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Publisher
McFarland
Pub. Date
©2012
Language
English
Description
"The critically-acclaimed BBC television series Sherlock (2010 - ) re-envisions Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's detective for the digital age, joining participants in the active traditions of Sherlockians/Holmesians and fans from other communities, including science fiction, media, and anime fandom. This collection explores the cultural intersections and fan traditions that converge in Sherlock and its fandoms"--Provided by publisher.
Author
Publisher
Berrett-Koehler Publishers, Inc
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
"Why is it that the trust in leadership and the success of leaders seems to erode as we develop and refine more sophisticated models for leading, such as emotional intelligence, transformational leadership, adaptive leadership, etc.? Mila Baker believes that most of today's leadership theories are old wines in new skins, and still rely on the leader-follower hierarchy. Yet the idea of hierarchy is breaking down everywhere in society, from politics,...
Author
Publisher
University of California Press
Pub. Date
2021, ©2018
Language
English
Description
The Hum of the World is an invitation to contemplate what would happen if we heard the world as attentively as we see it. Balancing big ideas with playful wit and lyrical prose, this imaginative volume identifies the role of sound in Western experience as the primary medium in which the presence and persistence of life acquire tangible form. The positive experience of aliveness is not merely in accord with sound, but inaccessible, even inconceivable,...
Series
Reference shelf volume 89, no. 4
Language
English
Formats
Description
Issues explored in this title include the role of non-traditional same-sex families, and expanded protections for transgender people under the framework of civil rights. The acronym LGBTQ, standing for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer, is an acronym created to refer to a broad group of people, living around the world and coming from a wide variety of different creeds and cultures, whose behavior is seen as "nonconformist" with regard...
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
1995
Language
English
Description
The interpretative problem that haunts The Merchant of Venice, Shakespeare's most performed and currently most controversial comedy, concerns the question of artistic unity: did Shakespeare effectively integrate his multiple plots and apparently divergent worlds of Venice and Belmont? Joan Ozark Holmer examines Shakespeare's indebted and innovative theatrical choices regarding his comedy's structure, language, ideas, and characters. Discovering a...
Author
Series
Publisher
The Pragmatic Bookshelf
Pub. Date
[2014].
Language
English
Description
For beginning iOS developers who want to write games and interactive applications. Take your game ideas from paper to pixels using Sprite Kit, Apple's 2D game development engine. Build two exciting games using Sprite Kit and learn real-world, workshop-tested insights about game design, including cognitive complexity, paper prototyping, and levels of fun. You'll learn how to implement sophisticated game features such as obstacles and weapons, power-ups...
Author
Publisher
Underline Publishing LLC
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
Portuguese
Description
"Na cabeça, um sonho de uma vida melhor na imensidão do novo mundo. No peito, um coração que batia aflito e apavorado com o desconhecido. Nos ombros, o peso e a responsabilidade de cuidar de toda uma família. Nos olhos, o espanto por contemplar um mar que parecia infinito, mas que logo foi substituído por um novo e verde continente, com paisagens, gente e idioma diferentes. Essa é a estória de Matteo, um imigrante italiano (mas que também...
4978) The essential prose
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Series
Publisher
The Bobbs-Merrill Company, Inc
Pub. Date
©1965.
Language
English
Description
This book has two general aims: to provide materials for the teaching of discursive writing, and to give students a broad, various acquaintance with their cultural heritage. Each of the ninety-three selections is followed by a set of analytical questions that explore both the substance of the piece and its rhetorical strategies, for discussion or written exercises.
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