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An Introduction to Spanish-American Literature

By: Jean Franco

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An Introduction to Spanish-American Literature

By: Jean Franco

A revised, updated edition of Jean Franco's "Introduction to Spanish-American Literature", first published in 1969.

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Cambridge University Press

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0521449235

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9780521449236

After the Future

By: Franco Bifo Berardi

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After the Future explores a century-long obsession with the concept of the "future," starting with Marinetti's "Futurist Manifesto," tracing it through the punk movement of the early 70s, and into the media revolution of the 90s. The future, Bifo argues, has come and gone, the concept has lost its usefulness. Now it's our responsibility to decide what comes next.

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AK Press

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1849350604

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9781849350600

Palo Alto

Stories

By: James Franco

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Palo Alto

Stories

By: James Franco

Now a “provocative” and “impressive” (Variety) film from director Gia Coppola (Francis Ford Coppola’s granddaughter)—starring Emma Roberts, James Franco, Nat Wolff, and Val Kilmer—the fiction debut from James Franco that Vogue called “compelling and gutsy.” James Franco’s story collection traces the lives of a group of teenagers as they experiment with vices of all kinds, struggle with their families and one another, and succumb to self-destructive, often heartless nihilism. In “Lockheed” a young woman’s summer—spent working a dull internship—is suddenly upended by a spectacular incident of violence at a house party. In “American History” a high school freshman attempts to impress a girl with a realistic portrayal of a slave owner during a classroom skit—only to have his feigned bigotry avenged. In “I Could Kill Someone,” a lonely teenager buys a gun with the aim of killing his high school tormentor, but begins to wonder about his bully’s own inner life. These “spare and riveting” (O, The Oprah Magazine) stories are a compelling portrait of lives on the rough fringes of youth. Palo Alto is, “a collection of beautifully written stories” (Kirkus Reviews, starred review) that “capture with perfect pitch the impossible exhilaration, the inevitable downbeatness, and the pure confusion of being an adolescent” (Elle). Features a bonus essay by James Franco on Gia Coppola's film adaptation.

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Simon and Schuster

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1439175721

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9781439175729

Legal Immigrant, Illegal Immigrant

What Made This Country Great and What Will Tear It Apart The Franco Ferrari Story

By: Franco Ferrari,Jeremy Lazar

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Legal Immigrant, Illegal Immigrant

What Made This Country Great and What Will Tear It Apart The Franco Ferrari Story

By: Franco Ferrari,Jeremy Lazar

Virtually every American citizen is descended from an immigrant. Immigrants built this country, made it great and made it strong. Legal immigrants. But there are also those who choose to sneak in, and take what they want. Who insist that Americans cater to them. Illegal immigrants. Today illegal immigrants threaten to ruin this great nation and Franco Ferrari wants to do something about it. A legal immigrant himself, Franco was born in Italy in the shadows of World War II. His family's dream was to live in America. See the greatness of America through the eyes of an immigrant, and discover why he considers illegal immigrants to be such a danger to the American way of life.

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iUniverse

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1440102619

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9781440102615

Critical Passions

Selected Essays

By: Jean Franco

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Critical Passions

Selected Essays

By: Jean Franco

The author, one of the most influential Latin Americanists in the US, has published a number of books, but none display the importance of her work in literary criticism, cultural studies and marxist and feminist theory as successfully as this collection o

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Duke University Press

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082232248X

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9780822322481

Cruel Modernity

By: Jean Franco

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Cruel Modernity

By: Jean Franco

In Cruel Modernity, Jean Franco examines the conditions under which extreme cruelty became the instrument of armies, governments, rebels, and rogue groups in Latin America. She seeks to understand how extreme cruelty came to be practiced in many parts of the continent over the last eighty years and how its causes differ from the conditions that brought about the Holocaust, which is generally the atrocity against which the horror of others is measured. In Latin America, torturers and the perpetrators of atrocity were not only trained in cruelty but often provided their own rationales for engaging in it. When "draining the sea" to eliminate the support for rebel groups gave license to eliminate entire families, the rape, torture, and slaughter of women dramatized festering misogyny and long-standing racial discrimination accounted for high death tolls in Peru and Guatemala. In the drug wars, cruelty has become routine as tortured bodies serve as messages directed to rival gangs. Franco draws on human-rights documents, memoirs, testimonials, novels, and films, as well as photographs and art works, to explore not only cruel acts but the discriminatory thinking that made them possible, their long-term effects, the precariousness of memory, and the pathos of survival.

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Duke University Press

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082235456X

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9780822354567

The Decline and Fall of the Lettered City

Latin America in the Cold War

By: Jean Franco

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The Decline and Fall of the Lettered City

Latin America in the Cold War

By: Jean Franco

The cultural Cold War in Latin America was waged as a war of values. This book charts the conflicting universals of this period, the clash between avant-garde and political vanguard.

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Harvard University Press

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0674008421

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9780674008427

James Franco

The Dangerous Book Four Boys

By: James Franco,Frank Bidart,Eric Boman,Jason Schmidt,Marianne Spurr

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James Franco

The Dangerous Book Four Boys

By: James Franco,Frank Bidart,Eric Boman,Jason Schmidt,Marianne Spurr

Considered one of the finest actors of his generation, James Franco is also a multitalented writer and visual artist. Drawing from his experience in film and television work, Franco has produced a visually exciting and thought-provoking body of video works, multimedia installations, and large-scale sculptures. Drawn from the exhibition curated by Alanna Heiss and organized by the Clocktower Gallery, James Franco: The Dangerous Book Four Boys explores themes of childhood and nostalgia, games and destruction. Each experimental film, suite of drawings, and raw, childlike construction is presented as a window into the artist's mind. This dense and often diaristic survey reflects Franco's interest in the contemporary American landscape of adolescence and young adulthood.

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Skira

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0847838137

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9780847838134

Rosario Tijeras

A Novel

By: Jorge Franco

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Rosario Tijeras

A Novel

By: Jorge Franco

Since they shot her at point-blank range while she was being kissed, she confused the pain of love with that of death." Rosario Tijeras is the violent, violated character at the center of Jorge Franco's study of contrasts, set in self-destructing 1980s Medellín. Her very name-evoking the rosary, and scissors-bespeaks her conflict as a woman who becomes a contract killer to insulate herself from the random violence of the streets. Then she is shot, gravely wounded, and the circle of contradiction is closed. From the corridors of the hospital where Rosario is fighting for her life, Antonio, the narrator, waits to learn if she will recover. Through him, we reconstruct the friendship between the two, her love story with Emilio, and her life as a hitwoman. Rosario Tijeras has been recognized as an admirable continuation of a literary subject that was first treated by Gabriel García Márquez and then by Fernando Vallejo. A work in the Latin American social realist tradition, Rosario Tijeras is told in fast and vibrant prose and with poetic flourish.

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Seven Stories Press

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1583226095

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9781583226094

The End of the Old Regime in Europe, 1776-1789, Part II

Republican Patriotism and the Empires of the East

By: Franco Venturi

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The End of the Old Regime in Europe, 1776-1789, Part II

Republican Patriotism and the Empires of the East

By: Franco Venturi

Franco Venturi, premier European interpreter of the Enlightenment, is still completing his acclaimed multi-volume work, a grand synthesis of Western history before the French Revolution as seen through the perceptive eyes of Italian observers. Originally published in 1991. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

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Princeton University Press

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1400861918

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9781400861910

A California Childhood

By: James Franco

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A California Childhood

By: James Franco

An actor treads the line between reality and fiction every time he plays a part, and for James Franco, that exploration isn’t limited to the screen—he’s also a visual artist with several exhibitions under his belt as well as the author of the widely praised story collection Palo Alto. In A California Childhood he plays with the concept of memoir through personal snapshots, sketches, paintings, poems, and stories. “I was born in 1978 at Stanford Hospital and spent my first eighteen years in a single house at the end of a cul-de-sac in Palo Alto,” Franco writes in his introduction. Steve Jobs’s daughter and the grandson of one of the Hewlett-Packard founders may have both been in his graduating class, but just across the freeway from his home turf lay East Palo Alto, which in 1992 had the highest murder rate per capita in the country. For Franco, the terrain of his upbringing is fraught with the complication of a city divided. But within that diversity, universal aspects of adolescence rise to the surface, and those are the subjects at the heart of Franco’s work. Ultimately this is a portrait of a childhood brightened by California sunshine, but with trouble waiting in the shadows. At turns funny, dark, and emotional, the journey of this book delivers an undeniable immediacy. And at the end, the reader is left wondering just where the boundary lies between Franco’s art and his true life.

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1608872025

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9781608872022

Franco Columbu’s Complete Book of Bodybuilding

By: Franco Columbu

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Franco Columbu’s Complete Book of Bodybuilding

By: Franco Columbu

Franco Columbu’s Complete Book of Bodybuilding is the distillation of his lifelong approach to building the body beautiful. It covers every aspect of what an increasing number of individuals are considering a lifestyle as well as a sport. This book includes: • A basic health and fitness program • Explanations of basic weight training equipment • Training programs for various strategies and routines • Bodybuilding for women • Bodybuilding for other sports • Prevention and treatment of sports injuries • Nutrition basics and food combining tips • Fully illustrated exercise glossary Franco Columbu’s Complete Book of Bodybuilding was written for non-competitive bodybuilders as well as competitive bodybuilders, who share the goal of achieving maximum results with their bodies in the least amount of time.

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Creators Publishing

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1945630639

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9781945630637

Hush Hush

By: Lucia Franco

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Hush Hush

By: Lucia Franco

I knew the rules. Never reveal my true identity. Play the game, give the illusion. Don't get close to the clients. The dark and glamorous lifestyle of the rich and shameless open my eyes to a lavish world of sin and wealth, and a man I can't have. A man I desperately want-James Riviera. We're treading a fine line as we live the ultimate double life until we make a startling discovery that tests both our loyalties. I only had to follow the rules, but rules are meant to be broken.

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Page & Vine

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9798989528899

Computational Geometry

An Introduction

By: Franco P. Preparata,Michael I. Shamos

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Computational Geometry

An Introduction

By: Franco P. Preparata,Michael I. Shamos

From the reviews: "This book offers a coherent treatment, at the graduate textbook level, of the field that has come to be known in the last decade or so as computational geometry. ... ... The book is well organized and lucidly written; a timely contribution by two founders of the field. It clearly demonstrates that computational geometry in the plane is now a fairly well-understood branch of computer science and mathematics. It also points the way to the solution of the more challenging problems in dimensions higher than two." #Mathematical Reviews#1 "... This remarkable book is a comprehensive and systematic study on research results obtained especially in the last ten years. The very clear presentation concentrates on basic ideas, fundamental combinatorial structures, and crucial algorithmic techniques. The plenty of results is clever organized following these guidelines and within the framework of some detailed case studies. A large number of figures and examples also aid the understanding of the material. Therefore, it can be highly recommended as an early graduate text but it should prove also to be essential to researchers and professionals in applied fields of computer-aided design, computer graphics, and robotics." #Biometrical Journal#2

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Springer Science & Business Media

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1461210984

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9781461210986

Europe and Islam

By: Franco Cardini

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Europe and Islam

By: Franco Cardini

In this book Franco Cardini examines the ideas, prejudices, disinformation and anti-information that have formed and coloured Europe's attitude towards Islam over 1500 years.

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Wiley-Blackwell

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063119732X

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9780631197324

Six Popes

A Son of the Church Remembers

By: Hilary C. Franco

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Six Popes

A Son of the Church Remembers

By: Hilary C. Franco

“Monsignor Franco is known as an engaging storyteller of his impactful time in the Church. Read this book and you will see why.” — Timothy Cardinal Dolan, Archdiocese of New York Six Popes: A Son of the Church Remembers is Monsignor Hilary C. Franco’s engaging memoir and a story only a son can tell, a son not only of the Catholic Church, but also of Italian immigrants. From Belmont, his Bronx neighborhood, Franco rose to work with the highest and most influential figures of the Roman Catholic Church. As a young man he attended Rome’s premier seminary, soon after becoming the special assistant to Archbishop Fulton Sheen. As a priest he would travel the world, and he recounts a harrowing experience in the Deep South in the early 1960s, his work at the Vatican Councils that redefined the Church, and his time posted at the Church’s diplomatic missions in Washington, D.C., and the United Nations. This most formidable churchman reveals his tales of intellectual, pastoral, and diplomatic service to the Catholic Church, enlivened by recollections of the fascinating people he came to know from U.S. presidents and foreign heads of state, to religious leaders like Padre Pio and Saint Mother Teresa. The title of his current role, Advisor at the Permanent Observer Mission of the Holy See to the United Nations, gives little hint of the drama of the times he recollects. Stories of this book’s six pontiffs that Franco served under — John XXIII, Paul VI, John Paul I, John Paul II, Benedict XVI, Francis — offer landmarks along Franco’s trek through the corridors of spiritual power in New York, Washington, D.C., and Rome. Six Popes: A Son of the Church Remembers is written from a unique eyewitness vantage on many of the events and movements that shaped our world and the Catholic Church. There is really no other book like it.

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Humanix Books

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1630061344

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9781630061340

Galileo’s Telescope

A European Story

By: Massimo Bucciantini,Michele Camerota,Franco Giudice

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Galileo’s Telescope

A European Story

By: Massimo Bucciantini,Michele Camerota,Franco Giudice

Between 1608 and 1610 the canopy of the night sky was ripped open by an object created almost by accident: a cylinder with lenses at both ends. Galileo’s Telescope tells how this ingenious device evolved into a precision instrument that would transcend the limits of human vision and transform humanity’s view of its place in the cosmos.

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Harvard University Press

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0674736915

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9780674736917

Poems and Selected Letters

By: Veronica Franco

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Poems and Selected Letters

By: Veronica Franco

Veronica Franco (whose life is featured in the motion picture Dangerous Beauty) was a sixteenth-century Venetian beauty, poet, and protofeminist. This collection captures the frank eroticism and impressive eloquence that set her apart from the chaste, silent woman prescribed by Renaissance gender ideology. As an "honored courtesan", Franco made her living by arranging to have sexual relations, for a high fee, with the elite of Venice and the many travelers—merchants, ambassadors, even kings—who passed through the city. Courtesans needed to be beautiful, sophisticated in their dress and manners, and elegant, cultivated conversationalists. Exempt from many of the social and educational restrictions placed on women of the Venetian patrician class, Franco used her position to recast "virtue" as "intellectual integrity," offering wit and refinement in return for patronage and a place in public life. Franco became a writer by allying herself with distinguished men at the center of her city's culture, particularly in the informal meetings of a literary salon at the home of Domenico Venier, the oldest member of a noble family and a former Venetian senator. Through Venier's protection and her own determination, Franco published work in which she defended her fellow courtesans, speaking out against their mistreatment by men and criticizing the subordination of women in general. Venier also provided literary counsel when she responded to insulting attacks written by the male Venetian poet Maffio Venier. Franco's insight into the power conflicts between men and women and her awareness of the threat she posed to her male contemporaries make her life and work pertinent today.

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University of Chicago Press

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0226259854

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9780226259857

Platonic

How the Science of Attachment Can Help You Make--and Keep--Friends

By: Marisa G. Franco, PhD

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Platonic

How the Science of Attachment Can Help You Make--and Keep--Friends

By: Marisa G. Franco, PhD

Instant New York Times bestseller Is understanding the science of attachment the key to building lasting friendships and finding “your people” in an ever-more-fragmented world? How do we make and keep friends in an era of distraction, burnout, and chaos, especially in a society that often prizes romantic love at the expense of other relationships? In Platonic, Dr. Marisa G. Franco unpacks the latest, often counterintuitive findings about the bonds between us—for example, why your friends aren’t texting you back (it’s not because they hate you!), and the myth of “friendships happening organically” (making friends, like cultivating any relationship, requires effort!). As Dr. Franco explains, to make and keep friends you must understand your attachment style—secure, anxious, or avoidant: it is the key to unlocking what’s working (and what’s failing) in your friendships. Making new friends, and deepening longstanding relationships, is possible at any age—in fact, it’s essential. The good news: there are specific, research-based ways to improve the number and quality of your connections using the insights of attachment theory and the latest scientific research on friendship. Platonic provides a clear and actionable blueprint for forging strong, lasting connections with others—and for becoming our happiest, most fulfilled selves in the process.

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Penguin

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0593331907

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9780593331903

Futurability

The Age of Impotence and the Horizon of Possibility

By: Franco Berardi

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Futurability

The Age of Impotence and the Horizon of Possibility

By: Franco Berardi

We live in an age of impotence. Stuck between global war and global finance, between identity and capital, we seem to be incapable of producing the radical change that is so desperately needed. Is there still a way to disentangle ourselves from a global order that shapes our politics as well as our imagination? In his most systematic book to date, renowned Italian theorist Franco Berardi tackles this question through a solid yet visionary analysis of the three fundamental concepts of Possibility, Potency, and Power. Characterizing Possibility as the content, Potency as the energy, and Power as the form, Berardi suggests that the road to emancipation unravels from the awareness that the field of the possible is only limited, and not created, by the power structures that implement it. Other futures and other worlds are always already inscribed within the present, despite power's attempt at keeping them invisible. Overcoming any temptation of giving in to despair or nostalgia, Berardi proposes the notion of 'futurability' as a way to remind us that even within the darkness of our current crisis lies dormant the horizon of possibility.

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Verso Books

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1784787434

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9781784787431

Fae and the Moon

By: Franco Aureliani

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Fae and the Moon

By: Franco Aureliani

Filled with fearsome monsters, fascinating lore, and vibrant illustrations, Fae and the Moon is a much-needed adventure story about overcoming despair through the powers of love and hope. "The book's lessons about believing in oneself and the importance of family are clear, important, and meaningful. . . . An entertaining fantasy story about personal empowerment and family love." --Foreword Reviews Fae, in mourning for her missing mother, sits night after night below the Moon that her mother so loved. Then one night she discovers she can pluck the Moon out of the star-filled sky! Back safe in her house, she holds it close, feeling comfort at last. But Fae loses the Moon, and finds that taking it has awakened ancient monsters--rats, dragons, and more, who hunt it for themselves. Will Fae be able to reclaim the Moon, find her own inner strength, and save the world from eternal darkness?

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Simon and Schuster

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1499813295

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9781499813296

War Machine

How To Transform Yourself Into A Vicious And Deadly Street Fighter

By: Sammy Franco

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War Machine

How To Transform Yourself Into A Vicious And Deadly Street Fighter

By: Sammy Franco

WAR MACHINE - BECOME A MODERN DAY WARRIOR! War Machine: How to Transform Yourself into a Vicious and Deadly Street Fighter is a book that will change you for the rest of your life! This unique combat conditioning system is specifically designed to transform you into a vicious and deadly street fighter. When followed accordingly, War Machine will forge your mind, body, and spirit into iron. Once armed with the mental and physical attributes of the War Machine, you will become a strong and confident warrior that can handle just about anything that life may throw your way. In essence, War Machine is a way of life. Powerful, intense, and hard! A Powerful Transformation Program! In this powerful transformation program, world-renowned combat expert Sammy Franco shares his secrets for building explosive speed, bone crushing power and unparalleled mental strength. In this unique book you will first learn about: Range proficiency Combat stances Strategic positioning Footwork and mobility Target orientation, target recognition, target selection, target impaction, target exploitation Target zones Medical implications of combat techniques Speed development techniques Impact power development The importance of ambidexterity in combat Improving offensive reaction time How to improve balance Non-telegraphic movement when fighting Auto pilot fighting The killer instinct A Combat Conditioning Animal! Reading this book is like getting a shot of testosterone! It motivates and inspires you to train harder. Every aspect of combat conditioning is also covered in this powerful transformation program, including: Physical appearances during pre-contact stages of combat Combat body compositions Warm-ups, stretching Strength training exercises Split workout routines Combative utility of muscle groups Cardio conditioning Working out with training partners Coping with pain and discomfort when training Rest and burnout Diet and nutrition to maximize your training gains The Confidence of a Lion! War Machine is not only designed to develop physical strength, agility, and endurance but also help you overcome the fear and inhibitions toward physical combat. It provides the mental and psychological tools to confidently handle the rigors of both armed and unarmed combat. Topics include: Developing the “hard core” attitude Improving self-confidence Decisiveness in combat Follow-through Courage Combative desensitization Viciousness Self-discipline Philosophical resolution Emotional masking Overcoming combat related stress reactions Visualization techniques And much more... Forge your Mind, Body, and Spirit into Iron! War Machine also bridges the gap between the technical and philosophical aspects of combat with a chapter devoted to the philosophy of warfare. Subjects include courage, pacifism, good vs. evil, the ego, laws of reality, loyalty, leadership, honor, frustration, and fighting strategies. War Machine How to Transform Yourself into a Vicious and Deadly Street Fighter is ideal for military personnel, law enforcement, martial artists, self-defense students or anyone regardless of age or gender who wants the winning edge in modern day combat.

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Contemporary Fighting Arts, LLC

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0989038262

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9780989038263

The Preacher's Demons

Bernardino of Siena and the Social Underworld of Early Renaissance Italy

By: Franco Mormando

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The Preacher's Demons

Bernardino of Siena and the Social Underworld of Early Renaissance Italy

By: Franco Mormando

When the city was filled with these bonfires, he then combed the city, and whenever he received notice of some public sodomite, he had him immediately seized and thrown into the nearest bonfire at hand and had him burned immediately." This story, of an anonymous individual who sought to cleanse medieval Paris, was part of a sermon delivered in Siena, Italy, in 1427. The speaker, the friar Bernardino (1380-1444), was one of the most important public figures of the time, and he spent forty years combing the towns of Italy, instructing, admonishing, and entertaining the crowds that gathered in prodigious numbers to hear his sermons. His story of the Parisian vigilante was a recommendation. Sexual deviants were the objects of relentless, unconditional persecution in Bernardino's sermons. Other targets of the preacher's venom were witches, Jews, and heretics. Mormando takes us into the social underworld of early Renaissance Italy to discover how one enormously influential figure helped to dramatically increase fear, hatred, and intolerance for those on society's margins. This book is the first on Bernardino to appear in thirty-five years, and the first ever to consider the preacher's inflammatory role in Renaissance social issues.

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University of Chicago Press

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0226538540

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9780226538549

Reflections on Music of Ennio

By: Franco Sciannameo

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Reflections on Music of Ennio

By: Franco Sciannameo

By analyzing Ennio Morricone's formative years as a music practitioner and his transition into composing for the screen, Franco Sciannameo studies the best of Morricone's popular compositions and concert works as he explores Morricone's legacy, its nature, and its eventual impact on posterity.

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Lexington Books

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1498569005

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9781498569002

Understanding Microelectronics

A Top-Down Approach

By: Franco Maloberti

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Understanding Microelectronics

A Top-Down Approach

By: Franco Maloberti

The microelectronics evolution has given rise to many modern benefits but has also changed design methods and attitudes to learning. Technology advancements shifted focus from simple circuits to complex systems with major attention to high-level descriptions. The design methods moved from a bottom-up to a top-down approach. For today’s students, the most beneficial approach to learning is this top-down method that demonstrates a global view of electronics before going into specifics. Franco Maloberti uses this approach to explain the fundamentals of electronics, such as processing functions, signals and their properties. Here he presents a helpful balance of theory, examples, and verification of results, while keeping mathematics and signal processing theory to a minimum. Key features: Presents a new learning approach that will greatly improve students’ ability to retain key concepts in electronics studies Match the evolution of Computer Aided Design (CAD) which focuses increasingly on high-level design Covers sub-functions as well as basic circuits and basic components Provides real-world examples to inspire a thorough understanding of global issues, before going into the detail of components and devices Discusses power conversion and management; an important area that is missing in other books on the subject End-of-chapter problems and self-training sections support the reader in exploring systems and understanding them at increasing levels of complexity Inside this book you will find a complete explanation of electronics that can be applied across a range of disciplines including electrical engineering and physics. This comprehensive introduction will be of benefit to students studying electronics, as well as their lecturers and professors. Postgraduate engineers, those in vocational training, and design and application engineers will also find this book useful.

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An Introduction to Ecological Economics

By: Robert Costanza,John H Cumberland,Herman Daly,Robert Goodland,Richard B Norgaard,Ida Kubiszewski,Carol Franco

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By: Robert Costanza,John H Cumberland,Herman Daly,Robert Goodland,Richard B Norgaard,Ida Kubiszewski,Carol Franco

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An Introduction to Ecological Economics, Second Edition

By: Robert Costanza,John H Cumberland,Herman Daly,Robert Goodland,Richard B Norgaard,Ida Kubiszewski,Carol Franco

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An Introduction to Ecological Economics, Second Edition

By: Robert Costanza,John H Cumberland,Herman Daly,Robert Goodland,Richard B Norgaard,Ida Kubiszewski,Carol Franco

From Empty-World Economics to Full-World Economics Ecological economics explores new ways of thinking about how we manage our lives and our planet to achieve a sustainable, equitable, and prosperous future. Ecological economics extends and integrates the study and management of both "nature's household" and "humankind's household"—An Introduction to Ecological Economics, Second Edition, the first update and expansion of this classic text in 15 years, describes new approaches to achieving a sustainable and desirable human presence on Earth. Written by the top experts in the field, it addresses the necessity for an innovative approach to integrated environmental, social, and economic analysis and management, and describes policies aimed at achieving our shared goals. Demands a Departure from Business as Usual The book begins with a description of prevailing interdependent environmental, economic, and social issues and their underlying causes, and offers guidance on designing policies and instruments capable of adequately coping with these problems. It documents the historical development of the disciplines of economics and ecology, and explores how they have evolved so differently from a shared conceptual base. Structured into four sections, it also presents various ideas and models in their proper chronological context, details the fundamental principles of ecological economics, and outlines prospects for the future. What’s New in the Second Edition: Includes several new pieces and updates in each section Adds a series of independently authored "boxes" to expand and update information in the current text Addresses the historical development of economics and ecology and the recent progress in integrating the study of humans and the rest of nature Covers the basic concepts and applications of ecological economics in language accessible to a broad audience An Introduction to Ecological Economics, Second Edition can be used in an introductory undergraduate or graduate course; requires no prior knowledge of mathematics, economics, or ecology; provides a unified understanding of natural and human-dominated ecosystems; and reintegrates the market economy within society and the rest of nature.

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Bifo - Franco Berardi

transversal(dOCUMENTA (13): 100 Notes - 100 Thoughts, 100 Notizen - 100 Gedanken # 094)

By: Franco Berardi

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transversal(dOCUMENTA (13): 100 Notes - 100 Thoughts, 100 Notizen - 100 Gedanken # 094)

By: Franco Berardi

In diesem Notizbuch reflektiert der Medientheoretiker und Medienaktivist Bifo – Franco Berardi die Vorhaben der dOCUMENTA (13) auf Basis seiner persönlichen Überzeugung, dass sich die derzeitige Krise der Wirtschaft und Weltgesellschaft als tödliche Falle für die menschliche Entwicklung erweisen muss, sofern nicht Kultur und Lebensstil auf den vorherrschenden Trend der »Erschöpfung« (physischer Ressourcen, mentaler Energien und sozialer Organismen) reagieren werden. Der Kunst kommt dabei eine entscheidende Rolle zu. Künstler erkennen und artikulieren häufig den erschöpften Zustand der Welt in seiner ganzen Tragik: mit Genügsamkeit statt Akkumulation und Freundschaft statt Rivalität kann der Implosion des Finanzkapitalismus für die Schaffung eines neuen Europas 2.0 mit »Tausch- und Solidaritätsinstitutionen anstelle von Konkurrenz- und Gierinstitutionen« entgegengewirkt werden. Projekte und Entwürfe etwa von Doug Ashford, Man Ray, William Kentridge, AND AND AND oder Gustav Metzger werden genannt und begleiten den Text ebenso wie ein faksimilierter Brief des zur dOCUMENTA (13) eingeladenen Künstlers Kai Althoff an die Künstlerische Leiterin Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev mit der Bitte um Befreiung »von der erschöpfenden Aufgabe seiner Mitwirkung«. Bifo – Franco Berardi (*1949) lehrt Medienästhetik an der European School of Social Imagination in San Marino.

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3775750223

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The Businessman’s Minutes-a-Day Guide to Shaping Up

By: Dr. Franco Columbu

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The Businessman’s Minutes-a-Day Guide to Shaping Up

By: Dr. Franco Columbu

The ladder to success is a lot easier to climb without the excess baggage of flabby arms, chests, and waist. Furthermore, the increased stress that arises from increasing business responsibilities can be more readily overcome by a man who is in peak shape than one who isn’t. Just as hard work in the business world can be its own reward, so is working out. In fact, shaping up not only ensures robust health and a longer life, but it improves a man’s ability to bring about and enjoy business success by looking good, feeling good, and making good impressions on business colleagues. The Businessman’s Minutes-a-Day Guide To Shaping Up is more than another book of exercise and diet tips. It addresses the problems a businessman faces in finding time to exercise, in setting goals for training, and in changing eating habits that make gaining or losing weight difficult. The Businessman’s Minutes-a-Day Guide To Shaping Up includes: • exercise programs developed for a variety of needs and body structures • knowledgeable recommendations on training equipment and on training at home, at a gym, or on the road • training programs for improved sports performance • expert advice on the prevention and treatment of training injuries, jet lag, stress and anxiety, and even eye strain • a primer on the basics of nutrition, proper food combining, and vitamin and mineral supplementation • an account of one businessman’s training under Dr. Columbu’s direction that provides valuable insights on sticking to a training program, managing time, and setting goals

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