Joy Harjo is a 'poet-healer-philosopher-saxophonist,' and one of the most powerful Native American voices of her generation. She has spent the past two decades exploring her place in poetry, music, dance/performance, and art. Soul Talk, Song Language gathers together in one complete collection many of these explorations and conversations. Through an eclectic assortment of media, including personal essays, interviews, and newspaper columns, Harjo reflects upon the nuances and development of her art, the importance of her origins, and the arduous reconstructions of the tribal past, as well as the dramatic confrontation between Native American and Anglo civilizations. Harjo takes us on a journey into her identity as a woman and an artist, poised between poetry and music, encompassing tribal heritage and reassessments and comparisons with the American cultural patrimony. She presents herself in an exquisitely literary context that is rooted in ritual and ceremony and veers over the edge where language becomes music.

The new edition of this highly successful book continues to offer readers everything they require to gain a full understanding of microbiology as it relates to modern dental practice. The rich combination of easy-to-read text together with the extensive artwork programme makes Essential Microbiology for Dentistry the first choice of microbiology textbook for many students of dentistry worldwide.

• Comprehensive coverage of the subject area makes the book suitable for all aspects of the curriculum
• Almost 300 tables and illustrations present clinical, diagnostic and practical information in an easy-to-follow manner
• Contains 'Key Facts' boxes to act as useful aide-mémoires
• Self-assessment sections at the end of each chapter allow students to assess their understanding in key areas of knowledge
• Addresses the subject on a strictly 'need-to-know for the dentist' approach [e.g. only salient bacteria are included with thumbnail sketches of viruses and fungi]
• Contains a detailed - and now expanded - glossary and abbreviations list

• Contains the latest organism nomenclature and information regarding unculturable bacteria and novel molecular technology
• Includes a highly expanded section on oral biofilms and their relevance to systemic disease such as heart disease, diabetes, adverse pregnancy outcomes and nosocomial pneumonia
• Contains a brand new section on oral immunology - prepared by guest authors - as relevant to dentistry
• Contains a new section on the microbiology of perimplantitis
• Presents a fully revised and expanded section on infection control in dentistry encompassing British and American guidelines

Poetry. Bilingual Edition. Translated from the Tamil by Chelva Kanaganayakam. This book provides, for the first time, a bilingual edition of forty poems by R Cheran. Written over a period of three decades, the poems cover a range of experiences, including love, war, despair, hope, and diaspora. Cheran is considered one of the finest contemporary poets in Tamil, and his poetry is read widely in North America, Europe, and South Asia. Both modernist and unfailingly lyrical, his work is a remarkable blend of tradition and innovation.

In ancient Mexico, beautiful Maya's children are endangered by the threat of Seänor Tiempo who, jealous of their immortality, plots to destroy them.

Simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM) is a process where an autonomous vehicle builds a map of an unknown environment while concurrently generating an estimate for its location. This book is concerned with computationally efficient solutions to the large scale SLAM problems using exactly sparse Extended Information Filters (EIF).The invaluable book also provides a comprehensive theoretical analysis of the properties of the information matrix in EIF-based algorithms for SLAM. Three exactly sparse information filters for SLAM are described in detail, together with two efficient and exact methods for recovering the state vector and the covariance matrix. Proposed algorithms are extensively evaluated both in simulation and through experiments.

Literary Nonfiction. Asian & Asian American Studies. Edited by R. Cheran, Dalbir Singh, Chelva Kanaganayakam, and Sudharshan Durayappah. Tamil Studies. In the past few decades, as a growing presence worldwide, Tamil has become an important component of the South Asian diaspora. As one of the few classical languages of the world that is still a living one, it continues to remain a vehicle of secularism while celebrating diverse religious and political traditions. It has served Hinduism, Islam, Buddhism, Jainism, and Christianity, while articulating politics from the time of the ancient kings, through colonialism, to modern times. The essays in this volume offer a nuanced view of BEING HUMAN, BEING TAMIL in the context of South Asia and the diaspora. They explore the multiple ways of being Tamil, and the cultural, religious, and poetic linkages that have contributed to the emergence and articulation of Tamilness in a global context.

Throughout the world there is concern over the impact of energy use on the environment (particularly CO, emissions) and also over the security of fossil fuel supplies. Consequently, governments and energy planners are actively encouraging alternative and cleaner forms of energy production such as renewables (e.g. wind, solar, biomass) and combined heat and power (CHP).

The economics and locations of sustainable energy sources have meant that many of these new generators are connected into distribution networks. It is recognized that the information flow and control of distribution networks is inadequate for these future low-carbon electricity supply systems. The future distribution network will change its operation from passive to active, and the distributed generators will be controlled to support the operation of the power system. In many countries this transformation of electricity supply is managed through energy markets and privately owned, regulated transmission and distribution systems.

This book discusses the connection of generation to distribution networks and then moves on to consider how sustainable generation can be fully integrated into the operation of the power system. Both technical and economic aspects are addressed. It is written for later-year undergraduate and postgraduate students studying courses on energy. The book has four tutorial chapters (with examples and questions) to provide fundamental material for those without a strong electrical engineering background.

In this text, Anaya (Human Rights Law and Policy, University of Arizona) presents documents, scholarship, and original commentary dealing with the conditions of indigenous people around the world. Issues such as self-determination, collective rights and culture, and land and resources are presented in the context of actual cases, events, and circumstances. The author discusses the international institutions that promote and protect indigenous peoples' rights and lays out the practical and strategic reasons for protecting these rights. Contents also include the contemporary international documents concerning indigenous peoples and an overview of the history that underlies contemporary developments. Annotation ©2009 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

With increasing concern over climate change and the security of energy supplies, wind power is emerging as an important source of electrical energy throughout the world.

Modern wind turbines use advanced power electronics to provide efficient generator control and to ensure compatible operation with the power system. Wind Energy Generation describes the fundamental principles and modelling of the electrical generator and power electronic systems used in large wind turbines. It also discusses how they interact with the power system and the influence of wind turbines on power system operation and stability.    

Key features:

• Includes a comprehensive account of power electronic equipment used in wind turbines and for their grid connection.
• Describes enabling technologies which facilitate the connection of large-scale onshore and offshore wind farms.
• Provides detailed modelling and control of wind turbine systems.
• Shows a number of simulations and case studies which explain the dynamic interaction between wind power and conventional generation.

Over two billion people live in tropical lands. Most of them live in intimate contact with the immediate geological environment, obtaining their food and water directly from it. The unique geochemistry of these tropical environments have a marked influence on their health, giving rise to diseases that affect millions of people. The origin of these diseases is geologic as exemplified by dental and skeletal fluorosis, iodine deficiency disorders, trace element imbalances to name a few. This book, one of the first of its kind, serves as an excellent introduction to the emerging discipline of Medical Geology.

• Written specifically with sufferers and carers in mind, to help them understand and apply the basic concepts of cognitive therapy for psychosis. • Illustrates what it is like to have common psychosis and how people's lives can be restored using therapy. • Increases understanding of how the psychosis started, and the factors that worsen symptoms or increase the likelihood of relapse. • Helps the sufferer learn how to control symptoms and delay or prevent relapse. • Includes features and exercises to help sufferers explore their own beliefs and feelings to reflect on the way they cope. • Helps carers know what to say and what to do. • Provides a resource for mental health professionals working with patients, to introduce the approach, support ongoing therapy and make the most efficient use of appointment time.

All 52 essays by popular novelist Anaya (emeritus English, U. of New Mexico) are collected here, including four never published before. Most of them explore aspects of the American Southwest from the perspectives of landscape and sense of place, culture and art, and literature. Other sections cover living Chicano, censorship, and modern ethnic literature and culture. Among specific topics are the education of Hispanic children, the courage of expression, a New Mexico Christmas, the magic of words, the writer as inocente, return to the mountains, an American Chicano in King Arthur's court, and the light-green perspective. There is no index. Annotation ©2009 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Folklorist Rosa Medina investigates a purported government agency that is cloning monsters--a combination of Chupacabras and aliens--intended to take over the world.

González and Chen (Delft U. of Technology, The Netherlands) join with Dahanayake (Georgia College and State U.) to produce this textbook which discusses cutting-edge technology in the field of global information retrieval. Covering such topics as information security, privacy and ethics, data mining and software engineering, this book is designed to give students and researchers the tools they need to understand recent advances in these technologies. Emphasis is also placed on how the mobility of terminals, people and services is affected by retrieval technologies. Annotation ©2008 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Poetry. 'These poems both about those who died in, and those who survived, the Tsunami of 2004 memorialize with anger and beauty one of the most devastating tragedies of our time. In its largeness of heart, bold artistry, and admirable desire to bear witness, Amirthanayagam's consoling, life-affirming and triumphant volume reminds me of Neruda's great Residence on Earth'--Jaime Manrique. Indran Amirthanayagam is a poet, essayist and translator in English, Spanish and French. His first book The Elephants of Reckoning won the 1994 Paterson Poetry Prize. The poem 'Juarez' won the Juegos Florales of Guaymas, Sonora in 2006. Other books include El Infierno de los Pajaros, El Hombre que Recoge Nidos, and Ceylon R.I.P. Amirthanayagam has been a NYFA fellow in poetry as well as a grantee of the U.S./Mexico Fund for Culture for his translations. He was born in Ceylon (now Sri Lanka). He is a member of the United States Foreign Serivce. This is his second book to be published in the United States.

Si tratta di un volume di consultazione per inquadrare gli aspetti tecnici, teorici e di mercato legati all'impiego del Vento nell'edilizia. Uno strumento di supporto e di orientamento per la progettazione e realizzazione di impianti per la climatizzazione naturale e la produzione di energia pulita utilizzando l'elemento vento. Il volume nasce dalle esperienze professionali degli autori nella progettazione e nei cantieri di interventi sperimentali di Edilizia Residenziale Pubblica: rapporti con i produttori, appunti di studio, prezzari, capitolati, rapporti con imprese e utenti. La gestione ed il controllo dell'intero processo edilizio in cui la sintesi del Progetto diviene il fondamentale strumento di organizzazione di conoscenze complesse. Questa seconda edizione č stata aggiornata e ampliata con informazioni sul mini eolico, su certificati verdi e scambio sul posto.

L'autore narra la leggenda di Serafina, la cantastorie che, durante l'insurrezione degli indiani pueblo che cercavano di liberarsi da un governo Spagnolo oppressivo che minacciava la loro esistenza culturale e spirituale, barattň la liberazione dei suoi compagni ribelli con le storie del suo popolo.

Spanning a period of thirty years, a collection of eighteen short stories includes 'Silence of the Llano,' 'In search of Epifano,' and 'Children of the Desert.'

Abran Gonzalez, an ex-Golden Glove champ from Barelas, searches for his father in the streets of Alburquerque