Biography of a Dream: A Reception-Historical Study of the Fourth Beast in Daniel 7, Jonathan Redding

Автор: Zweig Stefan
Название: The World of Yesterday
ISBN: 0803226616 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780803226616
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By the author who inspired Wes Anderson s film, "The Grand Budapest Hotel"
Written as both a recollection of the past and a warning for future generations, "The World of Yesterday" recalls the golden age of literary Vienna its seeming permanence, its promise, and its devastating fall.

Surrounded by the leading literary lights of the epoch, Stefan Zweig draws a vivid and intimate account of his life and travels through Vienna, Paris, Berlin, and London, touching on the very heart of European culture. His passionate, evocative prose paints a stunning portrait of an era that danced brilliantly on the edge of extinction.

This new translation by award-winning Anthea Bell captures the spirit of Zweig s writing in arguably his most revealing work."

Автор: Partridge Frances
Название: Love in Bloomsbury
ISBN: 1780766904 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781780766904
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Описание: The Bloomsbury Group was as well known for its love affairs as for the work that was produced by its members. Of all the romantic entanglements, the love quadrangle between Frances Partridge, her husband Ralph Partridge, his first wife, Dora and Lytton Strachey was one of the most tortured (Frances loved Ralph, who loved Dora, who loved Lytton, who loved Ralph) - and tragic, ending in the death of Strachey and the suicide of Dora. Love in Bloomsbury, Frances Partridge's celebrated account of these turbulent years, describes her Victorian upbringing and tells the story of the star-crossed quartet, two of whom were doomed, the other two survivors. Replete with vivid accounts of parties and infused with the heady, Bohemian atmosphere which flourished after the First World War and revealing character sketches of all the principal "Bloomsberries" - Leonard and Virginia Woolf, her sister Vanessa Bell, John Maynard Keynes and Roger Fry. This is 'Bloomsbury laid bare' - a window onto the lives, loves and excesses of some of the 20th centuries most intriguing, yet engimatic, players.

Автор: De Feydeau Elisabeth
Название: A Scented Palace: The Secret History of Marie Antoinette`s Perfumer
ISBN: 1788311086 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781788311083
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Описание: Montpellier, 1748: Jean-Louis Fargeon is born into a family of perfumers and soon becomes apprenticed to his father's modest perfumerie. But he dreams of the glittering court of Versailles and of becoming perfumer to the young queen, Marie Antoinette. His ambition carried him to Paris where his boutique became one of the most elegant and well-patronised in France. Concocting sumptuous perfumes and pomades for most of the French nobility, Fargeon eventually caught the attention of the queen. After meeting Marie Antoinette in the Trianon Palace, he began creating lavish bespoke scents that perfectly reflected her moods and personality. He served as her personal and exclusive perfumer for fourteen years until 1789 when the darkness of Revolution swept across France, its wrath aimed at the extravagance of a now hated queen. Fargeon, a lifelong supporter of the Republican cause but a purveyor to the court, was in a dangerous position. Yet he remained fiercely loyal to Marie Antoinette, beyond her desperate flight to Varennes, her execution and even through his own imprisonment and trial...

Автор: Lauren Mackay
Название: Among the Wolves of Court: The Untold Story of Thomas and George Boleyn
ISBN: 1350147052 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781350147058
Издательство: Bloomsbury Academic
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Описание: The tragic story of Anne Boleyn has been retold over the centuries, yet two key figures in Anne’s life—her father Thomas and brother George— are often relegated to the margins of the history of Henry VIII’s turbulent reign. Well before Anne’s coronation in 1533, Thomas was regarded as one of Henry’s most skilled and experienced ambassadors, and George was a talented young courtier on the rise. But Anne's downfall was to have a devastating effect on her family – ultimately costing her and her brother their lives. A family whose success and prestige had been shaped over generations was destroyed in a violent and brutal episode as the king sought a new wife and a male heir. In this first biography devoted to the Boleyn men, Lauren Mackay takes us beyond the stereotypes of Thomas and George to present a story that has almost been lost to history. This book follows the Boleyn men as they negotiated their way through the ruthless game of politics among the wolves of the court, and establishes their place in Tudor history.

Автор: Spark, Seumas
Название: `i wonder`
ISBN: 1925835715 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781925835717
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Описание: Ken Inglis was one of Australias most creative, wide-ranging and admired historians. During a scholarly career spanning nearly seven decades, his humane, questioning approach -- summed up by the recurring query, I wonder -- won him a large and appreciative audience. Whether he was writing about religion, the media, nationalism, the civil religion of Anzac, a subject he made his own, or collaborating on monumental histories of Australia or the remarkable men aboard the Dunera, he brought wit, erudition and originality to the study of history. Alongside his history writing, he pioneered press criticism in Australia, contributed journalism to magazines and newspapers, and served as vice-chancellor of the fledgling University of Papua New Guinea. This collection of essays traces the life and work of this much-loved historian and observer of Australia life.

Автор: Galinsky
Название: Augustus
ISBN: 0521744423 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780521744423
Издательство: Cambridge Academ
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Описание: Augustus, Rome`s first emperor, is one of the great figures of world history and one of the most fascinating. In this lively and concise biography Karl Galinsky examines Augustus` life from childhood to deification. A transformative leader, Augustus engineered profound change in Rome and throughout the Mediterranean world.

Автор: Scalmer, Sean
Название: Democratic adventurer
ISBN: 1925835774 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781925835779
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Описание: Graham Berry (1822-1904) was colonial Australias most gifted, creative and controversial politician. A riveting speaker, a newspaper proprietor and editor, and the founder of Australias first mass political party, he wielded these tools to launch an age of reform: spearheading the adoption of a protectionist economic policy, the payment of parliamentarians, and the taxing of large landowners. He also sought the reform of the Constitution, precipitating a crisis that the London Times likened to a revolution. This book recovers Berrys forgotten and fascinating life. It explores his drives and aspirations, the scandals and defeats that nearly derailed his career, and his remarkable rise from linen-draper and grocer to adored popular leader. It establishes his formative influence on later Australian politics. And it also uses Berrys life to reflect on the possibilities and constraints of democratic politics, hoping thereby to enrich the contemporary political imagination.

Автор: Bradford A. Anderson, Paula Gooder
Название: An Introduction to the Study of the Pentateuch
ISBN: 056765639X ISBN-13(EAN): 9780567656391
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Описание: The Pentateuch (or the Torah) consists of the first five books of the Bible and is a foundational scripture for millions of people, both Jews and Christians. In this book Paula Gooder and Brad Anderson provide a clear and accessible introduction for those beginning Bible study. Key themes such as creation and the flood, exodus and liberation, as well as covenant and law are presented and analyzed. These themes are explored in their ancient context and from the standpoint of contemporary concerns such as liberation theology, gender issues and ecology. For this new edition introductory sections on the five books of the Pentateuch have been expanded and supplemented, while recent developments in the quest for the origins of the Pentateuch have also been updated. A new chapter on academic approaches to the study of the Pentateuch has been added, along with a section on the 'afterlife' of the Pentateuch which focuses on its place in the history of interpretation, as well as in the arts and culture. Reading lists and references have been updated throughout to take account of the most recent scholarship.

Автор: Daniel Tyler, Donald J. Pisani
Название: Silver Fox of the Rockies: Delphus E. Carpenter and Western Water Compacts
ISBN: 0806169176 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780806169170
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Описание: Delphus E. Carpenter (1877-1951) was Colorado’s commissioner of interstate streams during a time when water rights were a legal battleground for western states. A complex, unassuming man as rare and cunning in politics and law as the elusive silver fox of the Rocky Mountain West, Carpenter boldly relied on negotiation instead of endless litigation to forge agreements among states first, before federal intervention. In Silver Fox of the Rockies, Daniel Tyler tells Carpenter’s story and that of the great interstate water compacts he helped create. Those compacts, produced in the early twentieth century, have guided not only agricultural use but urban growth and development throughout much of the American West to this day.In Carpenter’s time, most western states relied on the doctrine of prior appropriation--first in time, first in right--which granted exclusive use of resources to those who claimed them first, regardless of common needs. Carpenter feared that population growth and rapid agricultural development in states sharing the same river basins would rob Colorado of its right to a fair share of water. To avoid that eventuality, Carpenter invoked the compact clause of the U.S. Constitution, a clause previously used to settle boundary disputes, and applied it to interstate water rights. The result was a mechanism by which complex issues involving interstate water rights could be settled through negotiation without litigating them before the U.S. Supreme Court. Carpenter believed in the preservation of states rights in order to preserve the constitutionally mandated balance between state and federal authority.Today, water remains critically important to the American West, and the great interstate water compacts Carpenter helped engineer constitute his most enduring legacy. Of particular significance is the Colorado River Compact of 1922, without which Hoover Dam could never have been built.

Автор: John S. C. Abbott
Название: Daniel Boone: The Pioneer of Kentucky
ISBN: 153616030X ISBN-13(EAN): 9781536160307
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Описание: The name of Daniel Boone is a conspicuous one in the annals of our country. And yet there are but few who are familiar with the events of his wonderful career, or who have formed a correct estimate of the character of the man. Many suppose that he was a rough, coarse backwoodsman, almost as savage as the bears he pursued in the chase, or the Indians whose terrors he so perseveringly braved. Instead of this, he was one of the most mild and unboastful of men. He was truly one of natures gentle men. This narrative reveals a state of society and habitudes of life during the founding of the Republic.

Автор: Daniel J. Furman
Название: Patton: Battling with History
ISBN: 0826222099 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780826222091
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Описание: Despite the many books and articles written about him, none considers in depth how General George S. Patton Jr`s love of history shaped the course of his life. In this thematic biography, Furman Daniel traces Patton`s obsession with history and argues that it informed and contributed to many of his successes, both on and off the battlefield.

Автор: Green James N.
Название: Exile Within Exiles: Herbert Daniel, Gay Brazilian Revolutionary
ISBN: 1478000864 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781478000860
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