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Usefully Useless

Author : Mark Hanks
Publisher : Random House
ISBN 13 : 1407074237
Total Pages : 338 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (7 download)

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Download or read book Usefully Useless written by Mark Hanks and published by Random House. This book was released on 2012-04-30 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Usefully Useless is a gloriously diverse volume dedicated to the most engrossing trivia in the world. Guaranteed to excite the curiosity and amuse, its pages are filled with the sort of remarkable information you would never learn, but will be overjoyed to discover. Each fact is irresistibly fun and fascinating - the essence of anecdote and dinner-party conversation that is essential in the adult world - and, above all, usefully useless. Guaranteed to improve your mind, Usefully Useless contains a wealth of miscellany on a vast range of topics, including Literature, Geography, Food, Science, the Natural World, Sport and Politics - from the export of frogs' legs to the longest Monopoly game completed in the bath. Usefully Useless provides answers to such eternal questions as: What was Margaret Thatcher's favourite sitcom? Which British league football team's name has no letters that one could colour in with a pen? How many calories do you consume when you lick a stamp? What was the original colour of Coca-Cola? Which key do toilets flush in? Find out these answers and many, many more in Usefully Useless, the essential guide to the facts you never thought you'd need to know.

New Waves in China's Philosophical Studies

Author : Ruiquan Gao
Publisher : World Scientific Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9813235985
Total Pages : 196 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (132 download)

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Download or read book New Waves in China's Philosophical Studies written by Ruiquan Gao and published by World Scientific Publishing. This book was released on 2018-11-15 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New Waves of China's Philosophical Studies collects important research findings of China's philosophical studies conducted by the academics at East China Normal University (ECNU) in recent years. The book covers topics including Confucian ethics and virtue ethics, true value semantics vs. commonsensible reasoning semantics, criticisms of dogmatism, consequentialism, among others. This book is the first volume of the WSPC-ECNU Series on China. This Series showcases the significant contributions to scholarship in social sciences and humanities studies about China. It is jointly launched by World Scientific Publishing, the most reputable English academic publisher in Asia, and ECNU, a top University in China with a long history of exchanges with the international academic community.

Rethinking the university

Author : Simon Wortham
Publisher : Manchester University Press
ISBN 13 : 1526130807
Total Pages : 190 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (261 download)

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Download or read book Rethinking the university written by Simon Wortham and published by Manchester University Press. This book was released on 2018-09-30 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rethinking the university explores and develops key critical debates in the humanities (concerning, for example, postmodernism, New Historicism, political criticism, cultural studies, interdisciplinarity and deconstruction) in the context of the various crises widely felt to be facing academic institutions. The analysis of the characteristic features of today's university is guided by a close reading of Derrida's work on the question of the academic institution, particularly with regard to the motifs of leverage and disorientation. This important topic has been the subject of heated debate in recent years and Rethinking the university offers clear and concise summaries of current work in the field as well as exploring original and challenging lines of enquiry on a number of issues of contemporary concern. In particular, Wortham argues that while Derrida's image of a university 'walking on two feet' presents us with a potentially paralysing problem, nevertheless it also enables a strong affirmation of the possibilities of academic life, work and effort.

A Treatise Explanatory of a New System of Naval, Military and Political Telegraphic Communication of General Application

Author : John Macdonald
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1040 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (334 download)

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A Treatise Explanatory of a New System of Naval, Military and Political Telegraphic Communication of General Application, in which a Comprehensive Numerical Dictionary ... Es Applied

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Author : John Macdonald
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1022 pages
Book Rating : 4.+/5 (97 download)

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Download or read book A Treatise Explanatory of a New System of Naval, Military and Political Telegraphic Communication of General Application, in which a Comprehensive Numerical Dictionary ... Es Applied written by John Macdonald and published by . This book was released on 1817 with total page 1022 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Vigilant Things

Author : David T Doris
Publisher : University of Washington Press
ISBN 13 : 0295802499
Total Pages : 416 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (958 download)

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Download or read book Vigilant Things written by David T Doris and published by University of Washington Press. This book was released on 2011-06-01 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of the 2012 Melville J. Herskovits award (African Studies Association) Throughout southwestern Nigeria, Yoruba men and women create objects called aale to protect their properties�farms, gardens, market goods, firewood�from the ravages of thieves. Aale are objects of such unassuming appearance that a non-Yoruba viewer might not register their important presence in the Yoruba visual landscape: a dried seedpod tied with palm fronds to the trunk of a fruit tree, a burnt corncob suspended on a wire, an old shoe tied with a rag to a worn-out broom and broken comb, a ripe red pepper pierced with a single broom straw and set atop a pile of eggs. Consequently, aale have rarely been discussed in print, and then only as peripheral elements in studies devoted to other issues. Yet aale are in no way peripheral to Yoruba culture or aesthetics. In Vigilant Things, David T. Doris argues that aale are keys to understanding how images function in Yoruba social and cultural life. The humble, often degraded objects that comprise aale reveal as eloquently as any canonical artwork the channels of power that underlie the surfaces of the visible. Aale are warnings, intended to trigger the work of conscience. Aale objects symbolically threaten suffering as the consequence of transgression�the suffering of disease, loss, barrenness, paralysis, accident, madness, fruitless labor, or death�and as such are often the useless residues of things that were once positively valued: empty snail shells, shards of pottery, fragments of rusted iron, and the like. If these objects share �suffering� and �uselessness� as constitutive elements, it is because they already have been made to suffer and become useless. Aale offer would-be thieves an opportunity to recognize themselves in advance of their actions and to avoid the thievery that would make the "useless" people.

Making Media Theory

Author : Marcel OGorman
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 1501358596
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (13 download)

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Download or read book Making Media Theory written by Marcel OGorman and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2020-10-29 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Making Media Theory is about the study, practice, and hands-on design of media theory. It looks at experimental research methods and engages in media analysis, inviting readers to respond to and shape the materiality of media while carefully considering the implications of living in a technoculture. The author walks readers through the creation of digital objects to think with, where critical design practices serve as tools for exploring social and philosophical issues related to technological being and becoming.

Handbook of the History of the English Language, for the Use of Schools and Colleges

Author : Augustus Henry Keane
Publisher : Dublin : Printed by J.F. Fowler
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 134 pages
Book Rating : 4.R/5 (6 download)

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Download or read book Handbook of the History of the English Language, for the Use of Schools and Colleges written by Augustus Henry Keane and published by Dublin : Printed by J.F. Fowler. This book was released on 1860 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

An Elementary Etymological Manual of the English language for the use of schools. To which is prefixed, Practical Observations on teaching Etymology

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Author : William ROSS (B.A.)
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 58 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (19 download)

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Download or read book An Elementary Etymological Manual of the English language for the use of schools. To which is prefixed, Practical Observations on teaching Etymology written by William ROSS (B.A.) and published by . This book was released on 1842 with total page 58 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

An Introduction to the Arabic of Morocco

Author : Budgett Meakin
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 276 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (321 download)

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Download or read book An Introduction to the Arabic of Morocco written by Budgett Meakin and published by . This book was released on 1891 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

March's Thesaurus Dictionary

Author : Francis Andrew March
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1502 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book March's Thesaurus Dictionary written by Francis Andrew March and published by . This book was released on 1925 with total page 1502 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Zhuangzi and the Becoming of Nothingness

Author : David Chai
Publisher : State University of New York Press
ISBN 13 : 1438472692
Total Pages : 218 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (384 download)

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Download or read book Zhuangzi and the Becoming of Nothingness written by David Chai and published by State University of New York Press. This book was released on 2018-11-30 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Investigates the cosmological and metaphysical thought in the Zhuangzi from the perspective of nothingness. Zhuangzi and the Becoming of Nothingness offers a radical rereading of the Daoist classic Zhuangzi by bringing to light the role of nothingness in grounding the cosmological and metaphysical aspects of its thought. Through a careful analysis of the text and its appended commentaries, David Chai reveals not only how nothingness physically enriches the myriad things of the world, but also why the Zhuangzi prefers nothingness over being as a means to expound the authentic way of Dao. Chai weaves together Dao, nothingness, and being in order to reassess the nature and significance of Daoist philosophy, both within its own historical milieu and for modern readers interested in applying the principles of Daoism to their own lived experiences. Chai concludes that nothingness is neither a nihilistic force nor an existential threat; instead, it is a vital component of Dao’s creative power and the life-praxis of the sage.

A Ride In The Neon Sun

Author : Josie Dew
Publisher : Sphere
ISBN 13 : 140551969X
Total Pages : 342 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (55 download)

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Download or read book A Ride In The Neon Sun written by Josie Dew and published by Sphere. This book was released on 2012-08-02 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It's not easy landing unprepared in a country like Japan. The eccentricities of the calendar, the indecipherable postal system, not to mention the alien alphabet, language and culture, have all to be confronted before the disorientated traveller can feel at ease. Trying to ride a bicycle through the streets of one of the most congested cities in the world would seem to compound your problems. For Josie Dew, however, with over 200,000 miles already clocked up in the saddle few things could be more challenging - or for the reader of A RIDE IN THE NEON SUN, more wonderfully entertaining. From Kawasaki to Kagoshima, Odawara to Okinawa, Josie discovered a nation rich in dazzling contrasts. The neon and concrete were there in greater abundance than even she had imagined, but so too were bottomless baths, love burgers, long-tailed cocks, musical toilet rolls, oriental Elvises, cardboard police and a sense of fun belying the population's rigourous work ethic. Far from being the reserved race that she had heard about, the Japanese welcomed her into their homes with bountiful smiles and bows - and skin-scorching baths.

Neoliberalism and the Global Restructuring of Knowledge and Education

Author : Steven C. Ward
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136479201
Total Pages : 289 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (364 download)

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Download or read book Neoliberalism and the Global Restructuring of Knowledge and Education written by Steven C. Ward and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2012-04-05 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines the influence of neoliberal ideas and practices on the way knowledge has been conceptualized, produced, and disseminated over the last few decades at different levels of public education and in various national contexts around the world.

A Thesaurus Dictionary of the English Language

Author : Francis Andrew March
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1348 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (319 download)

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Download or read book A Thesaurus Dictionary of the English Language written by Francis Andrew March and published by . This book was released on 1906 with total page 1348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Finding Mr Darcy

Author : Amanda Hooton
Publisher : Macmillan Publishers Aus.
ISBN 13 : 1743285302
Total Pages : 252 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (432 download)

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Download or read book Finding Mr Darcy written by Amanda Hooton and published by Macmillan Publishers Aus.. This book was released on 2012-12-01 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shortlisted for the APA Book Design Awards for Best Non-fiction 2013 It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife. Unless, of course, he's gay. Or has a girlfriend. Or is neck deep in twice weekly psychoanalysis and entirely unfit for public interaction. How does the modern day heroine find her way in a dating world where the rules change faster than she can update her status on Facebook, and there's not a single Georgian ballroom, empire-line dress or pantalooned man in sight? Intrepid former dater and award-winning journalist Amanda Hooton turns to the ageless wisdom of Jane Austen to solve the eternal dilemmas of romance: how to be as clever as Elizabeth Bennet, as dignified as Elinor Dashwood and as confident as Emma Woodhouse; how to avoid shagging Mr Wickham, marrying Mr Collins, or being dumped by Willoughby; and most importantly of all, how to find Mr Darcy, grapple him to your soul with hoops of steel, and become the part-owner of a country estate in Derbyshire. If you've ever wondered why your love life doesn't more closely resemble a Jane Austen novel, this is the book for you. Charming, laugh-out-loud hilarious and entirely empathetic, Finding Mr Darcy is a witty, street smart and, above all, wise approach to modern dating, which proves that some things - especially the pursuit of love - really are timeless.

The Monthly Review

Author : Sir Henry John Newbolt
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 550 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (927 download)

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Download or read book The Monthly Review written by Sir Henry John Newbolt and published by . This book was released on 1906 with total page 550 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: