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Meta Morphing

Author : Vivian Carol Sobchack

Publisher : U of Minnesota Press

Page : 316 pages

File Size : 15,15 MB

Release : 2000

Category : Science

ISBN : 9780816633197

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Two thousand years ago, Ovid asked his readers to imagine metamorphoses in which men and women became flowers and beasts. Today, before our cinema-savvy eyes, people melt and re-form as altogether new creatures: they "morph." This volume explores what digital morphing means -- both as a cultural practice specific to our times and as a link to a much broader history of images of human transformation. Meta-Morphing ranges over topics that include turn-of-the-century "quick-change" artists, Mesoamerican shamanic transformation, and cosmetic surgery; recent works such as Terminator 2, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Heavenly Creatures, and Forrest Gump; and the transformations imagined by Kafka, Proust, and Burroughs. The contributors look not only at the technical wizardry behind digital morphing, but also at the history and cultural concerns it expresses.



Morphing Murphy

Author : Robert Favretto

Publisher :

Page : 0 pages

File Size : 29,39 MB

Release : 2020-02

Category : Juvenile Fiction

ISBN : 9781925804331

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Ages 5 to 9 years. Murphy likes his life just the way it is -- swimming in his weedy pond, slurping up algae and rotting water plants. But then things begin to change... and he's not the only one caught by surprise!



No Way to Pick A President

Author : Jules Witcover

Publisher : Routledge

Page : 320 pages

File Size : 11,26 MB

Release : 2014-04-23

Category : Political Science

ISBN : 1135312044

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As the United States marks its first presidential election of a new century, Witcover shows us how professional mercenaries -- with little party loyalty and diminished political principles, driven by an insatiable need for money -- are poisoning public life. At the same time, politicians themselves have condoned and even encouraged these developments, responding to the demands of a media-driven age in which the press corps pursues its own quest for celebrity and financial reward. Sharp, revealing, and rich with anecdotes, No Way to Pick a President offers a wealth of presidential history, from the role of the vice president's office to campaign funds, television and the electoral college.



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Page : 764 pages

File Size : 31,82 MB

Release : 2000

Category : American periodicals

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The Soul of an Octopus

Author : Sy Montgomery

Publisher : Simon and Schuster

Page : 272 pages

File Size : 17,32 MB

Release : 2016-07-12

Category : Nature

ISBN : 1501161148

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Finalist for the National Book Award for Nonfiction * New York Times Bestseller * A Huffington Post Notable Nonfiction Book of the Year * One of the Best Books of the Month on Goodreads * Library Journal Best Sci-Tech Book of the Year * An American Library Association Notable Book of the Year “Sy Montgomery’s The Soul of an Octopus does for the creature what Helen Macdonald’s H Is for Hawk did for raptors.” —New Statesman, UK “One of the best science books of the year.” —Science Friday, NPR Another New York Times bestseller from the author of The Good Good Pig, this “fascinating…touching…informative…entertaining” (The Daily Beast) book explores the emotional and physical world of the octopus—a surprisingly complex, intelligent, and spirited creature—and the remarkable connections it makes with humans. In pursuit of the wild, solitary, predatory octopus, popular naturalist Sy Montgomery has practiced true immersion journalism. From New England aquarium tanks to the reefs of French Polynesia and the Gulf of Mexico, she has befriended octopuses with strikingly different personalities—gentle Athena, assertive Octavia, curious Kali, and joyful Karma. Each creature shows her cleverness in myriad ways: escaping enclosures like an orangutan; jetting water to bounce balls; and endlessly tricking companions with multiple “sleights of hand” to get food. Scientists have only recently accepted the intelligence of dogs, birds, and chimpanzees but now are watching octopuses solve problems and are trying to decipher the meaning of the animal’s color-changing techniques. With her “joyful passion for these intelligent and fascinating creatures” (Library Journal Editors’ Spring Pick), Montgomery chronicles the growing appreciation of this mollusk as she tells a unique love story. By turns funny, entertaining, touching, and profound, The Soul of an Octopus reveals what octopuses can teach us about the meeting of two very different minds.



Towards Autonomous Robotic Systems

Author : Fumiya Iida

Publisher : Springer Nature

Page : 506 pages

File Size : 27,46 MB

Release : 2023-09-07

Category : Computers

ISBN : 3031433602

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This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 24th Annual Conference Towards Autonomous Robotic Systems, TAROS 2023, held in Cambridge, UK, during September 13–15, 2023. The 40 full papers presented in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 70 submissions. They cover a wide range of different topics such as: agri-food robotics; autonomy; collaborative and service robotics; locomotion and manipulation; machine vision; multi-robot systems; soft robotics; tactile sensing; and teleoperation.



First Species

Author : Tamara Rose Blodgett

Publisher : T. Rose Press LLC

Page : 289 pages

File Size : 28,30 MB

Release : 1901

Category : Fiction

ISBN : 1005350345

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From New York Times bestselling author Tamara Rose Blodgett comes the 4th installment in the Alpha Claim world featuring Dark Paranormal Romance + Dystopian Fantasy = a yummy standalone novel. ☞ Now at the top [of the description] as well: While FS is technically a standalone, reading the preceding ALPHA CLAIM WORLD novels is highly recommended. The Mutables debauched plan of capturing females with rare genetics to perpetuate their species is challenged when the First Species stakes a claim of protection. Paige I didn't tell anyone my secret. But in the end, it didn't help me recognize the Mutables when they came for me. The First Species who's been assigned my transition is arrogant and demanding. I'm independent and stubborn. When the prehistoric joins forces with Drest - will I be able to resist them both? Drest That bounty enforcer female tears my arm off, mistaking me for a Mutable - leaving my transition wide open for target from the Mutables. Jac the prehistoric, is a pain in my ass but affords Paige extra protection. Can I trust a prehistoric- or is he angling for inclusion with a female I don't plan on sharing? Jael and Casek barely escape the catacomb of the Mutable colony. Seiger sends the worst players of the Mutables to retrieve the female who can give him chimera offspring. Can they find sanctuary among Casek's kind - or will a surprise Mutable destroy their plan? Camille Becker is a special needs teacher who doesn't need a man in her life. When a renegade First Species is assigned her transition, she refuses him. Kiel scares her. For obvious reasons... and ones she won't admit. When a Mutable attack leaves Camille helpless - will she trust Kiel's "healing?" Or will Camille be led down a path she doesn't want to travel? FIRST SPECIES is app. 386 paperback pages/66,000 word standalone volume in the ALPHA CLAIM world serial. While FS is technically a standalone, reading the preceding ALPHA CLAIM WORLD novels is highly recommended. Search Terms: love and life, contemporary romance, new adult, romance, billionaire, Alpha male romance, Alpha Bad Boy, bad boy, hot doctores, hot romance, hot and steamy, famos actor, happily ever after, true love, billionaire romanc, billionaire romance, melody anne billionaire bachelors series, swe, steamy, hot alpha male, bad boy obsession, fantasy, paranormal shifter romance, romance paranormal werewolves and shifters, shifters romance, shifter mysteries, werewolf shifters romance, shifter reverse harem, free, free book, free ebook, free novel, bully dark romance fairy tale action romance novel, shifter audio shifter comedy shifter girl wolf and, rh free menage romance goddesses psychics, romantic and comedy romance shifter magic, over 40 paranormal alpha hero witch thriller, free dragon mate books romantic angst majic queen, Metaphysical Visionary suspenseful shapeshifter, paranormal womens books free



Murphy's Other Law

Author : Patrick M. Sheridan

Publisher : AuthorHouse

Page : 304 pages

File Size : 13,54 MB

Release : 2008-06-25

Category : Fiction

ISBN : 1467837024

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One of the most feared terrorists in the world, known as the Scorpion, presents a plan to the Grand Ayatollah of Iran for a terrorist attack against the United States. No terrorist ever captured has seen or spoken directly to the Scorpion. The plan will take many years to develop, but it is beyond anything the U.S. has prepared for or thought possible. The Ayatollah believes that the success of the attack will so cripple The Great Satan that he will be able to mobilize the worlds one billion Muslims into a world-wide Holy War against a weakened America. John Murphy, the director of the New York office of Homeland Security, while following up intelligence leads regarding the Scorpion, enlists the help of his life-long friend, Tim Shannon, a seasoned covert operative, to help track him down. Shannon follows the Scorpions trail from Istanbul through the Middle East and Europe as the Scorpion initiates his attack against the United States. Shannon and Murphy must find the Scorpion and stop the terrorist attack before it destroys the heart and soul of America. Their best lead comes in the form of a cryptic note from an unlikely source outside the intelligence community.



Duty Bound

Author : Layla Webb

Publisher : JMS Books LLC

Page : 304 pages

File Size : 17,82 MB

Release : 2021-07-24

Category : Fiction

ISBN : 1646568427

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At twenty-three Murphy White had his life all planned out. He knew what he wanted and how to get it. Then duty called and blew that life to hell. Fleeing from the fall-out, Murphy lands in Australia, doing whatever he can to forget the innocent lives lost and the guilty life he took. But no amount of partying can wipe away the horror. Sitting in a café one morning, he looks up ... into the eyes of evil, the eyes of a man he sentenced to death. Terrified, Murphy calls the police but, as soon as they arrive, the shooting starts and his life goes to hell all over again. Thirty-five-year-old Remus Mazarin comes from a family of nightmares. But he is determined to better than them all. His family have put hits out on innocent people. People whose only crime was to do their duty. Remus won’t stand for it. He will be the one to save the beautiful man he’s only ever seen from a distance, a man he was instantly drawn to. Hiding out in small town rural Australia, Murphy and Remus discover common ground and a growing love between them. But Remus’ family will not rest until Murphy is dead. When duty costs you everything you wanted, can fate repay you by giving you who you need?



Nora Murphy's Country House Style

Author : Nora Murphy

Publisher :

Page : 208 pages

File Size : 15,17 MB

Release : 2018-09-25

Category : Architecture

ISBN : 9780865653542

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Nora Murphy has turned her passion for country house style and its embodiment--her own home in Newtown, Connecticut--into a multimedia juggernaut. Her blog, website, e-magazine, strong presence on social media, and increasing visibility in print media and on TV have earned her a devoted following all over the country. Now she has distilled the essence of her knowledge about country house style and how to achieve it in this irresistible volume. The first part of the book lays out the universal elements of the style; the second reveals how she has incorporated these elements into her own home; and the third shows how the elements of this comfortable, comforting, easy aesthetic and approach to life can be applied in different ways and in different locations to striking, individual effect. Five homes, each of which expresses a unique take on the style, are featured. Part primer, part wish book, Nora Murphy's Country House Style is all inspiration.