Author: Sally K. Slocum
Publisher: Popular Press 1
Keywords: traditions, arthurian, popular
Number of Pages: 194
Published: 1992-01-01
List price: $17.95
ISBN-10: 0879725621
ISBN-13: 9780879725624

From medieval history and romance through various twentieth-century renderings, this collection of essays considers themes, characters, and events of the legend and the meanings they impart. Sir Thomas Malory, Chrétien de Troyes, Mark Twain, Thomas Berger, Marion Zimmer Bradley, C. J. Cherryh, and other prose writers are discussed as are comic books and other genres. Film interpretations, photographic illustrations, and musical expressions receive analytical attention, as do poetic, religious, and mythic uses of the Arthurian world.

Authors:Alexander, H. Slocum,
Publisher: Society of Manufacturing Engineer
Keywords: design, machine, precision
Number of Pages: 800
Published: 1992-01-01
List price: unknow
ISBN-10: 0872634922
ISBN-13: 9780872634923

This book is a comprehensive engineering exploration of all the aspects of precision machine design - both component and system design considerations for precision machines. It addresses both theoretical analysis and practical implementation providing many real-world design case studies as well as numerous examples of existing components and their characteristics. Fast becoming a classic, this book includes examples of analysis techniques, along with the philosophy of the solution method. It explores the physics of errors in machines and how such knowledge can be used to build an error budget

Author: Perry D. Slocum
Publisher: Timber Press, Incorporated
Keywords: new, hybrids, cultivars, species, lotuses, waterlilies
Number of Pages: 260
Published: 2005-02-01
List price: $34.95
ISBN-10: 0881926841
ISBN-13: 9780881926842

In this fully updated work, Perry Slocum describes nearly 500 species and cultivars of the crowning jewels of water gardens, the waterlilies and lotuses. Among them are more than 130 of the best new hybrids introduced since publication of the landmark Water Gardening, Water Lilies and Lotuses by Perry Slocum and Peter Robinson. All species and the major cultivars, including day- and night-blooming tropical and hardy waterlilies and lotuses, are described, with the author’s and hybridizers’ comments on the best landscape uses for each plant. Although Nymphaea and Nelumbo receive special emp

Author: Joshua Slocum
Publisher: Sheridan House
Keywords: world, sailing
Number of Pages: 294
Published: 1999-01-25
List price: $14.95
ISBN-10: 0911378200
ISBN-13: 9780911378207

Captain Joshua Slocum’s solo voyage around the world in the 37-foot sloop the Spray in 1895 undoubtedly stands as one of the greatest sea adventures of all time. His classic narrative of this 46,000 mile circumnavigation of the globe continues to enjoy immense popularity throughout the world.

Author: Kay Brainerd Slocum
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Keywords: becket, thomas, honour, liturgies
Number of Pages: 320
Published: 2004-01-17
List price: $90.00
ISBN-10: 0802036503
ISBN-13: 9780802036506

Martyred in 1170 when still the Archbishop of Canterbury, St. Thomas Becket was canonized only three years later, and became one of the most important religious figures in the history of the English church. In this work, Kay Slocum analyzes the image of Thomas Becket as presented in the liturgies composed in his honour, and examines these within the context of the political and social history of the late twelfth and early thirteenth centuries. Through these liturgies, Thomas Becket is presented as ’novus homo’, ’bonus pastor’, a defender of the church, a martyr, a mira

Author: Captain Joshua Slocum
Publisher: Wildside Press
Keywords: world, sailing
Number of Pages: 320
Published: 2007-09-01
List price: $19.95
ISBN-10: 1434488241
ISBN-13: 9781434488244

Challenged by an expert who said it couldn’t be done, Josua Slocum, an indomitable New England sea captain, set out in 1895 to prove that a main could sail alone around the world: 46,000 miles in a little over 3 years.

Authors:Michael E. McGill, John W. Slocum,
Publisher: Wiley
Keywords: adapts, marketplace, needs, learns, business, organization, build, smarter
Number of Pages: 304
Published: 1994-09-23
List price: $59.95
ISBN-10: 0471598461
ISBN-13: 9780471598466

"An outstanding resource. McGill and Slocum have helped demystify the ’Learning Organization.’ In so doing, they have helped redefine the essence of organizational effectiveness." —Albert A. Vicere Associate Dean for Executive Education Penn State Executive Programs"McGill and Slocum unlock the secrets of successful companies and their leaders. If you want to lead, this book is worth your time." —Carl Sewell Author of Customers for Life"Candid . . . provocative . . . down-to-earth advice for managers on creating a learning organization. McGill and Slocum have taken organization