Gathering Social Network Data provides an important complement to existing books that focus on social network analysis, and offers more detailed coverage than is available in existing chapter-length treatments. In a single centralized source, author jimi adams provides: (1) a broad overview of the unique set of general principles underlying network data collection, and (2) guidance on many particular details needed for the application of these principles to particular rese...

Interdisciplinarity has become a buzzword in academia, as research universities funnel their financial resources toward collaborations between faculty in different disciplines. In theory, interdisciplinary collaboration breaks down artificial divisions between different departments, allowing more innovative and sophisticated research to flourish. But does it actually work this way in practice?Investigating Interdisciplinary Collaboration puts the common beliefs ab...

In The Grail Guitar: The Search for Jimi Hendrix’s Purple Haze Telecaster, Chris Adams takes readers on a fascinating mystery tour to determine whether a Fender Telecaster bought secondhand in a London music store in 1973 was the one used by Jimi Hendrix to record “Purple Haze” in January 1967. The only clues are its left-handed tuners and the salesman’s chance remark that the guitar was brought into the shop by a Hendrix roadie. But these are enough to set the author off on this intriguin...

Mais de quarenta anos após a morte do maior guitarrista de todos os tempos, Jimi Hendrix continua encantando a todos com sua música e conquistando novos fãs. Sim, há inúmeras biografias do músico, m as esse livro traz pela primeira vez um relato único e revelador desse grande ícone do rock: uma biografia intimista narrada por seu irmão caçula – Leon Hend rix. Em uma vertiginosa viagem ao passado, o autor nos leva a conhecer uma faceta não explorada de Jimi Hendrix, seus dias antes da fama,...

A journey through Torres Strait Islander culture and identity, past and present"My people are expert navigators, adventurers, innovators, ambassadors, teachers, storytellers, performers, strategists, chefs and advocates for change. The blood runs deep when I reflect on the past and the present and imagine what our future might look like." —Leilani Bin-JudaWhat makes Zenadth Kes/Torres Strait unique? And what is it like to be a Torres Strait Islander in contemporary Australi...

Veljestään Jimi Hendrixistä kirjoittamassaan intiimissä elämäkerrassa Leon Hendrix luotaa ikonisen kitaristin taustaa ja persoonaa lähempää ja syvemmältä kuin kukaan aiemmin.Leon kertoo veljesten ankarasta lapsuudesta Seattlessa ja Jimin uran ja elämän värikkäistä vaiheista. Kitaraan Hendrix tarttui toden teolla 15-vuotiaana. Musiikki tarjosi pakotien vaikeasta perhe-elämästä.Hendrixin ura lähti rakettimaiseen nousuun, kun hän vieraili Lontoossa vuonna 1966. Hänen ympärille...