Advances in Language And Education (Continuum Studies in Linguistics)
This book examines new functional approaches to language and education, and the impact of these on literacy in the classroom. The first section looks at issues of multimodality, in which the definition of a text is expanded to include not only that which is written down, but also the interaction of writing, graphics, and audiovisual material. The contributors explores ways in which language education can be expanded to deal with multimodal discourse, whether in children's books, in textbooks, or on the web.
Pater's graceful essays discuss the achievements of Botticelli, Leonardo, Michelangelo, and other artists. The book concludes with an uncompromising advocacy of hedonism, urging readers to experience life as fully as possible. His cry of "art for art's sake" became the manifesto of the Aesthetic Movement, and his assessments of Renaissance art have influenced generations of readers.
The Marketing Manual is a step-by-step guide to solving your marketing problem. Through questions, practical examples and mini-case studies, this book demonstrates how to prepare your marketing plan.
One of the world's leading neuroscientists explores how best to understand the human condition by examining the biological, psychological, and highly social nature of our species within the social context of our lives. What happened along the evolutionary trail that made humans so unique? In his widely accessible style, Michael Gazzaniga looks to a broad range of studies to pinpoint the change that made us thinking, sentient humans, different from our predecessors.
Lines, Planes and Solids - Studies in the Seventeenth-Century Writings
A university booklet for the students of English literature. Contains a set of essays devoted to the notions presented in the literary output by Descartes and Spinoza.
"Прямые линии, плоскости и тела" Исследования по литературе XVII века
