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The work of French writer and essayist Maurice Blanchot (1907-2003) is without doubt among the most challenging the twentieth century has to offer. Contemporary debate in literature, philosophy, and politics has yet to fully acknowledge its discreet but enduring impact. Arising from a conference that took place in Oxford in 2009, this book sets itself a simple, if daunting, task: that of measuring the impact and responding to the challenge of ...

Scholastic realism is a type of moderate realism. As such, it falls between platonism and nominalism on the issue of universals. Universals, strictly speaking, only exist in minds, but they are founded on real relations of similarity in the world. Scholastic realism goes beyond moderate realism and affirms that universals also exist transcendently, but instead of having a separated existence, transcendent universals exist in God's mind. This ...

Don Juan Manuel, nephew of King Alfonso X, The Wise, knew well the appeal of exempla (moralized tales), which he believed should entertain if they were to provide ways and means for solving life's problems. His fourteenth-century book, known as El Conde lucanor, is considered by many to be the purest Spanish prose before the immortal Don Quixote of Cervantes written two centuries later. He found inspiration for his tales in classical and easte...

The importance of play for healthy development is undeniable. Aspects of play have been linked to the development of social skills, health and fitness, motivation, curiosity, innovation, imagination, and problem solving. Both theory and research suggest that play of various types is critical for healthy development and that playfulness is an important quality across the life span. However, opportunities to play and quality of play facilities i...

Are you a beginner or an advanced user of the Instant Pot? Are you looking for a simple, no-fuss cookbook? Are you tired of no-photo recipes or complicated instructions? Do you want to surprise your family and friends with a tasty new meal? The Complete Instant Pot Cookbook With Full Color Pictures of Each Recipe. In this cookbook you will find:What is the Instant Pot and how it works How to cook the most delicious meals Answers to the most co...

This book explores the channels through which Islamic fundamentalism has spread among Muslim populations in the Balkans since the fall of communism. The authors collectively examine political and religious ties between This book explores the channels through which Islamic fundamentalism has spread among Muslim populations in the Balkans since the fall of communism. e authors collectively examine political and religious ties between Balkan Musl...

The importance of play for healthy development is undeniable. Aspects of play have been linked to the development of social skills, health and fitness, motivation, curiosity, innovation, imagination, and problem solving. Both theory and research suggest that play of various types is critical for healthy development and that playfulness is an important quality across the life span. However, opportunities to play and quality of play facilities i...

Often regarded as one of life¿s few certainties, death is both instantly familiar to us and deeply mysterious. Death is everywhere, yet few of us take the time to consider its significance in shaping human lives. This book addresses the difficult, complex, sensitive subject of death from a unique point of view. Drawing on insights from philosophers across the ages, the authors argue that death is a matter of profound educational importance. Pa...

The book was awarded the 2011 NCA Franklyn S. Haiman Award for Distinguished Scholarship in Freedom of Expression. This book sets out to explore how hate comes alive in language and actions by examining the nature and persuasive functions of hate in American society. Hate speech may be used for many purposes and have different intended consequences. It may be directed to intimidate an out-group, or to influence the behavior of in-group members...

Dan Stuart hopes to generate a million-dollar gate by staging the prizefight of the century. But soon he discovers that the road to wealth is paved with difficulties. Politicians who are furious with Stuart are constantly in his way, and a band of robbers lead by a deadly beauty has its own plans-the robbery of the century. Bat Masterson, Judge Roy Bean, five armed men, two champion boxers, and Stuart are all in Stuart's corner.

Without a chapter on Kansas City, the history of the American Mafia is incomplete. Many Midwesterners are unaware that Kansas City has had an impact on the fortunes of the entire underworld, despite the fact that The City of Fountains has appeared in The Godfather, Casino, and The Sopranos.

The greatest risk of all, though, may be being a woman at a time of mistrust and accusation. The mistress of Gawthorpe Hall in Pendle Hill, Fleetwood Shuttleworth, is expecting a child. She is devastated to discover a note from her doctor warning her husband she won't survive this pregnancy since she is eager to leave an heir.

A young man who did not experience much love as a child falls in love. His grandfather hanged himself, and his father did not show him any affection, so he grew up to be a man who had never known love. He had no idea, however, that life had a lot of love waiting for him to find it.

The emergence in the last two and a half decades of the concept of leadership spirituality is a further indication of the increasing need for a more critical, inspired, and ethically responsible leadership. In order to illuminate this most striking new focal point in contemporary leadership theory and literature, this work aims to critically map the contemporary scientific literature on the subject, with a special focus on the valuation of Chr...

Comedy has always had a constant presence in the history of Catalan theatre, but it has never really been recognized as a separate generic identity, worthy of academic study as a whole. This volume is the first concentrated attempt to analyse Catalan theatre under the comic lens, with essays in English and Catalan. It studies comic form, performative innovations and socio-political function. As well as providing detailed analysis of figures ex...

This book is devoted to one of the world's greatest late twentieth-century symphonists, Chinese composer Zhu Jianer. Each of his 10 symphonies is discussed in detail and can be grouped into such concepts as the Cultural Revolution (nos. 1-2), an emphasis on human topics (nos. 3-4-5), and his continuous expansion of traditional symphonic boundaries (nos. 6-7-8-9-10). Zhu's symphonies can be relevant to all peoples and all cultures due to his co...

In occasione del 50° anniversario della scomparsa di Dino Buzzati (Belluno 1906 - Milano 1972) l¿Associazione Internazionale Dino Buzzati si fa promotrice di una serie di iniziative scientifiche in programma tra il 2021 e il 2022. Nei giorni 26-27 maggio 2021 l¿Associazione ha promosso, presso l¿Accademia di Merano (BZ), il convegno internazionale di studi «Buzzati e il confine». Gli interventi, qui raccolti in volume, riguardano i rapporti di...