Not for sale : the return of the global slave trade-- and how we can fight it by Batstone, David B., 1958-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: finding slavery in my own backyard -- Shining light into the sexual darkness: Cambodia and Thailand -- Breaking the chains of bonded laborers: South Asia -- Rescuing the child soldiers: Uganda -- Undermining the sex syndicate: Europe -- Sheltering the lost children: Peru -- Building a new Underground Railroad: USA -- Conclusion: ending the slave trade in our time.…”


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Godspell ; a musical based upon the Gospel according to St. Matthew by Schwartz, Stephen

Table of Contents: “…--All for the best.--All good gifts.--Light of the world.--Turn back, o man.--Alas for you.…”

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Natural aristocracy history, ideology, and the production of William Faulkner by Railey, Kevin, 1954-

Table of Contents: “…Faulkner's Mississippi: ideology and Southern history -- Faulkner's ideology: ideology and subjectivity -- The sound and the fury: Faulkner's birth into history -- Sanctuary: the social psychology of paternalism -- As I lay dying and Light in August: the social realities of liberalism -- Absalom, Absalom! …”
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Michael Osborn on Metaphor and Style by Osborn, Michael, 1937-

Table of Contents: “…The metaphor in public address -- The Iowa years and the emerging focus on archetypal metaphor -- Archetypal metaphor in rhetoric: the light-dark family -- The archetypal sea in rhetoric and poetic -- Towards rhetorical depiction -- Rhetorical depiction -- Metaphors in action: new horizons -- Transition -- Lessons from demosthenes -- Progeny of personification: metaphors of disease and rebirth -- Space and power: orientations in a rhetorical universe.…”
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Engagement in the digital era

Table of Contents: “…Milano and Christopher J. Prom -- Lights, camera, archives! / Daniel J. Linke and Travis H. …”

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Encyclopedia of Coastal Science

Table of Contents: “…Accretion and Erosion Waves on Beaches -- Africa, Coastal Ecology -- Africa, Coastal Geomorphology -- Airborne Laser Terrain Mapping and Light Detection and Ranging -- Algal Rims -- Alluvial-Plain Coasts -- Altimeter Surveys, Coastal Tides, and Shelf Circulation -- Antarctica, Coastal Ecology and Geomorphology -- Aquaculture -- Archaeological Site Location, Effect of Sea-Level C hange -- etc.…”
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The ABC of relativity by Russell, Bertrand, 1872-1970

Table of Contents: “…Touch and sight: the earth and the heavens -- What happens and what is observed -- The velocity of light -- Clocks and foot-rules -- Space-time -- The special theory of relativity -- intervals in space-time -- Einstein's law of gravitation -- Proofs of Einstein's law of gravitation -- Mass, momentum, energy, and action -- The expanding universe -- Conventions and natural laws -- The abolition of 'force' -- What is matter? …”


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A gambler's instinct : the story of Broadway producer Cheryl Crawford by Barranger, Milly S.

Table of Contents: “…Lighting the fire, 1902-1936. Three brothers and a sister -- Signs of a calling -- The producer's apprentice -- Raising the roof -- Doors to everywhere, 1937-1961. …”
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A voice that could stir an army : Fannie Lou Hamer and the rhetoric of the Black freedom movement by Brooks, Maegan Parker

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: "I don't mind my light shining" -- A rhetorical education, 1917-1962 -- Through the shadows of death, 1962-1964 -- "Is this America?" …”
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Ruth Etting "America's radio sweetheart". by Etting, Ruth, 1897-1978

Table of Contents: “…-- I'm facing the music -- Zing went the strings of my heart -- Shine on harvest moon --Tormented -- You -- Somebody loves me -- You took me out of this world -- This is the night -- Funny that way -- By the light of the silvery moon -- Do you ever think of me? …”

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Sensation & perception by Wolfe, Jeremy M.

Table of Contents: “…The first steps in vision : from light to neural signals -- Spatial vision : from spots to stripes -- Perceiving and recognizing objects -- The perception of color -- Space perception and binocular vision -- Attention and scene perception -- Visual motion perception -- Hearing : physiology and psychoacoustics -- Hearing in the environment -- Music and speech perception -- The vestibular system and our sense of equilibrium -- Touch -- Olfaction -- Taste.…”


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Tools of the imagination drawing tools and technologies from the eighteenth century to the present

Table of Contents: “…Foreword -- Preface -- Introduction -- Circles and spheres -- The line -- The lead pencil: lever of the architect's imagination -- The geometry of art -- Light and shadow -- Perspective -- Design tools: a collector's perspective and an architect's odyssey -- Copying -- From model to drawing to building -- Erasing or deleting -- Imagination and building beyond tools -- Conclusion: improvisations, instruments, and algorithms -- Bibliography and additional sources -- Contributor biographies.…”
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Mormon feminism : essential writings

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The new Negro : readings on race, representation, and African American culture, 1892-1938

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Eastern Europe! : everything you need to know about the history (and more!) of a region that shaped our world and still does by Jankowski, Tomek

Table of Contents: “…Ashes to ashes, we all fall down ; Poland and the ghosts of 1980 : the first steps ; The Hungarian "refolution" ; East Germany goosesteps into oblivion ; Elvis is dead, but Czechoslovakia goes velvet anyway ; Bulgaria knows peer pressure when it sees it ; Asking for a light in the Romanian powderkeg ; Albania and frost in hell ; Playing fiddle on the deck of the Titanic : the Soviet Union ; Libre Baltica, part II ; Agonia : the many deaths of Yugoslavia -- Reference. …”


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The poisoned tongue : a documentary history of American racism and prejudice

Table of Contents: “…-- From the official publication of the American Colonization society -- The Genteel science of racism -- Slavery in the light of ethnology / Samuel Cartwright -- A Scientist on the education of Blacks / John H. …”


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The complete poems of Thomas Hardy by Hardy, Thomas, 1840-1928

Table of Contents: “…The youth who carried a light;…”


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Space Planning Basics by Karlen, Mark

Table of Contents: “…Three-Dimensional Reality -- Recommended Reading -- Chapter 4 The Building Shell and Major Systems -- The Building Shell -- Plumbing Systems -- Plumbing Considerations -- Heating, Ventilating, and Air-Conditioning Systems -- HVAC Supply Techniques in Older and/or Unique Buildings -- Recommended Reading -- *Codes and Regulations -- Chapter 5 Important Influencing Factors -- Building Codes -- Green Building Rating Systems -- Lighting Design -- Daylighting -- Natural Light and View Considerations in Office Building Planning -- Artificial Lighting -- Acoustical Planning -- Planning Rules of Thumb…”
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Interior gardens : designing and constructing green spaces in private and public buildings by Falkenberg, Haike

Table of Contents: “…Pölten retirement and care home -- Planted patio, Giardino delle Ninfee -- A Loft apartment with garden courtyard -- Atria And Large Conservatories -- Glass Bubble greenhouse -- Planted atrium in the Covent Garden building so Devonian Gardens indoor gardens -- Themed gardens in the atria of the Lufthansa Aviation Center -- Atrium hall in the Alltours headquarters -- Two planted atria for the Alterra laboratory and administration buildings -- Indoor planting for the Genzyme Center Offive Building -- 'Gardens in the Sky' in the Fusionopolis complex -- Function -- Creative and communicative effects -- Symbolic, physical and chemical effects -- Humidity and air quality in the space -- Noise reduction -- Context -- Creating Space -- Boundaries -- Apertures -- Vertical links -- Horizontal links -- Grouping -- Perception -- Form, structure, habit -- Growth height and the horizontal plane -- Texture -- Atmosphere -- Principles Of Design -- Contrasts -- Habit contrasts -- Textural contrasts -- Colour contrasts -- Light-shadow contrasts -- Rhythm -- Theme plants -- Tiering -- Repetition and heightening -- Symmetry and asymmetry -- Equilibrium -- The Creative Approach -- Formal variety -- Architectural and design development -- Use requirements and design -- Budget -- Planning Deadlines -- Material Properties And Material Quality -- Plants -- Plant selection criteria -- Plant types -- Plant qualities -- Acclimatization -- Substrate, the vegetation support layer -- Thermal insulation and glazing -- Glass qualities -- Indoor Site Conditions -- Greenhouse effect -- Lighting -- Construction Principles -- Floor structures -- Open and closed systems -- Soil strata -- Hydroponics -- Water features -- Plant technique and care -- Grouping by climate and vegetation zone -- Special planting features -- Nutrient supply -- Disease and pest infestations -- Trimming and care -- Vertical systems -- Climbing plants in beds or containers -- Wall planting systems -- Building Services -- Humidity, evaporation, and evaporative cooling -- Climatization: heating and ventilation -- Watering -- Tension sensors or electrodes -- Lighting -- Artificial light -- Shading -- Automatic control -- Plant Lists -- Picture Credits -- Literature.…”


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Removing Barriers to Environmental Comfort in the Global South

Table of Contents: “…-- Policies and standards to environmental comfort in the Global South -- Thermal performance of educational establishments in tropical climates: Case study of the Millennium Educational Units of Ecuador -- Bioclimatic comfort strategies for typical Meso-Andean dwellings in Peru -- Adaptive passive measures for tropical climates – a case study for Mauritius -- Optimized housing envelopes for Piura, Peru -- Textile Architecture in the tropics: An approach from thermal comfort and implementation feasibility -- Air movement in relation to thermal comfort in naturally ventilated building in the tropics -- Occupant thermal perception of a hybrid system based on ceiling-mounted radiant cooling panels coupled to a roof pond -- Indoor air quality in Latin American buildings -- Daylighting metrics in buildings and the regional aspect -- Perception of light sufficiency and outdoor light availability: a dynamic daylight metric for the tropics -- Daylight strategies in side-lit spaces optimized for different Chilean climate contexts -- Circadian lighting in office spaces: design factors contributing to circadian stimulation -- Impact of urban re-densification on light consumption and energy poverty on the equator, in the city of Quito -- Acoustic comfort and noise control in residential building design -- Acoustic quality of school classrooms in urban areas -- Barriers and challenges in the interior acoustics design of flexible learning spaces -- Energy poverty and thermal adaptation in Chilean social housing -- Energy implications of thermal comfort models in schools in the tropics -- Energy efficiency optimization applying adaptive thermal comfort in a public office building in San Juan, Argentina -- Passive practical constructive measures to counterbalance climate change impacts in low-income housing located in the Tropical Savannah Climate -- Impact of passive design measures on thermal comfort of social housing in the context of climate change in Montevideo, Uruguay -- Thermal adaptation in non-extreme climates to potentially reduce energy consumption -- Promoting well-being in southern latitudes. …”
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