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From light-up scarves to solar-powered backpacks to health
monitoring fabric, innovative combinations of electronics and
textiles are becoming more prevalent and impressive all the time,
making appearances everywhere from the runway to medical settings.
In the near future, these wearable technologies will be a standard
part of daily life. E-textiles, including soft circuits, conductive
fabrics, and sewable electronics, may not be familiar to all
library patrons now, but the way that e-textile projects combine
STEM topics with fun, familiar crafts make them popular for library
programs, interesting to diverse groups, and a great tool for
teaching new skills and techniques. Best of all, e-textile projects
can be designed to fit into budgets of all sizes and to appeal to
patrons of any age and level of technical proficiency. In this
book, you'll learn everything you need to know about the tools,
supplies, techniques, and science behind e-textiles and find out
how your library can design successful collections and programs
around this hot new topic. The book features key information about
the materials and techniques you'll need to know, examples of
libraries that have found success with e-textiles, step-by-step
advice on program creation, and projects that can be used for fun
and engaging library programs. By the time you finish reading, you
will have everything you need to develop a program that will
generate excitement within your community and introduce your
patrons to new and useful skills. Keep your library on the cutting
edge of technology with exciting and engaging e-textiles
programming!
At a small gallery in Florence, a Peruvian writer comes across a
photograph of a tribal storyteller deep in the Amazon jungle. As he
stares at the photograph, it dawns on him that he knows this man.
The storyteller is not an Indian at all but his university
classmate, Saul Zuratas, who was thought to have disappeared in
Israel. As recollections of Zuratas flow through his mind, the
writer begins to imagine Zuratas' transformation into a member of
the Machiguenga tribe. In The Storyteller, Mario Vargas Llosa has
created a spellbinding tale of one man's journey from the modern
world to our origins.
With meticulous observation and the seductive skill of a great storyteller, Vargas Llosa lures the reader into the shadow of perversion that, little by little, darkens the extraordinary happiness and harmony of his characters. The mysterious nature of happiness and above all, the corrupting power of innocence are the themes that underlie these pages, and the author has perfectly met the demands of the erotic novel, never dimming for an instant the fine poetic polish of his writing.
'A novelist of immense power ... uncompromising and original' Colm
Toibin 'I can feel the passage of time, as though it were coursing
through my veins, along with my blood...' One June day in 1955
Alejandra, last of a noble yet decaying Argentinian dynasty, shoots
her father, locks herself up with his body, and sets fire to them
both. What caused this act of insanity? Does the answer lie with
Martin, her troubled lover, Bruno, the writer who worshipped her
mother, or with her father Fernando himself, demonic creator of the
strange 'Report on the Blind'? Their lives entwine in Ernesto
Sabato's dark epic of passion, philosophy and paranoia in Buenos
Aires. 'Bewitched, baroque, monumental' Newsweek
At a small gallery in Florence, a Peruvian writer happens upon a photograph of a tribal storyteller deep in the jungles of the Amazon. He is overcome with the eerie sense that he knows this man...that the storyteller is not an Indian at all but an old school friend, Saul Zuratas. As recollections of Zuratas flow through his mind, the writer begins to imagine Zuratas's transformation from a modern to a central member of the unacculturated Machiguenga tribe. Weaving the mysteries of identity, storytelling, and truth, Vargas Llosa has created a spellbinding tale of one man's journey from the modern world to our origins, abandoning one in order to find meaning in both.
The Space Shuttle is an engineering marvel perhaps only exceeded by
the station itself. The shuttle was based on the technology of the
1960s and early 1970s. It had to overcome significant challenges to
make it reusable. Perhaps the greatest challenges were the main
engines and the Thermal Protection System. The program has seen
terrible tragedy in its 3 decades of operation, yet it has also
seen marvelous success. One of the most notable successes is the
Hubble Space Telescope, a program that would have been a failure
without the shuttle's capability to rendezvous, capture, repair, as
well as upgrade. Now Hubble is a shining example of success admired
by people around the world. As the program comes to a close, it is
important to capture the legacy of the shuttle for future
generations. That is what "Wings In Orbit" does for space fans,
students, engineers, and scientists. This book, written by the men
and women who made the program possible, will serve as an excellent
reference for building future space vehicles. We are proud to have
played a small part in making it happen. Our journey to document
the scientific and engineering accomplishments of this magnificent
winged vehicle began with an audacious proposal: to capture the
passion of those who devoted their energies to its success while
answering the question "What are the most significant
accomplishments?" of the longest operating human spaceflight
program in our nation's history. This is intended to be an honest,
accurate, and easily understandable account of the research and
innovation accomplished during the era.
This publication "Authoritatively documents the many
accomplishments of NASA's Space Shuttle Program from its origins to
the present. Beginning with a Foreword by astronauts John Young and
Robert Crippen, this compelling book provides clear, accurate, and
authentic accounts from NASA's best subject matter experts,
including aerospace engineers who worked with the shuttle program,
and leading experts from the science and academic communities. The
book captures the passion of those who devoted their energies to
the program's success for more than three decades. It focuses on
their science and engineering accomplishments, the rich history of
the program, and the shuttle as an icon in U.S. history. Its
comprehensive overview of the shuttle and its accomplishments,
combined with its lucid prose, makes Wings in Orbit a unique
resource for anyone interested in the history and achievements of
American space exploration." The first great age of space
exploration culminated with the historic lunar landing in July
1969. Following that achievement, the space policymakers looked
back to the history of aviation as a model for the future of space
travel. The Space Shuttle was conceived as a way to exploit the
resources of the new frontier. Using an aviation analogy, the
shuttle would be the Douglas DC-3 of space. That aircraft is
generally considered to be the first commercially successful air
transport. The shuttle was to be the first commercially successful
space transport. This impossible leap was not realized, an
unrealistic goal that appears patently obvious in retrospect, yet
it haunts the history of the shuttle to this day. Much of the
criticism of the shuttle originates from this overhyped initial
concept. In fact, the perceived relationship between the history of
aviation and the promise of space travel continues to motivate
space policymakers. In some ways, the analogy that compares space
with aviation can be very illustrative. If the first crewed
spacecraft of 1961 are accurately the analog of the Wright
brothers' first aircraft, the Apollo spacecraft of 1968 should
properly be compared with the Wright brothers' 1909 "Model B"-their
first commercial sale. The "B" was the product of 6 years of
tinkering, experimentation, and adjustments, but were only two
major iterations of aircraft design. In much the same way, Apollo
was the technological inheritor of two iterations of spacecraft
design in 7 years. The Space Shuttle of 1981-coming 20 years after
the first spaceflights-could be compared with the aircraft of the
mid-1920s. In fact, there is a good analogy in the history of
aviation: the Ford Tri-Motor of 1928. But here the aviation analogy
breaks down. In aviation history, advances are made not just
because of the passage of calendar time but because there are
hundreds of different aircraft designs with thousands of
incremental technology advances tested in flight between the "B"
and the Tri-Motor. Even so, the aviation equivalent compression of
decades of technological advance does not do justice to the huge
technological leap from expendable rockets and capsules to a
reusable, winged, hypersonic, cargo-carrying spacecraft. This was
accomplished with no intermediate steps. Viewed from that
perspective, the Space Shuttle is truly a wonder. No doubt the
shuttle is but one step of many on the road to the stars, but it
was a giant leap indeed. That is what this book is about: not what
might have been or what was impossibly promised, but what was
actually achieved and what was actually delivered. Viewed against
this background, the Space Shuttle was a tremendous engineering
achievement-a vehicle that enabled nearly routine and regular
access to space for hundreds of people, and a profoundly vital link
in scientific advancement. The vision of this book is to take a
clear-eyed look at what the shuttle accomplished and the shuttle's
legacy to the world. This book will serve as an excellent reference
for building future space vehicles.
This work by the renowned Peruvian author allows us to glimpse into
the key years of his youth until his candidacy for President of
Peru. These are stark, unadorned truths revealed through his
hypnotic and masterly prose. The strained relationship between the
author and his harsh, violent father; the discovery of his calling
as a writer as a means to oppose parental authoritarianism, the
precocious bohemia, the hasty wedding with la tia Julia (aunt
Julia) and the short, yet intense, political career of the writer.
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Custody of the Eyes (Paperback)
Diamela Eltit; Translated by Helen Lane, Ronald Christ
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R405
R350
Discovery Miles 3 500
Save R55 (14%)
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Deep within the remote backlands of nineteenth-century Brazil
lies Canudos, home to all the damned of the earth: prostitutes,
bandits, beggars, and every kind of outcast. It is a place where
history and civilization have been wiped away. There is no money,
no taxation, no marriage, no census. Canudos is a cauldron for the
revolutionary spirit in its purest form, a state with all the
potential for a true, libertarian paradise--and one the Brazilian
government is determined to crush at any cost.
In perhaps his most ambitious and tragic novel, Mario Vargas Llosa
tells his own version of the real story of Canudos, inhabiting
characters on both sides of the massive, cataclysmic battle between
the society and government troops. The resulting novel is a fable
of Latin American revolutionary history, an unforgettable story of
passion, violence, and the devastation that follows from
fanaticism.
Legend has it that Count Julian opened the gates of Spain to the
Moorish invaders and introduced eight hundred years of Islamic
influence. The narrator dreams of another invasion of his
fatherland. Destruction will be total - myths central to the
Hispanic psyche will crumble: the myth of the Christian knight
always ready to do battle to defend the faith, the myth of the
macho male and its inverse the virgin female, and the myth of the
heroic Spanish personality forged in the rout of Islam. The hatred
of Spain is intense but it is a hatred that recognizes the debt the
exile owes to his homeland.
The story of Fray Servando's life in exile is a vivid account of the adventures of one of the most original ideologues of Latin American independence. On December 12, 1794, Fray Servando preached a sermon in Mexico City claiming that the Indies had been converted by St. Thomas long before the Spaniards arrived. This was a subversive and controversial notion because it took away the rationale for the Spanish conquest of the New World - the conversion of the heathen. Colonial authorities arrested him and he was exiled to Spain where he was imprisoned by his own Dominican order. Servando escaped and spent 10 years in exile travelling throughout Europe disguised as a French priest, issuing revolutionary manifestos and sermons. He returned to Mexico after Independence and served the new government before his death. This is the only English translation of The Memoirs of Fray Servando Teresa de Mier available.
Peruvian author Ricardo Palma (1838-1919) was one of the most
popular and imitated writers in Latin America during the late
nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. As head of the National
Library in Lima, Palma had access to a rich source of historical
books and manuscripts. His historical miscellanies, which he called
"traditions," are witty anecdotes about conquerors, viceroys,
corrupt and lovelorn friars, tragic loves and notorious characters.
Humor, irony and word play characterize his collection of over five
hundred traditions written between 1872 and 1906, whether
describing violent deeds or amorous misadventures. Unlike many of
his contemporaries in the second half of the nineteenth century,
Palma did not write transparent didactic fictions and defend elite
cultural forms. Rather, he reveled in ironic approaches to written
sources, political authorities and church institutions as well as
popular speech and knowledge. Both fiction and history, Palma's
delightful Peruvian Traditions represents a hybrid literary form
that constructs historical memory distinct from the dominant
literary trends of the time.
Cecilia Valdes is arguably the most important novel of 19th century
Cuba. Originally published in New York City in 1882, Cirilo
Villaverde's novel has fascinated readers inside and outside Cuba
since the late 19th century. In this new English translation, a
vast landscape emerges of the moral, political, and sexual
depravity caused by slavery and colonialism. Set in the Havana of
the 1830s, the novel introduces us to Cecilia, a beautiful
light-skinned mulatta, who is being pursued by the son of a Spanish
slave trader, named Leonardo. Unbeknownst to the two, they are the
children of the same father. Eventually Cecilia gives in to
Leonardo's advances; she becomes pregnant and gives birth to a baby
girl. When Leonardo, who gets bored with Cecilia after a while,
agrees to marry a white upper class woman, Cecilia vows revenge. A
mulatto friend and suitor of hers kills Leonardo, and Cecilia is
thrown into prison as an accessory to the crime.
For the contemporary reader Helen Lane's masterful translation of
Cecilia Valdes opens a new window into the intricate problems of
race relations in Cuba and the Caribbean. There are the elite
social circles of European and New World Whites, the rich culture
of the free people of color, the class to which Cecilia herself
belonged, and then the slaves, divided among themselves between
those who were born in Africa and those who were born in the New
World, and those who worked on the sugar plantation and those who
worked in the households of the rich people in Havana. Cecilia
Valdes thus presents a vast portrait of sexual, social, and racial
oppression, and the lived experience of Spanish colonialism in
Cuba.
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Amalia (Paperback, New Ed)
Jose Marmol; Translated by Helen Lane; Edited by Dorris Sommer
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R1,182
Discovery Miles 11 820
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Ships in 10 - 15 working days
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Amalia was one of the most popular Latin American novels and, until recently, was required reading in Argentina's schools. It was written to protest the dictatorship of Juan Manuel de Rosas and to provide a picture of the political events during his regime, but the book's popularity stemmed from the love story that fuels the plot. Originally published in 1851 in serial form, Marmol recounts the story of Eduardo and Amalia, who fall in love while he is hiding in her home. Amalia and her cousin Daniel protect him from Rosist persecution, but before the couple and the cousin can escape to safety, they are discovered by the death squad and the young men die. Similar in style to the romantic novels of Walter Scott, Amalia provides a detailed picture of life under a dictatorship combined with lively dialogue, drama, and a tragic love story.
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