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Captain America and the Struggle of the Superhero Critical Essays

Captain America and the Struggle of the Superhero Critical Essays
Robert G. Weiner, "Captain America and the Struggle of the Superhero: Critical Essays"
English | 2009 | ISBN: 0786437030 | PDF | pages: 268 | 2.0 mb
For more than 60 years, Captain America was one of Marvel Comics' flagship characters, representing truth, strength, liberty, and justice. The assassination of his alter ego, Steve Rogers, rocked the comic world, leaving numerous questions about his life and death. This book discusses topics including the representation of Nazi Germany in Captain America Comics from the 1940s to the 1960s; the creation of Captain America in light of the Jewish American experience; the relationship between Captain America and UK Marvel's Captain Britain; the groundbreaking partnership between Captain America and African American superhero the Falcon; and the attempts made to kill the character before his "real" death.

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Cane River Bohemia Cammie Henry and Her Circle at Melrose Plantation

Cane River Bohemia Cammie Henry and Her Circle at Melrose Plantation
Patricia Austin Becker, "Cane River Bohemia: Cammie Henry and Her Circle at Melrose Plantation"
English | ISBN: 080716982X | 2018 | 240 pages | EPUB | 3 MB
A National Historic Landmark with a complex and remarkable two-hundred-year history, Melrose Plantation near Natchitoches, Louisiana, was home to many notable women, including freedwoman and entrepreneur Marie Thérèse Coincoin and artist Clementine Hunter. Among that influential group, Cammie Henry, the mistress of Melrose during the first half of the twentieth century, stands out as someone who influenced the plantation's legacy in dramatic and memorable ways. In

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Candida Species

Candida Species
Candida Species
English | 2022 | ISBN: 1071625489 | 388 Pages | PDF (True) | 11 MB
This updated volume explores Candida and candidiasis methods, useful to a wide variety of Candida scientists including those new to the field. Beginning with a section on the Candida genome, the book continues by covering techniques for antifungal discovery and studying resistance, pathogenesis and virulence, communities, as well as immunity. Biofilm protocols are also featured. Written for the highly successful Methods in Molecular Biology series, chapters include introductions to their respective topics, lists of the necessary materials and reagents, step-by-step, readily reproducible laboratory protocols, and tips on troubleshooting and avoiding known pitfalls.

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Canadian Professional Engineering and Geoscience Practice and Ethics, 6th Edition

Canadian Professional Engineering and Geoscience Practice and Ethics, 6th Edition
Patricia Shaw, John McPhee, G C Andrews, "Canadian Professional Engineering and Geoscience: Practice and Ethics, 6th Edition"
English | 2018 | ISBN: 0176764674 | 504 pages | True PDF | 9.1 MB
Canadian Professional Engineering and Geoscience: Practice and Ethics, 6e, is a unique and comprehensive text for today's Canadian students and practising professionals. Structured in five parts, the text is written in an approachable and engaging style that effectively covers practice and ethics topics while offering advice for readers to become effective professionals. The authors guide readers through professional licensing, practice, ethics, and environmental practice and ethics using history, case studies, examples, and images to bring the issues to life. The text devotes an entire chapter to preparing readers for the Professional Practice Examination (PPE), including practice questions to bolster success. Canadian Professional Engineering and Geoscience is up to date with Engineers Canada's practice and ethics syllabus and is the recommended study guide for this section of the PPE. The coverage in this sixth edition includes all provinces and territories of Canada and contains updated, new, and revised content and cases including the fascinating new case history: "Accidental Overdose: The Therac-25 Radiation Therapy Accidents." This edition has expanded its Employment, Management, and Consulting sections with new and relevant Canadian cases to keep readers engaged and connected to the content. Canadian Professional Engineering and Geoscience: Practice and Ethics is a vital professional resource for study and reference.

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California Burning The Fall of Pacific Gas and Electric--and What It Means for America's Power Grid

California Burning The Fall of Pacific Gas and Electric--and What It Means for America's Power Grid
Katherine Blunt, "California Burning: The Fall of Pacific Gas and Electric-and What It Means for America's Power Grid"
English | ISBN: 059333065X | 2022 | EPUB | 368 pages | 2 MB
A revelatory, urgent narrative with national implications, exploring the decline of California's largest utility company that led to countless wildfires - including the one that destroyed the town of Paradise - and the human cost of infrastructure failure

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Café Berlin A Novel

Café Berlin A Novel
Café Berlin: A Novel by Harold Nebenzal
English | February 12, 2019 | ISBN: 1468316990 | True EPUB | 288 pages | 2.2 MB
In the years between Germany's defeat in World War I and the reign of the Nazis, the underground clubs and cabarets of Berlin pulsed with the frenetic energy of rebellion. Suspended on the precipice of global catastrophe, a young counterculture emerged in the Weimar capital, where-if only for a moment-races and religions mixed, jazz music resounded, and liquor flowed in abundance. In Harold Nebenzal's daring, suspenseful novel Café Berlin, this high-flying scene forms the backdrop for a thrilling tale of love and the universal human yearning to be free, even under the yoke of totalitarianism.

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