Elena: 1551 books
Plato's Dialectic on Woman
Equal, Therefore Inferior
Language: English
Release Date: October 2, 2012
With the birth of the feminist movement classicists, philosophers, educational experts, and psychologists, all challenged by the question of whether or not Plato was a feminist, began to examine Plato’s dialogues in search of his conception of woman. The possibility arose of a new focus affecting...
by Elena Rozbicka, Karol Modzelewski
Language: English
Release Date: May 31, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: May 31, 2015
European culture has been greatly influenced by the Christian Church and Greek and Roman culture. However, the peoples of Europe’s remote past, whom the Greeks, Romans, and their medieval heirs called the «barbarians», also left their mark. Closely examining ancient and medieval narratives and...
by Elena Ivanova
Language: English
Release Date: October 3, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: October 3, 2009
Originally published in Russian in 2006, this is the first English translation of this important book on paleoceanography and paleoclimatology. Its initial publication was followed by a surge of interest in this subject prompting the author to revise and translate her original work. In the book, she...
Network Sovereignty
Building the Internet across Indian Country
Language: English
Release Date: June 28, 2017
In 2012, the United Nations General Assembly determined that affordable Internet access is a human right, critical to citizen participation in democratic governments. Given the significance of information and communication technologies (ICTs) to social and political life, many U.S. tribes and Native...
Giovanni Pascoli, Gabriele D’Annunzio, and the Ethics of Desire
Between Action and Contemplation
Language: English
Release Date: March 30, 2017
This book focuses on the notion of desire in late-nineteenth-century Italy, and how this notion shapes the life and works of two of Italy’s most prominent authors at that time, Giovanni Pascoli and Gabriele D’Annunzio. In the fin de siècle, the philosophical speculation on desire, inspired by...
Latinas in the Workplace
An Emerging Leadership Force
Language: English
Release Date: February 27, 2012
Journeys to Leadership SeriesThis series is about successful women who have reached the pinnacle of their careers. It features stories about extraordinary women who have found paths to success—whether it is leading a college or university or becoming successful scholars in science and engineering or...
Diet-Friendly Custard, Cake, and Pudding One-Mug Recipes: Quick, Easy and Guilt-Free Recipes for your Microwave
Microwave Desserts
Language: English
Release Date: February 14, 2017
When it comes to keeping calories low, serving sizes small and carbohydrates limited, dessert is generally off the table. Fortunately, with the invention one mug desserts, it is now possible to satisfy that sweet tooth without sacrificing your dietary limitations.
‘Diet Friendly Custard,...
Easiest Weight Loss Ever
Be Your Own Hypnosurgeon
Language: English
Release Date: October 14, 2013
Weight loss industry reached $60,9 BLN in sales just recently, in 2011, and yet most people affected are still in search for “it” method. America’s estimated 75 million dieters - about 80% of whom try to lose weight by themselves, are still looking for inexpensive home-based solutions....
by Peter Giannoudis, Elena Jones, Xuebin Yang
Language: English
Release Date: February 20, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: February 20, 2013
This book covers our current understanding of the role of mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) and other mesenchymal progenitors in skeletal regeneration, encompassing bone, cartilage and whole joint regeneration. The expansion reflects developments in the field to include data on the use of MSCs in drug...
Between the Eye and the World
The Emergence of the Point-of-View Shot
Language: English
Release Date: May 4, 2015
The point-of-view shot is usually perceived as a «natural» device, yet its naturalness is illusory. This book provides an answer to the question: «Where does the point-of-view shot come from?» It investigates the emergence of this filmic form as the product of a culture and its history, unravelling...
Towards Turkish American Literature
Narratives of Multiculturalism in Post-Imperial Turkey
Language: English
Release Date: May 8, 2017
The author expands the definition of Turkish American literature beyond fiction written by Americans of Turkish descent to incorporate texts that literally ‘commute’ between two national spheres. This segment of Turkish American literature transcends established paradigms of immigrant life-writing,...
Childhood Psychosis
A Lacanian Perspective
Language: English
Release Date: March 29, 2019
This book, focusing on the work of Jacques Lacan, examines psychosis in children, without ignoring the study of neurosis in childhood and concentrates on autism as produced by psychic disorders, by the symbolic failure that brings about the inclusion of the subject into the psychotic structure.
Party Hegemony and Entrepreneurial Power in China
Institutional Change in the Film and Music Industries
Language: English
Release Date: September 16, 2015
Economic liberalisation processes and the rapid development of the private sector are widely visible signs of over thirty years of reform policies in the People’s Republic of China. Nevertheless, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has managed to preserve the basic political institutions of the Leninist...