“…Persuadé d’avoir été un musicien manqué, Stendhal a rêvé de rivaliser, en tant qu’écrivain, avec la musique et ainsi d’atteindre l’idéal romantique de la fraternité des arts…”

“…The second section delves into the art of storytelling in a business context. You'll discover how to connect with and engage your audience through powerful narratives. …”

“…It explores how survivor activists have drawn on creative countercultural traditions of art and subversion to create new styles of psychiatric contention. …”

“…Marxista no ortodoxo, fino conocedor de las artes, musicólogo y compositor, Adorno supo leer como pocos en los pliegues del siglo XX y restituyó la imagen lúcida de una contemporaneidad fragmentada…”

“…In this quick, incredibly practical guide to failure, McDermott brings together dozens of state-of-the-art techniques guaranteed to help you crash, burn, and disappoint everyone in your life. …”

“…The book explains WebObjects concepts and paradigms, and it illustrates the art of modeling applications with the Enterprise Object Framework. …”

“…Set up and customize Skype in just minutes Take Skype on the road--avoid expensive hotel phones and international calls Transform your PC into a state-of-the-art Skype videophone Troubleshoot Skype connections and audio quality Discover even more ways to save money, simplify life, even build your business! …”

“…An up-to-the-minute briefing on the entire semiconductor industry Technology, applications, and markets— explained in English Explains today's state-of-the-art silicon design and manufacturing techniques Contains expert insights from one of the industry's leading analysts and editors The Essential Guide to Semiconductors is a complete professional's guide to the business andtechnology of semiconductor design and manufacturing. …”

“…Whether you've depended on CorelDRAW for years or have never used an art program before, you'll find exactly what you need to get right to work in CorelDRAW 9 for Windows: Visual QuickStart Guide. …”

“…"A great write-up on the art of banking. Essential reading for anyone working in finance." …”

“…The book presents the state-of-the-art in mathematical modelling in biomedicine and opens new perspectives in this passionate field of research…”

“…In this context, the continuous development and speedy progress in digital workflows and dental materials ensure new opportunities in dentistry.The objective of this Special Issue is to provide an update on the current knowledge with state-of-the-art theory and practical information on digital workflows to determine the uptake of technological innovations in dental materials science. …”

“…Since the foundation and up to the current state-of-the-art in control engineering, the problems of PID control steadily attract great attention of numerous researchers and remain inexhaustible source of new ideas for process of control system design and industrial applications. …”

“…This book presents recent developments in the state of the art of advanced additive manufacturing and the joining of metal–polymer multi-material structures in transportation. …”

“…It describes the current Virtual Reality state-of-the-art and points out many areas where there is still work to be done. …”

“…In order to improve the current state of the art, models are being developed and tested experimentally. …”

“…In this Special Issue, we invited contributions to report state-of-the art developments in the fields of micro- and nanofluidic separation, fractionation, sorting, and purification of all classes of particles, including, but not limited to, active devices using electric, magnetic, optical, and acoustic forces; passive devices using geometries and hydrodynamic effects at the micro/nanoscale; confined and open platforms; label-based and label-free technology; and separation of bioparticles (including blood cells), circulating tumor cells, live/dead cells, exosomes, DNA, and non-bioparticles, including polymeric or inorganic micro- and nanoparticles, droplets, bubbles, etc. …”

“…The present collection comprises state of the art research and review papers on virulence factors and mechanisms of a wide range of bacterial and fungal pathogens for humans, animals, and plants, thus reflecting the impact of microorganisms in health and economic human activities, and the importance of the topic…”

“…Die vorliegende Arbeit versucht nun anhand der ausgewählten Beispiele zu zeigen, daß es neben diesem, im weitesten Sinne des Wortes inhaltlich-thematischen Aspekt des Ethos für die Literatur (der durchaus auch eine pragmatische Funktion erfüllt) noch einen wesentlicheren gibt: "Ethos" selbst als eine für die literarische Kunst, den Kunstcharakter, den Wert des literarischen Kunstwerks konstitutive Kategorie; "literarisches Ethos" also nicht als Qualität einer bestimmten gattungsmäßig oder inhaltlich definierten Menge von Texten, sondern als ein Verfahren, das eine ganz bestimmte Art von Kunst in literarischen Texten erzeugen kann, und die in bestimmten Texten fast ausschließlicher Garant dafür ist, daß diese überhaupt als künstlerische Texte (und nicht etwa als journalistische Gebrauchsliteratur) wahrgenommen und geschätzt werden können…”

“…Analysing literature, visual arts and news media from across the postcolonial world, they aim at exploring the frameworks of representation that impact affective and ethical responses to disenfranchised groups and precarious subjects. …”