Andre: 1505 books

Rites of Realism shifts the discussion of cinematic realism away from the usual focus on verisimilitude and faithfulness of record toward a notion of "performative realism," a realism that does not simply represent a given reality but enacts actual social tensions. These essays by a range...

This practical book provides everything you need to know about the Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol (XMPP). This open technology for real-time communication is used in many diverse applications such as instant messaging, Voice over IP, real-time collaboration, social networking, microblogging,...

In the 1970s, a woman keeps vigil for a lover lost in World War II, in a “sensuously styled, elegiac” novel by the author of Dreams of My Russian Summers (Publishers Weekly).   Near the end of World War II, nineteen-year-old Boris Koptek left the small village of Mirnoe to join the Russian army....

"Inner Peace contains a selection of poems written by the author as part of his journey of spiritual discovery. Having faced many challenges in his time he turned to poetry to find a new way of expressing his inner self. This book of poetry will help you to experience your own spiritual path...

The perfect antidote to the fiery rhetoric that dominates our current national debate over religion, The Little Book of Atheist Spirituality is the ideal companion to such bestsellers as The God Delusion and God Is Not Great. I n this inspiring book, bestselling author and philosopher André Comte-Sponville...

Seminar paper from the year 2003 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Linguistics, grade: 2+ (B), University of Cologne (English Seminar), 19 entries in the bibliography, language: English, abstract: There are several definitions about what language variations are and numerous...

Writing Romance--The Ultimate Guide on Craft, Creation and Industry Connections * 40+ Inspiring Articles The process, craft and business of writing by some of your favorite published romance authors, as well as a few of the industry's leading editors and agents. * A Complete Resource...

With this lucid translation of Du litteraire au filmique, André Gaudreault's highly influential and original study of film narratology is now accessible to English-language audiences for the first time. Building a theory of narrative on sources as diverse as Plato, The Arabian Nights,and Proust,...

The summer of ’47. In the sleepy town of Villiers-la-Forêt, roughly an hour from Paris, the peaceful radiance of the day is interrupted by the discovery that, along a nearby riverbank, the body of a man has washed up, a gaping wound in his skull. Beside him rests a beautiful, nearly bare-breasted...

The author occupies a unique position in psychoanalysis today, and his work represents a synthesis of the traditions of Lacan, Winnicott and Bion. This volume collects fourteen of his papers together with a substantial introduction. The papers range widely across clinical and theoretical issues including...

This book combines theory with history to　look into a dozen episodes of struggle　over the concrete and　situated terms of world ordering, and　it finds reasons to think that the contemporary 'movement of movements' against neo-liberal globalization has deeper roots and a broader history than...

A bem-sucedida corretora de imóveis de Seattle, Mia Sullivan, não é nada boba... A não ser naquela única semana em que entregou seu coração a um músico sensual, que não lhe deu nada em troca além de dias e noites perfeitas em sua cama. Apesar de ter jurado que nunca mais o veria, ele foi...

"Extensively researched—with detailed source notes and an expansive bibliography—and cogently argued, Gerolymatos's study of diplomacy by espionage is timely and instructive." - Publishers Weekly With roots in imperialism and the nineteenth-century mindset of the "Great Game,"...

Do you feel that its too late to have children? Did you focus on your professional career in your 20's & 30's and now your ready for children? Did your doctor tell you there will be risks for having children at your age? Do your forty and over friends think your nuts for wanting to have children?...