In "Jiu-Jitsu University", six-time Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu World Champion and two-time ADCC Submission Wrestling World Champion Saulo Ribeiro shows you why he is the teacher of champions. Even the more basic techniques come alive as Ribeiro sheds new light on theories and strategies previously thought antiquated. With a system that has been tried and ...
This is a rigorous and complete textbook for a first course on information retrieval from the computer science (as opposed to a user-centred) perspective. The advent of the Internet and the enormous increase in volume of electronically stored information generally has led to substantial work on IR from the computer science perspective - this book ...
The life you lead is that which you yourself have created and it can always be improved. Success is in your hands: there is a strength within you that you can learn to use for your own benefit.
This lyrical and enchanting novel offers a rare journey to the exotic world of a Stone Age people. It is a perfect, beautiful read for the fans of Jean Auel's Children of the Earth series.
Potter presents the delightful script of the much-acclaimed BBC/PBS series. It is the unfolding tale of Philip Marlow, a bedridden writer of detective stories, whose real-life memories mix with pop culture fantasies as he lies in a London hospital.
Ribeiro examines five centuries of clothing as it was shown in portraits, beginning with 16th-century paintings of both commoners and aristocracy and continuing up to 20th-century depictions of Margaret Thatcher and Princess Diana.
A survey of the clothing worn by the middle and upper classes throughout Europe in the 18th century, and a discussion of what this meant in terms of social definition and identity. Aileen Ribeiro, a historian of dress, also looks at such subjects as developments in retailing and distribution, etiquette, the rise of the dress designer and couturier ...
Since its inception, anthropology's authority has been based on the assumption that it is a unified discipline emanating from the West. In an age of heightened globalization, anthropologists have failed to discuss consistently the current status of their practice and its mutations across the globe. "World Anthropologies" is the first book to ...
A crime of passion resurfaces after 60 years when Fernando, a film director, is reunited by chance with Andrea, an antiques dealer who tells him an intriguingly strange story.
This fascinating study explores the ways of establishing coherence in the discourse of a thought-disordered patient. Ribeiro analyzes the discourse between a doctor and a patient who is under an acute psychotic crisis, and then later, when the patient is deemed recovered. Ribeiro looks at how the participants jointly establish referential meaning, ...
This reference offers over 4500 accessible entries on all the significant works of chamber music from the 17th century onwards. Arranged by composer and instrumental combinations, it presents key information on pieces by composer name/dates, key signature, length, year of publication and degree of difficulty. All pieces scored for three to 13 ...
Geostatistics is concerned with estimation and prediction problems for spatially continuous phenomena, using data obtained at a limited number of spatial locations. The name reflects its origins in mineral exploration, but the methods are now used in a wide range of settings including public health and the physical and environmental sciences. ...
Francisco Goya y Lucientes (1746-1828) created magnificent paintings, tapestry designs, prints and drawings over the course of his long and productive career. Women frequently appeared as the subjects of Goya's works, from his painted cartoons for the Royal Tapestry Factory to his stunning portraits of some of the most powerful women in Madrid. ...
An exploration of the ways in which clothing, accessories and fabrics define and display women in the portraits of Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres. Containing illustrations of the artist's work, the text examines the relationship of his art to the social and artistic discourse of his time.
The first book to discuss the history of fashion from the artist's point of view, this handsomely illustrated volume examines French and English fashion from 1750 to 1820 through the art of the period, including portraits, paintings, sculpture, drawings, caricatures, and fashion plates. Examines how revolutions and wars affected fashion, how ...
First published in France, this book of substantial and interesting questions is romance with the unmistakably bold flair of the masters of the art of love. --Questions and tests about daily life, love, friends, sex and more --Meant to be shared by lovers who want to know all there is to know about each other --Sure to promote intimacy for ...
These eighteen essays represents a new generation of eighteenth-century scholarship. Written in honour of Professor Roger Lonsdale of the University of Oxford, the contributions to Tradition in Transition focus on the three main areas of scholarship that Lonsdale has made his own: women writers, marginalized authors and texts, and the shape of the ...
For four centuries, the indigenous Campa Ashaninkas of the Peruvian Amazon have fought for their identity and independence in the face of Spanish colonialism and Peruvian national expansionism. Stefano Varese originally wrote about the Campa Ashaninkas in the mid-1960s after three seasons of field research among them and three years of archival ...
This work is an analysis of the origins, course, and consequences of the conflict and of Franco's role within it. It offers a broad view of the war through a survey of the social and cultural dimensions, as well as the military and political ones. In particular, it traces Franco's meteoric rise to power, his conduct in the war, and his long ...
Ralph Earl painted many of the most enduring images of American people and places during the last quarter of the 18th century, yet he has remained one of the least known American painters. This book - the first full-scale investigation of Earl's life and work - gives details of his colourful career, examines his unique patterns of patronage, ...
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the Third International Workshop on Experimental and Efficient Algorithms, WEA 2004, held in Angra dos Reis, Brazil in May 2004. The 40 revised full papers presented together with abstracts of two invited talks were carefully reviewed and selected from numerous submissions. The book is devoted to ...
In an age of great richness that is heavily burdened by uncertainty, risk, contradiction, and absurdity, there is much fuel for intellectual criticism and debate. Reflecting upon the present as the fundamental time for action, this anthology contains contributions by Carlos Pacheco, Colin Richards, Ghassan Zaqtan, Joao Barrento, John Frow, Moira ...
This is an English-language translation of the culmination of the life work of Darcy Ribeiro, one of Brazil's leading 20th-century intellectuals, known both for his work in Indian affairs and for his political activism. First published as "O Povo Brasiliero" in 1995, two years before Ribeiro's death, it quickly became a controversial bestseller. ...
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