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First-Person Shooter Videogames

By: Alberto Oya

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First-Person Shooter Videogames

By: Alberto Oya

This book offers a comprehensive and accessible characterisation of the first-person shooter videogame genre. After providing an overview of the history of the first-person shooter videogame genre, Alberto Oya comments on the various defining peculiarities of this genre, namely the first-person perspective, the shooting gaming mechanics, the heroic in-game narrative or background story, and multiplayer gaming. Oya also argues that educators can use first-person shooter videogames to encourage their students to reflect on historical and philosophical issues.

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9004691472

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9789004691476

Unamuno's Religious Fictionalism

By: Alberto Oya

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Unamuno's Religious Fictionalism

By: Alberto Oya

This book provides a coherent and systematic analysis of Miguel de Unamuno’s notion of religious faith and the reasoning he offers in defense of it. Unamuno developed a non-cognitivist Christian conception of religious faith, defending it as being something which we are all naturally lead to, given our (alleged) most basic and natural inclination to seek an endless existence. Illuminating the philosophical relevance this conception still has to contemporary philosophy of religion, Oya draws connections with current non-cognitivist notions of religious faith in general, and with contemporary religious fictionalist positions more particularly. The book includes a biographical introduction to Miguel de Unamuno, as well as lucid and clear analyses of his notions of the ‘tragic feeling of life’, his epistemological paradigm, and his naturally founded religious fictionalism. Revealing links to current debates, Oya shows how the works of Unamuno are still relevant and enriching today

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Springer Nature

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303054690X

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9783030546908

Socialist Economic Development in the 21st Century

A Century after the Bolshevik Revolution

By: Alberto Gabriele,Elias Jabbour

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Socialist Economic Development in the 21st Century

A Century after the Bolshevik Revolution

By: Alberto Gabriele,Elias Jabbour

Over a hundred years after the first socialist revolution broke the global monopoly of capitalism, a new class of socialist-oriented socioeconomic development is coming to the fore. Capitalism is still dominant worldwide, although its hegemony is no longer undisputed, and humankind is now faced with a key existential challenge. This book proposes an alternative path to overcoming the worldwide crisis of globalized capitalism. It offers a novel, balanced and historically rooted interpretation of the successes and failures of socialist economic construction throughout the last century. The authors apply a multidisciplinary, holistic and purpose-based methodology to draw basic lessons from stylized facts, emerging in different areas of knowledge, ranging from political economy to biology, and from key national socioeconomic experiences, with a particular focus on China. The book is divided into three parts. The first is mainly theoretical and general in nature, identifying the major contributions bequeathed by the hard sciences to their social counterparts. Consistent with these findings, the authors offer a stylized interpretation of the contemporary state-of-the-art of the debate on the core concepts of economic science and advance a few elementary theories about what socialism in the 21st century could look like. The second and third parts analyze and discusses the core features of a few select experiences, which have evolved in certain countries since 1917, some of which are still unfolding. The book will find an audience among academics, researchers and students in the fields of economics, political science, history, and geography, as well as, policy makers, particularly in developing countries.

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360

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Routledge

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1000545482

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9781000545487

マンガで漢字

By: Marc Bernabe,Veronica Calafell,Alberto Aldarabi,Gea Cassinelo

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マンガで漢字

By: Marc Bernabe,Veronica Calafell,Alberto Aldarabi,Gea Cassinelo

The Japanese in MangaLand series from JPT introduced language learners to an innovative, entertaining and educationally-sound way of learning Japanese through the use of manga. Now, this same approach is applied to the often-daunting task of mastering kanji—the Chinese ideograms—in Kanji in MangaLand, the first of a 3-volume course covering the 1,006 basic kanji characters. Aimed at Western students aged 12–25, the Kanji in MangaLand program differs from traditional methods in that it uses distinct drawings for the "parts" that form each kanji character; then it shows a manga-style illustration to help the student connect the shapes and the meaning. In addition, the books present information on compound words, stroke order, meaning and such unique features as identifying similar-looking kanji and alternative or older shapes for the same character. Kanji in MangaLand: Levels 1 & 2 includes 21 lessons. The first seven of these cover all 80 kanji characters learnt by Japanese children in their first primary school year. Lessons 8-21 cover the 160 kanji studied in the next year. In every lesson, the student will learn 8 to 12 kanji and then move on to the exercise section, which features one page of manga using all the characters learnt in that lesson; a page of different types of exercises; and a page with the correct answers, translations and a summary of the new drawing-compounds that will appear in the next lesson. The book also has two special exercise parts—one at the end of each level—as well as indexes of kanji and reading. With manga sales booming—in 2006, they approached $200 million—and interest in learning Japanese skyrocketing as well, the Kanji in MangaLand series is the perfect blend of entertainment and solid language instruction to make learning fun and effective.

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Japan Publications Trading

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4889962212

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9784889962215

Curandero Conversations

El Niño Fidencio, Shamanism and Healing Traditions of the Borderlands

By: Antonio Zavaleta,Alberto Salinas Jr,Alberto Salinas (Jr.)

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Curandero Conversations

El Niño Fidencio, Shamanism and Healing Traditions of the Borderlands

By: Antonio Zavaleta,Alberto Salinas Jr,Alberto Salinas (Jr.)

The University of Texas at Brownsville and Texas Southmost College"--T.p.

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486

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AuthorHouse

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1449000894

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9781449000899

Unamuno's Religious Fictionalism

By: Alberto Oya

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By: Alberto Oya

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The History and Geography of Human Genes

By: Luigi Luca Cavalli-Sforza,Paolo Menozzi,Alberto Piazza

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The History and Geography of Human Genes

By: Luigi Luca Cavalli-Sforza,Paolo Menozzi,Alberto Piazza

By mapping the worldwide geographic distribution of the genes, the scientists are now able to chart migrations and, in exploring genetic distance, devise a clock by which to date evolutionary history: the longer two populations are separated, the greater their genetic difference should be.

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Princeton University Press

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0691087504

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9780691087504

Botulinum Toxin E-Book

Therapeutic Clinical Practice and Science

By: Joseph Jankovic,Alberto Albanese,M. Zouhair Atassi,J. Oliver Dolly,Mark Hallett,Nathaniel H. Mayer

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Botulinum Toxin E-Book

Therapeutic Clinical Practice and Science

By: Joseph Jankovic,Alberto Albanese,M. Zouhair Atassi,J. Oliver Dolly,Mark Hallett,Nathaniel H. Mayer

The new, therapeutically-focused Botulinum Toxin presents comprehensive, cross-disciplinary guidance on current practices, covering more than 100 non-cosmetic conditions that occur in neurology, physical medicine and rehabilitation, pain medicine, ophthalmology, gastroenterology, urology, orthopedics, and surgery. International contributors review the current understanding of the biology and cellular mechanisms along with relevant research so you can easily apply them to the pathophysiology of the numerous disorders that botulinum toxin is used to treat—such as botulinum toxin applications for the treatment of cranial-cervical dystonias, motor disorders in cerebral palsy, bruxism and temporomandibular disorders, headache, overactive bladder, chronic pelvic pain syndromes, arthritis joint pain, and wound healing. With discussions of the latest in approved treatment practices as well as new and emerging uses, you’ll get in-depth management guidance on the application of the toxin. Provides clinical applications of botulinum toxin for over 100 disorders for immediate access and easy reference during practice and treatment. Covers a broad array of hot topics, including botulinum toxin applications for the treatment of cranial-cervical dystonias, motor disorders in cerebral palsy, bruxism and temporomandibular disorders, headache, overactive bladder, chronic pelvic pain syndromes, arthritis joint pain, and wound healing. Focuses on approved uses with expert advice on thoroughly tested applications but also discusses new and emerging applications to expose you to additional treatment options. Presents the most comprehensive and up-to-date material available so you get all the information you need from this one resource. Offers the cross-disciplinary guidance of the best world-class expertise through an authoritative, international group of authors who demonstrate the applications of botulinum toxin across various specialties.

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Elsevier Health Sciences

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1437711197

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9781437711196

First-Person Shooter Videogames

By: Alberto Oya

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The City of Words

Understanding Civilisation Through Story

By: Alberto Manguel

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The City of Words

Understanding Civilisation Through Story

By: Alberto Manguel

And yet stories, even the best and truest, can't save us from our own folly. Stories can't protect us from suffering and error, from natural and artificial catastrophes, from our own suicidal greed. The only thing they can do is ... offer consolation for suffering and words to name our experience. Stories can tell us who we are ... and suggest ways of imagining a future that, without calling for comfortable happy endings, may offer us ways of remaining alive, together, on this much-abused earth.' Based on Canada's 2007 CBC Massey Lectures (to be broadcast in Australia by ABC Radio National in April 2008), Alberto Manguel's The City of Words takes a fresh look at the rise of violent intolerance in our societies. We strive to build societies with sets of values all citizens can agree on. But something has gone wrong- race riots in France, political murder in the Netherlands, bombings in Britain and Bali - are these symptoms of a multicultural experiment gone awry? Why is it so difficult for us to live together when the alternatives are demonstrably horrifying? With his trademark wit and erudition, Alberto Manguel suggests a fresh approach- we should look at what visionaries, poets, novelists, essayists and filmmakers have to say about building societies. Perhaps the stories we tell hold secret keys to the human heart. From Cassandra to Jack London, the Epic of Gilgamesh to the computer Hal in 2001- A Space Odyssey, Don Quixote to Atanarjuat- The Fast Runner, Manguel draws fascinating and revelatory parallels between the personal and political realities of our present-day world and those of myth, legend and story.

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180

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Macmillan

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0702236845

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9780702236846

Packing My Library

An Elegy and Ten Digressions

By: Alberto Manguel

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An Elegy and Ten Digressions

By: Alberto Manguel

Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- First Digression -- Second Digression -- Third Digression -- Fourth Digression -- Fifth Digression -- Sixth Digression -- Seventh Digression -- Eighth Digression -- Ninth Digression -- Tenth Digression -- Acknowledgments

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Yale University Press

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0300219334

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9780300219333

Fabulous Monsters

By: Alberto Manguel

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Fabulous Monsters

By: Alberto Manguel

An original look at how literary characters can transcend their books to guide our lives, by one of the world's most eminent bibliophiles Alberto Manguel, in a style both charming and erudite, examines how literary characters live with us from childhood on. Throughout the years, they change their identities and emerge from behind their stories to teach us about the complexities of love, loss, and the world itself. Manguel's favorite characters include Jim from Huckleberry Finn, Phoebe from The Catcher in the Rye, Job and Jonah from the Bible, Little Red Riding Hood and Captain Nemo, Hamlet's mother, and Dr. Frankenstein's maligned Monster. Sharing his unique powers as a reader, Manguel encourages us to establish our own literary relationships. An intimate preface and Manguel's own "doodles" complete this delightful and magical book.

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Yale University Press

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0300247389

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9780300247381

The Library at Night

By: Alberto Manguel

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The Library at Night

By: Alberto Manguel

A fascinating voyage through the Argentina-born author's mind, memory, and vast knowledge of books and civilization illuminates the mysteries of libraries, from his childhood bookshelves to the libraries of the Internet.

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0300139144

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9780300139143

A Reading Diary

By: Alberto Manguel

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A Reading Diary

By: Alberto Manguel

While traveling, Manguel was struck by how the novel he was reading seemed to reflect the social chaos of the world he was living in. He decided to keep a diary of these moments, reading a book a month and recording his observations, which provides an enthralling adventure in literature and life.

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Canongate Books

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1841958212

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First-Person Shooter Videogames

First-Person Shooter Videogames

Unamuno's Religious Fictionalism

Unamuno's Religious Fictionalism

Socialist Economic Development in the 21st Century

Socialist Economic Development in the 21st Century

マンガで漢字

マンガで漢字

Curandero Conversations

Curandero Conversations

Unamuno's Religious Fictionalism

Unamuno's Religious Fictionalism

The History and Geography of Human Genes

The History and Geography of Human Genes

Botulinum Toxin E-Book

Botulinum Toxin E-Book

First-Person Shooter Videogames

First-Person Shooter Videogames

The City of Words

The City of Words

Packing My Library

Packing My Library

Fabulous Monsters

Fabulous Monsters

The Library at Night

The Library at Night

A Reading Diary

A Reading Diary

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