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An intimate reflection on Japanese art and architecture from one of the country's greatest novelists.This is an enchanting essay on aesthetics by one of the greatest Japanese novelists....
Barthes investigation into the meaning of photographs is a seminal work of twentieth-century critical theory. This is a special Vintage Design Edition, with fold-out cover and stunning photography ...
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The book is a collection of scientific works presenting the diversity of researchconducted in the discipline of Technical Computer Science by researchers fromWrocław University of Scien...
NomenclatureSummaryIntroduction1. Mathematical modeling of ship1.1. Introduction1.2. Kinematics1.3. Dynamics of the ship1.4. Simplified models of shi...
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PrefaceI. Introduction to Communication Adaptation Theory1. Conversational Interactions2. Sources of Speech Signal Variability3. Speech SegmentationI...
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In the summer of 1885, three Frenchmen arrived in London for a few days' shopping. One was a Prince, one was a Count, and the third was a commoner, who four years earlier had been the subject of on...
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