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Algorithms and Parallel Computing(2011) GEBALI, FAYEZNew techniques (z-transform, graphic, algebraic) for studying and analyzing parallel algorithms and how to use them Case studies throughout th book Problems at the end of each chapter and available solutions manual A companion website to inVezava: Trda161,05 € -
Narrative, Violence, and the Law(1995)Essential writings of the leading scholar of law and violenceVezava: Mehka64,53 €
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Critical Cinema 1(1988) MACDONALD, SCOTTA collection of interviews with some of the most accomplished 'critical' filmmakers. It demonstrates the sophistication of their thinking about film (and a wide range of other concerns) and offers an introduction to this important area of independent cineVezava: Mehka50,09 €
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Eloquent Gestures(1992) PEARSON, ROBERTADemonstrating how D.W. Griffith played a key role in reformulating the modern film's narrative techniques, this study charts the emergence of the realistic "verisimilar" style of acting used by Griffith, which replaced the "histrionic" style derived fromVezava: Mehka43,62 €
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Latin American Vanguards(1994) UNRUH, VICKYThis text explores Latin American vanguardism's provocative and polemic nature. The movement was stimulated by the European avantgarde movements of the World War I era, but, as this book argues, it developed a very distinct voice and character.Vezava: Mehka54,93 €
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Japan's Orient(1995) TANAKA, STEFANExamines how late nineteenth and early twentieth century Japanese historians created the equivalent of an 'Orient' for their new nation state. This title argues that the Japanese attempted to use a variety of pasts - Chinese, Indian, and proto-historic JaVezava: Mehka46,86 €
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Tupai(2000) EMMONS, LOUISE H.This volume describes the results of a comparative study of the ecology of tree shrews in the wild. The book examines their habitat, diet, nesting habits, home range, activity patterns and social behaviour as well as their enigmatic parental care system wVezava: Mehka46,86 €
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Civic Innovation in America(2001) SIRIANNI, CARMEN,FRIEDLAND, LEWISExamines the civic renewal movement in the United States. This book examines civic innovation since the 1960s as social learning in four arenas (community organizing/development, civic environmentalism, community health, and public journalism), and linksVezava: Mehka46,86 €
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Mexico’s Mandarins(2002) CAMP, RODERICProvides a comprehensive examination of Mexico's power elite - their political power, societal influence, and the crucial yet often overlooked role mentoring plays in their rise to the top. This book traces the careers of approximately four hundred of theVezava: Mehka40,39 €
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Societe des Concerts du Conservatoire, 1828-1967(2004) HOLOMAN, D. KERNThis is the story of one of the world's great philharmonic societies, told by a distinguished conductor and writer. Established in 1828 with roots stretching back to the 1790's, it reflected and in many ways encapsulated the development of French culture,Vezava: Trda115,76 €
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Cinderella Dreams(2003) OTNES, CELE C.,PLECK, ELIZABETHOffers an entertaining and enlightening look at the historical, social, and psychological strains that come together to make the lavish wedding the most important cultural ritual in contemporary consumer culture.Vezava: Mehka48,47 €
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What Price Better Health?(2006) CALLAHAN, DANIELThe idea that we have an unlimited moral imperative to pursue medical research is deeply rooted in American society and medicine. This work exposes the ways in which such a seemingly high and humane ideal can be corrupted and distorted into a harmful pracVezava: Mehka40,39 €
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Three Mile Island(2006) WALKER, J. SAMUELOn March 28, 1979 the worst accident in the history of commercial nuclear power in the United States occurred at Three Mile Island. This book offers a comprehensive account of the causes, context, and consequences of the Three Mile Island crisis. It captuVezava: Mehka37,16 €
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Ghost Dances and Identity(2008) SMOAK, GREGORYExamines wide-ranging issues of religion, politics, and identity through an analysis of the American Indian Ghost Dance movement and its significance for two little-studied tribes: the Shoshones and Bannocks.Vezava: Mehka48,47 €
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Fun Factory(2008) KING, ROBEven as Keystone Film Company brought 'lowbrow' comic traditions to the screen, the studio played a key role in reformulating those traditions for a new, cross-class audience. This book explores the dimensions of that process, arguing for a fresh understaVezava: Mehka48,47 €
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Berlin Alexanderplatz(2009) JELAVICH, PETERAn exploration of a work that was the epitome of German literary modernism illuminates in detail the death of the Weimar Republic's left-leaning culture of innovation and experimentation. It examines Alfred Doblin's "Berlin Alexanderplatz" (1929), a novelVezava: Mehka48,47 €
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Deep China(2011) KLEINMAN, ARTHUR,YAN, YUNXIANG,JUN, JING,LEE, DR. SING,ZHANG, EVERETT,TIANSHU, PAN,FEI, WU,GUO, JINHUAInvestigates the emotional and moral lives of the Chinese people as they adjust to the challenges of modernity. Sharing a medical anthropology and cultural psychiatry perspective, this title delves into intimate and sometimes hidden areas of personal lifeVezava: Mehka40,39 €
