This introduction to modern electrical engineering contains material on circuitry, electronics and electromechanics. It has been revised and updated to include coverage of microprocessors and to reflect the latest changes in the rapidly developing field of electronics.

A First Course in Electrical Engineering

Engineering & Transportation

Smith, R. J.

DORF R.C.

Engineering

John Wiley and Sons Ltd.

The Gothic Bequest: Medieval Institutions in British Thought, 1688–1863

Throughout much of their modern history Britons turned to the past for evidence in current controversies. Within this tradition of historical self-justification the Middle Ages had a special place: the early forms of the law and the constitution belong to the medieval centuries while the continuous history of the English Church began in the Saxon age. In this dialogue between present and past new political realities, fresh sensibilities and developing scholarship ensured that the interpretation of the Middle Ages did not for long remain unaltered. This book examines the use of medieval precedent in political and ecclesiastical debate between one such great change, the Revolution of 1688, and the mid-nineteenth-century reforms that ultimately made the tradition of historical apologetic obsolete.

History

Europe

Cambridge University Press

Lynn Tatemshy grew up with an imaginary friend who would take her on adventures in her dreams and sometimes she thought he was really there. As she grew older she expected the man of her dreams to disappear with her childhood but he didn’t, not until she was eighteen years old. As time passes Lynn grows up, moves in with her best friend and gets a job. She thinks that her life is ordinary until her world is turned upside down one morning when she arrives at work and begins to feel ill. When she starts to walk home someone bumps into her and doesn’t even acknowledge it. She gets frustrated and decides to scream at the person, only to realize that he could feel her but he couldn’t see or hear her. As she is screaming a person from the other side of the street acknowledges her and comes over to her faster then she thought humanly possible, he introduces himself as Shane when another girl named Raven shows up they take Lynn home and explain to her that she belongs in the Invisible World now. Lynn has to leave her family, friends and life behind because she knows that there is no other choice. She goes with them back to their headquarters called Arden or “Home in the Mountains” Where she learns that she isn’t a normal “Invisible.” As she struggles to find who she really is and the truth about her past she fights with her fear of being alone and her fear to fall in love. Along the way she discovers she has abilities beyond her imagination.

The Invisible World (The Invisible World Trilogy)

Science Fiction & Fantasy

Fantasy

Independently published

<p>This book, like a major archaeological dig, unearths a littleknown, now vanished civilization and changes how we understand history. In the 1940s, when FDR opened up the defense industry to black workers, it inspired a massive wave of black migration to a small area of Los Angeles along Central Avenue—and cultural ferment in the arts, culture, and politics. In a neighborhood densely packed with black musicians, independent labels and after hours spots, rhythm and blues was spawned. Chester Himes fathered the black detective novel and a noir sensibility. Black comics took off minstrel blackface for the first time and addressed audiences directly with socially-tinged humor. And, Smith suggests, the civil rights movement helped get its start, as the strategy of building mass movements and giving power to ghetto dwellers gained favor in opposition to the top-down strategies of the NAACP and the Urban League. Harlem's Renaissance had been driven by the intellectual elite. In L.A., a new sense of black identity arose from street level. But when the moment was over, many hopes and lives were swept away with it. Based on original research and interviews, told through an engaging narrative, this book shows convincingly that much that we take for granted today, from hip hop and slang to modern-day street fashion, all flowed from the 1940s scene along the Great Black Way.</p>

The Great Black Way: L.A. in the 1940s and the Lost African-American Renaissance

Arts & Photography

History & Criticism

PublicAffairs

The Great Black Way: L.A. in the 1940s and the Last African American Renaissance

<p>In the distance I see a lighthouse standing on a little island, and the light is spinning around as if calling out safety for the ships at sea. I watch as the light hits something in the cave to my right, and I see a flicker. It is at this moment I hear the beeping sound again. I know there's the something I'm looking for, and I know this is where I will find it. Lynn has accepted her new life as part of the Invisible World, and with that she's learning to accept herself as the Chosen One who is destined to lead her kind home to the Island of Soal. Through her dreams and guidance from her family, she discovers how much power she has been given and embraces her gifts. On this journey home, she has to separate the good invisibles from the bad in order to proceed on their journey. She realizes that people are not who they seem to be. While learning to have a real family and trying to figure out her future, she struggles with the decision of love and how it will play into her unborn child's life. She embarks on a new journey of becoming a mother while still dealing with the fact that either Shane or Destin (whom both she loves) could be the father.Plans get derailed and decisions are made on a whim in order to protect those she loves. Although she knows she is not alone, this fight is hers to bear. Facing a new world of magical mysteries, Lynn uncovers just how extraordinary her heritage is.</p>

The Invisible World: Journey to Soal Island (The Invisible World Trilogy)

Romance

Paranormal

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