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Temples of the Earthbound Gods
In Rio de Janeiro, the spiritual home of world football, and Buenos Aires, where a popular soccer club president was recently elected mayor, the game is an integral part of national identity. Using the football stadium as an illuminating cultural lens, Temples of the Earthbound Gods examines many aspects of urban culture that play out within these monumental architectural forms, including spirituality, violence, rigid social norms, anarchy, and also expressions of sexuality and gender. Tracing the history of the game in Brazil and Argentina through colonial influences as well as indigenous ball courts in Mayan, Aztec, Zapotec, Mixtec, and Olmec societies, Christopher Gaffney's study spans both ancient and contemporary worlds, linking the development of stadiums to urbanization and the consolidation of nation building in two of Latin America's most intriguing megacities.
Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States
Prior to 1870, the series was published under various names. From 1870 to 1947, the uniform title Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States was used. From 1947 to 1969, the name was changed to Foreign Relations of the United States: Diplomatic Papers. After that date, the current name was adopted.
Kant’s Transcendental Semantics
Kant’s Transcendental Semantics is a translation of the most influential monograph on Kant published in Brazil, one that launched the “Semantic School” in a country with a thriving tradition of Kant scholarship. Zeljko Loparic differs from most interpreters of the Critique of Pure Reason in claiming that Kant’s main aim is neither metaphysical nor epistemological nor methodological but semantic in asking for the conditions for meaning and reference of terms in order to justify the possibility of meaningful discourse of different types. Loparic asks how our claims can have any meaning at all, how they relate to actual and possible objects, how our terms can ground scientific problem-s...
Software Quality. Software and Systems Quality in Distributed and Mobile Environments
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the scientific track of the 7th Software Quality Days Conference, SWQD 2015, held in Vienna, Austria, in January 2015. The SWQD conference offers a range of comprehensive and valuable information by presenting new ideas from the latest research papers, keynote speeches by renowned academics and industry leaders, professional lectures, exhibits, and tutorials. The four scientific full papers accepted for SWQD were each peer reviewed by three or more reviewers and selected out of 13 high-quality submissions. Further, four short papers were also presented and are included in this book. The papers are organized into topical sections on risk management and inspection, change impact analysis and systems testing, and software and systems architectures.
Lucas Rocha Thriller Series 4-Book Box Set
"Absolutely thrilling! From one book to the next this series keeps you on the edge of your seat." — B. Z., Verified Reader Review Lucas Rocha didn’t know he’d be a reluctant hero. He owed Daniel Burke his life, not that it was worth much at one point. No one ever retires from a gang. Death is the only way out. Over their turbulent intertwining, Lucas and Daniel find themselves speeding out of control on a road to redemption or ruination, and the biggest drug lord in Rio, Dez, could be their only key to survival. "Fast paced and action packed... This is a page-turner that you cannot put down once you start reading..." — Gabi, Verified Reader Review "This is by far, the best series to hit my kindle so far this year." — Christa, Verified Reader Review
Oktoberfest in Brazil
An ethnography that explores Brazil's domestic tourism through sensescapes and the economy of aesthetics framework
