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 Plants in Contemporary Poetry: Ecocriticism and the Botanical Imagination By John Ryan 2018 | 256 Pages | ISBN: 131728755X | PDF | 2 MB Positioned within current ecocritical scholarship, this volume is the first book-length study of the representations of plants in contemporary American, English, and Australian poetry. Through readings of botanically-minded writers including Les Murray, Louise Glück, and Alice Oswald, it addresses the relationship between language and the subjectivity, agency, sentience, consciousness, and intelligence of vegetal life. Scientific, philosophical, and literary frameworks enable the author to develop an interdisciplinary approach to examining the role of plants in poetry. Drawing from recent plant science and contributing to the exciting new field of critical plant studies, the author develops a methodology he calls "botanical criticism" that aims to redress the lack of emphasis on plant life in studies of poetry. As a subset of ecocriticism, botanical criticism investigates how poets engage with plants literally and figuratively, materially and symbolically, in their works. Key themes covered in this volume include plants as invasives and weeds in human settings; as sources of physical and spiritual nourishment; as signifiers of region, home, and identity; as objects of aesthetics and objectivism; and, crucially, as beings with their own perspectives, voices, and modes of dialogue. Ryan demonstrates that poetic imagination is as essential as scientific rationality to elucidating and appreciating the mysteries of plant-being. This book will appeal to a multidisciplinary readership in the fields of ecocriticism, ecopoetry, environmental humanities, and ecocultural studies, and will be of interest to researchers in the emerging area of critical plant studies.John Charles Ryan is a poet and scholar who holds appointments as Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the School of Arts at the University of New England in Australia and Honorary Research Fellow in the School of Humanities at the University of Western Australia. His teaching and research cross between the environmental and digital humanities. He is the author, co-author, editor or co-editor of several research books, including the Bloomsbury title Digital Arts (2014, as co-author), The Language of Plants (University of Minnesota Press, 2017, as co-editor and contributor), and Southeast Asian Ecocriticism (Lexington Books, 2017, as editor and contributor). His poetry works include Katoomba Incantation (Cyberwit, 2011), Two With Nature (Fremantle Press, 2012) and No Requiem for the Forest (Hallowell Press, 2018).  Pinch Your Pottery: The Art & Craft of Making Pinch Pots: 35 Beautiful Projects to Hand-form from Clay by Jacqui Atkin English | July 27th, 2021 | ISBN: 1589239741 | 176 pages | True EPUB | 29.51 MB Learn how to master one of the most ancient yet simple and appealing ceramics techniques. Taught with a modern approach by a master potter, this amazing collection of pinched projects is the perfect place to start your new ceramics hobby or to explore new ways to shape clay as a more experienced crafter.  Keith Jacobs, "Philosophy and the City: Interdisciplinary and Transcultural Perspectives" English | ISBN: 1786604590 | 2019 | 330 pages | EPUB, PDF | 2 MB + 1525 KB Philosophy has its origins in the city, and in the context of our own highly urbanised modes of living, the relationship between philosophy and the city is more important than ever. The city is the place in which most humans now play out their lives, and the place that determines much of the cultural, social, economic, and political life of the contemporary world. Towards a Philosophy of the City explores a wide range of approaches and perspectives in a way that is true to the city's complex and dynamic character. The volume begins with a comprehensive introduction that identifies the key themes and then moves through four parts, examining the concept of the city itself, its varying histories and experiences, the character of the landscapes that belong to the city, and finally the impact of new technologies for the future of city spaces. Each section takes up aspects of the thinking of the city as it develops in relation to particular problems, contexts, and sometimes as exemplified in particular cities. This volume provides an invaluable resource for students and scholars in Philosophy, Geography, Sociology and Urban Studies.  Pharmacology and Abuse of Cocaine, Amphetamines, Ecstasy and Related Designer Drugs By Enno Freye 2010 | 300 Pages | ISBN: 9048124476 | PDF | 6 MB [center]  Cynthia Clay, Ray Olitt, "Peer Power: Transforming Workplace Relationships" English | 2012 | ISBN: 1118205456, 0976458721 | 320 pages | PDF | 3.7 MB To get things done, you probably work with others. When conflict or tension arises, do you always know the best strategy at the right time to transform the outcome? Peer Power provides the keys to effective interpersonal collaboration. Building on a foundation of four principles, you will expand your ability to positively influence others. From the "drive-by boss" and the "faux-smart" boss to the "whiner" and the "clueless colleague," the book exposes nine behavior patterns that may challenge you at work. Rather than pointing fingers at others, Peer Power encourages you to modify your behavior so you can influence changes in their behavior.  Susan Kilby, "Peasant Perspectives on the Medieval Landscape: A study of three communities (17) " English | ISBN: 1912260204 | 2020 | 192 pages | PDF | 17 MB [center]  Papier Mache: A step-by-step guide to creating more than a dozen adorable projects! (Art Makers) by Sarah Hand English | June 8th, 2021 | ISBN: 1633228924 | 128 pages | True EPUB | 20.35 MB Papier mache is back-and not just for kids! In this third book in the Art Makers series, artists of all skill levels, crafty families, and others will love learning to work with their hands to make and then create with papier mache.  PYTHON PROGRAMMING: A BEGINNER;S GUIDE TO BECOME A MASTER PYTHON PROGRAMMER by Edward Frandsen English | April 16, 2021 | ISBN: N/A | ASIN: B092PB96CF | 96 pages | EPUB | 0.37 Mb [b]Would You Like to Know How to Automate Boring Stuff Quickly?  Overcoming Estrogen Dominance Resolving Symptoms of Estrogen Dominance with Nutrition, 28-day meal plans, herbs and supplements by Magdalena Wszelaki English | February 26, 2021 | ISBN: 0578822431 | 507 pages | EPUB | 9.95 Mb "The body has an amazing ability to heal. We just need to give it the right resources."  Nonlinear Programming : Analysis and Methods. By Avriel, Mordecai 2012 | 1075 Pages | ISBN: 0486151670 | EPUB | 29 MB DOVER BOOKS ON MATHEMATICS; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; ABOUT THE AUTHOR; Table of Contents; PREFACE; 1 INTRODUCTION; PART I - ANALYSIS; 2 - CLASSICAL OPTIMIZATION-UNCONSTRAINED AND EQUALITY CONSTRAINED PROBLEMS; 2.1 UNCONSTRAINED EXTREMA; 2.2 EQUALITY CONSTRAINED EXTREMA AND THE METHOD OF LAGRANGE; 3 - OPTIMALITY CONDITIONS FOR CONSTRAINED EXTREMA; 3.1 FIRST-ORDER NECESSARY CONDITIONS FOR INEQUALITY CONSTRAINED EXTREMA; 3.2 SECOND-ORDER OPTIMALITY CONDITIONS; 3.3 SADDLEPOINTS OF THE LAGRANGIAN; 4 - CONVEX SETS AND FUNCTIONS; 4.1 CONVEX SETS; 4.2 CONVEX FUNCTIONS.4.3 DIFFERENTIAL PROPERTIES OF CONVEX FUNCTIONS4.4 EXTREMA OF CONVEX FUNCTIONS; 4.5 OPTIMALITY CONDITIONS FOR CONVEX PROGRAMS; 5 - DUALITY IN NONLINEAR CONVEX PROGRAMMING; 5.1 CONJUGATE FUNCTIONS; 5.2 DUAL CONVEX PROGRAMS; 5.3 OPTIMALITY CONDITIONS AND LAGRANGE MULTIPLIERS; 5.4 DUALITY AND OPTIMALITY FOR STANDARD CONVEX PROGRAMS; 6 - GENERALIZED CONVEXITY; 6.1 QUASICONVEX AND PSEUDOCONVEX FUNCTIONS; 6.2 ARCWISE-CONNECTED SETS AND CONVEX-TRANSFORMABLE FUNCTIONS; 6.3 LOCAL AND GLOBAL MINIMA; 7 - ANALYSIS OF SELECTED NONLINEAR PROGRAMMING PROBLEMS; 7.1 QUADRATIC PROGRAMMING.7.2 STOCHASTIC LINEAR PROGRAMMING WITH SEPARABLE RECOURSE FUNCTIONS7.3 GEOMETRIC PROGRAMMING; PART II - METHODS; 8 - ONE-DIMENSIONAL OPTIMIZATION; 8.1 NEWTON'S METHOD; 8.2 POLYNOMIAL APPROXIMATION METHODS; 8.3 DIRECT METHODS-FIBONACCI AND GOLDEN SECTION TECHNIQUES; 8.4 OPTIMAL AND GOLDEN BLOCK SEARCH METHODS; 9 - MULTIDIMENSIONAL UNCONSTRAINED OPTIMIZATION WITHOUT DERIVATIVES: EMPIRICAL AND CONJUGATE DIRECTION METHODS; 9.1 THE SIMPLEX METHOD; 9.2 PATTERN SEARCH; 9.3 THE ROTATING DIRECTIONS METHOD; 9.4 CONJUGATE DIRECTIONS; 9.5 POWELL'S METHOD; 9.6 AVOIDING LINEARLY DEPENDENT SEARCH DIRECTIONS.9.7 FURTHER CONJUGATE DIRECTION-TYPE ALGORITHMS10 - SECOND DERIVATIVE, STEEPEST DESCENT, AND CONJUGATE GRADIENT METHODS; 10.1 NEWTON-TYPE AND STEEPEST DESCENT METHODS; 10.2 CONJUGATE GRADIENT METHODS; 10.3 CONVERGENCE OF CONJUGATE GRADIENT ALGORITHMS; 11 - VARIABLE METRIC ALGORITHMS; 11.1 A FAMILY OF VARIABLE METRIC ALGORITHMS; 11.2 QUASI-NEWTON METHODS; 11.3 VARIABLE METRIC ALGORITHMS WITHOUT DERIVATIVES; 11.4 MINIMIZATION METHODS BASED ON NONQUADRATIC FUNCTIONS; 12 - PENALTY FUNCTION METHODS; 12.1 EXTERIOR PENALTY FUNCTIONS; 12.2 INTERIOR PENALTY FUNCTIONS.12.3 PARAMETER-FREE PENALTY METHODS12.4 EXACT PENALTY FUNCTIONS; 12.5 MULTIPLIER AND LAGRANGIAN METHODS; 12.6 SOME COMPUTATIONAL ASPECTS OF PENALTY FUNCTION METHODS; 13 - SOLUTION OF CONSTRAINED PROBLEMS BY EXTENSIONS OF UNCONSTRAINED OPTIMIZATION TECHNIQUES; 13.1 EXTENSIONS OF EMPIRICAL METHODS; 13.2 GRADIENT PROJECTION ALGORITHMS FOR LINEAR CONSTRAINTS; 13.3 A QUADRATIC PROGRAMMING ALGORITHM; 13.4 FEASIBLE DIRECTION METHODS; 13.5 PROJECTION AND FEASIBLE DIRECTION METHODS FOR NONLINEAR CONSTRAINTS; 14 - APPROXIMATION-TYPE ALGORITHMS; 14.1 METHODS OF APPROXIMATION PROGRAMMING.Comprehensive and complete, this overview provides a single-volume treatment of key algorithms and theories. The author provides clear explanations of all theoretical aspects, with rigorous proof of most results. The two-part treatment begins with the derivation of optimality conditions and discussions of convex programming, duality, generalized convexity, and analysis of selected nonlinear programs. The second part concerns techniques for numerical solutions and unconstrained optimization methods, and it presents commonly used algorithms for constrained nonlinear optimization problems. This g. |
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