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The Superstitious Muse : Thinking Russian Literature Mythopoetically
For several decades David Bethea has written authoritatively on the “mythopoetic thinking” that lies at the heart of classical Russian literature, especially Russian poetry. His theoretically informed essays and books have made a point of turning back to issues of intentionality and biography at a time when authorial agency seems under threat of “erasure” and the question of how writers…
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- 9781618116789
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- Studies in Russian and Slavic Literatures, Cultures, and History, Ars Rossica
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- 800 BET s
A Story of Conquest and Adventure : The Large Farāmarznāme
The Large Farāmarznāme (Farāmarznāme-ye bozorg), a poem from the Persian epic cycle dated to the late eleventh century, is hereby published for the first time in an English translation, in prose. The story tells how Farāmarz, a son of the famous Shāhnāme hero Rostam, conquers several provinces of India, before setting off on an extensive voyage over sea and land, leading his troops throu…
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- 9789400602786
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- 800 STO
Information and Communication Technology Third IFIP TC 5/8 International Con…
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the Third IFIP TC 5/8 International Conference on Information and Communication Technology, ICT-EurAsia 2015, with the collocation of AsiaARES 2015 as a special track on Availability, Reliability and Security, and the 9th IFIP WG 8.9 Working Conference on Research and Practical Issues of Enterprise Information Systems, CONFENIS 2015, held as par…
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- 978-3-319-24314-6
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- XIV, 354
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- 004 INF
Ultrasonic Nondestructive Evaluation Systems Industrial Application Issues
This book deals with a number of fundamental issues related to the practical implementation of ultrasonic NDT techniques in an industrial environment. The book discusses advanced academic research results and their application to industrial procedures. The text covers the choice and generation of the signals energizing the system to probe position optimization, from quality assessment evaluati…
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- 978-3-319-10566-6
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Ultrafast Phenomena XIX Proceedings of the 19th International Conference, Ok…
This book presents the latest advances in ultrafast science, including both ultrafast optical technology and the study of ultrafast phenomena. It covers picosecond, femtosecond, and attosecond processes relevant to applications in physics, chemistry, biology, and engineering. Ultrafast technology has a profound impact in a wide range of applications, amongst them biomedical imaging, chemical dy…
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Information and Communication Technologies in Tourism 2015 Proceedings of th…
The papers presented in this volume advance the state-of-the-art research on big data and analytics, social media, electronic marketing, mobile computing and recommender systems, mobile sensors and geosocial services, augmented reality, wearable computing, smart tourism, electronic distribution for tourism and hospitality products and services, e-learning, responsive web design and management, …
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- 978-3-319-14342-2
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- XVI, 883
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Oral Literature in Africa
Ruth Finnegan’s Oral Literature in Africa was first published in 1970, and since then has been widely praised as one of the most important books in its field. Based on years of fieldwork, the study traces the history of storytelling across the continent of Africa.
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- 9781906924720
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- World Oral Literature Series volume 1
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- 800 FEN o
Ultrafast Magnetism I Proceedings of the International Conference UMC 2013 S…
This volume on Ultrafast Magnetism is a collection of articles presented at the international “Ultrafast Magnetization Conference” held at the Congress Center in Strasbourg, France, from October 28th to November 1st, 2013. This first conference, which is intended to be held every two years, received a wonderful attendance and gathered scientists from 27 countries in the field of Femtomagnet…
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- 978-3-319-07743-7
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Writing the Nation : A Concise Introduction to American Literature, 1865-Present
Since America's founding, the diversity of American writers has shaped its literature. Authors and poets of the past have created a colorful collection of works that are still studied today alongside contemporary works. Writing the Nation: A Concise Introduction to American Literature 1865 to Present, is designed to continue the preservation of famous American literary works in the minds of col…
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- 9781940771342
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Information and Communication Technologies for Ageing Well and e-Health Firs…
This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed proceedings of the International Conference on Communication Technologies for Ageing Well and e-Health, ICT4AgeingWell 2015, held in Lisbon, Portugal, in May 2015. The 11 full papers and two invited papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 45 submissions. The papers cover five main topic areas, covering different aspects, includin…
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- 978-3-319-27694-6
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- XII, 239
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