Evolution & History of Life: A Science Masters Series Book (Science Masters)

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The second edition of this popular industrial guide contains descriptions of more than 1100 currently available water-soluble resins, supplied by 47 manufacturers or distributors of these products. Both natural and synthetic resins are described, including cellulose ethers; collagens, gelatins; natural gums; and synthetic resins, their dispersions, emulsions, and solutions. Only the most recent information has been included. The book lists the following Product Information, as available, in the manufacture's own words: Company Name, Product Category, Trade Name and Product Number, Product Description. The book also contains a Trade Name Index, a Resin Index, and a list of Suppliers' Addresses.

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In recent decades, a comprehensive new framework for the theory and design of control systems has emerged. This framework is based on a radically different foundation from the conventional approach. It treats a range of significant and ubiquitous design problems, including those of critical systems, more effectively than the conventional framework. Control Systems Design brings together contributions from the originators of the new framework in which they explain, expand and revise their research work in the field with more recent and entirely novel material.

The book also demonstrates how the conventional design framework can be made more effective by the use of the principle of inequalities. It is divided into four parts:

basic principles, including those of matching and inequalities with adjustments for robust matching and matching based on H-infinity methods and linear matrix inequalities;
computational methods, including matching conditions for transient inputs and design of a sampled-data control system;
search methods including search with simulated annealing, genetic algorithms and evaluation of the node array method;
case studies, including applications in distillation, benchmarking critical control of magnetic levitation systems and the use of the principle of matching in cruise control.

This book will be of great interest to academics and institutional researchers in control system design and to those studying for higher degrees in this area.

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Publish, Don't Perish provides practical suggestions for conceiving, developing, marketing, and publishing scholarly documents. Written especially for faculty, graduate students, and professionals engaged in the business of scholarly publishing, this useful book offers concrete strategies for researching and publishing academic manuscripts. Joseph M. Moxley, a widely published author and editor, presents working habits and attitudes that academicians can use to shatter writing blocks, develop original ideas, and improve as writers. Throughout Publish, Don't Perish, Moxley illustrates how the generative nature of language empowers academicians to develop and publish original ideas. Because writing promotes thinking and creativity, Moxley argues that we should be concerned that only about 10 to 20 percent of faculty appear to be responsible for 90 percent of what's published. If we could engage more faculty in practical and theoretical scholarship, Moxley argues that we could hope for some solutions to the subtantive problems now confronting us as world citizens and educators. Moxley identifies the political and economic factors that impinge on what academicians write and on what is published, critiquing the peer-review process, the "star system," the denigration of practical scholarship, and the adversarial view of scholarship and teaching. He outlines new policies that institutions, professional organizations and scholars can make to encourage more faculty to engage in scholarship. An appendix of information sources offers material for further reading on both writing and publishing as well as guides to publishing outlets for scholars.

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Bring out the Writer in you!.......2005-03-27

Moxley, through his accessible book "Publish, Don't Perish", shows us why only 10-20 percent of professors are "responsible for the bulk of what is published" and offers practical avenues of how we can fix this problem. (xvi) This lack of participation causes two detrimental problems. One, only a few minds are guiding the respective fields (and society). Two, the "keys" of wisdom we are looking for may very well be in the minds of the silent 80-90 percent. But why is academia like this?

There is a false *myth* in academia is that academics (professors) cannot be both exceptional teachers and great scholars/researchers/writers. In addition, Moxley argues that because academics are so enthralled (because of tenure concerns) in looking for original ideas that they lose sight of the power of reviewing what is out there in their own words, which often times leads to engaging dialogues and breakthroughs. Furthermore, many academics, despite their degrees and intelligence, have such misunderstandings and misgivings about the writing process that they write only when they have to. He also talks about the desperate need for change in the academic journal review processes, including, but not limited to, more "blind" reviewing.

Anyone and everyone should read this book. We all have something important to say. A great many insights lie in each of us, writing helps us bring them out. There are, of course, a few dated references, but the research, reading, writing, and editing strategies he offers transcends time and can help graduate, undergraduate, and even high school students become great writers. I give this book the highest praise!

useful introduction.......1998-07-28

A very useful introduction to academic publishing. Have used this book for several years in an introductory Ph. D. course I teach

Publish and Perish: Three Tales of Tenure and Terror

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Fun, spooky, intelligent, and disposable
great book - even if you're not into short stories
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Academics of Angst
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Publish and Perish: Three Tales of Tenure and Terror
James Hynes
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A typical line from Publish and Perish is the final thought of a character who's about to die in an oh-so-dreadful fashion: "This can't be happening to me. I've got tenure." Horror and humor together are always delightful, but rarely is the combination executed with such gleeful panache as in the three novellas that make up Publish and Perish. The humor is at the expense of American academics, from struggling postdocs to crusty full professors. The characters spout silly jargon, wrestle with their writing problems, preen their tender egos, and skewer their colleagues. Most are likeable: their vanity is so human, it's almost touching. But the horror isn't played for laughs; it's ruthless and chilling, in the tradition of Edgar A. Poe and M. R. James. As one New York Times reviewer writes, "Publish and Perish is an odd and exhilarating experience--the playfulness of post-modernism at its best somehow celebrating the urgent, earnest suspense of old-fashioned, cliff-hanging narrative."

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A New York Times Notable Book of the YearA Publisher's Weekly Best Book of the YearCombining the wit of David Lodge with Poe's delicious sense of the macabre, these are three witty, spooky novellas of satire set in academia-a world where Derrida rules, love is a "complicated ideological position," and poetic justice is served with an ideological twist.

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Fun, spooky, intelligent, and disposable.......2006-10-03

Publish and Perish comprises three creepy novellas, all involving professional academics with roots in the University of the Midwest in Hamilton Groves, MN. Each tale is a spooky satire on the cut-throat intrigues that characterize contemporary academe. "Queen of the Jungle" deals with the unusual fallout from a career-driven commuter marriage, including marital infidelity, feline incontinence, and gypsy mysteries, but it does so without providing one likable character. "99" (which begins on page 99---talk about good typesetting!) relates the misadventures of one Gregory Eyck, an arrogant and downwarly mobile cultural anthropologist (with tenure!) who inadvertantly ends up doing fieldwork on neo-pagan sacrifice---from the inside. Though the story was fun, it was definitely derivative of the classic novel and film "The Wicker Man." The last, longest, and arguably best story, "Casting the Runes," is based upon names and ideas in the M.R. James ghost story of the same name. In it a young postmodern historian fights not only for tenure, but for her very life, against an eldritch elder professor who will stop at nothing to maintain his career. All in all a fun, spooky, intelligent, but disposable read.

great book - even if you're not into short stories.......2006-08-17

This was a great book. I don't write reviews much, but this one was worth writing in about.

The cat story had me looking at our cats in a different way for a few hours after I finished it. Apparently this author's sinister portrayal in the first story got to me a little.

Sensitive to scenes of animal torture?.......2006-06-01

Don't read Tale #1.
I was so repulsed, I couldn't force myself through Tales 2 and 3.
Not to mention, other authors have used the exact same plot. Do we REALLY need more stories about torturing animals? Ugh.

Academics of Angst.......2005-03-08

This collection of three novellas gets points for creativity and occasional moments of disconcerting humor, but the stories aren't really that scary and tend toward the predictable. Hynes' unusual milieu is the strangely stressful world of academia, in which aspiring professors think in fatuous postmodern gibberish about the deconstruction of texts or gender as performance, and your career is over if you can't get your dry paper published in a crusty journal that is only read by other professors. I have been in graduate school so I've been exposed to this useless angst, and quickly decided that it was not the life for me. Hynes writes about the darker impulses of those who have few goals except gaining academic tenure and cruelly crushing their competitors, in pursuit of meager professional rewards. There can't be that many fiction writers working within this subject matter, though the first two stories here don't really do anything interesting with it. "Queen of the Jungle" is little more than a cranky mid-life crisis yarn, while "99" is predictable and contrived, with nonsensical character development and a climax that you can see coming from a mile away. "Casting the Runes" is the most successful story here, dealing with witchcraft and professorial politics, and Hynes deserves credit for the hilarious scene in which riot grrrls storm a moribund academic conference. These stories are hardly pinnacles of the terror genre, but Hynes does creatively examine this world whose inhabitants are under a great deal of stress and angst, which no one out in the real world could possibly care about. [~doomsdayer520~]

I really WANTED to like this book..........2004-10-10

I found this title on a list of recommended academic satire, and the premise sounded too promising to pass up. In similar books I've read recently (Moo, Straight Man, Small World), the level of writing skill is deliciously high - perhaps because the authors themselves teach the craft.

The influence of HP Lovecraft on the author is obvious, even before he drops a reference to Miskatonic University. The plots and execution of the tales, however, are disappointingly and distractingly clumsy, compared to those of Lovecraft and other writers of academe.

All three stories are told from the third person in roughly the same voice, they are predictable, and there are strange inconsistencies that an editor should have caught. In the first story there is a "teaching assistant" who is later referred to as a "postdoc." Which is he?

Overall, I'd have to recommend giving this book a pass, unless you are tolerant of thin plots, clumsy foreshadowing, and cardboard characters. Go re-read The Dunwich Horror, instead.

Publish or Perish - The Educator's Imperative: Strategies for Writing Effectively for Your Profession and Your School

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Publish or Perish - The Educator's Imperative: Strategies for Writing Effectively for Your Profession and Your School
Allan A. Glatthorn
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ASIN: 0761978674

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The definitive guide to writing for publication (and more)!

Successfully translating thoughts and ideas into the printed word can seem daunting to even the most experienced educator. Step-by-step, author and scholar Allan A. Glatthorn guides education professionals through the basics of the writing process, empowering them with the tools to create and enhance their own professional submissions and writings. The down-to-earth, conversational tone helps to effectively convey and outline specific writing strategies for contributions to research journals, articles, op-ed pieces, manuscripts, literature reviews, theses, funding proposals, internal organizational writing.

Key features include:

Finding a topic
Correctly identifying your audience
Choosing the appropriate forum
Revising and editing
Working with editors and publishers
Maximizing use of the Internet and other technological tools

Allan A. Glatthorn has taught writing for more than 25 years, and is a Distinguished Research Professor Emeritus at East Carolina University. During his prolific 55-year teaching career, he has written more than 50 texts on writing and more than 30 professional books. In Publish or Perish?The Educator’s Imperative, he shares his wealth of knowledge and experience about professional publishing and the writing process, in hopes that his work will help you achieve your own goals and imperatives.

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Practical "how to" and "what to expect" information.......2003-08-10

Publish Or Perish: The Educator's Imperative by academician and writer instructor Allan A. Glatthorn (Distinguished Research Professor Emeritus, East Carolina University) is a superbly organized and presented writing and publishing instructional guide and reference especially intended for academic and educational professionals. From writing research journals, to creating articles, op-ed pieces, literature reviews, theses, funding proposals, and more, Publish Or Perish offers a wealth of practical "how to" and "what to expect" information about making the most of the Internet's resources, mastering the academic style, working with editors and publishers, and getting published to one's greatest personal and academic advantage. Publish Or Perish is the definitive and strongly recommended introduction to converting ideas into the printed world in order to establish and achieve professional goals through the process of writing and being published.

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A classic mystery
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Publish and Perish
Sally Wright
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ASIN: 034542588X
Release Date: 1999-01-30

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The Ivory Tower of academia may look serene from the outside, but inside it's a snakepit. At least according to Sally S. Wright in her wickedly pointed campus mystery, Publish or Perish. The victim here is Richard West, head of the English Department at a tony private college in Ohio and keeper of an academic ethic that belonged to an earlier age. The sleuth is Professor Ben Reese, a smart historian with a nose for crime. After reading Publish or Perish readers may see beneath the staid surface of university life, suspecting page-turning stories hidden from the untutored eye.

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INTRODUCING ACADEMIC SLEUTH BEN REESE

A college professor dead under mysterious circumstances. A secretary who hates the victim with lethal ferocity. A vengeful former student. To university archivist and former intelligence agent Ben Reese, the sudden death of his old friend and colleague Richard West, Chair of the English Department, looks like murder, but in a small buttoned-down private college, can it ever be proved? Not until an attack on his own life tells Ben all he needs--and fears--to know about a brilliant, sociopathic killer. . . .

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A Good Investment.......2003-12-28

Other reviewers have denigrated Wright's writing. It's true: If you're a fan of the modern, hard-hitting, and action-packed mysteries that now abound, this may not be the series for you.

Whereas many of the newer writers resort to Hollywood-style scenes and cardboard characters, Sally Wright turns her eye to the struggles of the human soul. She writes about believable characters, taking us into their thoughts and motivations with skill. The dialogue is sharp and attuned to its setting and era; the atmosphere is palpable; the faith issues are real, yet never preachy.

Okay, I'll admit that the book did not "grab" me. It didn't take off like a rocket, with this reader hanging on for dear life. It did draw me in, however. I found myself looking forward to these treasured forays into the world of academia. I was left hoping for more insight into the past and future of dear Ben Reese.

Wright's stories require investment. For those so inclined, it's an investment worth making.

Disappointing.......2001-07-05

Publish and Perish has all the basic elements of a good mystery and the setting has some appeal, but this story turned out to be rather flat. The characters are developed reasonably well, but the story line is pretty thin. The only real action or suspense occurs right at the end and only when the murderer is uncovered and confronted by the protagonist, Ben Reese. Maybe my expectations were too high, or maybe it's because this was the author's first mystery novel, but I found it quite dull and uninspiring. I probably would have put it down and not picked it up again if it had been a longer story. Contrary to another reviewer, I find this author has a long way to go before her mysteries can be likened to those of the greats such as Agatha Christie. Maybe the subsequent stories in the Ben Reese series are much better, but I was disappointed enough by this one that I probably won't be checking out that possibility.

Excellent!.......2001-02-01

One of the best new mystery series out there. A must read for fans of mysteries! It seems that most of the 'mysteries' on the market today rely heavily on sex, blood, and gore, to keep the pages turning, rather than on the mystery itself. This one, however, doesn't--the mystery and the characters involved in the mystery are the central part of the book. It's a refreshing read.

A classic mystery.......2000-03-14

To my mind there are two kinds of mystery writers. Those who like characters, plot, details, language, science, society, etc. And those who write a book simply to keep the reader turning pages in suspense, waiting to find out whodunnit. Sally is of the first type (not that I was inclined to put the book down as the plot developed). Her characters are round, her plot is intriguing, her prose is enjoyable to read. She is also a classic mystery writer in that she gives the reader the clues so they can solve the mystery along with (or possibly before) the hero does. I found myself going back and rereading passages for clues that had escaped me the first time I had read them.

From an interview I read, I know that Ms. Wright is a Christian. This book, however, is not a tract or simple morality play. I am a Christian, and I frequently hesitate to buy books by many Christian authors precisely because they often turn out to be not much more than tracts or morality plays. Ms. Wright is a good writer AND a Christian: her faith necessarily informs her vision as an author. But Ms. Wright also knows that novels are STORIES that are meant to delight and inform; Ms. Wright doesn't use her novel as a pulpit. I'm sure, however, that some people will find it offensive that she allows Christian characters into the world of novel, and that she allows them to be real, developed and "human." Her non-Christian characters are real, developed and "human" as well, but non-Christian characters don't seem to offend so many sensibilities these days (and that is a sad commentary on modern sensibilities!).

Her book was a delightful, engaging, informative novel. I know more about the universe after having read it. I "met" people that were real and interesting. I am a richer person for having read her book, and that is the way I ought to feel after reading a book.

I will be purchasing more by this author!

A fun turn in Academia.......1999-12-17

Ben Reese is my kind of character and Sally Wright is my kind of author. This book was a true mystery - you know the kind, the one that actually relies on the plot and clues to keep it going as opposed to the ones that try to thrill and scare you simply with blood and then all of the sudden they discover the murderer and it's someone you never heard of before?

Publish and Perish was a good book. Ms. Wright introduced us to a character that we could like and investigate the clues with and we knew was going to be back to visit (hey, the author was the one who sub-titled the book Ben Reese Series - book 1).

All in all, the plot was solid as was the writing and there were enough twists and turns to keep me intrigued. The only reason I gave it four stars was the ending - it did just that - end. It seemed as tho my book was missing a few pages because it seemed to end mid-sentence which was the only thing I found wrong with this book.

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How to Self-Publish or Perish: What the Other Guides Won't Tell You So They Can Sell You Their Book
J. J. Bone
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Publish & Perish : Three Tales of Tenure & Terror
James Hynes
Manufacturer: Saint Martin's Press, LLC
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A fascinating book

Publish and Perish
Francis, Jr. Nevins
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Is he a legal eagle or a private eye? That's the question Loren Mensing of this taut drama must decide when he begins to probe a case that releases a Pandora's box of horrors.

Loren drew up a will for bestselling novelist Graham Dillaway and his equally successful wife, Hope Foxworth. When Dillaway and another writer die in a mysterious fire that guts the author's mountain cabin, the local newspaper suggests the deaths were not accident but murder.

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A fascinating book.......2003-02-16

Francis M. Nevin is a great expert on both Ellery Queen and Cornell Woolrich, and PUBLISH AND PERISH combines EQ's love of twists, turns and fairplay clueing and Woolrich's noir attitudes. The surprising thing is that it works. Very well indeed.

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Publish and Perish
Francis M. Jr. Nevins
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Publish And Perish - Three Tales Of Tenure And Terror
James Hynes
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Publish And Perish - Three Tales Of Tenure And Terror
James Hynes
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