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Spectral Living

Author : Andrea King
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781773851471
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (514 download)

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Download or read book Spectral Living written by Andrea King and published by . This book was released on 2021-07-15 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Marian lives in a world of spectres. She is devoted to her research on ghosts in Québécois literature to the exclusion of nearly everything else, including her husband. When an after-hours encounter at a conference sparks an uncomfortable attraction to her professor, Rémy, the ghosts of her research begin to haunt her--all too literally. As his flirtation with Marian becomes a full-blown affair, Rémy wonders if he's courting his own demise. Not only is he betraying his fiancée, he is also violating university policy, putting his career at risk. Desperate to create art out of chaos, he revives his long-held dream of becoming a writer and, in the process, must confront the tales he tells himself and others. Spectral Living is a poignant and powerful story about the tension between worlds: between the academic and the artistic, between the living and the dead, between languages, and between people, even in their most intimate relationships.

The Authority of Material Vs. the Spirit

Author : Douglas D Hunter
Publisher : Trafford Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1412240433
Total Pages : 970 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (122 download)

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Download or read book The Authority of Material Vs. the Spirit written by Douglas D Hunter and published by Trafford Publishing. This book was released on 2006-12-22 with total page 970 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A new mathematically-based structure for language allows for a new context with which one can make verifiable predictions about: material, life, mind, and the spiritual intent of (creative) existence.

Real Cities

Author : Steve Pile
Publisher : SAGE Publications Limited
ISBN 13 : 9780761970415
Total Pages : 236 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (74 download)

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Download or read book Real Cities written by Steve Pile and published by SAGE Publications Limited. This book was released on 2005-05-01 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What is real about city life? Real Cities shows why it is necessary to take seriously the more imaginary, fantastic and emotional aspects of city life. Drawing inspiration from the work of Walter Benjamin, Sigmund Freud and Georg Simmel, Pile explores the dream-like and ghost-like experiences of the city. Such experiences are, he argues, best described as phantasmagorias. The phantasmagorias of city life, though commonplace, are far from self-evident and little understood. This book is a path-breaking exploration of urban phantasmagorias, grounded empirically in a series of unusual and exciting case studies. In this study, four substantial phantasmagorias are identified: dreams, magic, vampires and ghosts. The investigation of each phantasmagoria is developed using a wide variety of clear examples. Thus, voodoo in New York and New Orleans shows how ideas about magic are forged within cities. Meanwhile vampires reveal how specific fears about sex and death are expressed within, and circulate between, cities such as London and Singapore. Taken together, such examples build a unique picture of the diverse roles of the imaginary, fantastic and the emotional in modern city life. What is "real" about the city has radical consequences for how we think about improving city life, for all too often these are over-looked in utopian schemes for the city. Real Cities forcefully argues that an appreciation of urban phantasmagorias must be central to what is considered real about city life.

Stories with you

Author : Garneysha Johnson
Publisher : Garneysha Johnson
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 36 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Stories with you written by Garneysha Johnson and published by Garneysha Johnson. This book was released on 2023-07-23 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Immerse yourself in the captivating world of 'Tales Untold,' a mesmerizing anthology that weaves together multiple stories from diverse realms. From fantastical lands filled with mythical creatures to gripping tales of love and loss in bustling cities, each story offers a unique glimpse into the lives of its characters. Be prepared to embark on a thrilling journey through adventure, mystery, and heartfelt emotions, as 'Tales Untold' unveils a tapestry of narratives that will leave you spellbound and yearning for more."

Living Together:

Author : Elisabeth Weber
Publisher : Fordham Univ Press
ISBN 13 : 0823249921
Total Pages : 385 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (232 download)

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Download or read book Living Together: written by Elisabeth Weber and published by Fordham Univ Press. This book was released on 2013 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For Jacques Derrida, the notions and experiences of 'community, ' 'living, ' and 'together' never ceased to harbour radical, in fact infinite interrogations. In this volume, the paradoxes, impossibilities, and singular chances that haunt the necessity of 'living together' are evoked in Derrida's essay 'Avowing--The Impossible' around which the collection is gathered.

A Spectral Hue

Author : Craig Laurance Gidney
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781939905505
Total Pages : 228 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (55 download)

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Download or read book A Spectral Hue written by Craig Laurance Gidney and published by . This book was released on 2019-06-18 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For generations, the marsh-surrounded town of Shimmer, Maryland has played host to a loose movement of African-American artists, all working in different media, but all utilizing the same haunting color. Landscape paintings, trompe l'oeil quilts, decorated dolls, mixed-media assemblages, and more, all featuring the same peculiar hue, a shifting pigment somewhere between purple and pink, the color of the saltmarsh orchid, a rare and indigenous flower. Graduate student Xavier Wentworth has been drawn to Shimmer, hoping to study the work of artists like quilter Hazel Whitby and landscape painter Shadrach Grayson in detail, having experienced something akin to an epiphany when viewing a Hazel Whitby tapestry as a child. Xavier will find that others, too, have been drawn to Shimmer, called by something more than art, something in the marsh itself, a mysterious, spectral hue. From Lambda Literary Award-nominated author Craig Laurance Gidney (Sea, Swallow Me & Other Stories, Skin Deep Magic) comes A Spectral Hue, a novel of art, obsession, and the ghosts that haunt us all.

Living Well on the Spectrum

Author : Valerie L. Gaus
Publisher : Guilford Press
ISBN 13 : 160918050X
Total Pages : 401 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Living Well on the Spectrum written by Valerie L. Gaus and published by Guilford Press. This book was released on 2011-06-09 with total page 401 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Navigating the "neurotypical" world with Asperger syndrome or high-functioning autism (AS/HFA) can be extremely stressful. But by understanding the specific ways your brain works differently--and how to tap into your personal strengths--you can greatly enhance your well-being. In this wise and practical book, experienced therapist Valerie L. Gaus helps you identify goals that will make your life better and take concrete steps to achieve them. Grounded in psychological science, the techniques in this book help you: *Learn the unspoken rules of social situations.*Improve your communication skills.*Get organized at home and at work.*Manage anxiety and depression.*Strengthen your relationships with family and friends.*Live more successfully on your own or with others. A wealth of stories, questionnaires, worksheets, and concrete examples help you find personalized solutions to problems you are likely to encounter. You can download and print additional copies of the worksheets for repeated use. Of special note, the Introduction was updated in 2017 with the latest information on how autism spectrum disorder is defined in DSM-5. Finally, a compassionate, knowledgeable, positive guide to living well on the spectrum. Mental health professionals, see also the author's Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for Adults with Autism Spectrum Disorder, Second Edition.

Ex-Cinema

Author : Akira Lippit
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520953916
Total Pages : 202 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (29 download)

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Download or read book Ex-Cinema written by Akira Lippit and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2012-09-30 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What does it mean for film and video to be experimental? In this collection of essays framed by the concept "ex-"—meaning from, outside, and no longer—Akira Mizuta Lippit explores the aesthetic, technical, and theoretical reverberations of avant-garde film and video. Ex-Cinema is a sustained reflection on the ways in which experimental media artists move outside the conventions of mainstream cinema and initiate a dialogue on the meaning of cinema itself.

Against Life

Author : Alastair Hunt
Publisher : Northwestern University Press
ISBN 13 : 0810132141
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (11 download)

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Download or read book Against Life written by Alastair Hunt and published by Northwestern University Press. This book was released on 2016-03-15 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The contributors to Against Life think critically about the turn to life in recent theory and culture. Editors Alastair Hunt and Stephanie Youngblood shape their collection to provocatively challenge the assumption, rife throughout the humanities, that life needs to be cultivated, affirmed, and redeemed. The editors and their contributors explore how we might be better off daring to think ethics and politics, as well as the project of the humanities, in more radical terms, as a refusal to choose life. What forms of equality and freedom might emerge if we did not organize being-together under signs of life? Taken together, the essays in Against Life mark an important turn in the ethico-political work of the humanities.

Adaptive Mechanisms in the Ecology of Vision

Author : S. Archer
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 9401706190
Total Pages : 674 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (17 download)

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Download or read book Adaptive Mechanisms in the Ecology of Vision written by S. Archer and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-04-17 with total page 674 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: John Lythgoe was one of the pioneers of the 'Ecology of Vision', a subject that he ably delineated in his classic and inspirational book published some 20 years ago [1]. At heart, the original book aimed generally to identify inter-relationships between vision, animal behaviour and the environment. John Lythgoe excelled at identifying the interesting 'questions' in the ecology of an animal that fitted the 'answers' presented by an analysis of the visual system. Over the last twenty years, however, since Lythgoe's landmark publication, much progress has been made and the field has broadened considerably. In particular, our understanding of the 'adaptive mechanisms' underlying the ecology of vision has reached considerable depths, extending to the molecular dimension, partly as a result of development and application of new techniques. This complements the advances made in parallel in clinically oriented vision research [2]. The current book endeavours to review the progress made in the ecology of vision field by bringing together many of the major researchers presently active in the expanded subject area. The contents deal with theoretical and physical considerations of light and photoreception, present examples of visual system structure and function, and delve into aspects of visual behaviour and communi cation. Throughout the book, we have tried to emphasise one of the major themes to emerge within the ecology of vision: the high degree of adaptability that visual mechanisms are capable of undergoing in response to diverse, and dynamic, environments and behaviours.

Ghost, Android, Animal

Author : Tony M. Vinci
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000760561
Total Pages : 219 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (7 download)

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Download or read book Ghost, Android, Animal written by Tony M. Vinci and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-11-19 with total page 219 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ghost, Android, Animal challenges the notion that trauma literature functions as a healing agent for victims of severe pain and loss by bringing trauma studies into the orbit of posthumanist thought. Investigating how literary representations of ghosts, androids, and animals engage traumatic experience, this book revisits canonical texts by William Faulkner and Toni Morrison and aligns them with experimental and popular texts by Shirley Jackson, Philip K. Dick, and Clive Barker. In establishing this textual field, the book reveals how depictions of non-human agents invite readers to cross subjective and cultural thresholds and interact with the "impossible" pain of others. Ultimately, this study asks us to consider new practices for reading trauma literature that enlarges our conceptions of the human and the real.

Handbook of Neoliberalism

Author : Simon Springer
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 131754966X
Total Pages : 667 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (175 download)

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Download or read book Handbook of Neoliberalism written by Simon Springer and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-07-07 with total page 667 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Neoliberalism is easily one of the most powerful discourses toemerge within the social sciences in the last two decades, and the number of scholars who write about this dynamic and unfolding process of socio-spatial transformation is astonishing. Even more surprising though is that there has, until now, not been an attempt to provide a wide-ranging volume that engages with the multiple registers in which neoliberalism has evolved. The Routledge Handbook of Neoliberalism seeks to offer a comprehensive overview of the phenomenon of neoliberalism by examining the range of ways that it has been theorized, promoted, critiqued, and put into practice in a variety of geographical locations and institutional frameworks. With contributions from over 50 leading authors working at institutions around the world the volumes seven sections will offer a systematic overview of neoliberalism’s origins, political implications, social tensions, spaces, natures and environments, and aftermaths in addressing ongoing and emerging debates. The volume aims to provide the first comprehensive overview of the field and to advance the established and emergent debates in a field that has grown exponentially over the past two decades, coinciding with the meteoric rise of neoliberalism as a hegemonic ideology, state form, policy and program, and governmentality. It includes a substantive introductory chapter and will serve as an invaluable resource for undergraduates, graduate students, and professional scholars alike.

12 Curses of the Dark Zodiac

Author : Keith G Sorrell
Publisher : Keith G Sorrell
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 295 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book 12 Curses of the Dark Zodiac written by Keith G Sorrell and published by Keith G Sorrell. This book was released on 2024-10-04 with total page 295 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 12 Curses of the Dark Zodiac is a chilling anthology of horror stories that reimagines the celestial influences of the zodiac with a malevolent twist. Dive into twelve spine-tingling tales, each dedicated to a different zodiac sign, where cosmic destiny intertwines with the macabre.

Spectrality and Survivance

Author : Marija Grech
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1786614170
Total Pages : 157 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (866 download)

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Download or read book Spectrality and Survivance written by Marija Grech and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2022-05-16 with total page 157 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The notion of the Anthropocene is founded on the premise that traces of human activity on the earth will remain legible in the geological strata for millions of years to come, showing evidence of an anthropogenic ‘signature’ inscribed in the rock by the human species. Spectrality and Survivance shows how embedded in this understanding of the Anthropocene is a speculative and specular gesture that transforms the notion of the future into an anthropocentric reflection of the present, prohibiting any true engagement with the possibility of a non-anthropocentric and post-anthropocenic world. In this volume, Marija Grech develops an alternative conceptual paradigm from which to think the Anthropocene beyond any limited notion of human language, human thought, human systems of meaning, or even a human world. Grech considers how the geological trace of the Anthropocene might be said to ‘survive’ outside of the possibility of any human readership, and how the very survival of the human in and beyond the Anthropocene might necessitate such thought.

A Companion to Mia Couto

Author : Grant Hamilton
Publisher : Boydell & Brewer
ISBN 13 : 1847011454
Total Pages : 257 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (47 download)

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Download or read book A Companion to Mia Couto written by Grant Hamilton and published by Boydell & Brewer. This book was released on 2016 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Already well-established in the Lusophone world, Mia Couto is increasingly acknowledged as a major voice in World literature. Winner of the Camões Prize for Literature in 2013, the most prestigious literary prize honouring Lusophone writers, he was awarded the Neustadt International Prize for Literature in 2014, and in 2015 was shortlisted for the Man Booker International Prize. Yet, despite this high profile there are very few full-length critical studiesin English about his writing. Mia Couto is known for his imaginative re-working of Portuguese, making it distinctively Mozambican in character. This book brings together some of the key scholars of his work such as Phillip Rothwell, Luís Madureira, and his long-time English translator David Brookshaw. Contributors examine not only his early works, which were written in the context of the 16-year post-independence civil war in Mozambique, but alsothe wide span of Couto's contemporary writing as a novelist, short story writer, poet and essayist. There are contributions on his work in ecology, theatre and journalism, as well as on translation and Mozambican nationalist politics. Most importantly the contributors engage with the significance of Couto's writing to contemporary discussions of African literature, Lusophone studies and World literature. Grant Hamilton is Associate Professor of English literature at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. He is the editor of Reading Marechera (James Currey, 2013). David Huddart is Associate Professor of English literature at the Chinese University of Hong Kongand is author of Involuntary Associations: World Englishes and Postcolonial Studies (Liverpool University Press, 2014]

Space Image Processing

Author : Julio Sanchez
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351415433
Total Pages : 457 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (514 download)

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Download or read book Space Image Processing written by Julio Sanchez and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-12-19 with total page 457 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Space Image Processing covers the design and coding of PC software for processing and manipulating imagery obtained by satellites and other spacecraft. Although the contents relate to several scientific and technological fields, it serves as a programming book, providing readers with essential technical information for developing PC applications. The material focuses on images of the planet and other celestial bodies obtained by orbiting and non-orbiting spacecraft. This book is not about raster graphics in general, but about raster graphics processing as it applies to space imagery. Three parts divide the text: 1. Science - background at an introductory level - scientific principles underlying space imagery and its processing - topics related to space and remote sensing. 2. Technology - topics related to space imagery - geodesy, cartography, image data formats, image processing. 3. Programming - code examples for DOS and Windows programming on the PC - consideration of low-level and C++ code - routines with a tutorial and demonstrative purpose.

Biophotonics for Medical Applications

Author : Igor Meglinski
Publisher : Elsevier
ISBN 13 : 0857096745
Total Pages : 402 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (57 download)

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Download or read book Biophotonics for Medical Applications written by Igor Meglinski and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2015-06-29 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Biophotonics for Medical Applications presents information on the interface between laser optics and cell biology/medicine. The book discusses the development and application of photonic techniques that aid the diagnosis and therapeutics of biological tissues in both healthy and diseased states. Chapters cover the fundamental technologies used in biophotonics and a wide range of therapeutic and diagnostic applications. - Presents information on the interface between laser optics and cell biology/medicine - Discusses the development and application of photonic techniques which aid the diagnosis and therapeutics of biological tissues in both healthy and diseased states - Presents the fundamental technologies used in biophotonics and a wide range of therapeutic and diagnostic applications