“…Based loosely on the events of the Thirty Years' War, the trilogy provides a unique perspective on an army's loyalty to their commander and the machinations and intrigues of international diplomacy, giving insight into the military hero who is placed on the threshold between these forces as they are increasingly pitted against one another. …”

“…Learn to set up a Pi-based game development environment, and then develop a game with Lua, a popular scripting language used in major game frameworks like Unreal Engine (BioShock Infinite), CryEngine (Far Cry series), Diesel (Payday: The Heist), Silent Storm Engine (Heroes of Might and Magic V) and many others. More importantly, learn how to dig deeper into programming languages to find and understand new functions, frameworks, and languages to utilize in your games. …”

“…But he is also much more than that–he is a mentor, teacher, and trailblazer to many photographers, and a hero to those who feel Jay’s teaching has changed the way they see and create their own photography. …”

“…Se buscan pequeños héroes para construir un mundo mejor. ¿Por qué hay tantas religiones diferentes? …”

“…‘John is a hero to many private investors in the UK. By tucking money away year after year, and choosing his investments wisely, he has accumulated a portfolio worth more than £1 million.’ …”

“…How to handle non-resource APIs using REST How to best expose relationships between resources JSON Web Tokens, CORS, CSRF Get ready for authors Jamie Kurtz and Brian Wortman to take you from zero to REST service hero in no time at all. No prior experience with ASP.NET Web API is required; all Web API-related concepts are introduced from basic principles and developed to the point where you can use them in a production system. …”

“…Through the stories of British explorer Gertrude Bell, abolitionist hero Frederick Douglass, music icons the Beastie Boys, and many others, this book will help you: learn how to connect with high-caliber people who can help you go further in life; understand the rules of life as handed down through countless generations-then learn how to recognize which ones can be bent; grow in happiness, thankfulness, peace, and contentment while eliminating the power of negative emotions; explore how our minds reject new concepts like our bodies reject viruses; build a personal tribe that can help you achieve any goal in work, health, or relationships; make better choices by learning to see your options more clearly and honing your ability to move quickly with less information; identify relationships that have the most impact on your wellbeing, for better or worse; and discover and refine the direction of your life by exploring wisdom from twenty experts on purpose…”

“…Far from offering simplistic escapist pleasures, these post-9/11 shooters draw on a range of nationalist mythologies, positioning the player as the virtual hero at every level. Through close readings of key games, analyses of marketing materials, and participant observations of the war gaming community, Playing War examines an industry mobilizing anxieties about terrorism and invasion to craft immersive titles that transform international strife into interactive fun…”

“…For audiences, meeting their heroes can kill the mystique. And for artists, maintaining active relationships with so many people can be labor intensive and emotionally draining. …”

“…Auden -- a great modernist poet in his own right -- rose to his defense with a spirited essay on the true nature of the Hero Quest. Edmund Fuller's essay collected here discusses the nature of the fairy tale, returning to the roots of the term to remove the treacle of Disney and restore the value of realistic enchantment. …”
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“…Subsequent chapters address the emblems and oath-swearing ceremonies of the citizen nation, the evocation of native poetic landscapes, the exempla virtutis of national heroes, ancient and modern, and the funerary memorials of martyrs and soldiers who sacrificed themselves for the nation in Britain and France. …”

“…Straits untangles the myths that made Magellan a hero and discloses the reality of the man, probing the passions and tensions that drove him to adventure and drew him to disaster. …”
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“…Hombres y mujeres que son héroes, porque consiguieron mantener a esas poblaciones en pie cuando casi no podían ni mantenerse ellos. …”

“…Many biographers of Stalin turn to shallow psychological analysis in seeking to explain his embrace of revolution, focusing on the beatings he suffered at the hands of his father or his hero-worship of Lenins, or sensationalizing Stalin's involvement in violent activity. …”

“…Car si beaucoup firent preuve de compromission, de lâcheté et d'opportunisme, quelques-uns se comportèrent comme des héros.Une plongée inédite dans le Berlin des années de guerre, à hauteur d'homme -- Contracubierta…”

“…Cependant, de vaincu, Vercingétorix est peu à peu passé au statut de héros national. Laurent Olivier mène une véritable enquête criminelle, reprenant le témoignage des historiens romains et faisant appel aux dernières découvertes de l’archéologie, il apporte des révélations stupéfiantes. …”

“…This book discloses how Proust likely became familiar with William James and illustrates how James's writings were key to Proust's ability to craft the book he had been trying to write, extending even to his use of similar language and imagery and a narrative schema that arguably mimics James's descriptions of consciousness, perception, and memory. Proust's hero assiduously explores the vague, uncertain, relational aspects of experience, the trials and comforts of habit, the salvational potential of memory, the "moral" aspects of personal history teeming with impression and desire-these are the truths of human psychology and behavior theorized by William James and made fictional flesh in Proust's rendition of lived experience…”

“…Desde Dakar hasta Ciudad del Cabo, se vivieron numerosos episodios dramáticos por causa de la guerra, pero también aparecieron muchísimos héroes anónimos que ofrecieron resistencia y se rebelaron sin descanso contra esta situación…”

“…Conforme avanzan en sus aventuras, estos héroes imperfectos nos hablan de la responsabilidad individual frente a lo colectivo, la historia frente a la leyenda y la razón frente a la insensatez. …”

“…Conforme avanzan en sus aventuras, estos héroes imperfectos nos hablan de la responsabilidad individual frente a lo colectivo, la historia frente a la leyenda y la razón frente a la insensatez. …”