The Role of the Reader

The Role of the Reader

Author: Umberto Eco

Publisher: Indiana University Press

Published: 1979

Total Pages: 288

ISBN-13: 9780253203182

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Discusses the differences between "open" and "closed" texts, or, texts that actively involve the reader and texts that evoke a limited, predetermined response from the reader. -- Back cover.


Dialogues with the Dead

Dialogues with the Dead

Author: Piers Vitebsky

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 1993-08-12

Total Pages: 320

ISBN-13: 9780521384476

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A study of religion, healing and psychology in tribal India, examining the bereavement rituals of the Sora people.


The Byzantine Achievement

The Byzantine Achievement

Author: Robert Byron

Publisher:

Published: 2010

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781604190267

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Robert Byron believed that the summit of ancient Greek civilization was not to be found in 5th century B.C.E. Athens, but in post-classical Byzantium, also called Constantinople by the Romans. Byzantine civilization was truly glorious, as we see by looking through Byron's fresh eyes. Byron was a brilliant writer and dashing figure whose life was cut short in WWII. The introduction is by Richard Luckett, Byron's biographer.


Environmental Detectives

Environmental Detectives

Author: Kevin Beals

Publisher: LHS GEMS

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780924886232

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A thematic unit featuring an inquisitive student who is trying to uncover the truth about a mysterious environmental calamity which is designed to help students in grades five through eight build scientific content and research-related inquiry skills.