Death by Maurice Maeterlinck (53 Reviews)    Price verified one hour ago

Maurice Maeterlinck's 'Death' offers a profound exploration of the concept of death and its implications on human existence. Published in 1894, this philosophical work delves into the existential questions surrounding mortality, immortality, and the afterlife. Maeterlinck's lyrical prose and introspective reflections on the mystery of death invite readers to contemplate the inevitability of our own mortality, while also pondering the potential spiritual and metaphysical dimensions of the afterlife. Set within the literary context of the Symbolist movement, 'Death' challenges conventional beliefs about life and death, offering a unique and thought-provoking perspective on the human condition. Maurice Maeterlinck, a Belgian playwright and essayist, was known for his symbolic and mystic writings that often explored themes of fate, destiny, and the unknown. His interest in philosophical and spiritual topics informs 'Death,' as he grapples with the existential mysteries that have fascinated thinkers for centuries. Drawing on his background in literature and philosophy, Maeterlinck weaves a compelling narrative that transcends the boundaries of time and space, inviting readers to ponder the deeper meanings of life and death. I highly recommend 'Death' to readers interested in exploring profound philosophical questions about mortality and the afterlife. Maeterlinck's poetic and insightful writing style offers a captivating journey through the mysteries of death and invites readers to reflect on the deeper meanings of human existence.

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Death Masks of the Rich and Famous by Wes Chestleydale (4 Reviews)    Price verified 13 minutes ago

Perfect plaster impressions of the recently deceased. Tangible representations of the most celebrated and renowned, passed down through history. The death mask has immortalized the visages of the world's most magnificent and magnanimous! Gaze upon the lifeless faces of some of histories greatest luminaries including... Alfred Nobel, Franz Liszt, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Samuel Morse, Napoleon Bonaparte, Jonathan Swift, Ulysses S. Grant, Leo Tolstoy, Pope Pius IX, Ludwig van Beethoven, Eva "Evita" Peron, John Dillinger, Pancho Villa, Sir Isaac Newton, James Joyce, Dolly the sheep, Johann Strauss II, Peter The Great, Theodore Roosevelt, Archduke Franz Ferdinand... and many, many more! Includes the causes of death, final resting places, and other fascinating facts on over 60 of the richest and most famous dead people in history!

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Populism, Corruption and War: A Close Look at the Era of Volodymyr Zelensky and Ukraine's Politics by Dmytro Samoylenko Price verified 13 minutes ago

This book is dedicated to the most important period of modern Ukrainian history. It reveals important details that contributed to Volodymyr Zelensky's rise to power and his actions as president. You will learn about the influence of oligarchs on Ukrainian politics and the reasons that influenced Vladimir Putin's decision to start aggression against Ukraine. The book "Populism, Corruption, and War" consists of many stories, each of which helps to understand the nuances of Ukrainian politics, the reasons, the course of actions, and the consequences of the Russo-Ukrainian war. The publication is recommended for students and teachers specializing in relations between Russia and Ukraine, as well as any other readers who would like to better understand the modern history of Ukraine.

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MY PERSONAL HISTORY OF PHILOSOPHY TO ITS EXTERNAL THINGS by KENNETH GUIMOND (7 Reviews)    Price verified one hour ago

About The Book The pain we get from life and the moments of happiness we weaved into memories are all connected to one number that de?nes us. The science of numerology can explain where we are coming from and what we will face. My life experiences are proof of what Numerology holds for us. I did not live a simple life; all betrayed me, leaving me hopeless. Those heart-wrenching moments drive me reconnect to myself, aiming to ?nd reason for failing so much. My curiosity brings me to the path of learning about Numerology. My grandchildren, my wife, and my sons' traumas were and are already predestined! My Personal History Of Philosophy To Its External Things could explain how my life was and is related to one number that shook me to the core. The book is record of my experiences that make you ?nd the connection between every tinniest thing and the complex things and its ability to maneuver it."" INTENSIVELY REAL HUMAN SUFFERINGS IN THE WAY OF LIFE"" And yet, I started to author my story relating numerology in the twenty-seven numbers, date of the fight with my son, on the video add 02/04/2021, month, day, ye02/04/21 = 27. Worked hard on my story, started February 4th-202end of my story, August 27th-2022 was an extremely cursed month for my family. It was connected to spiritually haunt numbers in the 27 number in Numerology. On Tuesday, August 16th, 2022, my grandson had his ninth cursed birth day four days later August 20th, His 4-month-old baby brother, born on April 7th, 2022, was cremated on August 27th, 20If we add all dates, it will be equal to 27 (16+4=20+7=27). Rebel to the fact of existence, my personal philosophy to it's external things, relate in the perception of senses to observe an explanation to what happens and existed in the phenomenon. There are so many events to explain that I cannot write in the story. I will fill in the information with Ruth Paul, (Brilliant Ghostwriter) to make the story more powerful. Unbelievable occurrences that mysteriously ...

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Water and Politics: Clientelism and Reform in Urban Mexico by Veronica Herrera (1 Review)    Price verified one hour ago

Most of the world's population lives in cities in developing countries, where access to basic public services, such as water, electricity, and health clinics, is either inadequate or sorely missing. Water and Politics shows how politicians benefit politically from manipulating public service provision for electoral gain. In many young democracies, politicians exchange water service for votes or political support, rewarding allies or punishing political enemies. Surprisingly, the political problem of water provision has become more pronounced, as water service represents a valuable political currency in resource-scarce environments. Water and Politics finds that middle-class and industrial elites play an important role in generating pressure for public service reforms.

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Letters to His Son on the Art of Becoming a Man of the World and a Gentleman, 1766-71 by Earl of Chesterfield Philip Dormer Stanhope (11 Reviews)    Price verified 18 hours ago

This book was converted from its physical edition to the digital format by a community of volunteers. You may find it for free on the web. Purchase of the Kindle edition includes wireless delivery.

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Environmental Knowledge, Race, and African American Literature (Literatures, Cultures, and the Environment) by Matthias Klestil (Palgrave Macmillan) (1 Review)    Price verified 2 hours ago

This open access book suggests new ways of reading nineteenth-century African American literature environmentally. Combining insights from ecocriticism, African American studies, and Foucauldian theory, Matthias Klestil examines forms of environmental knowledge in African American writing ranging from antebellum slave narratives and pamphlets to Charlotte Forten's journals, Booker T. Washington's autobiographies, and Charles W. Chesnutt's short fiction. The volume highlights how literary forms of environmental knowledge in the African American tradition were shaped by the histories of slavery and race, mainstream environmental writing traditions, and African American forms of expression and intertextuality. Turning to the Underground Railroad, debates over education and home-building, and the aesthetics of the pastoral and the georgic, Environmental Knowledge, Race, and African American Literature provides an original perspective on the African American ecoliterary traditionthat uncovers new facets of canonical and understudied texts and offers new directions for ecocriticism and African American studies.

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The Italian Diaspora in South Africa: Nostalgia, Identity, and Belonging in the Second and Third Generations (Routledge Studies in Development, ... by Maria Chiara Marchetti-Mercer (Routledge) (1 Review)    Price verified one hour ago

This book investigates the experiences of second- and third-generation Italians living in South Africa, exploring how nostalgia for Italy influences their sense of identity and belonging. The Italian community in South Africa is a unique diaspora, with a complex history, including roots in Italian colonial activities in Africa, and in World War II. This book looks at how the descendants of these early migrants take pride in being Italian and value the Italian language. They also ascribe much importance to their family roots, and have often created a romanticized image of Italy, mostly based on childhood vacation visits. The longing for an imaginary idealized version of Italy is closely linked to their wider search for a sense of identity and belonging against the backdrop of South African society, currently still grappling with its own multicultural identity. Interdisciplinary by design, this book draws on insights from both cultural studies and psychology in order to shine a light on an important and under-studied diasporic community. The book will be of interest to scholars from across migration studies and the Humanities in general. The Open Access version of this book, available at http://www.taylorfrancis.com, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (CC-BY-NC-ND) 4.0 license.

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Storyology Essays in Folk-Lore, Sea-Lore, and Plant-Lore by Benjamin Taylor (3 Reviews)    Price verified 5 hours ago

This book was converted from its physical edition to the digital format by a community of volunteers. You may find it for free on the web. Purchase of the Kindle edition includes wireless delivery.

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Silent Hill: The Terror Engine (Landmark Video Games) by Bernard Perron (University of Michigan Press) (130 Reviews)    Price verified 18 hours ago

Silent Hill: The Terror Engine, the second of the two inaugural studies in the Landmark Video Games series from series editors Mark J. P. Wolf and Bernard Perron, is both a close analysis of the first three Silent Hill games and a general look at the whole series. Silent Hill, with its first title released in 1999, is one of the most influential of the horror video game series. Perron situates the games within the survival horror genre, both by looking at the history of the genre and by comparing Silent Hill with such important forerunners as Alone in the Dark and Resident Evil. Taking a transmedia approach and underlining the designer's cinematic and literary influences, he uses the narrative structure; the techniques of imagery, sound, and music employed; the game mechanics; and the fiction, artifact, and gameplay emotions elicited by the games to explore the specific fears survival horror games are designed to provoke and how the experience as a whole has made the Silent Hill series one of the major landmarks of video game history.

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Not Another Average Guy: An Exemplar For The Modern Man by A.P. Hovsepian (1 Review)    Price verified one hour ago

Every boy needs a strong male figure in their life. Especially in the formative years. And yet, it's no secret that most of us were deprived of this very thing. No one was there to guide, shape and mold us into men. Our fathers may have been around, but few took it upon themselves to teach us what it meant to be a man. As a result, we've all suffered -- both directly and indirectly -- a great deal of unnecessary pain and frustration in adulthood; where life demanded the price of ignorance be paid (with interest!) While time travel is not a viable solution (yet), the next best thing is to learn these lessons now. Not Another Average Guy is an amalgamation of decades of wisdom, forged by trial and error in the midst of life's most difficult struggles; Struggles one too many men had to personally endure. It offers a gift most males crave from a young age: the gift of direction.

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Race for Citizenship: Black Orientalism and Asian Uplift from Pre-Emancipation to Neoliberal America (Nation of Nations Book 23) by Helen Heran Jun (NYU Press) (3 Reviews)    Price verified 17 hours ago

Helen Heran Jun explores how the history of U.S. citizenshiphas positioned Asian Americans and African Americans in interlocking socio-political relationships since the mid nineteenth century. Rejecting the conventional emphasis on 'inter-racial prejudice,' Jun demonstrates how a politics of inclusion has constituted a racial Other within Asian American and African American discourses of national identity. Race for Citizenship examines three salient moments when African American and Asian American citizenship become acutely visible as related crises: the 'Negro Problem' and the 'Yellow Question' in the mid- to late 19th century; World War II-era questions around race, loyalty, and national identity in the context of internment and Jim Crow segregation; and post-Civil Rights discourses of disenfranchisement and national belonging under globalization. Taking up a range of cultural texts -- the 19th century black press, the writings of black feminist Anna Julia Cooper, Asian American novels, African American and Asian American commercial film and documentary -- Jun does not seek to document signs of cross-racial identification, but instead demonstrates how the logic of citizenship compels racialized subjects to produce developmental narratives of inclusion in the effort to achieve political, economic, and social incorporation. Race for Citizenship provides a new model of comparative race studies by situating contemporary questions of differential racial formations within a long genealogy of anti-racist discourse constrained by liberal notions of inclusion.

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The Rise of Trump: America's Authoritarian Spring by Matthew C MacWilliams (Amherst College Press) (3 Reviews)    Price verified one hour ago

The ascendance of Donald Trump to the presidential candidacy of the Republican Party has been both remarkable and, to most commentators, unlikely. In The Rise of Trump: America's Authoritarian Spring, Matthew MacWilliams argues that Trump's rapid rise through a bewildered Republican Party hierarchy is no anomaly; rather, MacWilliams argues, it is the most recent expression of a long-standing theme in American political life, the tendency and temptation to an ascriptive politics -- a political view that builds its basic case on ascribing to any relatively disempowered group (whether defined by race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, religious belief, or other identifying category) a certain set of qualities that justify discriminatory treatment. The ascriptive tradition in American politics, though longstanding, has generally been kept to a relatively small minority -- a minority whose rights, perhaps paradoxically, have been protected by the principles of Madisonian democracy, even though central to its worldview is the need and urgency of limiting the rights of some. It has found champions in years past in such figures as Andrew Jackson, Huey Long, Joseph McCarthy, and Pat Buchanan. But in Donald Trump this tradition has found a significant new voice, one emboldened by deeper shifts in the American political landscape. Trump's swift and unsettling rise to the pinnacle of presidential politics may point toward the emergence of more significant and substantial questions about the future course of a democratic government committed to principles of equality and the freedom of expression, association, and conscience.

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