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The Lacuna

Author : Barbara Kingsolver
Publisher : Harper Collins
Release Date : 2009-11-03
ISBN 10 : 9780061959677
Pages : 544 pages
Rating : 4.9/5 (61 users)

Download The Lacuna PDF Full or another Format written by Barbara Kingsolver and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2009-11-03 with total page 544 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In The Lacuna, her first novel in nine years, Barbara Kingsolver, the acclaimed New York Times bestselling author of The Poisonwood Bible and Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life, tells the story of Harrison William Shepherd, a man caught between two worlds—an unforgettable protagonist whose search for identity will take readers to the heart of the twentieth century’s most tumultuous events.

The Lacuna

Author : Barbara Kingsolver
Publisher : Faber & Faber
Release Date : 2009-11-05
ISBN 10 : 9780571252657
Pages : 680 pages
Rating : 4.2/5 (571 users)

Download The Lacuna PDF Full or another Format written by Barbara Kingsolver and published by Faber & Faber. This book was released on 2009-11-05 with total page 680 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From Pulitzer Prize nominee and award winning author of Homeland, The Poisonwood Bible and Flight Behaviour, The Lacuna is the heartbreaking story of a man torn between the warm heart of Mexico and the cold embrace of 1950s America in the shadow of Senator McCarthy. Born in America and raised in Mexico, Harrison Shepherd is a liability to his social-climbing flapper mother, Salome. When he starts work in the household of Mexican artists Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo - where the Bolshevik leader, Lev Trotsky, is also being harboured as a political exile - he inadvertently casts his lot with art, communism and revolution. A compulsive diarist, he records and relates his colourful experiences of life with Diego Rivera, Frida Kahlo and Trotsky in the midst of the Mexican revolution. A violent upheaval sends him back to America; but political winds continue to throw him between north and south, in a plot that turns many times on the unspeakable breach - the lacuna - between truth and public presumption.

Lacuna: The Prelude to Eternity

Author : David Adams
Publisher : David Adams
Release Date : 2015-01-31
ISBN 10 :
Pages : pages
Rating : 4./5 ( users)

Download Lacuna: The Prelude to Eternity PDF Full or another Format written by David Adams and published by David Adams. This book was released on 2015-01-31 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Humanity has rebuilt on the world of Velsharn, forging the colony of Eden from the ashes of Earth. On Velsharn's verdant soil children are born, alliances are made and for a time, peace reigns. In high orbit, the debris of an entire Toralii fleet stands as mute testament to humanity's sovereignty; their right to this planet is unquestioned. Above the TFR Beijing, now the centrepiece in a flourishing city, the inky void of space is eerily silent. As Commander Melissa Liao recovers from her ordeals, the universe continues its roiling machinations unhindered by her suffering. The end is coming, but before the final chapter in the Lacuna series begins, the stage must be set and the players must be in their places. So much work is left unfinished and Melissa Liao has more trials to endure before her pain is over. Before the end of war and steel, Eternity awaits. Book five of the Lacuna series. - Lacuna - Lacuna: The Sands of Karathi - Lacuna: The Spectre of Oblivion - Lacuna: The Ashes of Humanity - Lacuna: The Prelude to Eternity (new release!) - Lacuna: The Requiem of Steel (coming 2014!) Don't miss these short stories set in the Lacuna universe: - Magnet - Magnet: Special Mission - Magnet: Marauder - Magnet: Scarecrow - Imperfect - Faith

Lacuna: The Requiem of Steel

Author : David Adams
Publisher : David Adams
Release Date : 2016-12-26
ISBN 10 : 9781370898046
Pages : 195 pages
Rating : 4.8/5 (37 users)

Download Lacuna: The Requiem of Steel PDF Full or another Format written by David Adams and published by David Adams. This book was released on 2016-12-26 with total page 195 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Peace in our time. The Toralii guns are silent. Humanity’s home of Velsharn is secure. There are no more battles. No more wars. The machinations of a dying man have traded a single life for a species; Captain Melissa Liao’s world is four iron walls and pain, but her suffering buys life for mankind. Her legacy is one of struggle, selflessness, and sacrifice. Held in the grasp of the Toralii Alliance, she takes little comfort in this. Is this the swansong for war, for steel and blood and gunpowder? Is this the price of peace? Amongst the crew of the TFR Beijing, the TFR Tehran, and the TFR Washington, a chorus rings: No one gets left behind. The climactic sixth, and final, book of the Lacuna series. Lacuna Lacuna: The Sands of Karathi Lacuna: The Spectre of Oblivion Lacuna: The Ashes of Humanity Lacuna: The Prelude to Eternity (coming soon!) Don't miss these short stories set in the Lacuna universe: Magnet Magnet: Special Mission Magnet: Marauder Magnet: Scarecrow (new release!) Magnet Omnibus I (new release!) Imperfect Faith

Virtual Systems and Multimedia

Author : Theodor G. Wyeld
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Release Date : 2008-03-03
ISBN 10 : 9783540785651
Pages : 214 pages
Rating : 4.7/5 (54 users)

Download Virtual Systems and Multimedia PDF Full or another Format written by Theodor G. Wyeld and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2008-03-03 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed post-conference proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Virtual Systems and Multimedia, VSMM 2007, held in Brisbane, Australia, in September 2007. The 18 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 97 initial submissions during two rounds of reviewing and improvement. The papers put a special focus on virtual heritage and virtual cultures, virtual environments and virtual experiences, as well as on applied technologies and systems.

The Latin Dialect of the Ager Faliscus

Author : Gabriël C. L. M. Bakkum
Publisher : Amsterdam University Press
Release Date : 2009
ISBN 10 : 9789056295622
Pages : 678 pages
Rating : 4.2/5 (56 users)

Download The Latin Dialect of the Ager Faliscus PDF Full or another Format written by Gabriël C. L. M. Bakkum and published by Amsterdam University Press. This book was released on 2009 with total page 678 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Annotation. Although the Ager Faliscus lay between the areas where Etruscan, Latin and Sabellic languages were spoken, the inscriptions from the area from before c.150 bce show that it used a speech of its own, known as Faliscan. Most scholars agree that Faliscan is linguistically very close to Latin, but the hypothesis that it is in fact a Latin dialect has not been the subject of a major publication until now. In this work, the linguistic data on Faliscan provided by the inscriptions are analyzed and compared to the languages of the surrounding areas. Sociolinguistic aspects such as language contact and local identity are discussed as well. The main conclusion is that Faliscan can indeed be regarded as a dialect of Latin. The work includes a re-edition of all inscriptions, in many cases based on autopsy. This title can be previewed in Google Books - http://books.google.com/books?vid=ISBN9789056295622.

Lacuna: The Ashes of Humanity

Author : David Adams
Publisher : David Adams
Release Date : 2013-12-24
ISBN 10 :
Pages : pages
Rating : 4./5 ( users)

Download Lacuna: The Ashes of Humanity PDF Full or another Format written by David Adams and published by David Adams. This book was released on 2013-12-24 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Humans thought that they could stand amongst the older races. They believed, in their hubris, that the perils of interstellar travel could be mastered within a single generation. That they would be spared the wrath of the Toralii. Now humanity lies in ashes. The cradle of our civilization, Earth, is nothing more than a charred husk, a dead world in an empty solar system in an unremarkable corner of the galaxy. The war is over. We lost. Captain Melissa Liao and the remaining band of Humans, numbering barely in the tens of thousands, hold the future of their entire species in their hands. They must settle a new world, encounter friends and enemies new and old, and plant the seeds of hope in the ashes of humanity. Book four of the Lacuna series. - Lacuna - Lacuna: The Sands of Karathi - Lacuna: The Spectre of Oblivion - Lacuna: The Ashes of Humanity (new release!) - Lacuna: The Prelude to Eternity (coming 2014!) Don't miss these short stories set in the Lacuna universe: - Magnet - Magnet: Special Mission - Magnet: Marauder - Imperfect - Faith

The Tel Dan Inscription

Author : George Athas
Publisher : A&C Black
Release Date : 2003-06-01
ISBN 10 : 9780567322821
Pages : 352 pages
Rating : 4.3/5 (567 users)

Download The Tel Dan Inscription PDF Full or another Format written by George Athas and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2003-06-01 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first book-length treatment of the most important, and controversial, inscription found in Israel in recent years. The inscription contains a possible mention of the name 'David' and is thought by many scholars to verify the existence of this king. Contains a full account of the discovery, epigraphic analysis, palaeographical analysis, possible arrangement of the three fragments discovered, textual analysis and historical commentary. It is more thorough in each of these treatments than any preceding discussion, and reviews all of the major theories about the inscription, with a well-considered conclusion. This is a volume 360 in the Journal for the Study of the Old Testament Supplement series and volume 12 in the Copenhagen International Seminar subseries.

Ren of Atikala: The Scars of Northaven

Author : David Adams
Publisher : David Adams
Release Date : 2015-01-22
ISBN 10 : 9781310146671
Pages : pages
Rating : 4.1/5 (31 users)

Download Ren of Atikala: The Scars of Northaven PDF Full or another Format written by David Adams and published by David Adams. This book was released on 2015-01-22 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: I am Ren of Atikala. Kobold. Prisoner. Experiment. My father owns me and my days are full of pain. I have many stories to tell. This one is about death. Kobolds die every day. Even hatchlings are familiar with death, taught to understand it from an early age. Death is our nursemaid. By the time a hatchling has reached adulthood it has seen a hundred lives ended. Humans do things differently. Humans avoid talking of death. It is spoken in whispers, avoided in conversation. When they must discuss it they use euphemisms, silly phrases like “passed on” or “sleeping” or “gone away”. They are hoping, perhaps, they can pretend such euphemisms will not one day apply to them. Ultimately, though, they always do. These are some of the hardest times I have ever faced and some of my sweetest joys. I have so many stories to tell but this one should come next. It will take some time. This is the story of how I came to truly understand death, and what it means to take a life. The Kobolds series: #1: Ren of Atikala #2: Ren of Atikala: The Scars of Northaven (Now available for preorder!) Other stories set in Drathari, the World of Shattered Dreams: - The Gods are Silent, a short story (Coming early 2015!).

The Iconoclastic Imagination

Author : Ned O'Gorman
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Release Date : 2015-11-10
ISBN 10 : 9780226310237
Pages : 251 pages
Rating : 4.3/5 (226 users)

Download The Iconoclastic Imagination PDF Full or another Format written by Ned O'Gorman and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2015-11-10 with total page 251 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bloody and fiery spectacles in American public life, from the 1960s to the present, have given us moments of catastrophe that easily answer to the question of where-were-you-when, events that shape our ways of seeing the Cold War and after. Three such iconic catastrophes are the John F. Kennedy assassination, the response by Ronald Reagan to the Challenger disaster, and 9/11. Why are these spectacles so packed with meaning? They are images of destruction, raising the questions for us of where their power comes from, what sort of history might they construct, what sort of world do they destroy. O Gorman approaches each one as an icon of iconoclasm, as an exemplar of fiery demise that gives us a distinct way to imagine social existence in American life. Here is his argument: in the 50 years since the Kennedy assassination, a period that witnessed the rise of neoliberalism, the most powerful way for publics to see America was in the destruction of its representative symbols, or icons, because in such catastrophes we grasp the impossibility of any image adequate to representing America. If neoliberalism the emergence of free market economics in social philosophy and public policy is linked with iconoclasm, that is, if neoliberalism promotes and benefits from the destruction of icons, we are led to reconsider events that seem to rupture a given world (catastrophes), or are beyond representation (the economy). Market ideology moves to a transcendent realm of invisible principles that can escape accountability and command sacrifice. The core arguments are challenging (indeed, iconoclastic), but this book will put a whole new kind of spotlight on neoliberalism and on the status of the image (and visual representation) in American political culture. The results are stunning: richly interwoven philosophical, theological, and rhetorical traditions turn out to be a basis for a complex and innovative approach to Cold War America, political theory, and visual culture studies."

The Proof from Prophecy

Author : Oskar Skarsaune
Publisher : BRILL
Release Date : 1987
ISBN 10 : 9004074686
Pages : 530 pages
Rating : 4.6/5 (74 users)

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State of Exception

Author : Giorgio Agamben
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Release Date : 2008-07-18
ISBN 10 : 9780226009261
Pages : 107 pages
Rating : 4.0/5 (226 users)

Download State of Exception PDF Full or another Format written by Giorgio Agamben and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2008-07-18 with total page 107 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Two months after the attacks of 9/11, the Bush administration, in the midst of what it perceived to be a state of emergency, authorized the indefinite detention of noncitizens suspected of terrorist activities and their subsequent trials by a military commission. Here, distinguished Italian philosopher Giorgio Agamben uses such circumstances to argue that this unusual extension of power, or "state of exception," has historically been an underexamined and powerful strategy that has the potential to transform democracies into totalitarian states. The sequel to Agamben's Homo Sacer: Sovereign Power and Bare Life, State of Exception is the first book to theorize the state of exception in historical and philosophical context. In Agamben's view, the majority of legal scholars and policymakers in Europe as well as the United States have wrongly rejected the necessity of such a theory, claiming instead that the state of exception is a pragmatic question. Agamben argues here that the state of exception, which was meant to be a provisional measure, became in the course of the twentieth century a normal paradigm of government. Writing nothing less than the history of the state of exception in its various national contexts throughout Western Europe and the United States, Agamben uses the work of Carl Schmitt as a foil for his reflections as well as that of Derrida, Benjamin, and Arendt. In this highly topical book, Agamben ultimately arrives at original ideas about the future of democracy and casts a new light on the hidden relationship that ties law to violence.

The Land to the Elect and Justice for All

Author : Mika S. Pajunen
Publisher : Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht
Release Date : 2013-12-11
ISBN 10 : 9783525550601
Pages : 420 pages
Rating : 4.5/5 (525 users)

Download The Land to the Elect and Justice for All PDF Full or another Format written by Mika S. Pajunen and published by Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht. This book was released on 2013-12-11 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Focus on the collection of “apocryphal” psalms in 4Q381 and other similar psalm collections

Comprehensive Biomaterials II

Author : Kevin Healy
Publisher : Elsevier
Release Date : 2017-05-18
ISBN 10 : 9780081006924
Pages : 4858 pages
Rating : 4.0/5 (81 users)

Download Comprehensive Biomaterials II PDF Full or another Format written by Kevin Healy and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2017-05-18 with total page 4858 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Comprehensive Biomaterials II, Second Edition brings together the myriad facets of biomaterials into one expertly-written series of edited volumes. Articles address the current status of nearly all biomaterials in the field, their strengths and weaknesses, their future prospects, appropriate analytical methods and testing, device applications and performance, emerging candidate materials as competitors and disruptive technologies, research and development, regulatory management, commercial aspects, and applications, including medical applications. Detailed coverage is given to both new and emerging areas and the latest research in more traditional areas of the field. Particular attention is given to those areas in which major recent developments have taken place. This new edition, with 75% new or updated articles, will provide biomedical scientists in industry, government, academia, and research organizations with an accurate perspective on the field in a manner that is both accessible and thorough. Reviews the current status of nearly all biomaterials in the field by analyzing their strengths and weaknesses, performance, and future prospects Covers all significant emerging technologies in areas such as 3D printing of tissues, organs and scaffolds, cell encapsulation; multimodal delivery, cancer/vaccine - biomaterial applications, neural interface understanding, materials used for in situ imaging, and infection prevention and treatment Effectively describes the many modern aspects of biomaterials from basic science, to clinical applications

A Commentary on Livy

Author : John Briscoe
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2012-09-13
ISBN 10 : 9780199216642
Pages : 823 pages
Rating : 4.2/5 (199 users)

Download A Commentary on Livy PDF Full or another Format written by John Briscoe and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2012-09-13 with total page 823 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the fourth and final volume of John Briscoe's commentary on Livy's History of Rome. Books 41-45, the last surviving books, cover the years 178-167 BC and depict the Third Macedonian War which lasted from 171-168 BC, resulting in the destruction of the Macedonian monarchy.

A Teacher for All Generations

Author : Eric Farrel Mason
Publisher : BRILL
Release Date : 2011-10-28
ISBN 10 : 9789004215207
Pages : 1099 pages
Rating : 4.2/5 (4 users)

Download A Teacher for All Generations PDF Full or another Format written by Eric Farrel Mason and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2011-10-28 with total page 1099 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection of essays honors James C. VanderKam on the occasion of his sixty-fifth birthday and twentieth year on the faculty of the University of Notre Dame. An international group of scholars including peers specializing in Second Temple Judaism and Biblical Studies, colleagues past and present, and former students offers essays that interact in various ways with ideas and themes important in VanderKam's own work. The collection is divided into five sections spanning two volumes. The first volume includes essays on the Hebrew Bible and ancient Near East along with studies on Qumran and the Dead Sea Scrolls. Essays in the second volume address topics in early Judaism, Enoch traditions and Jubilees, and the New Testament and early Christianity.

Report UAG.

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Release Date : 1978
ISBN 10 : UOM:39015019280539
Pages : pages
Rating : 4.1/5 (39 users)

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