Heroic Option

Author : Desmond Bowen,Jean Bowen
Publisher : Pen and Sword
Page : 564 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2005-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781473814905

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Heroic Option by Desmond Bowen,Jean Bowen Pdf

It is a curious paradox that, while for many centuries there has been deep antagonism between the British and the Irish, the latter have fought the former's wars with exemplary courage and tenacity. This has never been better demonstrated than when, as a result of the Irish regiments' superb service in the South African War (Boer War) at the end of the 19th Century, Queen Victoria ordered the formation of the Irish Guards in 1900 as a mark of the Nation's gratitude. Even after the trauma of Partition, Irishmen continued to serve in Irish regiments in large numbers and the tradition continued today. Indeed during the Second World War a very significant number of the most influential generals were of Irish extraction.

Author : Declan Kiberd
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 555 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2017-11-13
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780674976566

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After Ireland by Declan Kiberd Pdf

Political failures and globalization have eroded Ireland’s sovereignty—a decline portended in Irish literature. Surveying the bleak themes in thirty works by modern writers, Declan Kiberd finds audacious experimentation that embodies the defiance and resourcefulness of Ireland’s founding spirit—and a strange kind of hope for a more open nation.

Author : Edgar Vincent
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 654 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2003-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780300097979

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Nelson by Edgar Vincent Pdf

An account of the British naval commander's life and career explores his leadership style, his victory against the Spanish fleet at Cape St. Vincent, and his relationships with women and family members.

Author : Scott Gwara
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 436 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2009-01-31
Category : History
ISBN : 9789047425021

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Heroic Identity in the World of Beowulf by Scott Gwara Pdf

In exploring the identities of foreign fighters seeking glory abroad, this revisionist book challenges the traditional view of Beowulf as a "hero." Beowulf emphasizes the obligations attending excellence and the temptation of power, both personal and civic.

Author : Larry Kaiser,Irving L. Kron,Thomas L. Spray
Publisher : Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Page : 1232 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2013-11-26
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781469831152

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Mastery of Cardiothoracic Surgery by Larry Kaiser,Irving L. Kron,Thomas L. Spray Pdf

This volume in the acclaimed Mastery Series delivers clear, how-to guidance on the most commonly performed procedures in adult and pediatric thoracic surgery. As with other volumes in the series, Mastery of Cardiothoracic Surgery delivers expert commentary from master surgeons following each chapter. Invaluable for cardiothoracic fellows, as well as thoracic and cardiac surgeons.

Author : Kai-man Kwan
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 326 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2011-08-11
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781441174017

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Rainbow of Experiences, Critical Trust, and God by Kai-man Kwan Pdf

Defends a new type of epistemology, the Critical Trust Approach, and then applies it to the experience of God in the contemporary multicultural context.

Author : Scott A. Hatch,Lisa Zimmer Hatch
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 467 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2022-06-15
Category : Study Aids
ISBN : 9781119886631

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GMAT Prep 2023 For Dummies with Online Practice by Scott A. Hatch,Lisa Zimmer Hatch Pdf

Let nothing stand between you and your optimal GMAT score Show admissions committees you have what it takes to succeed in advanced business and management courses. GMAT Prep 2023 For Dummies gives you the strategies and skills you need to master the Graduate Management Admissions Test. This trusted study guide has the clear explanations and practice you need to maximize your scores on the verbal, mathematical, and analytical writing sections. You’ll find proven tips and strategies to help you prepare for the GMAT and achieve success on test day. Plus, you’ll get access to SEVEN full-length practice tests and plenty of flashcards online! Learn proven tips and tricks for maximizing your score on all sections of the GMAT Figure out where you need to study the most and create a targeted study plan Take seven full-length practice tests, so you’ll be an old pro by the time test day rolls around Get practice questions, flashcards, and review activities that make studying hands-on and help you remember This edition, specific to the 2023 GMAT test, covers updates to the verbal section of the exam. We’ve got even better, clearer explanations, plus coverage of all the changes in the Official Guide to GMAT. If you’re ready to kick butt on the GMAT, this is your book!

Author : 粟野修司
Publisher : 春風社
Page : 314 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 1999-12
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 4921146039

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Paradox and Post-Christianity; Hardy's Engagements with Religious Tradition and the Bible by 粟野修司 Pdf

Author : Paul Auster
Publisher : McClelland & Stewart
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2012-08-07
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780771009068

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Winter Journal by Paul Auster Pdf

Facing his sixty-forth winter, internationally acclaimed novelist Paul Auster decides to write a journal as he sees himself aging in ways he never imagined. Compellingly written, and with dreamlike logic and urgency, the autobiographical fragments and meditations produce an extraordinary mosaic of a life. Weaving together vividly detailed stories, Auster illuminates how each small incident comes to signify a whole. Also, there are two recurring moments: one of bodily terror -- his panic attack following his mother's death in 2002; the other of joy -- his experience watching a dance piece in 1978 which releases him from writer's block just prior to his father's death. It was his father's death that began his first equally unconventional and internationally celebrated memoir, The Invention of Solitude, published thirty years ago. Now, Auster has included an unforgettable portrait of his mother. Winter Journal is a surprising and moving meditation on time, the body, the weight of memory, a long and fulfilling marriage (with author Siri Hustvedt), and language itself by one of the most interesting and elegant writers writing today, and one with a devoted following.

Author : Declan Kiberd
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 738 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Drama
ISBN : 0674463641

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Inventing Ireland by Declan Kiberd Pdf

The result is a major literary history of modern Ireland, combining detailed and daring interpretations of literary masterpieces with assessments of the wider role of language, sport, clothing, politics, and philosophy in the Irish revival.

Author : Yingjin Zhang
Publisher : University of Hawaii Press
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2009-10-09
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780824833374

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Cinema, Space, and Polylocality in a Globalizing China by Yingjin Zhang Pdf

In this milestone work, prominent China film scholar Yingjin Zhang proposes "polylocality" as a new conceptual framework for investigating the shifting spaces of contemporary Chinese cinema in the age of globalization. Questioning the national cinema paradigm, Zhang calls for comparative studies of underdeveloped areas beyond the imperative of transnationalism. The book begins by addressing theories and practices related to space, place, and polylocality in contemporary China before focusing on the space of scholarship and urging scholars to move beyond the current paradigm and explore transnational and comparative film studies. This is followed by a chapter that concentrates on the space of production and surveys the changing landscape of postsocialist filmmaking and the transformation of China’s urban generation of directors. Next is an examination of the space of polylocality and the cinematic mappings of Beijing and a persistent "reel" contact with polylocality in hinterland China. In the fifth chapter Zhang explores the space of subjectivity in independent film and video and contextualizes experiments by young directors with various documentary styles. Chapter 6 calls attention to the space of performance and addresses issues of media and mediation by way of two kinds of playing: the first with documentary as troubling information, the second with piracy as creative intervention. The concluding chapter offers an overview of Chinese cinema in the new century and provides production and reception statistics. Combining inspired critical insights, original observations, and new information, Cinema, Space, and Polylocality in a Globalizing China is a significant work on current Chinese film and a must-read for film scholars and anyone seriously interested in cinema more generally or contemporary Chinese culture.

Author : Christopher Dunn
Publisher : UNC Press Books
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2016-10-13
Category : Art
ISBN : 9798890877932

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Contracultura by Christopher Dunn Pdf

Christopher Dunn's history of authoritarian Brazil exposes the inventive cultural production and intense social transformations that emerged during the rule of an iron-fisted military regime during the sixties and seventies. The Brazilian contracultura was a complex and multifaceted phenomenon that developed alongside the ascent of hardline forces within the regime in the late 1960s. Focusing on urban, middle-class Brazilians often inspired by the international counterculture that flourished in the United States and parts of western Europe, Dunn shows how new understandings of race, gender, sexuality, and citizenship erupted under even the most oppressive political conditions. Dunn reveals previously ignored connections between the counterculture and Brazilian music, literature, film, visual arts, and alternative journalism. In chronicling desbunde, the Brazilian hippie movement, he shows how the state of Bahia, renowned for its Afro-Brazilian culture, emerged as a countercultural mecca for youth in search of spiritual alternatives. As this critical and expansive book demonstrates, many of the country's social and justice movements have their origins in the countercultural attitudes, practices, and sensibilities that flourished during the military dictatorship.

Author : Lisa Zimmer Hatch,Scott A. Hatch
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 618 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2017-11-13
Category : Study Aids
ISBN : 9781119374107

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GMAT For Dummies by Lisa Zimmer Hatch,Scott A. Hatch Pdf

Score higher on the GMAT If the thought of the GMAT gives you the jitters, this trusted test-prep guide is here to wash your worries away! Covering everything you can expect to encounter on exam day, GMAT For Dummies gives you the practical, time-tested guidance you need to conquer your fears, maximize your score, and get into the business school of your dreams. Designed to measure your mastery of verbal, mathematical, analytical, and writing skills, the GMAT serves as the gatekeeper of world-class graduate degrees in business, finance, management, accountancy, and economy. With this book and companion website as your guide, you'll find all the helpful tips and tricks you need to brush up on each section of the exam, chart your progress, and focus your study on the areas where you need more help. Includes a plain-English explanation of the test's format Provides reviews of foundational concepts for every section Offers complete explanations of every question type Includes two full-length practice tests in the book, plus three more online Even if the big day is just around the corner, GMAT For Dummies makes it faster and easier than ever to outsmart the competition and get on the road to acquiring that coveted MBA!

Author : Peter John,Sarah Cotterill,Liz Richardson,Alice Moseley,Gerry Stoker,Corinne Wales,Graham Smith
Publisher : FT Press
Page : 164 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2011-09-15
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781849660587

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Nudge, Nudge, Think, Think by Peter John,Sarah Cotterill,Liz Richardson,Alice Moseley,Gerry Stoker,Corinne Wales,Graham Smith Pdf

How can governments persuade citizens to act in socially beneficial ways? Thaler and Sunstein's book Nudge drew on work from behavioural economics to claim that citizens might be encouraged through 'light touch interventions' (i.e.nudges) to take action. In this ground-breaking successor to Nudge, Peter John and his colleagues argue that an alternative approach also needs to be considered, based on what they call a 'think' strategy. Their core idea is that citizens should themselves deliberate and decide their own priorities as part of a process of civic and democratic renewal. The authors not only set out these divergent approaches in theory but they offer evidence from a series of experiments to show how using techniques from 'nudge' or 'think' repertoires work in practice and how that practice is made effective. The book is unique in exploring an expanding field of policy and social science interest - changing civic behaviour, using insights from another growing field of social science interest - the rise of experimental methods

Author : Franz Kafka
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 424 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2015-09-08
Category : Law
ISBN : 9780691167992

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Franz Kafka by Franz Kafka Pdf

"Brings together, for the first time in English, Kafka's most interesting professional writings, composed during his years as a high-ranking lawyer with the largest Workmen's Accident Insurance Institute in the Czech Lands of the Austro-Hungarian Empire"--Publisher marketing.