Die Geschichte der Irrfahrten des Aeneas bis zu dessen Ankunft in Latium galt lange als das Nationalepos der Römer, als Gründungsmythos des römischen Volkes und bis in die Neuzeit als Vorbild für wahrhaft große Dichtung. Die 'Aeneis', entstanden gegen Ende des ersten Jahrhunderts v. Chr., ist das bekannteste und das bedeutendste Werk der lateinischen Dichtkunst. Diese Geschenkausgabe erscheint in edlem Cabra-Leder.
The O Manuscript is a compelling account of one man's spiritual awakening, written with extraordinary energy, candour and humility. It is a personal and philosophical quest that challenges conventional wisdom and takes the reader on a mystical journey through ancient history and modern times. A work in three volumes, the book begins with the author at a crossroads, suffering from debilitating health, his personal and professional lives disintegrating around him. Bedridden for three years, Lars Muhl was put in touch with a seer who helped him, over the telephone initially, to recover his energy and brought him back to life. The Seer became his spiritual leader, teaching him the inner truths of existence. The second and third parts of the trilogy cover the Female principle, followed by that of the Bridal Chamber, a Sufi concept, in which both the Male and the Female meet to form One Unity. This trilogy is not only a spellbinding introduction to the ancient vision of cosmic interconnectedness, but also a critical evaluation of a long list of limiting New Age dogmas.
Auf in die Ferien - mit einem magischen, sprechenden Tier! Sommer, Strand, Meer! Ida und ihr magischer Fuchs Rabbat freuen sich auf den Urlaub. Doch dann kommt so einiges anders als erwartet. Ein übereifriger Junior-Detektiv, geheimnisvolle Hotel-Diebstähle und ein seltsames Gemüse-Rätsel halten Ida und Rabbat auf Trab. Gute Spürnasen sind gefragt - oder ein magischer Fuchs ...§DIE SCHULE DER MAGISCHEN TIERE - Endlich Ferien Band 1: In der Schule der magischen Tiere heißt es:§Endlich Ferien! Die magischen Tiere packen ihre Koffer - und das Abenteuer beginnt ... Ein spannender Ferienkrimi in kurzen Kapiteln - mit echtem magischem Tier. Viel Spaß mit dem ersten Ferienabenteuer der Bestseller-Reihe!
An epic story of love, betrayal, courage and war that brings together two of Wilbur Smith's greatest families in this long-awaited sequel to his worldwide bestseller, The Triumph of the Sun. Cairo, 1887.
Varem peamiselt näitekirjaniku ja prosaistina tuntud autor sukeldub tundmatusse, otsides häält jõududele, mis ei saa kõnelda, kuid kurdistavad meid jätkuvalt. See on tume sisekõne, ometi ei saa seda nimetada negatiivseks, sest kui miski on piisavalt õudne, muutub see jälle iseenda vastandiks " naljakaks ja naeruväärseks, võib-olla koguni armsaks. Oma tegeliku tõe välja ütlemise eel leiame end ilma hääle ja suuta, kuid see, mida öelda ei tohi, oska ega saa, saab öeldud nii või teisiti. Olgu selle tõestuseks seesama raamat. Autorid: Jim Ashilevi
Are you a superhero surrounded by us mere mortals? Featuring original artwork and comical pieces of advice, this book offers the superheroes among us ideas to help them live an ordinary life. A perfect gift for the superhero in your life. Autorid: Dan Whitehead, Pedro Demetriou
This book is the perfect guide for anyone interested in joining the French Foreign Legion. Do you meet the entry requirements? What needs special attention? Will you be able to get out of the contract? Do you have to speak French? How fit do you really have to be? Are tattoos or glasses a problem? How can I prepare physically, etc.? All the answers meet the latest standards. - I advise no one to join the French Foreign Legion on the assumption of glamour or glory - the Author says: Destiny is no matter of chance. It is a matter of choice. It is not a thing to be waited for, it is a thing to be achieved. (William Jennings Bryan).
'Read this powerful book by Miles Johnson right now. It will make you realise that what we call terrorism is actually drug trafficking, what we call politics is organised crime and what we call peace is just a truce between mafias.' - Roberto Saviano, author of Gomorrah'McMafia for the new age' Catherine Belton, author of Putin's People: How the KGB Took Back Russia and then took on the West'Compelling, visceral and highly readable' Oliver Bullough, bestselling author of Moneyland'As breathless, complex and on-the-edge suspenseful as the finest thriller fiction - but it's all real, which makes it truly extraordinary' Lee Child'This astonishing and cinematic rollercoaster of a debut will bring Miles Johnson's talent into the brilliant light. Delivered with trademark verve and precision, it achieves that rare and precious thing that is the goal of all great reporting: it reveals the world to itself' Alex Perry, author of The Good Mothers'Miles has used his extensive Italian contacts to get a fully-fleshed out story in the Mafia section; likewise with the Hezbollah characters. He has interviewed over 100 people for the book, including many hours with Jack Kelly, the DEA investigator and hero of the book, which gives us an intimate look at a man dedicated to catching bad guys at the expense of his personal life' Dan McCrum, author of Money MenA compulsive true crime thriller about modern-day international drugs trafficking, terrorism and the mafia following an investigation driven by one DEA agent, Jack Kelly. Three very different men battle to control their destinies as they hurtle through the hall of mirrors of the global shadow economy.Salvatore Pititto is an ambitious Mafia capo working on a vast cocaine shipment who becomes unexpectedly pulled into an arms-smuggling conspiracy. Jack Kelly, a veteran US Drug Enforcement Administration agent, tasked with following a trail of dirty money across continents from a top-secret investigative unit based in Virginia.Mustafa Badreddine is a ghost-like master terrorist wanted by governments across the world who has been secretly dispatched to Syria for his final mission. Each man, born in radically different circumstances in the 1960s, is in his own way grappling with the powerful and unstoppable forces that shape the world around us; forces which topple governments, send refugees fleeing across borders, and put guns in the hands of mercenaries and militias. Each has devoted his whole life to an institution-the DEA, the Mafia and the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah-and each will eventually be destroyed or betrayed by the thing they believe in the most.Set during 2015 and 2016, as the global order began to implode under the pressures of the Syrian civil war and the European refugee crisis, CHASING SHADOWS looks back over the historical conflicts, events and personal histories that have shaped the lives of these three men. It's a book that shows the betrayals, the disillusionment and the violence as Jack Kelly hunts down his targets.
Mind control is a tool that one can use for good or evil purposes. It all depends on the type of mind control that is involved and the intent of the individual who wants to apply it. It also depends on whether the target or subject of mind control will ben
The Army Air Forces Antisubmarine Command (AAFAC) was formed in the autumn of 1942 in order to establish a single command to control antisubmarine warfare activities of the United States Army Air Forces. Illustrated with over 180 images, this book explores the formation and operations of the AAFAC during World War Two. Autorid: Alan Carey
Die Frankfurter Hochhäuser sind millionenfach fotografiert worden. Von Amateuren. Oft genug auch von Profis. Man glaubt, jedes Haus aus jeder Perspektive zu kennen. Bei jedem Wetter. Und dann kommt ein junger Mann daher und zeigt die Türme ganz neu. Sie sind in ein anderes Licht getaucht als sonst, etwas Melancholisches und zugleich Malerisches liegt über ihnen, etwas Vergängliches, das im reizvollen Kontrast steht zur präpotenten Präsenz dieser Symbole wirtschaftlichen Selbstbewusstseins.
"Property damage constitutes a commonplace feature of global political protest. How then to evaluate it? Pushing back against the tendency to conflate it with political violence, Scheuerman grapples with the question of when, if ever, politically motivated property harms are justifiable, drawing on a wide range of timely real-world examples"-- Provided by publisher. William E. Scheuermans book explores when, if ever, politically motivated property harms are justifiable In 2020, Black Lives Matter activists toppled Confederate monuments and occasionally vandalized police vehicles and stations. Climate activists have damaged natural gas pipelines and famous artworks. In Hong Kong, pro-democracy students targeted businesses sympathetic to the mainland government. On January 6, 2021, far-right groups at the US Capitol mistreated public and private property as part of their efforts to disrupt finalizing election results. Property damage constitutes an increasingly commonplace feature of global political protest. How then to interpret and evaluate its proliferation? The media regularly describes such acts as violent, as do most scholars. However, William E. Scheuermans book pushes back against conflating politically motivated violations of property rights with violence. Political violence has no place in democratic politics. Yet indiscriminately grouping property damage together with acts destructive of and harmful to persons is conceptually confusing and politically misleading. After all, Americans celebrate the Boston Tea Party. So why do most of us now categorically condemn many seemingly parallel acts?Scheuerman tackles challenging and politically timely questions. When, if ever, are politically motivated property harms justifiable? What standards should we expect of those pursuing them to meet, under democratic conditions? How are those standards undermined by the rise of authoritarian populism around the world? Focusing on identifiably nonviolent varieties of what Scheuerman calls property disobedience, his book explores a variety of real-life examples, both past and present, to understand how and why such acts may be politically justifiableor should instead be viewed as beyond the pale. Autorid: William E. Scheuerman
"While famous for his celebrated novel, Under the Volcano, Malcolm Lowry always considered himself a poet. First published in 1962 and long out of print, Selected Poems of Malcolm Lowry is the only comprehensive selection of his poetry to be published, and it remains the perfect introduction to his extensive poetic canon. Edited by Lowry's good friend, renowned Canadian poet Earle Birney, with the assistance of his widow, Margerie Lowry, the selection includes extraordinary poems written during Lowry's stay in Mexico, many of which are closely related to his novel. This new edition includes a "Publisher's Note" from Lawrence Ferlinghetti"-- "First published in 1962, Selected Poems of Malcolm Lowry was the first comprehensive collection of Lowry's poetry, and includes most of those extraordinary Mexican poems closely related to his celebrated novel, Under the Volcano. Edited by Lowry's good friend, Earle Birney, with the assistance of the author's widow, Margerie Lowry, it remains the perfect introduction to Lowry's extensive poetic canon"-- While famous for his celebrated novel, Under the Volcano, Malcolm Lowry always considered himself a poet. First published in 1962 and long out of print, Selected Poems of Malcolm Lowry is the only comprehensive selection of his poetry to be published, and it remains the perfect introduction to his extensive poetic canon. Edited by Lowry's good friend, renowned Canadian poet Earle Birney, with the assistance of his widow, Margerie Lowry, the selection includes extraordinary poems written during Lowry's stay in Mexico, many of which are closely related to his novel. This new edition includes a "Publisher's Note" from Lawrence Ferlinghetti."These poems would be worth keeping in print, if for no other reason, for their illuminations of Under the Volcano: 'See mind's petal / torn from a good tree, but where shall it settle / But in the last darkness and at the end?' Sometimes, as the images of "For Under the Volcano," they become 'palm-of-the-hand' versions of that masterpiece. Lowry is a poet of struggle—with life, and with the creative process. Here are his struggle&;s fruits: guilt, alcoholism, hopeless, self-deriding quest for salvation, which seems to be love, and, above all, self-destruction—but always accomplished with self-knowledge, enriched (in order to further torment itself) with compassion for all the beings that the poet, and us with him, are failing. His words are always sad and often beautiful."&;William T. Vollman First collection of Lowry's extensive poetic canon, including most of the Mexican verses related to his novel, Under the Volcano. Autorid: Malcolm Lowry, Earle Alfred Birney, Lawrence Ferlinghetti
Language: English, Binding: Paperback, Number of pages: 517, Publishers: LARGE PRINT DISTRIBUTION, Author: Ruth Ware, ISBN-13: 9781432867249, Date of issue: 2020
This book begins with the question 'Who am I?' and immediately sets off in an astonishingly original direction. Why didn't anyone before Harding think of responding to this question like this? It's so obvious, once you see it. Harding presents a new vision of our place in the universe that uses the scientific method of looking to see what is true. It turns out that the truth about ourselves is not only true but also very good, and breathtakingly beautiful. We live in a sacred, many-layered, living universe - or rather it lives in us. Though it was completed in 1950, this book is still ahead of its time. One day it will surely be widely recognised for its greatness: its all-encompassing vision, its originality and freshness, its depth of insight, its wide-ranging knowledge, the clarity and poetry of its language, its humanity. It is a world-view not dependent on local culture or religion, but on universally verifiable facts. It is also a world-view that respects our manifest differences whilst celebrating our underlying unity - the unity not just of oneself with other people but with all of life, indeed with the whole universe. Harding died in 2007 aged 97, leaving behind him an impressive body of work. He was a highly creative person who was passionate about - he was in love with - this living universe and the immortal treasure that abides at its centre - at our centre. "A work of the highest genius." C. S. Lewis.
Welcome to The Caring Classroom! A new series that gives kids the building blocks they need to be a kind and caring person in the classroom and beyond, from a trusted expert in social development. In book 1, a young perfectionist learns from her mistakes when her first week of school turns into a perfect mess!It's the first week of school, and Thea wants everything to be perfect. She's determined not to make a single mistakewhich leads to a lot of anxiety! When an art project disaster messes up her perfect week, Thea must make the best of an imperfect situation, with the help of her teacher and classmates. Turns out, a little mess is the perfect way to bring this caring classroom together!From the renowned bullying expert who brought you The Invisible Boy comes a new series developed in partnership with kindergarten and early elementary teachers to encourage kindness and character growth in the classroom and beyond. Bright, inviting artwork from Maribel Lechuga brings the story to life, with a sprinkling of humor and heart on every page. Autorid: Trudy Ludwig, Maribel Lechuga