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For half a century, J. Hillis Miller has been a premier figure in English and comparative literature, influencing and leading the direction of literary studies. What is less well-known is that he has been equally influential in Conrad studies with his work on nihilism, language, and narrative in Joseph Conrad's fiction. Returning to Conrad at different stages of his long career-reading and rereading him in light of new critical trends-Miller c...

Virtual Reality Filmmaking presents a comprehensive guide to the use of virtual reality in filmmaking, including narrative, documentary, live event production, and more. Written by Celine Tricart, a filmmaker and an expert in new technologies, the book provides a hands-on guide to creative filmmaking in this exciting new medium, and includes coverage on how to make a film in VR from start to finish. Topics covered include:The history of VR, VR...

Nichts wünscht Layla sich sehnlicher, als ein ganz normaler Teenager zu sein. Aber während ihre Freundinnen sich Gedanken um Jungs und erste Küsse machen, hat sie ganz andere Sorgen: Layla gehört zu den Wächtern, die sich nachts in Gargoyles verwandeln und Dämonen jagen. Doch in ihr fließt auch dämonisches Blut - und mit einem Kuss kann sie einem Menschen die Seele rauben. Deshalb sind Dates für sie streng tabu, erst recht mit ihrem heimlichen...

Madeleine liebt ihre Kinder abgöttisch. Aber am 10. Geburtstag der Zwillinge wird ihre Mutterliebe auf eine grausame Probe gestellt: Ein maskierter Mann steht vor der Tür und fordert sie mit gezogener Waffe zu einer unmenschlichen Entscheidung auf. Ein Kind muss sterben. "Welches wählst du?" "Mit starken Charakteren, tiefenpsychologischen Einblicken und schaurigen Momenten wirbelt Samantha King durch eine Geschichte, die in ein Kaum-zu-glaube...

Ein roter Fels im sturmgepeitschten Meer. Darauf Deutschlands abgeschiedenster Polizeiposten. Hier ist ihre neue Dienststelle. Hier war ihr Zuhause. Bis der Albtraum über Anna Krüger hereinbrach. Kaum jemand weiß von ihrer Rückkehr nach Helgoland. Doch schon an ihrem ersten Arbeitstag erwartet sie eine grausame Überraschung, die Anna klarmacht, dass es keine Flucht vor der Vergangenheit gibt. Nicht für sie. Nicht an diesem Ort. "Hell-Go-Land ...

Kate liebt ihre Freiheit. Sie hat den attraktiven Irish Look: lange glatte dunkle Haare, helle Haut, dunkle Augen. Die Achtundzwanzigjährige will das Leben in vollen Zügen genießen. Sie mag Stockton Heath, ihren Heimatort in der Nähe von Manchester. Bis die Freiheit vorbei und die Kleinstadt kein Zuhause mehr ist, weil die Angst um sich greift. Ein Mörder geht um, der Frauen tötet. Frauen, die eines gemeinsam haben: Alle sehen auf erschreckend...

The essays in this volume continue the examination, begun in Confluences 1, of the exciting new writing that has emerged in Canada in the past few decades. Employing a variety of approaches and addressing the many concerns engaging their author-subjects--memory, history, and concentric identities, the subordination of Indian women, the exploitation of Afro-Caribbean immigrants, the "nowarianism" of Indo-Caribbean Canadians, the legacy of Japan...

Biodiversity has been a key concept in international conservation since the 1980s, yet historians have paid little attention to its origins. Uncovering its roots in tropical fieldwork and the southward expansion of U.S. empire at the turn of the twentieth century, Megan Raby details how ecologists took advantage of growing U.S. landholdings in the circum-Caribbean by establishing permanent field stations for long-term, basic tropical research....

Biodiversity has been a key concept in international conservation since the 1980s, yet historians have paid little attention to its origins. Uncovering its roots in tropical fieldwork and the southward expansion of U.S. empire at the turn of the twentieth century, Megan Raby details how ecologists took advantage of growing U.S. landholdings in the circum-Caribbean by establishing permanent field stations for long-term, basic tropical research....

As immigration from Mexico to the United States grew through the 1970s and 1980s, the Border Patrol, police, and other state agents exerted increasing violence against ethnic Mexicans in San Diego's volatile border region. In response, many San Diego activists rallied around the leadership of the small-scale print shop owner Herman Baca in the Chicano movement to empower Mexican Americans through Chicano self-determination. The combination of ...

As immigration from Mexico to the United States grew through the 1970s and 1980s, the Border Patrol, police, and other state agents exerted increasing violence against ethnic Mexicans in San Diego's volatile border region. In response, many San Diego activists rallied around the leadership of the small-scale print shop owner Herman Baca in the Chicano movement to empower Mexican Americans through Chicano self-determination. The combination of ...

In this transnational account of black protest, Nicholas Grant examines how African Americans engaged with, supported, and were inspired by the South African anti-apartheid movement. Bringing black activism into conversation with the foreign policy of both the U.S. and South African governments, this study questions the dominant perception that U.S.-centered anticommunism decimated black international activism. Instead, by tracing the consider...

In this transnational account of black protest, Nicholas Grant examines how African Americans engaged with, supported, and were inspired by the South African anti-apartheid movement. Bringing black activism into conversation with the foreign policy of both the U.S. and South African governments, this study questions the dominant perception that U.S.-centered anticommunism decimated black international activism. Instead, by tracing the consider...

When the United States entered World War II, Italian nationals living in this country were declared enemy aliens and faced with legal restrictions. Several thousand aliens and a few U.S. citizens were arrested and underwent flawed hearings, and hundreds were interned. Shedding new light on an injustice often overshadowed by the mass confinement of Japanese Americans, Mary Elizabeth Basile Chopas traces how government and military leaders const...

When the United States entered World War II, Italian nationals living in this country were declared enemy aliens and faced with legal restrictions. Several thousand aliens and a few U.S. citizens were arrested and underwent flawed hearings, and hundreds were interned. Shedding new light on an injustice often overshadowed by the mass confinement of Japanese Americans, Mary Elizabeth Basile Chopas traces how government and military leaders const...

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Parallel Programming: Concepts and Practice provides an upper level introduction to parallel programming. In addition to covering general parallelism concepts, this text teaches practical programming skills for both shared memory and distributed memory architectures. The authors' open-source system for automated code evaluation provides easy access to parallel computing resources, making the book particularly suitable for classroom settings.

Designing Healthcare That Works: A Sociotechnical Approach takes up the pragmatic, messy problems of designing and implementing sociotechnical solutions which integrate organizational and technical systems for the benefit of human health. The book helps practitioners apply principles of sociotechnical design in healthcare and consider the adoption of new theories of change. As practitioners need new processes and tools to create a more systema...

Creating Katrina, Rebuilding Resilience: Lessons from New Orleans on Vulnerability and Resiliency presents a unique, integrative understanding of Hurricane Katrina in the New Orleans area, and the progression to disaster vulnerability as well as resilience pathways. The book integrates the understanding of vulnerability and resiliency by examining the relationships among these two concepts and theories. The disaster knowledge of diverse discip...