How creative freedom, race, class, and gender shaped the rebellion of two visionary artistsPostwar America experienced an unprecedented flourishing of avant-garde and independent art. Across the arts, artists rebelled against traditional conventions, embracing a commitment to creative autonomy and personal vision never before witnessed in the United States. Paul Lopes calls this the Heroic Age of American Art, and identifies two artists—Miles Davis and Martin Scors...

How is it that comic books—the once-reviled form of lowbrow popular culture—are now the rage for Hollywood blockbusters, the basis for bestselling video games, and the inspiration for literary graphic novels? In Demanding Respect, Paul Lopes immerses himself in the discourse and practices of this art and subculture to provide a social history of the American comic book over the last 75 years.Lopes analyzes the cultural production, reception, and consumption of American com...

Uma biografia minuciosa, lúcida e comovente de um homem cuja vida mudou o curso da história.Qual a relevância de Jesus nos dias de hoje?Poucas pessoas tiveram tanta influência na história quanto Jesus de Nazaré. Seus ensinamentos inspiraram debates, discussões e até mesmo guerras, mas poucos defenderam de forma tão comovente a necessidade de paz, perdão e misericórdia. Com seu estilo inteligente e sua capacidade de abordar assuntos complexos em obras sucintas...

Este libro de divulgación científica tiene por objetivo revisar, pensar y actualizar los debates más recientes sobre las regiones en el marco del proceso globalizador. La obra aporta contenido académico con reflexiones sobre las regiones y lo regional en el contexto de la globalización en el 2021 y observa las marchas y contramar-chas de dicho proceso, cada vez más convulso con el advenimiento de la pandemia global del sars-Cov-2. Este libro se divide en tres partes: la primera trata sobre...

VATUALIZAÇÃO E APRESENTAÇÃO DOS AVANÇOS 12ª Edição TECNOLÓGICOSEMCIRURGIAGINECOLÓGICA! Bonney Cirurgia Ginecológica temsido o livro-texto favorito para o aprendizado da prática cirúrgica emginecologia desde 1911. Elaborado especificamente para os residentes de obstetrícia e ginecologia, o texto se concentra nos procedimentosmais comumente realizados.A12ª edição foi atualizada tanto para o residente quanto para o cirurgião ginecológico geral e coloca mais ênfase nas habilidades clínicas fun...

Surgery is a core element of the clinical practice of gynaecology. Bonney's Gynaecological Surgery has been a firm favourite for gynaecological surgical practice since 1911. Specifically tailored for trainees in obstetrics and gynaecology, the text focuses on the most commonly performed procedures. The 12th edition will include a colour photo section. With greater emphasis on fundamental clinical skills and major updates on laparoscopic and robotic surgery, this classic text will ...

Unlock Miracles! Step into an Unforgettable Adventure of Faith in this Heartwarming Children's Story.Embark on an unforgettable spiritual journey with The Power of Prayer & Praise: A Story about Paul & Silas, an inspiring, rhyming tale written by Josh and Leah Lopes. Perfectly tailored for children under 10, this book is an encouraging exploration of faith, resilience, and miracles.When Paul and Silas, two close friends, find themselves unjustly imprisoned, they ch...

This is the second volume, after Democratizing Democracy, of the collection *Reinventing Social Emancipation: Towards New Manifestoes.*Here, the author examines alternative models to capitalist developmentthrough case studies of collective land management, cooperatives ofgarbage collectors and women's agricultural cooperatives. He alsoanalyzes the changing capital-labor conflict of the past two decadesand the way labor solidarity is reconstituting itself under new formsfrom Brazil...

Unlock Miracles! Step into an Unforgettable Adventure of Faith in this Heartwarming Children's Story.Embark on an unforgettable spiritual journey with The Power of Prayer & Praise: A Story about Paul & Silas, an inspiring, rhyming tale written by Josh and Leah Lopes. Perfectly tailored for children under 10, this book is an encouraging exploration of faith, resilience, and miracles.When Paul and Silas, two close friends, find themselves unjustly imprisoned, they ch...

A ideia para este quarto volume da coleção Pensamento Feminista surge, nas palavras da organizadora Heloisa Buarque de Holanda, durante a pesquisa realizada para o livro Pensamento feminista hoje: perspectivas decoloniais. Naquele momento, se tornava claro que a trajetória das experiências, desejos, classificações e conceitualizações sobre o corpo, e mais especificamente sobre a sexualidade, marcavam (ou permitiam) os saltos epistemológicos da história dos estudos de gênero. Na década de 1...

The work of Pierre Bourdieu, one of the most influential French intellectuals of the twentieth century, has had an enormous impact on research in fields as diverse as aesthetics, education, anthropology, and sociology. Pierre Bourdieu: Fieldwork in Art, Literature, and Culture is the first collection of essays to focus specifically on the contribution of Bourdieu's thought to the study of cultural production. Though Bourdieu's own work has illuminated diverse cultural phenomena, t...

This holiday, we proudly present to you this unique collection of the greatest Christmas stories. Over 250 of them are included by your favourite authors:Charles Dickens, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Leo Tolstoy, Willa Cather, Beatrix Potter, Louisa May Alcott, Lucy Maud Montgomery, Hans Christian Andersen, E.T.A. Hoffmann, O. Henry, Mark Twain and many more!