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Author : Fadwá Mālṭī Dūǧlās
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 1985
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9004074856
Author : K. Marshall
Publisher : AuthorHouse
Page : 113 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2013-09-10
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781491803042
In the broken city of Risteys, leaving was never an option, and a local, pickpocket named Penn has become accustom to never knowing what was on the other side of the guarded fences. But when three mysterious students from the neighboring city of Avarice come through the gates, everything begins to change for the worst for Penn. That is until he meets Sennett. Penn must choose between his home and his family, or the inevitable destruction that comes with knowing an Avarice.
Author : Al-Jahiz
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 188 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2021-03-05
Category : History
ISBN : 9781317847786
This book is a translation, accurate and readable, of one of the wittiest pieces of medieval Arabic prose — Abu ‘Uthman al-Jahiz’s Avarice and the Avaricious. In the opinion of most Arab literary critics, Abu ‘Uthman al-Jahiz is one of the finest writers of Arabic of all time, described as the "sultan of style" and the very symbol of literary ability. He was a native of the city of Basra in southern Iraq, then the commercial and intellectual centre of the recently established Abbasid caliphate and the crucible where Islamic culture crystallised and assumed its form. Jahiz is characterised by wit, satire, irony and a wide-ranging erudition pinned to sharp observation of character. His language is agile and vigorous, lucid and precise. It is formally literary but inspired by the rhythms of ordinary speech. Digression and anecdote are commonplace as he passes seamlessly from the serious to the entertaining (and back again) for the improvement and pleasure of his readers. Hypocrisy and pretension are his targets. Reason, good sense, and a wholly uncynical good humour — the very salt of mirth — are his weapons. These qualities can all be found in the present work; one of his best-known books and, as the title suggests, an expose of the vice of miserliness among his contemporaries.
Author : Jonathan Patterson
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2015-01-22
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780191025891
Why did people talk so much about avarice in late Renaissance France, nearly a century before Molière's famous comedy, L'Avare? As wars and economic crises ravaged France on the threshold of modernity, avarice was said to be flourishing as never before. Yet by the late sixteenth century, a number of French writers would argue that in some contexts, avaricious behaviour was not straightforwardly sinful or harmful. Considerations of social rank, gender, object pursued, time, and circumstance led some to question age-old beliefs. Traditionally reviled groups (rapacious usurers, greedy lawyers, miserly fathers, covetous women) might still exhibit unmistakable signs of avarice — but perhaps not invariably, in an age of shifting social, economic and intellectual values. Across a large, diverse corpus of French texts, Jonathan Patterson shows how a range of flexible genres nourished by humanism tended to offset traditional condemnation of avarice and avares with innovative, mitigating perspectives, arising from subjective experience. In such writings, an avaricious disposition could be re-described as something less vicious, excusable, or even expedient. In this word history of avarice, close readings of well-known authors (Marguerite de Navarre, Ronsard, Montaigne), and of their lesser-known contemporaries are connected to broader socio-economic developments of the late French Renaissance (c.1540-1615). The final chapter situates key themes in relation to Molière's L'Avare. As such, Representing Avarice in Late Renaissance France newly illuminates debates about avarice within broader cultural preoccupations surrounding gender, enrichment and status in early modern France.
Author : Donald C. Turner
Publisher : Strategic Book Publishing
Page : 477 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2010-04
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781609115357
Dan Johnson, a lifelong accountant, has a dream of owning his own business. He soon finds that opportunity when Larry Tolliver offers him the chance to purchase a small but profitable manufacturing company at a reasonable price. Soon after Johnson accepts the offer, he realizes that he has been had and that, in fact, Larry Tolliver has set in motion a chain of events that will bring ruin not only to his newly purchased company but to his professional and personal life as well. Johnson comes to see that his only hope is to outsmart Tolliver and defeat him in the only place he has a chance to win, the courtroom. Author Donald Turner was born in Virginia and raised in North Carolina. He spent most of his career as a manager in various capacities throughout the Southeastern United States until retiring in 2007. Currently, he teaches business management and economics for a local university on a part time basis, while devoting his nights to working on his next novel. He is a fan of the works of Dan Brown and Tom Clancy and hopes to bring the same kind of intrigue and excitement to his own novels, which are centered in and around the modern business world. Publisher's website: http: //www.strategicpublishinggroup.com/title/GreedAndAvarice.htm
Author : Henry Thomas Brathwaite
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 1851
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BL:A0026937679
Author : Frederick Somner Merryweather
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 182 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 1850
Category : Misers
ISBN : UOM:39015005881530
Author : John Dahlgren
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 480 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2018-09-12
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9782970120100
BLIMEY! It's something all pirates are taught when they're very young, but too many forget: never get on the wrong side of a librarian. Especially if the librarian is a lemming! The bookish Sylvester Lemmington simply wants to hunt down the facts. Everyone else just seem more interested in hunting down Sylvester. Especially so, after he becomes the accidental owner of the most sought-after treasure map of all time. Now, Sylvester must deal with the humdrum of pirate life - voodoo magic, cannibals, lethal carnivores, mutinies and magical treasures. 'The Tides of Avarice is a Treasure Island meets Redwall romp and just too darn much fun to put down' -Foreword Reviews 'The book reminded me of Terry Pratchett and I couldn't help chuckling as I read' -Madhouse Family Reviews 'It is constantly inventive, full of edge-of-the-seat excitement and did I mention that it is also hilariously funny?' -John Grant, Hugo and World Fantasy Award Winning author
Author : Richard Newhauser
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 266 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2000-04-20
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781139425018
The history of avarice as the deadliest vice in western Europe has been said to begin in earnest only with the rise of capitalism or, earlier, the rise of a money economy. In this first full-length study of the early history of greed, Richard Newhauser shows that avaritia, the sin of greed for possessions, has a much longer history, and is more important for an understanding of the Middle Ages, than has previously been allowed. His examination of theological and literary texts composed between the first century CE and the tenth century reveals new significance in the portrayal of various kinds of greed, to the extent that by the early Middle Ages avarice was available to head the list of vices for authors engaged in the task of converting others from pagan materialism to Christian spirituality.
Author : Nicholas Coleridge
Publisher : Macmillan
Page : 496 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2011-04-26
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1429954345
Hailed by The New Yorker as "wickedly enjoyable," Nicholas Coleridge's newest novel is a sharp comedy of manners about two powerful men engaged in a bitter rivalry. Their feud rages from the boardroom to the bedroom as old money takes on the new Gazing from his magnificent Chawbury Manor, Miles Straker has it all. But when noveau riche Ross Clegg buys and builds on the land adjoining his country estate, ruining his perfect view, Miles is irate. Even worse, Ross is quickly taken up by the country gentry, who admire his success and his down-to-earth manners. But Miles is a dangerous enemy and he vows to take the Clegg empire apart piece by piece. A rich read full of wit, Pride and Avarice is sure to be Coleridge's biggest selling book to date.
Author : Pete Brassett
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 215 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2017-02-27
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1520705891
"An exceptionally good crime thriller, loved the Scottish setting" Gary Miller When a body is found in a remote Scottish glen, DI Munro comes out of retirement to investigate The Police chief wants everything wrapped up before the upcoming regatta, but the locals are remarkably unforthcoming with helpful information. Sassy and quick, London detective sergeant Charlotte West is roped in by DI Munro to help solve what is now a murder case. It is good police work that will unravel the truth behind the crime, but not without ruffling a few feathers first. Will the killer escape the sharp-witted detectives' grasp? If you enjoy a whodunnit with a twist, this atmospheric novel is for you Set in the coastal town of Inverkip in the north-west of Scotland, AVARICE is a straightforward murder mystery with more twists and turns than Spaghetti Junction. No blood, no gore, no serial killers! But it's a cracker. AVARICE is the second book by Pete Brassett to feature DI Munro and DS West, the detectives that first appeared in SHE. It's not a sequel and can be read as a standalone. However, those who have read SHE will have a head start on the characters' profiles. The third book, ENMITY, is also now available. Look out for Pete Brassett's many other titles on Kindle, including The Girl From Kilkenny, Prayer for the Dying and Kiss The Girls.
Author : Nancy H. Yeide
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 532 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Art
ISBN : STANFORD:36105215128922
Author : Anna Lydia Ward
Publisher : New York : T. Y. Crowell
Page : 720 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 1889
Category : Citations anglaises
ISBN : UOM:39015030127719
Author : Robert Christy
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 686 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 1887
Category : Aphorisms and apophthegms
ISBN : IND:30000104244904
Author : Julien Green
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 374 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0704301423