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Though Alexander the Great lived more than seventeen centuries before the onset of Iberian expansion into Muslim Africa and Asia, he loomed large in the literature of late medieval and early modern Portugal and Spain. Exploring little-studied chronicles, chivalric romances, novels, travelogues, and crypto-Muslim texts, Vincent Barletta shows that the story of Alexander not only sowed the seeds of Iberian empire but foreshadowed the decline of Portuguese and Spanish influence in the centuries to come. Death in Babylon depicts Alexander as a complex symbol of Western domination, immortality, dissolution, heroism, villainy, and death. But Barletta also shows that texts ostensibly celebrating the conqueror were haunted by failure. Examining literary and historical works in Aljamiado, Castilian, Catalan, Greek, Latin, and Portuguese, Death in Babylon develops a view of empire and modernity informed by the ethical metaphysics of French phenomenologist Emmanuel Levinas. A novel contribution to the literature of empire building, Death in Babylon provides a frame for the deep mortal anxiety that has infused and given shape to the spread of imperial Europe from its very beginning.
Death in Babylon, Love in Istanbul by Iskender Pala Pdf
Fuzuli, seorang sastrawan kenamaan asal Baghdad pada masa Ottoman, diminta oleh Sultan Sulaiman untuk menuliskan kembali kisah Layla dan Majnun—salah satu kisah cinta terhebat sepanjang masa, yang telah menginspirasi kisah-kisah cinta seperti Romeo dan Juliet. Akan tetapi, rupanya cerita Layla dan Majnun tak hanya tentang cinta antar sepasang manusia saja. Fuzuli menemukan bahwa di dalamnya pun terdapat sebuah misteri berusia ribuan tahun. Konon, ada tujuh rahasia sejati bagi seseorang yang mengenal cinta. Rahasia tentang umat manusia serta arti cinta sejati. Orang yang memiliki ketujuh rahasia tersebut akan menguasai dunia. Dan, pintu yang menuju ke jawaban dari tujuh rahasia tersebut terdapat di reruntuhan Babylon, Baghdad, Istanbul, Roma, dan Paris. Maka dimulailah pencarian panjang Fuzuli untuk mengungkap rahasia dan membuktikan misteri tersebut. [Mizan, Bentang Pustaka, Novel, Sejarah, Indonesia]
Irvin Muchnick ' a widely published writer and nephew of the late, legendary St. Louis wrestling promoter Sam Muchnick ' has produced a book unlike any other on the astonishing growth of professional wrestling and its profound impact on mainstream sports and society. In Wrestling Babylon, he traces the demise of wrestling's old Mafia-like territories and the rise of a national marketing base thanks to cable television, deregulation and a culture-wide nervous breakdown. Naturally, the figure of WWE's Vince McMahon lurks throughout, but equally evident is the public's late-empire lust for bread, circuses, and blood. As this book demonstrates, the more cartoonishly unreal wrestling got, the more chillingly real it became. What truly distinguishes Wrestling Babylon, however, is Muchnick's ability to show how professional wrestling has become the ur-carnival for a culture that feeds on escapist displays of humiliation, revenge, fantasy characters, and sex. His People magazine article on Hulk Hogan blew the lid off the drug abuse of the sport's signature superstar. His award-winning Penthouse profile of the ill-starred Von Erich clan was the first to connect the dots between wrestling, televangelism, and MTV-style production values. His never-before-published investigation of the death of Jimmy "Superfly" Snuka's girlfriend suggests the cover-up of a murder. The book's appendix ' a comprehensive listing of the dozens of wrestlers who died prematurely over the last generation, with little or no attention ' is both a valuable resource for wrestling historians and a shocking document of the ruthless way sports entertainment eats its own.
The Curse of Babylon (Death of Rome Saga Book Six) by Richard Blake Pdf
The thrilling sixth book in the DEATH OF ROME SAGA. 'An extraordinary series' - The Morning Star 615 AD. A vengeful Persian tyrant prepares the final blow that will annihilate the Byzantine Empire. Aelric of England - now the Lord Senator Alaric - is almost as powerful as the Emperor. Seemingly without opposition, he dominates the vast and morally bankrupt city of Constantinople. He alone is able to conceive and to push forward reforms that are the Empire's only hope of survival, and perhaps of restoration to wealth and greatness. Aelric faces his greatest challenge yet with danger of all frontiers. His domestic enemies are waiting for their moment to strike back and the world's most terrifying military machine is assembling in secret beyond the mountains of the eastern frontiers.
From the death-filled skies over Baghdad to the byzantine intrigues of the White House to the free-fire alleyways of Kuwait City, bestselling author Harold Livingston takes you into the brief but vivid inferno of the Gulf War, and into four separate lives, unexpectedly and irrevocably intertwined. From the author of Ride a Tiger. Martin's Press.
By the Waters of Babylon by Stephen Vincent Benet Pdf
The north and the west and the south are good hunting ground, but it is forbidden to go east. It is forbidden to go to any of the Dead Places except to search for metal and then he who touches the metal must be a priest or the son of a priest. Afterwards, both the man and the metal must be purified. These are the rules and the laws; they are well made. It is forbidden to cross the great river and look upon the place that was the Place of the Gods-this is most strictly forbidden. We do not even say its name though we know its name. It is there that spirits live, and demons-it is there that there are the ashes of the Great Burning. These things are forbidden- they have been forbidden since the beginning of time.
The Black Death of Babylon by Edward J. McFadden, III Pdf
Don Oberbier investigated anomalies, but he had never encountered one as powerful as the Black Death of Babylon. No pestilence had ever been so fatal, or so hideous. Blood was its tool and its seal-black patches that appeared to eat its victim from the inside out. And the disease attacked with a viciousness that decomposed its victim within two hours. When a Professor at prestigious Babylon University snaps and starts killing people with the disease, Don has the campus quarantined. He learns that the universities alumni directory contains a list of those to be murdered, and the investigation picks up speed as Don tries to catch the killer before everyone on the list is infected. PRAISE for The Black Death of Babylon A fun, dark, globe-hopping adventure that's part action thriller, party mystery, and part atmospheric horror tale. There's something here in Ed McFadden's novel for everybody." Tom Piccirilli, author of THE LAST KIND WORDS, two time International Thriller award winner, and four time Bram Stoker award winner. "The Black Death of Babylon is a riveting murder mystery drawing upon the enigmatic elements of Fringe or The X-Files. And yet, Edward McFadden finds a way to make everything happening in this book truly believable. The plot is fascinating for what it reveals about the behind the scenes workings of brilliant scientists who've let their experiments get the best of them. The story is beautifully written-this allows seasoned fans of mystery, horror, and SF to find this book irresistibly hard to put down." Michael Laimo, author of DEAD SOULS and DEEP IN THE DARKNESS. "In this age of horrifying natural plagues--AIDS, flesh-eating bacteria--and the threat of even scarier manufactured ones--terrorist-designed Avian Flu--it takes a truly creepy book to go beyond the daily headlines. Thankfully for all lovers of high-tech bio-horror, Ed McFadden has written that novel with his The Black Death of Babylon. Marrying characters you embrace with terrors you flee, this novel will take readers on a mystery-suspense filled-spook-house ride they won't soon forget." Paul Di Filippo, author of THE CREATURE FROM THE BLACK LAGOON: TIME'S BLACK LAGOON. "Edward McFadden's The Black Death of Babylon is a dark roller coaster ride that will leave you wanting more. When a prestigious member of the Babylon University faculty finds DNA that he uses to recreate the most deadly disease planet Earth has ever seen-the Black Death-his enemies start dying, and the Babylon Campus is quarantined. The pace picks up even more as the book moves toward a believable and satisfying conclusion. Realistic, entertaining, well written, and different. Don't miss this one." Patrick Thomas, author of the Murphy's Lore Series and FAIRY WITH A GUN.
MURDER IN BABYLON is a real-life historical detective story: a true tale of murder and mystery that has remained untold for over two thousand years. Recreating the scene of the crime to reveal eight suspects, each with the motive and opportunity to have assassinated the king. Graham Phillips uncovers a maze of intrigue, power-play and romantic tragedy that led inevitably towards Alexander's death. Ultimately, in a dramatic twist in the tale, the murderer is finally unveiled.
The language of exile, focused with theological and biblical narratives and coupled with depictions of real-life exilic communities, can equip church leaders as agents in the creation of new communities. Robert Hoch reads the larger North American tradition of Christian worship and mission through the prism of visibly marginalized communities. Through this lens, leaders may come to see diversity as an indication of mission vitality, and focus less on assimilating people and more on the future promises of God and the manifold textures of incarnation.
“An extraordinary real picture of human beings numbed by catastrophe but still driven by the unconquerable determination of living creatures to keep on being alive.” —The New Yorker “Alas, Babylon.” Those fateful words heralded the end. When the unthinkable nightmare of nuclear holocaust ravaged the United States, it was instant death for tens of millions of people; for survivors, it was a nightmare of hunger, sickness, and brutality. Overnight, a thousand years of civilization were stripped away. But for one small Florida town, miraculously spared against all the odds, the struggle was only just beginning, as the isolated survivors—men and women of all ages and races—found the courage to come together and confront the harrowing darkness. This classic apocalyptic novel by Pat Frank, first published in 1959 at the height of the Cold War, includes an introduction by award-winning science fiction writer and scientist David Brin.
Unveiling Three Parts of Babylon by William C. Taggart III PhD Pdf
This second book of the Unveiling Series, Unveiling Three Parts of Babylon, by Dr. William C. Taggart III, offers a biblical study based on Revelation 16:19 where the kingdom of Satan, portrayed as the great city Babylon, falls into three parts. The author noted that in Revelation 18:4, the saints are urged to leave Babylon to avoid her plagues, Jeremiah 51: 35, 49. That the Satanic kingdom is portrayed biblically in three parts in Revelation 16:19, makes it imperative that the saints have a biblical understanding of those three parts to exit the Satanic kingdom completely. A correct biblical understanding of the three parts of Babylon is essential to the fleeing saints as they seek to escape the Satanic influences in all its forms. Unveiling Three Parts of Babylon continues the Unveiling Series by further biblically developing the three parts of Babylon which initially was presented by the author’s doctoral dissertation through corrections made and additional analysis. This second book not only exposes more fully the kingdom of Satan but encourages the successful exit of all humanity from the Babylonian entanglements of all three parts, Revelation 18:4.
To read Revelation for meaning today we need to recognize and accept that the Christian community itself has often become the wearer of Babylon's Cap of oppression. This is a reading of Revelation that seeks to hear the voices of postcolonial pain, while never pretending to be a postcolonial analysis.
Winner of the Prix Renaudot Shortlisted for the Prix Goncourt Elisabeth is a woman whose curiosity and passion far exceed the borders of her quiet middle-class life. She befriends a neighbor, organizes a small dinner party. And then, quite suddenly, finds herself embarked with him on an adventure that is one part vaudeville and one part high tragedy. A quiet novel of manners turns into a police procedural thriller. Her motivations for risking everything she has are never transparent. In a world where matters of life and death are nearly always transported to a clinical setting, whether it be a hospital or a courtroom, here each character must confront them unassisted. A truly original and masterful novel from one of the world’s most inventive and daring artists.
From Nazareth to Babylon challenges us to re-evaluate our understanding of everything we know about life and the world at large. The author creatively alludes to some of the most pressing issues of our time while narrating his interesting journey to the United States from a place he figuratively refers to as Nazareth, the infamous birthplace of Jesus the Christ. This memoir touches almost every major aspect of the human experience—love, the family, relationship, parenting, world peace, and most provocatively, our understanding of world history and the Judeo-Christian Bible. The author recounts his journey from Nazareth to Babylon in a unique way. If there is any piece of literature worth reading during these trying times, From Nazareth to Babylon is what one needs to quench the thirst for truth and meaning.
