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Angelia Poon examines the ways in which British colonial authority in the nineteenth century was predicated on its being rendered in ways that were recognizably 'English'. Reading a range of texts by authors that include Charlotte Brontë, Mary Seacole, Charles Dickens, Rudyard Kipling, and H. Rider Haggard, Enacting Englishness in the Victorian Period focuses on the strategies-narrative, illustrative, and rhetorical- used to perform English su...

Responding to the astonishing success of J. K. Rowling and other contemporary authors, the editors of this timely volume take up the challenge of assessing the complex interplay of forces that have generated, and sometimes sustained, the popularity of children's books. Ranging from eighteenth-century chapbooks to the stories of Enid Blyton and Roald Dahl, and from science schoolbooks to Harry Potter, these essays show how authorial talent oper...

Following the lead of the original, this new edition of the Handbook of Fermented Functional Foods is written by international experts in the forefront of fermented food science and technology. Completely updated to reflect the amazing progress being made in the field of probiotics, this new edition also adds several new chapters on fermented foods from China, Thailand, and India. Each chapter is structured to highlight how the fermentation pr...

The town of Hanover, chartered in 1761, began as a sleepy, idyllic community nestled in the Upper Connecticut River Valley. In 1770, noted Connecticut minister Eleazar Wheelock chose to relocate his school, Dartmouth College, to a virgin wilderness corner of the struggling young township. In spite of hardships, within several years Wheelock and his small college had taken root on the Hanover Plain, joining together with the local community tha...

Cape Canaveral is a name that evokes visions of giant rockets and a shuttle thundering into space. In fact, the cape's history is much older than the space program. In the beginning of European exploration of the New World, maps marked Cape Canaveral as a hazard for sailors. Its treacherous shoals and currents caused the destruction of many ships and the deaths of many seafarers. The Cape Canaveral Lighthouse, built in the 19th century, became...

Prairie Avenue evolved into Chicago's most exclusive residential street during the last three decades of the 19th century. The city's wealthiest citizens--Marshall Field, Philip Armour, and George Pullman--were soon joined by dozens of Chicago's business, social, and civic leaders, establishing a neighborhood that the Chicago Herald proclaimed "a cluster of millionaires not to be matched for numbers anywhere else in the country." Substantial h...

Sault Ste. Marie was destined to be a gathering place. Native Americans relied on the rapids of the St. Mary's River, which links two Great Lakes, Superior and Huron, for a year-round supply of fish. Its population swelled in the summer--a tradition that continued as French traders came to turn in their pelts and celebrate the end of another long, hard winter. After the Revolutionary War, the Sault, as it is called, became a community divided ...

Thomas Edison spent the second half of his life in West Orange, about 10 miles from New York City. There he built his last and largest laboratory, where he developed motion pictures, improved the phonograph, and built an international business empire, earning over half of his 1, 093 patents. The five laboratory buildings housed over 100 experimenters busily engaged in invention and innovation. As they turned ideas into commercial products, Edi...

This third tome is dedicated to the German literary sources that were significant for Kierkegaard, in particular the work of authors from German Classicism and Romanticism. Important forerunners for many of Kierkegaard's literary motifs and characters can be found in the German literature of the day. His use of pseudonyms and his interest in irony were both profoundly influenced by German Romanticism. This volume demonstrates the extent to whi...

Huston Smith's notion of the fundamental equality of the world's religions is distilled into this provocative lecture that describes a universal grammar of religion. Smith argues that 14 points of similarity exist among all of the major religious traditions and that these similarities indicate an innate psychological affinity for religion within the human spirit. Using the theoretical basis of Noam Chomsky's theory of universal grammar, Smith ...

The central premise of this book is that biblical Hebrew narrative, in terms of its structure, tends to operate under similar mechanical constraints to those of a stage-play, wherein space is central, characters are fluid, and objects within the narrative tend to take on a deep internal significance. The smaller episodic narrative units within the Hebrew aesthetic tend to grant primacy to space, both ideologically and at the mechanical level o...

This bestselling textbook will introduce undergraduate bioengineering students to the fundamental concepts and techniques, with the basic theme of integrative bioengineering. It covers bioengineering of several body systems, organs, tissues, and cells, integrating physiology at these levels with engineering concepts and approaches, novel developments in tissue engineering, regenerative medicine, nanoscience and nanotechnology, state-of-the-art...

An exhaustive analysis of the Book of Ruth in the Bible. The author combines her deep Christian conviction and excellent knowledge of the Holy Scriptures to produce a must read for every Christian married or single. The book is interspaced with beautifully written prayers, which enables the reader to pause, pray and meditate on the revelations received. The book is also loaded with poetry like 'Thy will be done oh Lord' for those who may be fa...

For decades, a crown jewel of Japan's postwar manufacturing industry, motorcycles remain one of Japan's top exports. This book examines the historical development and societal impact of Japan's motorcycle industry throughout most of the twentieth century. It is intended for students and scholars of Japanese history, business, and culture.

Against a backdrop of deep underground caverns close to the molten center of the earth, High King Dorian Mytharia and his people, the vaarakanan wage war against sinister forces that have invaded their home. Facing declining birth rates, and attrition from millennia of warfare, the vaarakanan are doomed unless he can find a way to reverse this trend. Dorian knows this ultimate challenge will be impossible to solve while under constant threat. ...

Fundamentals of International Occupational Health and Safety

Addresses rapid developments in information and communications technology. This book offers ergonomics advice on topics such as wireless, remote, and hands-free controls, website design, mobile interaction, and virtual offices.

Key West is the end of the world for some. A variety of people come to the island for an assortment of reasons. Our reason, aside from celebrating Reno's bachelor party, was to experience 'Margaritaville', not the bar - but that place in your mind or dreams where everything is perfect. The sun always shines, the people are always happy, there is no business talk and your worries simply drift away. Every day is a holiday and every meal is a fea...

A quest for a legendary sword turns into a heart pounding adventure across a world where the Church and mythology intersect. Young Kejen Densky charges after one of his people's greatest legends and finds himself in the middle of even greater events! But does HeavenSteel even exist? Is he pursuing greater glory or running foolishly to his doom, taking others with him? And how will Kejen react to the unexpected? Sometimes brilliantly. Sometimes...

The book deals with several key aspects of developing technologies in information processing systems. It explains various problems related to advanced image processing systems and describes some of the latest state-of-the-art techniques in solving them. Particularly, the recent advances in image and video processing are covered thoroughly with real-life applications. Some of the latest topics like rough fuzzy hybridization and knowledge reuse ...