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Babel

R. F. Kuang
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Author : R. F. Kuang
Publisher : HarperCollins
Page : 814 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2022-08-23
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780063021440

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Instant #1 New York Times Bestseller from the author of The Poppy War “Absolutely phenomenal. One of the most brilliant, razor-sharp books I've had the pleasure of reading that isn't just an alternative fantastical history, but an interrogative one; one that grabs colonial history and the Industrial Revolution, turns it over, and shakes it out.” -- Shannon Chakraborty, bestselling author of The City of Brass From award-winning author R. F. Kuang comes Babel, a thematic response to The Secret History and a tonal retort to Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell that grapples with student revolutions, colonial resistance, and the use of language and translation as the dominating tool of the British empire. Traduttore, traditore: An act of translation is always an act of betrayal. 1828. Robin Swift, orphaned by cholera in Canton, is brought to London by the mysterious Professor Lovell. There, he trains for years in Latin, Ancient Greek, and Chinese, all in preparation for the day he’ll enroll in Oxford University’s prestigious Royal Institute of Translation—also known as Babel. Babel is the world's center for translation and, more importantly, magic. Silver working—the art of manifesting the meaning lost in translation using enchanted silver bars—has made the British unparalleled in power, as its knowledge serves the Empire’s quest for colonization. For Robin, Oxford is a utopia dedicated to the pursuit of knowledge. But knowledge obeys power, and as a Chinese boy raised in Britain, Robin realizes serving Babel means betraying his motherland. As his studies progress, Robin finds himself caught between Babel and the shadowy Hermes Society, an organization dedicated to stopping imperial expansion. When Britain pursues an unjust war with China over silver and opium, Robin must decide… Can powerful institutions be changed from within, or does revolution always require violence?

Babel

Gaston Dorren
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Author : Gaston Dorren
Publisher : Atlantic Monthly Press
Page : 408 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2018-12-04
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780802146724

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“Babel is an endlessly interesting book, and you don’t have to have any linguistic training to enjoy it . . . it’s just so much fun to read.” —NPR English is the world language, except that 80 percent of the world doesn’t speak it. Linguist Gaston Dorren calculates that to speak fluently with half of the world’s people in their mother tongues, you’d need to know no fewer than twenty languages. In Babel, he sets out to explore these top twenty world languages, which range from the familiar (French, Spanish) to the surprising (Malay, Javanese, Bengali). Whisking readers along on a delightful journey, he traces how these languages rose to greatness while others fell away, and shows how speakers today handle the foibles of their mother tongues. Whether showcasing tongue-tying phonetics, elegant but complicated writing scripts, or mind-bending quirks of grammar, Babel vividly illustrates that mother tongues are like nations: each has its own customs and beliefs that seem as self-evident to those born into it as they are surprising to outsiders. Babel reveals why modern Turks can’t read books that are a mere 75 years old, what it means in practice for Russian and English to be relatives, and how Japanese developed separate “dialects” for men and women. Dorren also shares his experiences studying Vietnamese in Hanoi, debunks ten myths about Chinese characters, and discovers the region where Swahili became the lingua franca. Witty and utterly fascinating, Babel will change how you look at and listen to the world. “Word nerds of every strain will enjoy this wildly entertaining linguistic study.” —Publishers Weekly (starred review)

Senlin Ascends

Josiah Bancroft
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Author : Josiah Bancroft
Publisher : Orbit
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2017-08-22
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780316517904

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The first book in the word-of-mouth phenomenon debut fantasy series about one man's dangerous journey through a labyrinthine world. "One of my favorite books of all time" - Mark Lawrence The Tower of Babel is the greatest marvel in the world. Immense as a mountain, the ancient Tower holds unnumbered ringdoms, warring and peaceful, stacked one on the other like the layers of a cake. It is a world of geniuses and tyrants, of luxury and menace, of unusual animals and mysterious machines. Soon after arriving for his honeymoon at the Tower, the mild-mannered headmaster of a small village school, Thomas Senlin, gets separated from his wife, Marya, in the overwhelming swarm of tourists, residents, and miscreants. Senlin is determined to find Marya, but to do so he'll have to navigate madhouses, ballrooms, and burlesque theaters. He must survive betrayal, assassins, and the illusions of the Tower. But if he hopes to find his wife, he will have to do more than just endure. This quiet man of letters must become a man of action. The Books of BabelSenlin AscendsArm of the Sphinx

The Anthology of Babel

Ed Simon
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Author : Ed Simon
Publisher : punctum books
Page : 399 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2020-01-21
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781950192472

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Why should there only be literary scholarship about authors who actually lived, and texts which exist? Where are the articles on Enoch Campion, Linus Withold, Redondo Panza, Darshan Singh, or Heidi B. Morton? That none of these are real authors should be no impediment to interpreting their invented writings. In the first collection of its kind, The Anthology of Babel publishes academic articles by scholars on authors, books, and movements that are completely invented. Blurring the lines between scholarship and creative writing, The Anthology of Babel inaugurates a completely new literary genre perfectly attuned to the era we live in, a project evocative of Jorge-Louis Borges, Umberto Eco, and Italo Calvino.

The Fall of Babel

Josiah Bancroft
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Author : Josiah Bancroft
Publisher : Orbit
Page : 743 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2021-11-09
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780316518185

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The incredible final book in the phenomenon fantasy series described as “future classics" follows one man's dangerous journey through a labyrinthine world and the mysteries he uncovers along the way. (Los Angeles Times). "Josiah Bancroft is a magician. His books are that rare alchemy: gracefully written, deliriously imaginative, action packed, warm, witty, and thought provoking." —Madeline Miller, New York Times bestselling author of Circe As Marat's siege engine bores through the Tower, erupting inside ringdoms and leaving chaos in its wake, Senlin can do nothing but observe the mayhem from inside the belly of the beast. Caught in a charade, Senlin desperately tries to sabotage the rampaging Hod King, even as Marat's objective grows increasingly clear. The leader of the zealots is bound for the Sphinx's lair and the unimaginable power it contains. In the city under glass at the Tower's summit, Adam discovers a utopia where everyone inexplicably knows the details of his past. As Adam unravels the mystery of his fame, he soon discovers the crowning ringdom conceals a much darker secret. Aboard the State of Art, Edith and her crew adjust to the reality that Voleta has awoken from death changed. She seems to share more in common with the Red Hand now than her former self. While Edith wars for the soul of the young woman, a greater crisis looms: They will have to face Marat on unequal footing and with Senlin caught in the crossfire. And when the Bridge of Babel is finally opened, and the Brick Layer's true ambition revealed, neither they nor the Tower will ever be the same again. Also by Josiah Bancroft: The Books of Babel Senlin Ascends Arm of the Sphinx The Hod King The Fall of Babel

Arm of the Sphinx

Josiah Bancroft
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Author : Josiah Bancroft
Publisher : Orbit
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2017-08-22
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780316517973

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Arm of the Sphinx by Josiah Bancroft Pdf

Senlin continues his ascent up the tower in the word-of-mouth phenomenon fantasy series about one man's dangerous journey through a labyrinthine world. "One of my favorite books of all time" - Mark Lawrence on Senlin Ascends The Tower of Babel is proving to be as difficult to reenter as it was to break out of. Forced into a life of piracy, Senlin and his eclectic crew are struggling to survive aboard their stolen airship as the hunt to rescue Senlin's lost wife continues. Hopeless and desolate, they turn to a legend of the Tower, the mysterious Sphinx. But help from the Sphinx never comes cheaply, and as Senlin knows, debts aren't always what they seem in the Tower of Babel. Time is running out, and now Senlin must choose between his friends, his freedom, and his wife. Does anyone truly escape the Tower? The Books of BabelSenlin AscendsArm of the SphinxThe Hod King

Undoing Babel

Tristan Major
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Author : Tristan Major
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 307 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2018-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781487500542

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Undoing Babel is the first extensive examination of the development of the Babel narrative amongst Anglo-Saxon authors from late antiquity to the eleventh century.

Creation to Babel

Ken Ham
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Author : Ken Ham
Publisher : New Leaf Publishing Group
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2021-11-15
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781614587897

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It seems we wake each day to a world engulfed in chaos and confusion... a society mired in godlessness and humanism... and families struggling to guide their children in faith. Yet, God gave us the answer... His Holy Word. Begin as He recorded for us to begin, with Genesis. After many years of teaching and speaking on the importance of foundational faith, leading apologetics author Ken Ham of Answers in Genesis has created a clear and powerful study that helps root families and young or struggling believers in biblical truth. He makes it easy to build a vital Genesis-founded worldview in this simple yet profound study that explores the importance and implications of pivotal events, verse by verse, from Creation to Babel. Discover important context to answer relevant faith questions Easy-to-understand exploration of the biblical text The essential guide to laying a faith-foundational view Faith without a strong foundation crumbles in the face of today’s relentless cultural rejections. Christians, young and old, will find the strong foundation they need in the biblical bedrock of Genesis.

Babel

Alejandro González Iñárritu,Mary Ellen Mark,María Eladia Hagerman
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Author : Alejandro González Iñárritu,Mary Ellen Mark,María Eladia Hagerman
Publisher : Taschen America Llc
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 3822818143

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Sur les lieux du tournage avec Inarritu : la réalisation de Babel. Le cinéaste mexicain Alejandro Gonzâlez Inarritu et les grands photographes qui l'accompagnent, Mary Ellen Mark, Patrick Bard, Graciela Iturbide et Miguel Rio Branco, mettent en commun leurs visions infiniment sensibles de la diversité culturelle dans un livre qui associe images passionnantes et commentaires de première main du réalisateur sur l'expérience unique du tournage de Babel. Prix de la meilleure mise en scène au 59e Festival de Cannes 2006, Babel est le troisième volet de la trilogie du metteur en scène, dont les premiers sont Amours chiennes et 21 Grammes. Le présent ouvrage est un recueil visuel des histoires parallèles et des personnages de la vie réelle qui ont jalonné le tournage du film. Tourné au Maroc, au Mexique et au japon, Babel a bénéficié d'une distribution incluant notamment Brad Pitt, Cate Blanchett, Gael Garcia Bernal et Koji Yakusho, ainsi que des acteurs non professionnels de ces trois pays. Préfacé par l'écrivain Eliseo Alberta et accompagné d'une interview d'Inarritu par le cinéaste Rodrigo Garcia, le résultat est un livre attachant qui vient compléter le puissant message de Babel sur les barrières culturelles et émotionnelles que tout être humain construit en lui-même, tout en révélant la fascinante réalité des hommes et des lieux qui ont inspiré le film.

The Dogs of Babel

Carolyn Parkhurst
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Author : Carolyn Parkhurst
Publisher : Little, Brown
Page : 166 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2003-06-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780759528062

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A poignant and beautiful debut novel explores a man's quest to unravel the mystery of his wife's death with the help of the only witness -- their Rhodesian ridgeback, Lorelei.

Scientific Babel

Michael D. Gordin
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Author : Michael D. Gordin
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 424 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2015-04-13
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780226000329

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English is the language of science today. No matter which languages you know, if you want your work seen, studied, and cited, you need to publish in English. But that hasn’t always been the case. Though there was a time when Latin dominated the field, for centuries science has been a polyglot enterprise, conducted in a number of languages whose importance waxed and waned over time—until the rise of English in the twentieth century. So how did we get from there to here? How did French, German, Latin, Russian, and even Esperanto give way to English? And what can we reconstruct of the experience of doing science in the polyglot past? With Scientific Babel, Michael D. Gordin resurrects that lost world, in part through an ingenious mechanism: the pages of his highly readable narrative account teem with footnotes—not offering background information, but presenting quoted material in its original language. The result is stunning: as we read about the rise and fall of languages, driven by politics, war, economics, and institutions, we actually see it happen in the ever-changing web of multilingual examples. The history of science, and of English as its dominant language, comes to life, and brings with it a new understanding not only of the frictions generated by a scientific community that spoke in many often mutually unintelligible voices, but also of the possibilities of the polyglot, and the losses that the dominance of English entails. Few historians of science write as well as Gordin, and Scientific Babel reveals his incredible command of the literature, language, and intellectual essence of science past and present. No reader who takes this linguistic journey with him will be disappointed.

Babel

Samuel L. Boyd
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Author : Samuel L. Boyd
Publisher : Augsburg Fortress Publishers
Page : 346 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2023-06-20
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781506480671

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In Babel: Political Rhetoric of a Confused Legacy, Boyd shows how one of the most familiar stories from the Bible, the Tower of Babel, has been misinterpreted for millennia. He offers a new interpretation, and also examines how the story has shaped politics and intellectual culture to the current day.

Tower of Babel

Robert T. Pennock
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Author : Robert T. Pennock
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 452 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2000-02-28
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780262264051

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Creationists have acquired a more sophisticated intellectual arsenal. This book reveals the insubstantiality of their arguments. Creationism is no longer the simple notion it once was taken to be. Its new advocates have become more sophisticated in how they present their views, speaking of "intelligent design" rather than "creation science" and aiming their arguments against the naturalistic philosophical method that underlies science, proposing to replace it with a "theistic science." The creationism controversy is not just about the status of Darwinian evolution—it is a clash of religious and philosophical worldviews, for a common underlying fear among Creationists is that evolution undermines both the basis of morality as they understand it and the possibility of purpose in life. In Tower of Babel, philosopher Robert T. Pennock compares the views of the new creationists with those of the old and reveals the insubstantiality of their arguments. One of Pennock's major innovations is to turn from biological evolution to the less charged subject of linguistic evolution, which has strong theoretical parallels with biological evolution, both in content and in the sort of evidence scientists use to draw conclusions about origins. Of course, an evolutionary view of language does conflict with the Bible, which says that God created the variety of languages at one time as punishment for the Tower of Babel. Several chapters deal with the work of Phillip Johnson, a highly influential leader of the new Creationists. Against his and other views, Pennock explains how science uses naturalism and discusses the relationship between factual and moral issues in the creationism-evolution controversy. The book also includes a discussion of Darwin's own shift from creationist to evolutionist and an extended argument for keeping private religious beliefs separate from public scientific knowledge.

Beyond Babel

Larissa Brewer-García
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Author : Larissa Brewer-García
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2020-08-06
Category : History
ISBN : 9781108493000

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Beyond Babel by Larissa Brewer-García Pdf

Examines how black intermediaries in colonial Spanish America influenced written portrayals of virtuous and beautiful blackness.

Undoing Babel

Tristan Major
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Author : Tristan Major
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 307 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2018-02-05
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781487511272

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The Tower of Babel narrative is one of the most memorable accounts of the Bible, and its interpretative potential has produced a vast array of literary adaptations. Undoing Babel is the first extensive examination of the development of the Babel narrative amongst Anglo-Saxon authors from late antiquity to the eleventh century. Tristan Major’s illuminating and original insight into Anglo-Latin and Old English works, including the writings of Aldhelm, Bede, Alcuin, Ælfric, and Wulfstan, reveals the cultural ideologies and anxieties that transformed the Babel narrative. In doing so, Major argues that these Babel narratives provide a basis for understanding the world’s ethnic and linguistic diversity as well as a theological stimulus to evangelize non-Christian and non-European people. Undoing Babel highlights the depth of literary innovation in this period and disproves any notion of a single Anglo-Saxon reception of biblical sources.