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 Kenneth Kidd, Joseph Thomas Jr., "Prizing Children's Literature: The Cultural Politics of Children's Book Awards" English | 2016 | ISBN: 1138650544, 0367346567 | PDF | pages: 263 | 1.0 mb Children's book awards have mushroomed since the early twentieth-century and especially since the 1960s, when literary prizing became a favored strategy for both commercial promotion and canon-making. There are over 300 awards for English-language titles alone, but despite the profound impact of children's book awards, scholars have paid relatively little attention to them. This book is the first scholarly volume devoted to the analysis of Anglophone children's book awards in historical and cultural context. With attention to both political and aesthetic concerns, the book offers original and diverse scholarship on prizing practices and their consequences in Australia, Canada, and especially the United States. Contributors offer both case studies of particular awards and analysis of broader trends in literary evaluation and elevation, drawing on theoretical work on canonization and cultural capital. Sections interrogate the complex and often unconscious ideological work of prizing, the ongoing tension between formalist awards and so-called identity-based awards ― all the more urgent in light of the "We Need Diverse Books" campaign ― the ever-morphing forms and parameters of prizing, and scholarly practices of prizing. Among the many awards discussed are the Pura Belpré Medal, the Inky Awards, the Canada Governor General Literary Award, the Printz Award, the Best Animated Feature Oscar, the Phoenix Award, and the John Newbery Medal, giving due attention to prizes for fiction as well as for non-fiction, poetry, and film. This volume will interest scholars in literary and cultural studies, social history, book history, sociology, education, library and information science, and anyone concerned with children's literature.
 Practical WordPress : Easy to learn tutorials and easy to use codes for your WordPress projects English | 2016 | ISBN: n/a | 208 Pages | PDF EPUB (True) | 7 MB All the tutorials are from my websitewww.ibenic.comwhere I write and teach about WordPress. This is the offline version which you can read when you do not have acces to the Internet.  Pictures of Nothing: Abstract Art Since Pollock By Kirk Varnedoe; Earl A. Powell; Adam Gopnik 2006 | 320 Pages | ISBN: 069112678X | PDF | 23 MB "What is abstract art good for? What's the use--for us as individuals, or for any society--of pictures of nothing, of paintings and sculptures or prints or drawings that do not seem to show anything except themselves?" In this invigorating account of abstract art since Jackson Pollock, eminent art historian Kirk Varnedoe, the former chief curator of painting and sculpture at the Museum of Modern Art, asks these and other questions as he frankly confronts the uncertainties we may have about the nonrepresentational art produced in the last five decades. He makes a compelling argument for its history and value, much as E. H. Gombrich tackled representation fifty years ago in "Art and Illusion," another landmark A. W. Mellon Lectures volume. Realizing that these lectures might be his final work, Varnedoe conceived of them as a statement of his faith in modern art and as the culminating example of his lucidly pragmatic and philosophical approach to art history. He delivered the lectures, edited and reproduced here with their illustrations, to overflowing crowds at the National Gallery of Art in Washington in the spring of 2003, just months before his death.With brilliance, passion, and humor, Varnedoe addresses the skeptical attitudes and misunderstandings that we often bring to our experience of abstract art. Resisting grand generalizations, he makes a deliberate and scholarly case for abstraction--showing us that more than just pure looking is necessary to understand the self-made symbolic language of abstract art. Proceeding decade by decade, he brings alive the history and biography that inform the art while also challenging the received wisdom about distinctions between abstraction and representation, modernism and postmodernism, and minimalism and pop. The result is a fascinating and ultimately moving tour through a half century of abstract art, concluding with an unforgettable description of one of Varnedoe's favorite works.  James Jeans, "Physics and Philosophy" English | 2010 | ISBN: 0511694407, 076613685X | DJVU | pages: 236 | 1.4 mb Originally published in 1942, this book discusses an emerging physical science that brought with it a fresh message as to the fundamental nature of the world, and of the possibilities of human free will in particular. The aim of the book is to explore that territory, which forms a borderland between physics and philosophy. The author seeks to estimate the philosophical significance of physical developments, and the interest of his enquiry extends far beyond technical physics and philosophy. Some of the questions raised touch everyday human life closely: can we have knowledge of the world outside us other than that what we can gain by observation and experiment? Is the world spiritual and psychological or material in its ultimate essence; is it better likened to a thought or to a machine? Are we endowed with free will, or are we part of a vast machine that must follow its course until it finally runs down?  Photographing the Deep Sky: Images in Space and Time by Chris Baker English | July 31, 2018 | ISBN: 1526715538 | 155 pages | PDF | 12 Mb Spectacular nebulae where stars are born, beautiful star clusters from the early formation of the Milky Way, and galaxies as far as a billion light years away, all feature in this book of stunning images from astro photographer Chris Baker.  Anthony O'Hear, "Philosophy of Science" English | 2007 | ISBN: 0521718961 | PDF | pages: 285 | 0.9 mb This volume is based on the lectures given in The Royal Institute of Philosophy's annual lecture series in London for 2005-6. In it leading figures in the philosophy of science focus on key topics in the subject: realism, natural kinds, scientific progress, the confirmation of theories and the notion of simplicity in theory evaluation, the use of models in science and the relation of physics and metaphysics. There are also discussions of action at a distance, of the relation of science to technology and of lessons from the history of science to the evaluation of university research today. Taken all in all the volume provides a snapshot of some of the liveliest debates in the philosophy of science today, and also to the ways in which issues in the philosophy of science are relevant to philosophy in the wider sense.  Franz Brentano, Barry Smith, "Philosophical investigations on space, time, and the continuum" English | 2009 | ISBN: 0709944764, 041556803X, 041556378X | PDF | pages: 175 | 1.1 mb Franz Brentano is recognised as one of the most important philosophers of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. This work, first published in English in 1988, besides being an important contribution to metaphysics in its own right, has considerable historical importance through its influence on Husserl's views on internal time consciousness. The work is preceded by a long introduction by Stephan Körner in collaboration with Brentano's literary executor.
 PHP 8 Programming Tips, Tricks and Best Practices: A practical guide to PHP 8 features, usage changes, and advanced programming techniques English | 2021 | ISBN: 180107187X | 528 Pages | PDF EPUB (True) | 16 MB  PHP 8 Basics: For Programming and Web Development English | 2022 | ISBN: 1484280814 | 335 pages | PDF,EPUB | 10.18 MB Take advantage of PHP 8's powerful features to create basic web applications, solve code tests (required for most job interviews nowadays), and begin moving towards more advanced PHP concepts. This book provides an introduction to PHP 8, including modules, attributes, JIT compiler, and union types, as well as related frameworks such as Symfony.
 Outdoor Photography Essentials: Easy to follow tutorials on exposure, camera settings, composition and light. by Barry O'Carroll English | June 16, 2020 | ISBN: N/A | ASIN: B08BF44KT3 | 407 pages | PDF | 35 Mb This easy to follow collection of photography tutorials is the ideal book to help you take full control of your digital camera and its settings. Each bite size tutorial is full of sample photographs and explanatory diagrams to accompany the jargon-free (often humorous) explanations of topics such as aperture, white balance and composition. This book aims to get you off auto mode so that you can take the photographs that match your creative vision. Why let the camera decide these things for you?Although the technical side using your camera is covered in some detail in this eBook, over half of the text deals with the creative side of photography. The second part of the book deals with composition techniques and the importance of the right light in creating beautiful photographs with real visual impact.This eBook has been specifically formatted to be read on a kindle or mobile phone. This means you can read one of the compact but information packed tutorials during your commute or even refer to them while out shooting with your camera. Outdoor Photography Essentials is divided into four sections:Section 1: ExposureThis section covers the exposure triangle: aperture, shutter speed and ISO. We also learn about common exposure problems and how to avoid or fix them.Section 2: Camera SettingsTake full control of your camera by learning how to use aperture priority, shutter priority and full manual modes. Other important settings such as metering modes, white balance, focus modes and focal length are also explained in an easy to follow way.Section 3: CompositionThe composition section presents 25 composition ideas from the rule of thirds to leading lines to concepts such as "the decisive moment". These ideas will help bring your photography to the next level.Section 4: LightPhotography is all about light. When is the best time of the day to take photographs outdoors? What are the ideal weather conditions for outdoor photography? Why should I take photographs during golden hour and blue hour? What can I photograph on a dull cloudy day for example? What can I photograph when it's raining? This series of tutorials on light and weather conditions aims to answer these questions and more. |
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