The much-loved tale of The Hare & the Tortoise has been beautifully captured by Monika Filipina's fun quirky illustrations Every page showcases delightful full-bled artwork packed with charm & detail that will enthrall children aged 3 The story has been simply retold to appeal to young readers & listeners alike ...

Harper Collins is proud to present its new range of best-loved essential classics ‘ It is thrifty to prepare today for the wants of tomorrow’ Living in Ancient Greece in the 5th Century BC Aesop was said to be a slave & story-teller His much-loved enduring fables are revered the world over & remain popular as moral tales for children With infamous vignettes such as the race between the hare & the tortoise the vain jackdaw & the wolf in sheep’s clothing the themes of the fables remain as fresh today as when they were first told & give an insight into the Ancient Greek world ...

A collection of eight of Aesop's best-loved fables retold for children growing in reading confidence Sly foxes thirsty storks & greedy dogs all feature in these fun stories each with its own moral at the end Usborne Young Reading has been developed with reading experts from Roehampton University The audio CD

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Theodor Adorno (1903-69) was undoubtedly the foremost thinker of the Frankfurt School the influential group of German thinkers that fled to the US in the 1930s including such thinkers as Herbert Marcuse & Max Horkheimer His work has proved enormously influential in sociology philosophy & cultural theory Aesthetic Theory is Adorno's posthumous magnum opus & the culmination of a lifetime's investigation Analysing the sublime the ugly & the beautiful Adorno shows how such concepts frame & distil human experience & that it is human experience that ultimately underlies aesthetics In Adorno's formulation art is the sedimented history of human misery' ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 or region free DVD player in order to play After saving a fairy-tale kingdom Akatsuki returns to the real world with his prize Miu the busty daughter of the defeated Demon King It's one hell of a happy ending until they're forced to enroll at a school for magic users There Akatsuki can't keep his hands off the girls Miu's constantly ballooning measurements make her a walking wardrobe malfunction & it seems like someone is always plotting against them Actors Nobuhiko Okamoto Yoko Hikasa Atsushi Abe Ayana Taketatsu Kana Hanazawa Directors Rion Kujo Format Animated PALLanguage Japanese English Subtitles English Dubbed English Region Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe Read more about DVD formats) Aspect Ratio 169
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This volume of lectures on aesthetics given by Adorno in the winter semester of 1958 9 formed the foundation for his later Aesthetic Theory widely regarded as one of his greatest works The lectures cover a wide range of topics from an intense analysis of the work of Georg Lukacs to a sustained reflection on the theory of aesthetic experience from an examination of works by Plato Kant Hegel Schopenhauer Kierkegaard & Benjamin to a discussion of the latest experiments of John Cage attesting to the virtuosity & breadth of Adorno's engagement All the while Adorno remains deeply connected to his surrounding context offering us a window onto the artistic intellectual & political confrontations that shaped life in post-war Germany This volume will appeal to a broad range of students & scholars in the humanities & social sciences as well as anyone interested in the development of critical theory ...

What is art? Why do we find some things beautiful but not others? Is it wrong to share MP3s? These are just some of the questions explored by aesthetics the philosophy of art In this sweeping introduction Charles Taliaferro skilfully guides us through different theories of art & beauty tackling issues such as who owns art & what happens when art & morality collide From Plato on poetry to Ringo Starr on the drums this is a perfect introductory text for anyone interested in the fascinating questions art can raise ...

Features the text in the great controversies over literature & art between thinkers who have become giants of 20th-century philosophy ...

As a new trend in aesthetics appearing concurrently in the West & the East in the last ten years the aesthetics of everyday life points to a growing diversification among existing methodologies for pursuing aesthetics alongside the shift from art-based aesthetics The cultural diversity manifest in global aesthetics offers common ground for the collaborative efforts of aesthetics in both the West & the East Given the rapidly growing interest & its potential for attracting new audiences extending beyond the more narrowly focused traditions of twentieth-century analytic & environmental aesthetics it stands to command its own share of attention in the future of aesthetic studies The aesthetics of everyday life has become a stream of thought with a global ambition This interest has led to numerous systematic & in-depth works on this topic some of which were conducted by the authors represented in this volume A salient feature of this book is that it not only represents the recent developments of the aesthetics of everyday life in the West but also highlights the interaction between scholars in the West & the East on this topic Thus the project is a contribution toward mutual progress in the collaboration between Western & Eastern aesthetics What distinguishes this book from other anthologies & monographs on this topic is that it reconstructs the aesthetics of everyday life through cultural dialogue between the West & the East with a view to building a new form of aesthetics of everyday life as seen from a global perspective At present the aesthetics of everyday life as a newly emergent approach to aesthetics may encounter skepticism among aestheticians accustomed to the rigors of analytic philosophers who prefer to discuss aesthetics at the level of abstract concepts & argument & who tolerate the particulars of experience mainly as illustrations But there is no reason to abandon the pursuit of the aesthetics of everyday life in the face of such objections On the contrary there are many benefits to gain in bringing aesthetics to bear on a wider sphere of human life made possible through efforts to show the relevance of aesthetics to a broader range of human actions ...

From Plato&s Ion to works by contemporary philosophers this anthology showcases classic texts to illuminate the development of philosophical thought about art & the aesthetic This volume is the most comprehensive collection of readings on aesthetics & the philosophy of art currently available Brings together the most significant writings in aesthetics & philosophy of art from the past 2500 years Each section

Includes:: a useful introductory essay which provides an overview of developments in the field Broken down into three sections Historical Sources Modern Theories & Contemporary Aesthetics & Philosophy of Art Thorough systematic & flexible including two alternative tables of contents (historical & topical); an ideal textbook & guide to the field

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