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ITIL Foundation : ITIL 4 Edition (9780113316076)

The first step on the ITIL 4 pathway provides IT professionals with an understanding of the ITIL 4 framework and its practical application to the modern digital world while serving as expert reference guidance for solving day-to-day problems. It is fully aligned with the ITIL 4 Foundation exam and is ideal guidance for IT professionals who require an understanding of the ITIL 4 framework and how to apply it to the modern digital world. Product details Format Paperback | 212 pages Dimensions 213.36 ...
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Short Stories in Spanish : New Penguin Parallel Texts (9780140265415)

This is an all new version of the popular PARALLEL TEXT series, containing eight pieces of contemporary fiction in the original Spanish and in English translation. Including stories by Fuentes, Molinas, Marquez and Cortazar, this volume gives a fascinating insight into Spanish and Latin American culture and literature as well as providing an invaluable educational tool. Product details Format Paperback | 256 pages Dimensions 129 x 198 x 16mm | 181g ...
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Poetics (9780140446364)

One of the most powerful, perceptive and influential works of criticism in Western literary history In his near-contemporary account of classical Greek tragedy, Aristotle examines the dramatic elements of plot, character, language and spectacle that combine to produce pity and fear in the audience, and asks why we derive pleasure from this apparently painful process. Taking examples from the plays of Aeschylus, Sophocles and Euripides, the Poetics introduced into literary criticism such central concepts as mimesis ('imitation'), hamartia ('error') and katharsis ('purification'). Aristotle explains how the most effective tragedies rely on complication and resolution, recognition and reversals. The Poetics has informed thinking about drama ever since. Translated with an Introduction and Notes by Malcolm Heath Product details Format ...
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Orientalism (9780141187426)

The seminal work that has redefined our understanding of colonialism and empire, with a preface by the author 'Stimulating, elegant and pugnacious' Observer 'Magisterial' Terry Eagleton In this highly-acclaimed work, Edward Said surveys the history and nature of Western attitudes towards the East, considering orientalism as a powerful European ideological creation - a way for writers, philosophers and colonial administrators to deal with the 'otherness' of eastern culture, customs and beliefs. He traces this view through the writings of Homer, Nerval and Flaubert, Disraeli and Kipling, whose imaginative depictions have greatly contributed to the West's romantic and exotic picture of the Orient. Drawing on his own experiences as an Arab Palestinian living in the West, Said examines how these ideas can be a reflection of European imperialism and racism. 'Beautifully patterned and passionately argued' New Statesman 'Very exciting ... his...
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