Уилям С. Лайън получава бакалавърска степен по математика (1963) и докторска степен по антропология (1969) от Канзаския университет. През последните три десетилетия предмет на неговите изследвания са шаманските практики на северноамериканските индианци и главно тези на племето лакота. В момента д-р Лайън е професор в Центъра за религиозни проучвания към Мисурския университет. През 1990 г., в резултат от дългогодишното му сътрудничество с известния индиански шаман Уолас Черния Елен, е публикувана книгата „Черният Елен. Уроците на един шаман от племето лакота“. През 1996 г. излиза неговата „Енциклопедия на лечителските ... |
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Dr. Alexandra Glavanakova received her MA and PhD degrees at Sofi a University “St. Kliment Ohridski”, where she has been a tenured lecturer at the Department of English and American Studies for over 20 years. She teaches courses in American and Canadian culture and literature, in digital culture, multimodal writing, and literature in the age of the Internet. Her publications have explored the major cultural shift in literacy, education and literature under the impact of digital technology. Posthuman Transformations: Bodies and Texts in Cyberspace explores the re/positioning of the human body and the evolution of the ... |
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Complete and unabridged with an afterword by Sam Gilpin. A pocket sized book - 10 x 15.5 cm. ... Henry David Thoreau is considered one of the leading figures in early American literature, and "Walden" is without doubt his most influential book. It recounts the author's experiences living in a small house in the woods around Walden Pond near Concord in Massachusetts. Thoreau constructed the house himself, with the help of a few friends, to see if he could live "deliberately" - independently and apart from society. The result is an intriguing work which blends natural history with philosophical ... |
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Uncle Tom's Cabin brought the evils of slavery to the consciences and hearts of the American people by its moving portrayal of slave experience. Part of the Macmillan Collector's Library - a series of stunning, clothbound, pocket - sized classics with gold foiled edges and ribbon markers. These beautiful books make perfect gifts or a treat for any book lover. This edition has an afterword by Pat Righelato. Harriet Beecher Stowe shows us in scenes of great dramatic power the human effects of a system in which slaves were property - the break up of families, the struggles for freedom, and the horrors of ... |
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Complete and unabridged. ... Designed to appeal to the booklover, the Macmillan Collector's Library is a series of beautiful gift editions of much loved classic titles. Macmillan Collector's Library are books to love and treasure. Readers and critics were scandalized by The Awakening when it was first published, but it is now regarded as among the boldest and earliest examples of feminist fiction. It is published here with a selection of Chopin's strikingly perceptive short stories and introduced by Dr J. Michelle Coghlan, a specialist in American literature. In The Awakening, Edna Pontellier is on holiday ... |
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След петнадесет години отвъд океана, затънал в дългове и студентски заеми, младият "американец" се завръща безславно у дома. Целта му - да помоли дядо си за помощ. Но старецът отдавна е прекъснал всяка семейна връзка. Продал е апартамента си в града и се е скрил далеч сред баирите на Странджа. Там го заварва момчето - на границата с Турция, в едно селце разполовено от две махали - българската, опустяла и потънала в забрава, и турската - разтърсвана от суеверие и страх. Всяка пролет туркинчетата в махалата изгарят с треската на Свети Коста, мистичният покровител на вече изчезналите селски нестинари. Неусетно ... |
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МВ31 (Малка вселена 31) се намира в покрайнините на художествената измислица, където парадоксът флуктуира като борсовия пазар, самотни сексботове примамват провалилите се герои, а пътуването във времето е сериозен бизнес. Всеки ден хората се качват в своите машини на времето и се мъчат да направят единственото, което не бива да правят – да променят миналото. И тук се явява Чарлс Ю, сервизен техник на машини на времето – отчасти за да ги ремонтира, отчасти за да консултира пътниците и да ги спаси от самите тях. Буквално. Когато не приема обаждания от клиенти или не успокоява шефа си Фил (а той наистина се нуждае от ъпгрейд) ... |
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The Case Study House program (1945-1966) was a unique event in the history of American architecture. Sponsored by Arts & Architecture magazine, the program sought to respond to the postwar building boom with prototype modern homes that could be both easily replicated and readily affordable to the average American. Concentrated on the Los Angeles area, the Case Study Houses included 36 model homes commissioned from such major architects of the day as Richard Neutra, Raphael Soriano, Craig Ellwood, Charles and Ray Eames, Pierre Koenig, Eero Saarinen, A. Quincy Jones, and Ralph Rapson. Their criteria included "using, ... |
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This is the Taschen 25 - Special edition! The Case Study House program (1945 - 66) was an exceptional, innovative event in the history of American architecture and remains to this day unique. The program, which concentrated on the Los Angeles area and oversaw the design of 36 prototype homes, sought to make available plans for modern residences that could be easily and cheaply constructed during the postwar building boom. The program's chief motivating force was "Arts & Architecture" editor John Entenza, a champion of modernism who had all the right connections to attract some of architecture's ... |
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The classic bestseller. ... Tyrant, blackmailer, racketeer, murderer - his influence reaches every level of American society. Meet Don Corleone, a friendly man, a just man, a reasonable man. The deadliest lord of the Cosa Nostra. "The Godfather" a modern masterpiece, "The Godfather" is a searing portrayal of the 1940s criminal underworld. It is also the intimate story of the Corleone family, at once drawn together and ripped apart by its unique position at the core of the American Mafia. Still shocking forty years after it was first published, this compelling tale of blackmail, murder and family values ... |
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Everybody knows about the United States of America. You can see its films, hear its music, and eat its food just about everywhere. Cowboys, jazz, hamburgers, the Stars and Stripes - that's the United States. But it's a country with many stories to tell. Stories of busy cities, beautiful forests and parks. Stories of a country that fought against Britain, and then against itself, to make the United States of today. Stories of rich and poor, black and white, Native American and immigrant. And the story of what it is like to be an American today... Oxford Bookworms Library Factfiles are non-fiction graded readers ... |
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With animated stories, songs, printable worksheets and flashcards, and over three hundred illustrated words needed for the Movers level of the Cambridge Young Learners English (YLE) tests, the Primary i-Dictionary CD-ROM is ideal for general English classes as well as exam preparation, and can be used with any coursebook or on its own. With pictures and pronunciation for the featured words in British and American English, the dictionary makes learning new vocabulary memorable and fun. Children can sing along with karaoke versions of animated songs. This rich but simple tool is ideal for home use, and parents with no ... |
