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This book addresses literary critics in mainstream institutions who, though they vastly outnumber their colleagues in more prestigious institutions, have little voice in the profession. It examines the structures through which the institution of literary criticism pressures its members to accept orthodoxy/heterodoxy as categories to describe their work, which in turn provokes theory wars. This opposition produces a method/ application dichotom...

Scientific nihilism is the widespread and ascendant view that the prospects for genuine understanding in scientific knowledge are distinctly negative. This view is especially characteristic of philosophy of science, and is reflected in a number of professional and popular doctrines. In the background is the growing perception that physical science is presently encountering the inherent limits of scientific understanding. This book shows that t...

At a time when the study of literature and the literary canon itself are once again the focus of intense debate, Building a Profession offers a retrospective on the early days of Comparative Literature in the United States and on its role in defining literary scholarship in the heady decades following the end of the second World War. Composed of autobiographical sketches by a number of eminent comparatists, chiefly of the generation that has e...

This book provides an understanding of the complexities of political legitimacy in Islamic dynasties by examining Fatimid political culture in Egypt reconstructed from court rituals. The author approaches ritual as a dynamic process through which claims to political and religious authority in Islamic societies are articulated, and in which complex negotiations of power have taken place.

This book analyzes the social, cultural, and historical background of modern Libya from the early nineteenth century through the end of the armed anticolonial resistance. Ahmida challenges Eurocentric theories of social change that ignore the internal dynamics of native social history. Among other things, he shows that Sufi Islam, tribal military organization, and oral traditions were crucial in the fight against colonialism. The political and...

While World War II rages in Europe, John Twelve climbs onto a four-cylinder Indian motorcycle and crosses Ethiopia, searching for truth, for beauty, for mystery. At the same time, a modern American girl strolls the streets of Puerto Vallarta, where she is accosted by by a film director - actually Ahmed, an Ethiopian murderer. He is making a film, he explains, about a man crossing the Ethiopian desert on a motorcycle. The girl accepts a starrin...

Mechatronics provides a framework within which modern multi-technology products and systems may be designed by teams of collaborating specialists. These team members can be drawn from a wide background of disciplines, both from the traditional areas of mechanical and electrical engineering and from emerging areas such as laser technology and advanced materials. The result of efficient Mechatronics design is a product range possessing new and e...

This book deals with the transition of Egypt from Mamluk to Ottoman rule, a subject that has not been investigated before, Waqf documents are a major source for this study which also treats urban and architectural development as an aspect of the history of the period.

(Music Sales America). A superb repertoire of 29 pieces edited and arranged for classical guitar in standard notation by John Zaradin. An excellent addition to the popular Joy of... series. Includes: Air on a G String (Bach) * Pastorale (Mozart) * La Paloma (Iradier) * La Cumparsita (Rodriguez) * and more.

Nearly 50 enchanting traditional tunes arranged for solo piano, complete with words and chord symbols. Includes: Three Blind Mice * The Grand Old Duke Of York * Old King Cole * and more. Arranged by Cyril Ornadel for pianists from grade one standard.

A collection of 12 classic pieces from one of Spain's most significant composers, Isaac Albeniz. This book contains some of the finest transcriptions and easy-to-read guitar tablature, including: Mallorca * Sevilla * Serenata Arabe * and more.

11 vocal selections, including: AC/DC * Crazy * He'll Whistle at Me * Light at the End of the Tunnel * Make up My Heart * Next Time You Fall in Love * One Rock 'N' Roll Too Many * Pumping Iron * Rolling Stock * Starlight Sequence * U.N.C.O.U.P.L.E.D.

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This book is an annotated translation, with introduction and commentary, of the correspondence between Yi Hwang (T'oegye, 1500-1570) and Ki Taesung (Kobong, 1527-1572) and between Yi I (Yulgok, 1536-1584) and Song Hon (Ugye, 1535-1598), known as the Four-Seven Debate, the most famous philosophical controversy in Korean Neo-Confucian thought. The most complex issues and difficult tensions in the great Neo-Confucian synthesis are at the juncture...

The authors provide an in-depth, comprehensive examination of hierarchical parallel systems within a comparative and taxonomical framework. They include a general introduction to hierarchical structures, possible topologies, and possible designs, an in-depth discussion of all proposed or built hierarchical parallel systems, and language supports and programming strategies. Their work will serve as both a teacher and reference to programmers an...

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More timely than ever, this gem of a book blends East and West into a spiritual vision of enormous practical value.

With Authors & Artists for Young Adults teens have a source where they can discover fascinating and entertaining facts about the writers, artists, film directors, graphic novelists, and other creative personalities that most interest them. International in scope, each volume contains 20-25 entries offering personal behind-the-scenes information, portraits, movie stills, bibliographies, a cumulative index and more.For table of contents or other...

This illustrated series covers more than 600 writers and illustrators for children and young adults. Typical entries consist of a listing of major works and awards and criticism from significant reviews and commentaries on the authors or artists works. Each volume includes cumulative author name and nationality indexes as well as a volume-specific title index. A cumulative title index to the entire series is published separately (included in s...