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Book The Master and Minerva

Download or read book The Master and Minerva written by Helen Solterer and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2023-09-01 with total page 315 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Can words do damage? For medieval culture, the answer was unambiguously yes. And as Helen Solterer contends, in French medieval culture the representation of women exemplified the use of injurious language. Solterer investigates the debates over women between masters and their disciples. Across a broad range of Old French literature to the early modern Querelle des femmes, she shows how the figure of the female respondent became an instrument for disputing the dominant models of representing women. The female respondent exploited the criterion of injurious language that so preoccupied medieval masters, and she charged master poets ethically and legally with libel. Solterer's work thus illuminates an early, decisive chapter in the history of defamation.

Book The Real Minerva

    Book Details:
  • Author : Mary Sharratt
  • Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
  • Release : 2006-01-13
  • ISBN : 0547346883
  • Pages : 273 pages

Download or read book The Real Minerva written by Mary Sharratt and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2006-01-13 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A “memorable [and] entertaining” novel of three strong women in 1920s small-town Minnesota by the author of Revelations (The Washington Post Book World). Winner of the Willa Literary Award Finalist for the Minnesota Book Award In a Midwestern farming community in 1923, as book-loving Penny enters adolescence, her mother, Barbara, pulls her out of school to send her to work. Destined to become a cleaning woman like her mother, Penny sees no escape from her bleak existence—until a scandalous figure arrives in the town of Minerva, Minnesota: Cora, very pregnant, very headstrong, and very alone, has come to make a home on her grandfather’s farm. Intrigued by this curious new resident, Penny sets out to work for Cora, setting into motion events that will change multiple lives. Drawing on her mother’s and grandmother’s stories of Minnesota farm life in the early twentieth century, acclaimed author Mary Sharratt has created a suspenseful and moving novel about the strength of women and the unexpected friendships that form between them. “A paean to the bond between mothers and daughters . . . engrossing.” —Booklist “Wonderful.” —Caroline Leavitt, New York Times-bestselling author of With or Without You

Book The Master Spirit

    Book Details:
  • Author : John Christopher Kleber
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1909
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 352 pages

Download or read book The Master Spirit written by John Christopher Kleber and published by . This book was released on 1909 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Minerva s Owl

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  • Author : Jeffrey B Abramson
  • Publisher : Harvard University Press
  • Release : 2010-09-30
  • ISBN : 0674057023
  • Pages : 399 pages

Download or read book Minerva s Owl written by Jeffrey B Abramson and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2010-09-30 with total page 399 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As Hegel famously noted, referring to the Roman goddess Minerva, her owl brought back wisdom only at dusk, when it was too late to shine light on actual politics. Jeffrey Abramson provides a lively and accessible guide for readers discovering the tradition of political thought that dates back to Socrates and Plato, with contemporary examples that illustrate the enduring nature of political dilemmas.

Book Janus And Minerva

Download or read book Janus And Minerva written by Stanley Hoffmann and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-03-06 with total page 447 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In these essays, one of the most eminent political scientists of our time examines international relations from a variety of perspectives connected by timeless and common themes: the conflict between die ever-present risk of violence and the quest for international order, the tensions between the imperatives of power and those of morality, the ties that bind domestic and foreign policy, the ambiguities of the nuclear revolution, the break between prenuclear and post-1945 politics, and the dangers created by the competition between the nuclear superpowers. Assessing the development of the discipline of international relations, the author presents both a summary of the field's significant findings and a critical discussion of its most representative traditions of realism and liberalism. Written between 1960 and 1985, many of these essays have not been previously published in English. They reflect the author's own intellectual evolution and represent a complete picture of his approach to the study of world politics.

Book British and Foreign State Papers

Download or read book British and Foreign State Papers written by Great Britain. Foreign Office and published by . This book was released on 1846 with total page 1044 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Papers

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  • Author : Great Britain. Parliament. House of Lords
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1800
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 518 pages

Download or read book Papers written by Great Britain. Parliament. House of Lords and published by . This book was released on 1800 with total page 518 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Federal Reporter

Download or read book The Federal Reporter written by and published by . This book was released on 1918 with total page 1008 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Includes cases argued and determined in the District Courts of the United States and, Mar./May 1880-Oct./Nov. 1912, the Circuit Courts of the United States; Sept./Dec. 1891-Sept./Nov. 1924, the Circuit Courts of Appeals of the United States; Aug./Oct. 1911-Jan./Feb. 1914, the Commerce Court of the United States; Sept./Oct. 1919-Sept./Nov. 1924, the Court of Appeals of the District of Columbia.

Book Blade of The Emperor

Download or read book Blade of The Emperor written by Connor Whiteley and published by CGD Publishing. This book was released on with total page 14 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a galaxy filled with humankind's enemies. An assassin's blade must strike. The assassin Minerva hunts down a dangerous Cult. She must end them. Before they can kill thousands. Can she end the threat or will her personal history hold her back? If you love action packed page turning science fiction. You will love this piece of Flash fiction! BUY IT NOW!

Book Agent of The Emperor Collection Volume 1

Download or read book Agent of The Emperor Collection Volume 1 written by Connor Whiteley and published by CGD Publishing. This book was released on with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The perfect action packed, enthralling addition to any sci-fi reader’s bookshelf! Ship of Plague A crashed shuttle. An infected ship. An apocalyptic threat. The galaxy is filled with threats. Some more dangerous than others. I crashed my shuttle (stupid thing). I find an infected ship. I need answers. Can I discover what happened to the ship before the unthinkable happen? Or I fail and let trillions die? If you love gripping, page turning fun science fiction short stories, you need to read this action packed mission! Arbiter’s truth Arbiter Veritas always gets her Truth. No matter the cost. Sent into the heart of the space station. She must track down the strange energy signs. Before this energy becomes a danger to the thousands of lives on the station. But is the truth as easy as it seems? And who's endangering the lives of thousands? If you love thrilling fast-paced science fiction short stories with an addictive mystery. Then you need to read this! Blade of The Emperor In a galaxy filled with humankind's enemies. An assassin's blade must strike. The assassin Minerva hunts down a dangerous Cult. She must end them. Before they can kill thousands. Can she end the threat or will her personal history hold her back? If you love action packed page turning science fiction. You will love this piece of Flash fiction! Old One’s Wrath: Two trapped soldiers. One ancient foe. No hope of escape. In a galaxy filled with dangerous foes. One mistake can cost you everything. Crashed on an ancient spaceship, Katrina and Locke are being hunted. Their foe will not stop until he kills them. There is only one hope for survival. Can they reach their only hope before their foe finds them and kills them? If you love action-packed science fiction short stories with a cat and mouse style hunt. Then you will love this! Puppets and Masters: An overpaid diplomat. A secret meeting. A fight for survival. In the galaxy, sacrifices must be made. Zalaman meets with aliens. He hates his mission. Zalaman knows the mission is doomed. Can he complete his duty? Does Zalaman succeed and complete his duty? Or will he become another sacrifice in a game of cat and mouse? If you love tense, page turning, gripping science fiction short stories. You will love this story! BUY IT NOW!

Book Minerva s Aviary

    Book Details:
  • Author : John G. Slater
  • Publisher : University of Toronto Press
  • Release : 2005-01-01
  • ISBN : 0802038700
  • Pages : 641 pages

Download or read book Minerva s Aviary written by John G. Slater and published by University of Toronto Press. This book was released on 2005-01-01 with total page 641 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: . In Minerva's Aviary, John G. Slater documents the history of Toronto's Philosophy Department from its founding to contemporary times.

Book Dragons

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  • Author : Ricardo Chévere
  • Publisher : Trafford Publishing
  • Release : 2009-12-16
  • ISBN : 1426930518
  • Pages : 559 pages

Download or read book Dragons written by Ricardo Chévere and published by Trafford Publishing. This book was released on 2009-12-16 with total page 559 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sorcerers, wizards, and witches use magic for evil; but, as long as there are dragons in the world, there will be champions ready to stand against them. Borys knows little of such matters, but he does have a faint memory that seems to suggest that dragons are to blame for the death of his parents. He yearns to know more about these creatures, and in his quest for answers, he comes across a mystical craft that takes him down the abominable path of magic. Hell now learn more than he ever bargained for about these elusive creatures. And hell also discover terrible things he can do with his newfound powers. Alanna almost drowns at her fathers marina. She lives only because David jumps in the water after her, even though he doesnt know how to swim. David becomes a local hero, but Alanna cannot understand why she survived. Now, shes back in town seeking answers. Heroes and villains alike are about to discover that nothing touched by magic remains unchanged, especially in a world of sorcerers, wizards, witches, and Dragons.

Book The French Assault on American Shipping  1793 1813

Download or read book The French Assault on American Shipping 1793 1813 written by Greg H. Williams and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2009-10-21 with total page 543 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic eras, France was plagued by war and crop failures and was desperately in need of supplies. Legally and illegally, French privateers and cruisers took cargo from merchant vessels of every nation, perhaps the United States more than any other. At least 6,479 U.S. claims involving more than 2,300 vessels were filed and these claims give a close approximation of American goods lost to the French. The three main sections of this reference book present a comprehensive accounting of the losses (arranged by ship), descriptions of court cases involving important questions of law, and the disposition of claims. Also included are a glossary, a list of geographical locations mentioned in the text, and an overview of relevant acts of Congress, proclamations, treaties, and foreign decrees.

Book Essex Institute Historical Collections

Download or read book Essex Institute Historical Collections written by Essex Institute and published by . This book was released on 1909 with total page 830 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Historical Collections of the Essex Institute

Download or read book Historical Collections of the Essex Institute written by and published by . This book was released on 1905 with total page 592 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Owl of Minerva

Download or read book Owl of Minerva written by Mary Midgley and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2007-05-07 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the UK's foremost moral philosophers, Mary Midgley recounts her remarkable story in this elegiac and moving account of friendships found and lost, bitter philosophical battles and of a profound love of teaching. In spite of her many books and public profile, little is known about Mary's life. Part of a famous generation of women philosophers that includes Elizabeth Anscombe, Philippa Foot, Mary Warnock and Iris Murdoch, Midgley tells us in vivid and humorous fashion how they cut a swathe through the arid landscape of 1950s British Philosophy, writing and arguing about the grand themes of character, beauty and the meaning of rudeness. As the mother of three children, her journey during the 1950s and 1960s was one of a woman fighting to combine a professional career with raising a family. In startling contrast to many of the academic stars of her generation, we learn that Midgley nearly became a novelist and started writing philosophy only when in her fifties, suggesting that Minerva’s owl really does fly at dusk. Charting the highs and lows of philosophy and academia in Britain, this publication sheds light on Mary’s close friends, her moral philosophy and her meetings with major philosophers, including Wittgenstein and Isaiah Berlin.