Textbook genre books (26)
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A construção da personagem by Constantin Stanislavski PT
RussiaDescription:
Constantin Stanislavski, mestre do teatro russo, disseca todo o trabalho que um ator deve executar para esquecer sua própria individualidade e assumir aquela à qual vai dar vida no palco. Continuação de A preparação do ator, A construção da personagem transcende o interesse estrito dos profissionais ou amantes do teatro. Na verdade, é o romance da fascinante aventura do homem em busca de um conhecimento maior de si mesmo e de seu semelhante. A ênfase da obra recai na atuação como arte e na arte como a expressão mais alta da natureza humana.
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Anno's Math Games by Mitsumasa Anno EN
JapanDescription:
Through lively pictures and intriguing puzzles and games, Anno takes young children on a fun-filled journey through basic mathematical concepts, showing how skills are used every day. Full color.
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Anthropology and Contemporary Human Problems by John H. Bodley EN
Country: North America / 
United States of America
United States of America
Description:
"Can the earth satisfy, on a sustained basis, the basic needs of more than 6 billion people? How do the problems of exploitation, injustice, and environmental degradation relate to increases in the scale and complexity of societies, economies, and the concentration of wealth? What are the costs and benefits of a global commercial culture? The fourth edition of John H. Bodley's Anthropology and Contemporary Human Problems examines the fundamental problem of modern civilization--hunger, poverty, overconsumption, and conflict--from a holistic, anthropological viewpoint. The author makes clear and... continue
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Bridges in Slovakia by Peter Paulìk EN
SlovakiaDescription:
In Slovakia, there are many remarkable bridges which represented the peak engineering ability of their era. However, many of them were gradually forgotten even though some of them were unique even on European, or global level. One of the main tasks of the book Bridges in Slovakia is to show them to the general public and point out, that although Slovakia is a relatively small country it has many bridges which we can be proud of. The book contains information about approximately 250 bridges in Slovakia, which were selected because of their aesthetic, technical, or historical value. On the openi... continue
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Connected History : Essays and Arguments by Sanjay Subrahmanyam EN
IndiaDescription:
A collection of essays that span many regions and cultures, by an award-winning historian Sanjay Subrahmanyam is becoming well known for the same sort of reasons that attach to Fernand Braudel and Carlo Ginzburg, as the proponent of a new kind of history - in his case, not longue durée or micro-history, but 'connected history': connected cross-culturally, and spanning regions, subjects and archives that are conventionally treated alone. Not a research paradigm, he insists, it is more of an oppositionswissenschaft, a way of trying to constantly break the moulds of historical objects. The essays... continue
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Crossing the Chasm: Marketing and Selling Disruptive Products to Mainstream Customers by Geoffrey A. Moore EN
Country: North America / United States of America
United States of America
Description:
The bible for bringing cutting-edge products to larger markets—now revised and updated with new insights into the realities of high-tech marketing In Crossing the Chasm, Geoffrey A. Moore shows that in the Technology Adoption Life Cycle—which begins with innovators and moves to early adopters, early majority, late majority, and laggards—there is a vast chasm between the early adopters and the early majority. While early adopters are willing to sacrifice for the advantage of being first, the early majority waits until they know that the technology actually offers improvements in productivity. T... continue
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D'Aulaires' Book of Norse Myths by Ingri D'Aulaires EN
NorwayDescription:
The Caldecott medal-winning d'Aulaires once again captivate their young audience with this beautifully illustrated introduction to Norse legends, telling stories of Odin the All-father, Thor the Thunder-god and the theft of his hammer, Loki the mischievous god of the Jotun Race, and Ragnarokk, the destiny of the gods. Children meet Bragi, the god of poetry, and the famous Valkyrie maidens, among other gods, goddesses, heroes, and giants. Illustrations throughout depict the wondrous other world of Norse folklore and its fantastical Northern landscape.
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Designing Social Inquiry by Gary King, Robert O. Keohane, Sidney Verba EN
Country: North America / United States of America
United States of America
Description:
Designing Social Inquiry focuses on improving qualitative research, where numerical measurement is either impossible or undesirable. What are the right questions to ask? How should you define and make inferences about causal effects? How can you avoid bias? How many cases do you need, and how should they be selected? What are the consequences of unavoidable problems in qualitative research, such as measurement error, incomplete information, or omitted variables? What are proper ways to estimate and report the uncertainty of your conclusions?
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Diplomatic Style and Foreign Policy: A Case Study of South Korea by Jeffrey Robertson EN
AustraliaDescription:
The book explores diplomatic style and its use as a means to provide analytical insight into a state’s foreign policy, with a specific focus on South Korea. Diplomatic style attracts scant attention from scholars. It is dismissed as irrelevant in the context of diplomacy’s universalism; misconstrued as a component of foreign policy; alluded to perfunctorily amidst broader considerations of foreign policy; or wholly absented from discussions in which it should comprise an important component. In contrast to these views, practitioners maintain a faith-like confidence in diplomatic style. They as... continue
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South Korea