Almost Invisible


Book Description

From Pulitzer Prize–winner Mark Strand comes an exquisitely witty and poignant series of prose poems. Sometimes appearing as pure prose, sometimes as impure poetry, but always with Strand’s clarity and simplicity of style, they are like riddles, their answers vanishing just as they appear within reach. Fable, domestic satire, meditation, joke, and fantasy all come together in what is arguably the liveliest, most entertaining book that Strand has yet written.




Visible Writings


Book Description

Exploring the concept and history of visual and graphic epistemologies, this engrossing collection of essays by artists, curators, and scholars provides keen insights into the many forms of connection between visibility and legibility. With more than 130 color and black-and-white photographs, Visible Writings sheds new light on the visual dimensions of writing as well as writing's interaction with images in ways that affect our experiences of reading and seeing. Multicultural in character and historical in range, essays discuss pre-Colombian Mesoamerican scripts, inscriptions on ancient Greek vases, medieval illuminations, Renaissance prints, Enlightenment concepts of the legible, and the Western "reading" of Chinese ideograms. A rich array of modern forms, including comics, poster art, typographic signs, scribblings in writers' manuscripts, anthropomorphic statistical pictograms, the street writings of 9/11, intersections between poetry and painting, the use of color in literary texts, and the use of writing in visual art are also addressed. Visible Writings reaches outside the traditional venues of literature and art history into topics that consider design, history of writing, philosophy of language, and the emerging area of visual studies. Marija Dalbello, Mary Shaw, and the other contributors offer both scholars and those with a more casual interest in literature and art the opportunity, simply stated, to see the writing on the wall.




Electrical Notes


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=3 No's of Volume,Total 725 Pages (more than 138 Topics) in PDF format with watermark on each Page. =soft copy in PDF will be delivered. Part-1 :Electrical Quick Data Reference: Part-2 :Electrical Calculation Part-3 :Electrical Notes: Part-1 :Electrical Quick Data Reference: 1 Measuring Units 7 2 Electrical Equation 8 3 Electrical Thumb Rules 10 4 Electrical Cable & Overhead Line Bare Conductor Current Rating 12 Electrical Quick Reference 5 Electrical Quick Reference for Electrical Costing per square Meter 21 6 Electrical Quick Reference for MCB / RCCB 25 7 Electrical Quick Reference for Electrical System 31 8 Electrical Quick Reference for D.G set 40 9 Electrical Quick Reference for HVAC 46 10 Electrical Quick Reference for Ventilation / Ceiling Fan 51 11 Electrical Quick Reference for Earthing Conductor / Wire / Strip 58 12 Electrical Quick Reference for Transformer 67 13 Electrical Quick Reference for Current Transformer 73 14 Electrical Quick Reference for Capacitor 75 15 Electrical Quick Reference for Cable Gland 78 16 Electrical Quick Reference for Demand Factor-Diversity Factor 80 17 Electrical Quick Reference for Lighting Density (W/m2) 87 18 Electrical Quick Reference for illuminance Lux Level 95 19 Electrical Quick Reference for Road Lighting 126 20 Electrical Quick Reference for Various illuminations Parameters 135 21 Electrical Quick Reference for IP Standard 152 22 Electrical Quick Reference for Motor 153 23 Electrical Quick Reference O/L Relay , Contactor for Starter 155 24 Electrical Quick Reference for Motor Terminal Connections 166 25 Electrical Quick Reference for Insulation Resistance (IR) Values 168 26 Electrical Quick Reference for Relay Code 179 27 Standard Makes & IS code for Electrical Equipment’s 186 28 Quick Reference for Fire Fighting 190 29 Electrical Quick Reference Electrical Lamp and Holder 201 Electrical Safety Clearance 30 Electrical Safety Clearances-Qatar General Electricity 210 31 Electrical Safety Clearances-Indian Electricity Rules 212 32 Electrical Safety Clearances-Northern Ireland Electricity (NIE) 216 33 Electrical Safety Clearances-ETSA Utilities / British Standard 219 34 Electrical Safety Clearances-UK Power Networks 220 35 Electrical Safety Clearances-New Zealand Electrical Code (NZECP) 221 36 Electrical Safety Clearances-Western Power Company 223 37 Electrical Safety Clearance for Electrical Panel 224 38 Electrical Safety Clearance for Transformer. 226 39 Electrical Safety Clearance for Sub Station Equipment’s 228 40 Typical Values of Sub Station Electrical Equipment’s. 233 41 Minimum Acceptable Specification of CT for Metering 237 Abstract of Electrical Standard 42 Abstract of CPWD In Internal Electrification Work 239 43 Abstract of IE Rules for DP Structure 244 44 Abstract of IS: 3043 Code for Earthing Practice 246 45 Abstract of IS:5039 for Distribution Pillars (<1KV AC & DC) 248 46 Abstract IS: 694 / IS:1554 / IS: 11892 for Cable 249 47 Abstract IS:15652 for Insulating Mat / IS: 11171 for Transformer 251 48 Abstract IS: 1678 / IS:1445 252 49 Abstract IS: 1255 for Cable Rote &Laying Method of Cable 253 50 Abstract IS: 5613 for HV Line 255 51 Abstract of Indian Electricity Rules (IE Rules) 260 Part-2 :Electrical Calculation: 1 Calculate Number of Earthing Pits for System 264 2 Calculate Size of Cable for Motor as per National Electrical Code 270 3 Calculate Transformer Protection as per National Electrical Code 272 4 Calculate over current Protection of Transformer (NEC 450.3) 274 5 Calculate Size of Contactor, Fuse, C.B, O/L Relay of DOL Starter 279 6 Calculate Size of Contactor, Fuse, C.B, O/L Relay of Star-Delta Starter 281 7 Calculate Transformer Size & Voltage Drop due to starting of Single Large Motor 284 8 Calculate TC Size & Voltage Drop due to starting of multiple no of Motors 285 9 Calculate Voltage Regulation for 11KV, 22KV, 33KV Overhead Line ( REC) 286 10 Calculation Technical Losses of Distribution Line 289 11 Calculate Cable Size and Voltage Drop of HT / LV Cable 291 12 Calculate IDMT over Current Relay Setting (50/51) 294 13 Calculate Size of Capacitor Bank / Annual Saving & Payback Period 296 14 Calculate No of Street Light Pole 299 15 Calculate No of Lighting Fixtures / Lumens for Indoor Lighting 301 16 Calculate Street Light Pole Distance &Watt Area 302 17 Calculate Short Circuit Current (Isc) 303 18 Calculate Size of Bus bar for Panel 307 19 Calculate Size of Cable Tray 312 20 Calculate Size of Diesel Generator Set 314 21 Calculate Size of Main ELCB & Branch MCB of Distribution Box 317 22 Calculate Size of Solar Panels 322 23 Calculate Size of Inverter & Battery Bank 324 24 Calculate Cable Trunking Size 328 25 Calculate Size of Conduit for Cables / Wires 329 26 Calculate Cable Voltage Drop for Street Light Pole 330 27 Calculate Lighting Protection for Building / Structure 333 28 Calculation Size of Pole Foundation & Wind Pressure on Pole 336 29 Calculation of Flood Light, Facade Light,Street Light and Signage Light 338 30 Calculate Size of Neutral Earthing Transformer (NET) 345 31 Calculate Transformer Regulation & Losses (As per Name Plate) 347 32 Calculation of Crippling (Ultimate Transverse) Load on Electrical Pole 349 33 Calculate Size of Circuit Breaker Fuse for Transformer (As per NEC) 351 34 Calculate Size of Ventilation Fan 353 35 Calculate Motor-Pump Size 354 36 Calculate Lighting Fixture’s Beam Angle and Lumen 356 Part-3 : Electrical Notes: Motor & Starter 1 Direct On Line Starter 359 2 Star-Delta Starter 364 3 Motor Number Plate Terminology 370 Transformer 4 Three Phase Transformer Connection 372 5 Vector Group of Transformer 388 6 Difference between Power Transformer & Distribution Transformer 401 7 Parallel Operation of Transformers 402 8 Various Routine Test of Transformer 409 9 Standard Transformer Accessories & Fittings 423 10 Basic of Current transformers 437 Lighting Luminars 11 Selection of Lighting Luminaries 453 12 Different Type of Lamps and Control Gear 467 13 What should you know before buying LED Bulbs 481 14 Type of Lighting Bulb Base & Socket 490 15 Type of Lighting Bulb Shape & Size 497 16 What is Fixture’s Beam Angle & Beam Diameter 521 17 Difference between High Bay and Low Bay Flood Light 526 18 Various Factor for illumination Calculation 532 19 How to design efficient Street Light 539 Cables 20 Cable Construction & Cable Selection 566 21 Difference between Unearthed & Earthed Cables 575 22 Low Voltage and High Voltage Cable Testing 577 23 EHV/HV Cable Sheath Earthing 580 24 HIPOT Testing 588 25 Type of Cable Tray 591 26 Type of Cable Glands 595 27 Cable Tray Size as per National Electrical Code-2002, Article 392 599 Earthings 28 What is Earthing 601 29 Difference between Bonding, Grounding and Earthing 606 MCB / MCCB / Fuse / Relay 30 Working Principle of ELCB / RCCB 609 31 Difference between MCB-MCCB-ELCB-RCBO-RCCB 613 32 What is Correct Method of MCB Connections 616 33 Type of MCB & Distribution Board 620 34 Type and Specification of Fuse 624 35 How to Select MCB / MCCB 637 36 Tripping Mechanism of MCCB 645 37 Setting of over Load, Short circuit & Ground Fault Protection of MCCB 650 38 Types and Revolution of Electrical Relay 656 Electrical Questions & Answers 39 Electrical Questions & Answers 674 Power Distributions & Transmissions 40 Type of Electrical Power Distribution System 697 41 Impact of Floating Neutral in Power Distribution 703 42 Total Losses in Power Distribution & Transmission Lines 708 43 Single Earthed Neutral and Multi Earthed Neutral 714 44 Types of Neutral Earthing in Power Distribution 717 45 Effects of unbalanced Electrical Load 726 46 Vibration Damper in Transmission Line 732 47 What is Ferranti Effect 735 48 What is Corona Effect 737 49 Harmonics and its Effects 745 50 What is Demand Factor-Diversity Factor-Utilization Factor-Load Factor 755 51 Guideline of Design Electrical Network for Building / Small Area. 764 52 Type-Size- Location of Capacitor in Electrical System 766 53 Types of Overhead Conductors 775 54 What is Power Factor 783 55 11KV/415V over Head Line’s Specification as per REC 790 56 Analysis the Truth behind Household Power Savers 803 57 How Reactive Power helpful to maintain a System Healthy 806 58 Effects of High Voltage Transmission Lines on Humans and Plants 813 59 How to save Electrical energy at Home 819 Others 60 Type of Lighting Arrestor 822 61 Selection of Surge Protective Device (SPD) 831 62 Selection of Various Types of Inverter 842 63 Selection of Various Types of UPS 852 64 Method of Earth Resistance Testing 860




Gothic Music


Book Description

Gothic Music - The Sounds of the Uncanny traces sonic Gothic through history and genres from the eighteenth-century ghost story through the spooky soundtracks of cinema, television and video games to the dark music of the Goth subculture.







The Negative Ones


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Henderson was a brilliant nuclear physicist until the night he staggered home a pathetic wreck of his former self, raving wildly about flying saucers and a strange being named Ravan. No scientific nation could afford to lose a genius of Henderson's capacity and Parnell Scott, an experimental psychiatrist, was given the job of restoring Henderson's sanity. Scott gradually infiltrated Henderson's apparent fantasy and found himself involved in research that produced frightening results. According to ancient legends there had once lived a strange, tyrannical ruler named Ravan, who had possessed a vimana or 'flying car'. Bur Henderson knew nothing of the legends! Parnell Scott worked desperately against time, sinister foreign agents intent on keeping Henderson insane, and something as old as human history yet as new as tomorrow and more dangerous than nuclear energy.




The Chocolate War


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One of the most controversial YA novels of all time, The Chocolate War is a modern masterpiece that speaks to fans of S. E. Hinton’s The Outsiders and John Knowles’s A Separate Peace. After suffering rejection from seven major publishers, The Chocolate War made its debut in 1974, and quickly became a bestselling—and provocative—classic for young adults. This chilling portrait of an all-boys prep school casts an unflinching eye on the pitfalls of conformity and corruption in our most elite cultural institutions. “Masterfully structured and rich in theme; the action is well crafted, well timed, suspenseful.”—The New York Times Book Review “The characterizations of all the boys are superb.”—School Library Journal, starred review “Compellingly immediate. . . . Readers will respect the uncompromising ending.”—Kirkus Reviews, starred review An ALA Best Book for Young Adults A School Library Journal Best Book of the Year A Kirkus Reviews Editor’s Choice A New York Times Outstanding Book of the Year




WineSpeak


Book Description

If you read wine reviews, you're already either amused or confused by the soaring language wine writers often use to describe what they're smelling and tasting. But do you always know what they mean? Have you ever sipped a complex white and sensed what's so colorfully described as a peacock's tail? Have you ever savored a full-bodied red only to detect the ripe acrid smell of a horse stall? If not, you're in for a treat, because these terms and thousands more are all here to amuse, dismay, enlighten, inspire, puzzle, and utterly shock you . Welcome to the rich linguistic universe of wine speak: a world where words and wine intersect in an uncontrolled riot of language guaranteed to keep you entertained for hours. The author, a lifelong lover of both wine and words, has compiled and organized this unique thesaurus of 36,975 wine tasting descriptors into 20 special collections extracted from 27 categories so you can locate exactly the right term or phrase to express yourself clearly or to understand others. May your path across the galaxy of wine be paved only with labels from the very best bottles on earth. Or, much more cautiously, with wines that could introduce you to angel pee, citronella, eastern European fruit soup, Godzilla, iodine, ladies' underwear, mustard gas, old running shoes, rawhide, hot tar roads, bubblegum, sweaty saddles, crushed ants, kitchen drains, or even turpentine.




Arrogant Empress, Come to My Arms


Book Description

In Ye Jinxiu's previous life, she needed money but no money. If she wanted a man, she didn't have a man. Even after she died, no one would wrap her up. She thought that she could finally live a carefree and happy life, but she discovered that the seemingly glorious and talented daughter of the Capital actually didn't care about her mother at all? Ye Jinsu? But there were still benefits. At the very least, he needed money. Men had to have men. "It's still him begging for money and sticking to his own man." "Would you like to marry me?" "No." "What about the job?"




........Of Tortured Faustian Slumbers


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Following the disintegration of his marriage, Seth Caine, a once famous and infamous author, immerses himself in alcohol and aff airs to mask his pain. His wife Lily is a psychiatrist at an institute for the criminally insane. One of her patients is a sadistic killer who seems to know too much about Lily and Seth. Seth has recently been having disturbing and frightening nightmares of his own death and destruction. Gradually his dreams have been becoming increasingly vivid and terrifying. Following a night out with a friend, Seth has an intense sexual encounter with a beautiful stranger. This takes him further down a spiral of torment and insanity, which leads him to question his entire existence. Vicious demons and beautiful succubi may have the answer to his successful return to the limelight. Seth could revel in the glow of notoriety again. He could even win his wife back, but there are sinister forces at work, and their motives for such generosity are shown when the Prince of Darkness himself pays Seth a visit. Seth is expected to fulfill his side of a Faustian pact, and the price to pay would be an act in itself, which could condemn mankind to burn. Follow Seth Caine now on his journey into madness and despair . . .