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Book cover of René Girard and Creative Mimesis
by Wolfgang Palaver, Nancy Popp, Robert Doran
Language: English
Release Date: November 21, 2013

For half a century René Girard’s theories of mimetic desire and scapegoating have captivated the imagination of thinkers and doers in many fields as an incisive look into the human condition, particularly the roots of violence. In a 1993 interview with Rebecca Adams, he highlighted the positive...
Book cover of The Waif Of The "Cynthia" (Mobi Classics)
by Jules Verne,André Laurie
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2010

This is an electronic edition of the complete book complemented by author biography. This book features a table of contents linked to every chapter. The book was designed for optimal navigation on the iPad, Nook, PDA, Smartphone, and other electronic readers. It is formatted to display on all electronic devices including eReaders, Smartphones and other Mobile Devices with a small display.
Book cover of Voyage au bout du Sidh

Voyage au bout du Sidh

Bane Seed, T3

by Fanny André
Language: French
Release Date: October 24, 2018

Avide de vengeance, Caoimhe a laissé une traînée de cadavres derrière elle avant de prendre la fuite. Bane, qui était chargée de superviser sa formation, pourrait s'en laver les mains (comme ses supérieures), sauf que ce n'est pas vraiment son genre ! Aidée de Morgane et Merlin, qui...
Book cover of Guerre ou Paix ?

Guerre ou Paix ?

Bane Seed, T1

by Fanny André
Language: French
Release Date: February 22, 2017

Bane Seed est une Banshee aguerrie, pourfendeuse d'hommes infidèles, violeurs et meurtriers. Elle adore son job et le pratique avec zèle. Un peu trop, peut-être. Suite à une erreur commise, elle écope d'une mise à l'épreuve et se retrouve affectée au Conseil, une organisation chargée du maintien...
Book cover of A Short Course on Topological Insulators

A Short Course on Topological Insulators

Band Structure and Edge States in One and Two Dimensions

by János K. Asbóth, László Oroszlány, András Pályi Pályi
Language: English
Release Date: February 22, 2016

This course-based primer provides newcomers to the field with a concise introduction to some of the core topics in the emerging field of topological insulators. The aim is to provide a basic understanding of edge states, bulk topological invariants, and of the bulk--boundary correspondence...
Book cover of Alexandre Vachon: the Scholars' Cleric and the Clerics' Scholar
by André N. Vachon
Language: English
Release Date: November 4, 2016

“However long our life may be, it will not be forever … Every day, our existence denudes itself, it shortens, it vanishes, like a rose that loses a petal with every breath of wind.” —Alexandre Vachon Alexandre is the last child of a family of thirteen, his parents being of modest means...
Book cover of Cain, Abel, and the Politics of God

Cain, Abel, and the Politics of God

An Agambenian reading of Genesis 4:1-16

by Julián Andrés González Holguín
Language: English
Release Date: July 6, 2017

The Genesis story of Cain’s murder of Abel is often told as a simplistic contrast between the innocence of Abel and the evil of Cain. This book subverts that reading of the Biblical text by utilising Giorgio Agamben’s concepts of homo sacer, the state of exception and the idea of sovereignty to...
Book cover of Computability and Randomness
by André Nies
Language: English
Release Date: March 29, 2012

The interplay between computability and randomness has been an active area of research in recent years, reflected by ample funding in the USA, numerous workshops, and publications on the subject. The complexity and the randomness aspect of a set of natural numbers are closely related. Traditionally,...
Book cover of Simple Relation Algebras
by Steven Givant, Hajnal Andréka
Language: English
Release Date: January 9, 2018

This monograph details several different methods for constructing simple relation algebras, many of which are new with this book. By drawing these seemingly different methods together, all are shown to be aspects of one general approach, for which several applications are given. These tools for constructing...
Book cover of Sobre a Mentira
by Platão, André Malta
Language: Portuguese
Release Date: April 10, 2017

O humor filosófico do jovem Platão Sobre a Mentira e Sobre a Inspiração poética, conhecidos também como Hípias Menor e Íon, são dois dos quase trinta diálogos do jovem Platão (427-347 a.C.) que chegaram até nós. Neles, o principal discípulo de Sócrates usa de toda sua verve brincalhona...
Book cover of Faire face à la souffrance

Faire face à la souffrance

Choisir la vie plutôt que la lutte avec la Thérapie d'Acceptation et d'Engagement

by Christophe André, Steven C. Hayes, Benjamin Schoendorff
Language: French
Release Date: October 10, 2013

Un courant en plein essor des TCC. Au cours des dernières décennies, si nos pays développés ont réalisé d'énormes progrès en terme d'avancées technologiques et de sécurité matérielle, la difficulté à surmonter les épreuves de la vie n'a cessé de s'accentuer chez nombre d'entre...
Book cover of La Vie du Bouddha
by André-Ferdinand Herold
Language: French
Release Date: September 8, 2016

La Vie du Bouddha Texte intégral. Cet ouvrage a fait l'objet d'un véritable travail en vue d'une édition numérique. Un travail typographique le rend facile et agréable à lire. Siddharta Gautama Le Bouddha, fut un prince qui renonça à son trône pour partir à la recherche de la vérité. L’histoire...
Book cover of La Vie du Bouddha
by André-Ferdinand Herold
Language: French
Release Date: October 18, 2016

Extrait :  La ville où jadis avait vécu le grand ascète Kapila était d’une sereine magnificence. Ses murailles semblaient  des nuages de lumière, et, de ses maisons comme de ses jardins, émanait une splendeur divine : on l’eût dite  bâtie sur un morceau du ciel. Partout...
Book cover of Berthe aux grands pieds
by André Rivoire
Language: French
Release Date: July 27, 2017

Poèmes, Reines au corps mignon, dames du temps jadis Dont l’âme est envolée en de bleus paradis, Capricieuse et vague ainsi qu’une fumée, Mais dont toute légende est un peu parfumée, Spectres inoubliés, vous qui venez le soir, Invisibles, pourtant présentes, vous asseoir Près des...
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