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-This book answers questions about human vision that are often asked. Some of the answers explain the physics and physiology of the visual system with an emphasis on the forces that drive evolution, some illustrate and describe how to produce interesting visual phenomena, and much of what happens during a visit to an eye doctor is described and explained---Provided by publisher.

Intends to survey contemporary Western art music within the transformed political, cultural, and technological environment of the post-Cold War era. In this book, the author considers musical composition against this changed backdrop, placing it in the context of globalization, digitization, and new media.

Explores the ways in which people hone techniques to discern and describe channels and contacts, including those that seem weak and failed, or blocked and invisible. This book is about stagings of communicative "energy" through paranormal experiments in telepathy, drills to build theatrical empathy, and other phenomena.

In 2005, Bolivians elected their first indigenous president, Evo Morales. Ushering in a new "democratic cultural revolution," Morales promised to overturn neoliberalism and inaugurate a new decolonized society. In this book, the author examines the successes and failures in the ten years since Morales' election.

Examines the spatial politics of Japanese imperialism through a study of Japanese travel and tourism to Korea, Manchuria, and Taiwan between the late nineteenth century and the early 1950s. This book shows how debates over the place of colonized lands reshaped the social and spatial imaginary of the modern Japanese nation and more.

Provides an overview of floodplains and their management in temperate regions. This book includes research on floodplain ecosystems, explaining hydrologic, geomorphic, and ecological processes and how these processes can provide a range of benefits to society under appropriate management.