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Words, silences, and narratives as vehicles are always in flux, always fueling us, precipitating actions both virtuous and criminal, good and evil, beautiful and ugly, sublime and ridiculous. Dostoevsky, more than any other writer except perhaps Shakespeare, supplies an unending source of inspiration for the full sweep of human action, thought, emotion, and belief in all their contradictory manifestations and combinations. Dostoevsky's journeys onto these terrains are without exception unfinished, always in process, alive and precariously so, even as those inspired by him may find for themselves completion, rationales, and answers. His readers have given various names to the quality of completion embedded within uncertainty that his oeuvre conveys and which can then serve to engender religious, philosophical, or nakedly political discourses and responses, some of which would no doubt surprise, even horrify him.Dostoevsky, however, continues to stand apart; his written words, silences, and narratives expressing, through their embodiment in characters, his own unfinished journey. Ivan Karamazov's rebellious philosopher maybe have walked his quadrillion kilometers in the dark, but their mutual creator still travels on.

The thrilling new unputdownable Michael Flint novel from Best Selling Author Diane Capri! Greta Campbell was lost at sea four years ago. Or was she? "Clever premise, unusual story, great new characters. Couldn't put it down. Don't hesitate - you want this book!!" Hanna Campbell is stunned to see her long dead sister mingling in a crowd on a televised news report. Craving a second chance, Hanna hires Michael Flint, the man who boasts he can find anyone, anywhere, anytime - dead or alive. Flint is off his game and Hanna's sister is no ordinary missing person. When Flint uncovers a series of heinous murders he learns one of the world's most influential men is to blame. But powerful men are dangerous and in his race to save Hanna, Flint must put his whole team in the crosshairs.

Only special wild creatures live in the snow.Many are white, and hidden from sight.But have you heard a rumour about a Snow Bomino?Snow Bomino is a heart-warming starlit adventure about a lovable misunderstood monster who lives in a snow covered forest, struggling to make friends....until he happens upon a little white arctic Fox. A perfect story to emphasize the importance of friendship, sharing, understanding and kindness, and how helping each other can change everything for the better.A wonderful new winter's tale beautifully written with breathtaking illustrations. A budding classic in a magical night time setting that children will engage with from start to finish and will want to read again and again.

What If Sparta Ruled An Empire?In this action-packed novel, the Spartan Empire wages war to suppress a widespread rebellion.Meanwhile, a yagar warrior attempts the unthinkable to save someone he loves.

Poisonous snails: murder by mollusc solved by a cozy alien octopod. A Devilly Peen murder mystery.When writer's block finally ties Devilly in knots, our eight-tentacled author and amateur sleuth decides her muse needs feeding and is persuaded to holiday at an all-inclusive resort. Murder, however, is on the menu at Ripples and Devilly is soon drawn into solving a gruesome death. This time, she will need all the contents of her poison sack to defeat a psychopathic octopod.The village of Nether Vortex nestles in the outer spiral of the Great Pacific Gyre, where colonizing octopods have built a civilization out of a giant swirl of plastic waste. With its nosy neighbours and dark secrets, Nether Vortex-like small villages on any substrate-provides Devilly Peen with much material for her cozy crime novellas. These, she turns out at great speed, typing with multiple tentacles. When writer's block finally ties Devilly in knots, our eight-tentacled amateur sleuth decides her muse needs feeding and is persuaded to holiday at Ripples. This all-inclusive resort lies in a lagoon far from the Gyre, requiring Devilly to take an unaccustomed flight above water to a remote atoll. With some trepidation, Devilly leaves her charming home of discarded Perrier bottles and her garden of sea anemones to the tender care of her secretary-cum-butler, Lawrence. However, murder is on the menu at Ripples and Devilly is soon drawn into solving a gruesome death. This time, she will need all the contents of her poison sack to defeat a psychopathic octopod.

Six Victories examines one of the most interesting and instructive naval campaigns of World War II: the war on traffic in the Mediterranean during the fall and winter of 1941-42. It is a cautionary tale of how sea power was practiced, and how it shifted 180 degrees overnight. Based on British and Italian archival sources, the book emphasizes strategic context, the role of intelligence, and the campaign's logistics.In October 1941 the British Admiralty based a surface strike force in Malta to attack Axis sea lanes between Italy and Africa. Aided by Ultra intelligence, submarines, and bombers based in Malta, this force dominated the Central Mediterranean. From the end of October through the middle of December 1941, less than a third of the supplies shipped from Italian ports arrived in Libya. Shortages of ammunition and fuel finally compelled the Afrika Korps to retreat four hundred miles. Then, in the space of thirty hours, this all changed. First, Italian naval forces broke the blockade by fighting through a major convoy that arrived in time to blunt the British advance; next, the strike force plowed into a minefield laid by Italian cruisers; and finally, in a daring attack, Italian commandos crippled the Mediterranean Fleet's battleships in port. The swing in fortune was immediate and dramatic.Six Victories breaks new ground in the historiography of World War II. A compelling story, it relates lessons that are relevant today and should be required reading for all who practice the art of power at sea and for those who want to understand the intricate and interrelated factors that are the foundations of military success.

Life in the modernist era not only moved, it sped. As automobiles, airplanes, and motion pictures, among other technological advances, proliferated at the turn of the twentieth century, speed transformed contemporary reality, generating new possibilities not only for everyday existence, but also for modernist culture. From Manhattan to Milan to Moscow, the rise of modernism coincided with a precipitous acceleration in the pace of human experience that may artists celebrated. Speed was soon aestheticized and converted from an ordinary, physical concept into a unique source of inspiration. Although modernism arrived somewhat late in Russia, the increased tempo of life at the start of the twentieth century provided Russia's avant-garde movement with an infusion of creative dynamism and crucial momentum for its revolutionary experimentation. Fast Forward: The Aesthetics and Ideology of Speed in Russian Avant-Garde Culture, 1910-1930 presents a detailed examination of the ideas and images of speed that permeated Russian modernist poetry, painting, and cinema. In probing this cultural phenomenon, which began in the early 1910s and continued to the late 1920s when formal innovation in the arts was overtaken by Stalin's Five-Year Plans for rapid Soviet industrialization, Fast Forward explores how the idea of speed propelled the nation's arts toward abstraction as well as toward the ideal of a dynamic, streamlined future. Speed, used as a powerful conceptual means for breaking down the figurative stasis of traditional representational art, provided the basis for a comprehensive reevaluation of everyday reality. Fostering a broad understanding of velocity, Russian avant-garde poets, painters, and filmmakers raced to establish a new artistic and social reality.

The book includes interpretations that offer an alternative reading of Nabokov's texts, looking for the inner connections of the writer's oeuvre, in the microstructures of motifs, nodes, and patterns. The concept of the erotext, combining the bliss of the textual and the sexual detaches analyses from reading literature as a copy of life. Nabokov's paths of initiation lead the reader to transcend boundaries: facets of Ego and of imaginary norms, the limits of space and time, to the threshold of the otherworldly -- towards ecstasy. Being a polyglot writer with synaesthesia, he savored words, knew their physics and music, visualized word forms, blended hybrid languages. By indulging in associations, he brought things to life, and exposed the vulgarity of 'Communazist clowns'. Shifts reveal hidden layers, maintain tensions, and create new qualities. This shift can be understood in terms of the identity in the crisis of exile, multilinguality and synesthesia of the author, the provocation of ethics and eroticism, mirroring multiplications and dreams, and the loosening of the role of the author. In the shifts shattering the foundations of normativity Nabokov, the forerunner of the Postmodern is revealed.

From April 1945, when Stalin broke the Soviet-Japanese Neutrality Pact and Harry Truman assumed the presidency, to the final Soviet military actions against Japan, Hasegawa brings to light the real reasons Japan surrendered. From Washington to Moscow to Tokyo and back again, he shows us a high-stakes diplomatic game as Truman and Stalin sought to outmaneuver each other in forcing Japan's surrender; as Stalin dangled mediation offers to Japan while secretly preparing to fight in the Pacific; as Tokyo peace advocates desperately tried to stave off a war party determined to mount a last-ditch defense; and as the Americans struggled to balance their competing interests of ending the war with Japan and preventing the Soviets from expanding into the Pacific.

Most famous as a literary artist, Vladimir Nabokov was also a professional biologist and a lifelong student of science. By exploring the refractions of physics, psychology, and biology within his art and thought, The Quill and the Scalpel: Nabokov's Art and the Worlds of Science,by Stephen H. Blackwell, demonstrates how aesthetic sensibilities contributed to Nabokov's scientific work, and how his scientific passions shape, inform, and permeate his fictions

The path to modernity was late in Russia, and as the country, absorbing western thought and art at a gallop, hurried to catch up in the nineteenth century, it produced cultural content about the modern individual unmatched in any other society. While in the process of creating Russian psychological prose in its mature form, Turgenev, Dostoevsky and Tolstoy converse through their texts. Behind the scenes, they criticize each other, but also grow their own prose in response to each other. Through close readings and other means, this book lays bare conversations about childhood, evil, and other themes. All three writers explore how self-examination changes us and has negative as well as positive effects.

Become the super-powered hero Perseus, and make choices to survive one of Greek Mythology’s most famous adventures.You are Perseus, a superhero from Greek Mythology. To save your mother, you are forced to embark on an impossible quest. Your mission: to defeat Medusa, the monster with snakes for hair, razor-sharp claws, and a gaze so horrifying that it turns people to stone. Assemble your magical weapons and utilize your extraordinary strength. Every moment, your life is at risk. You’ll need all of your courage and cunning to survive such perils as devious witches, a sinister king, and a giant sea creature.Written by acclaimed author Blake Hoena with chapter illustrations by Brandon Wind, Can You Survive the Adventures of Perseus? adapts the classic myth into a Choose Your Path book for kids. The survival story puts readers in control of the action. Do you have what it takes to survive the perilous quest? Or will your battles with mythical creatures lead to your doom? Step into this adventure, and choose your path. But choose wisely, or else!Book FeaturesInteractive adventure that challenges readers to survive the storyFamiliar characters with fantastical super powersBONUS: hands-on educational activity for families and classroomsInteractive books for kids are more popular than ever. Create your own adventure with the Interactive Classic Literature book series for boys and girls. You’re the main character. You make the choices. Can you survive?

George Kennan was an American journalist and adventurer, who traveled to Siberia in the late 1800s to investigate how Russian criminals and dissidents were punished with exile to remote lands.By the time Kennan traversed the Siberian countryside, villages and towns, Russia's exile system had existed for several decades. His researches demonstrate how common the use of exile as punishment was in Russia; some were exiled due to serious crimes, while others were sent to Siberia for petty offences, or for expressing political opinions. Various intellectuals and creatively talented persons such as the author Dostoyevsky and the philosopher Pyotr Kropotkin spent time in Siberian exile.The remote country of Siberia is depicted as both beautiful and merciless; many convicts suffered immensely in dreadful conditions, struggling with hunger and cold. The climate was frequently harsh and residences commonly squalid or even ramshackle. Despite the often dire circumstances, a culture arose among the exiles; many - especially the politically inclined - were educated and cultured, and would hold impromptu debates upon various subjects. Kennan also examines the native populations such as the Cossacks in great detail, alongside settlements such as Omsk, Tomsk and Pavlodar.

Offers an innovative analysis of gates-as architectural components, visual images, and mental constructs-in early Chinese thought and material culture.

Laat je smaakpapillen reizen naar de zonovergoten kusten van de Middellandse Zee met het boek "Culinair Genieten aan de Middellandse Zee" door de gerenommeerde culinair auteur Emma Van der Meermiddelland. In dit boek neemt Emma je mee op een gastronomische reis door de mediterrane keuken, waarin de smaak van de regio centraal staat.Emma Van der Meermiddelland nodigt je uit om de unieke smaken van de Middellandse Zee te ontdekken en te genieten van de culinaire tradities van deze prachtige regio. "Culinair Genieten aan de Middellandse Zee" is niet alleen een kookboek, maar ook een culturele verkenning van de mediterrane levensstijl en eetgewoonten.Dit boek biedt inzicht in de principes van de mediterrane keuken en presenteert recepten en kooktechnieken waarmee je thuis smaakvolle en gezonde maaltijden kunt bereiden. Ontdek de rijke variatie aan verse groenten, olijfolie, kruiden en specerijen die de mediterrane keuken zo geliefd maken, en leer hoe je deze ingrediënten kunt combineren voor een heerlijke maaltijd."Culinair Genieten aan de Middellandse Zee" is meer dan alleen een kookboek; het is een culinair avontuur dat je meeneemt naar de zonnige keukens van de Middellandse Zee. Onder leiding van Emma Van der Meermiddelland kun je genieten van authentieke mediterrane smaken en de kunst van het koken in de Middellandse Zee-stijl leren. Dit boek nodigt je uit om de zonovergoten smaken en de gezonde levensstijl van de Middellandse Zee te omarmen.

Be transported back to ancient Rome and the turbulent rule of Emperor Nero in this gripping biography by Jacob Abbott. Though now infamous for corruption and excess, Nero's life was complex-and shaped by fortune as much as vice.Follow Nero's path from powerless youth to the peak of unlimited authority as Rome's supreme leader. Abbott charts Nero's unlikely rise, culminating with the emperor's broken promises to the Roman people.Though best known as a ruler, Nero had a creative spirit that pursued grand ambitions as an artist and architect. He constructed lavish new monuments and captivated Romans with spectacular performances on stage. Abbott's narrative reveals Nero as a contradictory figure with creativity and complexity as well as a bent to madness. Through dramatic scenes and rich details, The History of Nero recounts the life of an emperors whose passions, promise and unraveling offer unforgettable insights into ancient Rome at its zenith. Discover the incredible true story of a larger-than-life leader in this pageturning and illuminating biography.

"Drawing on literary, epigraphic, and archaeological evidence, this book provides cases studies that test the various ways in which juridical categories and normative discourses shaped the social and cultural landscape in which freed people lived. It addresses the challenge of studying Roman freed persons on the basis of highly fragmentary sources"--

The present book takes up the long-debated subject of the presence of amber around the Adriatic during the Bronze Age (2nd millennium BC). It offers an exhaustive review of the current state of knowledge about the use of amber by prehistoric communities living on the opposite sides of the sea. The author focuses primarily on the spatial and chronological aspects of amber¿s acquisition in Italy and the Balkans, form and function of the artefacts made of it, issues connected to their processing and ways of circulation of these products within the study area. Furthermore, attention is paid to material and symbolic statuses of amber among the local societies. Finally, the role of the circum-Adriatic zone in the long-range transfer of amber from Northern to Southern Europe is assessed.

L'Amulette des SaisonsLa quête des signes 2Zia quitte enfin la ginte où elle a coulé des jours heureux près de la Nouvelle Mer au levant, le c¿ur empli de sentiments contradictoires. Elle entame son voyage d'initiation de prêtresse et accompagne le cortège funéraire de son grand-père adoré vers la nécropole des Sages. La jeune fille découvre ce lieu sacré à l'architecture saisissante, empreint d'une spiritualité et d'une majesté bouleversantes. Après une rupture difficile avec sa mère et la séparation avec son frère, elle part sur les sentiers qui relient les peuples entre eux le long des rivières. Ses longues discussions avec sa grand-mère qui l'accompagne vers la Grotte Sacrée de la Terre-Mère lui révèlent la sagesse ancestrale et les coutumes des Haganitas, ainsi que les secrets de l'Amulette des Saisons.Perdu et révolté, Kadmeron se lance sur la piste de Potac avec toute l'énergie de la colère. Devant lui se dresse une nouvelle fois un cours d'eau en furie qu'il doit absolument traverser pour espérer récupérer son cheval. Son ami le protège une fois de plus, l'empêchant de commettre une erreur irréparable. Dans sa quête éperdue, le Marteron parcourt de vastes contrées vers le levant. Les tribus se succèdent et lui permettent de rencontrer l'amour, l'ingéniosité des peuples des grands lacs mais aussi la violence et les massacres perpétrés par d'autres chasseurs. Bouleversé mais résolu, il se lance seul au galop dans les horizons infinis de l'Europe centrale, là où le mènent les mystérieux signes-mots.Inexorablement, les trajectoires de ces deux jeunes en quête de sens dans un monde en plein chaos les rapprochent. Face aux violences incompréhensibles des humains entre eux, aux bouleversements climatiques qui modifient inexorablement les territoires, sauront-ils tirer les enseignements profonds de leurs rencontres ? Pourront-ils, malgré les dures épreuves, se relever et continuer d'avancer l'un vers l'autre ? Héritiers de l'Âge de pierre - une série qui explore les défis du MésolithiqueIl y a plus de six millénaires avant notre ère, l'Europe du Mésolithique est ébranlée par des cataclysmes climatiques. Des pluies diluviennes s'abattent sur le monde, la Mer Méditerranée envahit les côtes. Les eaux de l'Océan Atlantique montent de plusieurs mètres à cause de la fonte massive des glaciers polaires, détruisant des villages et chassant des populations terrifiées. Bien que la partie orientale du continent semble moins touchée, la Mer Noire ne cesse de se remplir et de gagner du terrain sur le littoral.C'est le début d'une période de migrations forcées qui placent l'humanité dans une situation terrible. Paradoxalement peu documentée et controversée, cette époque méconnue de notre préhistoire ouvre cependant les perspectives de la fabuleuse révolution de l'agriculture et des changements profonds qui suivront dans les sociétés humaines du Néolithique. Et en vérité, les extraordinaires contraintes climatiques, sociologiques et culturelles obligeront nos ancêtres à prendre des mesures drastiques et courageuses. Profondément... humaines. Un message du passé pour les profondes mutations qui se déroulent de nos jours et nous obligent à réagir ?...

La furie des eauxLa quête des signes 1Kadmeron, un jeune chasseur-cueilleur d'Europe occidentale, se prépare à l'initiation chamanique. L'esprit du Cheval vient le prévenir pendant son sommeil d'une catastrophe imminente. Les pluies incessantes qui s'abattent sur le territoire du peuple des Saveronacs depuis des mois ont fragilisé les sols. Elles ont aussi profondément modifié les comportements des hommes et des animaux. Alors qu'il participe à une chasse au cerf, Kadmeron se retrouve confronté à la destruction du campement où sa tribu vit depuis des générations. En effet, la Mère-Terre a déchaîné la furie des eaux qui détruit tout sur son passage. Pourquoi une telle colère, si inexplicable ? Livré à lui-même, Kadmeron doit agir malgré le déchirement et le désespoir.Dans son village de la gorge des ancêtres, loin à l'est près de la Nouvelle Mer, Zia suit l'apprentissage de toute jeune fille de sa ginte. La vie se déroule au rythme des saisons, avec un calme apparent. Sa mère la Matriarche la destine à devenir prêtresse et à assurer, comme elle, la perpétuation des traditions. Mais ce n'est pas ce que rêve Zia pour son avenir. Elle préfèrerait se consacrer à l'élevage des animaux et l'étude des plantes. Sa grand-mère la comprend et l'encourage à trouver sa voie. Or, conformément à la volonté maternelle, Zia est finalement forcée de se lancer dans une quête dangereuse aux sources de la Grande Rivière Mère.Kadmeron et Zia ne se connaissent pas encore, mais affrontent chacun un destin mouvementé. Pourront-ils dépasser les obstacles immenses qui se dressent sur leur route et qui ont menacé d'extinction l'humanité d'avant le Néolithique ? Est-ce que leurs chemins vont se croiser un jour ? Héritiers de l'Âge de pierre - une série qui explore les défis du MésolithiqueIl y a plus de six millénaires avant notre ère, l'Europe du Mésolithique est ébranlée par des cataclysmes climatiques. Des pluies diluviennes s'abattent sur le monde, la Mer Méditerranée envahit les côtes. Les eaux de l'Océan Atlantique montent de plusieurs mètres à cause de la fonte massive des glaciers polaires, détruisant des villages et chassant des populations terrifiées. Bien que la partie orientale du continent semble moins touchée, la Mer Noire ne cesse de se remplir et de gagner du terrain sur le littoral.C'est le début d'une période de migrations forcées qui placent l'humanité dans une situation terrible. Paradoxalement peu documentée et controversée, cette époque méconnue de notre préhistoire ouvre cependant les perspectives de la fabuleuse révolution de l'agriculture et des changements profonds qui suivront dans les sociétés humaines du Néolithique. Et en vérité, les extraordinaires contraintes climatiques, sociologiques et culturelles obligeront nos ancêtres à prendre des mesures drastiques et courageuses. Profondément... humaines. Un message du passé pour les profondes mutations qui se déroulent de nos jours et nous obligent à réagir ?...

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2023 im Fachbereich Weltgeschichte - Frühgeschichte, Antike, Note: 1,3, Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg (Institut für Geschichte), Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Ziel dieser Arbeit ist es, das Bild Konstantins als christlichen Kaiser zu hinterfragen und das Lob der christlichen beziehungsweise den Vorwurf der paganen Autoren zu untersuchen, Konstantin habe eine christliche Religionspolitik betrieben. Dazu stehen im Zentrum dieser Untersuchung Konstantins Entscheidungen, die das Christentum und die paganen Kulte betreffen, genauso wie die von ihm erlassenen Gesetze. Gesucht wird eine übergeordnete christentums- und kirchenfreundliche Religionspolitik als gemeinsames Muster seiner Beschlüsse.Für dieses Vorhaben muss Konstantins Herrschaft historisch eingeordnet werden. Daher widmet sich das folgende Kapitel Diokletian und der Tetrarchie, aus welcher heraus Konstantin seine Alleinherrschaft aufbaute. Daran schließt sich der Kern der Arbeit an, der die Herrschaft Konstantins und seine Entscheidungen und Gesetzte nach religiösen Motiven untersucht. Abschließend wird in den letzten beiden Kapiteln die Leitfrage aufgegriffen, inwieweit Konstantin nun eine christliche Religionspolitik betrieb und ob man sein Vermächtnis wirklich als die Konstantinische Wende bezeichnen kann."Konstantin der Große - der erste Christ auf dem römischen Kaiserthron", so lautet die Überschrift eines Artikels der katholischen Kirche anlässlich des 1750-jährigen Geburtstags Konstantins im Jahr 2022. Diese Überschrift zeigt zweierlei. Einerseits wird deutlich, wie untrennbar das Christentum mit Konstantin verbunden ist. Andererseits verdeutlicht es die Bedeutung, die Konstantins Person durch seine rund 31-jährige Regentschaft von 306-337 von der Nachwelt zugeschrieben wird.Schon von antiken Autoren wird Konstantins Herrschaft als durch und durch christlich gedeutet. Entsprechendes spiegeln auch die Quellen wider. Während christliche Autoren wie der Konstantin-Biograph und Vater der Kirchengeschichte Eusebius von Caesarea ihn durchweg positiv bewerten, einem Urteil, dem sich der ebenfalls christliche Apologet und Rhetoriker Laktanz anschließt, sieht der pagane Historiker Zosimos in Konstantin und seiner Affinität zum Christentum die Ursache für Verfall und Niedergang des Römischen Reiches. Folglich fällt sein Urteil über ihn weniger wohlwollend aus. Trotz dieser diametralen Beurteilungen seiner Herrschaft, sind sich beide Seiten einig, dass Konstantin seine Entscheidungen im Sinne des Christentums und der Kirche getroffen habe.

Der Plutos gilt gemeinhin als der matte Schlussstein der glanzvollen Karriere des Aristophanes und überhaupt einer Gattung, die ihre Blütezeit lange hinter sich gelassen hat. Die vorliegende Arbeit revidiert dieses negative Urteil. Durch eine umfangreiche Analyse der historischen und kulturellen Hintergründe des Stückes weist sie nach, dass das im Plutos verhandelte Thema des Geldes für das athenische Publikum des Jahres 388 v. Chr. von höchster Aktualität war. Unter Rückgriff auf moderne Theorien nimmt sie die Komik des Stückes in den Blick und analysiert diese nicht nur kleinschrittig Szene für Szene, sondern auch mit Blick auf das Ganze. Herausgearbeitet wird ein komischer Plot, der nicht nur dem Plutos , sondern jeder Komödie des Aristophanes eignet. Die Wirkungsweise der Komik in der Alten Komödie wird somit grundsätzlich neu beschrieben und das Verständnis der Gattung in dieser Hinsicht auf ein neues Fundament gestellt. Die Neuinterpretation des Plutos erweist das Stück als unmittelbare Zeitkritik ganz in der Tradition der Alten Komödie des 5. Jahrhunderts.