Spanish Comics

Spanish Comics
Author: Anne Magnussen
Publisher: Berghahn Books
Total Pages: 278
Release: 2020-11-01
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 178920996X

Spanish comics represent an exciting and diverse field, yet one that is often overlooked outside of Spain. Spanish Comics offers an overview on contemporary scholarship on Spanish comics, focusing on a wide range of comics dating from the Francoist dictatorship, 1939-1975; the Political Transition, 1970-1985; and Democratic Spain since the early 1980s including the emergence of the graphic novel in 2000. Touching on themes of memory, gender, regional identities, and history, the chapters in this collection demonstrate the historical and cultural significance of Spanish comics.

The Expectation Effect

The Expectation Effect
Author: David Robson
Publisher: Henry Holt and Company
Total Pages: 237
Release: 2022-02-15
Genre: Science
ISBN: 1250827647

“As David Robson makes plain in this compelling book, the way we think about the world can profoundly shape how we navigate it. Based in science and packed with smart advice, The Expectation Effect will expand your mind—and maybe even extend your life.” —Daniel Pink, New York Times bestselling author of When, Drive, and To Sell Is Human A journey through the cutting-edge science of how our mindset shapes every facet of our lives, revealing how your brain holds the keys to unlocking a better you What you believe can make it so. You’ve heard of the placebo effect and how sugar pills can accelerate healing. But did you know that sham heart surgeries often work just as well as placing real stents? Or that people who think they’re particularly prone to cardiovascular disease are four times as likely to die from cardiac arrest? Such is the power and deadly importance of the expectation effect—how what we think will happen changes what does happen. Melding neuroscience with narrative, science journalist David Robson takes readers on a deep dive into the many life zones the expectation effect permeates. We see how people who believe stress is beneficial become more creative when placed under strain. We see how associating aging with wisdom can add seven plus years to your life. People say seeing is believing but, over and over, Robson proves that the converse is truer: believing is seeing. The Expectation Effect is not woo-woo. You cannot think your way into a pile of money or out of a cancer diagnosis. But just because magical thinking is nonsense doesn’t mean rational magic doesn’t exist. Pointing to accepted psychology and objective physiology, Robson gives us the practical takeaways we need to improve our fitness, productivity, intelligence, and happiness. Any reader who wants to take their fate into their own hands need only pick up this book.

Childhood and Celebrity

Childhood and Celebrity
Author: Jane O'Connor
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 299
Release: 2017-03-16
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1317518942

The twenty-first century has seen an explosion in the ways and means in which children can become part of celebrity culture. With the rise in popularity of reality TV, child beauty pageants, talent shows, and social media platforms, as well as more established routes to fame through TV, cinema, theatre and music, the number of children establishing a presence in public life continues to proliferate. Childhood and Celebrity brings together international scholarly writing and research about famous children, and representations of childhood, from a range of disciplines including Childhood Studies, Celebrity Studies, Cultural Studies and Film Studies in order to open up a theoretical space in which to explore and understand the complex relationship between contemporary childhood and celebrity culture. This unique collection includes detailed case studies of specific child performers such as McCaulay Culkin and Miley Cyrus, histories of child stars in the ‘Golden Age’ of Hollywood, analyses of representations of children in film and discussions of children as media creators and producers. Key themes of transgression, gender, ‘coming of age’, childhood innocence and children’s rights recur in the chapters and present a compelling argument for the emergence of the field of Childhood and Celebrity as an area of study in its own right.

Social Virality

Social Virality
Author: Emanuele M. Barboni Dalla Costa
Publisher: EBC Edizioni
Total Pages: 69
Release: 2021-02-16
Genre: Psychology
ISBN:

Social Virality: Creating Compelling, Innovative, and Emotionally Charged Content Are you ready to unlock the secrets of creating magnetic stories that captivate and engage your audience? Look no further than “Social Virality,” the book that will empower you to effortlessly spread your ideas and story to a global audience. Here’s what you’ll discover within the pages of this captivating read: Understanding the Concept of Viral Spread: Gain insights into how you can leverage modern technology to easily disseminate your ideas and reach an unprecedented number of people worldwide. Emotional Engagement: Empathy, Stimuli, Feelings: Learn how to craft content that triggers intense emotions within your readers, forging a powerful connection with them and leaving a lasting impact. Unearthing the Creative Idea That Works: Unleash your creativity as you uncover proven techniques for generating innovative ideas that captivate your target audience and have the potential to go viral. Sideways Actions to Achieve Goals: Explore unconventional strategies that will help you achieve your objectives in ways that may surprise even you. Monetizing Successful Stories: Discover effective methods for transforming a successful story into tangible financial returns, enabling you to capitalize on its popularity and create lucrative opportunities. Format Replicability and Parodies: Dive into the concept of replicability for your stories while also learning how to navigate any parodies or imitations that may arise along the way. Talent and Originality: What Makes You Special?: Embrace what sets you apart from others by harnessing your unique talents and originality, ensuring that your voice stands out amidst the noise. Driving Sharing Behavior: The Currency of Social Validation: Tap into psychological triggers that incentivize people to share your stories, ultimately creating a powerful social currency around your content. Generating Word-of-Mouth with Strong and Frequent Stimuli: Learn how to generate strong and consistent word-of-mouth by providing stimuli that resonate deeply with your audience. Prepare to embark on a journey into the realms of sociology, psychology, and marketing as you uncover the strategies necessary to spread your story like wildfire. Purchase “Social Virality” today and start creating content that will captivate the world!

Music on Stage Volume III

Music on Stage Volume III
Author: Fiona Jane Schopf
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Total Pages: 244
Release: 2019-01-24
Genre: Music
ISBN: 152752695X

The Music on Stage conferences are a unique engine for interdisciplinary interaction, which is reflected in this compendium of the latest research by international scholars. Scholars and practitioners of operas by Handel, Mozart, Thomas, Chabrier, Korngold and Taktakishvili will find new “readings” from hitherto unexplored contexts and contemporary fine art. Also discussed is operatic lighting and the problematics of traditional lighting schemes apropos recent inventive methodologies. Popular sound development of the late 1960s is highlighted through unique oral transcripts. Other chapters discuss the intermediality of music and social media in the work of Brigitta Muntendorf; the visual transcoding of Wagner’s leitmotif technique; a new theory of Affektenlehre, and the art and politics of the Slovenian conceptual music collective Laibach.

El Campeon

El Campeon
Author: Martin Reyes Armenta "Fray"
Publisher: Palibrio
Total Pages: 117
Release: 2011-12
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1463314353

Es una novela meramente ficticia, trata lo que me gustaría como buen aficionado al box, fuera en realidad este deporte. Doy vida al personaje "Toni" me inspiro en él y a su equipo, para aventurarme y volar al igual que ustedes con mi imaginación...Toni quiere destacar en cualquier deporte para sobresalir y darle comodidad a sus padres, buscando con esto, su cualidad la cual así la encontraría en el box, no sin antes pasar por bastantes tropiezos, tales como, el haber usado vendaje inapropiado en una de sus peleas, conllevando a un escándalo mundial. Los invito que se adentren y resuelvan conmigo este final, asegurándoles una emoción total...doy paso... disfruten de estos personajes llenos de colorido.

Real Talk: Reality Television and Discourse Analysis in Action

Real Talk: Reality Television and Discourse Analysis in Action
Author: Pilar Garces-Conejos Blitvich
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 188
Release: 2015-12-26
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 1137313463

This is the first book to examine the discourse of reality television. Chapters provide rigorous case studies of the discourse practices that characterise a wide range of generic and linguistic/cultural contexts, including dating shows in China and Spain, docudramas in Argentina and New Zealand, and talent shows in the UK and USA.

Guinness World Records 2013

Guinness World Records 2013
Author: Craig Glenday
Publisher: Bantam
Total Pages: 642
Release: 2013-04-30
Genre: Reference
ISBN: 034554711X

Includes new and updated records with never-before-seen photography--from the new shortest living man and a slam-dunking parrot to the fiercest predators in the ocean.

Conversaciones de Poder

Conversaciones de Poder
Author: Kora S. Nchez
Publisher: Trafford Publishing
Total Pages: 109
Release: 2012-01-16
Genre: Reference
ISBN: 1466911956

La programación o educación básica del ser humano, generalmente, se ocupa de qué necesitamos HACER para lograr objetivos. Por ejemplo, si quieres ser inteligente, ¿tienes que ? Estudiar. Si quieres tener dinero, ¿tienes que ? Trabajar. Si quieres ser aceptado en sociedad, ¿tienes que ? Casarte y tener tu propia familia. Hacemos cosas para TENER. ¿Te suena lógico? ¿Te suena conocido? ¿Es éste el espacio de posibilidades donde te mueves? ¿Alguna vez has escuchado la frase YO SOY ? Quizá la relacionas con tu creador. Esto, indistinto de tu religión o cultura. Cuando hablamos del creador, hablamos del SER. ¿Esto te da alguna pista? ¿Será que la fuente de creación viene del ser y no del hacer? Transformación Humana plantea esta posibilidad. Para tener resultados extraordinarios, la fuente de creación está en el ser, no en el hacer.

Sed de Independencia

Sed de Independencia
Author: V. Ctor Manuel L. Pez Ortega
Publisher: Palibrio
Total Pages: 391
Release: 2012
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1463318596

Hombre de ideas revolucionarias, hereje, sacrílego, traidor, hipócrita, libertino, astuto y calculador... pero él ha actuado en nombre de la felicidad de la humanidad. En este libro, Francisco J. Rul narra sus peripecias durante la guerra de independencia de México, una época en la que imperaba el caos, la miseria, el hambre, la destrucción y la violencia, el pensamiento liberal comenzaba a permear en una población enfadada de casi trescientos años de dominación española y el virrey intentaba mantener el régimen establecido. En el transcurso de la historia, el protagonista se irá relacionando con las altas cúpulas del poder real y el insurgente, para luego descubrir que los intereses, conflictos, mentiras e intrigas que se gestan en ambos bandos le arrastran hacia un abismo del cual será difícil sobrevivir.