Tabla de Contenidos: “…The images restored [802-56] -- Of patriarchs and plots [857-67] -- The Macedonian and the sage [867-912] -- The gentle usurper [912-48] -- The Scholar emperor [945-63] -- The tale of two generals [963-76] -- The Bulgar-slayer [976-1025] -- The decline begins [1025-55] -- Manzikert [1055-81] -- Pt. 3: The decline and fall. …”

“…Drawing on classics of film and television, as well as more contemporary series like "Buffy the Vampire Slayer", "The Sopranos" and "The Simpsons", she shows how adaptations, sequels, series and sagas have altered long-standing notions of closure and single authorship. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Carson -- Daggers in every look -- Men with ears down to their ankles -- The hall of final ruin -- A BROKEN COUNTRY: The grim metronome -- Lords of the mountains -- The devil's turnpike -- Our red children -- Cold steel -- El Crepusculo -- American mercury -- Time at last sets all things even -- The finest head I ever saw -- The death knot -- Men without eyes -- Blood and thunder -- MONSTER SLAYER: The fearing time -- People of the single star -- The sons of some dear mother -- The round forest -- Children of the mist -- General orders no. 15 -- Fortress rock -- The long walk -- Adobe walls -- The condition of the tribes -- Crossing purgatory -- Epilogue: In beauty we walk…”
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“…This unparalleled selection of original essays examines instances across the spectrum of modern cultural consumption from Karl Marx to Paris Hilton, Buffy the Vampire Slayer to backyard wrestling, Bach fugues to Bollywood cinema? …”

“…This unparalleled selection of original essays examines instances across the spectrum of modern cultural consumption from Karl Marx to Paris Hilton, Buffy the Vampire Slayer to backyard wrestling, Bach fugues to Bollywood cinema? …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Unity: One empire, under God ; Seeking the mandate of Heaven ; An empire of the mind ; The Persian threat ; The apostate ; Earthquake and invasion ; Refounding the Kingdom ; The Catholic church -- Fractures: Excommunicated ; Cracked in two ; The sack of Rome ; One nature versus two ; Seeking a homeland ; The Gupta decline ; Northern ambitions ; The Huns ; Attila ; Orthodoxy ; The high kings ; The end of the Roman myth -- New powers: The Ostrogoths ; Byzantium ; Aspirations ; Resentment ; Elected Kings ; Invasion and eruption ; The Americas ; Great and holy majesty ; Pestilence ; The heavenly sovereign ; Reunification ; The South Indian kings ; Two emperors ; The mayors of the palaces ; Gregory the Great ; The Persian crusade ; The prophet ; Tang dominance ; The tribe of faith ; Intersection ; The troubles of empire -- States and kingdoms: Law and language ; Creating the past ; The days of the empress ; Paths into Europe ; The Kailasa of the South ; Purifications ; The Abbasids ; Charlemagne ; The An Lushan rebellion ; Imperator et Augustus ; The new Sennacherib ; Castle lords and regents ; The triumph of the outsiders ; The third dynasty ; The Vikings ; Long-lived kings ; Foreign and domestic relations ; The second caliphate ; The great army of the Vikings ; Struggle for the iron crown ; Kampaku ; Basileus ; The creation of Normandy ; The kingdom of Germany ; The turn of the wheel ; The capture of Baghdad ; Three kingdoms ; Kings of England ; The baptism of the Rus -- Crusades: The holy Roman emperor ; The hardship of sacred war ; Basil the Bulgar-slayer ; Defending the mandate ; The new found land ; Schism ; Danish domination ; The Norman conquest ; The kings of Spain ; The arrival of the Turks ; The loss of the song ; Repentance at Canossa ; The call ; Fighting for Jerusalem ; Aftershocks…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…on vampiric genres / Nancy Gagnier -- "When you kiss me, I want to die": Buffi the vampire slayer and gothic family values / Lauren Stasiak -- The Cure, the community, the contempt! …”

“…From bodies, robots, and souls to purgatories and post-apocalyptic scenarios and new forms of digital scripture, the shows examined - from Buffy the Vampire Slayer to Westworld - invite their viewers and fans to engage with and imagine concepts traditionally reserved for religious spaces. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…""Monster-Bashing Myths""""The Fifth Day of Creation in Ancient Syrian and Neo-Hittite Art""; ""Douglas Frayne""; ""Once upon a Time in KiÅ¡kiluÅ¡a""; ""The Dragon-Slayer Myth in Central Anatolia""; ""Amir Gilan""; ""The Northwest Semitic Conflict Myth and Egyptian Sources from the Middle and New Kingdoms""; ""Joanna TöyrÃ?…”
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Tabla de Contenidos: “….; RENGA, LA; ROLLING STONES, THE; RUSH; SATRIANI, JOE; SCORPIONS; SEPULTURA; SEX PISTOLS; SINERGIA; SLAYER; SMASHING PUMPKINS, THE; SMITHS, THE; SODA STEREO; SONIC YOUTH; SOUNDGARDEN; STONE TEMPLE PILOTS; STROKES, THE; SYSTEM OF A DOWN; TOOL; TRES, LOS; TUMULTO; U2; VAN HALEN; VAUGHAN, STEVIE RAY; VELVET UNDERGROUND, THE; WEICHAFE; WHITE STRIPES, THE; WHITESNAKE; WHO, THE; YES; YOUNG, NEIL; ZAPPA, FRANK; ENSAYOS; BLUES: THE MITOS Y SENTIMIENTO; CHILE: LOS INTERMINABLES CAMINOS DEL ROCK CHILENO…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Anonymize Resumes 30 Look Harder Part B: Minding the Gap 32 Stacking the Loop and Mining for Diamonds 35 Set Explicit Diversity Goals, Then Mirror Your Interview Loop to Match 37 Pay Big Bonuses for Employee Referrals of Candidates from Underrepresented Backgrounds 40 Mining for Diamonds and "Custom Grooming" 41 Straight Talk: Lisa Maki 47 Chapter 3 Solution 2: In It to Win It: Supporting Women's Development 49 Reverse Mentoring 49 Increasing Female Visibility 54 Straight Talk: Eugenia Harvey 63 Straight Talk: Maria Hess 64 Chapter 4 Solution 3: Listen Louder 65 Dragon Slayers and Deliberators 66 Star Shooters and Stratosphere Blasters 68 Identical Pitches Yield Biased Results 70 How Men Can Change the Way They Listen 72 Straight Talk: Karen Cooper 80 Straight Talk: Susannah Malarkey 81 Chapter 5 Solution 4: Creating a Family-Forward Culture 83 One: No Meetings before 9:00 a.m. 86 Two: Men Should Take Just as Much Parental Leave as Women 89 Three: Shut Down Email at Night 92 Four: Create Family-Friendly Spaces, Not Bro-Friendly Spaces 96 Straight Talk: Christina Watt 105 Straight Talk: Dr. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Server-side Attacks -- Vulnerability assessment -- Webshag -- Skipfish -- ProxyStrike -- Vega -- Owasp-Zap -- Websploit -- Exploitation -- Metasploit -- w3af -- Exploiting e-mail systems -- Brute-force attacks -- Hydra -- DirBuster -- WebSlayer -- Cracking passwords -- John the Ripper…”

“…Offering insider stories and never-before-published details about shows such as Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Dawson's Creek, 7th Heaven, Gilmore Girls, Smallville, Felicity, Girlfriends, Everybody Hates Chris, and America's Next Top Model, Daniels and Littleton provide an exhaustive account of the two creative teams that ushered these groundbreaking programs into the hearts, minds, and living rooms of Americans across the country. …”
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