Heroes In Death

Author : Adrian Nisbett
Publisher : Schiffer Publishing
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : History
ISBN : 0764346318

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Heroes in Death by Adrian Nisbett Pdf

Crete, May 20, 1941. An amazed world watched as the first great airborne invasion in history began. Among the 8,000 German paratroopers taking part in Operation Mercury were three brothers: Wolfgang, Lebrecht, and Hans Joachim von Blcher. This is their story. Born into one of Germany's best-known military and aristocratic families, the von Blcher brothers were Fallschirmjger, among the elite of the German armed forces. Illustrated throughout with family photographs and many other rare illustrations, Heroes in Death recounts the brothers' lives before the war, their training as paratroopers, the action for which Wolfgang was awarded the coveted Knight's Cross, how they died in the invasion of Crete, and the aftermath of their deaths. Based on family recollections, letters, and documents, and on records from the Fallschirmjger archive, this is the first full and accurate account of a little-known but remarkable story.

Author : Richard Aldington
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 1979
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:601811711

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Death of a Hero by Richard Aldington Pdf

Author : John Flanagan
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 95 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2012-03-20
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781101577790

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Death of a Hero by John Flanagan Pdf

Ranger Will's past is revealed in this story from the New York Times bestselling Ranger's Apprentice. Halt reveals to Will the story behind his parents' deaths and how he came to live at the Castle Redmont Ward.

Author : Henri Chambert-Loir,Anthony Reid
Publisher : University of Hawaii Press
Page : 278 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2002-03-31
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0824825551

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The Potent Dead by Henri Chambert-Loir,Anthony Reid Pdf

The dead are potent and omnipresent in modern Indonesia. Presidents and peasants alike meditate before sacred graves to exploit the power they confer, and mediums do good business curing the sick by interpreting the wishes of deceased forebears. Among non-Muslims there are ritual reburials of the bones of the dead in monuments both magnificent and modest. This is the first book to assess the indigenous systems of belief in the spirits of ancestors. A unique team of anthropologists, historians, and literary scholars from Europe, Australia, and North America demonstrate the continuing importance of the potent dead for understanding contemporary Indonesia. At the same time, they help us understand historic processes of conversion to Islam and Christianity by examining the continuing interactions of the spirit world with formal religion. The Potent Dead is a collection of studies by leading scholars of Indonesian culture, history, and anthropology that examines the death practices and rituals of tribal groups in Indonesia. It covers an important area of cultural and social history in Indonesia, with pieces linking the death practices of so-called tribal groups with historical changes in the country, from on-going changes in Islam to the roles of forms of modernity. Contributors: Henri Chambert-Loir, Elizabeth Coville, James Fox, Danielle Geirnaert, Rodolfo Giambelli, Claude Guillot, Christian Pelras, George Quinn, Anthony Reid, Minako Sakai, Anne Schiller, Bernard Sellato, Klaus Shreiner.For sale in Asia, Australia, and New Zealand by NUS Press (Singapore)

Author : ERNEST. BECKER
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2020-03-05
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1788164261

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The Denial of Death by ERNEST. BECKER Pdf

Winner of the Pulitzer prize in 1974 and the culmination of a life's work, The Denial of Death is Ernest Becker's brilliant and impassioned answer to the 'why' of human existence. In bold contrast to the predominant Freudian school of thought, Becker tackles the problem of the vital lie - man's refusal to acknowledge his own mortality. The book argues that human civilisation is a defence against the knowledge that we are mortal beings. Becker states that humans live in both the physical world and a symbolic world of meaning, which is where our 'immortality project' resides. We create in order to become immortal - to become part of something we believe will last forever. In this way we hope to give our lives meaning.In The Denial of Death, Becker sheds new light on the nature of humanity and issues a call to life and its living that still resonates decades after it was written.

Author : Richard Aldington
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 1938
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:316109367

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Death of a Hero. A Novel by Richard Aldington Pdf

Author : Charles Hatfield,Jeet Heer,Kent Worcester
Publisher : Univ. Press of Mississippi
Page : 319 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2013-06-14
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781617038037

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The Superhero Reader by Charles Hatfield,Jeet Heer,Kent Worcester Pdf

Despite their commercial appeal and cross-media reach, superheroes are only recently starting to attract sustained scholarly attention. This groundbreaking collection brings together essays and book excerpts by major writers on comics and popular culture. While superhero comics are a distinct and sometimes disdained branch of comics creation, they are integral to the development of the North American comic book and the history of the medium. For the past half-century they have also been the one overwhelmingly dominant market genre. The sheer volume of superhero comics that have been published over the years is staggering. Major superhero universes constitute one of the most expansive storytelling canvases ever fashioned. Moreover, characters inhabiting these fictional universes are immensely influential, having achieved iconic recognition around the globe. Their images and adventures have shaped many other media, such as film, videogames, and even prose fiction. The primary aim of this reader is twofold: first, to collect in a single volume a sampling of the most sophisticated commentary on superheroes, and second, to bring into sharper focus the ways in which superheroes connect with larger social, cultural, literary, aesthetic, and historical themes that are of interest to a great many readers both in the academy and beyond.

Author : Phyllis Granoff,Koichi Shinohara
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2009-05-05
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781443810890

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Heroes and Saints by Phyllis Granoff,Koichi Shinohara Pdf

The present volume makes a unique contribution to the study of dying in ancient cultures by focusing on what happens in the critical moments before death. Employing a wide range of literary sources, the essays in this volume focus exclusively on the moment of death and practices associated with the transition from this world to the next. Five of the essays deal with Asian religions, primarily Buddhism in India, Tibet, China, and Japan. The other five essays deal with the moment of death in the West, old Norse-Icelandic, Old English, and the Judeo-Christian tradition. The authors explore the many ways in which the good death was envisioned. Remarkable parallels emerge between the good death in religious texts and in heroic sagas . Despite the diversity of cultures, time periods and religious traditions represented in these essays, this volume vividly illustrates the fundamental human need to see in the inevitable moment of death a possibility of choice and a promise of hope.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 8 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 1806
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:561127267

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The Death of the Hero by Anonim Pdf

Author : Tom King
Publisher : DC Comics
Page : 38 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2018-09-26
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN : PKEY:T1879600015001

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Heroes in Crisis (2018-) #1 by Tom King Pdf

There's a new kind of crisis threatening the heroes of the DC Universe, ripped from real-world headlines by C.I.A.-operative-turned-comics-writer Tom King: How does a superhero handle PTSD? Welcome to Sanctuary, an ultra-secret hospital for superheroes who've been traumatized by crime-fighting and cosmic combat. But something goes inexplicably wrong when many patients wind up dead, with two well-known operators as the prime suspects: Harley Quinn and Booster Gold! It's up to the DC Trinity of Superman, Wonder Woman and Batman to investigate but can they get the job done in the face of overwhelming opposition?

Author : Ricardo Sanchez
Publisher : IDW Publishing
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Graphic novels
ISBN : 1631404997

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A Hero's Death by Ricardo Sanchez Pdf

"The Hero died twenty years ago but her death still haunts one young reporter. Now, on the anniversary of her death, the reporter digs in to find out the truth about what really happened."--Page 4 of cover

Author : Susan J. Drucker,Robert S. Cathcart
Publisher : VNR AG
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : History
ISBN : 1881303195

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American Heroes in a Media Age by Susan J. Drucker,Robert S. Cathcart Pdf

This volume explores the relationship of hero to celebrity and the changing role of the hero in American culture. It establishes that the nature of hero and its function in society is a communication phenomenon, which has been and is being altered by the rapid advance of electronic media.

Author : Jim Shooter
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Graphic novels
ISBN : 1401221939

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The Legion of Super-Heroes by Jim Shooter Pdf

Written by Jim Shooter Art by Curt Swan, Sheldon Moldoff & George Klein Cover by Curt Swan & George Klein Collecting ADVENTURE COMICS #346, 347, 352, 353 and 357! The Legion battles both the Fatal Five and the Sun Eater - and only the ultimate sacrifice can save Ferro Lad's friends! Advance-solicited; on sale February 18 - 128 pg, FC , $39.99 US

Author : Charles Segal
Publisher : Cornell University Press
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : History
ISBN : 0801487269

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Singers, Heroes, and Gods in the Odyssey by Charles Segal Pdf

One of the special charms of the Odyssey, according to Charles Segal, is the way it transports readers to fascinating places. Yet despite the appeal of its narrative, the Odyssey is fully understood only when its style, design, and mythical patterns are taken into account as well. Bringing a new richness to interpretation of this epic, Segal looks closely at key forms of social and personal organization which Odysseus encounters in his voyages. Segal also considers such topics as the relationship between bard and audience, the implications of the Odyssey's self-consciousness about its own poetics, and Homer's treatment of the nature of poetry.

Author : Richard Aldington
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 370 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2013-02-26
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781101602935

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Death of a Hero by Richard Aldington Pdf

One of the great World War I antiwar novels—honest, chilling, and brilliantly satirical Based on the author's experiences on the Western Front, Richard Aldington's first novel, Death of a Hero, finally joins the ranks of Penguin Classics. Our hero is George Winterbourne, who enlists in the British Expeditionary Army during the Great War and gets sent to France. After a rash of casualties leads to his promotion through the ranks, he grows increasingly cynical about the war and disillusioned by the hypocrisies of British society. Aldington's writing about Britain's ignorance of the tribulations of its soldiers is among the most biting ever published. Death of a Hero vividly evokes the morally degrading nature of combat as it rushes toward its astounding finish. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.