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The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope; With Memoir, Critical Dissertation, And Explanatory Notes

Volume 2 - in large print

By: Alexander Pope,George Gilfillan

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The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope; With Memoir, Critical Dissertation, And Explanatory Notes

Volume 2 - in large print

By: Alexander Pope,George Gilfillan

Reproduction of the original. The publishing house Megali specialises in reproducing historical works in large print to make reading easier for people with impaired vision.

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Against Political Compromise

Sustaining Democratic Debate

By: Alexander Ruser,Amanda Machin

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Against Political Compromise

Sustaining Democratic Debate

By: Alexander Ruser,Amanda Machin

Political compromise is emerging as a preferred solution for numerous apparently intractable problems. Many have pointed to the rising degree of political polarisation around issues such as climate change, immigration and abortion. These are ‘wicked problems’ that are clearly not conducive to any sort of political consensus. The groups and individuals who are party to these issues disagree, often both fully and fiercely. As an alternative, political compromise seemingly offers a way of respecting difference while simultaneously generating a decision upon which policy can move forward. But proponents of political compromise should also acknowledge its significant weaknesses and dangers. Invoking recent examples from various policy areas to illustrate their claims, the authors assert that compromise can disguise inequality, reduce plurality and heighten uncertainty. In short, compromise can weaken democracy and must not be seen as some sort of political panacea. This concise, accessible text offers a strong and provocative argument that provides a crucial counterpoint to the promise of compromise. It should prove of interest to students and scholars interested in compromise and consensus as well as democratic governance, social inequality, political apathy and environmental politics.

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Routledge

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1351599879

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9781351599870

Asian Classics on the Victorian Bookshelf

Flights of Translation

By: Alexander Bubb

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Asian Classics on the Victorian Bookshelf

Flights of Translation

By: Alexander Bubb

The interest among Victorian readers in classical literature from Asia has been greatly underestimated. The popularity of the Arabian Nights and The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam is well documented. Yet this was also an era in which freethinkers consulted the Quran, in which schoolchildren were given abridgements of the Ramayana to read, in which names like 'Kalidasa' and 'Firdusi' were carved on the façades of public libraries, and in which women's book clubs discussed Japanese poetry. But for the most part, such readers were not consulting the specialist publications of scholarly orientalists. What then were the translations that catalysed these intercultural encounters? Based on a unique methodology marrying translation theory with empirical techniques developed by historians of reading, this book shines light for the first time on the numerous amateur translators or 'popularizers', who were responsible for making these texts accessible and disseminating them to the Victorian general readership. Asian Classics on the Victorian Bookshelf explains the process whereby popular translations were written, published, distributed to bookshops and libraries, and ultimately consumed by readers. It uses the working papers and correspondence of popularizers to demonstrate their techniques and motivations, while the responses of contemporary readers are traced through the pencil marginalia they left behind in dozens of original copies. In spite of their typically limited knowledge of source-languages, Asian Classics argues that popularizers produced versions more respectful of the complexity, cultural difference, and fundamental untranslatability of Asian texts than the professional orientalists whose work they were often adapting. The responses of their readers, likewise, frequently deviated from interpretive norms, and it is proposed that this combination of eccentric translators and unorthodox readers triggered 'flights of translation', whereby historical individuals can be seen to escape the hegemony of orientalist forms of knowledge.

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Oxford University Press

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0192636022

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9780192636027

Is There a Right of Freedom of Expression?

By: Larry Alexander

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Is There a Right of Freedom of Expression?

By: Larry Alexander

A sceptical appraisal of the claim that freedom of expression is a human right.

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Cambridge University Press

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0521822939

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9780521822930

Knowing What the Law Is

Legal Theory in a New Key

By: Alexander Somek

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Knowing What the Law Is

Legal Theory in a New Key

By: Alexander Somek

This book provides a selective and somewhat cheeky account of prominent positions in legal theory, such as American legal realism, modern legal positivism, sociological systems theory, institutionalism and critical legal studies. It presents a relational approach to law and a new perspective on legal sources. The book explores topics of legal theory in a playful manner. It is written and composed in a way that refutes the widespread prejudice that legal theory is a dreary subject, with a cast of characters that occasionally interact in order to illustrate the claims of the book. Legal experts claim to know what the law is. Legal theory-or jurisprudence-explores whether such claims are warranted. The discipline first emerged at the turn of the 20th century, when the self-confidence of both legal scholarship and judicial craftsmanship became severely shattered, but the crisis continues to this day.

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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150995130X

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Charlie Kaufman

Confessions of an Original Mind

By: Doreen Alexander Child

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Charlie Kaufman

Confessions of an Original Mind

By: Doreen Alexander Child

This revealing study looks at the influences and creative impulses that shape one of today's most progressive, thoughtful filmmakers. Charlie Kaufman got his start in television, but it was his first film, the eccentric Being John Malkovich, that won notice for his unique storytelling style. With the aid of a plethora of contributions from those with whom the writer has worked, Charlie Kaufman: Confessions of an Original Mind presents the intriguing story of that movie and others as it examines one of the most innovative voices in modern film. This exhaustive study of Kaufman's life and work is organized chronologically to cover his early influences as well as his most-recent ventures. Highlights include explorations of Kaufman's collaboration with Being John Malkovich director Spike Jonze—who stood him up for their first meeting—and the writer's conflict with George Clooney (about whom Kaufman says, "I can tell you that George Clooney is my least favorite person"). There are analyses of Human Nature, Adaptation, and the hauntingly beautiful Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, which led to an Academy Award. The book also studies Kaufman's sound plays for Theatre of the New Ear and his directorial debut, Synecdoche, New York.

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Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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0313358613

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The Annual Monitor for 1883, or Obitary of the Members of the Society of Friends in Great Britain and Ireland for the Year 1882

By: William Alexander

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The Annual Monitor for 1883, or Obitary of the Members of the Society of Friends in Great Britain and Ireland for the Year 1882

By: William Alexander

Reprint of the original, first published in 1882.

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3385356318

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Sound Actions

Conceptualizing Musical Instruments

By: Alexander Refsum Jensenius

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Sound Actions

Conceptualizing Musical Instruments

By: Alexander Refsum Jensenius

A techno-cognitive look at how new technologies are shaping the future of musicking. “Musicking” encapsulates both the making of and perception of music, so it includes both active and passive forms of musical engagement. But at its core, it is a relationship between actions and sounds, between human bodies and musical instruments. Viewing musicking through this lens and drawing on music cognition and music technology, Sound Actions proposes a model for understanding differences between traditional acoustic “sound makers” and new electro-acoustic “music makers.” What is a musical instrument? How do new technologies change how we perform and perceive music? What happens when composers build instruments, performers write code, perceivers become producers, and instruments play themselves? The answers to these pivotal questions entail a meeting point between interactive music technology and embodied music cognition, what author Alexander Refsum Jensenius calls “embodied music technology.” Moving between objective description and subjective narrative of his own musical experiences, Jensenius explores why music makes people move, how the human body can be used in musical interaction, and how new technologies allow for active musical experiences. The development of new music technologies, he demonstrates, has fundamentally changed how music is performed and perceived.

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MIT Press

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0262372215

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9780262372213

Up from Harlem

A Pictorial Autobiography

By: R. Alexander Brown

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Up from Harlem

A Pictorial Autobiography

By: R. Alexander Brown

Up From Harlem is an pictorial autobiography of the life and times of Roland Alexander Brown. This book is dedicated to his family and friends who have made his life wonderful and worth living. It is a homage tothe people who have influence his life over the last fifty years, and made him the person he is today. This Biography includes awards, people, education and otherinteresting facts pertaining to his life he wanted to share with friends, family and aquaintances.

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1491853700

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Derivative Spectrophotometry and PAM-Fluorescence in Comparative Biochemistry

By: Vladimir S. Saakov,Alexander I. Krivchenko,Eugene V. Rozengart,Irina G. Danilova

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Derivative Spectrophotometry and PAM-Fluorescence in Comparative Biochemistry

By: Vladimir S. Saakov,Alexander I. Krivchenko,Eugene V. Rozengart,Irina G. Danilova

This book presents various examples of how advanced fluorescence and spectroscopic analytical methods can be used in combination with computer data processing to address different biochemical questions. The main focus is on evolutionary biochemistry and the description of biochemical and metabolic issues; specifically, the use of pulse amplitude modulated fluorescence (PAM) for the functional analysis of the cellular state, as well as results obtained by means of the derivative spectroscopy method characterizing structural reorganization of a cell under the influence of external factors, are discussed. The topics presented here will be of interest to biologists, geneticists, biophysicists and biochemists, as well as experts in analytical chemistry, pharmaceutical chemistry and radio chemistry and radio activation studies with protonen and alpha-particles. It also offers a valuable resource for advanced undergraduate and graduate students in biological, physical and chemical disciplines whose work involves derivative spectrophotometry and PAM-fluorescence.

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Springer

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3319115960

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The Dynamics Of Pattern

By: Alexander B Ezersky,Mikhail I Rabinovich,Patrick D Weidman

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The Dynamics Of Pattern

By: Alexander B Ezersky,Mikhail I Rabinovich,Patrick D Weidman

Spirals, vortices, crystalline lattices, and other attractive patterns are prevalent in Nature. How do such beautiful patterns appear from the initial chaos? What universal dynamical rules are responsible for their formation? What is the dynamical origin of spatial disorder in nonequilibrium media? Based on the many visual experiments in physics, hydrodynamics, chemistry, and biology, this invaluable book answers those and related intriguing questions. The mathematical models presented for the dynamical theory of pattern formation are nonlinear partial differential equations. The corresponding theory is not so accessible to a wide audience. Consequently, the authors have made every attempt to synthesize long and complex mathematical calculations to exhibit the underlying physics. The book will be useful for final year undergraduates, but is primarily aimed at graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, and others interested in the puzzling phenomena of pattern formation.

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World Scientific

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9814494356

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Reports of Cases adjudged in the Court of Error and Appeal

Vol. III

By: Alexander Grant

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Reports of Cases adjudged in the Court of Error and Appeal

Vol. III

By: Alexander Grant

Reprint of the original, first published in 1866.

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3752555300

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International Relations

The Key Concepts

By: Steven C. Roach,Alexander D. Barder

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International Relations

The Key Concepts

By: Steven C. Roach,Alexander D. Barder

Featuring 16 new entries, International Relations: The Key Concepts, now in its fourth edition, is the essential guide for anyone interested in international affairs. Comprehensive and up to date, it introduces the most important themes in international relations. New entries include the following: Anthropocene Authoritarian populism Borders Brexit Dignity Hierarchy Intersectionality Pandemic Postmodern warfare Race war Resilience Featuring suggestions for further reading as well as a unique guide to websites on international relations, this accessible guide is an invaluable aid to an understanding of this expanding field, ideal for student and non-specialist alike. It will serve as a vital reference text for undergraduate IR courses.

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Taylor & Francis

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1000933199

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9781000933192

Book's by Alexander Sager

The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope; With Memoir, Critical Dissertation, And Explanatory Notes

The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope; With Memoir, Critical Dissertation, And Explanatory Notes

Against Political Compromise

Against Political Compromise

Asian Classics on the Victorian Bookshelf

Asian Classics on the Victorian Bookshelf

Is There a Right of Freedom of Expression?

Is There a Right of Freedom of Expression?

Knowing What the Law Is

Knowing What the Law Is

Charlie Kaufman

Charlie Kaufman

The Annual Monitor for 1883, or Obitary of the Members of the Society of Friends in Great Britain and Ireland for the Year 1882

The Annual Monitor for 1883, or Obitary of the Members of the Society of Friends in Great Britain and Ireland for the Year 1882

Sound Actions

Sound Actions

Up from Harlem

Up from Harlem

Derivative Spectrophotometry and PAM-Fluorescence in Comparative Biochemistry

Derivative Spectrophotometry and PAM-Fluorescence in Comparative Biochemistry

The Dynamics Of Pattern

The Dynamics Of Pattern

Reports of Cases adjudged in the Court of Error and Appeal

Reports of Cases adjudged in the Court of Error and Appeal

International Relations

International Relations

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