Close Encounters Of The French Kind
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Close Encounters Of The French Kind
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Author : Arley W. Levno
language : en
Publisher: CreateSpace
Release Date : 2013-08-14
Close Encounters Of The French Kind written by Arley W. Levno and has been published by CreateSpace this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-08-14 with Travel categories.
"Close Encounters of the French Kind" contains 30 short mini-dramas in which 30 Americans from different parts of the United States meet 30 different French people from different parts of France. In each mini-drama the American misunderstands the French person or some aspect of life in France. The reader is given three choices (A, B or C) as reasons for the conflict. Explanations follow indicating why A, B or C is the correct or incorrect choice. These mini-dramas are drawn principally from the author's two years studying and teaching in France, as well as many trips to France over the years while he taught French (language, literature, Contemporary France, linguistics and French for Business) at Towson University, Towson, Maryland, where he is a Professor Emeritus. The success of our previous book, "Rencontres culturelles" was due to the presentation of the actual experiences Americans go through when meeting a French person in France, with all the social, psychological and linguistic implications involved. This has not changed in the new book. For that reason, this book provides an invaluable preparation for anyone planning to travel to France, as tourists, students, those in the travel and international business communities and in the diplomatic corps. But this book is intended bor everyone, because of the reasons below: Americans who have just returned from their first extended stay abroad, often comment how they had at first the expectation that everyone everywhere were similar to Americans. Gradually, they had become aware of how much we are the product of our own culture, the learned values, habits, customs and conceptions we grow up with and accept as universal. When you are surrounded by a vastly different way of life, the French, in this case, you realize that each country has its own unique ways of looking at the world. After having read this book, readers will have lived vicariously in France, going through many of the actual experiences Americans have encountered there. Readers will therefore gain a perspective on their own American culture, since they will have seen other ways of doing things that work just as well, and actually sometimes better, than those we have learned since childhood in America. It is hoped that this book instills an awareness that each individual person one meets is the result of that person's unique cultural circumstances growing up in America, or anywhere else.
Close Encounters Of The Microbial Kind
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Author : Michael Wilson
language : en
Publisher: Springer Nature
Release Date : 2021-01-04
Close Encounters Of The Microbial Kind written by Michael Wilson and has been published by Springer Nature this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-01-04 with Medical categories.
Microbes – can’t live with them, can’t live without them. Increasingly, we’re finding out that our microbiota (the microbes that live on us) are essential for our wellbeing – they provide us with nutrients and vitamins and play a key role in developing our immune system. On the other hand, they are responsible for a great deal of misery, as they are major causes of death and debility around the world. As well as our own microbiota turning against us, there are lots of other microbes out in the wider world that can seriously damage, or even kill, those they infect. The current pandemic of COVID-19 shows the devastating effect that an infectious disease can have – our lives have been turned upside down. If you live in a developed country, you’re not likely to get killer diseases such as ebola and cholera, but you do have a high chance of catching other infections that can have a significant impact on your wellbeing. This book focuses on those infections you’re most likely to go down with, and supplies the answers to the following questions about them: Which infectious diseases are we likely to come across? How common are they? What microbes cause them? What happens to our bodies during an infection? How are the resulting illnesses treated? How can we avoid getting them? This book covers nearly 60 infectious diseases that people living in developed countries are likely to experience at some point during their life. It also has an introductory chapter that describes, in everyday language, the basic principles of microbiology and infectious diseases. Each chapter is lavishly illustrated, has interesting, relevant inserts, and provides a list of web-accessible suggestions for further reading.
Fran Ois Truffaut
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Author : Robert Ingram
language : en
Publisher: Taschen
Release Date : 2004
Fran Ois Truffaut written by Robert Ingram and has been published by Taschen this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004 with Performing Arts categories.
This title, written by Robert Ingram, takes a critical look at the films and work of François Truffaut.
Alien Worlds
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Author : Diana Tumminia
language : en
Publisher: Syracuse University Press
Release Date : 2007-05-17
Alien Worlds written by Diana Tumminia and has been published by Syracuse University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-05-17 with Religion categories.
This intriguing collection of essays presents reflections upon the birth, proliferation, enduring appeal, and future of UFO mythology. Highly respected authors and researchers, representing the varied and sometimes competing perspectives of ufology and the sociology of religion, provide a fascinating and instructive voyage into the exotic social worlds of UFOs, abductees, and contactees. Reports of aliens and the changing nature of abduction experience, especially in the sexual dimension are explored in relation to literature, culture, and ideology. The influence of abduction therapy and support groups is considered, as are new religious movements (NRMs) within the UFO community. The book offers rich insights into psychology, human behavior, and religion, melding issues of race, politics, and gender. Finally, it evaluates the existing dynamic of UFOS in the age of the Information Super Highway and ever-increasing globalization. Alien Worlds will enlighten anyone wanting to understand what and how the academic world thinks about UFOs, UFO groups, and UFO phenomena.
Imagining Outer Space
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Author : Alexander C.T. Geppert
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2018-04-25
Imagining Outer Space written by Alexander C.T. Geppert and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-04-25 with Science categories.
Imagining Outer Space makes a captivating advance into the cultural history of outer space and extraterrestrial life in the European imagination. How was outer space conceived and communicated? What promises of interplanetary expansion and cosmic colonization propelled the project of human spaceflight to the forefront of twentieth-century modernity? In what way has West-European astroculture been affected by the continuous exploration of outer space? Tracing the thriving interest in spatiality to early attempts at exploring imaginary worlds beyond our own, the book analyzes contact points between science and fiction from a transdisciplinary perspective and examines sites and situations where utopian images and futuristic technologies contributed to the omnipresence of fantasmatic thought. Bringing together state-of-the-art work in this emerging field of historical research, the volume breaks new ground in the historicization of the Space Age.
True Girt
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Author : David Hunt
language : en
Publisher: Black Inc.
Release Date : 2016-10-31
True Girt written by David Hunt and has been published by Black Inc. this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-10-31 with History categories.
In this side-splitting sequel to his best-selling history, David Hunt takes us to the Australian frontier. This was the Wild South, home to hardy pioneers, gun-slinging bushrangers, directionally challenged explorers, nervous indigenous people, Caroline Chisholm and sheep. Lots of sheep. First there was Girt. Now comes . . . True Girt True Girt introduces Thomas Davey, the hard-drinking Tasmanian governor who invented the Blow My Skull cocktail, and Captain Moonlite, Australia's most famous LGBTI bushranger. Meet William Nicholson, the Melbourne hipster who gave Australia the steam-powered coffee roaster and the world the secret ballot. And say hello to Harry, the first camel used in Australian exploration, who shot dead his owner, the explorer John Horrocks. Learn how Truganini's death inspired the Martian invasion of Earth. Discover the role of Hall and Oates in the Myall Creek Massacre. And be reminded why you should never ever smoke with the Wild Colonial Boy and Mad Dan Morgan. If Manning Clark and Bill Bryson were left on a desert island with only one pen, they would write True Girt. 'An engaging, witty and utterly irreverent take on Australian history.' —Graeme Simsion, author of The Rosie Project 'Astounding, gruesome and frequently hilarious, True Girt is riveting from beginning to end.' —Nick Earls
Parapsychology
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Author : David Groome
language : en
Publisher: Psychology Press
Release Date : 2024-06-28
Parapsychology written by David Groome and has been published by Psychology Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-06-28 with Psychology categories.
This new edition of Parapsychology continues to challenge and provoke readers with some of psychology’s most puzzling phenomena. Whether believers or sceptics, the book provides readers with the opportunity to further their understanding of the paranormal, bridging the gap between traditional psychology and fringe areas. With contributions from leading paranormal researchers, this edition has been thoroughly updated and includes new chapters on dreams, precognition and prediction of future events and anthropology. The book has been reorganised to help readers frame each phenomenon within the context of cognition, science and religion, and chapters are structured around science and experience, cognition and belief, religious belief and science, and further topics in parapsychology. The book covers a range of topics that can be considered parapsychological; including reincarnation, entity encounters, astrology, mediumship and near-death experiences. Providing a balanced introduction to parapsychology that explores the strengths and limitations of scientific investigation, this is essential reading for students and professionals in the field, along with anyone interested in learning more about the science of the paranormal.
Close Encounters Of The Invasive Kind
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Author : Sarah Seymore
language : en
Publisher: LIT Verlag Münster
Release Date : 2013
Close Encounters Of The Invasive Kind written by Sarah Seymore and has been published by LIT Verlag Münster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013 with Literary Criticism categories.
Before the breakthrough of postcolonial studies, British science-fiction authors already saw the opportunity to discuss political and ethical issues of imperialism by projecting human history and behavior onto the alien 'Other.' In this thesis, the case studies of 15 novels of alien-encounter science fiction illuminate the treatment of colonial and postcolonial concepts - such as colonialism, neo-colonialism, Empire, paternalism, hybridity, mimicry and science and technology - as a means of conquest and resistance. The analysis also shows that the Empire is still a vital background for British science fiction. Thesis. (Series: Anglistik / Amerikanistik; English / American Studies - Vol. 35)
Getting At Jesus
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Author : Peter S. Williams
language : en
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Release Date : 2019-01-29
Getting At Jesus written by Peter S. Williams and has been published by Wipf and Stock Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-01-29 with Religion categories.
Portraying themselves as challenging blind religious dogma with evidence-led skepticism, the neo-atheist movement claims that the New Testament contains unreliable tales about a mythical figure who, far from being the resurrected Lord of life, may not even have lived. This comprehensive critique documents the falsehood of these neo-atheist claims, correcting their historical and philosophical mistakes to show how we can get at the truth about the historical Jesus.
The New Heretics Of France
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Author : Susan Palmer
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2011-09-30
The New Heretics Of France written by Susan Palmer and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-09-30 with Social Science categories.
Since the Age of Enlightenment, France has upheld clear constitutional guidelines that protect human rights and religious freedom. Today, however, intolerant attitudes and discriminatory practices towards unconventional faiths have become acceptable and even institutionalized in public life. Susan Palmer offers an insightful examination of France's most stigmatized new religions, or "sectes," and the public management of religious and philosophical minorities by the state. The New Heretics of France tracks the mounting government-sponsored anti-cult movement in the wake of the shocking mass suicides of the Solar Temple in 1994, an event that ushered France's most visible religious minorities onto a blacklist of 172 "sectes" commissioned by the National Assembly. Drawing on extensive interviews and field research, Palmer describes the controversial histories of well-known international New Religious Movements including the Church of Scientology, Raelian Movement, and Unificationism, as well as esoteric local groups. Palmer also reveals the partisanship of Catholic priests, journalists, village mayors, and the passive public who support La R?publique's efforts to control minority faiths - all in the name of "Liberty, Equality and Fraternity." Through historical and sociological theory, Palmer analyzes France's war on "sectes" as a strategic response to social pressures arising from globalization and immigration. Her study addresses the impact of these social pressures on traditional cultures and national character, as well as important issues of religious freedom and public tolerance.