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UNINA9910824879503321 |
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Autore |
Zane J. Peder |
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Off the books : on literature and culture / / J. Peder Zane |
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Columbia, South Carolina : , : The University of South Carolina Press, , 2015 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (345 p.) |
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LCO010000LIT004020LIT007000 |
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Literature and society |
Books and reading |
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Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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""Cover ""; ""OFF THE BOOKS ""; ""Title ""; ""Copyright ""; ""Dedication ""; ""Contents ""; ""Acknowledgments ""; ""Introduction ""; ""Between the Covers: Classic Fiction ""; ""Eudora Welty: The Writers� Writer ""; ""John Fante: What the Boys Read ""; ""Knut Hamsun: Risking a Literary Friendship "" |
""Georges Simenon: Rediscovering a Literary Phenomenon """"Walter Brooks: The World According to Freddy the Pig ""; ""Robert Penn Warren�A King Restored: Round Two for an American Classic ""; ""Thomas/Tom Wolfe: The Man Who Cried Wolfe ""; ""Ralph Ellison: Popeye vs. The Invisible Man "" |
""Nadezhda Mandelstam: Spanish Wine and Oranges """"Beyond the Covers: Contemporary Fiction ""; ""E. L. Doctorow: The Civil War in All Its Raging Glory ""; ""Richard Slotkin: 11 Openings to Abe Lincoln ""; ""Dan Brown: I�ve Cracked the Code of �Da Vinci Code� Hypomania "" |
""Haruki Murakami: A Writer Who Takes on the World """"Lydia Millet: A Daring Tale of a Lonely Heart |
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""; ""Nicholson Baker: Bomb-Throwing Book Against Bush Fizzles ""; ""Don DeLillo�s Sound And Fury ""; ""Tom Wolfe: Far from Empty, Not Quite Full "" |
""Thomas Pynchon: Another Monument in Pynchonland """"Norman Mailer Celebrates Himself, Again ""; ""Philip Roth for MVP ""; ""Southern Writing Lives ""; ""David Sedaris: Him Write Pretty ""; ""Jonathan Miles: Author Keeps the Tales Pouring ""; ""Jonathan Williams: Nosing Out Talent "" |
""Reynolds Price: Rooted in His Native Soil "" |
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"Head Off the Books in this collection of newspaper columns, where J. Peder Zane uses classic and contemporary literature to explore American culture and politics. The book review editor for the Raleigh, North Carolina News & Observer from 1996 to 2009, Zane demonstrates that good books are essential for understanding ourselves and the world around us. The one hundred and thirty columns gathered in Off the Books find that sweet spot where literature's eternal values meet the day's current events. Together they offer a literary overview of the ideas, issues, and events shaping our culture--from 9/11 and the struggle for gay rights to the decline of high culture and the rise of sensationalism and solipsism. As they plumb and draw from the work of leading writers--from William Faulkner, Knut Hamsun, and Eudora Welty to Don DeLillo, Lydia Millet, and Philip Roth--these columns make an argument not just about the pleasure of books, but about their very necessity in our lives and culture"-- |
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UNINA9910557290303321 |
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Autore |
Gryc Karel |
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Titolo |
Refining and Casting of Steel |
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Basel, Switzerland, : MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 2020 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (214 p.) |
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History of engineering and technology |
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Steel has become the most requested material all over the world during the rapid technological evolution of recent centuries. As our civilization grows and its technological development becomes connected with more demanding processes, it is more and more challenging to fit the required physical and mechanical properties for steel in its huge portfolio of grades for each steel producer. It is necessary to improve the refining and casting processes continuously to meet customer requirements and to lower the production costs to remain competitive. New challenges related to both the precise design of steel properties and reduction in production costs are combined with paying special attention to environmental protection. These contradictory demands are the theme of this book. |
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