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1. Jay Wright

Transfigurations

Finally, British readers can get to grips with a profoundly original, ambitious and globally minded writer. Wright’s lyrical, experimental verse traverses world traditions and beliefs, mining the heritage of his African ancestry alongside the influence of an upbringing in the American southwest, a fulcrum of American, Spanish and Navajo cultures. The poems offer a deep engagement with spiritual knowledge and myth... They also explore the vigour of ritual, and how it might lead to personal and communal transformation... Despite their variety, these dazzling, questing poems are always seeking to discover how a collective selfhood and identity might come into being

Roger Sisson

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Roger Lee Sisson (June 24, 1926 - January 22, 1992) was an early data processing pioneer. Sisson worked on Project Whirlwind while a graduate student at MIT, co-founded the first consulting firm devoted to electronic data processing, and published a number of the earliest books and periodicals on computers and data processing.Sisson earned his M.S. in electrical engineering from MIT in January 1950. He worked in Jay Forrester's lab on Project Whirlwind. His thesis, written with Alfred Susskind, was on the digital to analog conversion for the cathode ray tube display.Sisson, with Richard Canning, started one of the first consulting firms devoted exclusively to electronic data processing, Canning, Sisson, and Associates. Canning and Sisson also published one of the earliest computer periodicals, Data Processing Digest, starting in 1955.

Corey Stokes

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Corey Stokes is an American basketball player for Villanova University, best known for his three-point shooting. Stokes played high school basketball for head coach Dan Hurley at St. Benedict's Prep School in Newark, New Jersey. During his four seasons with the Gray Bees, he was teammates with NBA Star JR Smith and many fellow Division I basketball players, including Lance Thomas, Eugene Harvey, David Cubillan, and Samardo Samuels, among others.As a senior in 2006-2007, Stokes averaged 35.0 points, 8.8 rebounds and 4.2 assists in leading the Gray Bees to a 24-1 record. He was named to the prestigious McDonald's and Parade All-American teams, as well as being named an EA Sports All-American and first team All-New Jersey by the Newark Star-Ledger. Stokes also participated in the Roundball Classic and was invited to try out for USA Basketball's 19-and-under team following the season

1. Joe Giglio

What If?

Countless books, biographies, video, radio calls, and statistical databases recount the past. But this book reconstructs the history of Philadelphia sports through the prism of “what if” moments—What might have happened if…?

Jay Wright (Basketball)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Jerold Taylor "Jay" Wright, Jr. (born December 24, 1961) is an American basketball coach. He is currently the men's coach at Villanova University. He was born in Churchville, Pennsylvania, U.S., and is married to a former Villanova cheerleader. In 2006, Wright signed a seven year contract extension with Villanova University which would keep him in the position through the 2012-2013 season. Wright is a graduate of Council Rock High School North in Newtown, Bucks County, Pennsylvania. He graduated from Bucknell University, in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, in 1983, where he played on the basketball team and became a Brother of the Sigma Chi Fraternity.

Bullwhip effect

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. The Bullwhip Effect (or Whiplash Effect) is an observed phenomenon in forecast-driven distribution channels. The concept has its roots in J Forrester's Industrial Dynamics (1961) and thus it is also known as the Forrester Effect. Since the oscillating demand magnification upstream a supply chain reminds someone of a cracking whip it became famous as the Bullwhip Effect.