Tropical Visions in an Age of Empire

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The contrast between the temperate and the tropical is one of the most enduring themes in the history of the Western geographical imagination. Caught between the demands of experience and representation, documentation and fantasy, travelers in the tropics have often treated tropical nature as a foil to the temperate, to all that is civilized, modest, and enlightened. Tropical Visions in an Age of Empire explores images of the tropical world—maps, paintings, botanical drawings, photographs, diagrams, and texts—produced by European and American travelers over the past three centuries.

Bringing together a group of distinguished contributors from disciplines across the arts and humanities, this volume contains eleven beautifully illustrated essays—arranged in three sections devoted to voyages, mappings, and sites—that consider the ways that tropical places were encountered, experienced, and represented in visual form. Covering a wide range of tropical sites in the Pacific, South Asia, West Africa, the Caribbean, and Latin America, the book will appeal to a broad readership: scholars of postcolonial studies, art history, literature, imperial history, history of science, geography, and anthropology.

Tropical Visions in an Age of Empire, Chicago [A book review from: Journal of Historical Geography]

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Tropical Visions in an Age of Empire, Chicago [A book review from: Journal of Historical Geography]
E.M. DeLoughrey
Manufacturer: Elsevier
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Binding: Digital
ASIN: B000PDSDCE

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This digital document is a journal article from Journal of Historical Geography, published by Elsevier in 2007. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Media Library immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Tropical Visions In An Age Of Empire
Felix (EDT)/ Martins, Luciana (EDT) Driver
Manufacturer: University Of Chicago Press
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Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000OP0YKC

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Fundamental concepts of mathematical modeling

Modeling is one of the most effective, commonly used tools in engineering and the applied sciences. In this book, the authors deal with mathematical programming models both linear and nonlinear and across a wide range of practical applications.

Whereas other books concentrate on standard methods of analysis, the authors focus on the power of modeling methods for solving practical problems-clearly showing the connection between physical and mathematical realities-while also describing and exploring the main concepts and tools at work. This highly computational coverage includes:

Discussion and implementation of the GAMS programming system
Unique coverage of compatibility
Illustrative examples that showcase the connection between model and reality
Practical problems covering a wide range of scientific disciplines, as well as hundreds of examples and end-of-chapter exercises
Real-world applications to probability and statistics, electrical engineering, transportation systems, and more

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This digital document is an article from IIE Transactions, published by Institute of Industrial Engineers, Inc. (IIE) on September 1, 2003. The length of the article is 959 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Building and Solving Mathematical Programming Models in Engineering and Science.(Book Review)
Author: Ali S. Hadi
Publication: IIE Transactions (Refereed)
Date: September 1, 2003
Publisher: Institute of Industrial Engineers, Inc. (IIE)
Volume: 35 Issue: 9 Page: 918(2)

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Building and Solving Mathematical Programming Models in Engineering and Science

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Building and Solving Mathematical Programming Models in Engineering and Science
CASTILLO
Manufacturer: NY
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Binding: Paperback
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Appointment in Samarra, Butterfield 8, Hope of Heaven
John O'Hara
Manufacturer: Random House
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Binding: Hardcover
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ASIN: B000BRVQ28

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Harcover, Tan cover with green lettering on spine.

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FRESH AS THE DAY IT WAS PUBLISHED!
Real characters living in a real world
Surpirsingly Fresh After 70 Years
A world of its own
Powerful and Memorable...a 4.6 on a scale of 1 to 5

BUtterfield 8 (Modern Library Classics)
John O'Hara
Manufacturer: Modern Library
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0812966988
Release Date: 2003-04-01

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A bestseller upon its publication in 1935, BUtterfield 8 was inspired by a news account of the discovery of the body of a beautiful young woman washed up on a Long Island beach. Was it an accident, a murder, a suicide? The circumstances of her death were never resolved, but O’Hara seized upon the tragedy to imagine the woman’s down-and-out life in New York City in the early 1930s.

“O’Hara understood better than any other American writer how class can both reveal and shape character,” Fran Lebowitz writes in her Introduction. With brash honesty and a flair for the unconventional, BUtterfield 8 lays bare the unspoken and often shocking truths that lurked beneath the surface of a society still reeling from the effects of the Great Depression. The result is a masterpiece of American fiction.

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FRESH AS THE DAY IT WAS PUBLISHED!.......2007-07-09

I can't add much to the wonderful customer reviews that come before mine, except to say that I highly recommend this riveting book. I just reread my copy (I first read it when I was 16 [!] and I'm 56 now) and my life experiences have tremendously enhanced my appreciation for the work of that brilliant word-spinner, John O'Hara. Forget the Oscar-winning Elizabeth Taylor movie, which was not filmed as a period piece, but in contemporary 1960 surroundings. This book simply reeks of 1930s New York atmosphere (not that I was there, but I'm a native New Yorker) and the movie makers did the novel a disservice by not retaining the speakeasy flavor of the original. If you're thinking about buying this book, do so immediately; it's a real treat!

Real characters living in a real world .......2005-06-19

Those who have found John O'Hara through "Appointment in Samarra" and simply felt in love with his work -- just like me -- won't be disappointed with his "BUtterfield 8". This time around, this magnificent writer touches the same issues of this debut but from another focus. And this time the protagonist is a girl, Gloria Wandrous.

"BUtterfield 8" was inspired by a real incident. The body of a beautiful and young woman was found in a Long Island beach. Nobody ever knew whether this was an accident, a murder or a suicide. O'Hara ignites from this news to tell this story of a girl who leads an erratic life filled with booze, love and fun. Gloria is this young woman. The writer unveils her existence from the beginning.

In the first paragraphs we meet Gloria in the apartment of a `strange' men -- strange meaning she doesn't know a lot of him. She is alone there and has time to walk around and examine his house. While she does it, O'Hara smartly introduces to his reader not only Gloria but also the apartment's owner, Liggett, is discovered. As the text moves, we can learn about the couple and what had happened that led them to this morning. As Gloria leaves his apartment, she takes something with her. This item will be in the center of the action until the end of the novel.

In the next few paragraphs, O'Hara introduces a couple of characters that however not important to the central narrative, they make an appealing and large mural of the middle upper class in New York City in the 30s. His descriptions are full of life and energy. The form one character run into each other is casual and smart.

As the narrative moves forward, we learn more about Gloria and her friends. But we also discover about Liggett and his family. Nevertheless, she is the main character and the one who has more background. The use of flashbacks is quite useful to show what lead Gloria to become what she is. At the same time, O'Hara doesn't `psychologize' his character. He doesn't try to find psychotic explanations to who she is. Neither social reason is brought up. Gloria is what she is -- period.

This device enhances the narrative, and brings the character closer to the reader. Gloria and her friends -- and lovers, as well -- are regular human beings, leading a complex existence, just like everyone else. This is exactly what O'Hara did in his "Appointment in Samarra", bring to real existence people that in the hand of lesser talented writers would like just like book characters.

Their dramas, fears, anxieties and joys are just like everybody else's. The fact that they have a `different' life is just a detail. O'Hara's creation moves in a real world, what he does is to show them to us. Judging these people or not is up to any reader -- not to the writer.

Surpirsingly Fresh After 70 Years.......2004-07-16

Sparked by the mysterious real life drowning in 1931 of a young New York woman who was later revealed to be a bit of a good time girl as well as victim of childhood sexual abuse, O'Hara's second novel remains remarkably fresh and readable, with surprising sensibilities for the time toward topics such as pedophilia and alcoholism. Of course, alcoholism is something O'Hara had first-hand experience with. A contemporary of Fitzgerald and Hemingway, and an intimate of Dorothy Parker, he was a renown nasty drunk, with a penchant for three day benders. This experience serves him well in this study of Gloria Wandrous, a pretty, promiscuous woman who spends a good part of her young life trying to drink her demons away in Manhattan's Prohibition-era speakeasies. Her demons stem from being sexually abused as a child, a trauma that led to her sexual promiscuity when she is more mature (interestingly, recent studies have revealed a significant correlation between sexual abuse as a child and promiscuity later in life).

Gloria is what used to be called "damaged goods"óunderneath her brittle shell and drunken pain, she is smart, kind and caring. Despite these fine qualities, she's emotionally unequipped to deal with true love and tries to run away from it, as she does from everything else. On the first page we learn that she will meet an unhappy ending, and then the story begins with Gloria waking in the apartment of her latest one-night stand and walking out with the man's wife's fur coat. This spur of the moment decision has a series of repercussions, which play out over the next few days as a whole slew of characters intersect and the threads of the simple plot are brought together. The book's main flaw is that there are far to many of these characters coming and going throughout the pages, and one needs a scorecard to keep track. This may have been a result of his playing to his strengths, which were a keen eye and the ability to quickly capture a person in a few lines. Much of this skill is directed in a strident satire of the upper classes (which he had a strange envy/hate relationship). A good deal of effort is expended in portraying their lives as either endlessly trivial or monstrously prurient. And it is significant that it is eminently respectable men who abuse Gloria in her youth.

This is not a cautionary tale of a young woman corrupted by the big city, but a lament for the effects of a monstrous crime perpetrated against a child. The style is very simple and direct, which is perhaps why it remains fresh and contemporary. It is remarkably frank about sexual matters considering it was written seventy years ago by a mainstream popular writeróbeyond the simple promiscuity, group and public sex acts are described. It's not the most fascinating book, but it can definitely be recommended to those with an interest in New York City, Prohibition, or sexual abuse. There is a fair amount of ambiguity in some of the episodes, and most especially in the ending, so those who need clean resolutions are hereby warned.

A world of its own.......2004-05-02

O'Hara, it has been said, writes like you always wish Fitzgerald had actually written. He describes much the same privileged world, but without the chocolate-box sentimentality. His characters are often moral monsters--to themselves as well as others--but they do seem real, as does the New York world of speakeasies and glamorous apartments in 1931 he describes here. His central character, Gloria Wandrous, a beautiful cosmopolitan girl living on her wits and her sex appeal, seems a clear forerunner of Sally Bowles and Holly Golightly, except she is much less madcap and much more tragic. The central action is Gloria's swiping an expensive fur coat from the closets of a married wealthy new Yorker who brought her to his apartment and tore her dress off in order to date-rape her; we are then introduced to a series of characters who will all come together through the chain of events set off by Gloria's taking of the coat. This is a hard book to put down. Though the world it describes is incredibly sordid, it feels like a place you could easily visit and recognize.

Powerful and Memorable...a 4.6 on a scale of 1 to 5.......2003-05-22

I have enjoyed O'Hara in the past and I had always wanted to read this book. When I saw that Fran Leibowitz wrote the introduction, I thought "it's time."
O'Hara sets the book in the early 1930's in New York City. He focuses his sharp powers of observation on the "speakeasy" class of New York: those individuals with still enough wealth to spend time in illegal bars drinking their worries away. At first, you think "ah, these are the beautiful people." Of course, soon you realize that these individuals are anything but beautiful.
The heroine, or anti-heroine, Gloria, is a beautiful, young woman of loose morals and some inherited wealth. She is smart-we're told she could have gone to Smith-and underneath everything, kind. But sexual abuse early on triggered a rampant promiscuity.
O'Hara specializes in delineating the subtle class differences-the Catholics who went to Yale as opposed to the Wasps-that existed at this time. He structures class systems in his novels as rigidly as any Brahmin.
I would recommend this book for individuals who enjoy contemporary fiction, particularly books set in New York that depict wealthy, beautiful people. (If you like Fitzgerald, you'll like this book.) Both men and women can enjoy this book-as Fran Leibowitz says in her introduction, "it's a young man's book" in many ways.
I would not recommend this book for individuals who dislike "dated" fiction (though this book is surprising fresh in many ways) or books that verge on melodrama.
One note about the Leibowitz's introduction: I found it excellent. She has some acute observations-sex is an animal desire, the perception of it human and changing according to mores in vogue-that have stayed with me.

The Usborne Book of Science Activities, Vol. 2 (Science Activities)

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Science is Fun!

The Usborne Book of Science Activities, Vol. 2 (Science Activities)
Helen Edom , Moira Butterfield , Rebecca Heddle , and Mike Unwin
Manufacturer: E.D.C. Publishing
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 074600978X

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Science is Fun!.......2007-03-06

We homeschool and I was looking for hands-on science activities to make the subject come alive in a more meaningful way than just reading a textbook. There are three volumes in this set and so far we have worked our way through two of them. Overall the information is interesting, the activities are fun, the format is easy to use. For younger kids preschool to about first grade they can follow directions if an adult guides them through it. For 2nd through 5th grade the kids can read it and follow the instructions themselves. The illustrations are bright and helpful. There is extra in-depth explanations for most of the experiments at the end of each chapter to give a deeper understanding of the principles covered for the older student while the text alone is plenty for the younger ones. Volume Two has been more successful overall than Volume One. Some of the experiments in Volume One didn't work as expected.

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Good Book, But Not Tough Enough
bad idea
Great, Interactive Book
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Zippers, Buttons, and Bows
Moira Butterfield
Manufacturer: Barron's Educational Series
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 0764152890

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Every little kid is challenged by zippers and buttons, laces and snaps, buckles, and all those other things that hold clothes together. This charming book is filled with delightful illustrations of kids getting dressed, and each illustration has something special about it. Full-color pictures feature such items as a real sewn-in button with a cloth buttonhole, a real sneaker shoelace to tie into a bow, metal snaps to snap, and a real zipper to zip. These zippers, buttons, and bows are parts of the book's big, full-color pictures that show playful kids getting ready to go outside for fun and games. Their story is simple but charming. Every kid who opens this book will find a brand new set of storybook friends, along with zippers, buttons, and bows so they can practice dressing all by themselves.

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rip off.......2007-08-05

After purchasing these two books for my granddaughter, I am very unhappy with the books. The button is impossible to "button". They are only 4 pages in the book, and we did expect a buckle similar to all the closures on todays strollers, high chairs, etc. that seem to mystify the children. I wish I could return both of these my granddaughter is still just playing with the buckle in her high chair instead of the book.

Good Book, But Not Tough Enough.......2007-05-25

This book was great for improving my five year olds skills with tieing, buttoning, snapping and zipping, but it ripped on him the first day he got it and continued to rip as he played with it in the days following. I was sitting with him and he was not being destructive with it, it just didn't hold up.

bad idea.......2007-05-22

This book should be made out of cloth -not paper. My child tore it the first time she used it. The paper is simply not strong enough for an activity book. The story isn't any great shakes either. Buy a cloth busy book or a Dressy Bessy instead

Great, Interactive Book.......2007-01-11

This is a great teaching tool for children. My son, age 3, is very attentive to this book, as there is so much for him to do while I am reading to him.Highly recommended.

Hated it.......2006-11-10

This book was awful. The zipper is not stuck to the book so it is impossible for any kid to hold it and zip at the same time. The button is difficult for even an adult much less a child.

Science With Air (Usborne Science Activities)

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Science With Air (Usborne Science Activities)
Helen Edom , and Butterfield Moira
Manufacturer: E.D.C. Publishing
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Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0746009720

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Usborne Science with Air Educational Development Book Although you cannot see it, air is all around you. Try the experiments in this book to find out some of the things that air can do. Book Series: Usborne Science Activities Book Author: Edom, Helen, Butterfield, Moira Ages: 9 years and up Size of book: 8.3 x 8.3 inches Pages: 24 Book Publisher: E.D.C. Publishing Book ISBN13: 978-0-7460-0972-7 Book ISBN: 0746009720 Publisher itm num: 009720 Book Type: Paperback

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Not Just Bulldozers

Look Inside Bulldozer Cross-Sections
Moira Butterfield
Manufacturer: DK CHILDREN
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 078940012X

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Why are mining shovels so huge? How do you steer an excavator? Which earthmover has gigantic tires? Find the answers to these and other intriguing questions in Look Inside Cross-Sections Bulldozers.

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Not Just Bulldozers.......2001-02-20

My three-year-old son is fascinated by earth moving equipment. He wants to know EVERYTHING about how they work and what they do. This book does not disappoint. It's heavily detailed, and extremely informative about all sorts of equipment (not just bulldozers). I found that taking a cross-section out of a ship we built from legos helped him understand what was happening in the pictures better. The text can be a bit boring, and by around the hundredth reading it can get irritating. But reading different sections of the book keeps it fresh, and the amazing amount of genuinely interesting information packed into this little book (and subsequently into my son's little head) makes it all worthwhile. The glossary in the back makes all the concepts involved really understandable, even to me, my son's non-technical mom. If your child is into diggers and dumpers, this book is a must.

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Jumpy, Green and Croaky (What Am I)
Moira Butterfield
Manufacturer: Steck-Vaughn
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Binding: Paperback

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BUtterfield 8

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Usborne Book of Air Travel Games
Moira Butterfield
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Binding: Paperback

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APPOINTMENT IN SAMMARRA/BUTTERFIELD 8/HOPE OF HEAVEN

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APPOINTMENT IN SAMMARRA/BUTTERFIELD 8/HOPE OF HEAVEN
JOHN OHARA
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