Author: Arthur Conan DoylePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 432
Book Description
Memories and Adventures
Author: Arthur Conan DoylePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 432
Book Description
Recollections of a Rebel Reefer
Author: James Morris MorganPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 396
Book Description
Duchess of Death
Author: Richard HackPublisher: Phoenix Books
ISBN: 161467003X
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 444
Book Description
Although she is the most popular novelist in history, with over two billion books sold worldwide, Agatha Christie lived a life shrouded in secrecy and fueled by curiosity. Nearly as notorious for her aversion to the press as she was for her 80 books and collections of short stories, Christie made no secret of her need for privacy. Utilizing over 5,000 previously unpublished letters, notes, and documents, award-winning biographer Richard Hack allows Christie to write again, 33 years after her death. Duchess of Death is her story, as full of romance, travel, wealth, and scandal as any mystery Christie ever crafted. There have been numerous biographies of the Queen of Crime, all of which claim to be definitive. However, Duchess of Death is the first to draw from such an enormous number of previously unpublished correspondence and notes, effectively establishing it as the most authoritative, penetrating look at the personal and literary life of Christie.
Rab and his Friends
Author: John BrownPublisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3385358450
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 50
Book Description
Reprint of the original, first published in 1883.
THE GENTLEMAN FROM INDIANA
Author: BOOTH TARKINGTON The Boundaries of Humanity
Author: James J. SheehanPublisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 9780520072077
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 292
Book Description
"An excellent interdisciplinary collage . . . of considerable interest to philosophers, psychologists, computer scientists (of a theoretical stripe), sociologists, and others. . . . Rethinking our relationship to animals is very relevant, I believe, to thinking clearly about our current relationships to current (and future) machines."--Keith Gunderson, University of Minnesota
A Prince of the Captivity
Author: John BuchanPublisher: House of Stratus
ISBN: 1842327860
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 347
Book Description
This is the epic story of one man's courage. Adam Melfort is an officer and a gentleman. A brilliant career lies ahead of him until he is imprisoned for a crime he did not commit. Afterwards, he embarks on daring missions in the service of his country. Dangerous work behind enemy lines in World War I and espionage in 1920's are adventures he bravely undertakes.
Noise Music
Author: David CyclebackPublisher: Hamerweit Books
ISBN: 9780692567678
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 822
Book Description
"Will computers ever think like humans?" "Not if they're well designed." Mixing academic essay, anti-art philosophy, unsettling memoir and wry wit, Noise Music is a profoundly complex and open-ended collage covering a plethora of topics including psychology of information processing, consciousness, science, time, perception, art theory and criticism, morals, mental illness, the human condition, artificial intelligence, cognitive biases, language and communication. However, at its core the book is about the limits of human knowledge and understanding due to how minds and senses work. Going hand in hand with the philosophy, the aleatory narrative and miscellaneous scope expects readers to critique and expand beyond their conventional aesthetic modes of thinking and, in the end, makes the book itself "unsolvable."
Global Jane Austen
Author: L. RawPublisher: Springer
ISBN: 1137270764
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 452
Book Description
Despite dying in relative obscurity, Jane Austen has become a global force as different readers across time, space and media have responded to her work. This volume examines the ways in which her novels affect individual psychologies and how Janeites experience her work, from visiting her home to public re-enactments to films based on her writings.
Schirmer Encyclopedia of Film
Author: Barry Keith GrantPublisher: Schirmer Books
ISBN:
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 552
Book Description
This reference source covers all aspects of the cinema, including film history, production, national cinemas, genre theory and criticism, and cultural contexts.