A History of Our Infinite Longing

• Author: Didier Maleuvre
• Publisher: Univ of California Press
• ISBN: 0520947118
• Category: History
• Page: 392
• View: 3667

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What is a horizon? A line where land meets sky? The end of the world or the beginning of perception? In this brilliant, engaging, and stimulating history, Didier Maleuvre journeys to the outer reaches of human experience and explores philosophy, religion, and art to understand our struggle and fascination with limits—of life, knowledge, existence, and death. Maleuvre sweeps us through a vast cultural landscape, enabling us to experience each stopping place as the cusp of a limitless journey, whether he is discussing the works of Picasso, Gothic architecture, Beethoven, or General Relativity. If, as Aristotle said, philosophy begins in wonder, then this remarkable book shows us how wonder—the urge to know beyond the conceivable—is itself the engine of culture.

The Reception of Rabindranath Tagore in the United States and Britain (1913-41)

• Author: Qazi Nasir Uddin, Ph.D.
• Publisher: AuthorHouse
• ISBN: 9781452070667
• Category: Literary Collections
• Page: 260
• View: 9821

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This book was originally written as a dissertation in partial fulfillment of the requirement for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Comparative Literature in the Graduate School of the State University of New York at Binghamton in 1985.

Imagining the Blue Mountains

• Author: Martin Edward Thomas
• Publisher: Melbourne Univ. Publishing
• ISBN: 9780522851519
• Category: Blue Mountains (N.S.W)
• Page: 313
• View: 1548

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Martin Thomas takes the reader on a journey through a compelling study of culture, landscape and mythology. For both Aboriginal people and their colonisers, the rugged landscape of the Blue Mountains has stood as an intriguing riddle and a stimulus to the imagination. The author evokes this dramatic and bewildering landscape and leads his readers through the cultural history of the locality in order to probe the 'dreamwork of imperialism'.

The Lives and Adventures of Richard Halliburton and Paul Mooney

• Author: Gerry Max
• Publisher: McFarland
• ISBN: 0786426713
• Category: Social Science
• Page: 320
• View: 6828

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Richard Halliburton was the quintessential world traveler of the early 20th century. In 1930, his celebrity equaled that of Charles Lindbergh and Amelia Earhart. Halliburton called himself a "horizon chaser" and recommended that one should see the world before committing to a routine. Not only did he live up to his ideal, but he was eager to write about his adventures. A prolific partnership with gifted editor and ghost writer Paul Mooney produced excellent work, and theirs became a close personal relationship. Sadly, Halliburton and Mooney disappeared at sea on March 24, 1939, along with the entire crew of Halliburton's Chinese junk Sea Dragon, as they attempted to cross the Pacific from Hong Kong to the San Francisco World's Fair. This biography records the life and adventures of Halliburton and Mooney, focusing--as no other Halliburton biography has--on the productive literary collaboration between the two. Drawing on the recollections of people who knew them both, the work discusses their backgrounds, the early years of their acquaintance, and their possible romantic relationship. Finally, their fateful journey to Hong Kong and the ill-advised voyage of the Sea Dragon is described in detail. A good deal of first-hand evidence is provided by William Alexander, Paul Mooney's best friend and designer of Halliburton's Laguna Beach house. Appendices contain seven poems by Mooney and facsimile letters, including one of praise written by Richard Halliburton to William Alexander. Never-before-published photographs are also included.

Model Predictive Control for State Models

• Author: Wook Hyun Kwon,Soo Hee Han
• Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
• ISBN: 1846280176
• Category: Technology & Engineering
• Page: 380
• View: 2281

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Easy-to-follow learning structure makes absorption of advanced material as pain-free as possible Introduces complete theories for stability and cost monotonicity for constrained and non-linear systems as well as for linear systems In co-ordination with MATLAB® files available from springeronline.com, exercises and examples give the student more practice in the predictive control and filtering techniques presented

• Author: James Hilton
• Publisher: Simon and Schuster
• ISBN: 0671664271
• Category: Fiction
• Page: 231
• View: 3975

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Four people are transported to the dream-like world of Shangri-La where life is eternal and civilization refined.

Selected Issues for Congress

• Author: Curry L. Hagerty
• Publisher: DIANE Publishing
• ISBN: 1437934730
• Category: BP Deepwater Horizon Explosion and Oil Spill, 2010
• Page: 33
• View: 7024

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On April 20, 2010, an explosion and fire occurred on the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig in the Gulf of Mexico (GoM). This resulted in 11 worker fatalities, a massive oil release, and a national response effort in the GoM region by the federal and state governments as well as BP. Contents of this report: (1) Intro.; (2) Setting in the GoM: Oil and Gas Recovery; Weather and Ocean Currents; Biological Resources; (3) Offshore Oil and Gas Drilling Technology; (4) Fed. Statutory Framework; (5) Fed. Regulatory Framework; (6) Environmental and Economic Impacts; (7) Labor Issues; (8) Reorganization of Minerals Mgmt. Service; (9) FEMA Issues; Exxon Valdez; Recent Regional Disaster History; (10) Conclusion. Charts and tables.

Coastal Wetland and Wildlife Impacts and Response

• Author: M. Lynne Corn
• Publisher: DIANE Publishing
• ISBN: 1437936504
• Category:
• Page: 24
• View: 5700

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The explosion of the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig in the Gulf of Mexico on April 20, 2010, and the resulting oil spill began a cascade of effects on the coastal areas of the Gulf and on the wealth of species that inhabit those areas. These wetlands, like those elsewhere, have value for water quality, flood control, shoreline protection, and recreation. Contents of this report: (1) Introduction; (2) Why Are Wetlands Important?; (3) Coastal Wetlands and Assets in the Gulf of Mexico; (4) Oil Spills: Impacts on Wetland Habitats and Animals; (5) Weather and Storms; (6) Mitigation and Cleanup of Wetlands; (7) Oil Spill Response; (8) Cleanup and Recovery Issues; (9) Conclusion. Charts and tables.

• Author: Sandip Mitra
• Publisher: Mittal Publications
• ISBN: 9788183240581
• Category: Indic poetry (English)
• Page: 92
• View: 7222

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• Author: Piotr Buczkowski
• Publisher: Rodopi
• ISBN: 9789051832709
• Category: Science
• Page: 195
• View: 997

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