In "The Colored Inventor: A Record of Fifty Years," Henry E. Baker meticulously chronicles the impactful contributions of African American inventors over five decades. This work stands as a significant literary endeavor, characterized by its detailed historical accounts and critical analysis of the socio-economic barriers faced by inventors of color in a racially stratified society. Baker employs a narrative style that blends biography and technical discourse, capturing the essence of each...

**A riveting retelling of diplomatic history with praise from Bill Clinton, Hillary Clinton, Bertie Ahern (Ireland), Tony Blair (UK), Ehud Olmert (Israel), and more.“A magisterial tome on the international negotiations that shaped modern American history.... Grand in scope and grounded in decades of experience,** The Art of Diplomacy is a compelling work of political history aimed at the diplomatic negotiators of tomorrow.” -Fo...

This book provides an exciting and informed overview of new, emerging, and radical approaches to the long ghost story tradition. Interrogating established canons and recurring modes of ghost story analysis, New Directions explores where academic criticism of the genre stands today, and where it might be heading next. The first substantial project of its kind in the field, this two-volume set consists of thirty-three essays presented across two volumes, and presents fresh explorati...

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the Sescond Southwest Data Science Conference, SDSC 2023, held in Waco, TX, USa, during March 24-25, 2023.The 16 full and 1 short paper included in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 72 submissions. They were oragnized in topical sections named: Business social and foundation data science; and applied data science, artifiicial intelligence and data engineering.

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the First Southwest Data Science Conference, on The Recent Advances in Transdisciplinary Data Science, SDSC 2022, held in Waco, TX, USA, during March 25–26, 2022.The 14 full papers and 2 short papers included in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 72 submissions. They were organized in topical sections as follows: Business and social data science; Health and biological data science; Applied data science, artificial i...

Over 40 years ago the historic Kerner Commission Report declared that America was undergoing an urban crisis whose effects were disproportionately felt by underclass populations. In America's Urban Crisis and the Advent of Color-blind Politics, Curtis Ivery and Joshua Bassett explore the persistence of this crisis today, despite public beliefs that America has become a "post-racial" nation after the election of Barack Obama to the presidency.Ivery and Bassett combine their...

This is the first authoritative reference work to map the multifaceted and vibrant site of citizen media research and practice, incorporating insights from across a wide range of scholarly areas.Citizen media is a fast-evolving terrain that cuts across a variety of disciplines. It explores the physical artefacts, digital content, performative interventions, practices and discursive expressions of affective sociality that ordinary citizens produce as they participate in public life ...

In Other Words has been the definitive coursebook for students studying translation for more than three decades. Assuming no knowledge of languages other than English, it offers a practical guide based on extensive research in areas as varied as lexis, grammar, pragmatics, semiotics and ethics. It thus provides a solid basis for training a new generation of well-informed, critical students of translation.The fourth edition builds further on linguistic theory and the litera...

Unabridged readings of four spine-tingling storiesThis suspenseful anthology collects together four gripping tales of gruesome scientific experiments and chilling supernatural events - all read in full by some of the very best voice actors. With over 18 hours of electrifying listening, tracked by chapter, these classic tales will have you on the edge of your seat.FrankensteinMary Shelley's Gothic masterpiece about young scie...

A detailed reference guide to men’s clothing, fabrics, and styles.

A Dictionary of Men’s Wear by William Henry Baker is not merely a reference book—it is a doorway into the language, tradition, and quiet authority of masculine style. This audiobook transforms what might appear to be a technical glossary into a compelling journey through the evolution of men’s clothing, where every term carries history, craftsmanship, and cultural meaning. Listening to it feels like being guided by a seasoned gentleman who understands not ...

In 1818 the Royal Forest of Exmoor was sold by the Crown to the Worcestershire ironfounder John Knight. Through the nineteenth century the Knight family embarked on the largest upland reclamation scheme in southern England, on the biggest remaining area of uninhabited land. Their efforts were enormously costly, and only a partial success. The story of thwarted agricultural ‘improvement’ was told by C.S. Orwin’s ‘The Reclamation of Exmoor’, first published in 1929. With funding from The Lev...