Provides information on synchrotron-based research applications in the field of soil, sediment & earth sciences. This title features chapters on a wide range of research topics including multiphase flow & transport processes, rhizosphere & microbial life, & dynamics of C, N, S, P & heavy metals & metalloids. ...

Showcases a collection assembled by jazz impresario George Wein & his wife Joyce that represents a survey of the accomplishments of African American artists. This book

Includes:: both figurative & abstract works, many with the theme of music & musicians. It illustrates paintings, sculpture, prints, drawings, & a painted story quilt.

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A collection of profiles & essays, which proffers observations on writers & writing in the post-1950s period. It considers writers associated with the " New Yorker" magazine, including John Updike, William Maxwell, Truman Capote, & Jonathan Franzen. ...

Syncope is one of the most important causes of transient loss of consciousness, & is such a common event that it may be encountered by practitioners in virtually any field of medicine. As such, a broad spectrum of healthcare professionals may be involved in its assessment & management. ...

Thai director Apichatpong Weerasethakul's acclaimed drama that blurs the boundary between past & present & explores the subjectivity of memory. Flipping back & forth between the real & surreal, it is a warm & humorous film about the director's recollections of his parents, both doctors, before they fell in love. ...

Charlie Kaufman writes & directs this darkly comic narrative-within-a-narrative drama about a theatre director, Caden Cotard (Philip Seymour Hoffman), who is producing a new play on Broadway. In his attempt to say something real in a powerful new way, he gathers an ensemble cast together in a Manhattan warehouse & instructs them to live out their ordinary lives in a studio replica of New York City. As the constructed city grows & starts to take on a life of its own, Caden's own life goes into free fall: his relationships with his wife Claire (Michelle Williams), ex-wife Adele (Catherine Keener) & daughter Olive (Sadie Goldstein) are all in ruins, & even his therapist, Madeline (Hope Davis), has an agenda at odds to his own. As he becomes more & more involved with his masterpiece, the lines between the world he has created & the real world become hopelessly blurred. ...