Glittering Giveaways
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Glittering Giveaways
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Author : Emma Thomson
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2007
Glittering Giveaways written by Emma Thomson and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007 with Children's stories categories.
Every fairy loves to shop and Felicity is no exception in 'Glittering Giveaways'.
Glittering Giveaways And Other Stories
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Author : Emma Thomson
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2007
Glittering Giveaways And Other Stories written by Emma Thomson and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007 with Children's stories categories.
Gifts Glittering And Poisoned
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Author : Chanon Ross
language : en
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Release Date : 2014-11-18
Gifts Glittering And Poisoned written by Chanon Ross and has been published by Wipf and Stock Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-11-18 with Religion categories.
Spectacles designed to capture our attention surround us. Marketing, movies, shopping malls, concerts, and virtual realities capture our imaginations and cultivate our desires. We live in a "society of the spectacle." However, is the power and prevalence of spectacle unique to the modern era? In the pages of Gifts Glittering and Poisoned, early Christian voices echo across the centuries to show that the society of the spectacle is not new. Our era resembles a time when the spectacular entertainments of ancient Rome had a profound effect on every aspect of social life. By drawing on the rich theology and witness of early Christianity, Gifts Glittering and Poisoned asks what it means for us to live in a new era of empire and spectacle. Through Augustine's description of the demonic, it shows how consumerism constructs a sophisticated symbolic order, a "society of the spectacle," that corrupts our deepest longings for God.
The Best Of Times
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Author : Mark Field
language : en
Publisher: Biteback Publishing
Release Date : 2016-05-19
The Best Of Times written by Mark Field and has been published by Biteback Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-05-19 with Political Science categories.
Tensions simmer in the aftermath of 2008's catastrophic financial crash. As the darkest days of the crisis fade behind us, great obstacles to prosperity remain. Mark Field's acclaimed first book, Between the Crashes, explored the economic collapse. Now, in his new collection of essays, the City of London MP charts our progress as the economy splutters back to life, untangling the rhetoric of deficit reduction from reality, and meaningful reform from political posture. The Best of Times traces the compromises of coalition government and the emergence of a new anti-establishment sentiment, taking in the Scottish independence referendum, UKIP's rise and fall, and the unexpected genesis of Corbynism. Conflicts in the Middle East open a dark chapter in foreign affairs while, closer to home, a shock Conservative victory in the 2015 general election ensures a hotly debated EU referendum. Yet, for all the surprises delivered by the past three years, today's challenges are deeply familiar: shifting global power, generational wars and disillusionment with capitalism still threaten our prosperity. Engaging and unflinching, The Best of Times offers erudite analysis and practical solutions to the challenges facing Britain today.
Kakos Badness And Anti Value In Classical Antiquity
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Author : Ineke Sluiter
language : en
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date : 2009-01-31
Kakos Badness And Anti Value In Classical Antiquity written by Ineke Sluiter and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-01-31 with Literary Criticism categories.
The fourth in a series that explores cultural and ethical values in Classical Antiquity, this volume examines the negative foils, the anti-values, against which positive value notions are conceptualized and calibrated in Classical Antiquity. Eighteen chapters address this theme from different perspectives –historical, literary, legal and philosophical. What makes someone into a prototypically ‘bad’ citizen? Or an abomination of a scholar? What is the relationship between ugliness and value? How do icons of sexual perversion, monstruous emperors and detestable habits function in philosophical and rhetorical prose? The book illuminates the many rhetorical manifestations of the concept of ‘badness’ in classical antiquity in a variety of domains.
Godsland
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Author : Brian Rathbone
language : en
Publisher: White Wolf Press, LLC
Release Date : 2014-04-01
Godsland written by Brian Rathbone and has been published by White Wolf Press, LLC this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-04-01 with Fiction categories.
Clean Epic Fantasy Adventure for Teens and Adults Catrin Volker’s dreams of a peaceful life training horses are not to be. While trying to save her friend from bullies, Catrin unknowingly triggers powerful, ancient magic. Her quest for peace captures the imagination with fantastical landscapes, magic, and dragons. The Dawning of Power trilogy: Call of the Herald, Inherited Danger, Dragon Ore The Balance of Power trilogy: Regent, Feral, Regal The Artifacts of Power trilogy: The Fifth Magic, Dragonhold, The Seventh Magic
The Power Of Gifts
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Author : Felicity Heal
language : en
Publisher: OUP Oxford
Release Date : 2014-10-23
The Power Of Gifts written by Felicity Heal and has been published by OUP Oxford this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-10-23 with History categories.
Gifts are always with us: we use them positively to display affection and show gratitude for favours; we suspect that others give and accept them as douceurs and bribes. The gift also performed these roles in early modern English culture: and assumed a more significant role because networks of informal support and patronage were central to social and political behaviour. Favours, and their proper acknowledgement, were preoccupations of the age of Erasmus, Shakespeare, and Hobbes. As in modern society, giving and receiving was complex and full of the potential for social damage. 'Almost nothing', men of the Renaissance learned from that great classical guide to morality, Lucius Annaeus Seneca, 'is more disgraceful than the fact that we do not know how either to give or receive benefits'. The Power of Gifts is about those gifts and benefits - what they were, and how they were offered and received in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. It shows that the mode of giving, as well as what was given, was crucial to social bonding and political success. The volume moves from a general consideration of the nature of the gift to an exploration of the politics of giving. In the latter chapters some of the well-known rituals of English court life - the New Year ceremony, royal progresses, diplomatic missions - are viewed through the prism of gift-exchange. Gifts to monarchs or their ministers could focus attention on the donor, those from the crown could offer some assurance of favour. These fundamentals remained the same throughout the century and a half before the Civil War, but the attitude of individual monarchs altered specific behaviour. Elizabeth expected to be wooed with gifts and dispensed benefits largely for service rendered, James I modelled giving as the largesse of the Renaissance prince, Charles I's gift-exchanges focused on the art collecting of his coterie. And always in both politics and the law courts there was the danger that gifts would be corroded, morphing from acceptable behaviour into bribes and corruption. The Power of Gifts explores prescriptive literature, pamphlets, correspondence, legal cases and financial records, to illuminate social attitudes and behaviour through a rich series of examples and case-studies.
The Rise And Fall Of The Aztec Empire
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Author : Joan Stoltman
language : en
Publisher: Greenhaven Publishing LLC
Release Date : 2017-12-15
The Rise And Fall Of The Aztec Empire written by Joan Stoltman and has been published by Greenhaven Publishing LLC this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-12-15 with Juvenile Nonfiction categories.
Students are taught that the Aztecs were destroyed by Hernán Cortéz, the conqueror of Mexico. However, there is much to learn about who the Aztec people were before they were conquered. The native Mexicans were part of a rich and vibrant culture that spanned hundreds of years. To understand this complicated society, readers are provided with an engaging main text and colorful photographs and historical images. Informative sidebars throughout detail the long history, and sudden defeat, of the Aztec Empire.
Africa S Quest For Modernity
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Author : Seifudein Adem
language : en
Publisher: Springer Nature
Release Date : 2023-03-13
Africa S Quest For Modernity written by Seifudein Adem and has been published by Springer Nature this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-03-13 with Political Science categories.
This monograph addresses the complexity of China-Africa and Japan-Africa relations from a comparative perspective. The volume is divided into five sections. Section I focuses on the divergent perspectives that are reflected in the discourse on China-Africa relations. Section II discusses Japan’s economic modernization and its potential lessons for Africa. Section III compares the foreign policies of Japan and China in Africa and analyzes their supposed rivalries on the continent. Section IV explores the relationship between Southeast Asia and China and its relevance to Africa-China relations. Section V provides an in-depth case study of Ethiopia-China relations over the last century. The book fills a major gap in the existing literature on the triad of Africa, China, and Japan. Under the guidance of the disciplines of African studies, international relations, political sociology, and international political economy, this volume elucidates and examines the complexities of the foreign policies of the two Asian powers toward Africa as well as their economic, political, and cultural underpinnings.
A Waka Anthology Volume Two
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Author : Edwin A. Cranston
language : en
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Release Date : 1993
A Waka Anthology Volume Two written by Edwin A. Cranston and has been published by Stanford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1993 with History categories.
Grasses of Remembrance, the second volume of Edwin Cranston's monumental Waka Anthology, carries forward the story of Japanese court poetry, drawing on sources dating from the 890s to the 1080s. The book presents over 2,600 poems in lively and readable translation, including all 795 poems from The Tale of Genji.