Jeru's Journey: The Life and Music of Gerry Mulligan
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In a career that spanned more than 50 years, Gerry Mulligan was revered and recognized as a...
Medgar Evers: Mississippi Martyr
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Civil rights activist Medgar Wiley Evers was well aware of the dangers he would face when he...
Optimal Control of a Double Integrator: A Primer on Maximum Principle
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This book provides an introductory yet rigorous treatment of Pontryagin's Maximum Principle and its...
Cobra Pilote: The Ed Hugus Story
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The life story of James Edward (Ed) Hugus, a racing driver and car dealer, with special emphasis on...
Art and Technology in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries
Pierre Francastel, Yve-Alain Bois and Randall Cherry
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Although the work of Pierre Francastel (1900-1970) has long carried the label "sociology of art," it...
Portrait of a Family with a Fat Daughter
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It has been a long while in Italian fiction since such an authentic and engaging voice has...
The Making of Henry Moore on Film: A Cultural History
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Art historians have recognised the relationship between photography and sculpture as a fertile...
London Local Trains in the 1950s and 1960s
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The picture below of a Castle class locomotive, since preserved, illustrates Kevin McCormack's first...
Mythomania: Tales of Our Times, from Apple to Isis
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Despite our culture's proclaimed respect for scientific reason, we live in a society that is no less...
The Red Kangaroo in Central Australia: An Early Account by A. E. Newsome
Alan Newsome and Thomas Newsome
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The red kangaroo is at the heart of Australia's ecological identity. It is Australia's largest...