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Dead Celebrities, Living Icons - Tragedy and Fame in the Age of the Multimedia Superstar (Hardcover): John David Ebert Dead Celebrities, Living Icons - Tragedy and Fame in the Age of the Multimedia Superstar (Hardcover)
John David Ebert
R1,694 Discovery Miles 16 940 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This in-depth series of literary portraits studies celebrities who died in famous and tragic ways—ways that still resonate as archetypal death scenarios in present day. We know their likes and dislikes, admire their talents, envy them for daring to be what we can't or what we won't. When they are snatched from us, we feel a personal loss and an unwillingness to let go. And so we transform these mere human beings into icons whose stars often shine in death even more brilliantly than in life. Dead Celebrities, Living Icons: Tragedy and Fame in the Age of the Multimedia Superstar explores this phenomenon through a series of essays on 14 men and women who are, arguably, the most famous people of the 20th and early 21st centuries. The book covers the epoch of the celebrity beginning in the 1930s with Howard Hughes and Walt Disney and continues to the present day with the life and death of Michael Jackson. Far more than just a collection of biographies, Dead Celebrities, Living Icons documents the philosophical importance and significance of the contemporary cult of the celebrity and analyzes the tragic consequences of a human life lived in the glare of the media spotlight.

Doing Meta-Analysis with R - A Hands-On Guide (Hardcover): Mathias Harrer, Pim Cuijpers, Toshi Furukawa, David Ebert Doing Meta-Analysis with R - A Hands-On Guide (Hardcover)
Mathias Harrer, Pim Cuijpers, Toshi Furukawa, David Ebert
R2,564 Discovery Miles 25 640 Ships in 9 - 17 working days

* Contains two introductory chapters on how to set up an R environment and do basic imports/manipulation of meta-analysis data, including exercises. * Describes statistical concepts clearly and concisely before applying them in R. * Includes step-by-step guidance through the coding required to perform meta-analyses, and a companion R package for the book.

The Age of Catastrophe - Disaster and Humanity in Modern Times (Paperback): John David Ebert The Age of Catastrophe - Disaster and Humanity in Modern Times (Paperback)
John David Ebert
R974 R720 Discovery Miles 7 200 Save R254 (26%) Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Disasters, both natural and man-made, are on the rise. Indeed, a catastrophe of one sort or another seems always to be unfolding somewhere on this planet. We have entered into a veritable Age of Catastrophes which, in the 20th century, grew both larger and more complex, to the point where disasters are now routinely planetary in scale and scope. The old days of the geographically isolated industrial accidents, of the sinking of a Titanic or the explosion of a Hindenburg, together with their isolated causes and limited effects, is over. Now, disasters on the scale of Hurricane Katrina, the BP oil spill or the Japan tsunami and nuclear reactor accident, threaten to engulf the very order of civilization. This book analyzes the efforts of Westerners to keep the catastrophes outside, while maintaining order on the inside of society. These efforts are presently breaking down, as Nature and Civilization have become so intertwined they can no longer be clearly separated. Catastrophe is everywhere, and natural disasters, moreover, are becoming increasingly more difficult to differentiate from ""man-made.

The New Media Invasion - Digital Technologies and the World They Unmake (Paperback): John David Ebert The New Media Invasion - Digital Technologies and the World They Unmake (Paperback)
John David Ebert
R973 R719 Discovery Miles 7 190 Save R254 (26%) Ships in 12 - 19 working days

From the 15th century until the mid-1990s, media based on the printed word--including books, magazines, newspapers, and journals--dominated society. Today, however, an onslaught of digital media centered on the Internet is developing at a breathtaking pace, destabilizing the very idea of printed media and fundamentally reshaping our world in the process. This study explores how Internet entities like Amazon, YouTube, Facebook, Wikipedia, and Google, and gadgets such as digital cameras, cell phones, video games, robots, drones, and all things MacIntosh have affected everything from the book industry and copyright law to how we conduct social relationships and consider knowledge. Including a chronology of significant events in the history of the digital explosion, this investigation of the often overlooked "shadow" side of new technology chronicles life during such a radical societal shift and follows the process whereby one world disintegrates while another takes its place.

Archai - a cosmogonic poem (Paperback): John David Ebert Archai - a cosmogonic poem (Paperback)
John David Ebert
R526 Discovery Miles 5 260 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Star Wars Scene-by-Scene (Paperback): John David Ebert Star Wars Scene-by-Scene (Paperback)
John David Ebert
R452 Discovery Miles 4 520 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Gods & Heroes of the Media Age - From Captain Nemo to The X-Files (Paperback): John David Ebert Gods & Heroes of the Media Age - From Captain Nemo to The X-Files (Paperback)
John David Ebert
R467 Discovery Miles 4 670 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Gilgamesh Redux - A Poetic Cycle (Paperback): John David Ebert Gilgamesh Redux - A Poetic Cycle (Paperback)
John David Ebert
R536 Discovery Miles 5 360 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Thanatos - A Poetic History of the Dead (Paperback): John David Ebert Thanatos - A Poetic History of the Dead (Paperback)
John David Ebert
R432 Discovery Miles 4 320 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Myths, Gods, Machines - Illuminations on Mythology, History and Science (Paperback): John David Ebert Myths, Gods, Machines - Illuminations on Mythology, History and Science (Paperback)
John David Ebert
R459 Discovery Miles 4 590 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Texts - Collected Book Reviews from Joseph Campbell to Deleuze and Guattari (Paperback): John David Ebert Texts - Collected Book Reviews from Joseph Campbell to Deleuze and Guattari (Paperback)
John David Ebert
R504 Discovery Miles 5 040 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Alien Scene-by-Scene (Paperback): John David Ebert Alien Scene-by-Scene (Paperback)
John David Ebert
R448 Discovery Miles 4 480 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Videodrome Scene-by-Scene (Paperback): John David Ebert Videodrome Scene-by-Scene (Paperback)
John David Ebert
R447 Discovery Miles 4 470 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Shining Scene-by-Scene (Paperback): John David Ebert The Shining Scene-by-Scene (Paperback)
John David Ebert
R450 Discovery Miles 4 500 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Apocalypse Now Scene-by-Scene (Paperback): John David Ebert Apocalypse Now Scene-by-Scene (Paperback)
John David Ebert
R447 Discovery Miles 4 470 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Blade Runner Scene-by-Scene (Paperback): John David Ebert Blade Runner Scene-by-Scene (Paperback)
John David Ebert
R442 Discovery Miles 4 420 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Cultural Decay Rate - Essays on Contemporary Art, Literature and Social Disintegration (Paperback): John David Ebert Cultural Decay Rate - Essays on Contemporary Art, Literature and Social Disintegration (Paperback)
John David Ebert
R483 Discovery Miles 4 830 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Giant Humans, Tiny Worlds - Adventures in the Universe of Graphic Novels: Adventures in the Universe of Graphic Novels... Giant Humans, Tiny Worlds - Adventures in the Universe of Graphic Novels: Adventures in the Universe of Graphic Novels (Paperback)
John David Ebert
R602 Discovery Miles 6 020 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The novel is no longer the youngest medium, but today has been displaced by the graphic novel, an even younger medium. Whereas the novel had been concerned with the various utopian projects of Modernity, the graphic novel operates inside a world horizon of mad scientists, failed superheroes and crumbling cities. Indeed, it takes for granted the failure of all modernizing utopias, while simultaneously retrieving two-dimensional Giant Humans from the world of the ancient epics with which to construct personal immune systems for the Self, especially since public immune systems no longer function properly. In this book, John David Ebert discusses 24 of the most popular graphic novels of all time, including "The Dark Knight Returns," "Watchmen," "Black Hole," etc., looking for traces of the new imaginary significations with which the youth of today are shoring up the ruins of their own subjectivities.

Art After Metaphysics (Paperback): John David Ebert Art After Metaphysics (Paperback)
John David Ebert
R663 Discovery Miles 6 630 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Contemporary art is a very different kind of art from anything that has ever been practiced in the past. It is an art that takes place after the age of metaphysics, when all the imaginary significations that once used to anchor art in traditional meaning systems have disintegrated. Today's artist, consequently, is left with a rubble heap of broken meaning systems, discarded signifiers and semiotic vacancies that must be sifted through in a quest for new meanings appropriate to an age that has been reshaped by globalization. Through discussions of the works of artists such as Damien Hirst, Anish Kapoor, Anselm Kiefer, Christian Boltanski and many others, John David Ebert attempts to fathom the nature of what it means to be an artist in a post-metaphysical age in which all certainties of meaning have collapsed.

Predictive Modeling and the Ecology of Hunter-Gatherers of the Boreal Forest of Manitoba (Paperback): David Ebert Predictive Modeling and the Ecology of Hunter-Gatherers of the Boreal Forest of Manitoba (Paperback)
David Ebert
R1,202 Discovery Miles 12 020 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Archaeological predictive modelling, Ebert argues, has stagnated in recent years with its proponents resisting the temptation to experiment with tried and tested models. Four new models for predicting site locations using economic, cultural and environmental variables are presented here in relation to boreal forest hunter-gatherers. Ebert tests the merits of each of these variables, as well as optimal foraging theory and the general effectiveness of ecological models of cultural behaviour. The dataset for his case study is presented, the four models applied and tested, and their successes and usefulness evaluated.

Sharks, Rays, and Chimaeras of California (Paperback): David Ebert Sharks, Rays, and Chimaeras of California (Paperback)
David Ebert; Illustrated by Mathew D. Squillante
R697 R638 Discovery Miles 6 380 Save R59 (8%) Ships in 12 - 19 working days

"Ebert has herein assembled an enormous body of knowledge about California's 43 shark species ranging from shark and human behavior to taxonomic minutiae, along with up-to-date explanations of their ecology, status and fisheries. More importantly, his Herculean effort includes the often-overlooked 25 species of skates, rays and chimaeras. That, along with the fine illustrations of Mat Squillante, should answer any question that a student, diver, natural history buff, or recreational or commercial fisher might ask."--John E. McCosker, coauthor of "Great White Shark

"The timing of this publication is ideal given the status of some of California's elasmobranch populations and the need for a deeper understanding of their biology, ecology, and fishery management. The book is a comprehensive treatment--if one wants to find out the latest information on any species of shark or ray off California, this is the place to go. An outstanding work!"--Gregor M. Cailliet, Professor, Moss Landing Marine Laboratories, and Director, Pacific Shark Research Center

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