Non-Fiction
THE MATRIX AND THE ALICE BOOKS
The book presents aspects of intertextuality in the motion picture The Matrix and the books Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis Carroll
Contents:
Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: Intertextuality
Chapter 3: The Matrix and the Alice Books
Chapter 4: Down the Rabbit Hole, the Matrix has You
Chapter 5: Conclusion
Glossary
References
Index of Authors
Index of Works
Also read the back cover blurb and view the first 10 pages .
Publication details: Simandan, V.M. (2010) The Matrix and the Alice Book, Lulu Books, 100 p., ISBN 978-0-557-25807-9
Available at: Amazon or Lulu Bookstore
Price: 12.00 USD (paperback) or 3.99 USD (pdf download)
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QUOTES WEB 555
The book is a collection of 555 quotes on 171 topics.
Contents:
List of topics
Index of Authors
Index of Works
Also view the first 10 pages.
Publication details: Simandan, V.M. (2009). Quotes Web 555, Lulu Books, 76 p.,
ISBN 978-0-557-21843-1
Available at: Amazon or Lulu Bookstore
Price: 11.04 USD (paperback) or 2.74 USD (pdf download)
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THE SPIRIT OF MEDIAEVAL JAPAN (SPIRITUL JAPONIEI MEDIEVALE)
The book is a bilingual (English-Romanian) historical study about the social strata in mediaeval Japan with a chronology of the Japanese history (until 1868).
Contents:
Forward by Paul Diaconu
Argument
The Division into Periods
Geography
Medieval Facts
The Social Classes of Mediaeval Japan:
- The Dominant Classes (the Emperor, the Shogun, the Daimyo, the Feudal Lord, the Samurai)
- The Subordiante Classes (the Countrymen, the Craftsmen and Artisans, the Tradesmen and the Moneylenders, the Outcast or the Rejected)
Bibliography I
Chronological Charts
- The Division into Periods of the Japanese History
- The Chronology of the Japanese History (until 1868)
- The Chronology of the Emperors
- The Chronology of the Shoguns
- The Chronology of the Regents
Glossary
Bibliography II
Reviewed by: Vasile Filip (Adevarul de Arad, 2000), Carmen Neamtu (Observator, 2000), O.I. (Studii nipone, 2000), Oana Igrisan (bookblog.ro, 2009)
Publication details: Simandan, V.M. (1999). The Spirit of Mediaeval Japan – Spiritul Japoniei medievale, bilingual edition (English-Romanian), Bucharest: Nipponica Publishing House, 210 p., ISBN 973-95676-7-3
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