Author : Henry Gibbs
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 1953
Category : Italy
ISBN : UVA:X000887600
Italy on Borrowed Time
Henry Gibbs
Italy On Borrowed Time
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On Borrowed Time
Harald Weinrich
Author : Harald Weinrich
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 255 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2010-02-15
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780226886039
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Life is short. This indisputable fact of existence has driven human ingenuity since antiquity, whether through efforts to lengthen our lives with medicine or shorten the amount of time we spend on work using technology. Alongside this struggle to manage the pressure of life’s ultimate deadline, human perception of the passage and effects of time has also changed. In On Borrowed Time, Harald Weinrich examines an extraordinary range of materials—from Hippocrates to Run Lola Run—to put forth a new conception of time and its limits that, unlike older models, is firmly grounded in human experience. Weinrich’s analysis of the roots of the word time connects it to the temples of the skull, demonstrating that humans first experienced time in the beating of their pulses. Tracing this corporeal perception of time across literary, religious, and philosophical works, Weinrich concludes that time functions as a kind of sixth sense—the crucial sense that enables the other five. Written with Weinrich’s customary narrative elegance, On Borrowed Time is an absorbing—and, fittingly, succinct—meditation on life’s inexorable brevity.
Borrowed Time
Roy Hattersley
Author : Roy Hattersley
Publisher : Abacus
Page : 464 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2017-07-06
Category : History
ISBN : 9780349143170
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Called an uneasy peace, the twenty years between the wars were a time of turmoil - Britain saw a general strike and the worst economic crisis in its history, armed rebellion in Ireland and open revolt in India, a Prime Minister's resignation and the King's abdication. Crisis followed crisis until Britain was engulfed in the Second World War - a catastrophe that could have been foreseen, possibly even prevented. But there were also moments of triumph: England regained the Ashes and Britain ran to glory in the 'Chariots of Fire' Olympic Games; the BBC was born and became the envy of the free world; there was a renaissance in poetry, sculpture of genius, and cinema lightened the darkness for millions. However it is the politicians who failed who have really come to personify the interwar years - in particular Ramsey MacDonald and Stanley Baldwin. Both prime ministers were better men than history allows. And Winston Churchill? Right or wrong, success or failure, he is the irrepressible force in what he called the 'years for the locusts to eat'. Hattersley's assessment of this doomed era is illuminating, entertaining and bold.
Living on Borrowed Time
Zygmunt Bauman
Author : Zygmunt Bauman
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 179 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2013-04-24
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780745659213
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The global financial crisis has shattered the illusion that all was well with capitalism and forced us to confront the great challenges we face today with a new sense of urgency. Few are better placed to do this than Zygmunt Bauman, a social thinker whose writings on liquid modernity have pioneered a new way of seeing the world in which we live at the dawn of the 21st Century. Our liquid modern world is characterized by the transition from a society of producers to a society of consumers, the natural extension of which is the society of perpetual debtors. The ruling idea of the society of consumers is to prevent needs from being satisfied and to create demand; its natural extension is to enable consumers to consume more by borrowing. Debt was transformed into a crucial profit-earning asset of capitalism in liquid modern times. The present-day 'credit crunch' is not the outcome of the banks' failure but rather the fruit of their success in transforming the majority of men and women, young and old, into a race of debtors. They got what they were looking for: a society of debtors whose condition of being in debt was made self-perpetuating, with more debts being offered, and more undertaken, as the only way of escaping from the debts already incurred. Starting from this reflection on the current global financial crisis and prompted by the probing questions of his interlocutor, Citlali Rovirosa-Madrazo, Bauman examines in an historical perspective some of the most pressing moral and political issues of our time, from international terrorism and the rise of religious and secular fundamentalism to the decline of the nation-state and the threats posed by global warming, issues whose seriousness and urgency attest to the fact that we are living today not only on borrowed money but also on borrowed time.
Borrowed Time
Dennis Carlyle Darling
Author : Dennis Carlyle Darling
Publisher : University of Texas Press
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2024-02-16
Category : Photography
ISBN : 9781477328170
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Documentation, through photographs and interviews, of those who survived the unique Nazi ghetto/camp located at Terezín, Czech Republic. Dennis Carlyle Darling has photographed and interviewed hundreds of Holocaust survivors who spent time at the German transit camp and ghetto at Terezín, a former eighteenth-century military garrison located north of Prague. Many of the prisoners were kept there until they could be transported to Auschwitz or other camps, but unlike German captives elsewhere, they were allowed to participate in creative activities that the Nazis used for propaganda purposes to show the world how well they were treating Jews. Although it was not classified as a “death camp,” more than 33,000 prisoners died at Terezín from hunger, disease, and mistreatment. In Borrowed Time, Darling reveals Terezín as a place of painful contradictions, through striking and intimate portraits that retrace time and place with his subjects, the last remnants of those who survived the experience. Returning to sites of painful memories with his interview subjects to photograph them, Darling respectfully depicts these survivors and tells their stories.
Borrowed Time
Robert Goddard
Author : Robert Goddard
Publisher : Random House
Page : 480 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2010-01-26
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781407055121
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One fateful summer evening, businessman Robin Timariot meets a strikingly beautiful woman while out walking. They exchange only a few words, but those words prove to be unforgettable. A few days later, the newspapers are full of the rape and murder of Lady Louise Paxton - and to his horror, Timariot realises that this was the woman he met just hours before her death. A man is swiftly charged and convicted of the crime, but a series of bizarre events begin to convince Timariot that all is not what it seems. Against his better judgement, he is soon sucked into the tortuous complexity of the dead woman's life. But the closer Timariot gets to the truth, the more hideous and uncertain it seems to be. And far too late, he realizes that anybody who uncovers it is unlikely to live...
Borrowed Time
Paul Monette
Author : Paul Monette
Publisher : Open Road Media
Page : 293 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2014-03-25
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781480473850
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“An eloquent testimonial to the power of love and the devastation of loss” from the National Book Award–winning author of Becoming a Man (Publishers Weekly). In 1974, Paul Monette met Roger Horwitz, the man with whom he would share more than a decade of his life. In 1986, Roger died of complications from AIDS. Borrowed Time traces this love story from start to tragic finish. At a time when the medical community was just beginning to understand this mysterious and virulent disease, Monette and others like him were coming to terms with unfathomable loss. This personal account of the early days of the AIDS crisis tells the story of love in the face of death. A finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award, Borrowed Time was one of the first memoirs to deal candidly with AIDS and is as moving and relevant now as it was more than twenty-five years ago. Written with fierce honesty and heartwarming tenderness, this book is part love story, part testimony, and part requiem. This ebook features an illustrated biography of Paul Monette including rare images and never-before-seen documents from the Paul Monette papers of the UCLA Library Special Collections.
Borrowed Time
Bilha Noy
Author : Bilha Noy
Publisher : Contento De Semrik
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 9789655501193
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On Borrowed Time
Neil Howe
Author : Neil Howe
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 462 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2017-09-04
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781351502351
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Entitlements represent one of the largest and fastest-growing portions of the federal budget. They are regarded as sacrosanct by lawmakers, yet many people see them as one of the greatest threats to the American Dream. This volume argues that by sacrificing the future in order to pay ever-larger federal benefits through programs such as Social Security, Medicare, and federal pensions, entitlement spending has become a crushing burden to American workers. Peterson and Howe destroy myths surrounding entitlement spending. They show that the bulk of it does not go to the poor. The majority of the elderly are not needy and dependent. Entitlement programs, not defense spending, consume the largest share of the federal budget. In short, we cannot balance the budget without reducing entitlement spending. In a country that demands critical investments--improving public education, alleviating poverty, increasing professional opportunity--growth in entitlement spending is unaffordable.On Borrowed Time is an important and timely book that will be mandatory reading for policymakers, politicians, economists, and a general public concerned with its financial future.
Living on Borrowed Time
David Reagan
Author : David Reagan
Publisher : Lamb & Lion Ministries
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2014-01-08
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780945593218
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Dr. David Reagan answers the following questions and many more concerning the signs of the times that point to the soon return of Jesus. Can we know the date when Jesus will return? Can we know the season of His return? What are the key biblical signs of His return? What signs, if any, have already been fulfilled? Are there any signs that are unique to our day and time? What is the most convincing sign of the Lord’s soon return? A unique feature of the book is a prophecy forum composed of 22 Bible prophecy experts who reply to 11 questions concerning the biblical signs of the times that are supposed to signal the imminent return of Jesus. Experts included are: Daymond Duck, Gary Fisher, Jim Fletcher, Ray Gano, Al Gist, Phillip Goodman, J.R. Hall, Mark Hitchcock, David Hocking, Ken Humphries, Terry James, Nathan Jones, Jack Kinsella, Tim LaHaye, Jan Markell, Caryl Matrisciana, Don McGee, Dennis Pollock, Ron Rhodes, August Rosado, Bill Salus, and Brian Thomas.
Running On Borrowed Time
Shanieta Billingsley
Author : Shanieta Billingsley
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2018-11-19
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9780359237968
Running On Borrowed Time by Shanieta Billingsley Pdf
Lexis is a single mother of three, working at the lucky 7 diner to make ends meet. When ends are not meeting and the bills are piling up. She ends up working with her sister/friend who is a high priced escort. After three years of working as an escort, she see's her trick get thrown over the balcony and now has bounty over her head. Houston is a ex- C.I.A agent turned hitman, trying to get out the game. Takes on this last job that turns his world upsid down.
On Borrowed Time
Leonard Mosley
Author : Leonard Mosley
Publisher : George Weidenfeld & Nicholson
Page : 556 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 1969
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015014182599
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A detailed narrative of the diplomatic, political and military maneuvers that occurred between the Munich Agreement in September 1938, and the invasion of Poland in September 1939.
On Borrowed Time
Evan Green
Author : Evan Green
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 598 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0330274589
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Blockbuster thriller moving between Australia, Fiji and the Middle East, in which lives are threatened in a race against time. The author is an Australian media personality whose other other publications include the best-selling 'Bet Your Life' and 'Dust and Glory'.
Destitute Until the Italian's Diamond
Julia James
Author : Julia James
Publisher : Harlequin
Page : 190 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2022-07-26
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780369726179
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In this dramatic marriage of convenience romance by USA TODAY bestselling author Julia James, Lana must say “I do” to the Italian or risk losing all… From betrayed and penniless… To wearing the billionaire’s ring! “I wish to discuss a proposal of marriage between us.” Model Lana can’t believe the words uttered by Salvatore Luchesi—or that the crushing debts her ex left her with are forcing her to make a deal with the devil. Lana knows that Salvatore is in an unfamiliar business bind that can only be solved by taking her as his wife. But while Lana’s head agrees to take the Luchesi name, her traitorous body craves the forbidden touch of her sinfully attractive new husband… From Harlequin Presents: Escape to exotic locations where passion knows no bounds.
The Italian Ballerina
Kristy Cambron
Author : Kristy Cambron
Publisher : Thomas Nelson
Page : 385 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2022-07-12
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780785232209
The Italian Ballerina by Kristy Cambron Pdf
At the height of the Nazi occupation of Rome, an unlikely band of heroes comes together to save innocent lives in this breathtaking World War II novel based on real historical events. Rome, 1943. With the fall of Italy’s Fascist government and the Nazi regime occupying the streets of Rome, British ballerina Julia Bradbury is stranded and forced to take refuge at a hospital on Tiber Island. But when she learns of a deadly sickness sweeping through the quarantine wards—a fake disease known only as Syndrome K—she is drawn into one of the greatest cons in history. Alongside hospital staff, friars of the adjoining church, and two Allied medics, Julia risks everything to rescue Jewish Italians from the deadly clutches of the Holocaust. Soon a little girl who dreams of becoming a ballerina arrives at their door, and Julia is determined to reunite the young dancer with her family—if only she would reveal one crucial secret: her name. Present Day. Delaney Coleman recently lost her grandfather—a beloved small-town doctor and World War II veteran, so she returns home to help her aging parents. When a mysterious Italian woman reaches out claiming to own one of the family’s precious heirlooms, Delaney is compelled to travel to Italy and uncover the truth of her grandfather’s hidden past. With the help of the woman’s skeptical but charming grandson, Delaney learns of a Roman hospital that saved hundreds of Jewish people during the war. Soon, everything Delaney thought she knew about her grandfather comes into question. Based on true accounts of the invented Syndrome K sickness, The Italian Ballerina journeys from the Allied storming of the beaches at Salerno to the London ballet stage and the war-torn streets of World War II Rome, exploring the sometimes heart-wrenching choices we must make to find faith and forgiveness, and how saving a single life can impact countless others. Split timeline: WWII and present day Stand-alone novel Book length: approximately 107,000 words Includes discussion questions for book clubs