Utopian Communities: Survival of Old Order Hutterite, Amish and Mennonite Groups, Hamel Elsie W.
Автор: Hamel Christopher de Название: Meetings with Remarkable Manuscripts ISBN: 0141977493 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780141977492 Издательство: Random House - Penguin Рейтинг: Цена: 2243.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: This is a book about why medieval manuscripts matter. Coming face to face with an important illuminated manuscript in the original is like meeting a very famous person. We may all pretend that a well-known celebrity is no different from anyone else, and yet there is an undeniable thrill in actually meeting and talking to a person of world stature.The idea for the book, which is entirely new, is to invite the reader into intimate conversations with twelve of the most famous manuscripts in existence and to explore with the author what they tell us about nearly a thousand years of medieval history - and sometimes about the modern world too. Christopher de Hamel introduces us to kings, queens, saints, scribes, artists, librarians, thieves, dealers, collectors and the international community of manuscript scholars, showing us how he and his fellows piece together evidence to reach unexpected conclusions. He traces the elaborate journeys which these exceptionally precious artefacts have made through time and space, shows us how they have been copied, who has owned them or lusted after them (and how we can tell), how they have been embroiled in politics and scholarly disputes, how they have been regarded as objects of supreme beauty and luxury and as symbols of national identity. The book touches on religion, art, literature, music, science and the history of taste.Part travel book, part detective story, part conversation with the reader, Meetings with Remarkable Manuscripts conveys the fascination and excitement of encountering some of the greatest works of art in our culture which, in the originals, are to most people completely inaccessible. At the end, we have a slightly different perspective on history and how we come by knowledge. It is a most unusual book.
Автор: Hamel, Gary Prahalad, C.k. Название: Competing for the future ISBN: 0875847161 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780875847160 Издательство: TBS/GBS Рейтинг: Цена: 3960.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Develops a coherent model for how modern executives can identify and accomplish no less than heroic goals in tomorrow`s marketplace. This blueprint addresses how executives can ease the tension between competing and clearing a path toward leadership in the future.
Автор: Parsons Elsie Clews Название: Zuni Tales ISBN: 1258990938 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781258990930 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 4037.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Автор: Singmaster Elsie Название: Stories to Read at Christmas ISBN: 1258450135 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781258450137 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 5876.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: While much has been written about the work of Malinowski, little has been written his personal life. These letters, available for the first time offer an insight of the man not just as teacher and scientist but as a husband, father and friend.
Автор: Johnstone Elsie, Johnstone Graeme Название: Lover, Husband, Father, Monster - Book 3, the Aftermath ISBN: 0992505968 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780992505967 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 3017.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: This is the third book in the trilogy - Lover Husband Father Monster, Her Story; Lover Husband Father Monster, His Story and now, Lover Husband Father Monster, The Aftermath.In Books One and Two, the story is told in two voices - his and hers - of how Stuart Hoare's abuse and control of Jennifer, his wife and mother of his three children for fifteen years, culminates in a tragic family disaster.Stuart is a successful businessman, the family live in an upmarket Dublin suburb and the children attend good schools. Jennifer, previously a successful environmental lawyer, is an 'at-home' mother who is a slave to her family's needs. Although unhappy in the marriage, Jennifer endures because all sense of self has been destroyed and she has nowhere to go. On Facebook, she reunites with her English lover from university days, has an affair and eventually gathers the strength to confront her husband to declare that the marriage is over and that she is leaving to live in London, taking their young daughter Molly with her.Stuart will not accept her decision, repudiating her right to her own destiny by seeking revenge in the most heinous way. On the day of their departure a series of events finds him standing arms outstretched in a trancelike state on a motorway flyover while Molly lays injured below amid a pile-up of cars.Initially it was thought to be an accident, but truth always outs and in 'The Aftermath', the real story unfolds as we travel alongside the major players and discover how their lives are changed forever.What happened next?Does Molly survive?If he did do it, did he mean to do it? Will the law extract a price or will he escape conviction?Will Jennifer and her lover make a life together?The story is told in many voices. What of other family members and friends, how will they cope?The rock has been thrown into the pond and the ripples are immediate and immense, affecting and changing forever the lives of close family and friends. The case captures the attention of the whole of Ireland who are fascinated by how an apparently privileged and well to do family can be caught up in a situation where a father appears to commit the unspeakable crime. This psychological thriller will keep you enthralled from the beginning to its dramatic conclusion.
Описание: In 1945, Elsie C. Bechtel left her Ohio home for the tiny French commune of Lavercanti re, where for nearly three years she cared for children displaced by the ravages of war. Bechtel's diary, photographs, and letters home to her family provide the central texts of this study. From 1945 to 1948, she recorded her encounters with French society and her immersion in the spare beauty of rural France. From her daily work came passionate musings on the emotional world of human interactions and evocative observations of the American, Spanish, and French co-workers and children with whom she lived. As a volunteer with the Mennonite Central Committee (MCC), Bechtel was part of the war relief efforts of pacifist Quakers and Anabaptists. In France between 1939 and 1948, MCC programs distributed clothing, shared food, and sheltered refugee children. The work began in the far southwest of France but, by the time Bechtel completed her service in 1948, had moved to the Alsace region, where French Mennonites clustered. Bechtel's writings emerged from a religious context that included much travel, but little reflection on the significance of that travel. Yet, religiously motivated travel--an old tradition in southwest France--shaped Bechtel's life. The authors consider her experiences in terms of religious pilgrimage and reflect on their own pilgrimage to Lavercanti re in 2006 for a reunion with some of the people marked by the broader effort that Bechtel joined. To understand Bechtel's experiences and prose, the authors examined archival sources on MCC's work in France, gathered oral and written narratives of participants, and researched other war relief efforts in Spain and France in the 1930s and 1940s. Drawing on these various contexts, the authors establish the complexity, but also the significance, of pilgrimage and humanitarian service as intercultural exchanges.
Автор: Cannon Joanna Название: Three Things About Elsie ISBN: 000819694X ISBN-13(EAN): 9780008196943 Издательство: HarperCollins UK Рейтинг: Цена: 1319.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: LONGLISTED FOR THE WOMEN`S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2018 There are three things you should know about Elsie. The first thing is that she`s my best friend. The second is that she always knows what to say to make me feel better. And the third thing... might take a little bit more explaining.
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