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The Semiotics of Toys and Games

The Childhood Artefacts that Introduce Us to the World

By: Theo van Leeuwen,Staffan Selander

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The Semiotics of Toys and Games

The Childhood Artefacts that Introduce Us to the World

By: Theo van Leeuwen,Staffan Selander

Drawing on extensive research over more than two decades, this book focuses on toys and games as resources for play. It analyses their functionalities as well as their symbolic meaning potentials, exemplifying how they are used in different contexts, such as home and preschool, and how these uses are regulated by parental, pedagogic and marketing discourses. Building on the work of semioticians such as Barthes, Baudrillard and Krampen, as well as on the social semiotics of Halliday, Hodge, Kress, and others, the book introduces a framework for the multimodal semiotic analysis of physical objects, and the ways in which they are digitally translated into words, images and sounds. It also introduces a multimodal framework with a focus on designs for and in learning. It then applies these frameworks to a range of toys and games for young children including teddy bears, dolls, construction toys, war toys and digital games. Throughout it shows how the toy and games industry contributes to changing the nature of childhood and the way children learn about the world. Accessibly written, the book will not only be relevant to students and scholars of multimodality and semiotics, but also to early childhood educators and parents of young children.

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In Quest of the Universe

By: Theo Koupelis

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In Quest of the Universe

By: Theo Koupelis

Available with WebAssign! Designed for the nonscience major, In Quest of the Universe, Sixth Edition, is a comprehensive, student-friendly introduction to astronomy. This accessible text guides readers through the development of historical and current astronomical theories to provide a clear account of how science works. Koupelis' distinct explanations acquaint students with their own solar system before moving on to the stars and distant galaxies. With numerous interactive learning tools, the Starry Night planetary software package, and stunning visuals and up-to-date content, In Quest of the Universe, Sixth Edition is an exciting overview of this ever-changing discipline.

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Jones & Bartlett Publishers

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1449653790

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Reading the World's Stories

An Annotated Bibliography of International Youth Literature

By: Annette Y. Goldsmith,Theo Heras,Susan Corapi

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Reading the World's Stories

An Annotated Bibliography of International Youth Literature

By: Annette Y. Goldsmith,Theo Heras,Susan Corapi

Reading the World’s Stories is volume 5 in the Bridges to Understanding series of annotated international youth literature bibliographies sponsored by the United States Board on Books for Young People. USBBY is the United States chapter of the International Board on Books for Young People (IBBY), a Switzerland-based nonprofit whose mission is bring books and children together. The series promotes sharing international children’s books as a way to facilitate intercultural understanding and meet new literary voices. This volume follows Children’s Books from Other Countries (1998), The World though Children’s Books (2002), Crossing Boundaries with Children’s Books (2006), and Bridges to Understanding: Envisioning the World through Children’s Books (2011) and acts as a companion book to the earlier titles. Centered around the theme of the importance of stories, the guide is a resource for discovering more recent global books that fit many reading tastes and educational needs for readers aged 0-18 years. Essays by storyteller Anne Pellowski, author Beverley Naidoo, and academic Marianne Martens offer a variety of perspectives on international youth literature. This latest installment in the series covers books published from 2010-2014 and includes English-language imports as well as translations of children’s and young adult literature first published outside of the United States. These books are supplemented by a smaller number of culturally appropriate books from the US to help fill in gaps from underrepresented countries. The organization of the guide is geographic by region and country. All of the more than 800 entries are recommended, and many of the books have won awards or achieved other recognition in their home countries. Forty children’s book experts wrote the annotations. The entries are indexed by author, translator, illustrator, title, and subject. Back matter also includes international book awards, important organizations and research collections, and a selected directory of publishers known for publishing books from other countries.

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Rowman & Littlefield

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1442270861

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The British Worker Question

A New Look at Workers and Productivity in Manufacturing

By: Theo Nichols

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The British Worker Question

A New Look at Workers and Productivity in Manufacturing

By: Theo Nichols

The British Worker Question (1986) examines the productivity of British workers, drawing upon a wide range of management, trade union and other sources, and spanning the traditional preserves of several other areas and disciplines – economic history, industrial administration, industrial relations and Marxism. It criticises much earlier research for its lack of a grounded sociological analysis of both workers and managements and for its lack of detailed attention to how goods and services are actually produced. The book accords a central place in its analysis of workers and productivity to the role of social organisation and management, matters which both the orthodox and Marxist traditions neglect.

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Taylor & Francis

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1040121500

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Snowshoe

By: Theo Lee

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Snowshoe

By: Theo Lee

Love triangles are as old as the snow itself, but only a few have the power to restore the soul. When Jeremy's wife kicks him out because of his slothful ways, she enjoins him to "Do something." He begins a quest that leads him to Josephine, an Ojibwe woman from the Lac du Flambeau reservation in northern Wisconsin, and discovers a new definition of love, a kind that does not leave tracks in the snow.

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1304107035

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In Quest of the Solar System

By: Theo Koupelis

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In Quest of the Solar System

By: Theo Koupelis

Available with WebAssign! Author Theo Koupelis has set the mark for a student-friendly, accessible introductory astronomy text with In Quest of the Universe. He has now developed a new text to accommodate those course that focus mainly on planets and the solar system. Ideal for the one-term course, In Quest of the Solar System opens with material essential to the introductory course (gravity, light, telescopes, the sun) and then moves on to focus on key material related to our solar system. Incorporating the rich pedagogy and vibrant art program that have made his earlier books a success, Koupelis' In Quest of the Solar System is the clear choice for students making their way through their first astronomy course.

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Jones & Bartlett Publishers

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0763794775

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9780763794774

Our Galaxy, the Wolf Trail

By: Theo Cecil Decelles

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Our Galaxy, the Wolf Trail

By: Theo Cecil Decelles

Dawn Red Sky must attempt to escape the ultimate persecution in order to save her dignity. While on a long journey alone in the wilderness, she learns about being a woman of fierce independence under the stars, finding strength in ways she never could have imagined. She is captured by an enemy nation and sold as a bargain to a frontier bachelor with a shady past. He changes her name to 'Victoria' trying to make her look 'white' to blend in with the gold mining town of Helena. Victoria Redsky finds dirty challenges that has herself questioning her submissive circumstances and playing second fiddle to the white women in town of Hell's Gate, Montana, known as the 'badlands' full of lewdness, vice, and outlaws. Victoria longs to return to her people adrift in a drug epidemic. She is caught between saints and sinners, women against women, trying not to get attached to men who are fly-by-nights.

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0578077183

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Culture as Embodiment

The Social Tuning of Behavior

By: Paul Voestermans,Theo Verheggen

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Culture as Embodiment

The Social Tuning of Behavior

By: Paul Voestermans,Theo Verheggen

Culture as Embodiment utilizes recent insights in psychology, cognitive, and affective science to reveal the cultural patterning of behavior in group-related practices. Applies the best of the behavioural sciences to contemporary issues of behavioural cross-fertilization in global exchange Presents an original theory to be used in the gender and integration debates, about what the acceptance of newcomers from different cultural backgrounds really entails Presents a theory that is also applicable to youth culture and the split in modern society between underclass, modal class, and the elite Contains an original approach to the persistence of religion, and relates religious thought to the cognitive capacity of generic belief

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John Wiley & Sons

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1118485335

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9781118485330

Apha=13: Integrity, Theology and Law

Enterprise Studies Pure Religion in God

By: Theo Knight

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Apha=13: Integrity, Theology and Law

Enterprise Studies Pure Religion in God

By: Theo Knight

This book is inspired by God, to give a better understanding of the true worship of him, and his salvation to the believers, that Yeshua, Joshua, Christ Jesus; all three of his names in our faith. By encouraging you to disannul the belief that he has done it all for us through his Blood, and there is nothing for you to do; but just to believe in the Blood only, without any other practices of righteousness in our life: A very bad doctrine for the Church to teach us about God's salvation. This book, I hope will encourage you to develop a stronger and everlasting inner man, in your consciousness for the love of God's will and righteousness; and to the perfecting of the new man from your old one; by achieving his goals for a more rewarding and peaceful life in this world with Him. This is designed to make you think about life itself, and also about reality itself; and to bring you out of a dream-state of mind, about your destiny: Afterlife. This Book is dedicated to the true Worship of God's righteousness; and the love of a righteous life in a man's life, that loves God's salvation and his rules; and most of all, Our Lord and Master, Jesus Christ the Righteous! May the Lord God Almighty, bless you richly in the true knowledge of his salvation.

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1641401087

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9781641401081

In Quest of the Stars and Galaxies

By: Theo Koupelis

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In Quest of the Stars and Galaxies

By: Theo Koupelis

Available with WebAssign! Author Theo Koupelis has set the mark for a student-friendly, accessible introductory astronomy text with In Quest of the Universe. He has now developed a new text to accommodate those course that focus mainly on stars and galaxies. Ideal for the one-term course, In Quest of the Stars and Galaxies opens with material essential to the introductory course (gravity, light, telescopes, the sun) and then moves on to focus on key material related to stars and galaxies. Incorporating the rich pedagogy and vibrant art program that have made his earlier books a success, Koupelis' In Quest of the Stars and Galaxies is the clear choice for students' first exploration of the cosmos.

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0763794783

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Reading Images

The Grammar of Visual Design

By: Gunther Kress,Theo van Leeuwen

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Reading Images

The Grammar of Visual Design

By: Gunther Kress,Theo van Leeuwen

This third edition of the landmark textbook Reading Images builds on its reputation as the first systematic and comprehensive account of the grammar of visual design. Drawing on an enormous range of examples from children's drawings to textbook illustrations, photo-journalism to fine art, as well as three-dimensional forms such as sculpture and toys, the authors examine the ways in which images communicate meaning. Features of this fully updated third edition include: new material on diagrams and data visualization a new approach to the theory of 'modality' a discussion of how images and their uses have changed since the first edition examples from a wide range of digital media including websites, social media, I-phone interfaces and computer games ideas on the future of visual communication. Reading Images presents a detailed outline of the 'grammar' of visual design and provides the reader with an invaluable 'tool-kit' for reading images in their contemporary multimodal settings. A must for students and scholars of communication, linguistics, design studies, media studies and the arts.

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1000207951

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Clinical Interaction and the Analysis of Meaning

A New Psychoanalytic Theory

By: Theo L. Dorpat,Michael L. Miller

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Clinical Interaction and the Analysis of Meaning

A New Psychoanalytic Theory

By: Theo L. Dorpat,Michael L. Miller

Clinical Interaction and the Analysis of Meaning evinces a therapeutic vitality all too rare in works of theory. Rather than fleeing from the insights of other disciplines, Dorpat and Miller discover in recent research confirmation of the possibilities of psychoanalytic treatment. In Section I, "Critique of Classical Theory," Dorpat proposes a radical revision of the notion of primary process consonant with contemporary cognitive science. Such a revised conception not only enlarges our understanding of the analytic process; it also provides analysis with a conceptual language that can articulate meaningful connections with a growing body of empirical research about the development and nature of human cognition. In Section II, "Interactional Theory," Miller reverses the direction of inquiry. He begins with the literature on cognitive development and functioning, and proceeds to mine it for concepts relevant to the clinical process. He shows how a revised understanding of the operation of cognition and affect can impart new meaning to basic clinical concepts such as resistance, transference, and level of psychopathology. In Section III, "Applications and Exemplifications," Dorpat concludes this exemplary collaboration by exploring select topics from the standpoint of his and Miller's new psychoanalytic theory. At the heart of the authors' endeavor it "meaning analysis," a concept that integrates an up-to-date model of human information processing with the traditional goals of psychoanalysis. The patient approaches the clinical encounter, they argue, with cognitive-affective schemas that are the accumulatice product of his life experience to date; the manifold meanings ascribed to the clinical interaction must be understood as the product of these schemas rather than as distortions deriving from unconscious, drive-related fantasies. The therapist's goal is to make the patient's meaning-making conscious and thus available for introspection.

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1134887183

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9781134887187

The Flying Dutchman and Other Folktales from the Netherlands

By: Theo Meder

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The Flying Dutchman and Other Folktales from the Netherlands

By: Theo Meder

Here is a broad sampling of traditional and contemporary Dutch tales that will entertain and inform readers and listeners of all ages. From animal tales and tales of magic to religious and realistic stories, and contemporary urban legends, you'll find in this collection scores of tales, riddles, puzzles, and jokes to savor and share. Many of the stories are rooted in the traditional rural society of the Netherlands, while others have sprung from the modern, urban, and multi-ethnic society that Holland is today. Background information on the country and the stories, and color photographs and illustrations, along with a detailed bibliography, makes this a well-rounded resource for educators, folklore scholars, and general readers. All levels.

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0313096376

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9780313096372

Saint Francis of Assisi

A Guide for Our Times

By: Theo H. Zweerman,Edith Goorbergh (A.C. van den)

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Saint Francis of Assisi

A Guide for Our Times

By: Theo H. Zweerman,Edith Goorbergh (A.C. van den)

However interesting and important the stories by his contemporaries are, there is no better place to discover the most profound inspiration of Saint Francis of Assisi than in his own writings. These prayers, poems, proverbs, rules and letters are a gold-mine for those who wish to delve into his thoroughly biblical spirituality. He reveals himself in them as being someone who was permanently touched and marked by his encounter with Christ. In brief: the seeker of God who considered his fellow-creatures as his brothers and sisters; someone who even these days still exerts an unequalled magnetism due to his radical following of Christ. However this does not mean that his biblically inspired radiance does not need to be translated to the challenges of modern life. This is because the eight centuries separating us from him form a wide chasm. In a small way, this book endeavours to contribute to the actualisation of Francis' charisma: a freely chosen life-style characterised by having no possessions as well as by courageous service and courteous respect to others. What can his biblical 'art of living' signify for the modern individual who jealously guards his or her freedom in a world marked by excessive planning and omnipresent technology, and who at the same time is usually not quite sure for whom or for what he or she is actually free?

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Peeters Publishers

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9042919558

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9789042919556

Our Stolen Future

Are We Threatening Our Fertility, Intelligence, and Survival?--A Scientific Detective Story

By: Theo Colborn,Dianne Dumanoski,John Peterson Myers

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Our Stolen Future

Are We Threatening Our Fertility, Intelligence, and Survival?--A Scientific Detective Story

By: Theo Colborn,Dianne Dumanoski,John Peterson Myers

A critically important book that forces us to ask new questions about the synthetic chemicals that we have spread across this earth."—former vice president Al Gore, author of An Inconvenient Truth Our Stolen Future examines the ways that certain synthetic chemicals interfere with hormonal messages involved in the control of growth and development, especially in the fetus. The developing fetus uses these natural hormonal messages, which come from both from its own hormone system and from its mother, to guide development. They influence virtually all of the growing individual's characteristics, from determining its sex to controlling the numbers of toes and fingers to shaping intricate details of brain structure. Scientific research over the last 50 years has revealed that this hormonal control of development is vulnerable to disruption by synthetic chemicals. Through a variety of mechanisms, hormone-disrupting chemicals (also known as endocrine disrupting chemicals or endocrine disruptors) interfere with the natural messages and alter the course of development, with potential effects on virtually all aspects of bodily function. Our Stolen Future explores the scientific discovery of endocrine disruption. The investigation begins with wildlife, as it was in animals that the first hints of widespread endocrine disruption appeared. The book then examines a series of experiments examining endocrine disruption of animals in the laboratory which show conclusively that fetal exposure to endocrine disrupting chemicals can wreak life-long damage. These experiments also reveal some of the biological processes by which these chemicals have their effects, and that endocrine disruption effects can be caused by exposure to infinitesimally small amounts of contaminant. Moving from animals to people, Our Stolen Future summarizes a series of well-studied examples where people have been affected by endocrine disrupting chemicals, most notably the synthetic hormone dietheylstilbestrol (DES), to which several million women were exposed through misguided medical attempts to manage difficult pregnancies in the 1950s, '60s and '70s. Our Stolen Future then asks a broader, more difficult and more controversial set of questions. Given what is known from wildlife and laboratory studies, and from examples of well-studied human exposure, and given that exposure to endocrine disrupting chemicals in the real world is widespread at levels comparable to those sufficient to cause animal harm, what effects should health scientists be looking for in people in general? Effects to be expected include declines in fertility and other impacts on the reproductive system of both men and women, impairments in disease resistance, and erosions in intelligence.

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Penguin

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0452274141

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9780452274143

Who Me?

An Autobiography

By: Theo Nielsen

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Who Me?

An Autobiography

By: Theo Nielsen

A reader may think that writing a biography would be an easy task. Research that needs to be done by an author of non-fiction books requires many hours of focused time and countless interviews with real persons associated with the person or event. The author of a biography should have all of the facts stored in his memory and merely needs to transcribe them into a book without further research. Wrong Maybe it was because of my age, 82, that I was unable to sit back and dictate to a stenographer, or into a tape recorder, a flow of the events and influences that shaped my personality and my life. Instead, I spent over two years sitting at my computer's "Microsoft Word", searching my mind, my pilot's log book, and diaries, slowly eking out one sentence, one paragraph and then one page. Time was allocated to this endeavor on a "I have nothing else to do" attitude. With the Oregon rain, soaking the golf course into an unplayable mire, I was able to pacify my longing for a game by turning on the word processor and succumbing to the pleasure of reliving my younger days. The cover jacket of this book was designed by my graphic artist son, Jay, to depict my personality as a "free spirit" and as a serious Certified Public Accountant.

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iUniverse

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0595457967

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9780595457960

A Book of Uncommon Prayer

By: Theo Dorgan

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A Book of Uncommon Prayer

By: Theo Dorgan

A Book of Uncommon Prayer is a collection of spiritual and devotional texts, drawn from both inside and outside the limits of the world's religious traditions. Intended for believers and non-believers alike, it is organized with attention to the occasions of prayer, prayerful thought, and meditation. A Book of Uncommon Prayer is built around the idea that in an age marked at once by religious violence and the falling away of orthodox religious observance in the wealthy countries of the West, genuine spiritual curiosity is on the rise, and may be fed by a book that recognizes - and demonstrates - the universality of prayer. 'This anthology offers rewarding material, well researched, often surprising and infinitely worthwhile' Irish Times 'This excellent Penguin edition should rest handily within reach of anybody with an interest in the mystical or the ethereal' Sunday Tribune

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0141917261

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9780141917269

Europa Vasconica - Europa Semitica

By: Theo Vennemann gen. Nierfeld

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Europa Vasconica - Europa Semitica

By: Theo Vennemann gen. Nierfeld

This book presents the theory that the linguistic and cultural landscape of Europe north of the Alps and the Pyrenees was shaped in prehistoric times by the interaction of Indo-European speakers with speakers of languages related to Basque and to Semitic. These influences on the lexicon, grammar, and toponymy of the West Indo-European languages (with special focus on Germanic) are demonstrated in German and English research papers, provided here with summaries, commentaries, and a new introduction in English, and with general and etymological indexes.

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Walter de Gruyter

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3110905701

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9783110905700

In Quest of the Universe

By: Karl F. Kuhn,Theo Koupelis

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In Quest of the Universe

By: Karl F. Kuhn,Theo Koupelis

Understanding Life, Third Editionis intended for non-major biology students.--General Biology (non-majors)-Principles of Biology

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Jones & Bartlett Learning

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0763708100

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9780763708108

Playing With Fire

By: Theo Fleury,Kirstie McLellan Day,Wayne Gretzky

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Playing With Fire

By: Theo Fleury,Kirstie McLellan Day,Wayne Gretzky

In Playing With Fire, Theo Fleury takes us behind the bench during his glorious days as an NHL player, and talks about growing up devastatingly poor and in chaos at home. Dark personal issues began to surface, and drinking, drugs, gambling, and girls ultimately derailed a career that had him destined for the Hall of Fame. Fleury shares all in this raw, captivating, and honest look at the previously untold story of one the game's greatest heroes.

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Triumph Books

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161749075X

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9781617490750

Money Energetics

How to use Energy to Attract Wealth

By: Kiki Theo

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Money Energetics

How to use Energy to Attract Wealth

By: Kiki Theo

Money Energetics is Kiki Theo’s original energetic processing modality for wealth expansion. It combines image, symbol & energy, to shift money beliefs and patterns. Unique, simple, yet powerful processing to help you attract wealth.

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0994659245

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9780994659248

Discourse and Practice

New Tools for Critical Analysis

By: Theo van Leeuwen

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Discourse and Practice

New Tools for Critical Analysis

By: Theo van Leeuwen

Adding a new introduction and two previously unpublished papers, Discourse and Practice: New Tools for Critical Discourse Analysis brings together van Leeuwen's methodological work on discourse analysis of the last 15 years. Discourse, van Leeuwen argues, is a resource for representation, a knowledge about some aspect of reality which can be drawn upon when that aspect of reality has to be represented, a framework for making sense of things. And they are plural. There can be different discourses, different ways of making sense of the same aspect of reality that serve different interests and will therefore be used in different social contexts. However abstract some discourses are, discourses ultimately always represent doings, van Leeuwen argues. Doing is the foundation of knowing, and social practices are the foundation of discourses. Studying children's books, newspaper reports, brochures and other texts, as well as photographs and children's toys, van Leeuwen investigates what can happen when practices are transformed into discourses and provides analytical tools for reconstructing discourses from texts. Throughout the book, van Leeuwen makes connections between sociological and linguistic or semiotic concepts and methods to ensure the social and critical relevance of his analytical categories. van Leeuwen's work has already been widely used by critical discourse analysts across the world. This volume will be a welcome guide for anyone looking for a form of discourse analysis that is both explicit and methodical, and critically incisive.

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Oxford University Press

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019988661X

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9780199886616

The Scarlet Letter

By: Theo Hummer

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The Scarlet Letter

By: Theo Hummer

Insight Study Guides are written by experts and cover a range of popular literature, plays and films. Designed to provide insight and an overview about each text for students and teachers, these guides endeavor to develop knowledge and understanding rather than just provide answers and summaries.

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1921411856

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9781921411854

American Literature

A History

By: Hans Bertens,Theo D'haen

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American Literature

A History

By: Hans Bertens,Theo D'haen

This comprehensive history of American Literature traces its development from the earliest colonial writings of the late 1500s through to the present day. This lively, engaging and highly accessible guide: offers lucid discussions of all major influences and movements such as Puritanism, Transcendentalism, Realism, Naturalism, Modernism and Postmodernism draws on the historical, cultural, and political contexts of key literary texts and authors covers the whole range of American literature: prose, poetry, theatre and experimental literature includes substantial sections on native and ethnic American literatures explains and contextualises major events, terms and figures in American history. This book is essential reading for anyone seeking to situate their reading of American Literature in the appropriate religious, cultural, and political contexts.

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1135104581

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9781135104580

Lincoln's Horse

By: Theo Lee

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Lincoln's Horse

By: Theo Lee

On his deathbed, Abraham Lincoln sees a shadowy figure, who will take him on a journey to encounter another great leader of the time, Crazy Horse. In this imaginative work of historical fiction that draws upon the traditions of magical realism, Theo Lee draws his readers into a world at the intersection of cultures, histories, and imaginations.

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131270263X

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9781312702639

Ornamental Aesthetics

The Poetry of Attending in Thoreau, Dickinson, and Whitman

By: Theo Davis

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Ornamental Aesthetics

The Poetry of Attending in Thoreau, Dickinson, and Whitman

By: Theo Davis

Ornamental Aesthetics offers a theory of ornamentation as a manner of marking out objects for notice, attention, praise, and a means of exploring qualities of mental engagement other than interpretation and representation. Although Thoreau, Dickinson, and Whitman were hostile to the overdecorated rooms and poems of nineteenth-century culture, their writings are full of references to chandeliers, butterflies, diamonds, and banners which indicate their primary investment in ornamentation as a form of attending. Theo Davis argues that this essential quality of ornamentation has been obscured by the enduring emphasis of literary studies on the structure of representation, and on how meaning is embodied in material form. Thoreau, Dickinson, and Whitman's sense of ornamentation as a manner of attending is grounded in an understanding of poetry as an adornment to the world, and thus as a way of relating to what is present rather than of representing it. Ornamental Aesthetics investigates the aesthetic practices of Thoreau, Dickinson, and Whitman through readings of the writings of Martin Heidegger, which also presents the human mind as an agitated, responsive, and ornamental presence. Drawing together work in poetics, rhetoric, philosophy, and nineteenth-century American literature, Ornamental Aesthetics ultimately argues that the kinds of immediate experience of attending which concerns ornamentation should retain a central place in the study of literature and the humanities more broadly.

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