Download or read book Deadly Powers written by Paul A. Trout and published by Prometheus Books. This book was released on 2011-11-15 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this illuminating and evocative exploration of the origin and function of storytelling, the author goes beyond the work of mythologist Joseph Campbell, arguing that mythmaking evolved as a cultural survival strategy for coping with the constant fear of being killed and eaten by predators. Beginning nearly two million years ago in the Pleistocene era, the first stories, Trout argues, functioned as alarm calls, warning fellow group members about the carnivores lurking in the surroundings. At the earliest period, before the development of language, these rudimentary "stories" would have been acted out. When language appeared with the evolution of the ancestral human brain, stories were recited, memorized, and much later written down as the often bone-chilling myths that have survived to this day. This book takes the reader through the landscape of world mythology to show how our more recent ancestors created myths that portrayed animal predators in four basic ways: as monsters, as gods, as benefactors, and as role models. Each incarnation is a variation of the fear-management technique that enabled early humans not only to survive but to overcome their potentially incapacitating fear of predators. In the final chapter, Trout explores the ways in which our visceral fear of predators is played out in the movies, where both animal and human predators serve to probe and revitalize our capacity to detect and survive danger. Anyone with an interest in mythology, archaeology, folk tales, and the origins of contemporary storytelling will find this book an exciting and provocative exploration into the natural and psychological forces that shaped human culture and gave rise to storytelling and mythmaking.
Download or read book The Deadly Power of Medusa written by Will Osborne and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Recounts the Greek myth of the hero Perseus and how he vanquished the monster Medusa.
Download or read book The Dread written by Gail Z. Martin and published by Hachette+ORM. This book was released on 2012-02-01 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the epic conclusion to the Fallen Kings Cycle, set in the world of The Chronicles of the Necromancer, war has come to the Winter Kingdoms. Summoner-King Tris Drayke takes what remains of his army north for a war he is ill-prepared to fight, as reports from spies confirm Tris's worst fear. A new threat rises across the sea: a dark summoner who intends to make the most of the Winter Kingdoms' weakness. In Isencroft, Kiara's father is assassinated, and she has no choice except to return and claim the crown. But she must leave behind her husband and their infant son to face the dark power that threatens her rule. The Dread will rise. Kings will fall. The Chronicles of the Necromancer The Summoner The Blood King Dark Haven Dark Lady’s Chosen Fallen Kings Cycle The Sworn The Drea
Download or read book Escaping the Deadly Embrace written by Andrea Bartoletti and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 2022-11-15 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Encirclement, Andrea Bartoletti argues, is an essential strategic possibility of the international system and a key trigger of major war. Using historical case studies, Escaping the Deadly Embrace examines how great powers try to escape the two-front war problem and seek to preserve their security. Encirclement is a geographic variable that occurs in the presence of one or two great powers on two different borders of the surrounded great power. The surrounding great powers may not have the capacity to initiate a joint invasion. Yet their threatening presence triggers a double security dilemma for the encircled great power, which has to disperse its army to secure its borders. When the surrounding great powers become capable of launching a two-front attack, the encircled great power initiates war. This situation, disastrous in itself, can also lead to war contagion when other great powers intervene in the new conflict owing to the rival-based network of alliances. Combining archival work and historiographical analysis, Escaping the Deadly Embrace demonstrates the efficacy of this by assessing three major wars: the Italian Wars, the Thirty Years' War, and World War I. These findings, Bartoletti shows, have important implications for future major wars. Challenging the current focus on the US-China rivalry, he argues that the most concerning strategic scenario is the encirclement of China by India and Russia.
Download or read book Iran s Deadly Ambition written by Ilan Berman and published by Encounter Books. This book was released on 2016-12-06 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Are we on the cusp of détente with Iran? Conventional wisdom certainly seems to believe so. Since the start of diplomacy between the Islamic Republic and the P5+1 powers (the United States, France, England, Russia, China, Germany) in November 2013, hopes have been running high for a historic reconciliation of Iran’s clerical regime with the West. Yet there is ample reason for skepticism that the United States and its allies can truly curb Iran’s nuclear ambitions by diplomatic means. Moreover, the West’s current focus on Iran’s nuclear program is deeply dangerous insofar as it fails to recognize—let alone address—Iran’s other international activities or its foreign policy aims. Those objectives are global, and they continue to grow in scope and menace. In this sobering book, Ilan Berman illuminates the multiple dimensions of the Iranian threat and exposes the perils of lodging confidence in diplomacy with the Islamic Republic.
Download or read book Industry written by and published by . This book was released on 1919 with total page 394 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Deadly Imbalances written by Randall L. Schweller and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 1998 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Scholars frequently portray the Second World War as an epic morality play driven by a villain (Hitler) and a sinner (Chamberlain). Deadly Imbalances offers a new approach, combining both the attributes of states and the structure of the international system to explain the origins and causes of the war. Central to Schweller's analysis is the argument that the structure of the international system was tripolar--with Germany, the Soviet Union, and the United States as the three central powers--and that this needs to be considered in any examination of the antecedent causes and crucial events of the war.
Download or read book That s Deadly written by Crispin Boyer and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2015 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Fatal facts that will test your fearless factor"--Cover.
Download or read book Deadly Command written by Don Pendleton and published by Gold Eagle. This book was released on 2011-04-01 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Military-grade guns are finding their way onto American streets, turning neighborhoods into war zones. And, after three officers and two civilians are killed in the crossfire of a Miami gang standoff, it's time for someone to strike back. Yet with little concrete proof to use against those supplying the illegal weapons, the police are helpless. Fortunately for them Mack Bolan doesn't need evidence. It's old-fashioned justice he's after. Going solo on his mission, Bolan soon discovers Miami is just the beginning. An arms dealer has set up operations in New York, Chicago and New Mexico. But this supplier isn't the only one wanting a slice of the American gun pie. Another more ruthless group is ready to step in and will take out anyone who gets in their way—unless the Executioner can take them down first.
Download or read book Deadly Companions written by Dorothy H. Crawford and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2018-02-02 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ever since we started huddling together in communities, the story of human history has been inextricably entwined with the story of microbes. They have evolved and spread amongst us, shaping our culture through infection, disease, and pandemic. At the same time, our changing human culture has itself influenced the evolutionary path of microbes. Dorothy H. Crawford here shows that one cannot be truly understood without the other. Beginning with a dramatic account of the SARS pandemic at the start of the 21st century, she takes us back in time to follow the interlinked history of microbes and man, taking an up-to-date look at ancient plagues and epidemics, and identifying key changes in the way humans have lived - such as our move from hunter-gatherer to farmer to city-dweller — which made us vulnerable to microbe attack. Showing how we live our lives today — with increasing crowding and air travel — puts us once again at risk, Crawford asks whether we might ever conquer microbes completely, or whether we need to take a more microbe-centric view of the world. Among the possible answers, one thing becomes clear: that for generations to come, our deadly companions will continue to shape human history. Oxford Landmark Science books are 'must-read' classics of modern science writing which have crystallized big ideas, and shaped the way we think.
Download or read book Chambers s Encyclop dia written by Ephraim Chambers and published by . This book was released on 1870 with total page 908 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Medical Record written by George Frederick Shrady and published by . This book was released on 1913 with total page 1226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Deadly Gamble written by Naomi Aoki and published by NaomiAoki. This book was released on with total page 315 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hisato cheated death and found love. Now he’s on the hardest undercover assignment of his life. Returning to life as a detective was never going to be easy for Hisato Shibata. Caught between two worlds, he needs to balance keeping Ogawa out of jail with still upholding the law. But with his partner’s interest in Ogawa bordering on obsession… a dangerous one at that, the scales are teetering. Add in a couple of murders, some financial crimes, and a yakuza boss—or two—who want Ogawa and Hisato out of the way…something has to give. Can Hisato’s relationship with his lovers survive the stress? Or will it all fall apart. Deadly Gamble is the second book in the Tokyo Nights Trilogy that features an undercover cop whose assignment goes wrong in all the best ways, a genderqueer host who will do whatever is needed to protect his lovers, a yakuza ward boss with his eyes on the top prize and his best friend who is hesitant trust the new member of their relationship. Add in a gang conflict and things are bound to get a little...bloody.
Download or read book Belgravia written by Mary Elizabeth Braddon and published by . This book was released on 1869 with total page 686 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Homiletic Review written by and published by . This book was released on 1920 with total page 552 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book English Journal written by and published by . This book was released on 1925 with total page 872 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Deadly Therapy written by Michael Karson and published by Jason Aronson. This book was released on 2008 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Therapists have a lot to learn from theater professionals about helping people narrate important conflicts, understand uplifting ideas, and engage in illuminating interactions. A dramaturgical understanding of psychotherapy is articulated in Deadly Therapy, with a focus on living up to situational norms intrinsic to therapy and managing performance failures associated with the roles of therapist and patient. Norms derive from rules and categories-in society and in therapy-that help people know how to behave, but which also produce self-serving hegemonies of privilege and power, even in therapy. This book employs performance theory-encompassing audience engagement, dramaturgy, gender studies, power and privilege dynamics, critical thinking, and multiculturalism-to investigate the "party lines" that become established in therapy and supervision, and to suggest ways to temper the deadening effects of rules and categories. Book jacket.
