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Shirley Samuels - A Companion to American Fiction 1780 - 1865 (2004).jpg

This Companion presents the current state of criticism in the field of American fiction from the earliest declarations of nationhood to secession and civil war.

* Draws heavily on historical and cultural contexts in its consideration of American fiction
* Relates the fiction of the period to conflicts about territory and sovereignty and to issues of gender, race, ethnicity and identity
* Covers different forms of fiction, including children’s literature, sketches, polemical pieces, historical romances, Gothic novels and novels of exploration
* Considers both canonical and lesser-known authors, including James Fennimore Cooper, Hannah Foster, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Herman Melville and Harriet Beecher Stowe
* Treats neglected topics, such as the Western novel, science and the novel, and American fiction in languages other than English

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Robert Paul Lamb - A Companion to American Fiction 1865 - 1914 (2005).jpg

A Companion to American Fiction, 1865–1914 is a groundbreaking collection of essays written by leading critics for a wide audience of students, scholars, and interested general readers.

Containing 29 essays and 12 illustrations with accompanying texts, this comprehensive volume is divided into three sections covering historical traditions and genres, contexts and themes, and major authors. The essays address a mixture of canonical and non-canonical subjects; so, alongside treatment of such standard topics as realism, naturalism, and regionalism are contributions on the romance, sentimentalism, early modernism, African American and Native American narratives, women’s fiction, class, ethnicity, and the short story. A significant feature of the book is its inclusion of chapters on both frontier and urban narratives, Civil War literature, Darwin’s influence on fiction, children’s literature, consumer culture, law and narrative, utopian fiction, and ecological literature and ecocriticism. Contributors present lucid syntheses of the best criticism available on their topics and, at the same time, offer original perspectives of their own.

The Companion is a book that no one interested in nineteenth-century fiction or American literature can do without.

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David Krasner - A Companion to Twentieth-Century A merican Drama (2004).jpg

This Companion provides an original and authoritative survey of twentieth-century American drama studies, written by some of the best scholars and critics in the field.

* Balances consideration of canonical material with discussion of works by previously marginalized playwrights
* Includes studies of leading dramatists, such as Tennessee Williams, Arthur Miller, Eugene O'Neill and Gertrude Stein
* Allows readers to make new links between particular plays and playwrights
* Examines the movements that framed the century, such as the Harlem Renaissance, lesbian and gay drama, and the solo performances of the 1980s and 1990s
* Situates American drama within larger discussions about American ideas and culture

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Eric Peterson - Frommer's Yellowstone & Grand Teto n National Parks (2008).jpg

Frommer's Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks is packed with all the facts, tips and descriptions you need to have perfect park vacation, in a pocket size guide.
• The most memorable park experiences, from Old Faithful and Mammoth Hot Springs, to Snake River raft trips.
• Great places to stay in and near the parks, ranging from historic lodges to family-friendly motels—plus a complete campground guide for each park.
• A fully illustrated nature guide to help you spot and identify bald eagles, bison, wildflowers, and more.
• The best hikes, from ranger-led interpretive walks to challenging backcountry overnights.
• What to see and do outside of the parks: rodeos, chuckwagon feeds, IMAX nature films, an elk preserve, Jackson Hole’s bars and boutiques, and more.
• Detailed, accurate park and trail maps

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Eric Peterson - Frommer's Yosemite and Sequoia & K ings Canyon National Parks, 6th Edition (2008).jpg

Frommer's Yosemite and Kings Canyon/Sequoia is packed with all the facts, tips and descriptions you need to have perfect park vacation, in a pocket size guide: The most memorable natural wonders, from majestic Yosemite Falls to Kings Canyon's towering sequoias. Great places to stay in and near the parks, ranging from historic lodges to family-friendly motels plus a complete campground guide for each park.
A fully illustrated nature guide to help you spot and identify condors, bobcats, wildflowers, and more. The best hikes, from ranger-led interpretive walks to challenging backcountry overnights. Detailed, accurate park and trail maps.

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Eric Peterson - Frommer's Yosemite and Sequoia & K ings Canyon National Parks, 6th Edition (2008).pdf

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Shane Christensen - Frommer's Grand Canyon Nationa l Park (2008).jpg

The Grand Canyon is an overwhelming place, vast in size, depth, beauty, and appreciative hordes. Frommer's puts this magnificent park in your pocket.
• The best strategies for seeing this spectacular park, whether you have a full week or just a few hours
• Great places to stay: from cozy lodges on the canyon rim to family-friendly gateway motels--plus a complete campground guide
• Canyon adventures for everyone: helicopter tours, guided mule rides, rafting trips along the Colorado, and more
• The best hikes, from gently rolling rim trails to overnight treks, that take you deep into the canyon
• Where to eat and stock up on supplies--both in the park and in gateway towns

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Josephine G. Hendin - A Concise Companion to Postw ar American Literature and Culture (2004).jpg

A Concise Companion to Postwar American Literature and Culture traces the creative energy that surged in new directions in the United States after World War II. Each of the contributors approaches a particular aspect of postwar literature, film, music, or drama from his or her own perspective. Yet taken together, their contributions demonstrate how different genres and approaches interacted and opened up new paths through this period.

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Burt Kimmelman - The Facts On File Companion To 20 th-century American Poetry (2005).jpg

This A-Z compendium of 500-plus signed entries presents an eclectic approach to the study of twentieth-century American poetry, reflecting the wide variety of poetic styles, schools, and movements of the century. Kimmelman, a professor of English at the New Jersey Institute of Technology and himself a poet, draws upon the expertise of 244 academic contributors from all parts of the country and abroad. Analysis by contributors from academic institutions in Australia, Canada, Germany, Guatemala, Israel, Singapore, Spain, Taiwan, and the U.K. lends unique cross-cultural perspectives.

Entries range in length from 500 to 2,000 words, and each has a bibliography. In addition to individual poets, coverage encompasses important poems and collections as well as topics such as Caribbean poetic influences, Deep image poetry, Fugitive/Agrarian school, and Poetry journals. Of note is the book's expert inclusion of African American poets and poetry. Entries offer extensive, authoritative interpretations of well-known poets Maya Angelou, Rita Dove, and Langston Hughes, to name three, and entries for lesser-known writers like the late modernist African American poet Melvin Tolson.

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Randall Huff - The Facts on File Companion to Amer ican Poetry (2007).jpg

"The Facts On File Companion to American Poetry" is a new and indispensable encyclopedic guide to American poetry with more than 1,200 entries, ranging in length from 500 to 1,500 words. Intended for high school and college students, this invaluable resource explores the various writers, works, themes, and movements of this intriguing literary genre.Volume 1 contains entirely new material, including new entries on poems, and extensive, new coverage on poets before 1900. Volume 2 is a revised and updated edition of "The Facts On File Companion to 20th-Century American Poetry", with more than 100 new entries added on important poems and recent poets. Its appendixes include a general bibliography and a list of winners for major poetry prizes.

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Peter Stoneley - A Concise Companion to American F iction 1900 - 1950 (2008).jpg

An authoritative guide to American literature, this Companion examines the experimental forms, socio-cultural changes, literary movements, and major authors of the early 20th century. This Companion provides authoritative and wide-ranging guidance on early twentieth-century American fiction.

* Considers commonly studied authors such as Faulkner, Fitzgerald, and Hemingway, alongside key texts of the period by Richard Wright, Charles Chesnutt, Zora Neale Hurston, and Anzia Yezierska
* Examines how the works of these diverse writers have been interpreted in their own day and how current readings have expanded our understanding of their cultural and literary significance
* Covers a broad range of topics, including the First and Second World Wars, literary language differences, author celebrity, the urban landscape, modernism, the Jazz Age, the Great Depression, regionalism, and African-American fiction
* Gives students the contextual information necessary for formulating their own critiques of classic American fiction

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Peter Stoneley - A Concise Companion to American F iction 1900 - 1950 (2008).pdf

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David Crawford - Obesity Prevention and Public Hea lth (2005).jpg

More than 22 million children under five are now obese or overweight. Globally, an estimated 10% of school-aged children, between 5 and 17 years old, are overweight or obese, and in some countries this figure is as high as 35%. The situation is getting worse. Although recognised clinically for some time as an important condition that increases risk of ill-health in affected individuals, it is only recently, that obesity has been recognised as a population-wide problem that requires preventive action. Obesity is a major contributor to diseases and disability, the associated health costs are enormous, obesity has already reached epidemic proportions in many countries, and incidence is continuing to increase in children. Disturbingly the epidemic is not confinedto developed countries, with many developing countries and those in transition affected. While recognised as a major population health problem, our understanding of the causes of the epidemic is poor, there has been relatively little population-based research that has focused on the prevention of unhealthy weight gain, and as a consequence knowledge regarding how and where best to intervene is limited. This book draws together the existing literature and expertise and with a view to helping set the agenda for public health action. The book is divided into three sections. Part 1 provides an overview of the context of the problem. It examines the epidemiology of obesity, the role of behavioural factors, socio-cultural factors and environmental factors in the obesity epidemic. Part 2 reviews interventions across a range of key settings and in different population groups - drawing on existing research that has aimed to increase physical activity, promote healthy eating and prevent obesity at a population level. Given how little research there is that has specifically examined the effectiveness of interventions aimed at preventing obesity per se, Part 3 explores potential opportunities to prevent obesity

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Carl Walker - Depression and Globalization, The Po litics of Mental Health in the 21st Century (2007).jpg

Depression and Globalisation is an important academic text on the political aspects of depression, specifically the relationship between globalisation and depression. In this text Dr. Walker reestablishes the link between mental health research and treatment, along with the political and economical influences outside the world of academic and clinical mental health. Overall, this book will accomplish the task of how closely and inextricably linked these diverse fields are and the way they operate together to produce not only a cultural representation of mental illness but influence the extent and type of mental distress in the 21st century.

"This book is a personal treatise of depression and its relation to political and social events, especially in the United Kingdom and the United States since the late 1970s and early 1980s. … This book might appeal to those interested in the history of mental illness (mainly depression) and its relation to global events, including sociopolitical changes occurring constantly throughout the world." (Steven T. Herron, Doody’s Review Service, April, 2008)

"According to Walker … the neo-liberal economic policies that emerged in the 1980s and dominate the global market today have had a profound effect on the increase of depressive disorders in the US and the UK. In this volume intended for both general and academic readers, he discusses social and mental health trends, linking factors of globalization to a variety of disorders, also confronting its effects on how psychological science understands and treats them." (www.booknews.com, April, 2008)

"One measure of a book is its effect on the reader's outlook. Although Depression and Globalization obliquely addresses clinical depression, I found while reading it that I began to listen to depressed patients differently. I felt newly attuned to the alienating effects of consumerist society on their lives, on its disruption of their family and social lives." (John C. Markowitz, MD, JAMA, November 5, 2008-Vol. 300, NO. 17)

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Carl Walker - Depression and Globalization, The Po litics of Mental Health in the 21st Century (2007).pdf

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Department of the Army - U.S. Army Weapons Systems 2010 (2010).jpg

Dear Reader:
We work for the Soldier. To make the Army Strong… we make Soldiers Strong. Our mission, in its broadest terms, is to equip and sustain the world’s most capable, powerful, and respected Army. Our top priority is to provide Warfighters with the decisive edge.
This handbook describes how we are accomplishing our mission. It is designed to promote greater understanding of our major acquisition programs. It describes what each is designed to achieve; summarizes program schedules; and offers information regarding contractors, teaming arrangements, technical maturity, international sales, and critical interdependencies with other systems. It augments several key publications which characterize the strategic context for the work we do, which include our Army Posture Statement, our Modernization Strategy, and our Science and Technology Master Plan.
As you review this guide and these documents, and visit our organizations and displays, you will see firsthand the strategic relevance, complexity, innovation, and interconnectedness of the products and systems that we are delivering. As the Army recapitalizes and modernizes its capabilities—while simultaneously investing in new technologies and improving our acquisition processes to better support our Warfighters—we will continue to depend upon the support and cooperation which results from strong relationships with the Department of Defense, the Congress, and vital strategic partners such as the U.S. Army Materiel Command and its subordinate commands.
By providing our Warfighters with the most technologically advanced and sustainable platforms and systems, as you will see in this guide, we are underwriting their ability to meet current and emerging threats with confidence. We will continue to demonstrate the leadership, managerial excellence, innovation, and commitment to continuous improvement needed to meet this challenge.

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Squadron - Warships 4002 - Robert C. Stern - U.S. Subs in Action (1983).jpg

The war in the Pacific during World War II, to this day, raises heroic images of Marines storming the seawall at Tarawa or Dauntlesses pushing over against the Japanese carriers at Midway. Few would state that American submarines were decisive in that effort. Yet not only were the submarines a decisive element, the argument can be made that they were the decisive element. Simply stated, Japan, as an overpopulated island nation, went to war when its imports of vital resources were threatened. She made war with the aim of assuring the continued flow of those imports and iost the war when the ships carrying those imports were rotting on the ocean floor. Postwar analysis revealed that it was impending starvation that brought Japan to her knees, with the atomic bomb providing impetus. Contrary to popular belief the island-hopping campaigns of MacArthur and Nimitz and the firebombing of Japan's cities didn't critically affect her will or ability to resist.
If the loss of the shipping war doomed Japan, it was the American sub that won the war. Of the nearly 10 million tons of Japanese naval and merchant shipping lost during the war, US submarines accounted for over 54%. Yet the Submarine Force never comprised more than 1.6% of naval personnel. Had persistent technical and tactical problems not dogged the Submarine Force through most of the war, that score might well have been higher. Under any circumstances, this remarkable performance deserves the recognition it has long been denied.

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Squadron - Warships 4002 - Robert C. Stern - U.S. Subs in Action (1983).pdf

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Squadron - Warships 4003 - Robert C. Stern, Don Gr eer - U.S. Battleships in action, Part 1 (1980).jpg

Old, slow and ungainly, they had little 'glamor'. They escorted convoys and bombarded shores, leaving the headline-making battles for their newer sisters. So, at least, it seemed from reading those headlines. Yet the reality was quite different. That they were old was undeniable. The newest of them was already 18 years old when WW II broke out, the oldest was an antique 29. A few of them had been re-engined, giving them a top speed of 23kt. Most were still slogging along on their original power-plant and would be lucky to ever see 20kt again. They were far from beautiful, most having been refitted and rebuilt so many times that any notion of the original plan had long since disappeared. Yet, somehow, they managed to be at the right place at the right time, when history hung in the balance. They were at Pearl Harbor on a quiet Sunday morning when America suddenly found itself at war. They were at Surigao Straits, winning the last battleship surface engagement in history, while their newer sisters were off chasing decoys. And, fittingly, they were off the coast of Japan at the end of that great struggle, four long years after it began. While a case can be made that the US Navy's fast battleships were underemployed and misused, no such criticism can be made about the older battleships. They gave all that was asked and more, from the first shot of the war to the last.

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