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A baby chicken with no feathers on its wings tries to be like all the other chickens but they do not accept him as one of their own. The baby chicken is so sad until a frog covered in warts encourages him to travel on a journey to find out where he belongs.

Now filled with excitement and purpose the chicken with no feathers on its wings begins a quest that first leads him to a flock of geese then pink flamingos and finally a group of turkeys who all assure him that does not belong with them. But as soon as the baby chicken returns home without any answers he makes the amazing...

Computational Acoustics: Theory and Implementation is a comprehensive pedagogical text that deals primarily with the theory of linear acoustics in moving fluid media, computational methods for modelling sound propagation and techniques in both theory and implementation related to acoustics. This book bridges the gap between theory and implementation therefore providing one-stop coverage. Over the past 30 years there have been a large number of innovative techniques in acoustic modelling that have appeared in the literature. Many of these techniques are covered in a comprehensive manner,...

The concept of camp has never been easy to define. Derived from the French verb camper, "to pose," it has been variously interpreted as a style that favors exaggeration, an ironic attitude toward the cultural mainstream, and a form of aestheticism that celebrates artifice over beauty. At the same time, camp has been long associated with homosexual culture, or at least with a self-conscious eroticism that questions traditional gender constructions.

The sixteen essays on camp included in this book explore further the relationship between style and homosexuality, showing how camp has made...

In this poetic, introspective memoir, Kenny Fries illustrates his intersecting identities as gay, Jewish, and disabled. While learning about the history of his body through medical records and his physical scars, Fries discovers just how deeply the memories and psychic scars run. As he reflects on his relationships with his family, his compassionate doctor, the brother who resented his disability, and the men who taught him to love, he confronts the challenges of his life. Body, Remember is a story about connection, a redemptive and passionate testimony to one man's search for the...