Author: Jione Havea
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9789004126961
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 248
Book Description
Using experiences of South Pacific islanders, Havea reads around and across biblical texts to explore women's vows in the Hebrew Bible, exposing the slippery nature of both language and political control and demonstrating a "transtextual" way to read biblical law. Paperback edition available from the Society of Biblical Literature (www.sbl-site.org).
Elusion
Author: Claudia Gabel
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0062122436
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 328
Book Description
The mind-blowing beginning of a futuristic series about the seductive nature of a perfect virtual world and how far one girl will go to uncover the truth behind the illusions. A new technology is sweeping the country. To enter Elusion®, you need an app, a visor, and a wristband, and you'll be virtually transported to an exotic destination where adventure comes without the complications or consequences of real life. When there are accusations that Elusion is addictive and dangerous, Regan is determined to defend it and is pulled into incredible new worlds to discover deeply buried truths—and to make the ultimate choice between love and loyalty. . . . Full of thrilling mystery, romance, and intriguing technology, this Inception-inspired thriller is perfect for fans of dystopian and sci-fi novels such as Uglies by Scott Westerfeld, Matched by Ally Condie, and Partials by Dan Wells, and is continued in the sequel, Etherworld.
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0062122436
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 328
Book Description
The mind-blowing beginning of a futuristic series about the seductive nature of a perfect virtual world and how far one girl will go to uncover the truth behind the illusions. A new technology is sweeping the country. To enter Elusion®, you need an app, a visor, and a wristband, and you'll be virtually transported to an exotic destination where adventure comes without the complications or consequences of real life. When there are accusations that Elusion is addictive and dangerous, Regan is determined to defend it and is pulled into incredible new worlds to discover deeply buried truths—and to make the ultimate choice between love and loyalty. . . . Full of thrilling mystery, romance, and intriguing technology, this Inception-inspired thriller is perfect for fans of dystopian and sci-fi novels such as Uglies by Scott Westerfeld, Matched by Ally Condie, and Partials by Dan Wells, and is continued in the sequel, Etherworld.
Etherworld
Author: Claudia Gabel
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0062122460
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 212
Book Description
The mind-blowing action from Elusion, about the seductive nature of a perfect virtual world, continues as Regan goes deeper into the deceptive world. Full of mystery, romance, and intriguing technology, this Inception-inspired thriller is perfect for fans of dystopian and sci-fi novels such as Uglies by Scott Westerfeld, Matched by Ally Condie, and Partials by Dan Wells. Regan and her friend Josh now know the truth about Elusion—but they, along with Regan's dad and other uses of Elusion, are stuck beyond the firewall in bleak Etherworld. They must fight Elusion from within, but the longer they stay, the less likely they'll be able to return to the real world. And even if they do escape, the next battle to stop Elusion may be even more difficult. They'll face corporate cover-ups, personal betrayals, and the terrifying realization that the danger may have grown beyond anyone's control.
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0062122460
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 212
Book Description
The mind-blowing action from Elusion, about the seductive nature of a perfect virtual world, continues as Regan goes deeper into the deceptive world. Full of mystery, romance, and intriguing technology, this Inception-inspired thriller is perfect for fans of dystopian and sci-fi novels such as Uglies by Scott Westerfeld, Matched by Ally Condie, and Partials by Dan Wells. Regan and her friend Josh now know the truth about Elusion—but they, along with Regan's dad and other uses of Elusion, are stuck beyond the firewall in bleak Etherworld. They must fight Elusion from within, but the longer they stay, the less likely they'll be able to return to the real world. And even if they do escape, the next battle to stop Elusion may be even more difficult. They'll face corporate cover-ups, personal betrayals, and the terrifying realization that the danger may have grown beyond anyone's control.
Elusions of Control
Author: Jione Havea
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9789004126961
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 248
Book Description
Using experiences of South Pacific islanders, Havea reads around and across biblical texts to explore women's vows in the Hebrew Bible, exposing the slippery nature of both language and political control and demonstrating a "transtextual" way to read biblical law. Paperback edition available from the Society of Biblical Literature (www.sbl-site.org).
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9789004126961
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 248
Book Description
Using experiences of South Pacific islanders, Havea reads around and across biblical texts to explore women's vows in the Hebrew Bible, exposing the slippery nature of both language and political control and demonstrating a "transtextual" way to read biblical law. Paperback edition available from the Society of Biblical Literature (www.sbl-site.org).
Basic Concepts
Author: Martin Heidegger
Publisher: Indiana University Press
ISBN: 9780253212153
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
This clear translation of Martin Heidegger's lecture course of 1941 offers a concise introduction to the new directions of his late thought. In this transition, Heidegger shifts from the problem of the meaning of being to the question of the truth of being.
Publisher: Indiana University Press
ISBN: 9780253212153
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
This clear translation of Martin Heidegger's lecture course of 1941 offers a concise introduction to the new directions of his late thought. In this transition, Heidegger shifts from the problem of the meaning of being to the question of the truth of being.
Elusion of Freedom
Author: Kelvin Womack
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781736519417
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 364
Book Description
In a world on the verge of enslavement to darkness, Vayn embarks on a quest to avenge his father's death, putting him at odds with the gods who fear he'll learn their secrets. Bonds will be forged, love found, along with the worst treachery.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781736519417
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 364
Book Description
In a world on the verge of enslavement to darkness, Vayn embarks on a quest to avenge his father's death, putting him at odds with the gods who fear he'll learn their secrets. Bonds will be forged, love found, along with the worst treachery.
The Organs of Sense
Author: Adam Ehrlich Sachs
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
ISBN: 0374719969
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
"This book is only for people who like joy, absurdity, passion, genius, dry wit, youthful folly, amusing historical arcana, or telescopes." —Rivka Galchen, author of Little Labors and American Innovations In 1666, an astronomer makes a prediction shared by no one else in the world: at the stroke of noon on June 30 of that year, a solar eclipse will cast all of Europe into total darkness for four seconds. This astronomer is rumored to be using the longest telescope ever built, but he is also known to be blind—and not only blind, but incapable of sight, both his eyes having been plucked out some time before under mysterious circumstances. Is he mad? Or does he, despite this impairment, have an insight denied the other scholars of his day? These questions intrigue the young Gottfried Leibniz—not yet the world-renowned polymath who would go on to discover calculus, but a nineteen-year-old whose faith in reason is shaky at best. Leibniz sets off to investigate the astronomer’s claim, and over the three hours remaining before the eclipse occurs—or fails to occur—the astronomer tells the scholar the haunting and hilarious story behind his strange prediction: a tale that ends up encompassing kings and princes, family squabbles, obsessive pursuits, insanity, philosophy, art, loss, and the horrors of war. Written with a tip of the hat to the works of Thomas Bernhard and Franz Kafka, The Organs of Sense stands as a towering comic fable: a story about the nature of perception, and the ways the heart of a loved one can prove as unfathomable as the stars.
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
ISBN: 0374719969
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
"This book is only for people who like joy, absurdity, passion, genius, dry wit, youthful folly, amusing historical arcana, or telescopes." —Rivka Galchen, author of Little Labors and American Innovations In 1666, an astronomer makes a prediction shared by no one else in the world: at the stroke of noon on June 30 of that year, a solar eclipse will cast all of Europe into total darkness for four seconds. This astronomer is rumored to be using the longest telescope ever built, but he is also known to be blind—and not only blind, but incapable of sight, both his eyes having been plucked out some time before under mysterious circumstances. Is he mad? Or does he, despite this impairment, have an insight denied the other scholars of his day? These questions intrigue the young Gottfried Leibniz—not yet the world-renowned polymath who would go on to discover calculus, but a nineteen-year-old whose faith in reason is shaky at best. Leibniz sets off to investigate the astronomer’s claim, and over the three hours remaining before the eclipse occurs—or fails to occur—the astronomer tells the scholar the haunting and hilarious story behind his strange prediction: a tale that ends up encompassing kings and princes, family squabbles, obsessive pursuits, insanity, philosophy, art, loss, and the horrors of war. Written with a tip of the hat to the works of Thomas Bernhard and Franz Kafka, The Organs of Sense stands as a towering comic fable: a story about the nature of perception, and the ways the heart of a loved one can prove as unfathomable as the stars.
Elusion
Author: Claudia Gabel
Publisher:
ISBN: 9788074476914
Category :
Languages : cs
Pages : 294
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9788074476914
Category :
Languages : cs
Pages : 294
Book Description
Information Management
Author: Shuliang Li
Publisher: Springer Nature
ISBN: 3031643593
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 504
Book Description
Publisher: Springer Nature
ISBN: 3031643593
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 504
Book Description
Elusion Aforethought
Author: Malcolm J. Turnbull
Publisher: Popular Press
ISBN: 9780879727161
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 172
Book Description
Not content with Cox's (1893-1971) hero status among a small cult following, Australian historian Turnbull provides significant new information about the English writer of crime detective fiction and introduces him to a wider academic sphere. He also describes Cox's other genres, such as humor and satire, and investigates his preoccupation with anonymity and use of pseudonyms. Paper edition (unseen), $16.95. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Publisher: Popular Press
ISBN: 9780879727161
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 172
Book Description
Not content with Cox's (1893-1971) hero status among a small cult following, Australian historian Turnbull provides significant new information about the English writer of crime detective fiction and introduces him to a wider academic sphere. He also describes Cox's other genres, such as humor and satire, and investigates his preoccupation with anonymity and use of pseudonyms. Paper edition (unseen), $16.95. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Exploring the Illusion of Free Will and Moral Responsibility
Author: Gregg D. Caruso
Publisher: Lexington Books
ISBN: 073917732X
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 335
Book Description
Exploring the Illusion of Free Will and Moral Responsibility investigates the philosophical and scientific arguments for free will skepticism and their implications. Skepticism about free will and moral responsibility has been on the rise in recent years. In fact, a significant number of philosophers, psychologists, and neuroscientists now either doubt or outright deny the existence of free will and/or moral responsibility—and the list of prominent skeptics appears to grow by the day. Given the profound importance that the concepts of free will and moral responsibility hold in our lives—in understanding ourselves, society, and the law—it is important that we explore what is behind this new wave of skepticism. It is also important that we explore the potential consequences of skepticism for ourselves and society. Edited by Gregg D. Caruso, this collection of new essays brings together an internationally recognized line-up of contributors, most of whom hold skeptical positions of some sort, to display and explore the leading arguments for free will skepticism and to debate their implications.
Publisher: Lexington Books
ISBN: 073917732X
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 335
Book Description
Exploring the Illusion of Free Will and Moral Responsibility investigates the philosophical and scientific arguments for free will skepticism and their implications. Skepticism about free will and moral responsibility has been on the rise in recent years. In fact, a significant number of philosophers, psychologists, and neuroscientists now either doubt or outright deny the existence of free will and/or moral responsibility—and the list of prominent skeptics appears to grow by the day. Given the profound importance that the concepts of free will and moral responsibility hold in our lives—in understanding ourselves, society, and the law—it is important that we explore what is behind this new wave of skepticism. It is also important that we explore the potential consequences of skepticism for ourselves and society. Edited by Gregg D. Caruso, this collection of new essays brings together an internationally recognized line-up of contributors, most of whom hold skeptical positions of some sort, to display and explore the leading arguments for free will skepticism and to debate their implications.