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The 2 nd Edition of Analog Integrated Circuit Design focuses on
more coverage about several types of circuits that have increased
in importance in the past decade. Furthermore, the text is enhanced
with material on CMOS IC device modeling, updated processing layout
and expanded coverage to reflect technical innovations. CMOS
devices and circuits have more influence in this edition as well as
a reduced amount of text on BiCMOS and bipolar information. New
chapters include topics on frequency response of analog ICs and
basic theory of feedback amplifiers.
Adaptive techniques play a key role in modern wireless
communication systems. The concept of adaptation is emphasized in
the "Adaptation in Wireless Communications Series" through a
unified framework across all layers of the wireless protocol stack
ranging from the physical layer to the application layer, and from
cellular systems to next-generation wireless networks. This
specific volume, Adaptive Signal Processing in Wireless
Communications is devoted to adaptation in the physical layer. It
gives an in-depth survey of adaptive signal processing techniques
used in current and future generations of wireless communication
systems. Featuring the work of leading international experts, it
covers adaptive channel modeling, identification and equalization,
adaptive modulation and coding, adaptive
multiple-input-multiple-output (MIMO) systems, and cooperative
diversity. It also addresses other important aspects of adaptation
in wireless communications such as hardware implementation,
reconfigurable processing, and cognitive radio.
A second volume in the series, "Adaptation and Cross-layer
Design in Wireless Networks(cat no.46039) "is devoted to adaptation
in the data link, network, and application layers.
This is a book of Cork and surroundings - a mix of home-brewed
philosophy and local landmarks, written by everyone and all.
KLODETTA'S CHRONICLES is a mix of home-brewed philosophy and
fleeting euphorias, expat experiences and local landmarks,
short-distance trains and long-distance buses, teas and travels,
and many other things.
Community leadership development programs are designed to increase
the capacity of citizens for civic engagement. These programs fill
gaps in what people know about governance and the processes of
governance, especially at the local level. The work of many in this
field is a response to the recognition that in smaller, rural
communities, disadvantaged neighborhoods, or disaster areas, the
skills and aptitudes needed for citizens to be successful leaders
are often missing or underdeveloped. Community Effects of
Leadership Development Education presents the results of a
five-year study tracking community-level effects of community
leadership development programs drawn from research conducted in
Illinois, Minnesota, Missouri, South Carolina, Ohio, and West
Virginia. As the first book of its kind to seek answers to the
question of whether or not the millions of dollars invested each
year in community leadership development programs are valuable in
the real world, this book challenges researchers, community
organizers, and citizens to identify improved ways of demonstrating
the link from program to implementation, as well as the way in
which programs are conceived and designed. This text also explores
how leadership development programs relate to civic engagement,
power and empowerment, and community change, and it demonstrates
that community leadership development programs really do produce
community change. At the same time, the findings of this study
strongly support a relational view of community leadership, as
opposed to other traditional leadership models used for program
design. To complement their findings, the authors have developed
CENCE, a new model for community leadership development programs,
which links leadership development efforts to community development
by understanding how Civic Engagement, Networks, Commitment, and
Empowerment work together to produce community viability.
"Tremendously capable and intimately revealing of a generation and
a class." - "Daily Telegraph"
"Mr. Martin writes with enjoyment and eclectic good taste." -
"Times Literary Supplement"
"One of the ten novels of the year." - "Yorkshire Post"
"Anyone who feels as if there were a curtain between him and the
younger generation should read this novel." - "New Statesman"
"Keen observation and adroit writing." - "Punch"
Perkin Young and his brother Simon are typical of their
generation, the first to come of age in England after the Second
World War. They live in Chelsea on their father's money while they
halfheartedly pursue literary and artistic success. Consumed with
boredom and oppressed by a sense of the pointlessness of modern
life, they spend their time at parties, in meaningless sexual
encounters, or with their friends, who share their ennui. Perkin is
in love with Meg, a young widow who lives with a famous novelist;
Simon is after Anne, a girl so naive she doesn't realize the store
she works in peddles pornography; their friend Jonathan is dating
the cynical George, who runs a gay nightclub and brothels. As they
move aimlessly through their lives, each waits for something to
happen. But when something terrible does finally happen to Perkin
and Simon, it threatens to shatter the fragile illusions of the
world they have created for themselves....
Kenneth Martin's first book, "Aubade" (1957), written at age 16,
was a surprise bestseller, and its story of love between two youths
has gone on to become a gay classic. This first-ever reprint of
"Waiting for the Sky to Fall" (1959), written at age 18, includes a
new introduction by Martin, who discusses publishing the book as a
teenager, his disappointment at the mixed reviews it received, and
the experience of revisiting the novel for its republication 55
years later.
When Jonathan visits his eccentric grandfather for the first
time in years, the teen is haunted by nightmares and a foreboding
feeling. His curiosity leads him into the attic, where he discovers
an unopened trunk-and his grandfather suddenly appears with a key.
As the lock clicks and the trunk opens to reveal a cross and
parchment, Jonathan has no idea that he is about to discover his
destiny.
Jonathan's grandfather orders him to never touch the cross or
the paper to his skin and hide them away, but Jonathan soon learns
that he has been chosen by the Bwoaillee who will help and protect
him. After Jonathan returns home, more confused than ever, his
grandfather passes away. With the goal of finishing high school and
becoming a man of God, Jonathan thinks he finally has his life on
track. But his innocence is dramatically undone when he is summoned
by the God of the Dead himself-Samhain, who wants to retrieve the
special artifact in Jonathan's possession.
As a lightening strike propels Jonathan back in time to meet the
magical Druid King, he must attempt to return to his real time
without succumbing to the temptations of a beautiful goddess. But
he is about to discover that only the Druid Moon holds the
answers.
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Aubade (Paperback)
Kenneth Martin
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"Not many books by anyone so young are worth publishing, but this
one was." - John Betjeman
"A very good first novel written with fine economy, intelligent
and extremely moving." - Angus Wilson
"Resolves the mixed and complex emotions of adolescence into the
timeless purity of art. Most books about such years come from the
pressure of emotional maturity: Kenneth Martin writes from the very
heart of them." - Elizabeth Bowen
Paul Anderson has just finished school and is spending his last
summer at home before he starts university in the autumn. He can
hardly wait to escape his ineffectual father and domineering
mother, and a long summer spent with nothing to do but work in old
Mr. Swallow's store, which never seems to have any customers, is
beginning to look dull and interminable. But one day Gary, a young
medical student, enters the store, and Paul's life changes forever.
He has been brought up to believe that it's wrong, but he can't
help it: he's falling in love with Gary. And all of a sudden, the
summer becomes a time Paul will never forget. . . .
Written when Kenneth Martin was only sixteen, "Aubade" (1957)
remains a moving and honest portrayal of a young man's first love.
Long recognized as a classic of gay fiction, "Aubade" returns to
print in this new edition, which includes an introduction by the
author discussing the experience of writing and publishing "Aubade"
as a teenager and the reactions to its initial publication.
Martin's second novel, "Waiting for the Sky to Fall" (1959), is
also available from Valancourt Books.
When Jonathan visits his eccentric grandfather for the first
time in years, the teen is haunted by nightmares and a foreboding
feeling. His curiosity leads him into the attic, where he discovers
an unopened trunk-and his grandfather suddenly appears with a key.
As the lock clicks and the trunk opens to reveal a cross and
parchment, Jonathan has no idea that he is about to discover his
destiny.
Jonathan's grandfather orders him to never touch the cross or
the paper to his skin and hide them away, but Jonathan soon learns
that he has been chosen by the Bwoaillee who will help and protect
him. After Jonathan returns home, more confused than ever, his
grandfather passes away. With the goal of finishing high school and
becoming a man of God, Jonathan thinks he finally has his life on
track. But his innocence is dramatically undone when he is summoned
by the God of the Dead himself-Samhain, who wants to retrieve the
special artifact in Jonathan's possession.
As a lightening strike propels Jonathan back in time to meet the
magical Druid King, he must attempt to return to his real time
without succumbing to the temptations of a beautiful goddess. But
he is about to discover that only the Druid Moon holds the
answers.
Community leadership development programs are designed to increase
the capacity of citizens for civic engagement. These programs fill
gaps in what people know about governance and the processes of
governance, especially at the local level. The work of many in this
field is a response to the recognition that in smaller, rural
communities, disadvantaged neighborhoods, or disaster areas, the
skills and aptitudes needed for citizens to be successful leaders
are often missing or underdeveloped. Community Effects of
Leadership Development Education presents the results of a
five-year study tracking community-level effects of community
leadership development programs drawn from research conducted in
Illinois, Minnesota, Missouri, South Carolina, Ohio, and West
Virginia. As the first book of its kind to seek answers to the
question of whether or not the millions of dollars invested each
year in community leadership development programs are valuable in
the real world, this book challenges researchers, community
organizers, and citizens to identify improved ways of demonstrating
the link from program to implementation, as well as the way in
which programs are conceived and designed. This text also explores
how leadership development programs relate to civic engagement,
power and empowerment, and community change, and it demonstrates
that community leadership development programs really do produce
community change. At the same time, the findings of this study
strongly support a relational view of community leadership, as
opposed to other traditional leadership models used for program
design. To complement their findings, the authors have developed
CENCE, a new model for community leadership development programs,
which links leadership development efforts to community development
by understanding how Civic Engagement, Networks, Commitment, and
Empowerment work together to produce community viability.
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