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12 Million Black Voices, first published in 1941, combines Wright's
prose with startling photographs selected by Edwin Rosskam from the
Security Farm Administration files compiled during the Great
Depression. The photographs include works by such giants as Walker
Evans, Dorothea Lange, and Arthur Rothstein. From crowded, rundown
farm shacks to Harlem storefront churches, the photos depict the
lives of black people in 1930s America--their misery and weariness
under rural poverty, their spiritual strength, and their lives in
northern ghettos. Wright's accompanying text eloquently narrates
the story of these 90 pictures and delivers a powerful commentary
on the origins and history of black oppression in this country.
Also included are new prefaces by Douglas Brinkley, Noel Ignatiev,
and Michael Eric Dyson. "Among all the works of Wright, 12 Million
Black Voices stands out as a work of poetry, ...passion, ...and of
love."--David Bradley "A more eloquent statement of its kind could
hardly have been devised."--The New York Times Book Review
Language endangerment is a fundamental issue for humanity. What
rights do minority communities have concerning their languages? How
does each language conceptualize the world differently? How much
knowledge about the world and a local ecosystem is lost when a
language disappears? What is the process involved and how can
insights about this process contribute to linguistic theory? What
typological insights will be lost if undescribed languages
disappear before their unique structural properties are known? How
can language shift be stopped or reversed? This volume comprises: *
a general overview introduction * four theoretical chapters on what
happens during language shift * ten case studies of autochthonous
languages under threat * four case studies of migrant languages at
risk * three concluding chapters discussing strategies and
resources for language maintenance.
Lonely Planet's Burmese Phrasebook and Dictionary is your handy
passport to culturally enriching travels with the most relevant and
useful Burmese phrases and vocabulary for all your travel needs.
Ask directions to Myanmar's many temples, bargain for fruit at a
market and order tea at a local tea shop; all with your trusted
travel companion. Get More From Your Trip with Easy-to-Find Phrases
for Every Travel Situation! Feel at ease with essential tips on
culture, manners, idioms and multiple meanings Order with
confidence, explain food allergies, and try new foods with the menu
decoder Save time and hassles with vital phrases at your fingertips
Never get stuck for words with the 3500-word two-way,
quick-reference dictionary Be prepared for both common and
emergency travel situations with practical phrases and terminology
Meet friends with conversation starter phrases Get your message
across with easy-to-use pronunciation guides Inside Lonely Planet's
Burmese Phrasebook and Dictionary: Full-colour throughout
User-friendly layout organised by travel scenario categories
Survival phrases inside front cover for at-a-glance, on-the-fly
cues Convenient features 5 Phrases to Learn Before You Go 10 Ways
to Start a Sentence 10 Phrases to Sound like a Local Listen For -
phrases you may hear Look For - phrases you may see on signs
Shortcuts - easy-to-remember alternatives to the full phrases QandA
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numbers, amounts, pronunciation, reading tips, grammar rules
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Perfect Choice: Lonely Planet's Burmese Phrasebook and Dictionary,
a pocket-sized comprehensive language guide, provides on-the-go
language assistance; great for language students and travellers
looking to interact with locals and immerse themselves in local
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Offering a comprehensive overview of the challenges, risks and
options facing the future of mechatronics, this book provides
insights into how these issues are currently assessed and managed.
Building on the previously published book 'Mechatronics in Action,'
it identifies and discusses the key issues likely to impact on
future mechatronic systems. It supports mechatronics practitioners
in identifying key areas in design, modeling and technology and
places these in the wider context of concepts such as
cyber-physical systems and the Internet of Things. For educators it
considers the potential effects of developments in these areas on
mechatronic course design, and ways of integrating these. Written
by experts in the field, it explores topics including systems
integration, design, modeling, privacy, ethics and future
application domains. Highlighting novel innovation directions, it
is intended for academics, engineers and students working in the
field of mechatronics, particularly those developing new concepts,
methods and ideas.
Language endangerment is a fundamental issue for humanity. What rights do minority communities have concerning their languages? How does each language conceptualize the world differently? How much knowledge about the world and a local ecosystem is lost when a language disappears? What is the process involved and how can insights about this process contribute to linguistic theory? What typological insights will be lost if undescribed languages disappear before their unique structural properties are known? How can language shift be stopped or reversed? This volume comprises: * a general overview introduction * four theoretical chapters on what happens during language shift * ten case studies of autochthonous languages under threat * four case studies of migrant languages at risk * three concluding chapters discussing strategies and resources for language maintenance.
The legends say something happened in Chaneysville. The Chaneysville Incident is the powerful story of one man's obsession with discovering what that something was--a quest that takes the brilliant and bitter young black historian John Washington back through the secrets and buried evil of his heritage. Returning home to care for and then bury his father's closest friend and his own guardian, Old Jack Crawley, he comes upon the scant records of his family's proud and tragic history, which he drives himself to reconstruct and accept. This is the story of John's relationship with his family, the town, and the woman he loves; and also between the past and the present, between oppression and guilt, hate and violence, love and acceptance.
This book presents the latest research on mechatronic systems
engineering. By bringing together the most important papers from
the 2018 Mechatronics Forum Conference 'Reinventing Mechatronics,'
it outlines key trends in research and applications that will
define mechatronics for the next 50 years. Mechatronics was
established as an engineering discipline over 50 years ago, as the
integration of electronics and information technology with
mechanical design. Given major technological advances and the
growth of systems-level concepts such as Cyber-Physical Systems and
the Internet of Things, along with Cloud Technologies and Big Data,
it's now high time to reconsider the role of mechatronics,
particularly within engineering design. Past and ongoing
technological changes are impacting how systems are designed and
configured in ways that could never have been envisaged when the
field of mechatronics was first introduced.
Offering a comprehensive overview of the challenges, risks and
options facing the future of mechatronics, this book provides
insights into how these issues are currently assessed and managed.
Building on the previously published book 'Mechatronics in Action,'
it identifies and discusses the key issues likely to impact on
future mechatronic systems. It supports mechatronics practitioners
in identifying key areas in design, modeling and technology and
places these in the wider context of concepts such as
cyber-physical systems and the Internet of Things. For educators it
considers the potential effects of developments in these areas on
mechatronic course design, and ways of integrating these. Written
by experts in the field, it explores topics including systems
integration, design, modeling, privacy, ethics and future
application domains. Highlighting novel innovation directions, it
is intended for academics, engineers and students working in the
field of mechatronics, particularly those developing new concepts,
methods and ideas.
Mechatronics in Action s case-study approach provides the most
effective means of illustrating how mechatronics can make products
and systems more flexible, more responsive and possess higher
levels of functionality than would otherwise be possible. The
series of case studies serves to illustrate how a mechatronic
approach has been used to achieve enhanced performance through the
transfer of functionality from the mechanical domain to electronics
and software.
Mechatronics in Action not only provides readers with access to
a range of case studies, and the experts view of these, but also
offers case studies in course design and development to support
tutors in making the best and most effective use of the technical
coverage provided. It provides, in an easily accessible form, a
means of increasing the understanding of the mechatronic concept,
while giving both students and tutors substantial technical insight
into how this concept has been developed and used.
Lonely Planet: The world's leading travel guide publisher Leave no
Hill Tribe subgroup or culture unimpressed by a dash of your
multi-lingual bon mots. Whether you're trekking Vietnam, China,
Laos, Thailand or beyond, let this handy phrasebook do some
talking. Covers Lahu, Akha, Lisu, Mong, Mien and more Individual
guides to pronunciation, sounds and grammar Detailed language maps
Practicalities - how to ask for directions or find a doctor Lonely
Planet gets you to the heart of a place. Our job is to make amazing
travel experiences happen. We visit the places we write about each
and every edition. We never take freebies for positive coverage, so
you can always rely on us to tell it like it is. Authors: Written
and researched by Lonely Planet, David Bradley, Christopher Court,
Nerida Jarkey, and Paul W Lewis. About Lonely Planet: Started in
1973, Lonely Planet has become the world's leading travel guide
publisher with guidebooks to every destination on the planet, as
well as an award-winning website, a suite of mobile and digital
travel products, and a dedicated traveller community. Lonely
Planet's mission is to enable curious travellers to experience the
world and to truly get to the heart of the places they find
themselves in. 'Lonely Planet guides are, quite simply, like no
other.' - New York Times 'Lonely Planet. It's on everyone's
bookshelves, it's in every traveller's hands. It's on mobile
phones. It's on the Internet. It's everywhere, and it's telling
entire generations of people how to travel the world.' - Fairfax
Media (Australia)
This volume contains the proceedings of the conference A Panorama
on Singular Varieties, celebrating the 70th birthday of Le Dung
Trang, held from February 7-10, 2017, at the University of Seville,
IMUS, Seville, Spain. The articles cover a wide range of topics in
the study of singularities and should be of great value to graduate
students and research faculty who have a basic background in the
theory of singularities. This book is published in cooperation with
Real Sociedad Matematica Espanola.
This book presents the latest research on mechatronic systems
engineering. By bringing together the most important papers from
the 2018 Mechatronics Forum Conference 'Reinventing Mechatronics,'
it outlines key trends in research and applications that will
define mechatronics for the next 50 years. Mechatronics was
established as an engineering discipline over 50 years ago, as the
integration of electronics and information technology with
mechanical design. Given major technological advances and the
growth of systems-level concepts such as Cyber-Physical Systems and
the Internet of Things, along with Cloud Technologies and Big Data,
it's now high time to reconsider the role of mechatronics,
particularly within engineering design. Past and ongoing
technological changes are impacting how systems are designed and
configured in ways that could never have been envisaged when the
field of mechatronics was first introduced.
Applied Underwater Acoustics meets the needs of scientists and
engineers working in underwater acoustics and graduate students
solving problems in, and preparing theses on, topics in underwater
acoustics. The book is structured to provide the basis for rapidly
assimilating the essential underwater acoustic knowledge base for
practical application to daily research and analysis. Each chapter
of the book is self-supporting and focuses on a single topic and
its relation to underwater acoustics. The chapters start with a
brief description of the topic's physical background, necessary
definitions, and a short description of the applications, along
with a roadmap to the chapter. The subtopics covered within
individual subchapters include most frequently used equations that
describe the topic. Equations are not derived, rather, assumptions
behind equations and limitations on the applications of each
equation are emphasized. Figures, tables, and illustrations related
to the sub-topic are presented in an easy-to-use manner, and
examples on the use of the equations, including appropriate figures
and tables are also included.
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Big Finish have been producing Doctor Who audios since 1999,
starring Tom Baker, Peter Davison, Colin Baker, Sylvester McCoy,
Paul McGann, David Tennant and John Hurt. This very special release
features a recreation of the first ever cast of Doctor Who, as seen
on BBCTV in 2013's celebratory An Adventure in Space and Time, with
David Bradley then appearing as the Doctor in 2017's Peter Capaldi
finale last Christmas.
In Chapter 1 Dudley Creagh writes on "synchrotron radiation and its
use in art, archaeometry, and cultural heritage studies." Loic
Bertrand has written in Chapter 2 on synchrotron imaging for
archaeology and art history, conservation, and palaeontology. Dr.
Bertrand is Archaeology and cultural heritage officer at the new
French synchrotron, Synchrotron Soleil (Orme les Mesuriers,
Gif-sur-Yvette, France). He is charged with the task of raising the
awareness of cultural heritage scientists to the use of synchrotron
radiation for their research. Chapter 3 has been written by Ivan
Cole and his associates Dr David Paterson and Deborah Lau. This is
concerned with the holistic modelling of gas and aerosol deposition
and the degradation of cultural objects. Dr. Cole is Deputy Chief
of the Novel Materials and Processes Division of the Commonwealth
Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (Melbourne,
Australia). He has over twenty years experience in involvement in
projects concerned with the preservation of cultural heritage. Ivan
is an internationally recognized leader in the field of the life
cycle of materials and the development of protective coatings for
metals. In Chapter 4, Giovanna Di Pietro describes two different
types of experiments she has undertaken in the study of the
mechanisms underlying the degradation of photographic media. In the
first Dr. Di Pietro describes the degradation of old back-and-white
plate. In the second she outlines her attempts to understand the
mechanisms by which comparatively modern motion picture film
degrades. A significant part of this project involved trying to
ascertain exactly what dyes were used by Kodak in their motion
picture film from about 1980 onwards. An entirely new technique for
the remote investigation of the pigments in paintings is presented
by Maria Kubik in Chapter 5. This technique will significantly
enhance the ability of conservators to study the palette of
pigments used by artists, check for repairs by others, and detect
fraudulent paintings.
. Demonstrates the amazing efforts being made in using physical
techniques for the study of art, archaeology and cultural
heritage
. Provides succinct accounts of how cultural heritage is being
preserved.
. Looks at how science is being used to enrich our knowledge of the
creative arts"
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