“…"A look at the role technology (ICTs) plays in the lives of Brazilian favela dwellers, which the author explores through his own notion of "mundane technologies""--…”

“…Our ways of thinking and making decisions have changed little since we lived in agricultural and industrial societies, but the problems we now need to solve are entirely different. …”

“…This book argues that Internet diffusion and use in the Middle East enables meaningful micro-changes in citizens' lives, even in states where no Arab Spring revolution occurred…”

“…"Coyne examines urban living through the frame of cryptography, diving into the technologies, instruments, and processes of hiding information, messages, things, spaces, places, and people within cities"--…”

“…In the author's own words, Dreaming Ecology 'explores a holistic understanding of the interconnections of people, country, kinship, creation and the living world within a context of mobility…”

“…Understanding the history of grief and madness in late medieval and early modern Iberia through the lives of three royal women who all experienced tragedy while in power --…”

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“…Licona turns to Greek classicist Plutarch for an answer, assessing differences that appeared when Plutarch told the same story more than once in his lives. He suggests the differences in the gospels often resulted from their authors employing the same compositional devices used by Plutarch…”

“…Set in an early New England colony, this novel explores the terrible impact a single, passionate act has on the lives of three members of the community: the defiant Hester Prynne, the fiery, tortured Reverend Dimmesdale, and the obsessed, vengeful Chillingworth…”
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“…"Melissa Schilling, one of the world's leading experts on innovation, invites us into the lives of eight people--Albert Einstein, Benjamin Franklin, Elon Musk, Dean Kamen, Nikola Tesla, Marie Curie, Thomas Edison, and Steve Jobs--to identify the traits and experiences that drove them to make spectacular breakthroughs, over and over again."…”

“…The tools presented here are some of the most common and widely used in our daily lives. Through the study of these objects, this volume examines and collects comparable information that can be found in any other industrial product…”

“…They are produced by all living organisms from bacteria to mammals. They are involved in a wide variety of biological functions. …”

“…Moreover, applications of the robot arms are not limited to the industrial factory but expanded to living space or outer space. The robot arm is an integrated technology, and its technological elements are actuators, sensors, mechanism, control and system, etc…”

“…This book will give an overview of how power quality might impact our lives today and tomorrow, introduce new ways to monitor power quality and inform us about interesting possibilities to mitigate power quality problems…”