169 results for 'heist hui'

A study of the study--and what happens when we read too much With the advent of print in the fifteenth century, Europe's cultural elite assembled personal libraries as refuges from persecutions and...

"With the advent of the printing press in Europe, the possibility of assembling a personal library became more and more attainable for the cultural elite. In this book, Andrew Hui traces the...

Aphorisms--or philosophical short sayings--appear everywhere, from Confucius to Twitter, the Buddha to the Bible, Heraclitus to Nietzsche. Yet despite this ubiquity, the aphorism is the least studied...

An engaging look at the aphorism, the shortest literary form, across time, languages, and culturesAphorisms―or short philosophical sayings―appear everywhere, from Confucius to Twitter, the Buddha to...

Rethinking the philosophy of Immanuel Kant in the age of artificial intelligence. What could be called an intelligent machine? Are machines capable of being moral? Does an algorithm for perpetual...

A collection of beautifully resonant metaphysical poems from a singular voice in contemporary Chinese poetry. Here’s a witch poet walking backward into the future. There’s an architect dispelling...

An ALA Notable Book * A Bookpage Best Picture Book of the Year ★ "A beautifully drawn, cleverly told tale of bravery and wit.... As Lulu discovers, wonders await those who take a chance and dive...

Maaike trekt de wijde wereld in. Als enig houvast heeft ze een aantal namen in een adresboekje. Als ze het boekje kwijt is, blijft ze noodgedwongen een tijdje in het huis op het duin, waar allerlei...

From the bestselling author of The Sicilian Inheritance and Everyone Is Lying to You comes a propulsive dual-timeline mystery drenched in art-world intrigue and brimming with family secrets,...

This comprehensive book provides the first unified framework for stability and dissipativity analysis and control design for nonnegative and compartmental dynamical systems, which play a key role in...

A Kaleidoscope of China is an advanced Chinese-language textbook that gives students a greater command of Chinese while deepening their understanding of the social and cultural issues facing China...

Designed for students who have completed at least two years of college Chinese, this thoroughly revised edition of All Things Considered bridges the gap between intermediate- and advanced-level...

"When I'm faced with a Pilkey fan looking to branch out, this graphic novel is the first book I reach for... If eight books aren't enough, the spinoff series, Agents of S.U.I.T., continues the fun."...

"Garcin : - Le bronze... (Il le caresse.) Eh bien, voici le moment. Le bronze est là, je le contemple et je com prends que je suis en enfer. Je vous dis que tout était prévu. Ils avaient prévu que je...

Dutch painter Ronald Ophuis is known for history paintings that reference the representation of violence in Western art. Spanning the last 15 years, this volume includes many controversial images,...

Nobel laureate Niko Tinbergen laid the foundations for the scientific study of animal behavior with his work on causation, development, function and evolution. In this book, an international cast of...

Micrometeorology is a branch of meteorology that is concerned with atmospheric phenomena and processes near the ground at scales of tens of meters to several kilometers. Progress in...

A fascinating group of previously unpublished texts by the Latin American artist Gego, focusing on her exploration of line, aesthetics, and the role of art in societyThe German-born Venezuelan artist...