Los videojuegos se han convertido en un componente importante de nuestro paisaje cultural y, como ya ocurrió con el cine, la música y la televisión, su amalgamiento con la vida cotidiana crece día a día. Por lo tanto, hablar sobre una cultura de los videojuegos en singular puede resultar problemático, pero es justamente en esa articulación donde se revela su complejidad y su carácter cambiante.Daniel Muriel y Garry Crawford proponen aquí una perspectiva crucial para la compr...

Video games are becoming culturally dominant. But what does their popularity say about our contemporary society? This book explores video game culture, but in doing so, utilizes video games as a lens through which to understand contemporary social life.Video games are becoming an increasingly central part of our cultural lives, impacting on various aspects of everyday life such as our consumption, communities, and identity formation. Drawing on new and original empirical data – inc...

Muriel Rukeyser has many faces: poet, biographer, theorist, playwright, novelist, story-writer, filmmaker, translator, ethnographer, and innovator of social, documentary poetics; feminist, queer, Jewish, single mother, and social justice activist. Yet above all, she was a poet. Threaded through her work, politics, and life was the conviction that poetry is an animating force that connects people and disciplines. Recent years have seen a surge of renewed interest in Rukeyser’s work, bringin...

Now in its Fifth Edition, Neuropsychological Assessment reviews the major neurobehavioral disorders associated with brain dysfunction and injury. This is the 35th anniversary of the landmark first edition. As with previous editions, this edition provides a comprehensive coverage of the field of adult clinical neuropsychology in a single source. By virtue of the authors' clinical and research specializations, this book provides a broad-based and in-depth coverage of current neurosc...

A prova oral em concursos públicos é um momento decisivo, marcado por expectativa e desafios emocionais. Para auxiliar os candidatos nessa etapa crucial, esta obra reúne a experiência dos 19 primeiros colocados no XIII Concurso para Delegado de Polícia Civil do Rio de Janeiro. Com perguntas reais da banca examinadora, análises técnicas e reflexões sobre acertos e erros, este livro oferece um guia prático e inspirador. Os relatos mostram que, mesmo com falhas pontuais, é possível alcançar o...

Dans "Mille ans de contes classiques", l'enfant peut découvrir et redécouvrir plus de 30 contes classiques de Perrault, d'Andersen et des frères Grimm : "Peau d'âne", "Blanche-Neige", "La Petite Sirène", "Le Vaillant Petit Tailleur" ou encore "Le Petit Poucet", "Le Roi grenouille"...Nouvelle couverture et nouvelle mise en pages dans un format beau livre : "Mille ans de contes", la collection incontournable et patrimoniale de Milan, fait peau neuve tout en conservant son système d'i...

Le premier volume d'Énergie, science et philosophie au tournant des XIXe et XXe siècles retrace les bouleversements apportés par le concept d'énergie aux sciences de la nature. Ce second volume relate comment ces bouleversements s'étendirent à la Philosophie, aux Lettres et aux Arts. Car, la notion d'énergie, reconnue commune à tous les phénomènes physiques et à ceux qui en dépendent, fut intégrée d'abord comme représentation du monde concret puis comme représentation de l'imaginaire. Un e...

Now in its third edition the Encyclopedia of Astrobiology serves as the key to a common understanding in the extremely interdisciplinary community of astrobiologists. Each new or experienced researcher and graduate student in adjacent fields of astrobiology will appreciate this reference work in the quest to understand the big picture. The carefully selected group of active researchers contributing to this work are aiming to give a comprehensive international perspective on and to accelera...