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André Gide

Homosexual Moralist

By: Patrick Pollard

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Andre Gide, renowned French essayist, novelist, and playwright, was also a homosexual apologist whose sexuality was central to the whole of his literary and political discourse. This book by Patrick Pollard--the first serious study of homosexuality in Gide's theater and fiction--analyzes his ideas and traces the philosophical, anthropological, scientific, and literary movements that influenced his thought. Pollard begins by discussing Corydon, a defense of pederasty that Gide felt was his most important book. He then provided a historical and analytical survey of books that contributed to Gide's perception of homosexuality, including works on philosophy, social theory, natural history, and medicolegal questions. Pollard goes on to investigate works of fiction--ancient and modern, European and Oriental--in which Gide saw homosexual elements. He concludes by considering the homosexual themes in Gide's own works, analyzing the ways that Gide constantly tried to resolve conflicts between nature and culture, hypocrisy and honesty, corruption and sound moral judgment, anomaly and conformity, and sexual freedom and religious constraint. The book provides a new perspective on Gide's work, a reconstruction of the moral and intellectual climate in Europe at the beginning of the twentieth century, and a substantial contribution to the cultural history of homosexuality.

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Yale University Press

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0300049986

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Full Sail Beyond the Three Capes

The French Bounty Ships in Australia 1898-1925

By: Patrick Ahern

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Full Sail Beyond the Three Capes

The French Bounty Ships in Australia 1898-1925

By: Patrick Ahern

Includes bibliographic references and index.

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Patrick Ahern

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0980515505

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9780980515503

Vampire Legends in Contemporary American Culture

What Becomes a Legend Most

By: William Patrick Day

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Vampire Legends in Contemporary American Culture

What Becomes a Legend Most

By: William Patrick Day

While vampire stories have been part of popular culture since the beginning of the nineteenth century, it has been in recent decades that they have become a central part of American culture. Vampire Legends in Contemporary American Culture looks at how vampire stories—from Bram Stoker's Dracula to Blacula, from Bela Lugosi's films to Love at First Bite—have become part of our ongoing debate about what it means to be human. William Patrick Day looks at how writers and filmmakers as diverse as Anne Rice and Andy Warhol present the vampire as an archetype of human identity, as well as how many post-modern vampire stories reflect our fear and attraction to stories of addiction and violence. He argues that contemporary stories use the character of Dracula to explore modern values, and that stories of vampire slayers, such as the popular television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer, integrate current feminist ideas and the image of the Vietnam veteran into a new heroic version of the vampire story.

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University Press of Kentucky

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0813153948

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9780813153940

Christian Churches in Dahomey-Benin

A Study of their Socio-political Role

By: Patrick Claffey

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Christian Churches in Dahomey-Benin

A Study of their Socio-political Role

By: Patrick Claffey

This book, divided into two broad sections, examines the state in the Republic of Benin and the socio-political role of the Christian churches. The first looks at the remarkable pre-colonial kingdom of Danxomέ and its place in the imagining of the modern contrat social béninois. The second section looks at both the historical role of the mainline churches and the more recent development of a Christianisme béninois. The study concludes that the churches are above all a commentary upon the society in which they find themselves. Rather than an overt challenge to the state, they articulate social distress and the desire for a different future. In times of stress they may prove to be the only viable institutional buttress as well as the arbiter. This study seeks to make a contribution to the understanding of the public role of Christian churches in Africa.

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BRILL

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9047419774

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Writing the Story of Texas

By: Patrick L. Cox,Kenneth E. Hendrickson, Jr.

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Writing the Story of Texas

By: Patrick L. Cox,Kenneth E. Hendrickson, Jr.

The history of the Lone Star state is a narrative dominated by larger-than-life personalities and often-contentious legends, presenting interesting challenges for historians. Perhaps for this reason, Texas has produced a cadre of revered historians who have had a significant impact on the preservation (some would argue creation) of our state’s past. An anthology of biographical essays, Writing the Story of Texas pays tribute to the scholars who shaped our understanding of Texas’s past and, ultimately, the Texan identity. Edited by esteemed historians Patrick Cox and Kenneth Hendrickson, this collection includes insightful, cross-generational examinations of pivotal individuals who interpreted our history. On these pages, the contributors chart the progression from Eugene C. Barker’s groundbreaking research to his public confrontations with Texas political leaders and his fellow historians. They look at Walter Prescott Webb’s fundamental, innovative vision as a promoter of the past and Ruthe Winegarten’s efforts to shine the spotlight on minorities and women who made history across the state. Other essayists explore Llerena Friend delving into an ambitious study of Sam Houston, Charles Ramsdell courageously addressing delicate issues such as racism and launching his controversial examination of Reconstruction in Texas, Robert Cotner—an Ohio-born product of the Ivy League—bringing a fresh perspective to the field, and Robert Maxwell engaged in early work in environmental history.

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University of Texas Press

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0292745370

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9780292745377

France 1914–18

Public Opinion and the War Effort

By: Patrick Flood

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France 1914–18

Public Opinion and the War Effort

By: Patrick Flood

A study conducted locally in south-east France which aims to discover how the civilian population held out against occupying troops during World War I. Incorporating individual case studies, the text details the nature and extent of the hardships and sacrifices made by the local people.

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Springer

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1349109665

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9781349109661

Haitian Vodou Flags

By: Patrick Arthur Polk

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Haitian Vodou Flags

By: Patrick Arthur Polk

Once little known outside of Haiti, Vodou flags have become popular commodities in the international art market. Inspired by myths, legends, and unique personal visions, the artists of Vodou flags interweave sacred, time-honored designs with contemporary images as they produce captivating works that are both ancient and modern. 44 full-color photos.

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Univ. Press of Mississippi

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1578060249

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9781578060245

Let History into the Mathematics Classroom

By: Évelyne Barbin,Jean-Paul Guichard,Marc Moyon,Patrick Guyot,Catherine Morice-Singh,Frédéric Métin,Martine Bühler,Dominique Tournès,Renaud Chorlay,Gérard Hamon

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Let History into the Mathematics Classroom

By: Évelyne Barbin,Jean-Paul Guichard,Marc Moyon,Patrick Guyot,Catherine Morice-Singh,Frédéric Métin,Martine Bühler,Dominique Tournès,Renaud Chorlay,Gérard Hamon

This book brings together 10 experiments which introduce historical perspectives into mathematics classrooms for 11 to 18-year-olds. The authors suggest that students should not only read ancient texts, but also should construct, draw and manipulate. The different chapters refer to ancient Greek, Indian, Chinese and Arabic mathematics as well as to contemporary mathematics. Students are introduced to well-known mathematicians—such as Gottfried Leibniz and Leonard Euler—as well as to less famous practitioners and engineers. Always, there is the attempt to associate the experiments with their scientific and cultural contexts. One of the main values of history is to show that the notions and concepts we teach were invented to solve problems. The different chapters of this collection all have, as their starting points, historic problems—mathematical or not. These are problems of exchanging and sharing, of dividing figures and volumes as well as engineers’ problems, calculations, equations and congruence. The mathematical reasoning which accompanies these actions is illustrated by the use of drawings, folding, graphical constructions and the production of machines.

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Springer

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3319571508

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9783319571508

A History of Czechoslovakia Between the Wars

From Versailles to Hitler's Invasion

By: Patrick Crowhurst

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A History of Czechoslovakia Between the Wars

From Versailles to Hitler's Invasion

By: Patrick Crowhurst

Here, Patrick Crowhurst identifies the crucial political problem that faced Czechoslovakia between 1918 and 1939 - the rift between the Czechs and the Sudeten Germans that would open the way for the rise of Konrad Henlein's right-wing 'Sudeten Deutsch' party, and which was exploited ruthlessly by Hitler during Nazi Germany's 1938 annexation of Czechoslovakia. A History of Czechoslovakia Between the Wars deepens our understanding of a fragile Europe before World War II, and is essential for students and scholars of 20th century history.

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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0857726927

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9780857726926

Free and French in the Caribbean

Toussaint Louverture, Aimé Césaire, and Narratives of Loyal Opposition

By: John Patrick Walsh

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Free and French in the Caribbean

Toussaint Louverture, Aimé Césaire, and Narratives of Loyal Opposition

By: John Patrick Walsh

“All the ingredients to become the next important book in the field of postcolonial studies with the emphasis on French Caribbean culture and literature.”—Daniel Desormeaux, University of Chicago In Free and French in the Caribbean, John Patrick Walsh studies the writings of Toussaint Louverture and Aimé Césaire to examine how they conceived of and narrated two defining events in the decolonializing of the French Caribbean: the revolution that freed the French colony of Saint-Domingue in 1803 and the departmentalization of Martinique and other French colonies in 1946. Walsh emphasizes the connections between these events and the distinct legacies of emancipation in the narratives of revolution and nationhood passed on to successive generations. By reexamining Louverture and Césaire in light of their multilayered narratives, the book offers a deeper understanding of the historical and contemporary phenomenon of “free and French” in the Caribbean. “A fruitful intervention in a growing body of literature and increasingly lively debate on the Haitian Revolution and the figure of Toussaint Louverture, the book also contributes to the emerging scholarship on Césaire, Francophone literature, and postcolonial theory.”—Gary Wilder, CUNY Graduate Center “A valuable contribution to both the rapidly proliferating literature on the Haitian Revolution and the emerging revisionist appreciation of Césaire’s intellectual and political project.”—Small Axe “J.P. Walsh has produced for the nonspecialist reader an excellent analysis of the historiographical discourse on Toussaint Louverture and Aimé Césaire with a focus on the meaning(s) of decolonization in the late eighteenth and mid-twentieth centuries.”—New West Indian Guide “That Free and French inspires so many questions is testament to its ambition, the provocative parallel at its heart, and the richness of Walsh’s analysis.”—H-Empire

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Indiana University Press

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0253008107

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Top 10 Montreal & Quebec City

By: Gregory Gallagher,Patrick Lejtenyi

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Top 10 Montreal & Quebec City

By: Gregory Gallagher,Patrick Lejtenyi

Drawing on the same standards of accuracy as the acclaimed DK Eyewitness Travel Guides, DK Top 10 Montreal & Quebec City uses exciting colorful photography and excellent cartography to provide a reliable and useful travel. Dozens of Top 10 lists provide vital information on each destination, as well as insider tips, from avoiding the crowds to finding out the freebies, The DK Top 10 Guides take the work out of planning any trip.

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Penguin

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0756691370

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The Leadership House

A Leadership Tale about the Challenging Path to Becoming an Effective Leader

By: Patrick Flesner

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The Leadership House

A Leadership Tale about the Challenging Path to Becoming an Effective Leader

By: Patrick Flesner

“A wonderful story about leadership. In this little book, you will find the tools necessary to enhance your leadership journey. Thanks Patrick for giving us such a gift.” —Howard Behar, former president of Starbucks International "Great storytelling alongside with the simultaneous communication of facts. In this book, the essentials of leadership are impressively presented in an unusual and memorable setting." —Gisbert Rühl, former CEO of Klöckner & Co SE Whether you are a founder, an entrepreneur, a CEO, a senior executive, or a manager who has just been promoted into a leadership position, your success will depend on others. If you cannot lead people, groups, and organizations effectively, your teams will fail—and you will fail as a leader. In contrast, if you know how to transform a set of strong individuals into a thriving, cohesive team, the sky is the limit. If you know how to lead effectively, you will achieve the extraordinary. Wherever you are on your particular walk of life, in your career, and in your organization, you will benefit from and find value in this leadership story about a CEO who walks the challenging path to becoming an effective leader. The Leadership House framework will help you systematically develop your leadership skills and transition from founder, entrepreneur, manager, or leader to highly effective leader. “Most leadership books are either too theoretic, esoteric, or complex—or all of the above. The Leadership House stands out. It conveys how to lead effectively, wrapped in an inspiring story full of leadership wisdom and actionable insights. This book is not only fun to read, but makes you learn how to lead with ease. Highly recommended for any leader and all who wish to become one.” —Matthias Heutger, Senior Vice President, Global Head of Innovation & Commercial Development at DHL Group “This book provides a great foundation and framework around leadership. It covers all grounds of leadership and is a useful guide to personally develop into an effective leader.“ —Joerg Jung, CEO Cyncly (formerly Compusoft & 2020 Technology Group) “This book is a powerful guide for becoming aware of your own leadership skills and development potential.” —Oliver Kaltner, former CEO of Leica Camera AG “An extremely realistic story that will capture your attention. It provides actionable experience in a simple format for any leader.” —Dr. Carsten Voigtländer, former CEO of Vaillant Group

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John Wiley & Sons

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1394191138

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Haitian Revolutionary Studies

By: David Patrick Geggus

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Haitian Revolutionary Studies

By: David Patrick Geggus

The Haitian Revolution of 1789–1803 transformed the Caribbean's wealthiest colony into the first independent state in Latin America, encompassed the largest slave uprising in the Americas, and inflicted a humiliating defeat on three colonial powers. In Haitian Revolutionary Studies, David Patrick Geggus sheds new light on this tremendous upheaval by marshaling an unprecedented range of evidence drawn from archival research in six countries. Geggus's fine-grained essays explore central issues and little-studied aspects of the conflict, including new historiography and sources, the origins of the black rebellion, and relations between slaves and free people of color. The contributions of vodou and marronage to the slave uprising, Toussaint Louverture and the abolition question, the policies of the major powers toward the revolution, and its interaction with the early French Revolution are also addressed. Questions about ethnicity, identity, and historical knowledge inform this essential study of a complex revolution.

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Indiana University Press

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0253109264

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9780253109262

The Whalers

The Rise, Fall, and Enduring Mystique of New England's (Second) Greatest NHL Franchise

By: Patrick Pickens

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The Whalers

The Rise, Fall, and Enduring Mystique of New England's (Second) Greatest NHL Franchise

By: Patrick Pickens

More than twenty years after departing Hartford, Connecticut, for Raleigh, North Carolina, the NHL's Whalers continue to inspire passion among fans. As HartfordBusiness.com reported in 2015, "Whalers merchandise...still has a cult following not only among fans in Connecticut but around the country." But Whalers devotees aren't just clamoring for jerseys, hats and t-shirts. They're nostalgic for a team that had New England roots for nearly 25 years--in Boston, Springfield, and Hartford--and featured some of the greatest players in NHL history, including Gordie Howe (with his sons Mark and Marty), Bobby Hull, and Ron Francis. Pat Pickens’s book details the Whalers’ origin in Boston in 1972, the team’s WHA championship in 1973, the roof collapse of their home arena that indirectly led to their entrance to the NHL in 1979, their stunning NHL playoff-series win against the top-seeded Quebec Nordiques in 1986, the 1986-87 season when they claimed their first division championship, and their relocation south in 1997 as the Carolina Hurricanes. Pickens imagines a Stanley Cup delivered to hockey-crazed Hartford in 2006, when the Hurricanes instead brought it home to North Carolina. The book also explores the likelihood of an NHL team returning to the Nutmeg State.

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Rowman & Littlefield

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1493044036

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9781493044030

Top 10 Montreal & Quebec City

By: Patrick Lejtenyi

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Top 10 Montreal & Quebec City

By: Patrick Lejtenyi

An illustrated guide to Montreal & Quebec City in the Eyewitness Top 10 series

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Penguin

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0756651212

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Directors' Duties and Corporate Anti-Corruption Compliance

The 'Good Steward' in US and UK Law and Practice

By: Patrick J. O’Malley

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Directors' Duties and Corporate Anti-Corruption Compliance

The 'Good Steward' in US and UK Law and Practice

By: Patrick J. O’Malley

This discerning book examines good governance developments concerning anti-bribery efforts in the US and the UK, recognising that with each new major case of corporate malfeasance the parameters of directors’ duties change and expand. Taking this expansion of roles and expectations into account, and acknowledging the respective increase in exposure to civil, criminal and reputational liabilities, Patrick J. O’Malley compares the fundamental national compliance experiences of the US and UK. Investigating anti-bribery, corporate and securities law and guidance, this engaging book explores systemic expectations of directors, executive officers and compliance personnel in public and private companies.

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Edward Elgar Publishing

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1786436523

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9781786436528

Fundamentals of Cheese Science

By: Patrick F. Fox,Timothy P. Guinee,Timothy M. Cogan,Paul L. H. McSweeney

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Fundamentals of Cheese Science

By: Patrick F. Fox,Timothy P. Guinee,Timothy M. Cogan,Paul L. H. McSweeney

This book provides comprehensive coverage of the scientific aspects of cheese, emphasizing fundamental principles. The book's updated 22 chapters cover the chemistry and microbiology of milk for cheesemaking, starter cultures, coagulation of milk by enzymes or by acidification, the microbiology and biochemistry of cheese ripening, the flavor and rheology of cheese, processed cheese, cheese as a food ingredient, public health and nutritional aspects of cheese, and various methods used for the analysis of cheese. The book contains copious references to other texts and review articles.

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Springer

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1489976817

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9781489976819

The Physical Processes of Digestion

By: Roger G. Lentle,Patrick W.M. Janssen

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The Physical Processes of Digestion

By: Roger G. Lentle,Patrick W.M. Janssen

Food research (and funding) is becoming more and more focused on health. While researchers and product developers have made great strides in food engineering, there needs to be increased focus on what happens when the food is actually digested. How is the food absorbed? Do the benefits remain? Digestion is a complex topic, and this will be the first book aimed at food researchers. Authored by a physiologist and a food engineer, the book will be a welcome addition to the literature.

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Springer Science & Business Media

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1441994491

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9781441994493

The 9.5mm Vintage Film Encyclopaedia

By: Patrick Moules

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The 9.5mm Vintage Film Encyclopaedia

By: Patrick Moules

Written in both English and French, The 9.5mm Vintage Film Encyclopaedia provides a single-volume, comprehensive catalogue of all known 9.5mm film releases, including: Films: Comprising 12,460 individual entries, this A-Z reference index provides the main listing for each film and its origin where known, along with additional information including cast and crew, and cross references to other relevant material. People: This index of all known actors and film crew, comprising over 12,000 names, provides a listing which is cross referenced to the main entry for each original film they worked on. Numbers: Pathé-Baby/Pathéscope and other distributors’ catalogue numbers, film length, release dates (where known) and the series in which the films were organised, are set out in detail. With a foreword from eminent film historian and filmmaker, Keith Brownlow, this extensively researched text explains the importance of the 9.5mm film, from its beginnings in the early 1920s to becoming synonymous with Home Cinema throughout Europe. Readers will also find a brief technical explanation on how 9.5mm films were produced, along with relevant images.

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Troubador Publishing Ltd

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1838592695

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9781838592691

Chronicle of the Seven Sorrows

By: Patrick Chamoiseau

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Chronicle of the Seven Sorrows

By: Patrick Chamoiseau

Chronicle of the Seven Sorrows traces the rise and fall of Pipi Soleil, ?king of the wheelbarrow? at the vegetable market of Fort-de-France, in a tale as lively and magical as the marketplace itself. In a Martinique where creatures from folklore walk the land and cultural traditions cling tenuously to life, Patrick Chamoiseau?s characters confront the crippling heritage of colonialism and the overwhelming advance of modernization with touching dignity, hilarious resourcefulness, and truly courageous joie de vivre.

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U of Nebraska Press

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0803264267

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Scotland's Pariah

The Life and Work of John Pinkerton, 1758-1826

By: Patrick O'Flaherty

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Scotland's Pariah

The Life and Work of John Pinkerton, 1758-1826

By: Patrick O'Flaherty

Scotland’s Pariah is the first book to examine the remarkable life of John Pinkerton: antiquarian, poet, forger, cartographer, historian, serial adulterer, bigamist, and religious skeptic. A pugnacious and persistent man of letters who knew and was admired by literary masters such as Edward Gibbon, Horace Walpole, and William Godwin, Pinkerton’s life was full of personal and professional misadventures. Patrick O’Flaherty’s biography presents an engrossing account of Pinkerton’s life and works from his early years in Scotland to his Parisian exile, covering his major editorial, antiquarian, and geographic works. Examining Pinkerton’s involvement in the London literary scene, his conflicted relationship with the rise of Celtic nationalism, and his response to early literary romanticism, Scotland’s Pariah is a shrewd and compassionate evaluation of an astonishing literary life.

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University of Toronto Press

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1442619880

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Argument Mining

Linguistic Foundations

By: Mathilde Janier,Patrick Saint-Dizier

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Argument Mining

Linguistic Foundations

By: Mathilde Janier,Patrick Saint-Dizier

This book is an introduction to the linguistic concepts of argumentation relevant for argument mining, an important research and development activity which can be viewed as a highly complex form of information retrieval, requiring high-level natural language processing technology. While the first four chapters develop the linguistic and conceptual aspects of argument expression, the last four are devoted to their application to argument mining. These chapters investigate the facets of argument annotation, as well as argument mining system architectures and evaluation. How annotations may be used to develop linguistic data and how to train learning algorithms is outlined. A simple implementation is then proposed. The book ends with an analysis of non-verbal argumentative discourse. Argument Mining is an introductory book for engineers or students of linguistics, artificial intelligence and natural language processing. Most, if not all, the concepts of argumentation crucial for argument mining are carefully introduced and illustrated in a simple manner.

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1786303035

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