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Introduction to Ceramics, 2nd Edition
W. David Kingery , H. K. Bowen , and Donald R. Uhlmann Manufacturer: Wiley-Interscience ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover Similar Items:
ASIN: 0471478601 |
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The book of ceramics.......2007-04-03
Ages like fine wine!.......2005-10-27
Better than stock.......2005-08-11
The Ceramics Bible.......2003-07-28
An excellent reference book for undergrads in Mat Sci.......1999-12-08
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Principles of Ceramics Processing, 2nd Edition
James S. Reed Manufacturer: Wiley-Interscience ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover Similar Items:
ASIN: 047159721X |
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This popular reference offers a clear understanding of the scientific principles of ceramics processing required for the development and production of new advanced ceramics. In the latest edition significant new material has been added to the chapters on raw materials, liquids and surfactants, vapor deposition, printing, coating processes and firing. Contains several new features including processing flow diagrams, tables summarizing important points, 100+ new figures as well as descriptions of defects and their causes which are either itemized in the text or summarized in a table. Also includes numerous problems and examples following each chapter.An Instructor's Manual presenting detailed solutions to all the problems in the book is available from the Wiley editorial department.
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Glass Science, 2nd Edition
Robert H. Doremus Manufacturer: Wiley-Interscience ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover Similar Items:
ASIN: 0471891746 |
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This edition retains its pedagogical structure but has been extensively revised and updated. Features advances in the field pertaining to the latest developments on fatigue and fracture as well as environmental aspects of some hazardous materials and their effects on glass during long term storage. Contains a new description of the oxidation state of glass and its components based on the phase rule. Includes a new chapter on chemical durability with recent information regarding corrosion of glass and radioactive waste disposal.
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The Dragons of Eden: Speculations on the Evolution of Human Intelligence
Carl Sagan Manufacturer: Ballantine Books ProductGroup: Book Binding: Mass Market Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 0345346297 Release Date: 1986-12-12 |
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Dr. Carl Sagan takes us on a great reading adventure, offering his vivid and startling insight into the brain of man and beast, the origin of human intelligence, the function of our most haunting legends--and their amazing links to recent discoveries.Customer Reviews:
A Great Book by Carl Sagan.......2007-07-21
A masterpiece science for the average reader.......2007-06-12
Sagan, the polimat.......2007-05-13
great book.......2007-01-16
C'mon, its Carl Sagan!.......2006-11-10
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Dragons of Eden: Speculations on the Evolution of Human Intelligence
Carl Sagan Manufacturer: Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover Similar Items:
ASIN: 1579124313 |
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Did we long for those great graceful leaps and ecstatic moments of weightlessness in the shafts of sunlight of the forest roof?.......2006-03-01
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The Dragons of Eden: Speculations on the Evolution of Human Intelligence
Carl Sagan Manufacturer: Ballantine Books ProductGroup: Book Binding: Mass Market Paperback ASIN: 0345260317 Release Date: 1978-04-12 |
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The Dragons of Eden Speculations on the Evolution of Human Intelligence
Sagan Carl Manufacturer: Random House ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: B000LB4694 |
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THE DRAGONS OF EDEN- SPECULATIONS ON THE EVOLUTION OF HUMAN INTELLIGENCE
Manufacturer: Random House ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: B000H3YZ7O |
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The Dragons Of Eden. Speculations on the Evolution of Human Intelligence
Carl Sagan Manufacturer: Random House ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: B000IN7EUI |
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The Dragons of Eden: Speculations of the Evolution of Human Intelligence
Carl Sagan Manufacturer: Ballantine Books ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: B000S81P3A |
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The Dragons of Eden: Speculations on the Evolution of Human Intelligence-
Carl Sagan- Manufacturer: Random House Publishing- ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: B000PRX7KS |
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The Dragons of Eden: Speculations on the Evolution of Human Intelligence.
Carl. Sagan Manufacturer: Random House ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: B000NGV1SQ |
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The Dragons of Eden - Speculations on the Evolution of Human Intelligence
Carl Sagan Manufacturer: Randon House ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: B000V1R3GW |
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Hadron Spectroscopy: Ninth International Conference, Protvino, Russia, 25 August - 1 September 2001 (AIP Conference Proceedings)
Manufacturer: American Institute of Physics ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 0735400679 |
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The proceedings of Hadron 2001 cover up-to-date experimental and theoretical results in light and heavy meson spectroscopy, baryon spectroscopy, hadron dynamics at low energy, and future facilities for hadron spectroscopy. New results on hadron spectra and interactions from different experiments are presented and the latest theoretical ideas and calculations are discussed. Topics include: vector states, light mesons from charm decays, heavy Q spectroscopy, exotics, scalars, nonperturbative QCD, history, baryons and qg plasma, phenomenology, standard model, new facilities, heavy ions, charm and beauty decays, states with open/hidden strangeness, low energy, radiative decays, chiral theory, deuteron.
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The best of Man bites dog, no. 2
Donal Foley Manufacturer: Irish Times ProductGroup: Book Binding: Unknown Binding ASIN: B0006CWF64 |
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Dog Bites Man: City Shocked: A Novel
James Duffy Manufacturer: Simon & Schuster ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 0743210824 |
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Dog Bites Man is a witty, tongue-in-cheek saga detailing the House-That-Jack-Built downfall of Eldon Hoagland, an innocent Columbia University professor who has become New York City's good-government mayor. The hilarious spiral begins when Hoagland, after an evening of drinking with his old Princeton roommate, staggers out of a Fifth Avenue apartment house, steps on a dog relieving itself alongside the mayor's car, and gets badly bitten. His cop-bodyguards shoot the dog and in the process terrorize Genc Serreqi -- an illegal Albanian stud who walks the dog (in addition to more intimate chores) for Sue Nation Brandberg, a former Native American beauty queen and socialite widow of a billionaire -- and he flees the scene.
The mayor's bodyguards attempt to cover up their involvement in the shooting, but "Scoop" Rice, an eager young reporter for a muckraking Manhattan weekly, investigates and exposes the canine slaying. Then extreme animal activists, aided and abetted by every other interest group with a grievance against the mayor, tie up the city (not to mention air traffic around the world) in a monumental demonstration. Also offering encouragement are the rabid, newly amalgamated daily Post-News and the state's first woman governor, Randilynn "Randy Randy" Foote, who nurses an ancient grudge against the mayor and hastens his political demise.
In Dog Bites Man, novelist James Duffy mixes it up in a lively tale of American politics in which rich movers and shakers, politically correct crusaders and scandal-hungry media types conspire to bring down a New York City mayor. All the hazards of American public life are on hilarious display here, in the freshest novel of manners and most outrageous political satire of the year.
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This is a tongue-in-cheek look at New York's upper crust, politics, and journalism, in the vein of Christopher Buckley and Tom Wolfe. Mayor Eldon Hoagland, tipsy after an evening spent with an old college pal, stumbles out of a Fifth Avenue apartment building, steps on a dog being walked and gets badly bitten. His cop bodyguards shoot the animal. They also terrify Genc Serreqi, an illegal Albanian stud who walks the dog among other more intimate chores for Sue Nation Brandberg, a former Native American beauty queen and socialite, widow of a billionaire. A Manhattan muckraking weekly assigns an ambitious young reporter, "Scoop" Rice, to investigate, and he exposes the shooting. Extreme animal activists and the newly amalgamated daily Post-News take out after the mayor. He is also under the attack from the state's first woman governor who has hated him since he failed her in a course when he was a Columbia University professor. All the hazards of modern public life are on display as Hoagland stumbles from one funny catastrophe to the next, wondering whether it's all really worth it.Customer Reviews:
City Shocked, Reader Unimpressed.......2005-04-09
How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love The Dog.......2002-03-07
The satire is too unfocused to be really effective. The author seems to want to take on too many matters at once, resulting in an onslaught that can only briefly touch upon a staggering array of subjects. Animal rights, journalism, New York mayoral politics (a huge subject in itself), abortion, religion, race, and immigration are just a few of the multiple topics that are discussed. Unfortunately, with such a wide variety of heavy subjects to skewer, almost none of them receive the in-depth attention needed. Too many topics are simply mentioned and then dropped, leaving the reader to wonder why the author bothered to mention them if he was only going to give such a superficial mocking.
The characters, while potentially interesting, end up being mostly bland. They do exactly what the plot requires them to do and have no sense of individuality. I understand that in satire the author will often have characters act irrationally simply for the sake of the sake of the story, but in DOG BITES MAN, the credulity was stretched way too far. People do things for no reason and events occur seemingly at random.
The author doesn't do himself many favors in the prose department either. The actual language is workmanship at best, and, at times, descends into the worst levels of pulp childishness. I normally have nothing against the more pulpy styles of writing; it's a form that has its place and can be very effective if used correctly. But in DOG BITES MAN, the prose can be almost painful. Every time a new character is introduced (and there are a lot of them who appear and disappear seemingly at random over the course of the 300+ pages) the narrative takes a long time-out while a large, annoying, and ultimately pointless character description and background is hauled out. If this were a book series, these three pages that are devoted to each character would be cut-and-pasted directly from their character outline to the exact place in the story where the aforementioned character appears.
None of the writing is done with any sort of subtlety whatsoever. It's a very short distance for a book to go from being a satire of bad pulp writing, to actually becoming bad pulp writing itself. I honestly couldn't tell if the author was mocking this form of simplistic writing or was unable to write in a more engaging style. By the end, I found it really didn't matter; I simply was unable to make myself care.
On the other hand the author demonstrates that when he puts his mind to it, the satire can work fairly well. There are several moments that are genuinely quite funny. Despite dropping the satirical ball at many key points, there is quite a lot of potential here. The characters, while remaining mostly faceless and indistinct, are fairly interesting to read about. At least, I was curious to see what they would be up to next. It's quite a quick read, and while the action may be incredibly slow moving (you'd be surprised at how long it takes for the incident referred to in the title to take place) it never becomes boring.
I was severely disappointed by DOG BITES MAN. The author apparently didn't have enough confidence in the reader's ability to pick up on basic satire and humor, therefore ended up spending far too much time explaining why aspects of the novel were funny. Nothing kills a joke faster than having it explained to death. That annoying characteristic of the novel severely tested my patience and left me with a bad taste in my mouth. While the potential was there for this to be a great and hard-hitting political satire, it rarely lived up to this. What it lacks in subtlety it makes up for in self-important speeches, which just isn't a good trade for my tastes.
Likeable failure.......2001-09-07
So, what happened? Duffy isn't a bad writer. While his prose certainly didn't shine, it didn't put me to sleep either. Unfortunately, like his Mayor, Duffy is simply too nice. Instead of following his satire through, he suddenly pulls back during the last quarter of the book. Suddenly, his characters become achingly noble and start making "profound" statements about the sorry state of modern politics and journalism. One got the feeling that one day, Duffy looked over what he had previously written and suddenly, for lack of a better term, chickened out. He had the courage to start to a true satire but apparently, not the guts to finish one.
Very Funny "Dog".......2001-04-25
bingo.......2001-04-23
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Junkyard Dog Dog Bites Man Volume One Number One Winter 1987
Bill (editor); Ellis, Bret Easton Langenheim Manufacturer: University of Southern California ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: B000S9VGGK |
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Man Bites Dog
Adam Ford Manufacturer: Allen & Unwin ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 186508686X |
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A Fun Ride.......2005-06-28
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Man Bites Dog No 6
Donal Foley ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 0950341843 |
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TALES TO SEND CHILLS DOWN YOUR SPINE: Bottle of Wine; Glass Bridge; Luck is No Lady; Exit Was a Wall; Interlude for Murder; Peephole; Death Overdue; Best Friend Murder; With a Smile for the Ending; Running Man; Sparrow on a String; Man Bites Dogs
Alfred (editor) (Borden Deal; Robert Arthur; Robert Bloch; Evans Harrington; Paul Tabori; Henry Slesar; Eleanor Daly Boylan; Donald E. Westlake; Donald Honig; James Holding; Lawrence Block; Bill Pronzini; Alice Scanlan Reach; Donald Honig) Hitchcock Manufacturer: Max Reinhardt ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 0370302990 |
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The compassionate media. (Rev Jimmy Allen's family members with AIDS)(Man Bites Dog, part 1): An article from: American Journalism Review
Suzan Revah Manufacturer: University of Maryland ProductGroup: Book Binding: Digital ASIN: B00093S2DU Release Date: 2005-07-28 |
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This digital document is an article from American Journalism Review, published by University of Maryland on January 1, 1996. The length of the article is 808 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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Dog bites officer in domestic incident.(Crime)(A man and woman are taken to jail, and the dog is quarantined): An article from: The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR)
Manufacturer: The Register Guard ProductGroup: Book Binding: Digital ASIN: B00082GCZW Release Date: 2005-06-01 |
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This digital document is an article from The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR), published by The Register Guard on August 4, 2004. The length of the article is 2158 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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Editor knocks focus groups. (Rich Oppel)(Man Bites Dog, part 2): An article from: American Journalism Review
Alicia C. Shepard Manufacturer: University of Maryland ProductGroup: Book Binding: Digital ASIN: B00093S2EE Release Date: 2005-07-28 |
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This digital document is an article from American Journalism Review, published by University of Maryland on January 1, 1996. The length of the article is 591 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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Man bites dog--virtually.(Brief Article): An article from: St. Louis Journalism Review
Don Corrigan Manufacturer: SJR St. Louis Journalism Review ProductGroup: Book Binding: Digital ASIN: B0008JALAW Release Date: 2005-07-28 |
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This digital document is an article from St. Louis Journalism Review, published by SJR St. Louis Journalism Review on September 1, 2000. The length of the article is 430 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.Books:
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