Merchant Of Illusion
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Merchant Of Illusion
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Author : Nicholas Dagen Bloom
language : en
Publisher: Ohio State University Press
Release Date : 2004
Merchant Of Illusion written by Nicholas Dagen Bloom and has been published by Ohio State University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Merchant Of Illusion
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Author : Antonio Hernandez
language : en
Publisher: Imprint Books
Release Date : 2002-08
Merchant Of Illusion written by Antonio Hernandez and has been published by Imprint Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002-08 with Fiction categories.
Alepio is a 9-year old boy growing up in a valley west of Manila in the fifties. Caught in the tug-of-war between Spanish, American and Malayan influences, he struggles to make sense of the changing world around him. At a time when he is forming his own identity, he meets a magician named Franco, who arrives to set up his troupe at the annual town fair. Through a series of accidents, the boy gets drawn into the world of the magician, who becomes his surrogate father. But unbeknownst to the boy, Franco's magic and religious views are slowly blending into a dangerous mix. In one tumultuous summer, the boy is exposed to the bewildering machinations of the adult world.
Indoor America
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Author : Andrea Vesentini
language : en
Publisher: University of Virginia Press
Release Date : 2018-11-27
Indoor America written by Andrea Vesentini and has been published by University of Virginia Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-11-27 with Architecture categories.
Cars, single-family houses, fallout shelters, air-conditioned malls—these are only some of the many interiors making up the landscape of American suburbia. Indoor America explores the history of suburbanization through the emergence of such spaces in the postwar years, examining their design, use, and representation. By drawing on a wealth of examples ranging from the built environment to popular culture and film, Andrea Vesentini shows how suburban interiors were devised as a continuous cultural landscape of interconnected and self-sufficient escape capsules. The relocation of most everyday practices into indoor spaces has often been overlooked by suburban historiography; Indoor America uncovers this latent history and contrasts it with the dominant reading of suburbanization as pursuit of open space. Americans did not just flee the city by getting out of it—they did so also by getting inside. Vesentini chronicles this inner-directed flight by describing three separate stages. The encapsulation of the automobile fostered the nuclear segregation of the family from the social fabric and served as a blueprint for all other interiors. Introverted design increasingly turned the focus of the house inward. Finally, through interiorization, the exterior was incorporated into the all-encompassing interior landscape of enclosed malls and projects for indoor cities. In a journey that features tailfin cars and World’s Fair model homes, Richard Neutra’s glass walls and sitcom picture windows, Victor Gruen’s Southdale Center and the Minnesota Experimental City, Indoor America takes the reader into the heart and viscera of America’s urban sprawl.
Four Illusions
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Author : Candrakirti
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2003-02-27
Four Illusions written by Candrakirti 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 2003-02-27 with Religion categories.
This book provides the first English translation of Candrakirti's commentary (ca. 6-7th century C.E.) on four illusions that prevent us from becoming Buddhas. Lang's translation captures the clarity of Candrakirti's arguments and the lively humor of the stories and examples he uses. Lang's introduction explores the range of Candrakirti's interests in religion, philosophy, psychology, politics, and erotic poetry.
The Merchant S Clerk
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Author : Samuel Warren
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1836
The Merchant S Clerk written by Samuel Warren and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1836 with Newfoundland dog categories.
The Theatrical Inquisitor Or Monthly Mirror
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1814
The Theatrical Inquisitor Or Monthly Mirror written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1814 with English drama categories.
Merchant Adventurers
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Author : James Evans
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2013-09-12
Merchant Adventurers written by James Evans and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-09-12 with History categories.
A Tudor voyage of exploration - an extraordinary story of daring, discovery, tragedy and pioneering achievement. In the spring of 1553 three ships sailed north-east from London into uncharted waters. The scale of their ambition was breathtaking. Drawing on the latest navigational science and the new spirit of enterprise and discovery sweeping the Tudor capital, they sought a northern passage to Asia and its riches. The success of the expedition depended on its two leaders: Sir Hugh Willoughby, a brave gentleman soldier, and Richard Chancellor, a brilliant young scientist and practical man of the sea. When their ships became separated in a storm, each had to fend for himself. Their fates were sharply divided. One returned to England, to recount extraordinary tales of the imperial court of Tsar Ivan the Terrible. The tragic, mysterious story of the other two ships has to be pieced together through the surviving captain's log book, after he and his crew became lost and trapped by the advancing Arctic winter. This long-neglected endeavour was one of the boldest in British history, and its impact was profound. Although the 'merchant adventurers' failed to reach China as they had hoped, their achievements would lay the foundations for England's expansion on a global stage. As James Evans' vivid account shows, their voyage also makes for a gripping story of daring, discovery, tragedy and adventure.
Salem Possessed
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Author : Paul Boyer
language : en
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Release Date : 1974
Salem Possessed written by Paul Boyer 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 1974 with Family & Relationships categories.
A study of the Puritan village and the people involved in the witch trials of 1692 provides insight into the causes and implications of this notorious episode in American history.
Pricing Lives
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Author : Ariel Colonomos
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2023-07-31
Pricing Lives written by Ariel Colonomos 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 2023-07-31 with Political Science categories.
This book discusses how human lives are equated with the material, and argues that pricing lives lies at the core of the political; in fact, as in Plato or Hobbes, and in the Weberian ethics of responsibility, measurement is considered to be one of its central features. Ariel Colonomos argues that this measure relies primarily on human lives and interests, and that the material equivalence to lives is twofold. The equivalence is a double equation, as we pay for lives and we pay with lives. This double equation constitutes the measurement upon which the political equilibrium of a society depends and is thus a key constitutive part of the political. The book adopts two approaches, both with an interdisciplinary perspective: one explanatory and the other normative. First, it explains the nexus between existential goods and material goods, drawing on a detailed analysis of several case studies from contemporary politics, both domestic and international. Second, it discusses normatively the material valuation of human lives and the human value of material goods. Value attribution and the question of the material equivalent to lives are of relevance not only for political theory and philosophy, but also for sociology, history, international relations, and legal studies.
Dream Merchants Howboys
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Author : Barry J. Gibbons
language : en
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Release Date : 2004-05-14
Dream Merchants Howboys written by Barry J. Gibbons and has been published by John Wiley & Sons this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004-05-14 with Business & Economics categories.
The stories of the people captured on the pages within are anything but ordinary. Like you, they had to start somewhere. But it's not what you do or where you start, but how you do it. It wasn't through maintaining the daily grind (for themselves or others) that got them to the top. It was by building their dreams and doing business in a way that no other had done before them. These Dream Merchants and Howboys live in the Business Icon Hall of Fame in the Sky (ok so maybe one day this will exist). But before they got there they lived somewhere very different. They lived in the land of complete Nutterdom. Retired CEO of Burger King and Fortune turn-around champion, Barry Gibbons, introduces you to this world. Gibbons brings together some of the most famous names in business today. He takes us on a whirlwind tour of the careers, lives and crazy decisions of nutters - from Walt Disney and Michael Dell to Luciano Benetton and Anita Roddick. All of them made decisions that seemed odd, crazy or downright weird. But they worked. Gibbons, a distinguished madman himself, keeps you hooked with his humour and wit, but never straying from the point of it all. That we can learn from these mavericks. That we can put a little madness into our daily grind. Heck yeh. Steal their ideas! Why should they be famous and not you? Dream Merchants and Howboys may just be the most unconventional business book ever written and firmly cements Gibbons' reputation as the P.J. O'Rourke of business.
