Giving a Damn - Essays in Dialogue with John Haugeland(Pevná vazba)

Giving a Damn - Essays in Dialogue with John Haugeland(Pevná vazba)

A collection of essays that use John Haugeland's work on intentionality, embodiment, objectivity, and caring to explore contemporary issues in philosophy of mind.In his work, the philosopher John Haugeland (1945-2010) proposed a radical expansion of philosophy's conceptual toolkit, calling for a

Essays and Dialogues (Scala Bartolomeo)(Pevná vazba)

India Retold: Dialogues with Independent Documentary Filmmakers in India (James Rajesh)(Pevná vazba)

India Retold: Dialogues with Independent Documentary Filmmakers in India is an attempt to situate and historicize the engagement of independent documentary filmmakers with the postcolonial India and its discourses with a focus on their independent documentary practices. Structured as an interview

Majlis: Cultures in Dialogue(Pevná vazba)

Foucault, Douglass, Fanon, and Scotus in Dialogue: On Social Construction and Freedom (Nielsen C.)(Pevná vazba)

Nielsen offers a dialogue with Foucault, Frederick Douglass, Frantz Fanon and the Augustinian-Franciscan tradition, investigating the relation between social construction and freedom and proposing an historically friendly, ethically sensitive, and religico-philosophical model for human being and

Christoph Dahlhausen (Dahlhausen Christoph)(Pevná vazba)

Four decades of sculptural dialogue with light and objecthoodFollowing in the tradition of the readymade, German-born, Australia-based artist Christoph Dahlhausen (born 1960) creates abstract sculptures from industrially produced objects, which encourage interactions between light and color. This

The Gift of Narrative in Medieval England (Perkins Nicholas)(Pevná vazba)

This invigorating study places medieval romance narrative in dialogue with theories and practices of gift and exchange, opening new approaches to questions of storytelling, agency, gender and materiality in some of the most engaging literature from the Middle Ages. It argues that the dynamics of

Marilyn Minter: All Wet (Minter Marilyn)(Pevná vazba)

New feminist portraiture from Marilyn Minter, in dialogue with ancient Greek art and ImpressionismAmerican visual artist Marilyn Minter (born 1948) has long cultivated a space between the classical and the commercial for her photorealistic paintings and visceral photographs. Minter's art is

Issues in Indian Public Policies (Annigeri Vinod B.)(Pevná vazba)

Contains development dialogues with a focus on philosophical issues, Gandhian thoughts and emerging empirics to analyze of development issues in India Includes contributions from the foremost economists of

The Anthropocene Reviewed: Essays on a Human-Centered Planet (Green John)(Pevná vazba)

Instant #1 bestseller! A deeply moving collection of personal essays from John Green, the author of The Fault in Our Stars and Turtles All the Way Down.'The perfect book for right now.'--People'The Anthropocene Reviewed is essential to the human conversation.'--Library Journal (starred review)The

The Fluid Frame in Cinema: Collected Essays (Mukherjee Pradipta)(Pevná vazba)

This book is a passionate rendezvous with cinema, the most collaborative of art forms. The essays here explore the possibilities offered by a close reading of cinema that keeps cultural contexts and their socio-historical roots firmly in

The Giving Tree with CD [With CD] (Silverstein Shel)(Pevná vazba)

From Shel Silverstein, New York Times bestselling author of Where the Sidewalk Ends and A Light in the Attic, comes a poignant picture book about love and acceptance, cherished for over fifty years. This classic is perfect for both young readers and lifelong fans. This edition features a beautiful

Ques of Identity in Detective (Higgie Anita)(Pevná vazba)

With essays by an international group of scholars, Questions of Identity in Detective Fiction delves into the ways in which this genre, given its status as popular yet marginalized literature, allows for the exploration of a wide range of meanings. Contributors examine how the genre both mirrors

Albert Gleizes: Cubism: Bauhausbcher 13 (Gleizes Albert)(Pevná vazba)

A key text of Cubism from the movement's foremost theorist, in unique dialogue with the BauhausFrench artist and theorist Albert Gleizes (1881-1953) wrote his influential essay on Cubism in 1912 in the aftermath of the Salon d'Automne exhibitions. In the new century, artists continued to subvert

Rethinking the American City: An International Dialogue (Orvell Miles)(Pevná vazba)

Whether struggling in the wake of postindustrial decay or reinventing themselves with new technologies and populations, cities have once again moved to the center of intellectual and political concern. Rethinking the American City brings together leading scholars from a range of disciplines to

Intellectual Entertainments: Eight Dialogues on Mind, Consciousness and Thought (Hacker P. M. S.)(Pevná vazba)

'Intellectual Entertainments' consists of eight philosophical dialogues, each with five participants, some living, some imaginary and some dead. The dialogues take place either in Elysium or in an imaginary Oxford Common Room. Each historical figure speaks in his own idiom with a distinctive turn

How to Pray - Reflections & Essays (Lewis C. S.)(Paperback / softback)

C. S. Lewis here offers wisdom and lessons that illuminate our private dialogue with God-prayer-in this collection drawn from the breadth of his

Steep Trails (Muir John)(Pevná vazba)

A collection of essays exploring 29 years of beloved naturalist John Muir's life as he explored the West. Considered one of the patron saints of twentieth-century environmental activity, John Muir's appeal to modern readers is that he not only explored the American West but also fought for its

I Am with You (Woolley John T.)(Pevná vazba)

The Last Chairlift - John Irving

John Irving, one of the world's greatest novelists, returns with his first novel in seven years - a ghost story, a love story, and a lifetime of sexual politics.In Aspen, Colorado, in 1941, Rachel Brewster is a slalom skier at the National Downhill and Slalom Championships. Little Ray, as she is

Wilderness Essays (Muir John)(Pevná vazba)

Part of John Muir's appeal to modern readers is that he not only explored the American West and wrote about its beauties but also fought for their preservation. His successes dot the landscape and are evident in all the natural features that bear his name: forests, lakes, trails, and glaciers. Here

Praying with Jane Eyre: Reflections on Reading as a Sacred Practice (Zoltan Vanessa)(Pevná vazba)

'In these soaring, open-hearted essays, Vanessa Zoltan writes with fierce brilliance about suffering, survival, and the kind of meaning in life that can withstand real scrutiny.'--John Green, bestselling author of The Fault in Our Stars and The Anthropocene Reviewed A deeply felt celebration of a

On the Sofa with Jane Austen (Lane Maggie)(Pevná vazba)

These essays, which first appeared in Regency World magazine, celebrate the quirkiest corners and cleverest contrivances of Jane Austen's art. The 21 topics range from coiffure to crime, from gossip to grandmothers. The title comes from the first essay, but it is also an invitation to spend time

Odyssey - With Illustrations After John Flaxman (Homer)(Pevná vazba)