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Paintings in Proust A Visual Companion to in Search of Lost Time


Free Download Paintings in Proust: A Visual Companion to in Search of Lost Time By Eric Karpeles
2008 | 352 Pages | ISBN: 0500238545 | PDF | 23 MB
A lavishly illustrated exploration of the ways in which Proust incorporated artists and the visual arts into his works reproduces two hundred signature examples of how he embedded subject choices, painting styles, and the appearances of other artists within his own pieces.

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Local Search in Combinatorial Optimization


Free Download Emile Aarts, "Local Search in Combinatorial Optimization"
English | ISBN: 0691115222 | 2003 | 528 pages | PDF | 54 MB
In the past three decades, local search has grown from a simple heuristic idea into a mature field of research in combinatorial optimization that is attracting ever-increasing attention. Local search is still the method of choice for NP-hard problems as it provides a robust approach for obtaining high-quality solutions to problems of a realistic size in reasonable time. Local Search in Combinatorial Optimization covers local search and its variants from both a theoretical and practical point of view, each topic discussed by a leading authority. This book is an important reference and invaluable source of inspiration for students and researchers in discrete mathematics, computer science, operations research, industrial engineering, and management science.

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In Search of the Truth British Injustice and Collusion in Northern Ireland


Free Download Michael O’Connell, "In Search of the Truth: British Injustice and Collusion in Northern Ireland"
English | 2017 | ISBN: 1848893000 | EPUB | pages: 384 | 1.6 mb
A detailed examination of the British Army campaign in Northern Ireland (1969-2007), focusing on cases in which the law was broken. Recent inquests have disclosed a wealth of explosive, newly declassified information, which allows for an exposé of many a

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In Search of Delhi


Free Download Jitender Gill, "In Search of Delhi"
English | ISBN: 1032480459 | 2023 | 344 pages | PDF | 28 MB
Dilli ki Khoj is an anecdotal history of Delhi and its monuments by Shri Brij Kishan Chandiwala, an eminent Gandhian. The volume was published in Hindi by the Publications Division of the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India, in 1964 and has been out of print for many years. This English translation of Dilli ki Khoj revives an out-of-print classic and makes it more accessible to a global audience. The book covers Delhi’s long history, details on monuments built from the ancient times till the early 1960s and a detailed recording of all of Gandhiji’s visits to Delhi. It also traces significant epochs in Indian history and the rise of a national identity.

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In Search of Return Mourning the Disappearances in Kashmir


Free Download In Search of Return: Mourning the Disappearances in Kashmir By Shifa Haq
2021 | 172 Pages | ISBN: 1498582486 | PDF | 2 MB
Beginning in 1989, more than 8,000 men disappeared in Kashmir. These disappearances were publicly denied, leaving mourners to grapple with unrecognized grief. Drawn from ten years of psycho-historical research in Kashmir, Shifa Haq reflects on the bereaved families’ intricate experiences of mourning. Haq expands the psychoanalytic understanding of loss and argues for a mourning that includes porous affective links with the political.

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Thinking in Search of a Language Essays on American Intellect and Intuition


Free Download Herwig Friedl, "Thinking in Search of a Language: Essays on American Intellect and Intuition"
English | ISBN: 1501332716 | 2018 | 412 pages | PDF | 5 MB
Thinking in Search of a Language explores American literary and philosophical traditions, and their intimate connections, by focusing on two defining strands in the intellectual history of the United States.

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In Search of the Culprit Aspects of Medieval Authorship


Free Download Gropper, Stefanie, Rösli, "In Search of the Culprit: Aspects of Medieval Authorship"
English | 2022 | ISBN: 3110692678 | PDF | pages: 302 | 4.9 mb
Despite various poststructuralist rejections of the idea of a singular author-genius, the question of a textual archetype that can be assigned to a named author is still a common scholarly phantasm. The present volume sets new standards by consistently applying current theoretical approaches from literary studies to the question of concepts of authorship in medieval and early modern literature. The basic thesis of the volume is that authorship is a narratological, inner- and intertextual function rather than an extra-textual entity.

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