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  • The Geometries of Visual Space

    by Mark Wagner ...
    When most people think of space, they think of physical space. However, visual space concerns space as consciously experienced, and it is studied through subjective measures, such as asking people to use numbers to estimate perceived distances, areas, angles, or volumes. This book explores the mismatch between perception and physical reality, and describes the many factors that influence the ... Read more

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  • The Wreck of the "America" in Southern Illinois

    A Flatboat on the Ohio River

    Winner, Illinois State Historical Society Superior Achievement, 2016Flatboats were the most prolific type of vessel on the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers during the early 1800s. Thousands of these boats descended the two rivers each year, carrying not only valuable cargo to New Orleans but also western-bound emigrants to newly opened territories. By the late 1800s, flatboats had completely ... Read more

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  • Boeing 787 Dreamliner

    The story behind the innovative widebody jet's "troubled but also path-breaking development," with hundreds of photos ( Airways).With the launch of its superjumbo, the A380, Airbus made what looked like an unbeatable bid for commercial aviation supremacy. But archrival Boeing responded: Not so fast.Boeing's 787 Dreamliner would generate more excitement—and more orders—than any commercial airplane ... Read more

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  • Native Links

    The Surprising History of Our First People in Golf

    by Mark Wagner ...
    Native Links: The Surprising History of Our First People in Golf is an entertaining and insightful narrative that makes the case that, as with the DNA of the country's history, Indigenous history is a leading strand and that is true for golf as well. This book gathers gripping stories and long-lasting oral histories about our First People. The story begins with Oscar Smith Bunn, A Shinnecock ... Read more

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  • Treacherous Bonds and Laughing Fire: Politics and Religion in Wagner's Ring

    by Mark Berry ...
    Mark Berry explores the political and religious ideas expounded in Wagner's Ring through close attention to the text and drama, the multifarious intellectual influences upon the composer during the work's lengthy gestation and composition, and the wealth of Wagner source material. Many of his writings are explicitly political in their concerns, for Wagner was emphatically not a revolutionary ... Read more

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  • Moon

    by Mark Wagner ...
    This book of poetry by Mark Wagner is an original and unique production. Many of the pieces are inspired by various parts of the Bible, everything from before the creation in Genesis to after the final judgment of God; things taken from various books of the Bible, such as Job and Psalms and Isaiah, to things of the New Testament. It creates for the reader a different perspective from which the ... Read more

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  • Airbus A380: Superjumbo of the 21st Century

    Superjumbo of the 21st Century

    Poised for takeoff on that hot morning in April 2005, the Airbus A380 had the purposeful, powerful presence of a giant predatory bird. With its enormous gulled wings, imperiously tall tail, and broad, domed forepeak, it looked ready to take on the world. And along the way, it has had plenty of supporters-and critics. No civil airliner since the supersonic Concorde has aroused such emotion, such ... Read more

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  • Integrating Biological Control into Conservation Practice

    Invasive species have a critical and growing effect upon natural areas. They can modify, degrade, or destroy wildland ecosystem structure and function, and reduce native biodiversity. Landscape-level solutions are needed to address these problems. Conservation biologists seek to limit such damage and restore ecosystems using a variety of approaches. One such approach is biological control: the ... Read more

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  • The Palgrave Handbook of Utopian and Dystopian Literatures

    Series series Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
    The Palgrave Handbook of Utopian and Dystopian Literaturescelebrates a literary genre already over 500 years old. Specially commissioned essays from established and emerging international scholars reflect the vibrancy of utopian vision, and its resiliency as idea, genre, and critical mode. Covering politics, environment, geography, body and mind, and social organization, the volume surveys current ... Read more

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  • Teaching Research Methods in the Social Sciences

    How can excellence in the teaching of research methods be encouraged and ensured? This question has become increasingly important following the adoption of research methodology as a core part of many postgraduate and undergraduate courses. There has, however, been little discussion about the aims and methods of teaching the subject. In this volume; a number of authors from a variety of countries ... Read more

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  • The Cambridge Companion to Wagner's Der Ring des Nibelungen

    Edited by Mark Berry, Nicholas Vazsonyi ...
    Series series Cambridge Companions to Music
    The Companion is an essential, interdisciplinary tool for those both familiar and unfamiliar with Wagner's Ring. It opens with a concise introduction to both the composer and the Ring, introducing Wagner as a cultural figure, and giving a comprehensive overview of the work. Subsequent chapters, written by leading Wagner experts, focus on musical topics such as 'leitmotif', and structure, and ... Read more

    $31.99 CAD

  • Nevertheless We Persisted

    Tales of Loss, Love, and Finding Your Own Power

    NEVERTHELESS WE PERSISTED is the ebook companion to a special audio-first anthology of poems, essays, and stories that explores themes of loss, love, and finding your own power. It's an astonishing collection filled with heart, tears, laughter, and ultimately hope.Pieces include:A woman's journey fleeing Iraq with her children and how it made her stronger.A man recovering from his experience in ... Read more

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