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  • From Language to Language

    The Hospitality of Translation

    by Souleymane Bachir Diagne ...
    Translated by Dylan Temel ...
    In this engaging humanist text, a renowned Senegalese philosopher explores the power of translation to bridge cultural divides.Informed by his own multicultural background—African, French, and American—Souleymane Bachir Diagne interrogates the practice of translation in this thoughtful text. Although translation often produces a relationship of profound inequality between dominant and dominated ... Read more

    $15.99 CAD

  • First to Leave the Party

    My Life with Ordinary People... Who Happen to be Famous

    by Salah Bachir ...
    **INSTANT NATIONAL BESTSELLERA marvelous and compulsively readable collection of stories from the life of Salah Bachir — philanthropist, art collector, movie industry insider — who, through his sheer joy of life, art, giving back, and human interaction, has endeared him to some of the most famous and creative people in recent times.**Salah Bachir’s encounters with stars who have passed through his ... Read more

    $16.99 CAD

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  • Artificial Intelligence: Theories and Applications

    First International Conference, ICAITA 2022, Mascara, Algeria, November 7–8, 2022, Revised Selected Papers

    Edited by Mohammed Salem, Juan Julián Merelo, Patrick Siarry, Rochdi Bachir Bouiadjra, Mohamed Debakla, Fatima Debbat ...
    Series series Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
    This volume constitutes selected papers presented at the First International Conference on Artificial Intelligence: Theories and Applications, ICAITA 2022, held in Mascara, Algeria, in November 2022.The 23 papers were thoroughly reviewed and selected from the 66 qualified submissions. They are organized in topical sections on artificial vision; and articial intelligence in big data and natural ... Read more

    $102.99 CAD

  • African Meditations

    by Felwine Sarr ...
    Translated by Drew S. Burk ...
    Series series Univocal
    An influential thinker’s fascinating reflections and meditations on reacclimating to his native Senegal as a young academic after years of study abroadThe call to morning prayer. A group run at daybreak along the Corniche in Dakar. A young woman shedding tears on a beach as her friends take a boat to Europe. In African Meditations, paths to enlightenment collide with tales of loss and ruminations, ... Read more

    $21.99 CAD

  • African Art as Philosophy

    Senghor, Bergson, and the Idea of Negritude

    by Souleymane Bachir Diagne ...
    Translated by Chike Jeffers ...
    This critically acclaimed study offers a distinct, incisive look at how Senegalese philosopher Senghor sees in African art the most acute expression of Bergson’s philosophy.Léopold Sédar Senghor (1906–2001) was a Senegalese poet and philosopher who in 1960 also became the first president of the Republic of Senegal. In African Art as Philosophy, Souleymane Bachir Diagne uses a unique approach to ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD

  • Beirut Noir

    by Rawi Hage, Muhammad Abi Samra, Leila Eid, Hala Kawtharani, Marie Tawk, Bana Baydoun, Hyam Yared, Najwa Barakat, Alawiyeh Sobh, Mazen Zahreddine, Abbas Beydoun, Bachir Hilal, Zena El Khalil, Mazen Maarouf, Tarek Abi Samra ...
    Series series Akashic Noir
    "No book could possibly describe the myriad different faces of twenty-first century Beirut better than Beirut Noir, yet another in the fabulous Akashic Noir series that should dominate at least one shelf of any crime fan's library."--CrimeReads, included in Paul French's Column on Beirut Crime Fiction"Humaydan writes in her introduction to this haunting anthology that 'all of the stories are ... Read more

    $17.99 CAD

  • Nostalgia

    When Are We Ever at Home?

    by Barbara Cassin ...
    Translated by Pascale-Anne Brault ...
    Winner, French Voices Grand PrizeNostalgia makes claims on us both as individuals and as members of a political community. In this short book, Barbara Cassin provides an eloquent and sophisticated treatment of exile and of desire for a homeland, while showing how it has been possible for many to reimagine home in terms of language rather than territory.Moving from Homer’s and Virgil’s foundational ... Read more

    $24.99 CAD

  • Extra-Cranial Applications of Diffusion-Weighted MRI

    Edited by Bachir Taouli ...
    Continuous improvement in MRI technology in recent years has led to the application of diffusion-weighted MR imaging in organ systems outside the brain. Extra-Cranial Applications of Diffusion-Weighted MRI provides an extensive review of current and future applications of this imaging modality by world-renowned experts. Organized by organ system, each chapter is highly illustrated, offering a ... Read more

    $95.99 CAD

  • Advances in Energy and Environment Research

    Proceedings of the International Conference on Advances in Energy and Environment Research (ICAEER2016), Guangzhou City, China, August 12-14, 2016

    Edited by Bachir Achour, Qiyan Wu ...
    The 2016 International Conference on Advances in Energy and Environment Research (ICAEER 2016) took place on August 12-14, 2016 in Guangzhou, China. ICAEER 2016 has been a meeting place for innovative academics and industrial experts in the field of energy and environment research. The primary goal of the conference is to promote research and developmental activities in energy and environment ... Read more

    $97.55 CAD

  • Postcolonial Bergson

    by Souleymane Bachir Diagne ...
    Translated by Lindsay Turner ...
    Henri Bergson has been the subject of keen interest within French philosophy ever since being championed by Gilles Deleuze and others. Yet his influence extends well beyond European philosophy, especially within Africa and South Asia. Postcolonial Bergson traces the influence of Bergson’s thought through the work of two major figures in the postcolonial struggle, Muhammad Iqbal and Léopold Sédar ... Read more

    $32.99 CAD

  • Computational Intelligence and Its Applications

    6th IFIP TC 5 International Conference, CIIA 2018, Oran, Algeria, May 8-10, 2018, Proceedings

    Edited by Abdelmalek Amine, Malek Mouhoub, Otmane Ait Mohamed, Bachir Djebbar ...
    Series series Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
    This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 6th IFIP TC 5 International Conference on Computational Intelligence and Its Applications, CIIA 2018, held in Oran, Algeria, in May 2018.The 56 full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 202 submissions. They are organized in the following topical sections: data mining and information retrieval; evolutionary computation; ... Read more

    $166.99 CAD

  • Ubuntu

    Conversations with Françoise Blum

    by Souleymane Bachir Diagne ...
    Translated by Andrew Brown ...
    Ubuntu, a Bantu word that became the first term from an Indigenous language to enter a political constitution, is host to many meanings: 'humanity', 'fraternity', 'compassion', and even ‘'forming a community'. According to Souleymane Bachir Diagne, all these conceptions come together in the art of making the community better and in the understanding of humanity as a task to be fulfilled. Ubuntu ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD