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"Getting Started with CNC" is the definitive introduction to
working with affordable desktop and benchtop CNCs, written by the
creator of the popular open hardware CNC, the Shapeoko. Accessible
3D printing introduced the masses to computer-controlled additive
fabrication. But the flip side of that is subtractive fabrication:
instead of adding material to create a shape like a 3D printer
does, a CNC starts with a solid piece of material and takes away
from it. Although inexpensive 3D printers can make great things
with plastic, a CNC can carve highly durable pieces out of a block
of aluminum, wood, and other materials. This book covers the
fundamentals of designing for--and working with--affordable
($500-$3000) CNCs.
Systems of Life offers a wide-ranging revaluation of the emergence
of biopolitics in Europe from the mid- eighteenth to the
mid-nineteenth century. In staging an encounter among literature,
political economy, and the still emergent sciences of life in that
historical moment, the essays collected here reopen the question of
how concepts of animal, vegetable, and human life, among other
biological registers, had an impact on the Enlightenment project of
thinking politics and economics as a joint enterprise. The volume's
contributors consider politics, economics, and the biological as
distinct, semi-autonomous spheres whose various combinations
required inventive, sometimes incomplete, acts of conceptual
mediation, philosophical negotiation, disciplinary intervention, or
aesthetic representation.
Winner, 2020 William Sanders Scarborough Prize, Modern Language
Association Honorable Mention, MSA First Book Prize In Thinking
Through Crisis, James Edward Ford III examines the works of Richard
Wright, Ida B. Wells, W. E. B. Du Bois, Zora Neale Hurston, and
Langston Hughes during the 1930s in order to articulate a
materialist theory of trauma. Ford highlights the dark
proletariat's emergence from the multitude apposite to white
supremacist agendas. In these works, Ford argues, proletarian,
modernist, and surrealist aesthetics transform fugitive slaves,
sharecroppers, leased convicts, levee workers, and activist
intellectuals into protagonists of anti-racist and anti-capitalist
movements in the United States. Thinking Through Crisis intervenes
in debates on the 1930s, radical subjectivity, and states of
emergency. It will be of interest to scholars of American
literature, African American literature, proletarian literature,
black studies, trauma theory, and political theory.
Winner, 2020 William Sanders Scarborough Prize, Modern Language
Association Honorable Mention, MSA First Book Prize In Thinking
Through Crisis, James Edward Ford III examines the works of Richard
Wright, Ida B. Wells, W. E. B. Du Bois, Zora Neale Hurston, and
Langston Hughes during the 1930s in order to articulate a
materialist theory of trauma. Ford highlights the dark
proletariat's emergence from the multitude apposite to white
supremacist agendas. In these works, Ford argues, proletarian,
modernist, and surrealist aesthetics transform fugitive slaves,
sharecroppers, leased convicts, levee workers, and activist
intellectuals into protagonists of anti-racist and anti-capitalist
movements in the United States. Thinking Through Crisis intervenes
in debates on the 1930s, radical subjectivity, and states of
emergency. It will be of interest to scholars of American
literature, African American literature, proletarian literature,
black studies, trauma theory, and political theory.
A series of Tipperary tales within a fictitious hillside community
during the early twentieth century. 'From Time to Time' includes:
*a tale of a brutal wartime revenge contrasting with the gentleness
of a young English girl in the face of local hostilities, *a tale
of a young school rebel rescuing a priest from death, *a young
man's irreparable grief when his mother drowns while saving her
turf in the bog, *a youth's entry to manhood on a sunny fair-day in
the company of a thieving young temptress from town *a memorable
clown's farewell and a last faction fight *the joyful dance of the
entire community when their illicit whiskey-brewer finally makes
his return to them from jail. 'an endearing collection of rustic
tales by a natural storyteller. Addison & Cole
Chattering at School is a series of animal poems that invites the
reader to learn and marvel at all the wonders of the natural world.
The poems include fun narratives on the surface, while containing
learning and teaching moments as the poems unfold. The book has
lovely illustrations and is full of moral lessons. The introduction
to Chattering at School: Nature poems for children explains that
these poems were written by a schoolboy aged 11 to 18 (1951-58)
during his annual summer holiday visits to his grandmother on her
small farm in Ireland. She had been his carer and guardian from the
time of the German Blitz of London where he was born, and lived
with her until the war ended in 1945. He then returned to his
unknown parents, who had been unable to visit him in Ireland from
the UK during the war. Over 60 years later, the author of these
poems - Edward Forde Hickey - discovered them (his own schoolboy
attempts at writing poetry) lying in the attic and felt they were
worth recording publicly.
This series of tales was compiled during the recent pandemic
lockdown and they include colourful incidents in the lives of
bonesetters, matchmakers, youthful lovers, newcomers from beyond
the mountains, a reformed villain's wedding, celebrated by the
whole community for days thereafter, and lots more. This is the
second volume and has been written once more in a lyrical language
similar to that of past storytellers such as Mark Twain -
enthralling and unbelievable at times. Reflections should certainly
appeal to those not only with an interest in Ireland's social
history but to fans of the author's earlier novels. 'An effortless
evocation of an almost-forgotten world . . . wonderfully personable
narration and endlessly charming characterisation.' Addison &
Cole
Full of amusement, this series of fictional tales starts with a
Galwayman's arrival in Tipperary's post-famine days and portrays
the daily lives of a hillside community. Written in the colloquial
and lyrical language of some of our ancestors, it tells - amongst
others - such diverse stories as the reliance of families on
children rabbit-poaching, on the pre-dawn cattle-droving days of a
young school-leaver, the re-appearance of a dead girl to her
newly-born sister...along with a number of love-hate incidents,
like the townie scorn for a mountainy man at the show-fair, before
he walks off with the big trophy!
This fourth book in the series, portrays a closely-knit group of
people living in the north Tipperary hills during the early 20th
century - a community largely made up of small farmers, whose lives
were far different from today. The book's inspiration comes from
writers such as Thomas Hardy and attempts to pass on to readers the
lyrical and rich phrasings of Tipperary's old hill folk and capture
the spiritual wealth of an age that remained unchanged for several
centuries. Tales of . . . * brotherly love and hate. * a rogue's
return from across the sea and his efforts to reform. * an
unexpected first-love at the harvest-time dance-in-the-fields. *
persecution of two old saints at the hands of misguided youth. *
sports-day activities for adults and children alike, following the
arduous channelling of a new stream. * two adventurous toddlers,
getting lost in the wilderness but saved by a witch. '. . . lovers
of literature will find themselves engrossed in the lives of a past
hillside community.' Addison & Cole
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger
Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain
imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed
pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger
Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and
hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone!
With Notices Of Its Worthies, And Its Natural History, Etc. Also An
Account Of The Church And The Charities And A History Of The New
River.
The role of design is becoming increasingly important in business
and research has shown the positive impact design can have on
company performance. Furthermore, as competition intensifies and
product life-cycles shorten, there is a greater need for new and
innovative products and services. In line with this increase in
demand for innovation, there has also been an increase in demand
for consulting services that can provide expertise and a fresh
perspective. One such company who have noted this trend is Elephant
Strategy + Design, one of India's largest design companies. Based
on the above, it is the objective of this book to arrive at a
design innovation model that will allow companies to help better
understand their client and their business environment, to then
lead to innovative design solutions, and ultimately business
opportunities, through design and design thinking. This book
employs an abductive methodology whereby theoretical framework,
empirical fieldwork, and case analysis evolve simultaneously as
this approach is suitable when developing new models and theories.
The empirical fieldwork was conducted over a two month period at
Elephant in India.
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