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Group Interaction Modelling of Polymer Properties
Describes a consistent set of relations between the structure of polymers and their commercially important thermal and mechanical properties for engineering applications--facilitating the development of a framework of polymer physics to explore new application areas without prior correlations. Includes methods for the easy calculation of input parameters and tabulates the most important parameters for 250 polymers.
Nothing Too Daring
Commodore David Dixon Porter made history when he took the USS Essex into the Pacific and crippled the British whaling industry during the War of 1812. While the first to suggest that the U.S. Navy force open Japan, he was also court-martialed for his unauthorized invasion of Spanish Puerto Rico. He later sought to reverse his fortunes in the Mexican Navy, and consistently suffered chaos in his personal and financial affairs. Nothing Too Daring offers an objective, thoroughly researched biography of one of America’s most colorful naval officers.
Internet Culture
The internet has recently grown from a fringe cultural phenomenon to a significant site of cultural production and transformation. Internet Culture maps this new domain of language, politics and identity, locating it within the histories of communication and the public sphere. Internet Culture offers a critical interrogation of the sustaining myths of the virtual world and of the implications of the current mass migration onto the electronic frontier. Among the topics discussed in Internet Culture are the virtual spaces and places created by the citizens of the Net and their claims to the hotly contested notion of "virtual community"; the virtual bodies that occupy such spaces; and the desires that animate these bodies. The contributors also examine the communication medium behind theworlds of the Net, analyzing the rhetorical conventions governing online discussion, literary antecedents,and potential pedagogical applications.
Just David
Just David by Eleanor H. Porter is a touching tale centered around David, a young boy with a pure heart and a unique perspective on life. Porter's narrative beautifully showcases David's innocence, wisdom, and the transformative power of his character, reminding readers of the beauty in simplicity and the profound impact of kindness.
The Chinese Taste in Eighteenth-Century England
Eighteenth-century consumers in Britain, living in an increasingly globalized world, were infatuated with exotic Chinese and Chinese-styled goods, art and decorative objects. However, they were also often troubled by the alien aesthetic sensibility these goods embodied. This ambivalence figures centrally in the period's experience of China and of contact with foreign countries and cultures more generally. David Porter analyzes the processes by which Chinese aesthetic ideas were assimilated within English culture. Through case studies of individual figures, including William Hogarth and Horace Walpole, and broader reflections on cross-cultural interaction, Porter's readings develop new interpretations of eighteenth-century ideas of luxury, consumption, gender, taste and aesthetic nationalism. Illustrated with many examples of Chinese and Chinese-inspired objects and art, this is a major contribution to eighteenth-century cultural history and to the history of contact and exchange between China and the West.
DAVID PORTER: Journal of a Cruise Made to the Pacific Ocean (1822 Ed. )
DAVID PORTER: Journal of a Cruise Made to the Pacific Ocean (1822 ed.)The Complete text to the 1822 second edition of Captain David Porter's Journal of a Cruise Made to the Pacific Ocean, and to which is added extracts from the "Journal" of David Glasgow Farragut; who served as a midshipman with Porter on the Essex.
Commodore David Porter, 1780-1843
Covers the life of David Porter from the time he stowed away on a Danish brig at seventeen through his service in the U.S. Navy and Mexican Navy. Information is taken from records in the archives of the Navy Dept. Library, the Commodore's personal journal, and a book by his son, the Admiral David Dixon Porter.
Ideographia
From the first successful Jesuit mission to China in 1583, China's cultural practices transfixed the attention of Western philosophers, theologians, architects, artists, entrepreneurs, and social critics. This book traces recurrent patterns in the European imaginative constructions of China through four illuminating spheres of encounter: linguistic, theological, aesthetic, and economic.
Soulsville, U.S.A.: The Story of Stax Records
Walk the halls of the famous studio that produced hits for Otis Redding, Isaac Hayes, Sam and Dave, and Booker T. and the MGs. Soulsville, U.S.A. provides the first history of the groundbreaking label along with compelling biographies of the promoters, producers, and performers who made and sold the music. Over 45 photos. Winner of the 1998 ASCAP-Deems Taylor Award Winner of the ARSC Award for Best Research in Record Labels
Five Minutes to Live
Matt Davenport is an everyday good guy, happy to support his friend and secret crush, Jessica. So when she asks him to be her plus-one at a dinner where she'll be giving a talk about ground-breaking new science, Matt is expecting a fun-but normal-night.But their night on the town is anything but normal. Their ride is interrupted by a car collision-and a kidnapping-as Jessica is torn from the wreck and dragged away.Suddenly, Matt finds himself in a race to save his friend and protect her scientific discovery, alongside a stranger with mysterious ties to Israel's Mossad. The chase takes Matt from the U.S. to Tel Aviv, facing mercenaries and enemies at every turn. As he struggles to decipher clues that will lead him to his friend, it becomes clear that Jessica's scientific discovery poses a threat to Israel's security, one that dangerous people want to exploit.To rescue his friend and prevent the science from falling into the wrong hands, Matt has to figure out who to trust?especially the small voice inside him that's trying to guide him to Jessica and safety?before it's too late.
