Space Travel

Table of Contents: “…Introductory Remarks and Images: Space Travel (1:56) -- Space Elevator (2:37) -- Space: Exotic Menaces (4:59) -- Hazards of Weightlessness (4:07) -- Reality of Space Travel (1:59) -- Hazards and Wonder of Space (3:36) -- Distances in Space (4:10) -- Planetary Travel (2:27) -- Solar Winds and Cosmic Sails (1:34) -- Fuel Source: Hydrogen (1:02) -- Fuel Source: Antimatter (1:52) -- Warping Time and Space (2:38) -- Faster than Light (3:02) -- Gravity (3:34) -- Rocket Launch Experience (2:11) -- NASA's Constellation Program (1:53) -- Credits: Space Travel (0:20)…”
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The notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci by Leonardo, da Vinci, 1452-1519

Table of Contents: “…Prolegomena and general introduction to the book on painting ; Linear perspective ; Six books on light and shade ; Perspective of disappearance ; Theory of colours ; Perspective of colour and aerial perspective ; On the proportions and on the movements of the human figure ; Botany for painters, and elements of landscape painting ; The practice of painting ; Studies and sketches for pictures and decorations -- v. 2. …”


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Seeing past Z : nurturing the imagination in a fast-forward world by Kephart, Beth

Table of Contents: “…Imagining tomorrow -- I'll trade you my story for your story -- Tiny golden spark -- Legacies -- Guess who -- Will you be my shelter? -- Dimming the lights -- The things we'd never think of -- Stars on the ceiling -- The velvet beyond -- The stuff of memory -- Perseverance -- Reading alone -- Writing it down -- What does it matter? …”


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Bugs alive : a guide to keeping Australian invertebrates by Henderson, Alan, 1970-

Table of Contents: “…; How to use this book; Care Guides; Ants; Beetles; Butterflies and moths; Cockroaches; Crickets and katydids; Grasshoppers; Mantids; Phasmids; True bugs; Wasps; Primitive spiders; Scorpions; Centipedes; Millipedes; Snails and slugs; Housing; Escape prevention; Temperature; Humidity; Lighting; Substrates; Enclosure fit-out; Food and water; Food; Water; Health; Why is my bug sick?…”
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Nietzsche, Wagner, Europe by Prange, Martine, 1969-

Table of Contents: “…; Chapter 2 Germanizing music and culture: Richard Wagner's 'Beethoven' essay; Chapter 3 Nietzsche's reception of Wagner's 'Beethoven' essay in the spirit of Weimar Classicism; Chapter 4 The Birth of Tragedy out of Nietzsche's concern for Wagner's 'Graecization'; Part II Dynamic interculturalism: De-Germanization and the 'Good European'; Chapter 5 Nietzsche's anti-Wagnerism in the light of his increasing cosmopolitanism.…”
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Therapeutics of Neural Stimulation for Neurological Disorders

Table of Contents: “…Functional anatomical basis of the nervous system -- Neurophysiological and Network Basis -- Neuropsychiatric Function Measurements -- Fundamentals of Electrical Stimulation Techniques -- Non-invasive Peripheral Nerve and Spine Stimulation -- Transcranial Electrical Stimulation -- Electrical Stimulation Techniques for Implantable Devices -- Fundamentals of Magnetic Stimulation Devices -- Fundamentals of Magnetic Stimulation Techniques -- Transcranial Light Stimulation -- Transcranial Ultrasound Stimulation -- Techniques of Brain Stimulation Synchronous Signal Acquisition -- Techniques of Multimodal Brain Stimulation -- Movement Disorders -- Dementia -- Attention Deficit Disorders -- Autism Spectrum Disorders -- Depression and Bipolar Disorder -- Anxiety disorders -- Schizophrenia -- Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder -- Addiction -- Sleep disorders -- Pain Disorders -- Epilepsy -- Stroke -- Disorders of Consciousness.…”
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The international film business : a market guide beyond Hollywood by Finney, Angus, 1964-

Table of Contents: “…Global film: a changing world -- The film value chain -- Film development -- Green lighting films -- Sales and markets -- Film finance -- Users and the changing digital market. …”


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Shattered subjects : trauma and testimony in women's life-writing by Henke, Suzette A.

Table of Contents: “…Biomythography: Zami, a new spelling of my name ; Autopathography: The cancer journals and A burst of light -- Sylvia Fraser's My father's house : a Canadian memoir of sexual trauma and narrative recovery.…”


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Facts and comments by Spencer, Herbert, 1820-1903

Table of Contents: “…A business principle -- Some regrets -- A problem -- A few Americanisms -- Presence of mind -- The corruption of music -- Spontaneous reform -- Feeling versus intellect -- The purpose of art -- Some questions -- The origin of music -- Developed music -- Estimates of men -- State education -- The closing hours -- Style -- Meyerbeer -- The pursuit of prettiness -- Patriotism -- Some light on use-inheritance -- Party government -- Exaggerations and mis-statements -- Imperialism and slavery -- Re-barbarization -- Regimentation -- Weather forecasts -- The regressive multiplication of causes -- Sanitation in theory and practice -- Gymnastics -- Euthanasia -- The reform of company-law -- Some musical heresies -- Distinguished dissenters -- Barbaric art -- Vaccination --Perverted history -- Grammar -- What should the skeptic say to believers? …”
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Twenty-five years in the Black Belt by Edwards, William James, 1869-1950

Table of Contents: “…Childhood Days; 2. Shadows; 3. A Ray of Light; 4. Life at Tuskegee; 5. Reconnoitering; 6. …”
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The ministry of illusion : Nazi cinema and its afterlife by Rentschler, Eric

Table of Contents: “…Introduction : The power of illusions -- Part 1 : Fatal attractions -- A legend for modern times : "The blue light" (1932) -- Emotional engineering : "Hitler youth quex" (1933) -- Part 2 : Foreign affairs -- Home sweet Heimat : "The Prodigal Son" (1934) -- Hollywood made in Germany : "Lucky kids" (1936) -- Astray in the new world : "La Habanera" (1937) -- Part 3 : Specters and shadows -- The elective other : "Jew süss" (1940) -- The Führer's phantom : "Paracelsus" (1943) -- Self-reflexive self-destruction : "Münchhausen" (1943) -- Epilogue : The testament of Dr. …”


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National Geographic science of everything : how things work in our world from cell phones, soap bubbles & vaccines to GPS, x-rays & submarines.

Table of Contents: “…Power and electricity; Chapter 9. Light -- Chapter 10. Radiation --…”
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Palilalia by Donaldson, Jeffery, 1960-

Table of Contents: “…s Dover -- Palilalia -- Museum -- The Shambles: A House -- Garden Variation -- Vanishing Point -- Spoken For -- TWO -- While We Grow Tired, Like Swimmers -- Life-guard and Four Echoes -- Home Body -- Riddle -- Lesson by Candle-light -- THREE EROGENOUS ZONES -- Catch -- Cashew -- Cave -- Rescue -- Dock -- Seed -- After Eggplant Shopping -- Ode on a Henry Moore -- Sewer -- FOUR -- Still Life with Jar and Flower -- A Gloss on “Crossing Brooklyn Ferryâ€?…”
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Health and Social Care Systems of the Future: Demographic Changes, Digital Age and Human Factors Proceedings of the Healthcare Ergonomics and Patient Safety, HEPS, 3-5 July, 2019 L...

Table of Contents: “…Taking Forward Human Factors and Ergonomics Integration in NHS Scotland: Progress and Challenges -- Human Centric Lighting, a new reality in healthcare environments -- Alarm response in critical care: Obstacles for compliance -- Improving ergonomics competences in the social and health care sector in Finland -- Prevalence assessment of musculoskeletal and visual symptoms among pathological anatomy service workers -- Leveraging antimicrobial stewardship: focus on individual prescriptions appropriateness -- Assessment of azole resistance in clinical settings by passive sampling -- Cognitive Ergonomics ‘Features’ as a Tool for Designing Interaction with Medical Devices -- A Serious Game to promote compliance with hand hygiene among Healthcare Workers: Results from User Research stage.…”
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Principles of Astrophysics Using Gravity and Stellar Physics to Explore the Cosmos by Keeton, Charles

Table of Contents: “….- N-Body Problem: Elliptical Galaxies -- Bending of Light by Gravity -- Relativity -- Cosmology: Expanding Universe -- Part II: Using Stellar Physics to Explore the Cosmos -- Planetary Atmospheres -- Planetary Temperatures -- Stellar Atmospheres.- Nuclear Fusion -- Stellar Structure and Evolution -- Stellar Remnants -- Charting the Universe with Stars -- Star and Planet Formation -- Cosmology: Early Universe.- Part III: Appendices -- Appendix A: Technical Background -- Appendix B: Solutions.…”
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1 & 2 Thessalonians : through the centuries by Thiselton, Anthony C.

Table of Contents: “…Paul's Address, Thanksgiving, Prayer, and Reflection on His Visit -- Paul's Autobiographical Reflections and Defense -- How the Readers Received the Gospel -- Paul's Longing to See the Thessalonians and Timothy's Visit and News -- The Call to Holiness, Especially to Holiness and Love in Personal Relationships -- The Living and the Dead Share Together in the Parousia and in the Resurrection -- The Day of the Lord: Timing and Light -- Various Christian Duties and Closure -- Address, Greetings, and Thanksgiving -- Encouragement and Prayer: The Judgment of God and the Revelation of Christ -- The Day of the Lord -- Thanksgiving, Exhortation and Benediction -- Further Prayer and Exhortation, Largely New Issues -- Brief Biographies -- Bibliography -- Index of Biblical and Jewish Texts (Canonical and Deuterocanonical Order) -- Index of Names -- Index of Subjects.…”
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The boy from Oz

Table of Contents: “…All the lives of me -- Arthur's theme : Best that you can do -- Bi-coastal -- Continental American -- Don't cry out loud -- Don't wish too hard -- Everything old is new again -- I go to Rio -- I honestly love you -- I still call Australia home -- I'd rather leave while I'm in love -- If you were wondering -- Love crazy -- Love don't need a reason -- Not the boy next door -- Quiet please, there's a lady on stage -- She loves to hear the music -- Sure thing, baby -- Tenterfield saddler -- Waltzing Matilda -- When I get my name in lights -- You and me.…”


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New Eyes on the Universe Twelve Cosmic Mysteries and the Tools We Need to Solve Them by Webb, Stephen

Table of Contents: “…Preface -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: The oldest light in the Universe -- Chapter 3: Through a glass, darkly -- Chapter 4: A problem of some gravity -- Chapter 5: Where God divides by zero -- Chapter 6: The "Oh my God" particles -- Chapter 7: Deep sea, deep snow...deep space -- Chapter 8: Far as human eye can see -- Chapter 9: A new messenger from the cosmos -- Chapter 10: The cosmic-wide web -- Chapter 11: Nurseries in space -- Chapter 12: Other Earths -- Chapter 13: Listening out for life -- Glossary of terms -- Glossary of facilities and experiments -- Bibliography -- Index.…”
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Myanmar's enemy within Buddhist violence and the making of a Muslim 'other' by Wade, Francis

Table of Contents: “…Ruling the unruly: social engineering and the village of prisoners -- 6. 2012: season of violence -- 7. At first light the darkness fell: Myanmar's democratic experiment falters -- 8. …”
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Optical imaging techniques in cell biology by Cox, Guy, 1945-

Table of Contents: “…ch. 1. The light microscope -- ch. 2. Optical contrasting techniques -- ch. 3. …”
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