""In this thought-provoking collection, renowned film scholars Ernest Mathjis and Murray Pomerance delve into the captivating world of Peter Jackson's …
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Exploring the enduring popularity of Victor Hugo’s Les Misérables, this collection offers analysis of both the novel itself and its …
How and why has the saga of Scarlett O’Hara kept such a tenacious hold on our national imagination for almost …
The Marvel Illustrated tradition of exquisitely rendered, nuanced adaptations of classic literature continues with Marvel Illustrated: Treasure Island #1 (of …
While the mutineers are ashore on Treasure Island, young Jim Hawkins climbs aboard the near-deserted ship, the Hispaniola...but, there is …
The book starts with a traditional approach to the game theory, in particular about the work of Morgenstern-von Neumann. This …
In No Country for Old Men: From Novel to Film, scholars offer varied approaches to both the novel and the …
Widely acclaimed as the greatest Western ever made, Lonesome Dove has become a true American epic. Larry McMurtry’s Pulitzer Prize–winning …
As climate change adaptation rises up the international policy agenda, matched by increasing funds and frameworks for action, there are …
Inspired by Octavia Butler's explorations of our human relationship to change, Emergent Strategy is radical self-help, society-help, and planet-help designed …
The collection of chapters in this book present the concept of matched filters: response characteristics “matching” the characteristics of crucially …
Philosophical Darwinism brings an entirely new perspective to contemporary debates. It has far-reaching implications for cognitive science and artificial intelligence, …
I used this book to augment my material in Prof. Bell's class at McGill, and it covers the same material …
Economists insist that recovery is at hand, yet unemployment remains high, real estate values continue to sink, and governments stagger …
"Why life?" Questions of this type were for a long time the prerogative of philosophers who left the "how" question …
This book summary is created for individuals who want to flesh out the important contents and are too busy to …
This book offers a concise and accessible introduction to the emerging field of artificial cognitive systems. Cognition, both natural and …
Complex systems are characterized by many interacting agents following simple rules that can exhibit complicated behavior. Melanie Mitchell provides an …
We’re in the midst of a revolution. Quantum leaps in technology are enabling organizations to observe and measure people’s behavior …
Game of Thrones is a worldwide phenomenon, and the world of Westeros has seen multiple adaptations, from HBO's acclaimed television …
One of the biggest attractions of George R.R. Martin's high fantasy series A Song of Ice and Fire, and by …
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Adaptive Multimedia Retrieval, AMR 2009, held in Madrid, …
