Mercury S Wings

Author : Richard J. A. Talbert,Fred S. Naiden
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 528 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2017-04-27
Category : History
ISBN : 9780190604042

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Mercury's Wings by Richard J. A. Talbert,Fred S. Naiden Pdf

Mercury's Wings: Exploring Modes of Communication in the Ancient World is the first-ever volume of essays devoted to ancient communications. Comparable previous work has been mainly confined to articles on aspects of communication in the Roman empire. This set of 18 essays with an introduction by the co-editors marks a milestone, therefore, that demonstrates the importance and rich further potential of the topic. The authors, who include art historians, Assyriologists, Classicists and Egyptologists, take the broad view of communications as a vehicle not just for the transmission of information, but also for the conduct of religion, commerce, and culture. Encompassed within this scope are varied purposes of communication such as propaganda and celebration, as well as profit and administration. Each essay deals with a communications network, or with a means or type of communication, or with the special features of religious communication or communication in and among large empires. The spatial, temporal, and cultural boundaries of the volume take in the Near East as well as Greece and Rome, and cover a period of some 2,000 years beginning in the second millennium BCE and ending with the spread of Christianity during the last centuries of the Roman Empire in the West. In all, about one quarter of the essays deal with the Near East, one quarter with Greece, one quarter with Greece and Rome together, and one quarter with the Roman empire and its Persian and Indian rivals. Some essays concern topics in cultural history, such as Greek music and Roman art; some concern economic history in both Mesopotamia and Rome; and some concern traditional historical topics such as diplomacy and war in the Mediterranean world. Each essay draws on recent work in the theory of communications.

Author : Chris Aiken,James Phelps
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2017-01-17
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 9780393711752

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Bipolar, Not So Much: Understanding Your Mood Swings and Depression by Chris Aiken,James Phelps Pdf

Approaching depression as a complex disorder with many different facets rather than all-or-nothing. Depression confuses the mind, strips away hope, and causes people to blame themselves for an illness they never asked for. This book presents a revolutionary new understanding of the concept of depression and offers readers skills and strategies to manage it. No longer is this a one-size-fits-all diagnosis, and antidepressants are no longer the one-size-fits-all treatment. Mood disorders are now seen to form a spectrum of problems, from common depression on one end to full bipolar disorder on the other. In between these extremes are multitudes of people who are on the middle of the mood spectrum, and this book is for them. The first part of the book helps readers answer the question, “Where am I on the mood spectrum?” By laying the foundation for understanding this spectrum, Aiken and Phelps highlight the key distinctions that define unipolarity, bipolarity, hypomania, mania, and depression. Readers will be able to discern which definition best fits their experience, and use this understanding to learn which treatment methods will work best. The authors also empower readers to look beyond antidepressants. They walk readers through new medications for the mood spectrum, and offer a guide to non-medication treatments that anyone can use on their own, from diet and lifestyle changes to natural supplements. The book also discusses other innovative technologies that can aid in recovery, including dawn simulators, mood apps, and blue-light filters. This thoughtful and beneficial book will offer readers skills and strategies, as well as hope, in the face of debilitating mental challenges.

Author : Patricia Farmer,Will Friedwall
Publisher : Beaufort Books
Page : 403 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2015-09-14
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780825307171

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Playboy Swings by Patricia Farmer,Will Friedwall Pdf

You already know about the Bunnies, now learn about the music that helped shape Playboy. Playboy—the magazine, the empire, the lifestyle—is one of the world's best known brands. Since the launch of Playboy magazine in 1953, two elements have been remarkably consistent: the first, is the celebration of the female form. The second, readers may be surprised to learn, is Playboy's involvement in the music scene. The playboy experience has never been just about sex, but about lifestyle. Hugh Hefner's personal passion for music, particularly fine jazz, has always been an essential component of that. Full of interviews with hundreds of people who were on the scene throughout the rise, fall, and on-going renaissance, Playboy Swings carries readers on a seductive journey. Farmer focuses on Playboy's involvement in the music scene and impact on popular entertainment, and demonstrates how the empire helped change the world by integrating television and festivals. Join Patty Farmer as she guides the reader through the first inception of the Playboy empire through the 1959 Jazz Festival, and club opening after club opening. With 60 pages of photos and a complete reference guide, readers will associate music, not just Bunnies, when thinking about Playboy after reading this enthralling look into the history of one of the world's most infamous brands.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1492 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 1885
Category : Electric apparatus and appliances
ISBN : NYPL:33433012877563

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Specifications and Drawings of Patents Relating to Electricity Issued by the U. S. by Anonim Pdf

Author : Dottie Dodgion,Wayne Enstice
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
Page : 413 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2021-03-29
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780252052477

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The Lady Swings by Dottie Dodgion,Wayne Enstice Pdf

Dottie Dodgion is a jazz drummer who played with the best. A survivor, she lived an entire lifetime before she was seventeen. Undeterred by hardships she defied the odds and earned a seat as a woman in the exclusive men’s club of jazz. Her dues-paying path as a musician took her from early work with Charles Mingus to being hired by Benny Goodman at Basin Street East on her first day in New York. From there she broke new ground as a woman who played a “man’s instrument” in first-string, all-male New York City jazz bands. Her inspiring memoir talks frankly about her music and the challenges she faced, and shines a light into the jazz world of the 1960s and 1970s. Vivid and always entertaining, The Lady Swings tells Dottie Dodgion's story with the same verve and straight-ahead honesty that powered her playing. A Variety Best Music Book of 2021

Author : Len Pismen
Publisher : Springer
Page : 190 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2018-12-06
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783319997773

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The Swings of Science by Len Pismen Pdf

This book is a personal account of some aspects of the emergence of modern science, mostly from the viewpoint of those branches of physics which provided the much needed paradigm shift of "more is different" that heralded the advent of complexity science as an antidote to the purely reductionist approach in fundamental physics. It is also about the humans that have helped to shape these developments, including personal reminiscences and the realization that the so-called exact sciences are inevitably also a social endeavour with all its facets. Served by the razor-sharp wit of the author, this erudite ramble is meant to be neither comprehensive nor systematic, but its generous insights will give the inquisitive academically trained mind a better understanding of what science, and physics in particular, could or should be about.

Author : Lorraine Moller
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2007-01-01
Category : Marathon running
ISBN : 1877361992

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On the Wings of Mercury by Lorraine Moller Pdf

Lorraine Moller is one of New Zealand's greatest women distance runners. Four times an Olympic contender, winner of three Avon Women's Marathons, winner of the Boston Marathon, three times the winner of the Osaka international Ladies' Marathon, and a Commonwealth Games medallist, she is indeed a living legend of the running world. Lorraine began running barefoot with her father near her home in Putaruru and went on to win a bronze medal in the marathon at the 1992 Barcelona Summer Olympic Games. Here, in her own words, Lorraine looks back on a golden era of athletics in New Zealand and the personalities she ran with - Arthur Lydiard, Dick Quax, rod Dixon, Anne Audain, Allison roe and others. She traces her development as a world-class competitor and reveals the strategies and coping techniques that took her to the world stage. A longtime battler for equality and professionalism in distance running, Lorraine is upfront about her struggles with officialdom. With the roman god Mercury as her guide, Lorraine competed with immense courage and determination at the highest level. Here is a candid, personal story of an extraordinary life: intense, insightful and highly entertaining.

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Government Reform
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 810 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Medical
ISBN : PURD:32754070304872

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Mercury in Medicine--are We Taking Unnecessary Risks? by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Government Reform Pdf

Author : Richard L. Thompson
Publisher : Motilal Banarsidass Publishe
Page : 378 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Hindu cosmology
ISBN : 8120819195

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The Cosmology of the Bhāgavata Purāṇa by Richard L. Thompson Pdf

From the flat earth to the sun`s chariot traditional spiritual texts seem wedded to outmoded cosmologies that show, at best, the scientific limitations of their authors. The Bhagavata Purana, one of the classical scriptures of Hinduism, seems, at first glance, to be no exception. However, a closer examination of this text reveals unexpected depths of knowledge in ancient cosmology. This shows that the cosmology of the Bhagavata Purana is a sophisticated system, with multiple levels of meaning that encode at least four different astronomical, geographical, and spiritual world models. By viewing the text in the light of modern astronomy, Richard Thompson shows how ancient scientists expressed exact knowledge in apparently mythological terms. Comparison with the ancient traditions of Egypt and the Near East shows early cultural connections between India and these regions including a surprisingly advanced science. However, quantitative science is only part of the picture. This work also offers a clear understanding of how the spiritual dimension was integrated into ancient Indian cosmology. Contents Introduction to Bhagavata Cosmology, 1. Introduction to Texts, 2. The Islands and Oceans of Bhu-mandala, 3. The Solar System in Projection, 4. The Solar system in three Dimensions, 5. The Earth and Local Geography, 6. The Realm of the Demigods, 7. The Greater Universe, 8. Notes on Time and Chronology, 9. General Observations, Appendices, Bibliography, List of tables, Glossary, Index.

Author : OP Gupta
Publisher : KHANNA PUBLISHING HOUSE
Page : 872 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2024-06-01
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9789382609667

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Elements of Environmental Pollution Control by OP Gupta Pdf

This book will cater to the needs of students who want to pursue a Diploma in Engineering, Degree in Engineering (B.Tech/B.E., B.Sc.(Engg.) students. Postgraduate degree in Engineering (M. Tech, M.E.) students. AMIE (Associate membership of Indian Institute of Metals) examination. AMIIChE (Associate Membership of Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers) examination. AIC (Associateship of Institute of Chemist) examination. Practicing engineers in the field of environmental engineering. Environmental engineering professionals.

Author : P. Mathur/K. Mathur/S. Mathur
Publisher : Partridge Publishing
Page : 223 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2014-03
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781482814002

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Developments and Changes in Science Based Technologies by P. Mathur/K. Mathur/S. Mathur Pdf

With scientific developments, certain new technologies based on such scientific principles have now been adopted worldwide. This has resulted in complete or partial eradication of some old technologies. Changes in technologies have become more apparent after the midtwentieth century. The world prosperity has improved now, and constrains of the Second World War are no longer felt. Thus the light production using incandescent lightbulb has now become a thing of the past, while fluorescence-based light production has resulted in saving large amounts of generated electric power. Thermal steam-powered (coal-based) locomotive are now completely replaced by diesel and electricity-powered locomotives. Technological changes are constantly being reported in the news. Even before this book was published, in which the replacement of electronic tubes (valves) by silicon-based transistors was included as a chapter, now there is report of carbon nanotubes replacing transistors. In agriculture, there has been a report of a genetically engineered plant (TomTato) that shall produce both potatoes and tomatoes. Human memory is short-lived. The purpose of the present book is to demonstrate such changes, with selected examples only. I hope more of the younger generation shall learn that the technologies, which they are now using, had their old predecessors. Human memory is short-lived. The new generation may not be aware of a once-useful technology getting extinct or being replaced due to the development of a better and stronger new technology. Examples of such changes are numerous, but here we have only used selected examples to illustrate such changes.

Author : Fabian Leibfried
Publisher : NikMa Musikbuch Verlag
Page : 514 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9783938155059

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Der große ROCK & POP Musikzeitschriften Preiskatalog 2006 by Fabian Leibfried Pdf

Author : Clay T. Hensley
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 161 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2011-12-22
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781469140513

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A Figure of the Rain: There Is Nothing Inside of Him by Clay T. Hensley Pdf

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Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1230 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 1818
Category : Electronic
ISBN : IBNF:CF990987809

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A Dictionary of the English Language; in which the Words are Deduced from Their Originals; and Illustrated in Their Different Significations ... Together with a History of the Language, and an English Grammar. By Samuel Johnson ... Whith Numerous Corrections, and with the Addition of Several Thousand Words ... by the Rev. H.J. Todd ... In Four Volumes. Vol. 1. [-4.] by Anonim Pdf

Author : Ron Luciano,David Fisher
Publisher : Bantam
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 1989-02
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0553277936

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Remembrance of Swings Past by Ron Luciano,David Fisher Pdf

Tapping his own memory and those of other umpires, players, and sportscasters, Luciano packs his nostalgic book with celebrated personalities and outrageous anecdotes about the good old days of baseball. An all-star line-up of baseball memories and mischief.