Clarissa Oakes, Patrick O`Brian

Автор: Patrick O`Brian
Название: Ionian Mission, The
ISBN: 0006499228 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780006499220
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Описание: Whether close to home or far away, there are no safe harbours while Napoleon seeks to dominate the known world.

Автор: Patrick O`Brian
Название: HMS Surprise
ISBN: 0006499171 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780006499176
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Описание: How far will a man go in the name of revenge, honour, love or simple survival?

Автор: Patrick O`Brian
Название: Commodore, The
ISBN: 0006499325 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780006499329
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Описание: To whom does one`s true allegiance lie?

Автор: Patrick O`Brian
Название: Desolation Island
ISBN: 0006499244 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780006499244
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Описание: On Desolation Island, with the known world out of reach, uneasy alliances are sometimes forged...

Автор: Patrick O`Brian
Название: Catalans, The
ISBN: 0007225660 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780007225668
Издательство: HarperCollins UK
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Цена: 5550 T
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Описание: Set amongst the rolling vineyards and gentle courtyards of a small seaside village in Catalonia, Patrick O'Brian's second novel is a poignant story of tumultuous love, complex faith and one man's desperate bid to reclaim his humanity. Summoned from his medical practice in China by a bevy of anxious aunts, Alain Roig returns to his Catalan hometown to discover he has been nominated by family members with vested interests in the ancestral property to prevent an impending marriage between his cold, ascetic cousin Xavier and Madeleine, a quiet, introspective village girl of unusual beauty. As Alain seeks to understand his cousin's complex motivations for wooing the unhappy girl, he is slowly drawn into Xavier's dark crisis of faith, the well-worn pattern of the sleepy Catalan days and the tight circle of village gossip that surrounds Madeleine. Throughout, Patrick O'Brian's slow, seductive narrative lures the reader into the landscapes, rhythms and passions of Catalonia, while his subtle, insightful characterisation paints a psychological portrait of a unique way of life and two very different men - one generous and impulsive, the other desperate to revive in his soul the dying flames of affection which he senses could be his salvation. With themes and characters that in many ways prefigure his enormously successful Aubrey/Maturin series, "The Catalans" demonstrates all the insight, lyricism and psychological drama that made O'Brian one of the best storytellers of his generation.

Автор: Patrick O`Brian
Название: Blue at the Mizzen
ISBN: 0006513786 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780006513780
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Описание: For a man of war, peacetime is the ultimate challenge.

Автор: Patrick O`Brian
Название: Far Side of the World, The
ISBN: 0006499252 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780006499251
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Описание: An enemy frigate is outward bound to play havoc with the vital British whaling trade, and must be stopped at all costs.

Автор: Mcguire, Brian Patrick
Название: Friendship and community
ISBN: 0801476720 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780801476723
Издательство: Wiley EDC
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"I assume that historical sources can convey human feeling, even though it is fruitless to psychologize individual friends or to reach complete explanations about their motives. I simply accept that because medieval Christians believed in friendship and felt the need for it, some of them both practiced and lived out friendships."—from the new Introduction

Human beings have always formed personal friendships. Some cultures have left behind the evidence of philosophical discussion; some have provided only private or semipublic letters. By comparing these, one discerns the effect exercised by the society in which the writers lived, its opportunities, and its restrictions. The cloistered monks of medieval Europe, who have bequeathed a rich literary legacy on the subject, have always had to take into account the overwhelming fact of community. Brian Patrick McGuire finds that in seeking friends and friendship, medieval men and women sought self-knowledge, the enjoyment of life, the commitment of community, and the experience of God.

First published in 1988, Friendship and Community has been widely debated, inspiring the current interest among medievalists in the subject of friendship. It has also informed other fields within medieval history, including monasticism, spirituality, psychology, and the relationship between self and community. In a new introduction to the Cornell edition, McGuire surveys the critical reaction to the original edition and subsequent research on the subject of medieval friendship.