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Ghost Towns of Muskoka explores the tragic history of a collection of communities from across Muskoka whose stars have long since faded. Today, these ghost towns are merely a shadow -- or spectre -- of what they once were. Some have disappeared entirely, having been swallowed by regenerating forests,...

"A volume of great value to the admirer of Chinese art that also contains much practical advice for the student." ― Library JournalWhen this book was first published, there were few if any important studies dealing with Chinese brushwork and its crucial role in Chinese art. The present volume, by...

Here is a complete picture of the techniques and working philosophy of one of the greatest artistic geniuses of the Renaissance. Assembled by a brilliant scholar from Leonardo's own writings--Notebooks and The Treatise on Painting--as well as his artistic production, the book offers a carefully balanced...

(A5,150 P.) I  Why Hegel for teachers, the so- called philosopher of absolute knowledge?  I say to you:  The philosophy of Hegel (1770-1831) from the 20th century has experienced and still today - Dawn of the 21st century - has...

CHAPTER I - WHAT IS LEARNING TO LEARN?             To say that man, unlike all other beings, is a rational being, among other things, implies that he, regardless of their genetic differences and/or environmental,...

In the world in which we live, many want to prosper; many have tried to make an effort, often sacrificed his own life, body, in order to get rich. In other words, many people end up forgetting that, as important as work, you must also be able to develop intellectually.  ...

I (A5, 141 P.) - This Contemporary era (which some theorists like Pablo Gentili, Boaventura de Souza Santos, and even Anthony Guiddens, prefer to call post-modern), erected, as well as the modern, from "I think, therefore I am" Cartesian with their remains positivist, systematizing the...

Why talk if the people do not want to listen to you?   In that sense, if the people don't want your love? Why create, if you do not want to destroy what is old?  Why revolutionize if - while alienated - seek always the conformism?  Why preach...

(A5, 156 P.) - While Descartes, at its full "I think, therefore I am", advocated, as Plato before had done, the supremacy of the Spirit (IDEA) on the field, Bacon, on the other hand, argued that, in the pursuit of knowledge, we needed to worry about getting rid of idols, false concepts and/or ideas...

(A5, 171 P.) I am not here to claim to elucidate and neither to explain Nietzsche, a time that, I believe that, even in such a complex and unwieldy that it is cannot be translated. I think that everyone who has the desire to translate Nietzsche is also in danger of betraying...

(A5, 100 P.) - “To be (everything) what one can be" translates into the development of humanization and/or intellectual autonomy, these being based, among other things, on the individual's capacity to be, collective and individual: 1- Politically participative; 2- Socially equitable; 3-...

(a5,108 p.) - If, as I said Sartre, existential philosopher-humanist of the 20th century, "man is a project that exists only to the extent that the performs", for the meritocratic existentialism, in a reversal of values and principles, "the man only exists when, in a dispute any, overcomes his...

Monolingual, monolithic English is an issue of the past. In this collection, by using cinema, poetry, art, and novels we demonstrate that English has become the heteroglossic language of immigration – Englishes of exile. By appropriating its plural form we pay respect to all those who have been...

Your height your weight your body shape your age the colour of your eyes - do not matter when you want to learn to belly dance. You will feel healthier, more energetic and happier, than you have ever felt. You will feel you are a beautiful woman. You will feel self-assured. You...