In Search Of Shadows
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In Praise Of Shadows
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Author : Jun'ichirō Tanizaki
language : en
Publisher: ببلومانيا للنشر والتوزيع
Release Date : 2024-03-21
In Praise Of Shadows written by Jun'ichirō Tanizaki and has been published by ببلومانيا للنشر والتوزيع this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-03-21 with Fiction categories.
"In Praise of Shadows" (陰翳礼讃, "In'ei Raisan" in Japanese) is an essay written by the renowned Japanese author Jun'ichirō Tanizaki. It was first published in 1933. The essay explores Tanizaki's aesthetic philosophy, particularly his appreciation for traditional Japanese culture and the beauty of shadows, darkness, and subtlety. Tanizaki reflects on the contrast between Western and Japanese aesthetics, emphasizing the preference for darkness and shadows in traditional Japanese architecture, interior design, and cultural practices. He celebrates the aesthetic qualities of dimly lit spaces, muted colors, and natural materials, arguing that they evoke a sense of mystery, depth, and tranquility that is lacking in the bright, artificial illumination favored in the West. Throughout the essay, Tanizaki discusses various aspects of Japanese culture, such as the tea ceremony, lacquerware, architecture, and literature, to illustrate his points about the beauty of shadows and the importance of preserving traditional craftsmanship and sensibilities in the face of modernization. "In Praise of Shadows" is not only a meditation on aesthetics but also a reflection on the cultural identity and values of Japan. It has been widely praised for its eloquent prose, thought-provoking ideas, and insightful observations about the interplay between light and shadow in shaping human perception and experience. The essay continues to be studied and admired for its enduring relevance and its exploration of the timeless qualities of beauty and elegance.
Search The Shadows
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Author : Barbara Michaels
language : en
Publisher: Harper Collins
Release Date : 2009-10-13
Search The Shadows written by Barbara Michaels and has been published by Harper Collins this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-10-13 with Fiction categories.
An orphaned woman searches for the truth about her past before she’s robbed of a future in this classic gothic mystery by a New York Times bestseller. Haskell Maloney was cruelly orphaned when she was just a baby. Now, twenty-two years later, she receives confirmation of the bitter truth she always suspected: the fallen war hero whose name she shares was not her father. Her quest for answers—and a personal history—brings Haskell to the famed Oriental Institute in Chicago, a city in which her mother lived and thrived before her strange, untimely death. But by rummaging around in the darkness, Haskell’s exposing much more than she bargained for. And now she’s racing against the clock to discover who she really is . . . and why someone is suddenly determined to kill her. Praise for Search the Shadows “Presenting a classic Gothic tale in modern dress, Michael’s latest . . . will delight old fans and garner new ones.” —Publishers Weekly
In Search Of Shadows
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Author : Blair Hampton
language : en
Publisher: Independently Published
Release Date : 2018-09-04
In Search Of Shadows written by Blair Hampton and has been published by Independently Published this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-09-04 with Fiction categories.
When a mysterious explorer named Marcus requests a machine that Mr. Patton has built but refuses to sell, his apprentice son Danny is determined to track down the hidden device and find out what makes it so dangerous. With the help of his best friend Jana, Danny finds the machine and gets it to work without first fully understanding it's terrible power.Dark, shadowy forces escape the otherworldly device and promptly kidnap Clark, Danny's adorable yet annoying little brother. In order to find Clark, the Patton family and Jana must enlist Marcus' help before Clark is lost to the shadows forever. Marcus's motive to help them isn't immediately clear but there isn't time to find out... Clark is in danger! Will they reach him in time?In Search of Shadows is the first book in Lee's Impractical Machine Shop Series which delves in and out of Egyptian mythology, fantasy and science.
Shadows Of The Mind
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Author : Roger Penrose
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Release Date : 1994
Shadows Of The Mind written by Roger Penrose and has been published by Oxford University Press, USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1994 with Computers categories.
Presents the author's thesis that consciousness, in its manifestation in the human quality of understanding, is doing something that mere computation cannot; and attempts to understand how such non-computational action might arise within scientifically comprehensive physical laws.
Bruno Leti
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Author : Alan Loney
language : en
Publisher: MacMillan Art Publishing
Release Date : 2011
Bruno Leti written by Alan Loney and has been published by MacMillan Art Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011 with Art, Abstract categories.
This Mini Book features the artist's paintings from the 1960s until now. Alan Loney's essay examines Leti's multi-faceted studio practice wherein he produces paintings, prints, artists books, drawings and photographs as integral parts of a working life devoted to the arts. However, the author's major theme is the development of Leti's paintings from the energetically gestural works of his early career to the multi-panelled minimalism of recent years. Many of the paintings in this book have been neither exhibited nor reproduced. Most are landscape-based, but presented as richly coloured lyrical abstractions which project a poetic appeal to the senses through colour, texture and gesture.
Streetlights And Shadows
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Author : Gary A. Klein
language : en
Publisher: MIT Press
Release Date : 2011-09-30
Streetlights And Shadows written by Gary A. Klein and has been published by MIT Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-09-30 with Business & Economics categories.
An expert explains how the conventional wisdom about decision making can get us into trouble—and why experience can’t be replaced by rules, procedures, or analytical methods In making decisions, when should we go with our gut and when should we try to analyze every option? When should we use our intuition and when should we rely on logic and statistics? Most of us would probably agree that for important decisions, we should follow certain guidelines—gather as much information as possible, compare the options, pin down the goals before getting started. But in practice we make some of our best decisions by adapting to circumstances rather than blindly following procedures. In Streetlights and Shadows, Gary Klein debunks the conventional wisdom about how to make decisions. He takes ten commonly accepted claims about decision making and shows that they are better suited for the laboratory than for life. The standard advice works well when everything is clear, but the tough decisions involve shadowy conditions of complexity and ambiguity. Gathering masses of information, for example, works if the information is accurate and complete—but that doesn't often happen in the real world. (Think about the careful risk calculations that led to the downfall of the Wall Street investment houses.) Klein offers more realistic ideas about how to make decisions in real-life settings. He provides many examples—ranging from airline pilots and weather forecasters to sports announcers and Captain Jack Aubrey in Patrick O’Brian’s Master and Commander novels—to make his point. All these decision makers saw things that others didn’t. They used their expertise to pick up cues and to discern patterns and trends. We can make better decisions, Klein tells us, if we are prepared for complexity and ambiguity and if we will stop expecting the data to tell us everything. “I know of no one who combines theory and observation—intellectual rigor and painstaking observation of the real world—so brilliantly and gracefully as Gary Klein.” —Malcolm Gladwell, author of Outliers and Blink
Shadows Of Doubt
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Author : Brendan O'Flaherty
language : en
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Release Date : 2019-04-15
Shadows Of Doubt written by Brendan O'Flaherty and has been published by Harvard University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-04-15 with Social Science categories.
Shadows of Doubt reveals how deeply stereotypes distort our interactions, shape crime, and deform the criminal justice system. If you’re a robber, how do you choose your victims? As a police officer, how afraid are you of the young man you’re about to arrest? As a judge, do you think the suspect in front of you will show up in court if released from pretrial detention? As a juror, does the defendant seem guilty to you? Your answers may depend on the stereotypes you hold, and the stereotypes you believe others hold. In this provocative, pioneering book, economists Brendan O’Flaherty and Rajiv Sethi explore how stereotypes can shape the ways crimes unfold and how they contaminate the justice system through far more insidious, pervasive, and surprising paths than we have previously imagined. Crime and punishment occur under extreme uncertainty. Offenders, victims, police officers, judges, and jurors make high-stakes decisions with limited information, under severe time pressure. With compelling stories and extensive data on how people act as they try to commit, prevent, or punish crimes, O’Flaherty and Sethi reveal the extent to which we rely on stereotypes as shortcuts in our decision making. Sometimes it’s simple: Robbers tend to target those they stereotype as being more compliant. Other interactions display a complex and sometimes tragic interplay of assumptions: “If he thinks I’m dangerous, he might shoot. I’ll shoot first.” Shadows of Doubt shows how deeply stereotypes are implicated in the most controversial criminal justice issues of our time, and how a clearer understanding of their effects can guide us toward a more just society.
Shadows Of Forgotten Ancestors
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Author : Carl Sagan
language : en
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Release Date : 2011-07-06
Shadows Of Forgotten Ancestors written by Carl Sagan and has been published by Ballantine Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-07-06 with Science categories.
NATIONAL BESTSELLER • “Exciting and provocative . . . A tour de force of a book that begs to be seen as well as to be read.”—The Washington Post Book World World renowned scientist Carl Sagan and acclaimed author Ann Druyan have written a Roots for the human species, a lucid and riveting account of how humans got to be the way we are. Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors is a thrilling saga that starts with the origin of the Earth. It shows with humor and drama that many of our key traits—self-awareness, technology, family ties, submission to authority, hatred for those a little different from ourselves, reason, and ethics—are rooted in the deep past, and illuminated by our kinship with other animals. Sagan and Druyan conduct a breathtaking journey through space and time, zeroing in on critical turning points in evolutionary history, and tracing the origins of sex, altruism, violence, rape, and dominance. Their book culminates in a stunningly original examination of the connection between primate and human traits. Astonishing in its scope, brilliant in its insights, and an absolutely compelling read, Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors is a triumph of popular science.
City Of Shadows
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Author : Supriya RoyChowdhury
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2021-05-31
City Of Shadows written by Supriya RoyChowdhury and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-05-31 with Political Science categories.
Alongside debates over rising inequalities, the stubbornness of urban poverty, globally, has emerged as a major academic and policy concern. Urban poverty policy positions are typically framed by paradigms of basic services and welfare. In the backdrop of Bangalore's evolution into India's silicon valley, the book presents research spanning old, inner city slums, new migrant settlements in urban peripheries, slum development projects, and garment export and construction workers, highlighting that intergenerationally, the urban poor remain tied to traditional low paying occupations, or, get incorporated into new urban growth channels (export industries, low end services) under highly unfavourable terms and conditions. Using the concepts of the old and the new poor, to explore channels of inclusion and exclusion, the book underscores that the poor's vulnerabilities are defined by different regimes of informality. Debates on the urban poor's political agency are used to problematize informality's complex relationship to contemporary theories of class.
Out Of The Shadows
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Author : Emily Midorikawa
language : en
Publisher: Catapult
Release Date : 2021-05-11
Out Of The Shadows written by Emily Midorikawa and has been published by Catapult this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-05-11 with History categories.
Queen Victoria's reign was an era of breathtaking social change, but it did little to create a platform for women to express themselves. But not so within the social sphere of the séance--a mysterious, lamp-lit world on both sides of the Atlantic, in which women who craved a public voice could hold their own. Out of the Shadows tells the stories of the enterprising women whose supposedly clairvoyant gifts granted them fame, fortune, and most important, influence as they crossed rigid boundaries of gender and class as easily as they passed between the realms of the living and the dead. The Fox sisters inspired some of the era’s best-known political activists and set off a transatlantic séance craze. While in the throes of a trance, Emma Hardinge Britten delivered powerful speeches to crowds of thousands. Victoria Woodhull claimed guidance from the spirit world as she took on the millionaires of Wall Street before becoming America’s first female presidential candidate. And Georgina Weldon narrowly escaped the asylum before becoming a celebrity campaigner against archaic lunacy laws. Drawing on diaries, letters, and rarely seen memoirs and texts, Emily Midorikawa illuminates a radical history of female influence that has been confined to the dark until now.