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Wireless Radio - Lewis Coe - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

In 1873 Scottish physicist James Clerk Maxwell first advanced the idea that there might be electromagnetic waves that were similar to light waves, a startling concept to the scientists of his day. About 13 years later, German physicist Heinrich Hertz demonstrated in his laboratory that electromagnetic radiation did indeed exist. But it was not until after Hertz''s death that a young Italian named Guglielmo Marconi got the idea for a practical communications system based on Hertz''s work. Marconi was surprised and disappointed that the Italian government was not interested in his newly discovered wireless communications system, and thus he took his equipment to England. From that point on, the wireless became identified with Britain. From these beginnings, wireless radio became the basis of a revolution that has resulted in the satellite communications of today. This history first looks at Marconi''s invention and then explores its many applications, including marine radio, cellular telephones, police and military uses, television and radar. Radio collecting is also discussed, and brief biographies are provided for the major figures in the development and use of the wireless.

DKK 334.00

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Missed Signals on the Western Front - Mike Bullock - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

Though the medium of wireless communication was in relative infancy during World War I, the technology could have made a profound impact on tactical operations and on the entire strategic conduct of the war. Providing details on how and why the technology did not fulfill its promise as a great military tool until years later, the book points primarily to the British Army's institutional bias against wireless communication as the technology's downfall, reinforced by the crude, unreliable wireless sets with which the army began the war. It also demonstrates how improved wireless communications between infantry, command, artillery and air observation could have improved the flexibility, accuracy and effectiveness of the British military strategy in the German Spring Offensive, the Hundred Days Counteroffensive and the battles of the Somme, Passchendaele, and Cambrai.

DKK 429.00

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Tris Speaker and the 1920 Indians - Gary Webster - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

During the Cleveland Indians'' checkered 110-year history, only two of its teams have brought home baseball''s ultimate prize. While the 1948 team continues to be revered by Clevelanders, little has been written about the 1920 team that won the city''s first pennant and World Series. Few, if any, World Series championship teams faced as much adversity as did the 1920 Indians. Among the obstacles they faced were the death of their star pitcher''s wife in May; the shadow of the Chicago "Black Sox" scandal; and the tragic deadly beaning of shortstop Ray Chapman, the only fatal injury ever sustained by a major league player on the field of play. This chronicle of that extraordinary season highlights an overlooked chapter in the history of one of baseball''s most beloved underdogs.

DKK 262.00

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The Radio Boys and Girls - Mike Adams - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

Series fiction about wireless and radio was a popular genre of young adult literature at the turn of the 20th century and an early form of social media. Before television and the Internet, books about plucky youths braving danger and adventure with the help of wireless communication brought young people together. They gathered in basements to build crystal sets. They built transmitters and talked to each other across neighborhoods, cities and states. By 1920, there was music on the air and boys and girls tuned in on homemade radios, often inspired by their favorite stories. This book analyzes more than 50 volumes of wireless and radio themed fiction, offering a unique perspective on the world presented to young readers of the day. The values, attitudes, culture and technology of a century ago are discussed, many of them still debated today, including immigration, gun violence and guns on campus, race, bullying and economic inequality.

DKK 429.00

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Text & Presentation, 2018 - - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

The 15th in a series drawn from scholarship presented at the annual Comparative Drama Conference at Rollins College in Winter Park, Florida, this collection provides insights into texts and practices currently at the forefront of theatrical discussion. The volume includes various essays on the intersections of script and performance, and features an exclusive interview with keynote speaker, playwright Simon Stephens.

DKK 665.00

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Worth Noting - Sanford Berman - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

The topics of these 34 selections range from "Herrenvolk" terminology, fiction access, and subject headings for consumer health information to South African censorship, Idi Amin''s repressions, and the Creationists'' "hidden agenda." Also includes material on cataloging teenage literature, racism in children''s books and an ALA-produced film ( The Speaker ), and reportage on the "intellectual freedom" scene in Greece, West Germany, and Soviet Union. Reprinted from sources such as Interracial Books for Children Bulletin, Top of the News, Newsletter on Intellectual Freedom, Technicalities .

DKK 262.00

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Pete Hill - Bob Luke - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

Among early 20th century baseball players, John Preston "Pete" Hill (1882-1951) was considered the equal of Babe Ruth, Ty Cobb and Tris Speaker--only skin color kept him out of the majors. A capable manager, Hill captained the Negro League''s Chicago-based American Giants, led two expansion teams and retired from the sport as manager of the Baltimore Black Sox. Drawing on contemporary newspaper accounts, this first ever biography of Hill recounts the career of a neglected Hall of Famer in the context of the turbulent issues that surrounded him--segregation, women''s suffrage, Prohibition and the Spanish flu.

DKK 382.00

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Born This Day - Robert A. Nowlan - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

This paperback reprint of the 2007 second edition (a few reviews above) lists 12 significant people born on each day of the year (including February 29), and includes a quotation from each person that allows a glimpse of their personality. For each date, a diverse dozen speakers were chosen, based on: prominence; quality of the quotation; uniqueness of the speaker (gender, time period, nationality, vocation); and conflicting social, political, religious or philosophical background. ("The quotations ... reflect and encompass the contradictions, complexities, wisdom, humor, pleasure, and prejudices of human life"-- American Reference Books Annual .) In addition to those quoted, each entry lists other significant individuals born on that day.

DKK 759.00

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Lullabies for Lieutenants - Franklin Cox - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

Capturing the chaotic nature of the U.S. Marine experience at war in Vietnam, this memoir recounts the experiences of a young officer in a series of unrelated short pieces. In a narrative as fragmented as the war itself, the only resolution is the same one reached by the Marines who fought--the conclusion of a tour of duty with no happy ending. Each chapter describes a specific event, a story of emotion, or a remarkable person (some are heroes, some are cowards). The reader lives the experience alongside the author, gaining a true sense of the pulse-pounding contact, surrealism, pathos, humor, and beauty that defined one of the low points of the American experience.

DKK 240.00

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The Cellphone - Guy Klemens - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

Presenting the history of the cellular phone from its beginnings in the 1940s to the present, this book explains the fundamental concepts involved in wireless communication along with the ramifications of cellular technology on the economy, U.S. and international law, human health, and society. The first two chapters deal with bandwidth and radio. Subsequent chapters look at precursors to the contemporary cellphone, including the surprisingly popular car phone of the 1970s, the analog cellphones of the 1980s and early 1990s, and the basic digital phones which preceded the feature-laden, multipurpose devices of today.

DKK 334.00

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Film Quotations - Robert A. Nowlan - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

Certain lines define a movie. Marlene Dietrich in Morocco: ""Anyone who has faith in me is a sucker."" Too, there are lines that fit actor and character. Mae West in I'm No Angel: ""I'm very quick in a slow way."" Jane Fonda in California Suite: ""Fit? You think I look fit? What an awful shit you are. I look gorgeous."" From the classics to the grade-B slasher movies, over 11,000 quotes are arranged by over 900 subjects, like accidents, double entendres, eyes (and other body parts!), ice cream, luggage, parasites, and ugliness. Each quote gives the movie title, production company, year of release, speaker of the line, and, when appropriate, a comment putting the quote in context.

DKK 791.00

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Peyton Randolph and Revolutionary Virginia - Robert M. Randolph - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

In 1763, King George III''s government adopted a secret policy to reduce the American colonies to "due subordinance" and exploit them. This brought on the American Revolution. In Virginia, there was virtually unanimous agreement that Britain''s actions violated Virginia''s constitutional rights. Yet Virginians were deeply divided as to a remedy. Peyton Randolph, Speaker of the House of Burgesses 1766-1775 (and chairman of the First and Second Continental Congresses), worked to unify the colony, keeping the conservatives from moving too slowly and the radicals from moving too swiftly. Virginia was thus the only major colony to enter the Revolution united. Randolph was a masterful politician who produced majorities for critical votes leading to revolution.

DKK 334.00

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Beowulf on Film - Nickolas Haydock - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

Why did the most read work in English literature go without cinematic adaptation for so long? And why did five major film treatments appear between 1999 and 2008? This book explores the growing number of films based on the Old English epic poem Beowulf , and furthers the ongoing consideration of filmic medievalism. Will the powerful influence of cinema affect the future reception of this great cultural, linguistic and inherently visual work? The films inevitably sway away from not only the story but also from the themes and concerns of the original to those more interesting to the filmmakers--or responsive to the zeitgeist. They measure the pulse of our inherited notions of heroism and teach us more about our own times than about the epic from which they derive.

DKK 334.00

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Isabel Allende - Mary Ellen Snodgrass - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

Isabel Allende--"la Famosa" to her fellow Chileans--is the world''s most widely read Spanish language author. Her career coincides with the emergence of multiculturalism and global feminism, and her powerfully honest, revelatory works touch the pulse points of humankind. Her bravura study of the interwoven roles of women in family history opens the minds of outsiders to the sufferings of women and their children during years of social and political nightmare. This reference work provides an introduction to Allende''s life as well as a guided overview of her body of work. Designed for the fan and scholar alike, this text features an alphabetized, fully-annotated listing of major terms in the Allende canon, including fictional characters, motifs, historical events and themes. A comprehensive index is included.

DKK 523.00

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Sara Paretsky - Margaret Kinsman - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

Sara Paretsky''s groundbreaking mystery series about Chicago private investigator V.I. Warshawski debuted in 1982 and is still going strong. She is a co-founder of Sisters in Crime (worldwide organization supporting women writers), a sought-after public speaker and the 2015 president of the Mystery Writers of America. This book is the first comprehensive reference work on Paretsky, providing an overview of the Warshawski novels and short stories, her other novels, a volume of collected essays, her anthologies and journalism. Special attention is paid to the character of Warshawski--the tough, street-smart detective who challenges stereotypical representations of women in crime fiction--and to the significance of the Chicago setting. A guide to the scholarly and critical debates is included, along with discussion of media adaptations and references to key websites.

DKK 523.00

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"An Arch Rebel Like Myself" - Gene C. Armistead - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

Dan Showalter was Speaker Pro Tem of the California State Assembly at the outbreak of the Civil War and the exemplar of treason in the Far West among the pro-Union press. He gained notoriety as the survivor of California''s last political (and actual, fatal) duel, for his role in the display of a Confederate flag in Sacramento, and for his imprisonment after an armed confrontation with Union troops. Escaping to Texas, he distinguished himself in the Confederate service in naval battles and in pursuit of Comanche raiders. As commander of the 4th Arizona Cavalry, he helped recapture the Rio Grande Valley from the Union and defended Brownsville against a combined Union and Mexican force. Refusing to surrender at war''s end, he fled to Mexico, where he died of a wound sustained in a drunken bar fight at age 35.

DKK 259.00

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Terror and the Cinematic Sublime - - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

This collection considers film in the aftermath of September 11, 2001. Eleven essayists address Hollywood movies, indie film, and post-cinematic media, including theatrical films by directors such as Steven Spielberg, Darren Aronofsky, Quentin Tarantino and Spike Lee, and post-cinematic works by Wafaa Bilal, Douglas Gordon and Peter Tscherkassky, among others. All of the essays are written with an eye to what may be the central concept of our time, the sublime. The sublime--that which can be thought but not represented (the "unpresentable")--provides a ready tool for analyses of trauma, horror, catastrophe and apocalypse, the military-industrial complex, the end of humanism and the limits of freedom. Such essays take the pulse of our cultural moment, while also providing the reader with a sense of the nature of the sublime in critical work, and how it continues to evolve conceptually in the 21st century.

DKK 334.00

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Henry Box Brown - Kathleen Chater - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

Henry Box Brown is well known in America for escaping slavery by being packed in a box and mailed from Virginia to Philadelphia. The passing of the Fugitive Slave Act in 1850 made it unsafe for Brown to remain in America. He relocated to England where he had a very successful career, initially as a speaker on abolitionism before he began speaking on other subjects and then branched out into other forms of entertainment, including magic. He married Jane Floyd, who, with their children, appeared in his acts. This book concentrates on the relatively unknown period of his life in Britain, detailing both how he was received and how he developed as a performer. It is the biography of a brave, intelligent individualist who was always willing to learn and to take chances, becoming the first black man to achieve landmarks in British law and entertainment.

DKK 429.00

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The Politics and Plays of Bernard Shaw - Judith Evans - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

Do politics and the playhouse go together? For Bernard Shaw they most certainly did. As a playwright with a message he saw the theatre as the ideal medium for conveying his view of life, which was essentially socialistic. The theatre was to Shaw a latter-day temple of the arts within a community. But Shaw was, of course, multi-voiced, not only through the characters he created but also in his own persona as public speaker, essayist, tract writer and author of works on political economy. Much of the thinking that is expressed in his non-dramatic works is contained also in his plays. This work offers a readily accessible means of looking at the nature and the progression of Shaw''s thinking. All the plays included in the major canon are reviewed and, except for brief plays and playlets (which are grouped), they are presented in sequential order.

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Red Sox Roll Call - William F. Mcneil - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

Since the Boston Red Sox came into existence in 1901, some of the greatest players ever to step onto a baseball diamond have filled its rosters. Starting with Cy Young, the parade of legendary players included Tris Speaker, Babe Ruth, Jimmie Foxx, Ted Williams, Carl Yastrzemski, Carlton Fisk, Roger Clemens, Pedro Martinez, Manny Ramirez, and David Ortiz, among others. This work profiles 200 of the most memorable players to have donned Boston''s red, white and blue. Some, like Williams, enjoyed long, illustrious careers with the Red Sox. Others, like Smokey Joe Wood, shone brightly for only a brief period. Also included are journeymen who became legends as a result of one glorious World Series game, like Bernie Carbo, or players with just one memorable post-season appearance, like Dave Roberts. Together, these legends, idols, and heroes made Red Sox history and forever changed American baseball.

DKK 429.00

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Happy Felsch - Thomas Rathkamp - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

Schooled on the sandlots of Milwaukee, Chicago Black Sox center fielder Oscar "Happy" Felsch (1891-1964) was a rising star who then blew a promising career for a few bucks by participating in the throwing of the 1919 World Series. On the field, Felsch was hitting his peak in 1920, the year the scandal hit the newspapers. His speed, run-producing power and defensive prowess--all attributes that might have garnered consideration by the Hall of Fame--earned comparisons to the great Tris Speaker. Instead, he ended up playing the fallen hero for remote baseball enclaves in Montana and Canada. Did he really play to lose the series or just say that he did out of fear of reprisal by crooked gamblers? Felsch talked about the scandal more than any of the other eight banned players. This book analyzes his three interviews, revealing his ultimate gullibility and greed and rampant contradictions.

DKK 334.00

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The Writer and the Cross - Darren J.n. Middleton - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

Spiritually engaged readers commonly look toward fiction to better understand the depth of a faithful life, and Christians are no exception. Many followers of Jesus value beautifully written, deftly characterized and pulse-quickening literary art that seems more satisfying than dry, tedious doctrinal textbooks. This book surveys 12 pieces of historical fiction that feature notable Christian thinkers. They include an illustrated children''s book about St. Irenaeus of Lyons, a novel about Martin Luther''s Reformation, a screenplay focusing on Dietrich Bonhoeffer and even a story about Pope Francis narrated in popular manga style. Rather than arcane literary analyses, this book provides thoughtful and sometimes painful interviews with the authors of the covered works. Most interviewees are little known or emerging writers. Some have published their work with a church or denominational press, others with a major publishing empire or popular print-on-demand platforms. Storytellers reflect on their literary choices and the contexts of their writing, sharing what modern Christians can learn from historical religious fiction.

DKK 523.00

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Public Speaking Handbook for Librarians and Information Professionals - Sarah R. Statz - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

Now more than ever, librarians need good communication skills. They are no longer unseen collectors, classifiers, and cultural guardians. Information professionals are doing more public speaking at conferences, in meetings, classes, book talks and countless other situations, but many of them dislike, even fear, the thought of getting up in front of a group of people and giving a presentation. Librarians and other information professionals can find in this work help in overcoming their hesitation. Part one offers basic principles for better speech preparation and delivery, discussing such topics as the importance of good listening skills to being a good speaker, doing the necessary research beforehand, applying organizational skills to a presentation, engaging an audience, practicing a presentation before actually giving it, and putting oneself at ease, among others. Part Two discusses the specific situations in which librarians often have to communicate, including interviews, interpersonal communication, library instruction, meetings and presentations to large groups.

DKK 523.00

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A Revolutionary Woman - Donna Tesiero - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

At the end of the American Revolution, Elizabeth Freeman was an enslaved widow and mother living in Massachusetts. Hearing the words of the new Massachusetts state constitution which declared liberty and equality for all, she sought the help of a young lawyer named Theodore Sedgwick, later Speaker of the House and one of America''s leading Federalist politicians. The lawsuit that she and Sedgwick pursued would bring freedom to her and her daughter, as well as thousands of other enslaved people. After leaving her enslaver''s family to work for the family of Theodore Sedgwick, she effectively became the foster mother to his seven children when his wife Pamela became a chronic invalid, enabling Sedgwick to pursue his political career. Two of his sons would credit her with saving their lives. His daughter Catharine Maria Sedgwick, one of the most famous female novelists of the early decades of the nineteenth century, would make her the model for one of her most celebrated heroines. This biography details Elizabeth Freeman''s life and the far-reaching influence of her battle for freedom.

DKK 325.00

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Invisibility in African American and Asian American Literature - Klara Szmanko - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

The book is a comparative study of the invisibility trope in African American and Asian American literature. It distinguishes between various kinds of invisibility and offers a genealogy of the term while providing a theoretical dissection of the invisibility trope itself. Investigating the various ways of striving for visibility, the author places special emphasis on the need for cooperation among various racial groups. While the book explores invisibility in a variety of African American and Asian American literary texts, the main focus is on four novels: Ralph Ellison''s Invisible Man , Sam Greenlee''s The Spook Who Sat by the Door , Maxine Hong Kingston''s Tripmaster Monkey and Chang-rae Lee''s Native Speaker . The book not only sheds light on the oppressed but also exposes the structures of oppression and the apparatus of power, which often renders itself invisible. Throughout the study the author emphasizes that power is multi-directional, never flowing only in one direction. The book brings to light mechanisms of oppression within the dominant society as well as within and between marginalized racial groups.

DKK 429.00

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Wireless Radio - Lewis Coe - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

Missed Signals on the Western Front - Mike Bullock - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

Tris Speaker and the 1920 Indians - Gary Webster - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

The Radio Boys and Girls - Mike Adams - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

Text & Presentation, 2018 - - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

Worth Noting - Sanford Berman - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

Pete Hill - Bob Luke - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

Born This Day - Robert A. Nowlan - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

Lullabies for Lieutenants - Franklin Cox - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

The Cellphone - Guy Klemens - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

Film Quotations - Robert A. Nowlan - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

Peyton Randolph and Revolutionary Virginia - Robert M. Randolph - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

Beowulf on Film - Nickolas Haydock - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

Isabel Allende - Mary Ellen Snodgrass - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

Sara Paretsky - Margaret Kinsman - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

"An Arch Rebel Like Myself" - Gene C. Armistead - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

Terror and the Cinematic Sublime - - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

Henry Box Brown - Kathleen Chater - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

The Politics and Plays of Bernard Shaw - Judith Evans - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

Red Sox Roll Call - William F. Mcneil - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

Happy Felsch - Thomas Rathkamp - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

The Writer and the Cross - Darren J.n. Middleton - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

Public Speaking Handbook for Librarians and Information Professionals - Sarah R. Statz - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

A Revolutionary Woman - Donna Tesiero - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

Invisibility in African American and Asian American Literature - Klara Szmanko - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

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