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A near-future story in the form of a narrative poem about a college student and aspiring astronaut from Upstate New York whose career is traumatically interrupted and who ends up in New York City in an age of climate change.

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John Harrison, ein schottischer Uhrmacher, setzt sich Anfang des 18. Jahrhunderts ein ehrgeiziges und unmöglich erscheinendes Ziel: eine Methode zu ersinnen, die es Seeleuten erlaubt, den genauen Längengrad ihrer Position auf See zu bestimmen. Über vierzig Jahre arbeitet Harrison wie besessen an der Herstellung eines perfekten Chronometers. Schließlich erlebt er - trotz Missgunst und zahlreicher Anfeindungen - einen beispiellosen Triumph.

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Anyone alive in the eighteenth century would have known that "the longitude problem" was the thorniest scientific dilemma of the day-and had been for centuries. Lacking the ability to measure their longitude, sailors throughout the great ages of exploration had been literally lost at sea as soon as they lost sight of land. Thousands of lives and the increasing fortunes of nations hung on a resolution. One man, John Harrison, in complete opposition to the scientific community, dared to imagine a mechanical solution-a clock that would keep precise time at sea, something no clock had ever...

In many theatrical productions, it falls to the performers to apply their own makeup, with minimal or no instruction. "Theatrical Makeup" clearly and concisely explains the basics of theatrical makeup techniques to allow stage actors to put their best face forward You will gain understanding of the physiology of the human face and, using cream based makeup, as well as commercial cosmetics, learn how to contour it to suit your character with the use of highlight and shadow. Hundreds of full color images and step-by-step instructions illustrate how to visually manipulate bone structure and...

Winner of the Peter Taylor Prize for the Novel, Minyan is both bittersweet and hilarious in a way that hurts to laugh. It is the tale of Norbert Wilner, a man who has mastered the art of arrested development who, at 37, is still single and living in New York City, surrounded by the Jewish guys he grew up with in Jersey. They are all searching for God, women, and most of all, a good pastrami-on-rye with spicy brown mustard, a side of potato salad and a cream soda.

Bernstein is a Hindu, Greenblatt's a Sufi, Weissbaum worships Willie Mays, and nobody likes Finkelstein, the big-shot lawyer...