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  • Wind Loading of Structuresby John Holmes

    Taylor & Francis 2007; US$ 200.00

    This book will assist the practising engineer in understanding the principles of wind engineering, and provide guidance on the successful design of structures to counteract wind loading problems. more...

  • Darwin's Bardsby John Holmes

    Edinburgh University Press 2009; US$ 114.00

    Darwin's Bards is the first comprehensive study of how poets have responded to the ideas of Charles Darwin in over fifty years. John Holmes argues that poetry can have a profound impact on how we think and feel about the Darwinian condition. Is a Darwinian universe necessarily a godless one? If not, what might Darwinism tell us about the nature... more...

  • Science in Modern Poetryby John Holmes

    Liverpool University Press 2012; US$ 60.00

    This is the first collection of essays to focus specifically on what poets in the 20th and 21st centuries have made of the scientific developments going on around them. Leading experts on modern poetry and on literature and science explore how poets have used scientific language in their poems, how poetry can offer new perspectives on science, and... more...

  • Exploitation of a Ship's Magnetic Field Signaturesby John Holmes

    Morgan & Claypool Publishers 2006; US$ 40.00

    Surface ship and submarine magnetic field signatures have been exploited for over 80 years by naval influence mines, and both underwater and airborne surveillance systems. The generating mechanism of the four major shipboard sources of magnetic fields is explained, along with a detailed description of the induced and permanent ferromagnetic signature... more...

  • Reduction of a Ship's Magnetic Field Signaturesby John Holmes

    Morgan & Claypool Publishers 2008; US$ 35.00

    Decreasing the magnetic field signature of a naval vessel will reduce its susceptibility to detonating naval influence mines and the probability of a submarine being detected by underwater barriers and maritime patrol aircraft. Both passive and active techniques for reducing the magnetic signatures produced by a vessel's ferromagnetism, roll-induced... more...

  • The Politics Of Humanityby John Holmes

    Head of Zeus 2013; US$ 14.57

    John Holmes was the UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs from 2007 until 2010. His work took him to some of the most troubled areas of the world: to Sri Lanka, Darfur, Somalia and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, among other places, and exposed him to the harsh realities of humanitarian aid. Frequently he found that the UN's... more...

  • Wind Loading of Structuresby John D. Holmes

    Spon Press 2001; US$ 210.00

    This book will assist the practising engineer in understanding the principles of wind engineering, and provide guidance on the successful esign of structures to counteract wind loading problems. more...

  • Speech Synthesis and Recognitionby Dr John Holmes; Dr Wendy Holmes

    CRC Press 2001; US$ 59.95

    This new edition of Speech Synthesis and Recognition is an easy-to-read introduction to current speech technology. It is ideal as an introduction before tackling more advanced texts. more...

  • Stardom in Postwar Franceby John Gaffney; Diana Holmes

    Berghahn Books 2008; US$ 75.00

    The 1950s and 1960s were a key moment in the development of postwar France. The period was one of rapid change, derived from post-World War II economic and social modernization; yet many traditional characteristics were retained. By analyzing the eruption of the new postwar world in the context of a France that was both modern and traditional, we can... more...

  • Goby John Clellon Holmes; James Atlas

    Penguin Books Ltd 2006; Not Available

    The novel that launched the beat generation's literary legacy describes the world of Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg and Neal Cassady. Published two months before Kerouac began ON THE ROAD, GO is the first and most accurate chronicle of the private lives the Beats lived before they became public figures. In lucid fictional prose designed to capture the... more...