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  • The Art of Being Right

    Série Livro 14 - Philosophy Collection
    The Art of Being Right) (Die Kunst, Recht zu Behalten) is a short treatise written in 1831 by the German philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer in which he presents thirty-eight methods of gaining an unfair advantage in a debate and thereby being right even if you are wrong. Schopenhauer champions the virtue of dialectical argument, in his view wrongly neglected by philosophers in favour of logic, and ... Leia mais

    3,59 € ou Gratuito com Kobo Plus

  • The Art of Fiction

    de David Lodge ...
    In this entertaining and enlightening collection David Lodge considers the art of fiction under a wide range of headings, drawing on writers as diverse as Henry James, Martin Amis, Jane Austen and James Joyce. Looking at ideas such as the Intrusive Author, Suspense, the Epistolary Novel, Magic Realism and Symbolism, and illustrating each topic with a passage taken from a classic or modern novel, ... Leia mais

    9,49 €

  • Kant and the Platypus

    Essays on Language and Cognition

    de Umberto Eco ...
    How do we know a cat is a cat . . . and why do we call it a cat? An "intriguing and often fascinating" look at words, perceptions, and the relationship between them ( Newark Star-Ledger).In Kant and the Platypus, the renowned semiotician, philosopher, and bestselling author of The Name of the Rose and Foucault's Pendulum explores the question of how much of our perception of things is based on ... Leia mais

    12,29 € ou Gratuito com Kobo Plus

  • Ways of Seeing

    de John Berger ...
    Série series Penguin Modern Classics
    How do we see the world around us? The Penguin on Design series includes the works of creative thinkers whose writings on art, design and the media have changed our vision forever."Seeing comes before words. The child looks and recognizes before it can speak.""But there is also another sense in which seeing comes before words. It is seeing which establishes our place in the surrounding world; we ... Leia mais

    8,49 €

  • Manufacturing Consent

    The classic analysis of how power shapes the news

    A foundational text on media, propaganda and democracy.First published in 1988 and still startlingly relevant, Manufacturing Consent lays bare the economic and political forces that influence mass media. In this seminal work, linguist Noam Chomsky and economist Edward Herman argue that the press serves powerful interests, not public truth - subtly filtering stories through ownership, advertising ... Leia mais

    14,99 €

  • Balzac: Oeuvres complètes

    Édition mise à jour et corrigée avec sommaire interne actif

    Ce livre numérique comprend des oeuvres complètes de Balzac. L'édition est méticuleusement éditée et formatée. Honoré de Balzac est un des maîtres incontestés du roman français dont il a abordé plusieurs genres : le roman historique et politique, avec Les Chouans, le roman philosophique avec Le Chef-d'oeuvre inconnu, le roman fantastique avec La Peau de chagrin ou encore le roman poétique avec Le ... Leia mais

    1,99 € ou Gratuito com Kobo Plus

  • The Literature Book

    Big Ideas Simply Explained

    de DK ...
    Série series DK Big Ideas
    From Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby to Shelley's Frankenstein, The Literature Book documents the greatest literature ever written.Featuring over 100 best-selling books, plays and poetry from all over the world, including Latin American and African fiction, The Literature Book encompasses celebrated masterpieces from the most renowned authors to have ever lived. Stunning images and inspirational ... Leia mais

    10,99 €

  • Contra el fascismo

    de Umberto Eco ...
    Traduzido por Helena Lozano Miralles ...
    Las catorce claves de Umberto Eco para reconocer el fascismo: un manifiesto urgente.«Umberto Eco cambió nuestra mirada sobre los libros: imprescindibles, pequeños, frágiles, a veces criminales, casi siempre salvadores. Un maestro que nos enseñó a entrelazar la sabiduría y el juego con su estilo sagaz y lúdico, con su asombrosa inventiva y certera lucidez.»Irene Vallejo«Uno de los pensadores más ... Leia mais

    4,99 €

  • Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland

    de Lewis Carroll ...
    Série series Collins Classics
    HarperCollins is proud to present our range of timeless literary classics.‘Alice was beginning to get very tired of sitting by her sister on the bank, and of having nothing to do: once or twice she had peeped into the book her sister was reading, but it had no pictures or conversations in it, “and what is the use of a book,” thought Alice, “without pictures or conversations?”’So begins the tale of ... Leia mais

    4,12 €

  • Cruel Optimism

    A relation of cruel optimism exists when something you desire is actually an obstacle to your flourishing. Offering bold new ways of conceiving the present, Lauren Berlant describes the cruel optimism that has prevailed since the 1980s, as the social-democratic promise of the postwar period in the United States and Europe has retracted. People have remained attached to unachievable fantasies of ... Leia mais

    17,48 €

  • How Fiction Works

    de James Wood ...
    Rediscover this deep, practical anatomy of the novel from 'the strongest ... literary critic we have' (New York Review of Books) in this new revised 10th anniversary edition.What do we mean when we say we 'know' a fictional character?What constitutes a 'telling' detail?When is a metaphor successful?Is realism realistic?Why do most endings of novels d... ... Leia mais

    10,99 €

  • Selected Essays of John Berger

    de John Berger ...
    Série series Vintage International
    The writing career of Booker Prize winner John Berger–poet, storyteller, playwright, and essayist–has yielded some of the most original and compelling examinations of art and life of the past half century. In this essential volume, Geoff Dyer has brought together a rich selection of many of Berger’s seminal essays.Berger’s insights make it impossible to look at a painting, watch a film, or even ... Leia mais

    10,27 €

  • Poetics

    de Aristotle ...
    One of the most powerful, perceptive and influential works of criticism in Western literary historyIn his near-contemporary account of classical Greek tragedy, Aristotle examines the dramatic elements of plot, character, language and spectacle that combine to produce pity and fear in the audience, and asks why we derive pleasure from this apparently painful process. Taking examples from the plays ... Leia mais

    8,49 €

  • Meander, Spiral, Explode

    Design and Pattern in Narrative

    de Jane Alison ...
    "How lovely to discover a book on the craft of writing that is also fun to read . . . Alison asserts that the best stories follow patterns in nature, and by defining these new styles she offers writers the freedom to explore but with enough guidance to thrive." ―VultureAs Jane Alison writes in the introduction to her insightful and appealing book about the craft of writing: “For centuries there’s ... Leia mais

    9,74 €

  • Multimodal Semiotics and Rhetoric in Videogames

    Série series Routledge Studies in Multimodality
    This book merges recent trends in game studies and multimodal studies to explore the relationship between the interaction between videogames’ different modes and the ways in which they inform meaning for both players and designers. The volume begins by laying the foundation for integrating the two disciplines, drawing upon social semiotic and discourse analytic traditions to examine their ... Leia mais

    58,30 €

  • New Directions in Picturebook Research

    Série series Children's Literature and Culture
    In this new collection, children’s literature scholars from twelve different countries contribute to the ongoing debate on the importance of picturebook research, focusing on aesthetic and cognitive aspects of picture books. Contributors take interdisciplinary approaches that integrate different disciplines such as literary studies, art history, linguistics, narratology, cognitive psychology, ... Leia mais

    75,30 €

  • The Seven Basic Plots

    Why We Tell Stories

    This remarkable and monumental book at last provides a comprehensive answer to the age-old riddle of whether there are only a small number of 'basic stories' in the world. Using a wealth of examples, from ancient myths and folk tales via the plays and novels of great literature to the popular movies and TV soap operas of today, it shows that there are seven archetypal themes which recur throughout ... Leia mais

    15,25 €

  • Literary Theory: A Very Short Introduction

    What is Literary Theory? What is the relationship between literature and culture? In fact, what is Literature, and does it matter? These are the sorts of questions addressed by Jonathan Culler in a book which steers a clear path through a subject often perceived to be impenetrable. It offers insights into theories about the nature of language and meaning, whether literature is a form of self ... Leia mais

    7,88 €

  • Mothers, Fathers, and Others

    Essays

    de Siri Hustvedt ...
    'Dizzyingly flexible, deeply human, often funny, it blasts aside our preconceptions and urges us to see the world as it is' iFeminist philosophy meets family memoir in Siri Hustvedt's most personal essay collection yet, a scintillating and profound exploration of motherhood, the maternal and misogyny.Ranging across artistic mothers such as Jane Austen and Louise Bourgeois, psychoanalysis, science, ... Leia mais

    3,99 €

  • Essential Bukowski: Poetry

    ‘The best poet in America’ Jean Genet‘He brought everybody down to earth, even the angels’ Leonard CohenThe definitive collection from a writer whose transgressive legacy and raw, funny, acutely observant writing has left an enduring markHere is Bukowski eating walnuts and scratching his back, rolling a cigarette while listening to Brahms, showering with Linda in the mid-afternoon.Here is Bukowski ... Leia mais

    14,62 €

  • Once Upon a Prime

    The Wondrous Connections Between Mathematics and Literature

    de Sarah Hart ...
    ‘A hugely entertaining and well-written tour of the links between math and literature. Hart’s lightness of touch and passion for both subjects make this book a delight to read. Bookworms and number-lovers alike will discover much they didn’t know about the creative interplay between stories, structure and sums.’ – Alex Bellos‘This exuberant book will educate, amuse and surprise. It might even add ... Leia mais

    11,54 €

  • So Much Longing in So Little Space

    The art of Edvard Munch

    Traduzido por Ingvild Burkey ...
    In So Much Longing in So Little Space, Karl Ove Knausgaard explores the life and work of Edvard Munch. Setting out to understand the enduring power of Munch’s painting, Knausgaard reflects on the essence of creativity, on choosing to be an artist, experiencing the world through art and its influence on his own writing.As co-curator of a major new exhibition of Munch's work in Oslo, Knausgaard ... Leia mais

    14,99 €

  • The Hamlet Doctrine

    Knowing Too Much, Doing Nothing

    Arguably, no literary work is more familiar to us than Shakespeare's most famous tragedy. Everyone can quote at least six words from the play; often people know many more.In this riveting and thought-provoking re-examination, philosopher Simon Critchley and psychoanalyst Jamieson Webster explore Hamlet's continued relevance for a modern world no less troubled by existential anxieties than ... Leia mais

    9,42 € ou Gratuito com Kobo Plus

  • Chico Xavier

    de jovem desconhecido a médium mais famoso do Brasil (1931-1938)

    Série Livro 4 - Coleção história cultural
    Esse trabalho recebeu o primeiro lugar no prêmio Sandra Jatahy Pesavento do GT de História Cultural da ANPUH. Desde a introdução o autor deixa claro que não pretende discutir o Espiritismo do ponto de vista teológico. É na história do livro e da leitura que inscreve sua investigação. Se para os leitores a autoria é do espírito, a sua problemática é de ordem historiográfica ao pensar a psicografia ... Leia mais

    3,25 €