Zanker: 12 books

Verbs and nouns of meaning in ancient Greek and Latin are polysemous, just as in the case of the English verb “to mean". Andreas T. Zanker considers how the ancient vocabulary could be used in different ways and investigates its development over time. In the first part of the book, Zanker argues...

Donald J. Trump is an icon: the very definition of the American success story. President-elect, reality-television star, and developer of some of the planet's most prestigious real estate, he's also become one of the world's wealthiest men. Trump is a living example of how thinking BIG and...

Donald J. Trump es un ícono: la definición misma del sueño americano. Candidato republicano presidencial, estrella de programa de television, empresario de bienes raíces de algunas de las propiedades más prestigiosas del mundo y ha logrado convertirse en uno de los hombres más ricos del mundo....

With a style that is both detailed and accessible, this new text from Johannes Zanker provides students with a solid understanding of how our sensory and perceptual systems operate, and interact with a dynamic world. It not only explains the scientific mechanisms involved, but discusses the costs...

With a style that is both detailed and accessible, this new text from Johannes Zanker provides students with a solid understanding of how our sensory and perceptual systems operate, and interact with a dynamic world. It not only explains the scientific mechanisms involved, but discusses the costs and...

Mit der Ausdehnung des Imperium Romanum verbreitete sich ein Typ von Stadt, der bis heute im Kern vieler Städte zu erkennen ist. Von Britannien bis Nordafrika orientierte man sich beim Städtebau an Vorgaben aus Rom und nahm zugleich Rücksicht auf die individuellen Bedürfnisse der einzelnen Städte....

In this age of information overload, people use a variety of strategies to make choices about what to buy, how to spend their leisure time, and even whom to date. Recommender systems automate some of these strategies with the goal of providing affordable, personal, and high-quality recommendations....

The book offers a critical analysis of legitimacy in peacebuilding, with a focus on peace negotiations and civil society participation in particular. The aim of this book is to unpack the meaning of legitimacy for the population in peacebuilding processes and the relationship this has with...

Whether users are likely to accept the recommendations provided by a recommender system is of utmost importance to system designers and the marketers who implement them. By conceptualizing the advice seeking and giving relationship as a fundamentally social process, important avenues for understanding...

UN TEMA, OCHO HORAS, OCHO PA?GINAS, DIEZ ARTISTAS... ESTE LIBRO ES EL RESULTADO DEL ESFUERZO DE 10 ARTISTAS MEXICANOS POR EXPLORAR SU CALIDAD Y POSIBILIDADES NARRATIVAS, DESARROLLANDO CADA UNO DE ELLOS -DESDE CERO Y EN BASE A PURA IMPROVISACIO?N- UNA HISTORIA DE OCHO PA?GINAS MIENTRAS SE ENCONTRABAN...

Mit dem Aufstieg Roms zum Zentrum eines riesigen Imperiums nahm auch die römische Kunst ihre spezifischen Züge an. Dieser anregende und allgemeinverständliche Band zeigt, wie die Römer sich ab dem 3. Jahrhundert v. Chr. die griechische Kultur umfassend aneigneten und gleichzeitig eine ganz...

«Chi parla di una tipica 'città romana' intende, di norma, una città a pianta ortogonale, come quelle che si incontrano nelle regioni che una volta formavano la parte occidentale dell'Impero».È quasi un paradosso: rispetto a questa struttura, Roma non si presenta affatto come una tipica 'città...