Michael Berry: 19 books
A Half-Century of Physical Asymptotics and Other Diversions
Selected Works by Michael Berry
Language: English
Release Date: July 19, 2017
Michael Berry is a theoretical physicist who has contributed to a wide variety of areas in quantum mechanics, optics and related mathematics, linked by the geometrical aspects of waves, especially phase. This collection of his selected published and unpublished papers, reviews, tributes to other scientists,...
A History of Pain
Trauma in Modern Chinese Literature and Film
Language: English
Release Date: October 23, 2008
The portrayal of historical atrocity in fiction, film, and popular culture can reveal much about the function of individual memory and the shifting status of national identity. In the context of Chinese culture, films such as Hou Hsiao-hsien's City of Sadness and Lou Ye's Summer Palace and novels...
by Michael Berry
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2013
The Leeds Tramways Company was authorised to construct tramway lines in Leeds in 1871 under the Leeds Tramways Order, with the first route opening on 16 September of that year and running from Boar Lane to the Oak Inn at Headingley. The Tramways Company operated horse-drawn and steam-powered vehicles,...
Reporting Cultures on 60 Minutes
Missing the Finnish Line in an American Newscast
Language: English
Release Date: October 14, 2016
This work delves into the act of reporting on different cultures as a means of exploring our own. The way culture is presented to the media highlights various international and intercultural dynamics, as well as the complexity involved in reporting from a cultural standpoint.
Reporting Cultures...
Divided Lenses
Screen Memories of War in East Asia
Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2016
Divided Lenses: Screen Memories of War in East Asia is the first attempt to explore how the tumultuous years between 1931 and 1953 have been recreated and renegotiated in cinema. This period saw traumatic conflicts such as the Sino-Japanese War, the Pacific War, and the Korean War, and pivotal events...
Listening to Rap
An Introduction
Language: English
Release Date: June 14, 2018
Over the past four decades, rap and hip hop culture have taken a central place in popular music both in the United States and around the world. Listening to Rap: An Introduction enables students to understand the historical context, cultural impact, and unique musical characteristics of this essential...
The Modern Legislative Veto
Macropolitical Conflict and the Legacy of Chadha
Language: English
Release Date: June 22, 2016
In The Modern Legislative Veto, Michael J. Berry uses a multimethod research design, incorporating quantitative and qualitative analyses, to examine the ways that Congress has used the legislative veto over the past 80 years. This parliamentary maneuver, which delegates power to the executive but...
by Lee Child, Michael Connelly, John Sandford
Language: English
Release Date: June 3, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: June 3, 2014
A New York Times and USA TODAY bestseller! Edited by #1 New York Times bestselling author David Baldacci and including stories by Michael Connelly, Lee Child, Jeffery Deaver, and more, this one-of-a-kind anthology pulls together the most beloved characters from the best and most popular thriller series...
by Lee Child, Sandra Brown, C. J. Box
Language: English
Release Date: June 13, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: June 13, 2017
This “highly recommended” (Publishers Weekly, starred review) collection edited by New York Times bestselling author Lee Child pairs the beloved characters of twenty-two internationally bestselling writers in “a must-read for fans of the thriller genre. Very rarely does this kind of star power...
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The Writer's Studio Anthology
Language: English
Release Date: October 12, 2017
Drag kings and sea monsters, switchblade travellers and teacup ghosts—these stories and poems are a mixture of the mundane and the bizarre. Here you’ll find true tales of a son’s death and a girl’s first heartbreak, stories that range from the minutely personal to the transcendently universal.
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Data Mining Techniques
For Marketing, Sales, and Customer Relationship Management
Language: English
Release Date: March 23, 2011
The leading introductory book on data mining, fully updated and revised!
When Berry and Linoff wrote the first edition of Data Mining Techniques in the late 1990s, data mining was just starting to move out of the lab and into the office and has since grown to become an indispensable tool of...
Athletic and Orthopedic Injury Assessment
A Case Study Approach
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2017
The case studies in this book use authentic injury assessment examples to help readers link theory and clinical practice with the goal of becoming competent clinicians. The situations are realistic and present more than 130 of the injuries that athletic trainers may encounter in the real world. The...
Athletic and Orthopedic Injury Assessment
Case Responses and Interpretations
Language: English
Release Date: July 5, 2017
Athletic and Orthopedic Injury Assessment: Case Responses and Interpretations is a companion book that provides responses and interpretations to the case studies in Athletic and Orthopedic Injury Assessment: A Case Study Approach. Research, evidence-based practices, and professional experience form...
Stage Fright
40 Stars Tell You How They Beat America's #1 Fear
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2009
Never before has the problem of stage fright been so eloquently examined; 40 interviews with some of the most highly-accomplished public figures shed light on this affliction, offering tips from their own experiences for overcoming it. Jason Alexander, Mose Allison, Maya Angelou, David Brenner, Peter...
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