Cubism was the most influential artistic movement that emerged in the twentieth century. Yet just what cubism was, or stood for, at the time of its... emergence is still in dispute, while the explanations offered for its importance for twentieth century art, and its legacy for the present, are bewildering in their variety.This fascinating book offers a way beyond this confusion: a narrative of its beginnings, consolidation and dissemination that takes into account not only what the style and the movement signified at the time of its emergence but also the principal writings through which cubism's significance for modernism has been established. Visually stunning with over 100 illustrations, this is an essential work for all students and teachers of modern art history.

Enthralling accounts of the legendary Cuchulain, the greatest of ancient Ireland's Knights of the Red Branch, tell of his birth and boyhood deeds,... exploits in love and war, and premature death, all in the same beautifully simple style Lady Gregory first heard them as a child. Preface by W. B. Yeats.

A re-telling of the Irish saga. When first published, Gregory's version affected not only Yeats, but every important writer of the period. George... Russell (AE) wrote: ""I never expect to read a more beautiful book...Your story of Deirdre is extraordinarily lovely, indeed the whole book...made my heart beat with a half painful pleasure...You have acted the fairy godmother to me and to many Irish people by bringing the good gift our hearts desired.

“This book is required reading for anyone working with accelerator-based computing systems.” –From the Foreword by Jack Dongarra, University... of Tennessee and Oak Ridge National Laboratory CUDA is a computing architecture designed to facilitate the development of parallel programs. In conjunction with a comprehensive software platform, the CUDA Architecture enables programmers to draw on the immense power of graphics processing units (GPUs) when building high-performance applications. GPUs, of course, have long been available for demanding graphics and game applications. CUDA now brings this valuable resource to programmers working on applications in other domains, including science, engineering, and finance. No knowledge of graphics programming is required–just the ability to program in a modestly extended version of C.   CUDA by Example, written by two senior members of the CUDA software platform team, shows programmers how to employ this new technology. The authors introduce each area of CUDA development through working examples. After a concise introduction to the CUDA platform and architecture, as well as a quick-start guide to CUDA C, the book details the techniques and trade-offs associated with each key CUDA feature. You’ll discover when to use each CUDA C extension and how to write CUDA software that delivers truly outstanding performance.   Major topics covered include Parallel programming Thread cooperation Constant memory and events Texture memory Graphics interoperability Atomics Streams CUDA C on multiple GPUs Advanced atomics Additional CUDA resources All the CUDA software tools you’ll need are freely available for download from NVIDIA.http://developer.nvidia.com/object/cuda-by-example.html

This exciting new literary anthology comprises 32 Latin American short stories. Intended primarily for advanced students of Spanish, the rich collection... includes writers from the literary canon as well as contemporary authors. Pre- and post-reading activities facilitate the reading experience and provide the appropriate guidance for students at this level.

Soldados de Salamina: Un joven periodista indaga en un episodio ocurrido en los meses finales de la guerra civil espanola, cuando las tropas... republicanas se retiran hacia la frontera francesa y se toma la decision de fusilar a un grupo de presos franquistas. Entre estos se halla Rafael Sanchez Mazas, fundador e ideologo de Falange, que no solo logra escapar del fusilamiento, sino que, cuando salen en su busca, un soldado anonimo le encanona y, en el ultimo momento, le perdona la vida. Sanchez Mazas nunca olvidara a aquel soldado que no lo delato.

La autora estudia el pensamiento social y politico de Marietta de Veintemilla (Ecuador 1858-1907), Mercedes Cabello de Carbonera (Peru, 1845-1909) y... Luisa Capetillo (Puerto Rico, 1879-1922).

The first of three exceptional volumes of short stories written by this immortal master. His stories are a brilliant painting of improbable, magical and... tender beings. They are the best mixture of his Literature, and are also the opportunity to embark on an endless trip. This volume includes: La otra orilla, Bestiario, Las armas secretas, and Final del juego.

Considered by many to be one of the first Latin American masters of the short story, Horacio Quiroga is author of some 200 pieces of fiction often... compared to that of Rudyard Kipling, Jack London, and Edgar Allan Poe. Among this collection of tales selected by the author himself are stories of sickness, family tragedy, personal despair, and geographical exile, and also the frequent brutality of man.

Iniciado literariamente en la novela, Horacio Quiroga descuella sin embargo en el cuento, genero en el que habra de dar obras maestras. Instalado en el... territorio de Misiones, se inspiro en la exuberante naturaleza de la region y de ella extrajo sus mejores paginas. En estos Cuentos la precision y la violencia del estilo del autor alcanzan su climax de mas aguda tension.

This collection of stories includes tales about illness, despair, exile, and human brutality. The author himself compiled the selection. Held to be... among the greatest writers of short-fiction, Horacio Quiroga has been compared to Kipling and Poe.