The Winds Of Folly
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The Winds Of Folly
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Author : Seth Hunter
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2011-07-07
The Winds Of Folly written by Seth Hunter and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-07-07 with Fiction categories.
The compelling fourth historical naval adventure from a master of maritime storytelling. Seth Hunter's electrifying series is the perfect read for fans of Master and Commander and novels by Iain Gale. 'Seth Hunter has a more natural storyteller's eye than Patrick O'Brian' Daily Telegraph 1796: Nathan Peake, captain of the frigate Unicorn is sent with a small squadron into the Adriatic to help bring Venice into an Italian alliance against the French. He establishes a British naval presence, harrying the French corsairs that swarm out of Ancona in Italy. While Nathan confronts the politics of 'intrigue, poison and the stiletto' in Venice, his mission is further complicated by the arrival of Napoleon Bonaparte's aide de camp, Junot. Recognising Nathan as the 'American' who saved Bonaparte's life in Paris, Junot invites him to army headquarters where he unwillingly joins the French in a victorious battle against the Austrians. Meanwhile, in Venice, French troops move into the city and a new revolutionary government takes power. Nathan learns that Bonaparte is negotiating a peace deal with the Austrians - Britain's only remaining ally. Worse, the Spanish are about to ally with the French. Nathan returns to the Unicorn and rejoins Nelson for the decisive Battle of St Vincent against the entire Spanish fleet. What readers are saying about THE WINDS OF FOLLY: 'Full of action and intrigue mixed with a worldly view of historical figures. A non-stop read - his best yet' 'Another winning combination of naval action and espionage from Seth Hunter' 'More fascinating adventures through the Adriatic. The integration of old and new characters makes the story believable with its pieces of history woven through'
Folly
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Author : Laurie R. King
language : en
Publisher: Bantam
Release Date : 2002-05-28
Folly written by Laurie R. King and has been published by Bantam this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002-05-28 with Fiction categories.
An acclaimed master of suspense creates a heroine you will never forget in this superbly chilling novel of a woman who begins a desperate undertaking that may transform her life--or end it. WHAT HAPPENS IF YOUR WORST FEARS AREN’T ALL IN YOUR MIND? Rae Newborn is a woman on the edge: on the edge of sanity, on the edge of tragedy, and now on the edge of the world. She has moved to an island at the far reaches of the continent to restore the house of an equally haunted figure, her mysterious great-uncle; but as her life begins to rebuild itself along with the house, his story starts to wrap around hers. Powerful forces are stirring, but Rae cannot see where her reality leaves off and his fate begins. Fifty-two years old, Rae must battle the feelings that have long tormented her--panic, melancholy, and a skin-crawling sense of watchers behind the trees. Before she came here, she believed that most of the things she feared existed only in her mind. And who can say, as disturbing incidents multiply, if any of the watchers on Folly Island might be real? Is Rae paranoid, as her family and the police believe, or is the threat real? Is the island alive with promise--or with dangers? With Folly, award-winning author LAURIE R. KING once again powerfully redefines psychological suspense on a sophisticated and harrowing new level, and proves why legions of readers and reviewers have named her a master of the genre.
Folly
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Author : Norman Minnick
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2013-04-01
Folly written by Norman Minnick and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-04-01 with Poetry categories.
Arenas Of Conflict
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Author : Kristin Pruitt McColgan
language : en
Publisher: Susquehanna University Press
Release Date : 1997
Arenas Of Conflict written by Kristin Pruitt McColgan and has been published by Susquehanna University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1997 with Great Britain categories.
The nineteen essays in this collection explore such varied fields of argument as John Milton's authorship of the Christian Doctrine, his adaptations of source material, his engagement in political controversies, his attitudes toward gender in Paradise Lost and Samson Agonistes, and his reflection of seventeenth-century obstetrics and anticipation of modern chaos theory in Paradise Lost. In their sometimes complementary, sometimes contradictory, and consistently interrogative views of Milton and his work, these essays offer an "arena of conflict" for future studies.
The Folly And The Glory
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Author : Tim Weiner
language : en
Publisher: Henry Holt and Company
Release Date : 2020-09-22
The Folly And The Glory written by Tim Weiner and has been published by Henry Holt and Company this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-09-22 with Political Science categories.
From Tim Weiner, winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award, an urgent and gripping account of the 75-year battle between the US and Russia that led to the election and impeachment of an American president With vivid storytelling and riveting insider accounts, Weiner traces the roots of political warfare—the conflict America and Russia have waged with espionage, sabotage, diplomacy and disinformation—from 1945 until 2020. America won the cold war, but Russia is winning today. Vladimir Putin helped to put his chosen candidate in the White House with a covert campaign that continues to this moment. Putin’s Russia has revived Soviet-era intelligence operations gaining ever more potent information from—and influence over—the American people and government. Yet the US has put little power into its defense. This has put American democracy in peril. Weiner takes us behind closed doors, illuminating Russian and American intelligence operations and their consequences. To get to the heart of what is at stake and find potential solutions, he examines long-running 20th-century CIA operations, the global political machinations of the Soviet KGB, the erosion of American political warfare after the cold war, and how 21st-century Russia has kept the cold war alive. The Folly and the Glory is an urgent call to our leaders and citizens to understand the nature of political warfare—and to change course before it’s too late.
The Folly Of Preaching
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Author : Michael P. Knowles
language : en
Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
Release Date : 2007-08-28
The Folly Of Preaching written by Michael P. Knowles and has been published by Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-08-28 with Religion categories.
The Folly of Preaching contains a wealth of theoretical and practical insights into preaching from some of today's best-known preachers, scholars, and homiletics teachers. Many of these contributions derive their inspiration from Paul's letters to the church at Corinth, in which the apostle vigorously defends both the message of the gospel and his own manner of proclaiming it. Several of the twelve exemplary sermons rounding out The Folly of Preaching continue reflecting on the key theme of grace amid weakness and need, expounding passages from Paul's Corinthian correspondence. Of all the current preaching books available, few come close to the compilation here of eminent figures in contemporary preaching. Contributors: Elizabeth R. Achtemeier Charles G. Adams Donna E. Allen John L. Bell David G. Buttrick Tony Campolo Stephen C. Farris John N. Gladstone Edwina Hunter Michael P. Knowles Cleophus J. LaRue Thomas G. Long Martin E. Marty Haddon W. Robinson John R. W. Stott Diane McLellan Walker
Splendid Folly
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Author : Margaret Pedler
language : en
Publisher: Independently Published
Release Date : 2019-04-21
Splendid Folly written by Margaret Pedler and has been published by Independently Published this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-04-21 with categories.
Margaret Pedler, nee Bass (? -1948) was an American author who wrote The Splendid Folly (1918), The Hermit of Far End (1919), The House of Dreams- Come-True (1919), The Lamp of Fate (1920), The Moon Out of Reach (1921), The Vision of Desire (1922), The Barbarian Lover (1923), The Penalty (1923), Comrades (1924), Her Brother's Keeper (1924), Mrs Daventry's Reputation (1924), Waves of Destiny (1924), Red Ashes (1924), The Better Lover (1924), To-morrow's Tangle (1925), Yesterday's Harvest (1926), Bitter Heritage (1927), The Guarded Halo (1929), Fire of Youth (1930), Many Ways (1931), Kindled Flame (1931), Desert Sand (1932), Pitiless Choice (1933), Greater Courage (1933), Green Judgment (1934), Distant Dawn (1934), Checkered Paths (1935), The Shining Cloud (1935), Flame in the Wind (1937), No Armour Against Fate (1938), Not Heaven Itself (1940), Blind Loyalty (1940), Then Came the Test (1942), and No Gifts from Chance (1944).
In Praise Of Folly
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Author : Desiderius Erasmus
language : en
Publisher: anboco
Release Date : 2016-08-28
In Praise Of Folly written by Desiderius Erasmus and has been published by anboco this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-08-28 with Fiction categories.
In Praise of Folly is an essay written in Latin in 1509 by Desiderius Erasmus of Rotterdam and first printed in 1511. Inspired by Italian humanist Faustino Perisauli's De Triumpho Stultitiae, it is a satirical attack on superstitions and other traditions of European society as well as on the western Church. Erasmus revised and extended the work, which he originally wrote in the space of a week while sojourning with Sir Thomas More at More's estate in Bucklersbury. In Praise of Folly is considered one of the most notable works of the Renaissance and played an important role in the beginnings of the Protestant Reformation.
Sacred Folly
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Author : Max Harris
language : en
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Release Date : 2011-05-02
Sacred Folly written by Max Harris and has been published by Cornell University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-05-02 with History categories.
For centuries, the Feast of Fools has been condemned and occasionally celebrated as a disorderly, even transgressive Christian festival, in which reveling clergy elected a burlesque Lord of Misrule, presided over the divine office wearing animal masks or women’s clothes, sang obscene songs, swung censers that gave off foul-smelling smoke, played dice at the altar, and otherwise parodied the liturgy of the church. Afterward, they would take to the streets, howling, issuing mock indulgences, hurling manure at bystanders, and staging scurrilous plays. The problem with this popular account—intriguing as it may be—is that it is wrong. In Sacred Folly, Max Harris rewrites the history of the Feast of Fools, showing that it developed in the late twelfth and early thirteenth centuries as an elaborate and orderly liturgy for the day of the Circumcision (1 January)—serving as a dignified alternative to rowdy secular New Year festivities. The intent of the feast was not mockery but thanksgiving for the incarnation of Christ. Prescribed role reversals, in which the lower clergy presided over divine office, recalled Mary’s joyous affirmation that God "has put down the mighty from their seat and exalted the humble." The "fools" represented those chosen by God for their lowly status. The feast, never widespread, was largely confined to cathedrals and collegiate churches in northern France. In the fifteenth century, high-ranking clergy who relied on rumor rather than firsthand knowledge attacked and eventually suppressed the feast. Eighteenth- and nineteenth-century historians repeatedly misread records of the feast; their erroneous accounts formed a shaky foundation for subsequent understanding of the medieval ritual. By returning to the primary documents, Harris reconstructs a Feast of Fools that is all the more remarkable for being sanctified rather than sacrilegious.
The March Of Folly
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Author : Barbara Tuchman
language : en
Publisher: Crux Publishing Ltd
Release Date : 2015-01-29
The March Of Folly written by Barbara Tuchman and has been published by Crux Publishing Ltd this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-01-29 with History categories.
In The March of Folly (originally published in 1984) Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Barbara W. Tuchman explores one of the paradoxes of history – the pursuit by governments of policies contrary to their own interests despite the availability of feasible alternatives. She draws on a comprehensive array of examples, from Montezuma’s senseless surrender of his empire in 1520 to Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbor. In brilliant detail, Tuchman illuminates four decisive turning points in history that illustrate the very heights of folly: the Trojan War, the breakup of the Holy See provoked by the Renaissance popes, the loss of the American colonies by Britain’s George III, and the United States’ own persistent mistakes in Vietnam. Throughout The March of Folly, Tuchman’s incomparable talent for animating the people, places, and events of history is on spectacular display.