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  • Exploring Character Through Structural Metaphor

    A Guide for Actors and Directors

    by John Gribas, Angeline Underwood ...
    Series series Routledge Advances in Theatre & Performance Studies
    Exploring Character Through Structural Metaphor will help performers discover new and valuable insights into the characters they play.Grounded in a contemporary approach to understanding and applying the power of metaphor, it offers a practical guide for both actors and directors. This book introduces the idea of metaphor as a way of thinking rather than simply as clever comparison or figurative ... Read more

    $31.99 USD

  • Putting Image Repair to the Test

    Quantitative Applications of Image Restoration Theory

    by Joseph R. Blaney, Joseph R. Blaney, Lauren Alwine, Joseph D. Blosenhauer, Chris Caldiero, Lisa V. Chewning, Grant C. Cos, James DiSanza, John Gribas, Michel M. Haigh, Jeff Halford0, Ken Lachlan1, Ryan R. Montague2, Leah M. Omilion-Hodges3, Patric R. Spence4, Tracy R. Worrell5, J.C. Santee6, Nancy J. Legge7, William L. Benoit8 ...
    Putting Image Repair to the Test:Quantitative Applications of Image Restoration Theory examines content analytic, attitudinal, and behavioral claims to advance current assertions made about image repair discourse, its effects, and the surrounding discourse. The contributors provide empirical data to answer research questions and to test various hypotheses in one substantive volume that builds on ... Read more

    $93.19 USD

  • Narrative, Identity, and Academic Community in Higher Education

    Edited by Brian Attebery, John Gribas, Mark K McBeth, Paul Sivitz, Kandi Turley-Ames ...
    Series series Routledge Research in Higher Education
    Grounded in narrative theory, this book offers a case study of a liberal arts college’s use of narrative to help build identity, community, and collaboration within the college faculty across a range of disciplines, including history, psychology, sociology, theatre and dance, literature, anthropology, and communication. Exploring issues of methodology and their practical application, this ... Read more

    $40.99 USD

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  • An Introduction to Critical Thinking and Creativity

    Think More, Think Better

    by Joe Y. F. Lau ...
    A valuable guide on creativity and critical thinking to improve reasoning and decision-making skillsCritical thinking skills are essential in virtually any field of study or practice where individuals need to communicate ideas, make decisions, and analyze and solve problems. An Introduction to Critical Thinking and Creativity: Think More, Think Better outlines the necessary tools for readers to ... Read more

    $70.00 USD

  • Narcissism and Narcissistic Behaviour

    How to Deal With Narcissist in Your Family, at Work, in Romantic Relationships and in Friendship

    by Amy Johnson ...
    Narcissism is a phenomenon characterized by excessive admiration of one's own mental and physical attributes. The term was derived from the Greek mythical character Narcissus, who fell in love with his own image reflected in the pool of water. Narcissism is a serious problem which can ruin a person's own life and his relationships with others. The more it grows, the more it becomes intolerable and ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

  • Figurative Language

    by Eve Sweetser, Barbara Dancygier ...
    Series series Cambridge Textbooks in Linguistics
    This lively introduction to figurative language explains a broad range of concepts, including metaphor, metonymy, simile, and blending, and develops new tools for analyzing them. It coherently grounds the linguistic understanding of these concepts in basic cognitive mechanisms such as categorization, frames, mental spaces, and viewpoint; and it fits them into a consistent framework which is ... Read more

    $45.99 USD

  • How to Study as a Mathematics Major

    by Lara Alcock ...
    Every year, thousands of students in the USA declare mathematics as their major. Many are extremely intelligent and hardworking. However, even the best will encounter challenges, because upper-level mathematics involves not only independent study and learning from lectures, but also a fundamental shift from calculation to proof. This shift is demanding but it need not be mysterious -- research has ... Read more

    $22.79 USD

  • The Entanglement

    How Art and Philosophy Make Us What We Are

    by Alva Noë ...
    Why human nature is an aesthetic phenomenon—and why we need art and philosophy to understand ourselvesIn The Entanglement, philosopher Alva Noë explores the inseparability of life, art, and philosophy, arguing that we have greatly underestimated what this entangled reality means for understanding human nature.Life supplies art with its raw materials, but art, Noë argues, remakes life by giving us ... Read more

    $13.69 USD

  • Jung's Typology in Work Processes

    by Preben Grønkjær ...
    I publish this free e-book because I have often heard people say, when working with individuals and groups in workplaces, "That's so exciting with typology, but I can't really remember what the different letters stand for."Thus, the purpose of the book is to give a very brief description of the typological functions and attitudes, so you can use it in a follow-up on a previous process with ... Read more

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  • Phenomenology of the Visual Arts (even the frame)

    by Paul Crowther ...
    Why are the visual arts so important and what is it that makes their forms significant? Countering recent interpretations of meaning that understand visual artworks on the model of literary texts, Crowther formulates a theory of the visual arts based on what their creation achieves both cognitively and aesthetically. He develops a phenomenology that emphasizes how visual art gives unique aesthetic ... Read more

    $26.59 USD

  • Free Will: An Examination of Human Freedom

    by Magnus Vinding ...
    Do we have free will?Not many questions can excite people more than this one, and for good reasons. Our ideas about our own freedom influence some of the most important aspects of our lives, from our political decisions and legal practices to our personal motivations, choices, and actions.The goal of this short book is to address the problem of free will. This goal is not pursued by reciting the ... Read more

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  • The Instruction of Imagination

    Language as a Social Communication Technology

    by Dr. Daniel Dor ...
    Series series Foundations of Human Interaction
    The book suggests a new perspective on the essence of human language. This enormous achievement of our species is best characterized as a communication technology - not unlike the social media on the Net today - that was collectively invented by ancient humans for a very particular communicative function: the instruction of imagination. All other systems of communication in the biological world ... Read more

    $97.19 USD