Catalog of Sears, Roebuck and Company
| Author | : Sears, Roebuck and Company |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 1466 |
| Release | : 1973 |
| Genre | : Manufactures |
| ISBN | : |
The Cinema in Flux
| Author | : Lenny Lipton |
| Publisher | : Springer Nature |
| Total Pages | : 795 |
| Release | : 2021-04-07 |
| Genre | : Science |
| ISBN | : 1071609513 |
The first of its kind, this book traces the evolution of motion picture technology in its entirety. Beginning with Huygens' magic lantern and ending in the current electronic era, it explains cinema’s scientific foundations and the development of parallel enabling technologies alongside the lives of the innovators. Product development issues, business and marketplace factors, the interaction of aesthetic and technological demands, and the patent system all play key roles in the tale. The topics are covered sequentially, with detailed discussion of the transition from the magic lantern to Edison’s invention of the 35mm camera, the development of the celluloid cinema, and the transition from celluloid to digital. Unique and essential reading from a lifetime innovator in the field of cinema technology, this engaging and well-illustrated book will appeal to anyone interested in the history and science of cinema, from movie buffs to academics and members of the motion picture industry.
Secundum Naturam (According to Nature)
| Author | : Ron Hall |
| Publisher | : Lulu.com |
| Total Pages | : 740 |
| Release | : 2020-04-09 |
| Genre | : Self-Help |
| ISBN | : 1716012112 |
Stoicism is a logical philosophy. Herein, one may learn to reason like a Stoic, which leads to making progress toward living in accord with nature, and from which an abiding happiness is produced. Secundum Naturam is an exploration of Stoicism, given the thesis that the philosophical doctrines derive from Stoic logic. Itself, Stoic logic derives from one, first principle: contradiction does not exist in nature, although we contradict nature when we err. The connectives, modalities, and argument resolutions are all defined with respect to contradiction as conflict (between Both p and Not p). And when your will contradicts nature, you are living contrary to nature, while the goal is to live secundum naturam, according to nature. Best of all, learn how to improve yourself with Stoic logic, according to reason, according to nature, only with Secundum Naturam.
Index Nominum
| Author | : |
| Publisher | : CRC Press |
| Total Pages | : 1939 |
| Release | : 2004 |
| Genre | : Drugs |
| ISBN | : 3887631013 |
: 2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com).
Fodor's 2009 Cancun, Cozumel & the Yucatan Peninsula
| Author | : Kelly Lack |
| Publisher | : Fodors Travel Publications |
| Total Pages | : 354 |
| Release | : 2008-10-07 |
| Genre | : Travel |
| ISBN | : 1400019540 |
Discusses sightseeing, beaches, dining, and accommodations
Field Guide to Birds of Western Africa
| Author | : Nik Borrow |
| Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing |
| Total Pages | : 1789 |
| Release | : 2020-07-09 |
| Genre | : Nature |
| ISBN | : 1472982878 |
A major revision of the first comprehensive field guide to cover the birds of this exciting region, this book will enable birders to identify any species found in any of the countries covered. Birds of Western Africa (Helm, 2001) was the first single-volume guide to cover all the species of this region, which comprises 23 countries from Senegal and southern Mauritania east to Chad and the Central African Republic, and south to Congo. This updated edition uses all of the illustrations from Birds of Western Africa, along with a number of new paintings. The book also has updated colour distribution maps for each species placed on the text pages for the first time. On facing pages, concise, authoritative text aids identification to create a conveniently-sized, lightweight field reference covering all 1300 species found in the region. This handy guide will enable birders to identify any species found in any of the countries covered.
The Idea of Development in Africa
| Author | : Corrie Decker |
| Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
| Total Pages | : 353 |
| Release | : 2020-10-29 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 1009028332 |
The Idea of Development in Africa challenges prevailing international development discourses about the continent, by tracing the history of ideas, practices, and 'problems' of development used in Africa. In doing so, it offers an innovative approach to examining the history and culture of development through the lens of the development episteme, which has been foundational to the 'idea of Africa' in western discourses since the early 1800s. The study weaves together an historical narrative of how the idea of development emerged with an account of the policies and practices of development in colonial and postcolonial Africa. The book highlights four enduring themes in African development, including their present-day ramifications: domesticity, education, health, and industrialization. Offering a balance between historical overview and analysis of past and present case studies, Elisabeth McMahon and Corrie Decker demonstrate that Africans have always co-opted, challenged, and reformed the idea of development, even as the western-centric development episteme presumes a one-way flow of ideas and funding from the West to Africa.
