Authors:Gordon Robertson, Graham Caldwell, Joseph Hamill,
Publisher: Human Kinetic
Keywords: biomechanics, methods, research
Number of Pages: 320
Published: 2004-04-21
List price: $77.00
ISBN-10: 073603966X
ISBN-13: 9780736039666

This text provides a firm foundation in the biomechanical methods and tools necessary for quantifying human movements. Research Methods in Biomechanics is an invaluable resource for developing and seasoned researchers wishing to hone their skills and learn new techniques in the collection, analysis, and interpretation of data. The reference shows how the laws of motion are applied to complex human movements. The text demonstrates how to combine segments to obtain limb or total-body measures. All the material is presented in such a way that you need only basic knowledge of Newtonian mechanics

Author: Sam Hamill
Publisher: Shambhala
Keywords: library, shambhala, japanese, poems, love
Number of Pages: 176
Published: 2003-01-28
List price: $16.95
ISBN-10: 1570629765
ISBN-13: 9781570629761

Drawn from classical, medieval, and modern sources—including the imperial collections of the Manyoshu and Kokinshu—the poems in this collection are some of the greatest love poems from the Japanese tradition. The poems range in tone from the spiritual longing of an isolated monk to the erotic ecstasy of a court princess—but share the extraordinary simplicity and luminosity of language that marks Kenneth Rexroth’s verse style. An introduction by the poet and translator Sam Hamill, the editor of this collection, and short biographies of the poets are included. The Shambhala Libra

Author: Sam Hamill
Publisher: BOA Editions Ltd.
Keywords: continuum, poets, american, gratitude
Number of Pages: 90
Published: 1998-08-01
List price: $12.50
ISBN-10: 1880238659
ISBN-13: 9781880238653

The poems in GRATITUDE are ones of humility as well as thankfulness. Raised in the West and influenced by the great Chinese and Japanese masters, Sam Hamill’s poems draw from both traditions returning us "to that world beyond/words, which are only/a reflection of desire".

Author: Sam Hamill
Publisher: Shambhala
Keywords: spirit, erotic
Number of Pages: 200
Published: 1999-03-30
List price: $15.95
ISBN-10: 1570622345
ISBN-13: 9781570622342

This extraordinary collection of poems—covering thirty centuries of poetry from around the world—celebrates the erotic spirit in all its forms, from the passion of sexual desire to the intense longing for spiritual union. Beginning with anonymous Egyptian love songs from the fifteenth century BCE and continuing up to today’s finest poets, the book draws on a broad range of cultural and spiritual traditions, including ancient Greek and Roman erotic poems, ecstatic Sufi songs, Chinese elegies for lost lovers, and bawdy English satires. Many of the poems are presented here in new transl

Author: Dr Les Hamill
Publisher: Spon Press
Keywords: hydraulics, bridge
Number of Pages: 384
Published: 1998-12-22
List price: $260.00
ISBN-10: 0419205705
ISBN-13: 9780419205708

All roads involve the design of bridges which cross rivers and streams. For reasons of economy the size of the waterway has to be kept reasonably small, while still being large enough to pass floods. Getting this balance right has taxed engineers in all parts of the world for centuries. If an inappropriate design is adopted then the bridge may be washed away during floods or it may cause additional flooding. This book incorporates all recent research toanalyze the design of arch bridges and examines whether there is there a hydraulic difference between a rectangular and an arched opening and b

Author: Sam Hamill
Publisher: BOA Editions Ltd.
Keywords: continuum, poets, american, luck, dumb
Number of Pages: 96
Published: 2002-09-01
List price: $13.95
ISBN-10: 1929918259
ISBN-13: 9781929918256

Influenced by the Chinese and Japanese masters, Hamill’s Dumb Luck affirms his ability to give us back the world and all its vicissitudes. Here you will find Zen fables, elegies and haiku, bluesy riffs, and poems that celebrate births, marriages, the liberating exile of the poet, as well as verses that present the dumb luck that has peppered the poet’s life.Sam Hamill is the author of a dozen volumes of original poetry, as well as three collections of essays. He is the Founding Editor of Copper Canyon Press, director of the Port Townsend Writers’ Conference, and contributing editor at Th

Author: Sam Hamill
Publisher: White Pine Press
Keywords: poems, zero, destination
Number of Pages: 236
Published: 1995-09-01
List price: $25.00
ISBN-10: 1877727555
ISBN-13: 9781877727559

Sam Hamill is the author of over thirty books of poetry, essays and translations of poetry from classical Chinese to Ancient Greek.“Sam Hamill’s poems have been part of my indispensable reading for many years. Direct, earthy, yet intelligent and sensitive, they are in the best tradition of the American West, I think, and at the same time in a beautifully original voice with touches of Oriental subtlety. Very highly recommended.”—Hayden Carruth