This edited volume focuses on slow media, an approach that fosters intentional and thoughtful engagement with media of all forms. Contributors explore our individual and community relations with analog and digital media by critiquing current power structures underpinning contemporary media sensibilities, processes, and technologies. Through these critiques, the authors pose crucial questions surrounding how to slow down and be intentional within the landscape of accelerated media technolog...

This scholarly exploration of Hamilton encourages audiences to interpret this popular culture force in a new way by revealing that the musical confronts conventional perceptions of American history, racial equity, and political power. Contributors explore the ways in which the musical offers social commentary on issues such as immigration and gender equity, as well as how Hamilton re-considers the roles of theatre in making social statements, especially relating to the narrator, the curtai...

Lonely Planet's local travel experts reveal all you need to know to plan the trip of a lifetime to Indonesia.Discover popular and off the beaten track experiences from visiting the dozens of golden beaches along the coastline of Gunung Kidul to taking a diving tour of the Liberty shipwreck in Bali, and trekking through the rainforest in little-visited Gunung Palung National Park.Build a trip to remember

Lonely Planet E-Books sind besonders praktisch für unterwegs und sparen Gewicht im Reisegepäck!E-Book basiert auf: 2. Auflage 2025Besuche die zahlreichen goldenen Strände entlang der Küste von Gunung Kidul, unternimm eine Tauchtour zum Wrack der Liberty in Bali und wandere durch den Regenwald im wenig besuchten Gunung Palung Nationalpark. Mit dem Lonely Planet Indonesien entdeckst du die Highlights und versteckten Geheimtip...

Lonely Planet E-Books sind besonders praktisch für unterwegs und sparen Gewicht im Reisegepäck!E-Book basiert auf: 2. Auflage 2025Besuche die zahlreichen goldenen Strände entlang der Küste von Gunung Kidul, unternimm eine Tauchtour zum Wrack der Liberty in Bali und wandere durch den Regenwald im wenig besuchten Gunung Palung Nationalpark. Mit dem Lonely Planet Indonesien entdeckst du die Highlights und versteckten Geheimtip...

Discover the freedom of the open road with Lonely Planet's France's Best Road Trips. This trusted travel companion features 38 amazing drives, from 2-day escapes to 2-week adventures. See Britanny's stunning coastline, explore medieval Burgundy, and trawl through Provence's markets. Get to France, rent a car, and hit the road!Inside Lonely Planet's France's Best Road Trips**:**Itineraries for class...

A critical examination of how pleasure and pain are constructed, represented, and contested within American public culture.Mainstream news and social media often highlight presentations of pain that invite a voyeuristic, pleasurable experience, whether the result of war, disasters, crime, accidents, or other catastrophes. This collection of essays explores pleasurable pains and painful pleasures, showing how they pervade contemporary western public culture...

Discover the freedom of the open road with Lonely Planet's Europe's Best Road Trips. This trusted travel companion features 41 amazing drives, from 2-day escapes to 2-week adventures. Traverse the rugged Scottish Highlands, plunge into the medieval scenery of the Rhine and drive Italy's Grand Tour. Get to Europe, rent a car, and hit the road!Inside Lonely Planet's Europe's Best Road Trips**:**Itine...

Geothermal Energy: Engineering Fundamentals, Principles, and Applications is a much-needed book that offers a timely, practical, and comprehensive treatment of geothermal energy from the perspective of engineers and applied scientists. Bridging the gap between academic theory and real-world application, the book serves as a technology-transfer tool, providing essential technical information, design methodologies, and illustrative examples for students and professionals alike. Cove...

This Audiobook contains the following works: - The Island of Doctor Moreau [H.G. wells] - Tess of the d'Urbervilles [Thomas Hardy] - The Call of Cthulhu [H.P Lovecraft] - A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court [Mark twain] - The strange case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde [Robert Louis Stevenson] - Crime and Punishment [Fyodor Dostoyevsky] - Wuthering Heights [Emily Brontë] - A Christmas Carol [Charles Dickens] - The jungle book [Rudyard Kipling] - The Border Legion [Zane Grey]

In 'James B. Eads,' Louis How meticulously chronicles the life and contributions of one of America's most innovative engineers and entrepreneurs. The book intertwines rich biographical narratives with analytical discussions, exploring Eads' groundbreaking developments in bridge engineering and river navigation, particularly regarding the construction of the Eads Bridge in St. Louis. How's writing is both detailed and accessible, offering profound insights into the 19th-century American ind...

In "The Life and Work of George Louis Le Sage," John Playfair meticulously crafts a biography that intricately weaves the scientific achievements and personal philosophy of the lesser-known Swiss physicist and inventor, George Louis Le Sage. Playfair's literary style is characterized by its clarity and rigor, reflecting the Enlightenment ideals of reason and empirical evidence. The book not only illuminates Le Sage's pioneering theories, such as the concept of gravitation through the mediu...