The music connection : 2-part / by Jacobson, John, 1957-

“…Youth sings out…”
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Graham Greene : a life in letters / by Greene, Graham, 1904-1991

Table of Contents: “…The early years -- The man within -- The power and the glory -- The heart of the matter -- The end of the affair -- A burnt-out case -- The comedians -- The honorary consul -- The human factor -- The last word.…”
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The Future of Freedom : illiberal democracy at home and abroad / by Zakaria, Fareed

Table of Contents: “…The democratic age -- A brief history of human liberty -- The twisted path -- Illiberal democracy -- The Islamic exception -- Too much of a good thing -- The death of authority -- The way out.…”
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The economics of Public Issues / by Miller, Roger LeRoy, Benjamin, Daniel K., North, Douglass C. (Douglass Cecil)

Table of Contents: “…-- The mystery of wealth -- The economics of exclusion -- Supply and demand -- Sex, booze, and drugs -- The economics of obesity -- Kidneys for sale -- Are we running out of water? -- Bankrupt landlords, from sea to shining sea -- Labor markets -- Das kapital in the twenty-first century -- (why) are women paid less? …”
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Prose poetry in theory and practice /

Table of Contents: “…A form of chanting. A form of looking out for each other" : poetics and politics of the contemporary Indian-English prose poem / Divya Nadkarni -- Collaboration, conversation, and adaptation : the prose poetry project and renga attitude / Jen Webb -- Framing catastrophe : the ekphrastic prose poem / Patrick Wright -- "An interlude suspended" : historical biography through the lens of prose poetry / Edwin Stockdale -- Who are the contemporary symbolists? …”
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TheFundamentals of Digital Photography / by Daly, Tim, 1964-

Table of Contents: “…Chapter 1: How equipment works: Digital SLR; Compact cameras; Medium format camera; Lens essentials; Computers and monitors; Adobe Photoshop; Image editing software: Adobe Lightroom; Project Chapter 2: Shooting skills: Camera quality settings; File formats; Aperture; Shutter speeds and movement; Exposure and how to measure it properly; Camera metering modes; Camera program modes; The lens and focussing; Depth of field; Viewpoint; Composing your image; Seeing the world in monochrome; Project Chapter 3: Themes and their workflows: Basic observational documentary: Urban texture; Culturally aware documentary: Out of season; Candid/street photography: People on the street; Eco/political study: The threatened landscape; Photo essay narrative: A day in the life; Location portrait: Public/private; Studio portrait: Alter-ego; Collaboration with others: Constructed reality; Current issue story: Signs of the times; 'Late' photography: The aftermath; Staging/performance: A re-enactment; Developing own work: A personal project Chapter 4: Project development: Researching your project; Planning and prep; Testing and review; Shaping your project; Project Chapter 5: Treatment: Essential software skills; Creative emphasis; Project: Sample files to test edit Chapter 6: Output and finishing: Desktop printing; Remote printing services; Onscreen use; Project Bibliography Glossary Index Acknowledgements and picture credits Working with ethics…”
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Communications policy in transition : the Internet and beyond /

Table of Contents: “…Compaine --V Information Policy and Commercial Internet Behavior -- 13 Sorting Out the Search Engine Market 351 -- Neil Gandal -- 14 Copyright in the Age of Distributed Applications 369 -- Seth D. …”
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Engineering Circuit Analysis / by Hayt, William H. (William Hart), Jr., 1920-1999

Table of Contents: “…Mesh Analysis: A Comparison -- 4.6.Computer-Aided Circuit Analysis -- Summary And Review -- Reading Further -- Exercises -- ch. 5 Handy Circuit Analysis Techniques -- 5.1.Linearity and Superposition -- 5.2.Source Transformations -- 5.3.Thevenin and Norton Equivalent Circuits -- 5.4.Maximum Power Transfer -- 5.5.Delta-Wye Conversion -- 5.6.Selecting an Approach: A Summary of Various Techniques -- Summary And Review -- Reading Further -- Exercises -- ch. 6 The Operational Amplifier -- 6.1.Background -- 6.2.The Ideal Op Amp: A Cordial Introduction -- 6.3.Cascaded Stages -- 6.4.Circuits for Voltage and Current Sources -- 6.5.Practical Considerations -- 6.6.Comparators and the Instrumentation Amplifier -- Summary And Review -- Reading Further -- Exercises -- ch. 7 Capacitors And Inductors -- 7.1.The Capacitor -- 7.2.The Inductor -- 7.3.Inductance and Capacitance Combinations -- 7.4.Consequences of Linearity -- 7.5.Simple Op Amp Circuits with Capacitors -- 7.6.Duality -- 7.7.Modeling Capacitors and Inductors with PSpice -- Summary And Review -- Reading Further -- Exercises -- ch. 8 Basic Rl And Rc Circuits -- 8.1.The Source-Free RL Circuit -- 8.2.Properties of the Exponential Response -- 8.3.The Source-Free RC Circuit -- 8.4.A More General Perspective -- 8.5.The Unit-Step Function -- 8.6.Driven RL Circuits -- 8.7.Natural and Forced Response -- 8.8.Driven AC Circuits -- 8.9.Predicting the Response of Sequentially Switched Circuits -- Summary And Review -- Reading Further -- Exercises -- ch. 9 The Rcl Circuit -- 9.1.The Source-Free Parallel Circuit -- 9.2.The Overdamped Parallel RLC Circuit -- 9.3.Critical Damping -- 9.4.The Underdamped Parallel RLC Circuit -- 9.5.The Source-Free Series RLC Circuit -- 9.6.The Complete Response of the RLC Circuit -- 9.7.The Lossless LC Circuit -- Summary And Review -- Reading Further -- Exercises -- ch. 10 Sinusoidal Steady-State Analysis -- 10.1.Characteristics of Sinusoids -- 10.2.Forced Response to Sinusoidal Functions -- 10.3.The Complex Forcing Function -- 10.4.The Phasor -- 10.5.Impedance and Admittance -- 10.6.Nodal and Mesh Analysis -- 10.7.Superposition, Source Transformations and Thevenin's Theorem -- 10.8.Phasor Diagrams -- Summary And Review -- Reading Further -- Exercises -- ch. 11 Ac Circuit Power Analysis -- 11.1.Instantaneous Power -- 11.2.Average Power -- 11.3.Effective Values of Current and Voltage -- 11.4.Apparent Power and Power Factor -- 11.5.Complex Power -- Summary And Review -- Reading Further -- Exercises -- ch. 12 Polyphase Circuits -- 12.1.Polyphase Systems -- 12.2.Single-Phase Three-Wire Systems -- 12.3.Three-Phase Y-Y Connection -- 12.4.The Delta (A) Connection -- 12.5.Power Measurement in Three-Phase Systems -- Summary And Review -- Reading Further -- Exercises -- ch. 13 Magnetically Coupled Circuits -- 13.1.Mutual Inductance -- 13.2.Energy Considerations -- 13.3.The Linear Transformer -- 13.4.The Ideal Transformer -- Summary And Review -- Reading Further -- Exercises -- ch. 14 Complex Frequency And The Laplace Transform -- 14.1.Complex Frequency -- 14.2.The Damped Sinusoidal Forcing Function -- 14.3.Definition of the Laplace Transform -- 14.4.Laplace Transforms of Simple Time Functions -- 14.5.Inverse Transform Techniques -- 14.6.Basic Theorems for the Laplace Transform -- 14.7.The Initial-Value and Final-Value Theorems -- Summary And Review -- Reading Further -- Exercises -- ch. 15 Circuit Analysis In The s-Domain -- 15.1.Z(s) and Y(s) -- 15.2.Nodal and Mesh Analysis in the s-Domain -- 15.3.Additional Circuit Analysis Techniques -- 15.4.Poles, Zeros, and Transfer Functions -- 15.5.Convolution -- 15.6.The Complex-Frequency Plane -- 15.7.Natural Response and the s Plane -- 15.8.A Technique for Synthesizing the Voltage Ratio H(s) = V out/V in -- Summary And Review -- Reading Further -- Exercises -- ch. 16 Frequency Response -- 16.1.Parallel Resonance -- 16.2.Bandwidth and High-Q Circuits -- 16.3.Series Resonance -- 16.4.Other Resonant Forms -- 16.5.Scaling -- 16.6.Bode Diagrams -- 16.7.Basic Filter Design -- 16.8.Advanced Filter Design -- Summary And Review -- Reading Further -- Exercises -- ch. 17 Two-Port Networks -- 17.1.One-Port Networks -- 17.2.Admittance Parameters -- 17.3.Some Equivalent Networks -- 17.4.Impedance Parameters -- 17.5.Hybrid Parameters -- 17.6.Transmission Parameters -- Summary And Review -- Reading Further -- Exercises -- ch. 18 Fourier Circuit Analysis -- 18.1.Trigonometric Form of the Fourier Series -- 18.2.The Use of Symmetry -- 18.3.Complete Response to Periodic Forcing Functions -- 18.4.Complex Form of the Fourier Series -- 18.5.Definition of the Fourier Transform -- 18.6.Some Properties of the Fourier Transform -- 18.7.Fourier Transform Pairs for Some Simple Time Functions -- 18.8.The Fourier Transform of a General Periodic Time Function -- 18.9.The System Function and Response in the Frequency Domain -- 18.10.The Physical Significance of the System Function -- Summary And Review -- Reading Further -- Exercises.…”
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