Download or read book The Discourses Royal Collector s Edition Annotated Case Laminate Hardcover with Jacket written by Niccolò Machiavelli and published by Royal Classics. This book was released on 2020-12-31 with total page 428 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Discourses is a work of political history and philosophy. Machiavelli discusses what can be learned from many eras including contemporary politics. He describes political greatness as something which comes and goes among peoples in cycles.
Download or read book The Social Contract Royal Collector s Edition Annotated Case Laminate Hardcover with Jacket written by Jean-Jacques Rousseau and published by Royal Classics. This book was released on 2021-02-02 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Social Contract theorizes that there is no rightful duty to submit to a state that enslaves its people. In a desired social contract, everyone is free because they all forfeit the same number of rights and impose the same duties on all.
Download or read book The Bhagavad Gita Royal Collector s Edition Annotated Case Laminate Hardcover with Jacket written by Vyasa and published by Royal Classics. This book was released on 2020-11-29 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In The Bhagavad Gita, prince Arjuna is filled with despair about the violence and death that war will cause. He seeks Krishna's counsel, who tells him to fulfill his warrior duty through "selfless action."
Download or read book Meditations Royal Collector s Edition Annotated Case Laminate Hardcover with Jacket written by Marcus Aurelius and published by Royal Classics. This book was released on 2020-11-15 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Marcus Aurelius' private notes are a significant source of the modern understanding of ancient Stoic philosophy, and have been praised by fellow writers, philosophers, monarchs, and politicians centuries after his death.
Download or read book The Gift of Tongues written by Christine F. Cooper-Rompato and published by Penn State Press. This book was released on 2010-01-25 with total page 325 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tales of xenoglossia—the instantaneous ability to read, to write, to speak, or to understand a foreign language—have long captivated audiences. Perhaps most popular in Christian religious literature, these stories celebrate the erasing of all linguistic differences and the creation of wider spiritual communities. The accounts of miraculous language acquisition that appeared in the Bible inspired similar accounts in the Middle Ages. Though medieval xenoglossic miracles have their origins in those biblical stories, the medieval narratives have more complex implications. In The Gift of Tongues, Christine Cooper-Rompato examines a wide range of sources to show that claims of miraculous language are much more important to medieval religious culture than previously recognized and are crucial to understanding late medieval English writers such as Geoffrey Chaucer and Margery Kempe.
Download or read book Leviathan Royal Collector s Edition Case Laminate Hardcover with Jacket written by Thomas Hobbes and published by Royal Classics. This book was released on 2020-11-17 with total page 540 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Leviathan ranks as a classic work on statecraft comparable to Machiavelli's The Prince. It concerns the structure of society and legitimate government, and is one of the most influential examples of social contract theory.
Download or read book Plato written by Plato and published by . This book was released on 2022-12-27 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The scholar G.M.A. Rube, whose translations are renowned for their clarity and sensitivity to the intricacy of argument and the interaction of philosophical concepts, translated these dialogues from the original Greek.
Download or read book My Likeness Taken written by Joan L. Severa and published by Kent State University Press. This book was released on 2005 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During the nineteenth century - a time of great technical and cultural change - fashion was a cultivating force in the development of American society, influenced by one's social status, geographic location, and economic standing. My Likeness Taken is a collection of daguerreotype portraits of men, women, and children taken between 1840 and 1860. Selected from the top collections in the United States, each image is analyzed to clarify datable clothing and fashion components. With subjects from among the best-dressed members of society, these portraits - reproduced in full color - reflect the latest fashion developments, trends, and influences. For students of photographic and costume history, this is extraordinary material. Many of these images have never before been published, and Severa's keen analysis adds immeasurably to our understanding of the importance of dress in American society. Photo archivists and collectors, costume curators, social historians, material culturalists, and theater designers will find My Likeness Taken an invaluable resource.
Download or read book Court Delay and Human Rights Remedies written by Caroline Savvidis and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-06-23 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book brings legal and academic perspective to the theory and practice surrounding the right to a fair hearing within a reasonable time. This field of rights has been somewhat neglected academically, a fact which jars with the sheer volume of case law budding from this single, simple, fundamental right, bearing testimony to the widespread concern with delay in judicial proceedings which transcends the boundaries of states or legal systems. The work provides a blueprint for analysing the effectiveness of legal remedies across entire legal systems, as well as in any given individual case. The first part focuses on deriving legal principles from the body of jurisprudence of the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg, while the second part contains illustrations of the practical application of such principles. The content constitutes essential reading for students, academics, lawyers, judges, practitioners and all those who wish to understand the issue of delay in judicial proceedings, and the legal context of available remedies. The author aims to raise awareness about the human rights issues which come into play when delivery of justice is delayed, and to provide both an academic and practical reference.
Download or read book Boxing the Compass A Century and a Half of Discourse about Sailor s Chanties written by Gibb Schreffler and published by Occasional Papers in Folklore. This book was released on 2018-04 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How do we know what we know about chanties? Beginning with the earliest sources, this book traces the history of writing about chanties, creating an indispensible guide to the primary authors and sources through a century and a half of chanty literature.
Download or read book The Metamorphosis Royal Collector s Edition Case Laminate Hardcover with Jacket written by Franz Kafka and published by Royal Classics. This book was released on 2021-02-02 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story begins with a traveling salesman, Gregor Samsa, waking to find himself transformed into an insect-like creature. The rest of the story deals with Gregor's attempts to adjust to his new condition as he deals with being burdensome.
Download or read book Picture Freedom written by Jasmine Nichole Cobb and published by NYU Press. This book was released on 2015-04-03 with total page 291 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Picture Freedom provides a unique and nuanced interpretation of nineteenth-century African American life and culture. Focusing on visuality, print culture, and an examination of the parlor, Cobb has fashioned a book like none other, convincingly demonstrating how whites and blacks reimagined racial identity and belonging in the early republic."--Erica Armstrong Dunbar, author of A Fragile Freedom: African American Women and Emancipation in the Antebellum City
Download or read book The Enchiridion of Epictetus written by Epictetus Epictetus and published by . This book was released on 2012-10 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: No writings of Epictetus himself are really known. His discourses were transcribed and compiled by his pupil Arrian (author of the Anabasis Alexandri). The main work is The Discourses, four books of which have been preserved (out of an original eight). Arrian also compiled a popular digest, entitled the Enchiridion, or Handbook. In a preface to the Discourses, addressed to Lucius Gellius, Arrian states that "whatever I heard him say I used to write down, word for word, as best I could, endeavouring to preserve it as a memorial, for my own future use, of his way of thinking and the frankness of his speech."
Download or read book Bally A History of Footwear in the Interwar Period written by Anna-Brigitte Schlittler and published by transcript Verlag. This book was released on 2021-02-28 with total page 197 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Carl Franz Bally founded a shoe factory in Switzerland in 1851. Within decades, the Bally name had achieved worldwide recognition for its high-quality footwear. The history of modern footwear can be traced through the lens of Bally's corporate evolution. This book brings together the results of research on such topics as the economic importance of fashion, Bally's fortunes in the US, the career of shoe design, the sourcing and use of materials, and the rise of strategic product display. The research focuses on the 1930s and 1940s: years of economic crisis and war, characterized by a wide diversity of designs and increasing variety in product range. Shortages also led to experiments with materials and technical innovations. Featuring numerous points of contact with adjacent fields of historical study, this publication marks a contribution to the history of fashion as the history of industrially manufactured products.
Download or read book Personal Hygiene written by Frank Overton and published by Legare Street Press. This book was released on 2023-07-18 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this practical and informative guide, Frank Overton offers essential advice for maintaining good personal hygiene. Covering everything from bathing and grooming to dental care and clothing, this book is an invaluable resource for anyone looking to improve their health and wellbeing. With clear illustrations and step-by-step instructions, this book is an essential tool for achieving and maintaining good personal hygiene. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Download or read book The Campaigns of Alexander written by Arrian and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2003-07-31 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although written over four hundred years after Alexander's death, Arrian's account of the man and his achievements is the most reliable we have. Arrian's own experience as a military commander gave him unique insights into the life of the world's greatest conqueror. He tells of Alexander's violent suppression of the Theban rebellion, his defeat of Persia and campaigns through Egypt and Babylon - establishing new cities and destroying others in his path. While Alexander emerges as a charismatic leader, Arrian succeeds brilliantly in creating an objective portrait of a man of boundless ambition, who was exposed to the temptations of power.
Download or read book Psychoanalytic Accounts of Consuming Desire written by John Desmond and published by Springer. This book was released on 2012-11-28 with total page 555 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides an accessible introduction to psychoanalytic explanations of consumer desire. Topics are drawn widely to reflect the scope of Freud's vision and include dreams, sexuality and hysteria. Discussion is widened to selectively include authors such as Melanie Klein and Jacques Lacan, and to include evaluation of current research.
