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The Mad Butterfly's Ball

by Preston Grassmann, Chris Kelso, Clive Barker, Paul Di Filippo, Jeffrey Thomas, Richard A. Kirk, Kij Johnson, Priya Sharma, Tom Over, Lafciado Hearn, Eugen Bacon, Joe Koch, Anna Tambour, Nuzo Onoh, Matthew Holness, Arlton Eadie, Rumi Kaneko, Thomas M. Disch, D. R. G. Sugawara, Brian Evenson, Matt Neil Hill, Dempow Torishima, H.G. Wells, E.F. Benson, Kaaron Warren, Christopher Young, Algernon Blackwood, Ramsey Campbell, Alvaro Zinos-Amaro, Emily Dickinson, Henri Fabre, Jon Greenaway, Gary J. Shipley ...

The Mad Butterfly's Ball is an essential compendium of stories dedicated to the lurking horror and profound wonder of those that live, largely unseen, in the world around us—the enigmatic insect! Featuring original and new works by Clive Barker, Jeffrey Thomas, Kaaron Warren, Paul Di Filippo, Eugen Bacon, and many more, alongside classics of the subgenre, The Mad Butterfly's Ball is the largest ... Read more

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The Mad Butterfly's Ball is an essential compendium of stories dedicated to the lurking horror and profound wonder of those that live, largely unseen, in the world around us—the enigmatic insect! Featuring original and new works by Clive Barker, Jeffrey Thomas, Kaaron Warren, Paul Di Filippo, Eugen Bacon, and many more, alongside classics of the subgenre, The Mad Butterfly's Ball is the largest
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Stratagem of the Corpse

Dying with Baudrillard, a Study of Sickness and Simulacra

by Gary J Shipley ...

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This book is unique in its dedicated tackling of the subject of death in the work of Jean Baudrillard. Through new readings of his work, juxtaposed with philosophical (Schopenhauer, Kant) and artistic (Jeremy Millar, Ron Mueck) examples along with films (Norte, the End of History; Ida), the book makes so patently clear the importance of Baudrillard’s tendency to poeticize, his core indebtedness to ... Read more

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This book is unique in its dedicated tackling of the subject of death in the work of Jean Baudrillard. Through new readings of his work, juxtaposed with philosophical (Schopenhauer, Kant) and artistic (Jeremy Millar, Ron Mueck) examples along with films (Norte, the End of History; Ida), the book makes so patently clear the importance of Baudrillard’s tendency to poeticize, his core indebtedness to
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Stratagem of the Corpse

Dying with Baudrillard, a Study of Sickness and Simulacra

by Gary J Shipley ...

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This book is unique in its dedicated tackling of the subject of death in the work of Jean Baudrillard. Through new readings of his work, juxtaposed with philosophical (Schopenhauer, Kant) and artistic (Jeremy Millar, Ron Mueck) examples along with films (Norte, the End of History; Ida), the book makes so patently clear the importance of Baudrillard’s tendency to poeticize, his core indebtedness to ... Read more

$28.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

This book is unique in its dedicated tackling of the subject of death in the work of Jean Baudrillard. Through new readings of his work, juxtaposed with philosophical (Schopenhauer, Kant) and artistic (Jeremy Millar, Ron Mueck) examples along with films (Norte, the End of History; Ida), the book makes so patently clear the importance of Baudrillard’s tendency to poeticize, his core indebtedness to
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Stratagem of the Corpse

Dying with Baudrillard, a Study of Sickness and Simulacra

by Gary J Shipley ...

Series series Anthem Series on Radical Theory
This book is unique in its dedicated tackling of the subject of death in the work of Jean Baudrillard. Through new readings of his work, the book makes so patently clear the importance of Baudrillard’s tendency to poeticize, his core indebtedness to Georges Bataille, Alfred Jarry, and others, and his reliance on paradox. Ultimately, Stratagem of the Corpse is less a making sense of death and more ... Read more

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This book is unique in its dedicated tackling of the subject of death in the work of Jean Baudrillard. Through new readings of his work, the book makes so patently clear the importance of Baudrillard’s tendency to poeticize, his core indebtedness to Georges Bataille, Alfred Jarry, and others, and his reliance on paradox. Ultimately, Stratagem of the Corpse is less a making sense of death and more
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African Americans in the Human Sciences

Challenges and Opportunities

by Vanessa P. Jackson, Jacqueline M. Holland, Julia R. Miller Arline, Debra Mayfield, Nina Lyon Bennett, Ethel G. Jones, Quantanise M. Williams, Alma Hobbs0, Alice F. Joyner1, Ahlishia J. Shipley2, Brenda A. Martin3, LaTonya J. Dixon4, Cynthia M. Smith5, Juanita Mendenhall6, Joanne Pearson7, Bettye P. Smith8, Wenting Yang9, Amber N. Smith0, Penny A. Ralston1, Kenneth Gruber2, Lacey J. Hilliard3, Danielle C. Stacey4, AnneMarie McClain5, Milena Batanova6, Richard M. Lerner7, Maggie A. Caples8, Nadine Smith9, Dana D. Legette-Traylor0, Shirley Hymon-Parker1, William H. Whittaker2 ...

This book explores the role and experience of African American women scholars and educators in the field of human, family, and consumer sciences. Its five sections cover careers in education, the role of historically Black colleges and universities, opportunities and challenges brought about by the internationalization of the field, opportunities for new careers paths in the human sciences, and ... Read more

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This book explores the role and experience of African American women scholars and educators in the field of human, family, and consumer sciences. Its five sections cover careers in education, the role of historically Black colleges and universities, opportunities and challenges brought about by the internationalization of the field, opportunities for new careers paths in the human sciences, and
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The Early Hellenistic Peloponnese

Politics, Economies, and Networks 338–197 BC

by D. Graham J. Shipley ...

Using all available evidence - literary, epigraphic, numismatic, and archaeological - this study offers a new analysis of the early Hellenistic Peloponnese. The conventional picture of the Macedonian kings as oppressors, and of the Peloponnese as ruined by warfare and tyranny, must be revised. The kings did not suppress freedom or exploit the peninsula economically, but generally presented ... Read more

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Using all available evidence - literary, epigraphic, numismatic, and archaeological - this study offers a new analysis of the early Hellenistic Peloponnese. The conventional picture of the Macedonian kings as oppressors, and of the Peloponnese as ruined by warfare and tyranny, must be revised. The kings did not suppress freedom or exploit the peninsula economically, but generally presented
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Infrared Imaging

A casebook in clinical medicine

by Allen John, Katarzyna Jobs, Rafal Dulski, Marek Klewar, Pawel Twarkowski, A Koszycka, W Wozniak, Rui Carvalho, K Bilska, Kurt Amsler, Miroslaw Dabrowski, Liliana Esteves, Stanislaw Zmuda, Boleslaw Kalicki, Lech Gawron, Petros Perros, Crispian Oates, Ryszard Grenda, B Nurowska-Wrzosek, Bridget Griffiths, Costanzo Di Maria, Nicola Leech, Ana Domingues, V Flower, Ana Marques, Joaquim Gabriel, Marcin Mozanski, Madalena Pimenta, Michal Osiecki, Rafal Kuligowski, Weronika Machura, A Lipinska-Opalka, Wojciech Perdzynski, Radoslaw Rózycki, Bartosz Rustecki, Jane Dickinson, Joao Torres, Ian Forrest, Ricardo Vardasca, David Talbot, Steven Burnett, A Rustecka, Piotr Murawski, Grainne Gorman, Pawel Zaborowski, Aleksander Ligezinski, Andrej Stankiewicz, Betka L vel Gadomska, J Shipley, Cezary Pogorzelski, J D Pauling, Z Gacion, J Oliveira, Derek Robertshaw, D Hart, J Mróz, Marek Stanczyk, W Stankiewicz, Jakub Klimkiewicz, Marco Rebelo ...

Series series IOP Expanding Physics
Infrared thermal imaging is a rapid and non-invasive procedure for mapping skin-temperature distribution of the human body. Advanced software and high-resolution infrared detectors has allowed for a renaissance in the use of infrared thermal imaging or thermography in medical research and practice. After a review of theory, technology and methodology of medical infrared imaging, the remainder of ... Read more

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Infrared thermal imaging is a rapid and non-invasive procedure for mapping skin-temperature distribution of the human body. Advanced software and high-resolution infrared detectors has allowed for a renaissance in the use of infrared thermal imaging or thermography in medical research and practice. After a review of theory, technology and methodology of medical infrared imaging, the remainder of
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The Weird

A Compendium of Strange and Dark Stories

Edited by Jeff VanderMeer, Ann VanderMeer ...

From Lovecraft to Borges to Gaiman, a century of intrepid literary experimentation has created a corpus of dark and strange stories that transcend all known genre boundaries. Together these stories form The Weird, and its practitioners include some of the greatest names in twentieth and twenty-first century literature.Exotic and esoteric, The Weird plunges you into dark domains and brings you face ... Read more

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From Lovecraft to Borges to Gaiman, a century of intrepid literary experimentation has created a corpus of dark and strange stories that transcend all known genre boundaries. Together these stories form The Weird, and its practitioners include some of the greatest names in twentieth and twenty-first century literature.Exotic and esoteric, The Weird plunges you into dark domains and brings you face
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Birth and Death of Meaning

by Ernest Becker ...

Uses the disciplines of psychology, anthropology, sociology and psychiatry to explain what makes people act the way they do. ... Read more

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Uses the disciplines of psychology, anthropology, sociology and psychiatry to explain what makes people act the way they do.
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The Roman Republic: A Very Short Introduction

A Very Short Introduction

by David M. Gwynn ...

Series series Very Short Introductions
The rise and fall of the Roman Republic occupies a special place in the history of Western civilization. From humble beginnings on the seven hills beside the Tiber, the city of Rome grew to dominate the ancient Mediterranean. Led by her senatorial aristocracy, Republican armies defeated Carthage and the successor kingdoms of Alexander the Great, and brought the surrounding peoples to east and west ... Read more

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The rise and fall of the Roman Republic occupies a special place in the history of Western civilization. From humble beginnings on the seven hills beside the Tiber, the city of Rome grew to dominate the ancient Mediterranean. Led by her senatorial aristocracy, Republican armies defeated Carthage and the successor kingdoms of Alexander the Great, and brought the surrounding peoples to east and west
... Read more
Love & Will

by Rollo May ...

"An extraordinary book on sex and civilization....An important contribution to contemporary morality."—NewsweekThe heart of man's dilemma, according to Rollo May, is the failure to understand the real meaning of love and will, their source and interrelation. Bringing fresh insight to these concepts, May shows how we can attain a deeper consciousness. ... Read more

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"An extraordinary book on sex and civilization....An important contribution to contemporary morality."—NewsweekThe heart of man's dilemma, according to Rollo May, is the failure to understand the real meaning of love and will, their source and interrelation. Bringing fresh insight to these concepts, May shows how we can attain a deeper consciousness.
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Rome

An Empire's Story

by Greg Woolf ...

The very idea of empire was created in ancient Rome and even today traces of its monuments, literature, and institutions can be found across Europe, the Near East, and North Africa--and sometimes even further afield. In Rome, historian Greg Woolf expertly recounts how this mammoth empire was created, how it was sustained in crisis, and how it shaped the world of its rulers and subjects--a story ... Read more

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The very idea of empire was created in ancient Rome and even today traces of its monuments, literature, and institutions can be found across Europe, the Near East, and North Africa--and sometimes even further afield. In Rome, historian Greg Woolf expertly recounts how this mammoth empire was created, how it was sustained in crisis, and how it shaped the world of its rulers and subjects--a story
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