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Book Author title Catalog

Download or read book Author title Catalog written by University of California, Berkeley. Library and published by . This book was released on 1963 with total page 1018 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The History of Rome

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  • Author : Livy
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1862
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 0 pages

Download or read book The History of Rome written by Livy and published by . This book was released on 1862 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Existence as a Real Property

Download or read book Existence as a Real Property written by Francesco Berto and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-10-17 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This profound exploration of one of the core notions of philosophy—the concept of existence itself—reviews, then counters (via Meinongian theory), the mainstream philosophical view running from Hume to Frege, Russell, and Quine, summarized thus by Kant: “Existence is not a predicate.” The initial section of the book presents a comprehensive introduction to, and critical evaluation of, this mainstream view. The author moves on to provide the first systematic survey of all the main Meinongian theories of existence, which, by contrast, reckon existence to be a real, full-fledged property of objects that some things possess, and others lack. As an influential addition to the research literature, the third part develops the most up-to-date neo-Meinongian theory called Modal Meinongianism, applies it to specific fields such as the ontology of fictional objects, and discusses its open problems, laying the groundwork for further research. In accordance with the latest trends in analytic ontology, the author prioritizes a meta-ontological viewpoint, adopting a dual definition of meta-ontology as the discourse on the meaning of being, and as the discourse on the tools and methods of ontological enquiry. This allows a balanced assessment of philosophical views on a cost-benefit basis, following multiple criteria for theory evaluation. Compelling and revealing, this new publication is a vital addition to contemporary philosophical ontology.

Book Plant Breeding Reviews  Volume 42

Download or read book Plant Breeding Reviews Volume 42 written by Irwin Goldman and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2018-12-12 with total page 483 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Plant Breeding Reviews presents state-of-the-art reviews on plant genetics and the breeding of all types of crops by both traditional means and molecular methods. Many of the crops widely grown today stem from a very narrow genetic base; understanding and preserving crop genetic resources is vital to the security of food systems worldwide. The emphasis of the series is on methodology, a fundamental understanding of crop genetics, and applications to major crops.

Book Media Innovations

Download or read book Media Innovations written by Tanja Storsul and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The various chapters of the book present selected studies that together illustrate how a more explicit focus on innovation and innovation theory can provide new insights into and generate knowledge about how media innovations develop, the sociocultural conditions of such innovations, the role of technology, and power relations in media developments. [Contains: Piet Bakker, 'Measuring Innovation : Successes and Failures in a Newspaper Market'. (Ch. 10).].

Book Roman Circuses

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  • Author : John H. Humphrey
  • Publisher : Univ of California Press
  • Release : 1986-01-01
  • ISBN : 9780520049215
  • Pages : 722 pages

Download or read book Roman Circuses written by John H. Humphrey and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 1986-01-01 with total page 722 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book I Brought the Ages Home

Download or read book I Brought the Ages Home written by Charles Trick Currelly and published by . This book was released on 2008-02-15 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: I Brought the Ages Home is the intriguing story of how a boy born in southwestern Ontario and trained for the ministry became one of Canada's great archaeological pioneers and museum-builders - nothing less than a homegrown Indiana Jones.Described by scholar Dennis Duffy as the Royal Ontario Museum's own "Genesis narrative," I Brought the Ages Home is a lively, adventure-packed memoir that traces Currelly's life from his childhood in Exeter, Ontario, to Victoria College in Toronto, and on to Egypt, Crete, and Asia Minor, where heestablished his reputation as one of the era's most energetic and passionate collectors of antiquities. Later chapters describe Currelly's work as the first director of the Royal Ontario Museum of Archaeology and how he "brought the ages home" to the corner of Bloor Street and Queen's Park inToronto. General readers and students of archaeology and museology alike will treasure this behind-the-scenes account of the making of one of Canada's great cultural institutions.This new edition includes a special afterword by Dennis Duffy of the University of Toronto that sets Currelly's autobiography in a modern context, as well as the original introduction by Northrop Frye. The result is a book that is at once an engaging autobiography and unique insider's perspective onthe formative years of a cultural cornerstone that, with its recent renovations, is once again the focus of national attention.

Book Magic Words

    Book Details:
  • Author : Craig Conley
  • Publisher : Weiser Books
  • Release : 2008-10-01
  • ISBN : 1609250508
  • Pages : 364 pages

Download or read book Magic Words written by Craig Conley and published by Weiser Books. This book was released on 2008-10-01 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Magic Words: A Dictionary is a oneofakind resource for armchair linguists, popculture enthusiasts, Pagans, Wiccans, magicians, and trivia nuts alike. Brimming with the most intriguing magic words and phrases from around the world and illustrated throughout with magical symbols and icons, Magic Words is a dictionary like no other. More than sevenhundred essay style entries describe the origins of magical words as well as historical and popular variations and fascinating trivia. With sources ranging from ancient Medieval alchemists to modern stage magicians, necromancers, and wizards of legend to miracle workers throughout time, Magic Words is a must have for any scholar of magic, language, history, and culture.

Book Ancient Rome from the Earliest Times Down to 476 A D

Download or read book Ancient Rome from the Earliest Times Down to 476 A D written by Robert F. Pennell and published by . This book was released on 1890 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Emperors and Gladiators

Download or read book Emperors and Gladiators written by Thomas Wiedemann and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2002-03-11 with total page 231 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Of all aspects of Roman culture, the gladiatorial contests for which the Romans built their amphitheatres are at once the most fascinating and the most difficult for us to come to terms with. They have been seen variously as sacrifices to the gods or, at funerals, to the souls of the deceased; as a mechanism for introducing young Romans to the horrors of fighting; and as a direct substitute for warfare after the imposition of peace. In this original and authoritative study, Thomas Wiedemann argues that gladiators were part of the mythical struggle of order and civilisation against the forces of nature, barbarism and law breaking, representing the possibility of a return to new life from the point of death; that Christian Romans rejected gladiatorial games not on humanitarian grounds, but because they were a rival representation of a possible resurrection.

Book Poets and Emperors

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  • Author : Peter Godman
  • Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
  • Release : 1987
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 234 pages

Download or read book Poets and Emperors written by Peter Godman and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1987 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Among the most original and exciting features of the Carolingian Renaissance is the reemergence of political poetry and the development of a vital tradition of verse which comments reflectively and contentiously on the course of public events. Peter Godman's analysis focuses on the character of the classical tradition in the early Middle ages--creatively adapted to "barbarian" literary tastes--and the refashioning and invention of poetic form in response to contemporary political affairs.

Book Looking at Greek Vases

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  • Author : Tom Rasmussen
  • Publisher : Cambridge University Press
  • Release : 1991-07-26
  • ISBN : 9780521376792
  • Pages : 210 pages

Download or read book Looking at Greek Vases written by Tom Rasmussen and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1991-07-26 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An ancient Greek vase is a difficult object for the non-expert to come to terms with. Faced with rows of apparently undifferentiated black, red and buff pots, he or she is at a loss as to where to begin. Greek vases are treated as objets d'art in the modern world, but how much were they worth in the ancient? They are often used to demonstrate 'the Greek genius' and aspects of ancient Greek society, but why do many of them carry Eastern motifs, and why do so many turn up in Italy? Why were the Greeks not content with simple patterns on their pottery? What did the pictures on the pots mean to them? Why should a vase depict a scene from a play? These are the sorts of questions that this book, first published in 1991, attempts to answer. As the title implies, it is a series of 'looks' at Greek vases, offering suggestions on how to read the often complex images they present.

Book Race and Ethnicity in the American Professoriate  1995 96

Download or read book Race and Ethnicity in the American Professoriate 1995 96 written by and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Melodious Accord

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  • Author : Alice Parker
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1991
  • ISBN : 9780929650432
  • Pages : 100 pages

Download or read book Melodious Accord written by Alice Parker and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Circus Factions

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  • Author : Alan Cameron
  • Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
  • Release : 1976
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 386 pages

Download or read book Circus Factions written by Alan Cameron and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1976 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Conceived as a companion volume to Porphyrius the Charioteer, this study traces the history and significance of what are generally known as 'circus factions' from the principate of Augustus to the eve of the Crusades, dealing mainly with the late Roman to early Byzantine periods. Other historians have analysed the activities of the factions, particularly the urban riots, in social, political, and religious terms, ignoring their sporting allegiances. Cameron offers a thorough-going criticism of the 'traditional' presupposition 'that racing was a thin façade for social and religious conflict'. In its place he presents what is essentially the history of chariot racing, its organization, participants, and spectator supporters. He shows how circus entertainments developed from privately mounted games to publicly funded entertainments; he examines the role of the hippodrome and theatre within political life; and he studies the changing nature of factions--from sporting rivalry, through 'partisan' gangs and hooliganism, to their incorporation in the games' imperial ceremonial and consequent decline." -- Provided by publisher