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Author : Patrick Hughes
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780956806109
Total Pages : 239 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (61 download)
Download or read book Paradoxymoron written by Patrick Hughes and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 239 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Abdulai Barba Kallon
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
ISBN 13 : 1664126058
Total Pages : 133 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (641 download)
Download or read book The Tics of Times written by Abdulai Barba Kallon and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2020-08-31 with total page 133 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The work is a reflection of my life and the lives and activities of the people that I have inseparably lived with through the times. It is a reflection of flash joys that are always soon replaced by lingering stories of despair, which one reads from faces and attitudes. It is also a reflection on the kind of toll, different ways of marshaling the affairs of the people have taken on their land as well. Finally, the collection provides subtle suggestions for a recourse of behavior in order to set the stage for a better social order. Each of the poems in the collection is dated to indicate the time it was written. This makes them flow in history, as each speaks of the peculiar nature of their time.
Author : Allie Brosh
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1451666187
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (516 download)
Download or read book Hyperbole and a Half written by Allie Brosh and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2013-10-29 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: #1 New York Times Bestseller “Funny and smart as hell” (Bill Gates), Allie Brosh’s Hyperbole and a Half showcases her unique voice, leaping wit, and her ability to capture complex emotions with deceptively simple illustrations. FROM THE PUBLISHER: Every time Allie Brosh posts something new on her hugely popular blog Hyperbole and a Half the internet rejoices. This full-color, beautifully illustrated edition features more than fifty percent new content, with ten never-before-seen essays and one wholly revised and expanded piece as well as classics from the website like, “The God of Cake,” “Dogs Don’t Understand Basic Concepts Like Moving,” and her astonishing, “Adventures in Depression,” and “Depression Part Two,” which have been hailed as some of the most insightful meditations on the disease ever written. Brosh’s debut marks the launch of a major new American humorist who will surely make even the biggest scrooge or snob laugh. We dare you not to. FROM THE AUTHOR: This is a book I wrote. Because I wrote it, I had to figure out what to put on the back cover to explain what it is. I tried to write a long, third-person summary that would imply how great the book is and also sound vaguely authoritative—like maybe someone who isn’t me wrote it—but I soon discovered that I’m not sneaky enough to pull it off convincingly. So I decided to just make a list of things that are in the book: Pictures Words Stories about things that happened to me Stories about things that happened to other people because of me Eight billion dollars* Stories about dogs The secret to eternal happiness* *These are lies. Perhaps I have underestimated my sneakiness!
Author : Rob Humphreys
Publisher : Rough Guides UK
ISBN 13 : 1409358631
Total Pages : 733 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (93 download)
Download or read book The Rough Guide to London written by Rob Humphreys and published by Rough Guides UK. This book was released on 2012-05-04 with total page 733 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Full-colour throughout, The Rough Guide to London is the ultimate travel guide to one of the world's most exciting cities. With 30 years experience and our trademark 'tell it like it is' writing style Rough Guides cover all the basics with practical, on-the-ground details, as well as unmissable alternatives to the usual must-see sights. At the top of your to-pack list, and guaranteed to get you value for money, each guide also reviews the best accommodation and restaurants in all price brackets - we know there are times for saving, and times for splashing out. In The Rough Guide to London: - Over 50 colour-coded maps featuring every listing - Area-by-area chapter highlights - Practical information on the Olympic park - Top 5 boxes - Things not to miss section Make the most of your trip with The Rough Guide to London. Now available in ePub format.
Author : Jan Westerhoff
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0192587188
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (925 download)
Download or read book The Non-Existence of the Real World written by Jan Westerhoff and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2020-04-23 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Does the real world, defined as a world of objects that exist independent of human interests, concerns, and cognitive activities, really exist? Jan Westerhoff argues that we have good reason to believe it does not. His discussion considers four main facets of the idea of the real world, ranging from the existence of a separate external and internal world (comprising various mental states congregated around a self), to the existence of an ontological foundation that grounds the existence of all the entities in the world, and the existence of an ultimately true theory that provides a final account of all there is. As Westerhoff discusses the reasons for rejecting the postulation of an external world behind our representations, he asserts that the internal world is not as epistemically transparent as is usually assumed, and that there are good reasons for adopting an anti-foundational account of ontological dependence. Drawing on conclusions from the ancient Indian philosophical system of Madhyamaka Buddhism, Westerhoff defends his stance in a purely Western philosophical framework, and affirms that ontology, and philosophy more generally, need not be conceived as providing an ultimately true theory of the world.
Author : Richard Proudfoot
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1474243002
Total Pages : 130 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (742 download)
Download or read book Shakespeare: Text, Stage & Canon written by Richard Proudfoot and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2015-03-29 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on three lectures given by Professor Richard Proudfoot in October 1999 to celebrate the 400th anniversary of The Globe, The Arden Shakespeare's centenary and Professor Proudfoot's retirement from King's College; this enjoyable volume aims to give a general and non-specialist audience some sense of what scholarship has achieved in three critical areas of Shakespeare studies at the end of the twentieth century. Freshly and engagingly written, this lively volume will appeal to all those with an interest in Shakespeare studies.
Author : Ben Grant
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134104650
Total Pages : 229 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (341 download)
Download or read book The Aphorism and Other Short Forms written by Ben Grant and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-05-20 with total page 229 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The aphorism captures a huge amount of truth, meaning or wit in a very short statement. It has been used and studied from classical times to contemporary theory and takes on a new relevance when we look at today’s communication media such as text messages and twitter. This concise guide offers an overview of: The history of the aphorism to the present day Its relation to other short forms, including the fragment, the proverb, the maxim, the haiku, the epigram and the quotation The use of the aphorism by authors such as Heraclitus, Bacon, La Rochefoucauld, Chuang Tzu, Blake, Schlegel, Emerson, Nietzsche, Wilde, Woolf and Barthes The interdisciplinary nature of the aphorism, bringing together science, philosophy, literature and religion Exploring all the key aspects of the form, Ben Grant guides readers through this large and lively area in a wide-ranging and critically informed study of the aphorism.
Author : James Geary
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN 13 : 039325495X
Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (932 download)
Download or read book Wit's End: What Wit Is, How It Works, and Why We Need It written by James Geary and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2018-11-13 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A witty book about wit that steers an elegant path between waggishness and wisdom." —Stephen Fry Much more than a knack for snappy comebacks, wit is the quick, instinctive intelligence that allows us to think, say, or do the right thing at the right time in the right place. In this whimsical book, James Geary explores every facet of wittiness, from its role in innovation to why puns are the highest form of wit. Geary reasons that wit is both visual and verbal, physical and intellectual: there’s the serendipitous wit of scientists, the crafty wit of inventors, the optical wit of artists, and the metaphysical wit of philosophers. In Wit’s End, Geary embraces wit in every form by adopting a different style for each chapter; he writes the section on verbal repartee as a dramatic dialogue, the neuroscience of wit as a scientific paper, the spirituality of wit as a sermon, and other chapters in jive, rap, and the heroic couplets of Alexander Pope. Wit’s End agilely balances psychology, folktales, visual art, and literary history with lighthearted humor and acute insight, drawing upon traditions of wit from around the world. Entertaining, illuminating, and entirely unique, Wit’s End demonstrates that wit and wisdom are really the same thing.
Author : Roy R. Behrens
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 468 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book Camoupedia written by Roy R. Behrens and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 468 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An encyclopedic sourcebook for camouflage enthusiasts in all research areas who want to explore the history and development of camouflage (artistic, biological and military) since the 19th century. Richly illustrated with historic photographs, diagrams and drawings. Includes subject timeline, bibliography and index.
Author : Brian Forst
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 110737717X
Total Pages : 941 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (73 download)
Download or read book Terrorism, Crime, and Public Policy written by Brian Forst and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2008-10-20 with total page 941 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Terrorism, Crime, and Public Policy describes the problem of terrorism; compares it to other forms of aggression, particularly crime and war; and discusses policy options for dealing with the terrorism. It focuses on the causes of terrorism with the aim of understanding its roots and providing insights toward policies that will serve to prevent it. The book serves as a single-source reference on terrorism and as a platform for more in-depth study, with a set of discussion questions at the end of each chapter. Individual chapters focus on the nature of terrorism, theories of aggression and terrorism, the history of terrorism, the role of religion, non-religious extremism and terrorism, the role of technology, terrorism throughout the modern world, responses to terrorism, fear of terrorism, short-term approaches and long-term strategies for preventing terrorism, balancing security and rights to liberty and privacy, and pathways to a safer and saner 21st century.
Author : Rough Guides
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0241258413
Total Pages : 701 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (412 download)
Download or read book The Rough Guide to London written by Rough Guides and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2016-02-02 with total page 701 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Rough Guide to London is the ultimate travel guide to one of the world's most exciting cities. With full color throughout and dozens of photos to illustrate London's great buildings, iconic landmarks, and distinctive neighborhoods, this updated guidebook will show you the best the city has to offer, from Big Ben, the London Eye, and Olympic Park to markets and museums, gourmet restaurants, and hidden pubs. London has something for everyone--art galleries and shopping arcades, spacious parks and grand palaces--and The Rough Guide to London uncovers it all. Detailed color maps for each neighborhood, plus a tube map and practical information on all the essentials, make getting around easy. With chapters dedicated to the best hotels, restaurants and cafés, pubs and bars, live music and clubs, shops, theater, kids' activities, and more, you'll be sure to make the most of your time in this city with The Rough Guide to London. Series Overview: For more than thirty years, adventurous travelers have turned to Rough Guides for up-to-date and intuitive information from expert authors. With opinionated and lively writing, honest reviews, and a strong cultural background, Rough Guides travel books bring more than 200 destinations to life. Visit RoughGuides.com to learn more.
Author : Graeme Todd
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9788894339307
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (393 download)
Download or read book Street Hermit written by Graeme Todd and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Ada Palmer
Publisher : Tor Books
ISBN 13 : 146685877X
Total Pages : 854 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (668 download)
Download or read book Perhaps the Stars written by Ada Palmer and published by Tor Books. This book was released on 2021-11-02 with total page 854 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the 2017 John W. Campbell Award Winner for Best Writer, Ada Palmer's Perhaps the Stars is the final book of the Hugo Award-shortlisted Terra Ignota series. World Peace turns into global civil war. In the future, the leaders of Hive nations—nations without fixed location—clandestinely committed nefarious deeds in order to maintain an outward semblance of utopian stability. But the facade could only last so long. The comforts of effortless global travel and worldwide abundance may have tempered humanity's darkest inclinations, but conflict remains deeply rooted in the human psyche. All it needed was a catalyst, in form of special little boy to ignite half a millennium of repressed chaos. Now, war spreads throughout the globe, splintering old alliances and awakening sleeping enmities. All transportation systems are in ruins, causing the tyranny of distance to fracture a long-united Earth and threaten to obliterate everything the Hive system built. With the arch-criminal Mycroft nowhere to be found, his successor, Ninth Anonymous, must not only chronicle the discord of war, but attempt to restore order in a world spiraling closer to irreparable ruin. The fate of a broken society hangs in the balance. Is the key to salvation to remain Earth-bound or, perhaps, to start anew throughout the far reaches of the stars? At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
Author : Nicholas Wade
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3319252291
Total Pages : 388 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (192 download)
Download or read book Art and Illusionists written by Nicholas Wade and published by Springer. This book was released on 2015-10-12 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We delight in using our eyes, particularly when puzzling over pictures. Art and illusionists is a celebration of pictures and the multiple modes of manipulating them to produce illusory worlds on flat surfaces. This has proved fascinating to humankind since the dawning of depiction. Art and illusionists is also a celebration of the ways we see pictures, and of our ability to distil meaning from arrays of contours and colours. Pictures are not only a source of fascination for artists, who produce them, but also for scientists, who analyse the perceptual effects they induce. Illusions provide the glue to cement the art and science of vision. Painters plumb the art of observation itself whereas scientists peer into the processes of perception. Both visual artists and scientists have produced patterns that perplex our perceptions and present us with puzzles that we are pleased to peruse. Art and illusionists presents these two poles of pictorial representation as well as presenting novel ‘perceptual portraits’ of the artists and scientists who have augmented the art of illusion. The reader can experience the paradoxes of pictures as well as producing their own by using the stereoscopic glasses enclosed and the transparent overlay for making dynamic moiré patterns.
Author : Rachael Rowe
Publisher : White Owl
ISBN 13 : 1399063650
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (99 download)
Download or read book The Science Lover's Guide to London written by Rachael Rowe and published by White Owl. This book was released on 2024-10-30 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Take a journey through London, discovering the unique places and people associated with all things scientific, from museums to bars, statues to plaques, each landmark has a story behind it just waiting to be discovered. London has seen many scientific discoveries and engineering feats in its history. Scientists have made their home and studied in the metropolis, while the city is a hub for medical and scientific collections displayed in quirky and engaging museums. From Michael Faraday to Rosalind Franklin and William Harvey, London’s scientists have inspired people to find out more, study, and innovate. This book takes you on an area by area journey through London to discover places and people associated with science, and even see and experience scientific phenomena. From museums and bars associated with science, and behind the scenes engineering tours, scientific genius is all over the city. Each statue and plaque has a story behind it, waiting to be discovered. This unique book can be used as a guidebook on a physical journey through London, or as a collection of intriguing and often obscure stories and information for science lovers to enjoy wherever they are. Whether you are an aspiring scientist, are home schooling, attending a conference in London, or simply love science, this book has ideas to inspire you.
Author : Arthur Gilman Shapiro
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 019979460X
Total Pages : 833 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (997 download)
Download or read book The Oxford Compendium of Visual Illusions written by Arthur Gilman Shapiro and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2017 with total page 833 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Visual illusions are compelling phenomena that draw attention to the brain's capacity to construct our perceptual world. The Compendium is a collection of over 100 chapters on visual illusions, written by the illusion creators or by vision scientists who have investigated mechanisms underlying the phenomena. --
Author : Roger Stonehouse
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1135803978
Total Pages : 289 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (358 download)
Download or read book The Architecture of the British Library at St. Pancras written by Roger Stonehouse and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2004-08-02 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a series of interrelated essays, this book describes the British Library and the issues surrounding its design, construction, purpose and place in the architectural canon. Examining the experience of the building together with its form, these essays explore the ideas and aspirations behind its conception and its construction, offering insight into this striking, controversial, and stimulating building. For artists, architects and building professionals interested in the current debates concerning architecture and our culture, The Architecture of the British Library at St. Pancras is a stimulating read.
