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Sasikumar Sundaram provides a bold new theory of rhetoric as power politics, demonstrating how non-Western states challenge their silencing within the Western-led international order.

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Hearing a blast, journalist Anjan Sundaram headed uphill towards the sound. Grenade explosions are not entirely unusual in the city of Kigali; dissidents throw them in public areas to try and destabilise the government and, since moving to Rwanda, he had observed an increasing number of them. What was unusual about this one, however, was that when Sundaram arrived, it was as though nothing had happened. Traffic circulated as normal, there was no debris on the streets and the policeman on duty denied any event whatsoever. This was evidence of a clean-up, a cloaking of the discontent in Rwanda and a desire to silence the media in a country most of whose citizens were without internet. This was the first of many ominous events. Bad News is the extraordinary account of the battle for free speech in modern-day Rwanda. Following not only those journalists who stayed, despite fearing torture or even death from a ruthless government, but also those reporting from exile, it is the story of papers being shut down, of lies told to please foreign delegates, of the unshakeable loyalty that can be bred by terror, of history being retold, of constant surveillance, of corrupted elections and of ... Unknown localization key: "more"

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English language arts teachers often find themselves defending their discipline and the practical values it has. When will I read this again? is an all too common question heard in classrooms. Author Jennifer Fletcher faced the same questions and more. In Teaching Literature Rhetorically: Transferable Literacy Skills for 21st Century Students she shows you how to help your students develop transferable literacy skills that allow them to succeed not just in their English language arts classes, but in their future lives and careers. The book is built around eight high-utility literacy skills and practices that will help students communicate effectively and with confidence as they navigate important transitions in their lives:Integrating skills and knowledge from texts Reading closely and critically Assessing rhetorical situations Negotiating different perspectives Developing and supporting a line of reasoning Analyzing genres Communicating with self and others in mind Reading and writing with passionTeaching Literature Rhetorically offers readers writing prompts, readings, discussion questions, graphic organizers, as well as examples of student work and activities for helping students to understand key rhetorical concepts. As Fletcher writes in her introduction rhetorical thinking promotes the transfer of learning — the single most important goal we can have as teachers if ... Unknown localization key: "more"

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A landmark volume that explores the interconnected nature of technologies and rhetorical practice. Rhetorical Machines addresses new approaches to studying computational processes within the growing field of digital rhetoric. While computational code is often seen as value-neutral and mechanical, this volume explores the underlying, and often unexamined, modes of persuasion this code engages. In so doing, it argues that computation is in fact rife with the values of those who create it and thus has powerful ethical and moral implications. From Socrates's critique of writing in Plato's Phaedrus to emerging new media and internet culture, the scholars assembled here provide insight into how computation and rhetoric work together to produce social and cultural effects. This multidisciplinary volume features contributions from scholar-practitioners across the fields of rhetoric, computer science, and writing studies. It is divided into four main sections: ""Emergent Machines"" examines how technologies and algorithms are framed and entangled in rhetorical processes, ""Operational Codes"" explores how computational processes are used to achieve rhetorical ends, ""Ethical Decisions and Moral Protocols"" considers the ethical implications involved in designing software and that software's impact on computational culture, and the final section includes two scholars' responses to the preceding chapters. Three of the sections ... Unknown localization key: "more"

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An award-winning journalist courageously reveals the personal cost of war reporting, vividly recalling his dangerous assignment and confronting its devastating impact on his family.After ten years reporting from central Africa, Anjan Sundaram is living a quiet life in Canada with his wife and new-born. But when preparations for genocide emerge in the Central African Republic, he is suddenly torn between his duty to his family, and his moral responsibility to expose the conflict.Soon he is travelling through the CAR, driven by a possible spy—discovering ransacked villages and locals fleeing imminent massacre, fielding offers of mined gold, and hearing of soldiers who steal schoolbooks for cigarette paper. When he refuses to return home, journeying instead into a rebel stronghold, he learns that there is no going back to the life he has left behind.Breakup illuminates the personal price paid by those bearing witness on the frontlines of humanitarian crimes across the globe. This brilliantly introspective, strikingly grounded account of perilous warzones and inner turmoil is sure to become a modern classic.

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Rhetorical Traditions and Contemporary Law is a collection of twelve case studies that explore the often-overlooked intersections of law and rhetoric. Drawing from rhetorical traditions of the past and present, the multidisciplinary roster of contributors analyzes contemporary legal theory and practice, from judicial opinions to legal scholarship, using significant texts or concepts in a rhetorical tradition. Their essays demonstrate how legal texts function and to what end, while also considering how they might have worked differently. The volume sheds light on the usefulness of rhetoric in addressing some of today''s most pressing legal and social challenges. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.

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With a combination of alphabetical and descriptive lists, this title provides all the rhetorical terms - mostly Greek and Latin - that students of Western literature and rhetoric are likely to come across in their reading or will find useful in their writing. It offers a revised system of cross-references between terms.

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One of the most talked-about events of the Cold War was the downing of the American U-2 spy plane piloted by Francis Gary Powers over the Soviet Union on May 1, 1960. The event was recently depicted in the Steven Spielberg movie Bridge of Spies. Powers was captured by the KGB, subjected to a televised show trial, and imprisoned, all of which created an international incident. Soviet authorities eventually released him in exchange for captured Soviet spy Rudolf Abel. On his return to the United States, Powers was exonerated of any wrongdoing while imprisoned in Russia, yet, due to bad press and the government's unwillingness to heartily defend Powers, a cloud of controversy lingered until his untimely death in 1977. Now his son, Francis Gary Powers Jr. and acclaimed historian Keith Dunnavant have written this new account of Powers's life based on personal files that had never been previously available. Delving into old audio tapes, letters his father wrote and received while imprisoned in the Soviet Union, the transcript of his father's debriefing by the CIA, other recently declassified documents about the U-2 program, and interviews with the spy pilot's contemporaries, Powers and Dunnavant set the record straight. The result ... Unknown localization key: "more"

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A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERLONGLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2024THE POWERFUL NEW NOVEL FROM THE PULITZER PRIZE-WINNING AND BOOKER-SHORTLISTED AUTHOR OF THE OVERSTORY AND BEWILDERMENT''Is there anything Richard Powers cannot write? The world here is complete, seductive, and promising. The writing feels like the ocean. Vast, mysterious, deep and alive'' PERCIVAL EVERETT''An extraordinarily immersive journey through lives linked in mysterious ways - gripping, alarming and uplifting'' EMMA DONOGHUERafi and Todd are two polar opposites at an elite high school where they bond over a three-thousand-year-old board game. It sets them up for life: Rafi will get lost in literature, while Todd’s work will lead to a startling AI breakthrough.Elsewhere, Evie Beaulieu sinks to the bottom of a swimming pool in Montreal strapped to one of the world’s first aqualungs; Ina Aroita grows up in naval bases across the Pacific with art as her only home.All of these people meet on the history-scarred island of Makatea in French Polynesia, marked for humanity’s next great adventure: a plan to send floating, autonomous cities out into the open sea. As the seasteaders close in, how will Evie play the ever-unfolding oceanic game? Will Ina engage in acts of destruction? Todd and Rafi, now ... Unknown localization key: "more"

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Police enforce the law, but they must also obey it. Statutes circumscribe how law enforcement officers conduct their work. At the same time, Canadian courts have handed police many powers to stop, search, and otherwise investigate people in the pursuit of public safety and crime prevention. Ancillary Police Powers in Canada explains what these common-law police powers are; how they came to be; and, crucially, what the potential dangers are in their expanding scope. What is the difference between police duty and lawful authority? Should the Supreme Court rescind powers when the police tactics they enable become controversial? This nuanced book surveys the evolution, application, and future of judge-made police powers. The authors bring historical perspective, critical legal theory, and empirical analysis to an issue that is fundamental to constitutional protection from state interference with individual liberty.

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Is everything Information? This is a tantalizing question which emerges in modern physics, life sciences, astronomy and in today’s information and technology-driven society. In Powers of Two expert authors undertake a unique expedition - in words and images - throughout the world (and scales) of information. The story resembles, in a way, the classic Powers of Ten journeys through space: from us to the macro and the micro worlds . However, by following Powers of Two through the world of information, a completely different and timely paradigm unfolds. Every power of two, 1, 2, 4, 8…. tells us a different  story: starting from the creation of the very first bit at the Big Bang and the evolution of life, through 50 years of computational science, and finally into deep space, describing the information in black holes and even in the entire universe and beyond….  All this to address one question: Is our universe made of information?  In this book, we experience the Information Universe in nature and in our society and how information lies at the very foundation of our understanding of the Universe.From the Foreword by Robbert Dijkgraaf: This book is in many ways a vastly ... Unknown localization key: "more"

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A leading foreign policy thinker uses Chinese political theory to explain why some powers rise as others decline and what this means for the international orderWhy has China grown increasingly important in the world arena while lagging behind the United States and its allies across certain sectors? Using the lens of classical Chinese political theory, Leadership and the Rise of Great Powers explains China’s expanding influence by presenting a moral-realist theory that attributes the rise and fall of great powers to political leadership. Yan Xuetong shows that the stronger a rising state’s political leadership, the more likely it is to displace a prevailing state in the international system. Yan shows how rising states like China transform the international order by reshaping power distribution and norms, and he considers America’s relative decline in international stature even as its economy, education system, military, political institutions, and technology hold steady. Leadership and the Rise of Great Powers offers a provocative, alternative perspective on the changing dominance of states.

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How subtler forms of balance-of-power politics can help states achieve their goals against aggressive powers without wars or arms races At the end of the Cold War, the United States emerged as the world's most powerful state, and then used that power to initiate wars against smaller countries in the Middle East and South Asia. According to balance-of-power theory-the bedrock of realism in international relations-other states should have joined together militarily to counterbalance the U.S.'s rising power. Yet they did not. Nor have they united to oppose Chinese aggression in the South China Sea or Russian offensives along its Western border. This does not mean balance-of-power politics is dead, argues renowned international relations scholar T.V. Paul, but that it has taken a different form. Rather than employ familiar strategies such as active military alliances and arms buildups, leading powers have engaged in soft balancing, which seeks to restrain threatening powers through the use of international institutions, informal alignments, and economic sanctions. Paul places the evolution of balancing behavior in historical perspective from the post-Napoleonic era to today's globalized world.

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Time Must-Read Books of 2024Independent Best Non-Fiction Books 2024Mojo Books of the Year 2024"A vibrant, multifaceted portrait of a music enigma" Guardian"A powerful portrait" Irish Independent"Displays a bracing rigour and an exhilarating curiosity about its subject, coming closer than most to catching up with Mitchell on her lonely road" TimesCelebrated music critic Ann Powers explores the life and career of the legendary Joni MitchellWhat you are about to read is not a standard account of the life and work of Joni Mitchell. Instead, it’s a tale of long journeying through a life that changed popular music: of a homesick wanderer forging ahead on routes of her invention, and of me on her trail, heading toward the ringing of her voice.One of the most celebrated artists of her generation, Joni Mitchell has inspired countless musicians and writers, while never stopping still herself.In Travelling, celebrated music critic Ann Powers seeks to understand the paradox of Mitchell – at once both elusive and inviting – through her myriad journeys. Drawing on extensive inter­views with Mitchell’s peers and deep archival research, Powers takes readers to rural Canada, charts the course of Mitchell’s musical evolution, follows the winding road of Mitchell’s collaborations with other greats ... Unknown localization key: "more"

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Time Must-Read Books of 2024Independent Best Non-Fiction Books 2024Mojo Books of the Year 2024"A vibrant, multifaceted portrait of a music enigma" Guardian"A powerful portrait" Irish Independent"Displays a bracing rigour and an exhilarating curiosity about its subject, coming closer than most to catching up with Mitchell on her lonely road" TimesCelebrated music critic Ann Powers explores the life and career of the legendary Joni MitchellWhat you are about to read is not a standard account of the life and work of Joni Mitchell. Instead, it’s a tale of long journeying through a life that changed popular music: of a homesick wanderer forging ahead on routes of her invention, and of me on her trail, heading toward the ringing of her voice.One of the most celebrated artists of her generation, Joni Mitchell has inspired countless musicians and writers, while never stopping still herself.In Travelling, celebrated music critic Ann Powers seeks to understand the paradox of Mitchell – at once both elusive and inviting – through her myriad journeys. Drawing on extensive inter­views with Mitchell’s peers and deep archival research, Powers takes readers to rural Canada, charts the course of Mitchell’s musical evolution, follows the winding road of Mitchell’s collaborations with other greats ... Unknown localization key: "more"

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"The Twelve Powers of Man" by the brilliant and visionary Charles Fillmore stands tall as a beacon of deep insight in the ethereal world of literature, where imagination and knowledge meet. Fillmore weaves together faith, psychology, and metaphysics like a master weaves a tapestry. The result is a mosaic of enlightenment that speaks to the depths of the human soul. Each power becomes a shining gem in the seeker's crown and gives them keys to open doors that have been locked for a long time. As we move through the chapters, we learn more about faith, strength, knowledge, love, power, imagination, understanding, will, order, zeal, elimination, and life. Fillmore tells us, with eloquence and wisdom, that we all have the ability to fully embody these powers, to shape our own destinies and bring about good change in the world. In the mysterious tapestry of "The Twelve Powers of Man," Charles Fillmore reveals the secrets of our divine heritage. This will leave a permanent mark on the heart of the seeker and change the landscape of their mind forever.

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From Last Call to On Stranger Tides to Declare to Three Days to Never, any book by the inimitable Tim Powers is a wonder. With Hide Me Among the Graves, it’s possible that the uniquely ingenious Powers has surpassed even himself. A breathtaking historical thriller in which art and the supernatural collide, Hide Me Among the Graves transports readers back to mid-19th century London and features a reformed ex-prostitute, a veterinarian, and the vampire ghost of Lord Byron’s onetime physician, uncle to poet Christina Rossetti and her brother, the painter Dante Gabriel Rossetti. A novel that, like all his others, is virtually impossible to pidgeonhole—or to resist—Hide Me Among the Graves is the taut, gripping, and utterly remarkable literary thrill ride that Tim Powers fans have been eagerly waiting for.

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''FAST-PACED AND A LOT OF FUN . . . A MODERN ACTION MOVIE THAT JUST HAPPENS TO BE IN BOOK FORM'' The Fantasy Inn on The Girl Who Could Move Sh*t with her MindFull of imagination, wit and random sh*t flying though the air, this insane new Frost Files adventure will blow your tiny mind.Teagan Frost has enough sh*t to deal with, between her job as a telekinetic government operative and a certain pair of siblings who have returned from the dead to wreak havoc with their powers. But little does she know, things are about to get even more crazy . . . Teagan might have survived the flash-flood of the century, but now she''s trapped in a hotel by a bunch of gun-toting maniacs. And to make matters worse, her powers have mysteriously disappeared. Faced with certain death at every turn, Teagan will need to use every resource she has to stop a plot that could destroy Los Angeles - maybe even the entire world.''Ford''s rip-roaring fourth Frost Files paranormal thriller splits up psychokinetic government operative Teagan Frost and her team, forcing all to face dangerous foes at a steep disadvantage . . . There''s never a dull ... Unknown localization key: "more"

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DVD film Austin Powers: Špion, který mě vojel [1999]. Český dabing. České titulky. Dolby Digital. Úspešná akčně-lechtivá komedie o neporazitelném a neodolatelném superagentovi Austinu Powersovi. Austin Powers je na první pohled londýnský floutek, obklopený krásnými ženami, ale v noci pracuje jako tajný agent, připravený zasáhnout na Středním východě, v zamrzlé ruské tundře nebo v podzemí Východního Berlína. Austin nikdy neodmítl žádnou misi, a co je hlavní, nikdy nezmeškal následující párty. Teď se musí nechat na 30 let zmrazit, aby porazil zákeřného zločince, který vydírá svět. S krásnou pomocnicí musí proniknout do zločineckého centra, odkud se jim s pomocí zubní protézy a zubní pasty podaří uniknout, ale ještě musí porazit ženské roboty v minisukních. Na této nebezpečné misi se musí Austin vypořádat se svojí sexualitou, která zaspala třicet let, a získat lásku krásné pomocnice.Bonusy:Komentář Mika Myerse, režiséra Jaye Roache a spoluautora scénáře Michaela McCullerse • ze zákulisí • vynechané scény

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Film na DVD - Vrátil se - do 60. let. Tajný agent Austin Powers (Mike Myers) nastoupí do přísně tajného stroje času a odsviští o 30 let zpátky do roku 1969, aby se postavil dr. Zlounovi (Myers) a jeho nejnovějšímu nejodpornějšímu plánu. Vrátil se - do 60. let. Tajný agent Austin Powers (Mike Myers) nastoupí do přísně tajného stroje času a odsviští o 30 let zpátky do roku 1969, aby se postavil dr. Zlounovi (Myers) a jeho nejnovějšímu nejodpornějšímu plánu. Zloun je ještě zlejší - má miniaturní klon Mini-já (Verne Troyer) a obrovského nohsleda Tlustýho bastarda (Myers). Austin, který „šustí první ligu, kotě”, bude šustit extraligu... pokud on a úžasná špionská kost Felicity Shagwellová (Heather Graham) dokáží znovu získat mojo, které Zloun Austinovi ukradl. Co se stane, až ho najdou? Jen počkejte! Bonusy • Komentář Mika Myerse, režiséra Jaye Roache a spoluautora scénáře Michaela McCullerse • Ze zákulisí • Vynechané scény

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Uznávaná učitelka jógy a meditace Sarah Powers je známá a oblíbená pro svůj unikátní přístup, v němž propojuje tradiční jógu s meridiány čínské medicíny a s buddhistickou meditací. Za použití jinových (pasívních) a jangových (dynamických) cviků ukazuje různé série jógových sestav, které prospívají nejen orgánům, svalům, kloubům a šlachám, ale také mysli. Podává také základní výklad teorie čínské medicíny a instrukce k meditaci všímavosti. Sarah Powers nás ve své knize Jóga vhledu zve na inspirující stezku do nitra a ukazuje nám cestu k pěstování trvalého vztahu k józe, která kultivuje a posiluje naši tělesnou pohodu a naši duševní a emoční průzračnost.

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A magisterial history of calculus (and the people behind it) from one of the world's foremost mathematicians.This is the captivating story of mathematics' greatest ever idea: calculus. Without it, there would be no computers, no microwave ovens, no GPS, and no space travel. But before it gave modern man almost infinite powers, calculus was behind centuries of controversy, competition, and even death.Taking us on a thrilling journey through three millennia, professor Steven Strogatz charts the development of this seminal achievement from the days of Archimedes to today's breakthroughs in chaos theory and artificial intelligence. Filled with idiosyncratic characters from Pythagoras to Fourier, Infinite Powers is a compelling human drama that reveals the legacy of calculus on nearly every aspect of modern civilisation, including science, politics, medicine, philosophy, and much besides.

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The instant Sunday Times bestseller A Times, New Statesman and Spectator Book of the Year ''Simply the best popular history of the Middle Ages there is'' Sunday Times''A great achievement, pulling together many strands with aplomb'' Peter Frankopan, Spectator, Books of the Year''It''s so delightful to encounter a skilled historian of such enormous energy who''s never afraid of being entertaining'' The Times, Books of the Year''An amazing masterly gripping panorama'' Simon Sebag Montefiore''A badass history writer... to put it mildly'' Duff McKagan''A triumph'' Charles SpencerDan Jones''s epic new history tells nothing less than the story of how the world we know today came to be built. It is a thousand-year adventure that moves from the ruins of the once-mighty city of Rome, sacked by barbarians in AD 410, to the first contacts between the old and new worlds in the sixteenth century. It shows how, from a state of crisis and collapse, the West was rebuilt and came to dominate the entire globe. The book identifies three key themes that underpinned the success of the West: commerce, conquest and Christianity.Across 16 chapters, blending Dan Jones''s trademark gripping narrative style with authoritative analysis, Powers and Thrones shows how, at each stage ... Unknown localization key: "more"

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Mutants are the future, and the future begins now! Superstar writer Jonathan Hickman (Infinity, Secret Wars) takes the reigns of the X-Men universe with artists Pepe Larraz and RB Silva to change the way you look at every X-Men story. House of X and Powers of X intertwine to reveal the secret past, present, future, and far future of Mutantkind. It all starts when Charles Xavier reveals his new masterplan for Mutantkind, one that will bring mutants out of the shadow of humanity and into the light. Collecting: Powers of X 1-6, House of X 1-6.

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A nine-year-old comic book enthusiast is about to get a mega dose of super-human power in this action-packed adventure.When a dastardly villain’s attempt to steal a laser machine goes spectacularly wrong, nine-year-old Zack gets zapped with super powers. This would be awesome, other than Zack is a teeny tiny bit afraid of … EVERYTHING! Now, the most undeserving superhero of all time must fashion a costume, save the day and work out how to reverse the laser’s effect before he gets stuck with super powers FOR EVER!

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Acclaimed yoga and meditation teacher Sarah Powers is known and loved for her unique approach—Insight Yoga—which combines traditional yoga with the meridians of Chinese medicine, as well as Buddhist meditation. Using Yin (passive) and Yang (dynamic) poses, she demonstrates a series of different yoga sequences that bring benefit to organs, muscles, joints, and tendons—as well as the mind. She also provides a foundational explanation of traditional Chinese medicine theory and mindfulness meditation instruction. Sarah Powers brings us on an inspiring journey inward, and shows the path for cultivating a lasting relationship with yoga that cultivates and strengthens our physical well-being and our mental and emotional clarity.

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Reissue of the author’s most famous and well-loved work, the Starbridge series, six self-contained yet interconnected novels that explore the history of the Church of England through the 20th century.Jon Darrow, a man with psychic powers, is a man who has played many parts: a shady faith-healer; a naval chaplain, a passionate husband, an awkward father, an Anglo-Catholic monk.In 1940 Darrow returns to the world he once renounced, but faced with many unforeseen temptations he fails to control his psychic, most glamorous powers. Corruption lies in wait for him, and threatens not only his future as a priest but his happiness with Anne, the young woman he has come to love.

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A foundational work of Italian intellectual life that blends political essays and literary criticism, anticipating key debates of the New Left and exploring the intersection of ideology and literature. Originally published in Italian in 1965, A Test of Powers was immediately seen as one of the central texts of Italian intellectual life. By the time of the 1968 student revolts, it was clear that Franco Fortini had anticipated many of the themes and concerns of the New Left, which was no surprise, given that Fortini had spent more than two decades immersed in fierce ideological debates over anti-Fascism, organizing the alliance between progressivism and literature and other topics that found their way into A Test of Powers. In addition to politically focused essays, the book also features writings on a range of authors who influenced Fortini, including Franz Kafka, Boris Pasternak, Eric Auerbach, Marcel Proust, and Bertolt Brecht.

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The beloved masterpiece from the acclaimed Starbridge series returns in a stunning new edition – expanded, revised and substantially rewritten by the author. In 1940 former naval officer chaplain Jon Darrow is now a monk, his psychic gifts kept in order by a busy and rewarding community life. But suddenly he receives a vision calling him to leave his monastery and embark on a journey which will require all his courage and strength, a journey to seek a new life. Yet how can he be sure his psychic gifts and charismatic qualities – those glamorous powers – won’t corrupt this new life in the moral maelstrom of the Second World War?Darrow almost yearns to believe his vision is a delusion, but adventure is waiting for him beyond the cloister and he must steel himself to face the dark and dangerous world he’s been called to rejoin. Susan Howatch’s Glamorous Powers remains one of the most sophisticated examinations of faith, psychology and the Anglican Church ever written. Part psychological thriller, part spiritual journey, this enhanced edition reveals new layers of meaning in Darrow’s struggle to reconcile his mystical gifts with his all-too-human heart. Whether you’re discovering Jon Darrow’s story for the ... Unknown localization key: "more"

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Visionary writer Jonathan Hickman completely upends the world of the X-Men, in this instant classic that ushered in the ambitious and acclaimed Krakoan Age! Face the future - and fear the future! In HOUSE OF X, Charles Xavier reveals his master plan for mutantkind - one that will bring mutants out of humankind''s shadow and into the light once more! Meanwhile, POWERS OF X reveals mutantkind''s secret history, changing the way you will look at every X-Men story before and after. But as Xavier sows the seeds of the past, the X-Men''s future blossoms into trouble for all of mutantdom. Stories intertwine on an epic scale as Jonathan Hickman reshapes the X-Men''s past, present and future, in two series that are one! Collecting: House of X (2019) 1-6, Powers of X (2019) 1-6

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Have you ever found yourself at a crossroads, unsure of which way to turn? Maybe you reached a fork in the road and felt overwhelmed by the choices before you. Or perhaps you felt stuck, held back by the fear of making the wrong decision - with one foot rooted firmly in the past and the other dangling into the unknown.But there is a pathway out of your challenges and into a space of freedom, happiness and lasting fulfilment. For thousands of years, divine solutions have been whispered directly into the hearts of priests, shamans, wizards, medicine women and healers. In Sacred Powers, internationally renowned meditation master davidji reveals the deepest secrets of this timeless wisdom and distils their essence into the Five Divine Principles of theUniverse:- The Divine Principle of One- The Divine Principle of Awareness- The Divine Principle of REbirth- The Divine Principle of Infinite Flow- The Divine Principle of Inner FireEach step on the path will unfold eternal truths to guide you on a lifelong journey of clarity and connection, expansion and abundance, love and happiness, courage and confidence, and passion and purpose. This moment is a defining moment. This is the moment to awaken your sacred ... Unknown localization key: "more"

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Známe ještě osobní nasazení? Umíme riskovat ve prospěch odvážně chápané společné věci? Ve prospěch budoucnosti, pro generace, jež doufejme budou následovat?Richard Powers v tomto strhujícím chorálu velebícím kořeny života přivádí na světlo vášnivé zaujetí proti světu plnému obav, chladu, lhostejnosti, netečnosti, nenávisti a sobectví. Líčí riziko, jež vyplývá z dobromyslně zápecnického i z krvavě kořistnického života, i to, jež může způsobit odpor proti nim. Dokazuje, že spokojené konvenční žití musí být vyváženo vzpurnou obětí druhých. Oba postoje jsme zdědili po našich předcích a obě protichůdné skupiny jsou pro přežití nepostradatelné. Obě taky za svoje přesvědčení platí – která z nich víc? Jsou živé příklady v našem okolí? Co když jsme všechna zaujatá slova poslali do vyhnanství, takže se stala cizí, neznámá a nesrozumitelná?Román přináší hned několik úchvatných, jedinečných milostných příběhů s tématy nevysvětlitelných jisker lásky a síly citu, jenž převrátí naruby svět. Dostane se nám dobrodružného thrilleru i románu – tragédie o vině a trestu. Také úchvatného profesního románu, jemuž stačí několik vět, aby přesně vylíčil sezení v ordinaci klinického psychologa nebo povahu příslušníků policie. Přijmeme dědictví Dostojevského, Thoreaua i Camuse, Anny Kareninové i Dona Quijota. Nejde však o literární herbář, ale o živé, krvácející kusy tkáně obětované z těl ... Unknown localization key: "more"

Objev podobné jako Stromy znamenají svět - Richard Powers

V nové antologii navazující na úspěšnou Knihu mečů přichází slavný editor Gardner Dozois s příběhy plnými magie, protože za každého Froda je tu Gandalf… a spolu s ním i Saruman. Za každou Dorotku je tu Glinda… a vedle ní také Zlá čarodějka ze Západu. A kdo by byl Harry Potter bez Albuse Brumbála… či Severuse Snapea? Kouzelníci a čarodějové plni moudrosti, nadaní takřka božskými silami, přesto stále zůstávají pouhými lidmi, a tak mohou dojít nejen slávy, ale i prokletí a zkázy. Kniha magie představuje dosud nikdy nevydané příběhy hvězdné sestavy moderních mistrů žánru, z nichž mnozí se vracejí do svých nejoblíbenějších světů. Čekají na vás příběhy od George R. R. Martina, K. J. Parkerové, Scotta Lynche, Gartha Nixe, Elizabeth Bearové, Tima Powerse, Megan Lindholmové, Johna Crowleyho a dalších. V příbězích plných čar a kouzel navštívíme světy, v nichž vládne magie, světy nepředstavitelně vzdálené… ale i ty, které jsou blíž, než si myslíme.

Objev podobné jako Kniha magie - John Crowley, Tim Powers, George R. R. Martin, Elizabeth Bearová, Scott Lynch, Gardner R. Dozois, Garth Nix, Megan Lindholmová, K. J. Pa

Tim Powers nás opět zavede na počátek devatenáctého století v příběhu muže, jenž se po svatební noci probouzí vedle mrtvého těla zavražděné manželky. Protože si vůbec nevzpomíná na události předchozího dne, nezbývá mu než uprchnout a začít se skrývat před zákonem i vlastním svědomím. Stíhán zvláštními erotickými sny přijde brzy na to, že je pronásledován lamií, smrtelně nebezpečnou démonickou bytostí. Pomoc hledá u svých přátel, proslulé dvojice romantických básníků Byrona a Shelleyho, kteří mají s lamií své vlastní neblahé zkušenosti.Román je mistrovskou ukázkou Powersovy nepřekonatelné schopnosti připravit fascinující směs historických faktů a nadpřirozených úkazů. V podstatě jde o upírský příběh, ale na hony vzdálený klišé nocí pobíhajících monster, jak už lze ostatně od autora Powersova talentu čekat.

Objev podobné jako Silou svého zraku - Tim Powers

Rafi and Todd are two polar opposites at an elite high school where they bond over a three-thousand-year-old board game.It sets them up for life: Rafi will get lost in literature, while Todd's work will lead to a startling AI breakthrough.Elsewhere, Evie Beaulieu sinks to the bottom of a swimming pool in Montreal strapped to one of the world's first aqualungs; Ina Aroita grows up in naval bases across the Pacific with art as her only home.All of these people meet on the history-scarred island of Makatea in French Polynesia, marked for humanity's next great adventure: a plan to send floating, autonomous cities out into the open sea. As the seasteaders close in, how will Evie play the ever-unfolding oceanic game? Will Ina engage in acts of destruction? Todd and Rafi, now estranged, still find themselves in competition: Todd unravels while working on an idea to redraw the boundaries of human immortality, while Rafi and the residents must decide if they will greenlight the new project on their shores and change their home forever.Set in the world's largest ocean, Playground explores that last wild place we have yet to colonize and interweaves profound themes of technology and the environment, and ... Unknown localization key: "more"

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In Demons, Michael Heiser debunks popular presuppositions about the very real powers of darkness. Rather than traditions, stories, speculations, or myths, Demons is grounded in what ancient people of both the Old and New Testament eras believed about evil spiritual forces and in what the Bible actually says.

Objev podobné jako Demons – What the Bible Really Says About the Powers of Darkness - Michael Heiser

Mutantkind has never had a greater fall. From the highs of Krakoa their own glorious nation, a place where they were safe and happy - to the lowest of lows. Outlawed, hunted, most of their kind missing or dead, and now one their greatest leaders, Cyclops, is on trial facing the death penalty. Ready or not, the time has come to make their final stand against the forces that have struck them low - in two different eras! In the present, Polaris returns to guide the X-Men home, bringing a wicked surprise for Orchis! A decade from now, Nimrod and Omega Sentinel are on the verge of summoning their binary god to consume everything in their accession. All that stands against them are the X-Men! Collecting: FALL OF THE HOUSE OF X (2024) #1-5, RISE OF THE POWERS OF X (2024) #1-5

Objev podobné jako Fall of The House of X/Rise of The Powers of X - Gerry Duggan, Kieron Gillen

A beautiful, informative, and interactive introduction to 10 of the world’s most amazing animals and their ‘secret powers’ This dazzling non-fiction board book invites curious children to learn about the wonders of the animal kingdom. The Secret Powers of Animals features 10 fascinating creatures, each with physical features that offer amazing abilities. From an African elephant and a narwal to a domestic cat and a dung beetle, these awe-inspiring species reflect earth’s incredible biodiversity. Following in the footsteps of Superpowered Animals, selected by Smithsonian Magazine as one of the ten best children’s books of 2023, this new board book edition for children aged 2-5 presents simplified information through playful text and a lift-the-flap guessing game format. With its frame-worthy animal illustrations and informative science-led approach, this stylish, unique book will wow any animal-loving child. Ages 2-5

Objev podobné jako The Secret Powers of Animals - Soledad Romero Marino

''Part of the joy of reading Powers over the years has been his capacity for revelation'' Colson WhiteheadOn the west coast of America, virtual reality researchers race to complete the Cavern, a plain white room that can become a jungle, a painting or a vast Byzantine cathedral. Adie Klarpol, a disillusioned artist, is fascinated by this cutting-edge technology.In a war-torn city on the eastern shores of the Mediterranean, an American teacher - Taimur Martin - is held hostage, chained to a radiator in an empty white room.What can possibly join two such remote places? Only the shared imagination, a room that these two people unwittingly build in common...''Spectacular... Riveting'' New York Times

Objev podobné jako Plowing the Dark - Richard Powers

'If you have children or will have children, if you know children or can remember being a child, dare to read Operation Wandering Soul ... it is bedtime reading for the future' USA TODAY'Powers' prose soars like the most magnificent of choirs' WASHINGTON POST'The most intellectually stimulating novelist at work in the English language today' DAILY TELEGRAPHIn the paediatrics ward of a public hospital, a group of sick children gather, their lives brightened only by the power of imagination. The surrogate parents of this group - Kraft, a tired, overworked surgical resident, and Espera, a dedicated therapist - are charged with prolonging their lives using storytelling and make-believe alone. Using the boundless reach of imagination, Operation Wandering Soul is a novel that celebrates the wonder of childhood. Both social indictment and emotional account of intimate needs, it asks how we might keep alive a little longer the enduring magic of childhood dreams.

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'A love story of charm and substance, brimming over with ideas, yet anchored in emotional truth' SUNDAY TELEGRAPH'Powers has triumphantly restored ... the philosophical novel' OBSERVER'A heroic tour de force' NEW YORK TIMESIn 1957, brilliant biologist Stuart Ressler sets out to crack the genetic code. Yet his efforts are sidetracked by other, more complex codes - social, moral, musical, and spiritual - as he falls in love with a member of his research team. Years later, another young man and woman investigate a different mystery: why did the promising Ressler suddenly vanish from the world of science?Strand by strand, these two love stories intertwine in a double helix of desire in an enthralling tale about new love and the mysteries of science.

Objev podobné jako The Gold Bug Variations - Richard Powers

WINNER OF THE WOLFSON HISTORY PRIZE‘A brilliantly original book’ Financial Times‘One of the masterpieces of modern historical writing’ Daily TelegraphPaul Kennedy’s international bestseller is a sweeping account of five hundred years of fluctuating economic muscle and military might.Kennedy’s masterwork begins in the year 1500, at a time of various great centres of power including Minh China, the Ottomans, the rising Mughal state, the nations of Europe. But it was the latter which, through competition, economic growth and better military organisation, came to dominate the globe – until challenged later by Japan, the Soviet Union, and the United States. Now China, boosted by its own economic prowess, rises to the fore. Throughout this brilliant work, Kennedy persuasively demonstrates the interdependence of economic and military power, showing how an imbalance between the two has historically led to spectacular political disaster.Erudite and brilliantly original, The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers is essential reading for anyone with an interest in the politics of power.‘Tinged with a genius that unravels complexity’ Evening Standard ‘Outstanding’ Observer

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A fun and super-practical guide to developing your psychic powers and using them to achieve success and fulfilment in life, offering tips and secrets from the world's most celebrated paranormalist – Uri Geller.

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More popular than ever, the work of Eric Ravilious (1903-42) is rooted in the landscape of pre-war and early wartime England. This best-selling book by Alan Powers, the established authority on Ravilious, provides the most comprehensive overview to date of the artist''s work in all media—watercolour, illustration, printmaking, graphic design, textiles, and ceramics—and firmly positions Ravilious as a major figure in the history of early 20th-century British art. Now available in paperback, the accessible and engaging text, copiously illustrated with reproductions of work drawn from a range of sources, discusses the part Ravilious'' work played in creating an English style, positioned between tradition and modernism, and borrowing from naive and popular art of the past. The book analyses Ravilious'' different spheres of activity in turn, covering his education and formative influences, his mural painting, his printmaking and illustration, his work as leader in forming a new style of watercolour painting between the wars, and his final period as an official War Artist.

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An intimate, coming-of-age memoir by legendary guitarist Kid Congo Powers, detailing his experiences as a young, queer Mexican-American in 1970s Los Angeles through his rise in the glam rock and punk rock scenes.

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'There is no contemporary American writer quite like Richard Powers ... It is rare to find a novel as intellectually and emotionally engaging as this' GUARDIAN'Formidable ... rewarding' SUNDAY TIMES'An astonishing performance' NEW YORK TIMESJonah, Ruth, and Joseph are the children of mixed-race parents who aspire to raise them beyond the constraints of time and identity, immersing them in a world of song. However, they cannot shield them from the realities of the outside world forever. Jonah, a talented young tenor, finds that the opera world remains preoccupied with his race. Ruth, rejecting classical music, disappears instead into a life dedicated to activism and a new relationship. Over the years, Joseph - the middle child, a pianist, and our narrator - struggles not only to stay connected to his siblings but also to carve out a future on his own. A powerful story of a tragedy of race in America, The Time of Our Singing is an enthralling, harrowing novel about the lives of choices of one family at the crossroads of identity.

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The super-rich control everything-including magic-in this thrilling and brilliant, contemporary fantasy series from the author of the Alex Verus novels.Stephen Oakwood''s ambitions used to be simple. Pay his bills, track down his father, and take care of his cat. Maybe study a little magic after work, if he had time.Now it''s a year later and he''s got everything he wanted. But it''s come with a price.The Winged, a mysterious group involved with his father, have noticed Stephen, and they want him to join them or else. His career as a corporate locator has hit a dead end. And his new job as bodyguard to Calhoun Ashford is proving a lot more lethal than expected due to assassination attempts from outside the House, and possibly also from within.To survive, Stephen''s going to need allies of his own. And along the way, he''s going to have to figure out the secret of his own gift, and what it means. The cults, Houses, and corporations of the magical world are locked in an endless battle for dominance, and Stephen is beginning to realize that he''s going to have to pick a side . . . before someone else picks it for him.In this ... Unknown localization key: "more"

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The super-rich control everything-including magic-in this thrilling and brilliant, contemporary fantasy series from the author of the Alex Verus novels.Stephen Oakwood''s ambitions used to be simple. Pay his bills, track down his father, and take care of his cat. Maybe study a little magic after work, if he had time.Now it''s a year later and he''s got everything he wanted. But it''s come with a price.The Winged, a mysterious group involved with his father, have noticed Stephen, and they want him to join them or else. His career as a corporate locator has hit a dead end. And his new job as bodyguard to Calhoun Ashford is proving a lot more lethal than expected due to assassination attempts from outside the House, and possibly also from within.To survive, Stephen''s going to need allies of his own. And along the way, he''s going to have to figure out the secret of his own gift, and what it means. The cults, Houses, and corporations of the magical world are locked in an endless battle for dominance, and Stephen is beginning to realize that he''s going to have to pick a side . . . before someone else picks it for him.In this ... Unknown localization key: "more"

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Call it a daily meditation on the world around us for nature-lovers and nature newbies alike, An Irish Nature Year gleefully explores the small mysteries of the seasons as they unfold – Who’s cutting perfect circles in your roses? Which birds wear feathery trousers? And what, exactly, is an amethyst deceiver?An Irish Nature Year is an illustrated day book filled with plants, animals, birds and creepy-crawlies from all over the island of Ireland. With one short entry for every day of the year, nature columnist Jane Powers serves up 5 minutes’ worth of wonderment to enjoy on your coffee break, on your commute, or to relax with at bedtime.From ‘weeds’ in the pavement cracks and surprising inhabitants of vacant lots, to unusual finds along our shoreline and hedgerows, you’ll find more of the natural world to admire right under your nose, and relish the little things that mark the passing of the seasons across the ever-changing Irish landscape.

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Humanity faces an ecological predicament, consisting of a cluster of concurrent, mutually reinforcing crises. They are causally intertwined and resistant to resolution in isolation. In addition to climate disruption, the cluster includes land-system change, loss of biodiversity and biosphere integrity, alteration of biogeochemical cycles, and decreased freshwater availability. Madison Powers argues for a targeted human rights approach to the resolution of our predicament. He assigns priority to a bundle of rights strategically important for counteracting ecologically unsustainable, economically predatory market practices. These practices exhaust natural resources or degrade the environmental conditions essential for a livable planet. Their harmful ecological effects result from or are exacerbated by the structure of the global political economy, especially institutions that influence the acquisition, control, and use of land, energy, and water resources. These institutions shape the economic decisions that have transformed every region of the globe and altered the planetary conditions that support life on Earth. A livable planet thus requires changes in humanity''s relation to the rest of nature, which in turn, requires transformation of our economic relationships and the political and economic ideals underpinning them. Specifically, the balance of power between states and markets should be reversed by implementing an enforceable institutional ... Unknown localization key: "more"

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