Описание: Highly detailed and clearly written, this book is the first full-length study of the complex system of practices, beliefs and taboos which surrounded conception and childbirth in early modern Europe.
Автор: Galeotti, Mark Название: The Weaponisation of everything ISBN: 0300253443 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780300253443 Издательство: Wiley yUP Рейтинг: Цена: 3586.00 р. Наличие на складе: Нет в наличии.
Описание: Push: Software Design and the Cultural Politics of Music Production shows how music software has shaped the production techniques and performance practices of artists working across media, while also providing a model for understanding software as a microcosm for the increasing convergence of globalization, neoliberal capitalism, and techno-utopianism that has come to define our digital lives
Автор: Bodman Sue, Franklin Glen Название: Conventional teaching and assessment guide ISBN: 1108445667 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781108445665 Издательство: Cambridge Education Рейтинг: Цена: от 1886.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть (1 шт.) Описание: Since the 1980s, an array of legal and non-legal practices have been developed to support post-repressive, post-authoritarian, and post-conflict societies in dealing with their past. Contributors to this volume analyse the processes, products, and efficacy of transitional justice mechanisms and look at how genocide, political violence, and historical injustices are being institutionally addressed.
Автор: Stevens, Henry (henry Stevens) Название: Dark star ISBN: 193548740X ISBN-13(EAN): 9781935487401 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 2752.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
In this seventeenth-century Chinese novel, Han Xiangzi, best known as one of the Eight Immortals, seeks and achieves immortality and then devotes himself to converting his materialistic, politically ambitious Confucian uncle—Han Yu, a real historical figure—to Daoism. Written in lively vernacular prose interspersed with poems and songs, the novel takes its readers across China, to the heavens, and into the underworld. Readers listen to debates among Confucians, Daoists, and Buddhists and witness trials of faith and the performance of magical feats. In the mode of the famous religious novel Journey to the West, The Story of Han Xiangzi uses colorful characters, twists of plot, witty dialogue, and action suitable for a superhero comic book to convey its religious message—that worldly life is ephemeral and that true contentment can be found only through Daoist cultivation.
This is the first translation into any Western language of Han Xiangzi quanzhuan (literally, The Complete Story of Han Xiangzi). On one level, the novel is a delightful adventure; on another, it is serious theology. Although The Story of Han Xiangzi’s irreverent attitude toward the Confucian establishment prevented its acceptance by literary critics in imperial China, it has remained popular among Chinese readers for four centuries.
Philip Clart’s introduction outlines the Han Xiangzi story cycle, presents Yang Erzeng in his social context, assesses the literary merits and religious significance of the text, and explores the theory and practice of inner alchemy. This unabridged translation will appeal to students of Chinese literature and to general readers who enjoy international fiction, as well as to readers with an interest in Daoism.
The open access publication of this book was made possible by a grant from the James P. Geiss and Margaret Y. Hsu Foundation.
Автор: Thomas H. Pauly Название: Zane Grey: His Life, His Adventures, His Women ISBN: 0252074920 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780252074929 Издательство: Wiley EDC Рейтинг: Цена: 3602.00 р. Наличие на складе: Поставка под заказ.
Описание:
Zane Grey was a disappointed aspirant to major league baseball and an unhappy dentist when he belatedly decided to take up writing at the age of thirty. He went on to become the most successful American author of the 1920s, a significant figure in the early development of the film industry, and a central player in the early popularity of the Western.
Thomas H. Pauly's work is the first full-length biography of Grey to appear in over thirty years. Using a hitherto unknown trove of letters and journals, including never-before-seen photographs of his adventures--both natural and amorous--Zane Grey has greatly enlarged and radically altered the current understanding of the superstar author, whose fifty-seven novels and one hundred and thirty movies heavily influenced the world's perception of the Old West.
Автор: Chrisman, Sarah A. Название: This Victorian Life ISBN: 1510770801 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781510770805 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 3447.00 р. Наличие на складе: Нет в наличии.
Описание: Part memoir, part micro-history, this is an exploration of the present through the lens of the past--now in paperback!
Автор: Godse Vishnubhat, Krishnan Mini, Adarkar Priya Название: Adventures of a Brahmin Priest: My Travels in the 1857 Rebellion ISBN: 0198098901 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780198098904 Издательство: Oxford Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 14196.00 р. Наличие на складе: Нет в наличии.
Описание: History-travelogue-autobiography, Mazha Pravas is all of these, none of these, and a bit of each being the first eye-witness Indian account of the upheavals and changing fortunes during the Rebellion of 1857. Godse`s narration plunges the reader straight into the heart of turbulent times and offers a slice of history that has impacted popular imagination for the last one hundred and fifty years.
Big Bill Otter was one member of the early American working class not preoccupied with republican principles or the heritage of the Revolution. Big Bill Otter—apprentice, journeyman, master plasterer—was a thug.
Otter's autobiography, first published in 1835, provides a rare and fascinating counterpoint to romantic notions of virtuous, respectable craftsmen in the early republic. His Life and Adventures offer an inside account of the brawling racism common in the early nineteenth century and sharply detail the rowdy male subculture of the times.
Born in England and conscripted into the British Navy during the Napoleonic wars, Otter jumped ship and came to New York City in 1801. He apprenticed as a plasterer and joined an urban gang; later he was a master plasterer, tavernkeeper, slavecatcher, "Jackson man," bigot, town bully, notorious practical joker, borderline psychopath, mayoral candidate, and all-round "jolly fellow."
History of My Own Times is one of the few first-person accounts of a rural artisan in pre-genteel America. The book depicts the ambiguities of race relations in the early nineteenth century, sheds light on its definition of manhood, and conveys a sense of humor very different from today's. Richard B. Stott's introduction an,d commentary place Otter in the context of his times and explore the significance of his autobiography in understanding the social and cultural history of the early American republic.
Описание: This book has been considered by academicians and scholars of great significance and value to literature. This forms a part of the knowledge base for future generations. So that the book is never forgotten we have represented this book in a print format as the same form as it was originally first published. Hence any marks or annotations seen are left intentionally to preserve its true nature.
Автор: Uncle Philip Название: The Adventures Of Henry Hudson ISBN: 9354360408 ISBN-13(EAN): 9789354360404 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 3391.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: This book has been considered by academicians and scholars of great significance and value to literature. This forms a part of the knowledge base for future generations. So that the book is never forgotten we have represented this book in a print format as the same form as it was originally first published. Hence any marks or annotations seen are left intentionally to preserve its true nature.
