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Functional nanostructures and sensors for CBRN defence and environmental safety and security / edited by Anatolie Sidorenko and Horst Hahn

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Surface engineering of modern materials / Kapil Gupta, editor

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Nanotechnology for energy and environmental engineering / Lalita Ledwani, Jitendra S. Sangwai, editors

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Carbon dots: exploring carbon at zero-dimension / Ya-Ping Sun

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2nd International Conference on Materials Engineering & Science (IConMEAS 2019): 25-29 September 2019, Baghdad, Iraq / editors, Omar S. Dahham and Nik Noriman Zulkepli

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Handbook of materials modeling: applications: current and emerging materials / Wanda Andreoni, Sidney Yip, editors

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Bronislava Nijinska Collection: New in the Performing Arts Encyclopedia

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The collection of notable dancer, choreographer and teacher Bronislava Nijinska (1891-1972) contains a diverse variety of materials documenting dance and the arts in the twentieth century. Available here are over 200 collection items, including manuscripts, books, diaries, choreographic notebooks, correspondence, moving image materials, music scores, photographs, posters, programs, set and costume designs, and scrapbooks.




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New Finding Aid: Correspondence from the Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge Foundation collection, 1894-1953

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Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge was a composer, pianist, and patron of music. In 1925, she created the Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge Foundation at the Library of Congress in support of chamber music. The collection contains Coolidge's correspondence to and from many of the prominent musical artists of the first half of the twentieth century as well as Library of Congress librarians and administrators. The remaining materials in the collection, including photographs, scrapbooks, business papers, programs, publicity materials, iconography, realia, and clippings, are available for research and will be incorporated into the finding aid at a later date. Music manuscripts of works commissioned by Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge or the Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge Foundation in the Library of Congress comprise a substantial portion of the collection and are cataloged individually.




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New Finding Aid:Arthur Laurents papers, circa 1900-2011

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Arthur Laurents (1917-2011) was an American playwright, screenwriter and Broadway director. The collection, which documents his life and career, includes scripts, correspondence, datebooks, photographs, book drafts, production notes, programs, publicity materials, business papers, awards, clippings, and articles.




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New Finding Aid: Halsey Stevens Papers, circa 1920-1987

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Halsey Stevens was an American composer, musicologist, and teacher. He is best known for his chamber music works and published monograph, The Life and Music of Bela Bartok. The collection contains music manuscripts, writings, research materials, programs, correspondence, and other materials related to his projects. Only the music materials are available online at this time. These materials consist of scores, parts, and sketches for instrumental works for keyboard, chamber ensemble, and full orchestra, as well as vocal and choral works and arrangements for varying instrumentations.




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Carmen McRae papers, 1931-1993

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Carmen Mercedes McRae (1920-1994) was an American jazz vocalist, pianist, composer, and recording artist. The papers chiefly contain musical arrangements and lead sheets for approximately 800 songs. While many of the arrangements include both full scores and parts, the majority are lead sheets or parts used for her small group performances. The papers also include a small amount of correspondence, photographs, song lists, program notes, and promotional materials.




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New Finding Aid: Mildred Spiegel Zucker Collection of Leonard Bernstein Correspondence and Related Materials

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Music teacher Mildred Spiegel Zucker was a childhood friend of Leonard Bernstein with whom she maintained a lifelong friendship. The collection mostly consists of correspondence that Bernstein sent to Zucker dating from his time as a counselor at Camp Onata, as a student at the Curtis Institute of Music, and during the beginning of his career in New York.




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New Finding Aid: Wanda Landowska and Denise Restout papers, circa 1850s-1969

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Wanda Landowska was a Polish keyboardist, composer, and teacher best known for revitalizing harpsichord performance in the twentieth century. Her school at Saint-Leu-la-Foret, founded in 1925, became one of the great centers for the collection, study, and performance of Baroque music until it was looted by the Nazis in 1940. The collection consists of annotated music, correspondence, business papers, writings, programs, photographs, and other materials that document the legacy of Landowska. These materials largely reflect the activities and music library of Landowska and her pupil, Denise Restout, after their migration to the United States in 1941. Only the container list for the music materials is available online at this time.




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New Finding Aid: Roman Totenberg papers, 1846-2011

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Roman Totenberg was a Polish-American violinist and teacher. The collection contains annotated music scores, correspondence, business files, biographical materials, photographs, programs, clippings and other materials that document his life and career as a twentieth-century master of the violin.




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Make a Year-End Gift to the Nation's Library

News from the Library of Congress

December 27, 2017

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Join us TODAY by making your 2017 tax-deductible donation, and together we’ll spark a lifelong adventure of learning.      

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知行易徑實務介入模式於社會共融工作的應用研究計劃 : 實務手冊 = Developing effective settlement program for new migrants to Hong Kong using the SSLD system (Strategies and Skills Learning andDevelopment) / 編著曾家達, 仁愛堂 22 位參與同事, 易思達行團隊.

Location Multiple Locations
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卓越的全球城市 : 不确定未来中的战略与治理 = Global city of excellence : strategy and governance in the uncertain future / 肖林, 周国平著.

Edition 第 1 版.
Location Multiple Locations
Call No. HT151 .X554 2017




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Japanese firm Nomura gets equity brokerage licence in India

Japanese brokerage firm Nomura has received an equity brokerage licence in the country and also memberships of the Bombay Stock Exchange and National Stock Exchange, a British media report said on Sunday.




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Sebi query delays Emami open offer

The open offer by consumer products firm Emami for Zandu Pharmaceutical Works has been delayed, following queries by market regulator the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi). The Emami offer was to open on July 24.




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Stocks open higher on global cues

Stocks opened higher led by positive global cues. After opening at 4282.25, the BSE was up 24 points with investors eyeing RBI's monetary policy. Stocks to watch




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Equities seen lower on weak global cues; RBI policy review eyed

Equities are likely to slide eying RBI monetary policy review and hit by renewed US credit concerns. Gainers & Losers I Stocks to watch | Heard on the streets




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Fed signals December hike even as debate on prices persists

Unemployment is at 16-year low, although inflation remains well beneath their 2 percent target.




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Sensex, Nifty start on a flat note; Thomas Cook jumps 4% on Quess stake sale

Dr Reddy's fell 1.8 per cent to Rs 2,319.45 on BSE while Asian Paints dropped 0.77 per cent.




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First Full Retrospective of the Sculpture of John Rogers, America’s Unique Artist-Entrepreneur

Date: 
2-18-2011

2-18-11 

The New-York Historical Society Organizes the First Full Retrospective of the Sculpture of John Rogers, America’s Unique Artist-Entrepreneur

Drawn from the Historical Society’s Unsurpassed Collection, John Rogers: American Stories Will Tour Throughout 2011




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A Transformed New-York Historical Society Reopens to the Public on November 11, 2011

Date: 
11-9-2011

11-09-11

A Transformed New-York Historical Society Reopens to the Public on November 11, 2011

Following a Three-Year Renovation, New York City’s First Museum Invites Visitors to Experience Its First Permanent Installations, a Brand-New Innovative History Museum for Children, Trailblazing Special Exhibitions, Premier Restaurant and More

Re-opening Celebrated With Free Admission for Children under 13, Veterans and Active Service Members During Opening Day and All Visitors After 6pm




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First-Hand Notes of the Constitutional Convention Acquired by the New-York Historical Society

Date: 
5-31-2011

5-31-11

The New-York Historical Society Acquires Rare First-Hand Notes of the Constitutional Convention

Documents in the Hand of Founding Father John Lansing, Jr. are Purchased for the Historical Society’s Library by Chairman Roger Hertog




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The New-York Historical Society to Open Its Renovated

Date: 
6-23-2011

6-23-11

The New-York Historical Society to Open Its Renovated Home with the Pathbreaking Inaugural Exhibition Revolution! The Atlantic World Reborn Exhibition Is the First to Track the Explosive, Still-Echoing Course of Revolution From Eighteenth-Century America to France and Haiti




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Rethinking the Formative Years of American Art, the New-York Historical Society Presents the Exhibition Making American Taste

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6-24-2011

 

 

RETHINKING THE FORMATIVE YEARS OF AMERICAN ART, THE NEW-YORK HISTORICAL SOCIETY PRESENTS THE EXHIBITION MAKING AMERICAN TASTE: NARRATIVE ART FOR A NEW DEMOCRACY

Pathbreaking Exhibition Will Highlight the Superb Collection, as theTransformed Historical Society Reopens on November 11, 2011




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Free Ben and Jerry's Ice Cream at the New-York Historical Society

Date: 
6-18-2010

6-18-10

Free Ben and Jerry's Ice Cream at the New-York Historical Society

Ben and Jerry's Scoop Truck to be parked outside to celebrate flavor anniversary and Grateful Dead exhibition Ben & Jerry's Free Ice Cream Truck Parked Outside New-York Historical Society




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New identity for Esprit by Pentagram

Refresh of one of world’s most iconic fashion brands. Born in the 1960s, Esprit is one of the most iconic brands in the world, with an effortless style that empowers people to feel good and embraces positivity as a force for change. Esprit is launching a refreshed brand identity by Pentagram that draws on the […]




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How Apple reinvented the cursor for iPad

Even though Apple did not invent the mouse pointer, history has cemented its place in dragging it out of obscurity and into mainstream use. Its everyday utility, pioneered at Xerox Parc and later combined with a bit of iconic* work from Susan Kare at Apple, has made the pointer our avatar in digital space for […]




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Stencil icons

How we created a stencil-based web component for displaying SVG icons. In the last ten years, developers have been on a quest to find the best way to implement icons in a digital product. We’ve wandered through low fidelity gifs, elaborately Photoshopped png sprites, icon fonts (remember those?), SVG sprites, and finally inline SVGs. Recently […]




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When bad UX is good

A close friend of mine, Dennis, is one of the editors and contributors to Headache Comix, an underground magazine for comics, so far only available in print. He asked me to do a website for Headache Comix , and I said yes – why not? Visit headachecomix.com to see the result. Headache Comix had quite […]




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Energy by locals, for locals

A one-man mission invokes Gandhian principles to make renewable power a household agenda. Preeti Mehra reports




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Why discourse matters : negotiating identity in the mediatized world / edited by Yusuf Kalyango Jr. and Monika Weronika Kopytowska




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Smallest mimes : defaced representation and media epistemology / Paul Majkut

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Fundamentals of web development / Randy Connolly, Ricardo Hoar ; global edition contributions by Soumen Mukherjee, Arup Kumar Bhattacharjee

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Critical theory and social media : between emancipation and commodification / Thomas Allmer

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Media & society : production, content & participation / Nicholas Carah & Eric Louw

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Feed-forward : on the future of twenty-first-century media / Mark B.N. Hansen

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Spreadable media : creating value and meaning in a networked culture / Henry Jenkins, Sam Ford, & Joshua Green

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Red tape : bureaucracy, structural violence, and poverty in India / Akhil Gupta

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Sources of national institutional competitiveness : sense-making in institutional change / edited by Susana Borrás and Leonard Seabrooke




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Crawford creations : what would we have done without Crawfords? : an exploration of Crawford Productions' contribution to the development of an 'Australian consciousness' / Philip Roy Davey

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Networked affect / edited by Ken Hillis, Susanna Paasonen, and Michael Petit




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Doing social network research : network-based research design for social scientists / Garry Robins

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Learning blender : a hands-on guide to creating 3D animated characters / Oliver Villar

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Mediated communities : civic voices, empowerment and media literacy in the digital era / edited by Moses Shumow




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The social media side door : how to bypass the gatekeepers to gain greater access and influence / Ian Greenleigh

Greenleigh, Ian




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Understanding communication research methods : a theoretical and practical approach / Stephen M. Croucher and Daniel Cronn-Mills

Croucher, Stephen Michael, 1978-