Paul Virilio is a challenging and original thinker whose work on technology, state power and war is increasingly relevant today. Exploring Virilio's main texts from their political and historical contexts, and case studies from contemporary culture and media in order to explain his philosophical concepts, Ian James introduces the key themes in Virilio's work, including: - speed - virtualization - war - politics - art.
Added by: libera | Karma: 34.13 | E-Books | 27 February 2012
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Coraline by Neil Gaiman (Graphic novel)
Coraline graphic novel. Looking for excitement, Coraline ventures through a mysterious door in her new home and into a world that is similar, yet disturbingly different from her own, where she must challenge a gruesome entity in order to save herself, her parents, and the souls of three others.
Joe and his friend Blue tackle the preschool basics of circles, rectangles, even trapezoids while sorting through Blue's hints as to where she would like most to see more shapes in "Shape Searchers." If the clues cash register, cart, and food don't add up for you, the kid chorus will help you out. The second episode finds the pair in their backyard making a "portrait of pals," a painting of their many-colored friends. But they only have primary colors, so in order to paint Orange Kitten, for instance, they have to mix red and yellow.
Exploring Time and Place Through Play - Foundation Stage – Key Stage 1
Focusing on different aspects of play and relating them to various contexts such as places we visit and past times, this book is packed with activities that enable the child to make sense of the world that they live in and relate it to their own experiences in order to enhance their personal development.
Added by: Kahena | Karma: 11526.37 | Fiction literature | 7 December 2011
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Herakles (Greek Tragedy in New Translations)
In Herakles, Euripides reveals with great subtlety and complexity the often brutal underpinnings of our social arrangements. The play enacts a thoroughly contemporary dilemma about the relationship between personal and state violence to civic order. Of all of Euripides' plays, this is his most skeptically subversive examination of myth, morality, and power.
