“…In this fascinating book, he explores everything from what really happened to the Great Library of Alexandria to the Windrush papers, from Donald Trump's deleting embarrassing tweets to John Murray's burning of Byron's memoirs in the name of censorship. 0At once a powerful history of civilisation and a manifesto for the vital importance of physical libraries in our increasingly digital age, 'Burning the Books' is also a very human story animated by an unlikely cast of adventurers, self-taught archaeologists, poets, freedom-fighters -- and, of course, librarians and the heroic lengths they will go to preserve and rescue knowledge, ensuring that civilisation survives. …”

“…Francesco Bruni, con una ricca indagine che attraversa la politica, la letteratura e la lingua, passa in rassegna i diversi sguardi che da un lato gli intellettuali italiani (da Leopardi a Manzoni, da Tommaseo a d'Azeglio, da Rosmini a Gioberti), e dall'altro quelli stranieri come Byron, Sismondi o Madame de Staël, portarono sugli italiani come popolo e sull'Italia come nazione, come Stato possibile, come patria comune -- Contracubierta…”
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Tabla de Contenidos: “…Scottish Romanticism and Scotland in Romanticism: Fiona Stafford -- 4. Byron's Influence on European Romanticism: Peter Cochran -- 5. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Begg -- Cain and Abel in Second Temple literature and beyond / John Byron -- Genesis in the Dead Sea Scrolls / Sidnie White Crawford -- Genesis and Its reception in Jubilees / C.T.R. …”
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Tabla de Contenidos: “…Begg -- Cain and Abel in Second Temple literature and beyond / John Byron -- Genesis in the Dead Sea Scrolls / Sidnie White Crawford -- Genesis and Its reception in Jubilees / C.T.R. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Acknowledgements -- Contributors -- Introduction: The Fact and Fiction of Television: Stanley Cavell and the Terms of Television Philosophy DAVID LaROCCA and SANDRA LAUGIER -- PART I: NEW TELEVISION -- 1 Justifying Justified WILLIAM ROTHMAN -- 2 'You Get Paid for Pain': Kingdom and New Television MARTIN SHUSTER -- 3 To See and to Stop: The Problem of Abdication in Succession ELISABETH BRONFEN -- 4 When TV is on TV: Metatelevision and the Art of Watching TV with the Royal Family in The Crown DAVID LaROCCA -- PART II: BIG PERFECTIONISM ON THE SMALL SCREEN -- 5 It's My Party and I'll Die Even If I Don't Want To: Repetition, Acknowledgment, and Cavellian Perfectionism in Russian Doll MICHELLE DEVEREAUX -- 6 'Nobody's Perfect': Moral Imperfectionism in Ozark HENT de VRIES -- 7 A Zigzag of a Hundred Tacks: Narrative Complexity in The Good Place CATHERINE WHEATLEY -- 8 Im/Moral Perfectionism: On TV's Two Worlds JEROEN GERRITS -- PART III: EVERYDAY EDUCATION -- 9 The Sublime and the American Dream in Fargo HUGO CLÉMOT -- 10 TV Time, Recurrence, and the Situation of the Spectator: An Approach via Stanley Cavell, Raúl Ruiz, and Ruiz's Late Chilean Series Litoral (2008) BYRON DAVIES -- 11 Education about Trust in Homeland THIBAUT de SAINT MAURICE -- 12 Small Acts PAUL STANDISH -- PART IV: POPULAR TV AND ITS GENRES -- 13 The Event of Television: Sitcoms, Superheroes, and WandaVision STEPHEN MULHALL -- 14 Love, Remarriage, and The Americans SANDRA LAUGIER -- 15 True Detective: Existential Scepticism and Television Crime Drama ROBERT SINNERBRINK -- Index…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…West Nile virus in Europe: waiting for the start of the epidemic?""; ""Marion Koopmans, Byron Martina, Chantal Reusken and Kees van Maanen""; ""9. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Chapter 1 Defining research focus in self-directed learning: an autoethnographic reflection / Divan Jagals -- Chapter 2 Evaluating undergraduate students' self-directed learning experiences during research-based learning / Walter Uys, Wallace Chigona -- Chapter 3 Implementing guidelines for deeper self-directed learning in Computer Applications Technology education: Implications for lifelong learning / Sukie van Zyl, Elsa Mentz -- Chapter 4 Lessons learnt in establishing a teaching presence in a cooperative blended learning environment: Facilitators' perspectives / Chantelle Bosch, Dorothy Laubscher -- Chapter 5 Puzzle video games and the benefits for critical thinking: Developing skills and dispositions towards Self-Directed Learning / Byron J. Bunt, Mary Grosser -- Chapter 6 Teachers' position regarding their curriculum as praxis: A self-directed learning capability perspective / Marisa Verster, Elsa Mentz, Charlene du Toit-Brits -- Chapter 7 A Cultural-Historical Activity Theory gaze at teacher professional development to enhance self-directed learning and its transfer to the classroom / Elsa Mentz, Josef de Beer -- Chapter 8 Facilitator experiences on implementing technology-supported cooperative learning professional development / Gordon Sekano, Dorothy Laubscher, Roxanne Bailey -- Chapter 9 Using cooperative learning as scaffold to develop Grade 10 Life Sciences learners' self-directed learning skills within their zone of proximal development / Monica de Lange, Neal Petersen, Betty Breed -- Chapter 10 A contextual consideration of parental involvement in homework to develop self-regulated learning / Bernadette Geduld, Marry Mdakane…”

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Tabla de Contenidos: “…. -- A historically Black college perspective / Gloria Dean Randle Scott -- A religious-based college and university perspective / William J. Byron -- A research university perspective / Mary Lindenstein Walshok -- Civic engagement and the academic disciplines / Edward Zlotkowski -- Accounting for the civic role: assessment and accountability strategies for civic education and institutional service / Jane V. …”

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“…"Lord Byron described Greece as great, fallen, and immortal, a characterization more apt than he knew. …”

“…A pesar de la enorme importancia de la obra poética de Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792-1822), a quien Lord Byron definió como «el mejor y el menos egoísta de los hombres», no hay una gran antología de su obra traducida al español. …”

“…De Socrate jusqu'à David Bowie - en passant par Épicure, Montaigne, Kant, Goethe, Byron, Chateaubriand, Baudelaire, Oscar Wilde, Nietzsche, Heidegger, Genet, Mishima, Marguerite Yourcenar, etc. - Schiffer invite le lecteur à méditer autrement sur l'art de mourir. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…By Way of Introduction: British Reception, Perception and Recognition of Russian Culture --2. Byron, Don Juan, and Russia --3. William Henry Leeds and Early British Responses to Russian Literature --4. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “….) -- INTRODUCCIÓN -- UNA PERSPECTIVA DEL ROMANTICISMO ESPAÑOL E INGLÉS -- INFLUJO ESPAÑOL EN LORD BYRON -- INFLUENCIA BYRONIANA EN ESPRONCEDA -- INFLUENCIA BYRONIANA EN BÉCQUER -- CONCLUSIONES -- BIBLIOGRAFÍA -- VARIACIONES DE LA NOVELA HISTÓRICA: UN ESTUDIO COMPARATIVO A TRAVÉS DEL (...) -- BIBLIOGRAFÍA…”

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“…On the morning of August 14, 1909, a small, diverse group including Professor Byron Cummings of the University of Utah, Government Land Office surveyor William Douglass, pioneer archaeologist and trader John Weatherill, and Paiute guide Nasja Begay gazed at the largest structure of its kind in the world-Rainbow Bridge. …”