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Music and Sonic Art
This volume brings together practitioners and theorists of music and sonic art. Contributions explore a wide range of historical, artistic, pedagogical and critical issues from multiple perspectives, emphasizing the continuities and links along a broad spectrum of hearing and listening practices and art-making that use sound.
MALDONADO JOURNEY to the KINGDOM of NEW MEXICO
Maldonado traces the journey of his family from Scandinavia and the Holy Land to Spain and Portugal and finally to the Kingdom of New Mexico. Arriving in 1598 with the expedition of Juan de Oñate, his ancestors were some of the first settlers of New Mexico. Of the 144 original Spanish/Portuguese colonial families from the 16th and 17th centuries listed by historian and cousin Fray Angélico Chávez, in his pioneering book Origins of New Mexico Families/A Genealogy of the Spanish Colonial Period, 119 are on the Maldonado family tree. From the 18th century, 174 of the 277 colonial families identified by Chávez are also on the Maldonado family tree. Over 5,300 names comprise the Maldonado tree - many of them important figures in the annals of New Mexico history. Maldonado's family tree proves the old adage that everyone in New Mexico is a primo, cousin.
Quinceañera Style
Quinceañera celebrations, which recognize a girl’s transition to young womanhood at age fifteen, are practiced in Latinx communities throughout the Americas. But in the consumer-driven United States, the ritual has evolved from a largely religious ceremony to an elaborate party where social status takes center stage. Examining the many facets of this contemporary debut experience, Quinceañera Style reports on ethnographic fieldwork in California, Texas, the Midwest, and Mexico City to reveal a complex, compelling story. Along the way, we meet a self-identified transwoman who uses the quinceañera as an intellectual space in her activist performance art. We explore the economic empowermen...
The Sega Mega Drive & Genesis Encyclopedia
“An exhaustive, tremendous look back at one of the most beloved consoles of all time . . . an absolutely barnstorming recollection of a wonderful era.” —Finger Guns The third book in Chris Scullion’s series of video game encyclopedias, The Sega Mega Drive and Genesis Encyclopedia is dedicated to Sega’s legendary 16-bit video game console. The book contains detailed information on every single game released for the Sega Mega Drive and Genesis in the west, as well as similarly thorough bonus sections covering every game released for its add-ons, the Mega CD and 32X. With nearly a thousand screenshots, generous helpings of bonus trivia and charmingly bad jokes, The Sega Mega Drive and Genesis Encyclopedia is the definitive guide to a legendary gaming system. “The Sega Mega Drive and Genesis Encyclopedia is a must-buy for fans of the console and a perfect addition to any retro game fan’s library.” —Goomba Stomp Magazine
From Fundamentals to Applications in Geotechnics
The work of geotechnical engineers contributes to the creation of safe, economic and pleasant spaces to live, work and relax all over the world. Advances are constantly being made, and the expertise of the profession becomes ever more important with the increased pressure on space and resources. This book presents the proceedings of the 15th Pan-American Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (XV PCSMGE), held in Buenos Aires, Argentina, in November 2015. This conference, held every four years, is an important opportunity for international experts, researchers, academics, professionals and geo-engineering companies to meet and exchange ideas and research findings in the ar...
The Semantic Web: ESWC 2021 Satellite Events
This book constitutes the proceedings of the satellite events held at the 18th Extended Semantic Web Conference, ESWC 2021, in June 2021. The conference was held online, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. During ESWC 2021, the following six workshops took place: 1) the Second International Workshop on Deep Learning meets Ontologies and Natural Language Processing (DeepOntoNLP 2021) 2) the Second International Workshop on Semantic Digital Twins (SeDiT 2021) 3) the Second International Workshop on Knowledge Graph Construction (KGC 2021) 5) the 6th International Workshop on eXplainable SENTIment Mining and EmotioN deTection (X-SENTIMENT 2021) 6) the 4th International Workshop on Geospatial Linked Data (GeoLD 2021).
Stargazer Episode 1
Dylan Skyler is a teenager in a small country town, seeking solace and answers after his father went to serve in Vietnam and never came back. His angst and terrible home life cause him to run away one night, when he encounters a strange interstellar power that will change his life forever. This book is the follow-up to Stargazer Episode Zero, which was very well-received by readers and critics alike this summer, reached Number One in both the Sci-Fi and Superhero Graphic Novel categories. It was also included in a collection of graphic novels called ArtExMachina, featuring work by world-famous artist, Dave McKean.
