1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910463439003321

Autore

Lahr John <1941->

Titolo

Coward the playwright  / / by John Lahr

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, England ; ; New York, New York : , : Bloomsbury Methuen Drama, , 1999

©1982

ISBN

1-4725-3796-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (198 p.)

Collana

Biography and Autobiography

Disciplina

822/.912

Soggetti

Drama - Technique

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgements; Noël Coward: Chronology; Introduction: Impresario of Himself; 1 The Politics of Charm; The Young Idea; The Vortex; Easy Virtue; Present Laughter; 2 Comedies of Bad Manners; Hay Fever; Private Lives; Design for Living; Hands Across the Sea; 3 'Savonarola in Evening Dress'?; Cavalcade; This Happy Breed; In Which We Serve; 4 Ghosts in the Fun Machine; Blithe Spirit; Relative Values; Nude with Violin; 5 Parting Shots; Waiting in the Wings; A Song at Twilight; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; W

Y

Sommario/riassunto

A reissue in hardback of critic John Lahr's famous 1982 study of Noël Coward's plays. ""Noël Coward,"" said Terence Rattigan, ""is simply a phenomenon, and one that is unlikely to occur ever again in theatre history."" A phenomenon he certainly was, and it is part of John Lahr's purpose in this book to show how that phenomenon called ""Noël Coward"" was largely Coward's own careful creation. Lahr's penetrating critical study of Coward's drama investigates all the major and minor plays of ""The Master"". Private Lives, Design for Living and Hay Fever make a fascinating group of ""Comedies of Ba



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910828539503321

Titolo

Waste gas treatment for resource recovery / / edited by Piet N.L. Lens [and three others]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : IWA Publishing, , 2006

ISBN

1-78040-531-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (510 p.)

Collana

Integrated environmental technology series

Disciplina

628.53

Soggetti

Waste gases - Environmental aspects

Air quality management

Resource recovery facilities

Natural gas - Environmental aspects

Air - Pollution

Air quality - Standards

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Contributors; Part I: Socio-economic aspects of gas pollution and gas recovery; Section IA: Gas: pollutant or resource?; 1. Introduction on air pollution: the emission-effect relation; 1.1. Introduction: What is air pollution?; 1.2. Overview of the emission effect relations; 1.3. Emissions; 1.4. Formation of aerosols; 1.5. Lifetimes of pollutants; 1.6. Ambient concentration of pollutants; 1.7. Conclusion; References; 2. Transboundary particulate matter pollution in Europe; 2.1. Introduction; 2.2. European aerosol patterns and trends

2.3. Air pollution observation: existing networks2.4. Modelling ambient PM transport; 2.5. Conclusions; References; 3. Abatement strategies for air pollution; 3.1. Introduction; 3.2. Origin and fate of emissions; 3.3. Abatement strategies; 3.4. Outlook; References; Section IB: Pollution control policy; 4. Dealing with waste gas in enhancing sustainable development: the role of the Kyoto mechanisms; 4.1. Introduction; 4.2. Defining sustainable development; 4.3. Waste gas recovery under the CDM; 4.4. Kyoto-based case studies of waste gas capture projects; 4.5. Conclusions; References



5. Implementation of the European Solvent Directive (1999/13/EC)5.1. Introduction; 5.2 Information exchange platform as a part of the implementation of the EU Solvent Directive; 5.3 Decision support through mass and energy flow management in the sector of vehicle refinishing; 5.4. Further use of mass and energy flow models; 5.5. Conclusion; References; 6. Integration of biological techniques for air pollution control into sustainable development; 6.1. Introduction; 6.2. VOC control, the case for avoiding unnecessary CO2 emissions; 6.3. High-rate biotrickling filters for H2S control

6.4. Concluding remarksReferences; Part II: Characterization of waste gases; Section IIA: Waste gases analysis; 7. Characterization of pollutants in gases; 7.1. Introduction; 7.2. Characterizing atmospheric pollutants; 7.3. Monitoring and analysis; 7.4. Effects; 7.5. Conclusions; References; 8. Isotope characterization of gaseous pollutants; 8.1. Introduction; 8.2. Isotope abundance variations; 8.3. Isotope mass balance; 8.4. Conclusion; References; 9. Use of NMR to study in situ bioconversion of gaseous formaldehyde; 9.1. Introduction

9.2. In situ NMR study of bioconversion of gaseous compounds9.3. NMR study of formaldehyde bioconversion; 9.4. Conclusion; References; Section IIB: Waste gases characteristics; 10. Heavy metal release in waste incineration processes; 10.1. Introduction; 10.2. Thermodynamic study; 10.3. Characterisation of ultimate residues; 10.4. Kinetics of HM vaporisation; 10.5. Conclusion; References; 11. Functional interpretation of gas composition; 11.1. Introduction; 11.2. Sources of volatile organic compounds; 11.3. Analysis of NMVOCs; 11.4. NMVOC emission rates

11.5. Differentiating processes using the NMVOC profile