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Free Download The new Bloomsday book : a guide through Ulysses By Joyce, James; Blamires, Harry
2008 | 253 Pages | ISBN: 0415138574 | PDF | 3 MB
An indispensable guide for anyone reading Joyce’s masterpiece for the first time, provding a crystal clear, page-by-page, line-by-line running commentary on the Description of Ulysses.

Free Download The comic book film adaptation : exploring modern Hollywood’s leading genre By Burke, Liam P
2015 | 372 Pages | ISBN: 1628462035 | EPUB | 16 MB
In the summer of 2000 X-Men surpassed all box office expectations and ushered in an era of unprecedented production of comic book film adaptations. This trend, now in its second decade, has blossomed into Hollywood’s leading genre. From superheroes to Spartan warriors, The Comic Book Film Adaptation offers the first dedicated study to examine how comic books moved from the fringes of popular culture to the center of mainstream film production.Through in-depth analysis, industry interviews, and audience research, this book charts the cause-and-effect of this influential trend. It considers the cultural traumas, business demands, and digital possibilities that Hollywood faced at the dawn of the twenty-first century. The industry managed to meet these challenges by exploiting comics and their existing audiences. However, studios were caught off-guard when these comic book fans, empowered by digital media, began to influence the success of these adaptations. Nonetheless, filmmakers soon developed strategies to take advantage of this intense fanbase, while codifying the trend into a more lucrative genre, the comic book movie, which appealed to an even wider audience. Central to this vibrant trend is a comic aesthetic in which filmmakers utilize digital filmmaking technologies to engage with the language and conventions of comics like never before.The Comic Book Film Adaptation explores this unique moment in which cinema is stimulated, challenged, and enriched by the once-dismissed medium of comics.

Free Download The book of Genesis : a biography By Hendel, Ronald S
2013 | 287 Pages | ISBN: 069114012X | EPUB | 1 MB
During its 2,500-year life, the book of Genesis has been the keystone to almost every important claim about reality, humanity, and God in Judaism and Christianity. And it continues to play a central role in debates about science, politics, and human rights. With clarity and skill, acclaimed biblical scholar Ronald Hendel provides a panoramic history of this iconic book, exploring its impact on Western religion, philosophy, science, politics, literature, and more. Hendel traces how Genesis has shaped views of reality, and how changing views of reality have shaped interpretations of Genesis. Literal and figurative readings have long competed with each other. Hendel tells how Luther’s criticisms of traditional figurative accounts of Genesis undermined the Catholic Church; how Galileo made the radical argument that the cosmology of Genesis wasn’t scientific evidence; and how Spinoza made the equally radical argument that the scientific method should be applied to Genesis itself. Indeed, Hendel shows how many high points of Western thought and art have taken the form of encounters with Genesis–from Paul and Augustine to Darwin, Emily Dickinson, and Kafka. From debates about slavery, gender, and sexuality to the struggles over creationism and evolution, Genesis has shaped our world and continues to do so today. This wide-ranging account tells the remarkable story of the life of Genesis like no other book.

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English | 2009 | ISBN: 1848501560 | EPUB | pages: 224 | 7.3 mb
With his first (and bestselling) book, ‘F**k It: The Ultimate Spiritual Way’, John C. Parkin established that saying ‘Fuck It’ was a spiritual act: helping us let go and realise that things don’t matter so much after all.

Free Download Craig Kallendorf, "The Virgilian Tradition: Book History and the History of Reading in Early Modern Europe "
English | ISBN: 1138375144 | 2019 | 320 pages | EPUB | 16 MB
The essays in this collection approach the reception of the Roman poet Virgil in early modern Europe from the perspective of two areas at the center of current scholarly work in the humanities: book history and the history of reading. The first group of essays uses Virgil’s place in post-classical culture to raise questions of broad scholarly interest: How, exactly, does modern reception theory challenge traditional notions of literary practice and value? How do the marginal comments of early readers provide insight into their character and mind? How does rhetoric help shape literary criticism? The second group of essays begins from the premise that the material form in which early modern readers encountered this most important of Latin poets played a key role in how they understood what they read. Thus title pages and illustrations help shape interpretation, with the results of that interpretation in turn becoming the comments that early modern readers regularly entered into the margins of their books. The volume concludes with four more specialized studies that show how these larger issues play out in specific neo-Latin works of the early modern period.

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2008 | 240 Pages | ISBN: 0399534520 | EPUB | 1 MB
This book will change the way you think about and invest in your retirement savings plan-forever. Internationally bestselling author and consumer advocate Dan Solin challenges some basic and misguided assumptions about traditional retirement plans to reveal that: ? 401(k) and 403(b) plans are laden with Porky Pig fees, poor investment choices, and conflicts of interest. You may be better off just saying "No!" ? There is a simple way to make smart choices in these plans- and this book shows you exactly what to do and which funds to avoid. ? There is one investment that could be the key to a successful retirement plan. You can do it yourself, with pre-tax or after-tax money. Create your own, inflation-proof pension plan that is guaranteed to provide you with monthly income for as long as you live, and beyond! Smart Investing is not complicated. You have the power to make meaningful changes to your retirement savings plan-no matter what your age or financial status. "If you haven’t taken a recent look at what your own retirement investments are doing and-perhaps even more important-how they are put together, reading Solin’s smart little book might provide the impetus for action." -Miami Herald

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by Robin Wieruch
English | 2024 | ISBN: 9798484786787 | 285 pages | True PDF EPUB | 5.97 MB

Free Download The Raised Bed Book: Get the Most from Your Raised Bed, Every Step of the Way by DK
English | April 23rd, 2024 | ISBN: 0744092388 | 240 pages | True EPUB | 333.22 MB
Whether you want to garden at a more accessible height, improve soil fertility, nurture plants with needs, or simply enjoy a closer sensory experience, growing in raised beds will help you reach new heights in the garden.

Free Download CBC, Bob McDonald, "The Quirks & Quarks Question Book: 101 Answers to Listeners’ Questions"
English | 2002 | ISBN: 0771054483 | EPUB | pages: 208 | 2.6 mb
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Free Download William Sears MD FRCP, Robert W. Sears MD, "The Premature Baby Book: Everything You Need to Know About Your Premature Baby from Birth to Age One"
English | 2004 | ISBN: 0316738220 | EPUB | pages: 255 | 1.8 mb
This major new addition to the Sears Parenting Library is a comprehensive, authoritative, and reassuring guide for parents of premature babies. 20 line drawings & photos.