York The Clockwork Ghost

York  The Clockwork Ghost
Author: Laura Ruby
Publsiher: HarperCollins
Total Pages: 480
Release: 2019-05-14
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 9780062306982

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National Book Award finalist Laura Ruby returns with the middle chapter in her epic alternate-history adventure—a journey that will test Tess, Theo, and Jaime and change their lives forever. It was only a few weeks ago that the Biedermann twins, Tess and Theo, along with their friend Jaime Cruz, followed the secrets of the Morningstarrs’ cipher further than anyone had in its century-and a-half history—and destroyed their beloved home in the process. But the Old York Cipher still isn’t solved. The demolition of 354 W. 73rd Street only revealed the next clue in the greatest mystery of the modern world, and if Tess, Theo, and Jaime want to discover what lies at the end of the puzzle laid into the buildings of New York by its brilliant, enigmatic architects, they will need to press on. But doing so could prove even more dangerous than they know. It is clear that the Morningstarr twins marshaled all the strange technology they had spent their lives creating in the construction of the Cipher, and that technology has its own plans for those who pursue it. It's also clear that Tess, Theo, and Jaime are not the only ones on the trail of the treasure. As enemies both known and unknown close in on them from all sides and the very foundations of the city seem to crumble around them, they will have to ask themselves how far they will go to change the unchangeable—and whether the price of knowing the secrets of the Morningstarrs is one they are willing to pay.

Ghost Channels

Ghost Channels
Author: Amy Lawrence
Publsiher: Univ. Press of Mississippi
Total Pages: 186
Release: 2022-03-08
Genre: Performing Arts
ISBN: 9781496838124

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Through American history, often in times of crisis, there have been periodic outbreaks of obsession with the paranormal. Between 2004 and 2019, over six dozen documentary-style series dealing with paranormal subject matter premiered on television in the United States. Combining the stylistic traits of horror with earnest accounts of what are claimed to be actual events, “paranormal reality” incorporates subject matter formerly characterized as occult or supernatural into the established category of reality TV. Despite the high number of programs and their evident popularity, paranormal reality television has to date received little critical attention. Ghost Channels: Paranormal Reality Television and the Haunting of Twenty-First-Century America provides an overview of the paranormal reality television genre, its development, and its place in television history. Conducting in-depth analyses of over thirty paranormal television series, including such shows as Ghost Hunters, Celebrity Ghost Stories, and Long Island Medium, author Amy Lawrence suggests these programs reveal much about Americans’ contemporary fears. Through her close readings, Lawrence asks, “What are these shows trying to tell us?” and “What do they communicate about contemporary culture if we take them seriously and watch them closely?” Ridiculed by nearly everyone, paranormal reality TV shows—with their psychics, ghost hunters, and haunted houses—provide unique insights into contemporary American culture. Half-horror, half-documentary realism, these shows expose deep-seated questions about class, race, gender, the value of technology, the failure of institutions, and what it means to be American in the twenty-first century.

Strolling Platers and Drama in the Provinces

Strolling Platers and Drama in the Provinces
Author: Sybil Rosenfeld
Publsiher: CUP Archive
Total Pages: 374
Release: 1939
Genre: English drama
ISBN: 9182736450XXX

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Steaming into a Victorian Future

Steaming into a Victorian Future
Author: Julie Anne Taddeo,Cynthia J. Miller
Publsiher: Scarecrow Press
Total Pages: 361
Release: 2012-09-20
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 9780810885875

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A popular sub-genre of fantasy and science fiction, steampunk re-imagines the Victorian age in the future, and re-works its technology, fashion, and values with a dose of anti-modernism. While often considered solely through the lens of literature, steampunk is, in fact, a complex phenomenon that also affects, transforms, and unites a wide range of disciplines, such as art, music, film, television, fashion, new media, and material culture. In Steaming into a Victorian Future: A Steampunk Anthology, Julie Anne Taddeo and Cynthia J. Miller have assembled a collection of essays that consider the social and cultural aspects of this multi-faceted genre. The essays included in this volume examine various manifestations of steampunk—both separately and in relation to each other—in order to better understand the steampunk sub-culture and its effect on—and interrelationship with—popular culture and the wider society. This volume expands and extends existing scholarship on steampunk in order to explore many previously unconsidered questions about cultural creativity, social networking, fandom, appropriation, and the creation of meaning. With a foreword by popular culture scholar Ken Dvorak, and an afterword by steampunk expert Jeff VanderMeer, Steaming into a Victorian Future offers a wide ranging look at the impact of steampunk, as well as the individuals who create, interpret, and consume it.

Nature

Nature
Author: Sir Norman Lockyer
Publsiher: Unknown
Total Pages: 710
Release: 1881
Genre: Electronic journals
ISBN: HARVARD:32044102919396

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Nature

Nature
Author: Anonim
Publsiher: Unknown
Total Pages: 870
Release: 1881
Genre: Electronic Book
ISBN: BSB:BSB11521455

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Federal Highway Administration Office of Motor Carriers Register

Federal Highway Administration Office of Motor Carriers Register
Author: Anonim
Publsiher: Unknown
Total Pages: 574
Release: 1998
Genre: Transportation, Automotive
ISBN: CUB:U183029127691

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Handbook of Research on Human Computer Interfaces and New Modes of Interactivity

Handbook of Research on Human Computer Interfaces and New Modes of Interactivity
Author: Blashki, Katherine,Isaías, Pedro
Publsiher: IGI Global
Total Pages: 488
Release: 2019-05-31
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 9781522590712

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Due to its versatility and accessibility, individuals all around the world routinely use various forms of technology to interact with one another. Over the years, the design and development of technologies and interfaces have increasingly aimed to improve the human-computer interactive experience in unimaginable ways. The Handbook of Research on Human-Computer Interfaces and New Modes of Interactivity is a collection of innovative research on the methods and applications of interactive technologies in the modern age. Highlighting topics including digital environments, sensory applications, and transmedia applications, this book is ideally designed for academicians, researchers, HCI developers, programmers, IT consultants, and media specialists seeking current research on the design, application, and advancement of different media technologies and interfaces that can support interaction across a wide range of users.