Автор: Roper Richard Название: Something to Live For ISBN: 1409185591 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781409185598 Издательство: Orion Рейтинг: Цена: 13150.00 T Наличие на складе: Невозможна поставка. Описание: With the warmth of David Nicholls and the charm and humour of Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine, Something to Live For explores one man`s attempts to let go of the past and start his life afresh.
Автор: Roper Richard Название: How Not to Die Alone ISBN: 1984887580 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781984887580 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 58240.00 T Наличие на складе: Невозможна поставка. Описание: Smart, darkly funny, and life-affirming, How Not to Die Alone is the bighearted debut novel we all need, for fans of Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine, it's a story about love, loneliness, and the importance of taking a chance when we feel we have the most to lose.Andrew's been feeling stuck. For years he's worked a thankless public health job, searching for the next of kin of those who die alone. Luckily, he goes home to a loving family every night. At least, that's what his coworkers believe. Then he meets Peggy. A misunderstanding has left Andrew trapped in his own white lie and his lonely apartment. When new employee Peggy breezes into the office like a breath of fresh air, she makes Andrew feel truly alive for the first time in decades. Could there be more to life than this? But telling Peggy the truth could mean losing everything. For twenty years, Andrew has worked to keep his heart safe, forgetting one important thing: how to live. Maybe it's time for him to start.
Автор: Roper Richard Название: Cуmo No Morir Solo (How Not to Die Alone) ISBN: 0062959638 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780062959638 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 55170.00 T Наличие на складе: Невозможна поставка. Описание: Andrew's nine-to-five is death. When someone dies alone, it's his job to search their house and find out if they have any next of kin or enough money to cover their funeral. It's a grim job, but thankfully he has a loving family waiting for him when he gets home. At least, that's what he's told his co-workers. He didn't mean to get trapped in the lie, but over time it became comforting to escape into a life where he doesn't live alone, in a bedsit off the Old Kent Road, with only his Ella Fitzgerald records for company. But things have to change when new employee Peggy shakes Andrew out of his routine. She's a breath of fresh air, and Andrew finds himself drawn to her--the only problem is that Peggy has a spouse and two kids, and she thinks Andrew does too. Andrew is left with a choice: Does he tell the truth and start really living his life, but risk losing his friendship with Peggy, the first person he's made a connection with in years? Or will he keep up the fa ade, keeping himself isolated and alone, and end up suffering the same fate as all those people he's seen slip through the cracks?
Автор: Roper Richard Название: How Not to Die Alone ISBN: 0525539891 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780525539896 Издательство: Random House (USA) Цена: 10420.00 T Наличие на складе: Нет в наличии. Описание: Smart, darkly funny, and life-affirming, for fans of Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine, How Not to Die Alone is the bighearted debut novel we all need, a story about love, loneliness, and the importance of taking a chance when we feel we have the most to lose. Sometimes you need to risk everything...to find your something.
Andrew's been feeling stuck. For years he's worked a thankless public health job, searching for the next of kin of those who die alone. Luckily, he goes home to a loving family every night. At least, that's what his coworkers believe. Then he meets Peggy. A misunderstanding has left Andrew trapped in his own white lie and his lonely apartment. When new employee Peggy breezes into the office like a breath of fresh air, she makes Andrew feel truly alive for the first time in decades. Could there be more to life than this? But telling Peggy the truth could mean losing everything. For twenty years, Andrew has worked to keep his heart safe, forgetting one important thing: how to live. Maybe it's time for him to start.
Автор: Roper, Lyndal Название: Martin Luther ISBN: 1847920047 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781847920041 Издательство: Random House - Penguin Рейтинг: Цена: 26400.00 T Наличие на складе: Поставка под заказ. Описание: When Martin Luther nailed a sheet of paper to the church door of a small university town on 31 October 1517, he set off a process that changed the Western world for ever. Luther`s ideas spread like wildfire. In this historical biography, the author reveals the often contradictory psychological forces that drove Luther forward.
Автор: Roper David L. Название: How Science Proved Edward de Vere Was William Shakespeare ISBN: 0954387392 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780954387396 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 27950.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание:
This book began as an article first published in the Journal of Scientific Exploration - Vol. 31, No. 4, pp. 643-694, 2017; and it follows the content by expanding and adding to it. The original article is also the first publication to provide scientific evidence, amounting to proof, that Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford, was the true author of the plays and poetry popularly ascribed to William Shakespeare.
The subject of Shakespeare's authorship has a long history of doubt accompanying it, but until now there has been no convincing evidence to overcome the uncertainties. Eleven 'rune' ciphers, authenticated by poets: Edward de Vere, Ben Jonson, Edmund Spenser, Thomas Nashe, Leonard Digges, together with those published by Thomas Thorpe and John Benson, have recently been discovered. Each one of these is united by the single code word 'rune', with its archaic meaning of "whisper, talk in secret", and by the repeated key to each cipher having employed the number 17, to coincide with the 17th Earl of Oxford.
The employment of such ciphers is a recognized part of the science of cryptology. The book therefore commences with a brief overview of how cryptography became a science in Europe during the Renaissance, together with its arrival in Elizabethan England, where it was used by both pro and anti-government interests, as well as by men of letters to combat the heavy censorship imposed upon the written word by Lord Burghley.
The transfer of authorial identity between Lord Oxford and William Shakespeare can be fully explained as a consequence, orchestrated by Burghley (father-in-law and former guardian of Lord Oxford) to shield three noble families from public scandal, if his son-in-law's sonnets of endearment to the teenage 3rd Earl of Southampton were published; especially since, the boy was a ward of the Queen, placed under his guardianship. And so, by first censoring the Sonnets and then transferring their authorship to a man from the lower classes, resident in the midlands, any connexion between the earls of Oxford and Southampton became extinguished.
Forced to accept the loss of his identity as poet and playwright, Oxford's response was to rebel, by enciphering his identity into his work. Other men of letters followed his example by enciphering his identity into works that praised 'Shakespeare's' art. The science of cryptology adjudges such evidence as beyond a chance occurrence.
The book also apprises the reader that because the first half of Shakespeare's life is void of any facts concerning literature or penmanship, it has become a depository for biographers to graph their own conjectures into this empty space; without which, there would be no biographies of Stratford's William Shakespeare.
Автор: Roper Allen G. Название: Ancient Eugenics ISBN: 1646338073 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781646338078 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 21770.00 T Наличие на складе: Невозможна поставка. Описание:
An Oxford scholar reveals in this superbly-researched work that the ancient Greeks and Romans were aware of the power of eugenics to better their societies--but practiced it in a reactive nature instead of the proactive and humane methodologies developed 2000 years later by Francis Galton and others. This work provides numerous citations from ancient Greek and Latin texts--Aristotle, Plutarch, and others--which describe in detail eugenic methods as understood and practiced by the classical Greeks and Romans. The reactive nature of ancient eugenics was centered around infanticide, which, the author points out, was considered barbaric even then, but regarded as a necessity for a city state immersed in perennial crises and warfare. The Spartan leader Solon drafted the first eugenic laws, and the Stoic Roman philosopher Seneca encouraged infanticide for misfits. "We drown the weaklings and the monstrosity. It is not passion but reason to separate the useless from the fit." Roper goes on to explain why these ancient Eugenic practices gradually lost their appeal. "Cosmopolitanism, consequent on the dissolution of the city state, not only brought individualism in its train, but let loose the inveterate pessimism of the Ancients. "But pessimism, linked with individualism, became a living force in a despairing age, which had never developed evolutionary conceptions . . . Neither the future nor the past matters, but only the present. Individualism and belief in inevitable decadence were the two influences which effectually thwarted the growth of Ancient Eugenics." The author goes on to explain why, in his day, eugenics had once again come to the fore. Based on humane preventative methodologies and an understanding of the realities of biology and heredity, he writes of the science of eugenics: "It was not till late in the nineteenth century that the crude human breeding of the Spartans, in altered form and in new conditions, became the scientific stirpiculture of Galton. "Modern Eugenists have recognized that, if there is to be Eugenics by Act of Parliament, the Eugenic ideal must first be absorbed into the conscience of the nation. "The savage bred recklessly, compensating his recklessness by infanticide, but a natural law of civilization has superseded the artificial law of primitive man. "With increased knowledge to justify restrictions, the modern state may be purged of the pauper more slowly, but no less surely, than the Platonic state of the Laws." This work won Oxford University's Matthew Arnold Memorial Prize in 1913. About the author: Allen George Roper (1888--1957) was born in Croydon, Surrey, England, went to school in Canterbury and obtained a BA at Keble College, Oxford. He became a schoolmaster in Knaresborough, Harrogate, at the age of 23, and pursued an academic career for the rest of his life. Although an early adherent of the eugenics movement, he never wrote on the topic again, preferring instead to write crime fiction under the pseudonym John Glyder.
Автор: Roper A. Название: Bad Moon Rising(TM) ISBN: 0984048480 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780984048489 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 15590.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание:
"A. Hardy Roper, Bad Moon Rising is his best story yet "
If you have read A. Hardy Roper's three previous thrillers set on Galveston Island, then you know Parker McLeod. The easy-going owner of The Garhole Bar, Parker is at his best with a cold beer in his hand and a beautiful woman at his side. While he never goes out looking for danger, somehow it seems to find him. Bad Moon Rising, Hardy's latest book about this enigmatic but likable character is no exception. Parker's beloved grandfather had used the phrase "bad moon rising" as a warning when a dangerous storm appeared on the horizon. Parker now claims ownership of the expression as the "bad moon" of terrorism comes to the island.
Characters in this fast-paced novel are exquisitely drawn: A beautiful scientist from Germany who is the new Assistant Director of the Gulf Coast Level 4 Biological Lab; the Secretary of Homeland Security, in Galveston for a routine inspection; Islamic terrorists intent on revenge against the Secretary; and Parker--a former Army Intel officer with a personal vendetta against one of the terrorists. Add the FBI, NSA, CIA, Secret Service and local police and the intensity ratchets up with every page. The terrorists will use any means available including kidnapping, coercion and threats, to kill the Secretary. When the first attempt fails, the terrorists devise a scheme to use a deadly pathogen. During a raging winter storm, Parker must race through flooded streets and dark alleyways to try and prevent a cataclysmic event for the usually sun-filled city of Galveston. If you like thrillers, Bad Moon Rising is a must read
Автор: Stewart Beth Roper Название: One Thing Missing ISBN: 1643008323 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781643008325 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 22950.00 T Наличие на складе: Невозможна поставка. Описание:
Adopting a child is a magical thing My parents always made me feel special to be adopted. This story describes a couple's yearning for a child and then their excitement when they learn that there is a special baby just for them It is told in the same way that my parents shared my adoption story with me every night. Simple. Honest. Special. Loved. Adoption doesn't make you weird; it makes you wonderful. Waiting for something you want is very hard to do, especially when the thing you desire most is a child. Sometimes God answers prayers with a "Not yet." This doesn't always mean no. The couple in this book prayed, waited, and then prayed some more When it was the right time, God said yes. I hope this little story can help explain the beauty of adoption to children. I hope adoptive parents can identify with the couple in this book and that it might inspire their own special story for their family. I especially hope that when adoptive children hear this story, they will feel that they were the one thing that was missing in their parents' lives.
Автор: Roper Allen G. Название: Ancient Eugenics ISBN: 1646065492 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781646065493 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 13030.00 T Наличие на складе: Невозможна поставка. Описание: An Oxford scholar reveals in this superbly-researched work that the ancient Greeks and Romans were aware of the power of eugenics to better their societies-but practiced it in a reactive nature instead of the proactive and humane methodologies developed 2000 years later by Francis Galton and others.
Автор: J.D. Pearson, Ann Walsh, Wolfgang Behn, G.J. Roper, Heather (C.H.) Bleaney, Susan Sinclair, Pablo Garcia Suarez, Gregor Schwarb Название: Set of yearbooks of the Index Islamicus, 1906-2016 (33 vols) ISBN: 9004372105 ISBN-13(EAN): 9789004372108 Издательство: Brill Цена: 0.00 T Наличие на складе: Невозможна поставка. Описание: The Yearbooks are published as part of the annual journal subscription, but are also available individually or as a set. Available for the entire period since 1906.
