Return To Centaurus

Author : Sarah Spence
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2023-01-03
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780691227160

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The Return of Proserpina by Sarah Spence Pdf

Sicily and the strategies of empire in the poetic imagination of classical and medieval Europe In the first century BC, Cicero praised Sicily as Rome’s first overseas province and confirmed it as the mythic location for the abduction of Proserpina, known to the Greeks as Persephone, by the god of the underworld. The Return of Proserpina takes readers from Roman antiquity to the late Middle Ages to explore how the Mediterranean island offered authors a setting for forces resistant to empire and a location for displaying and reclaiming what has been destroyed. Using the myth of Proserpina as a through line, Sarah Spence charts the relationship Western empire held with its myths and its own past. She takes an in-depth, panoramic look at a diverse range of texts set on Sicily, demonstrating how the myth of Proserpina enables a discussion of empire in terms of balance, loss, and negotiation. Providing new readings of authors as separated in time and culture as Vergil, Claudian, and Dante, Spence shows how the shape of Proserpina’s tale and perceptions of the island change from a myth of loss to one of redemption, with the volcanic Mt. Etna playing an increasingly central role. Delving into the ways that myth and geography affect politics and poetics, The Return of Proserpina explores the power of language and the written word during a period of tremendous cultural turbulence.

Author : James Krehan
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 112 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2003-06-17
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780595282333

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Return to Centaurus by James Krehan Pdf

RED DWARF STAR SYSTEMS; BINARIES; ALIEN WORLDS WITH ALIEN KINGS AND QUEENS; EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL WARFARE; HI-TECH SPACE TRAVEL; LOVE, ACTION AND ROMANCE AMONG THE NEARBY STARS-ALL THIS AND POP MUSIC TOO! RETURN TO CENTAURUS OFFERS ITS READERS A GLIMPSE OF THE NEAR FUTURE AND CREDIBLE SPACE TRAVEL TO THE NEAREST STARS! WHO COULD RESIST THIS COOL TRIP TO STRANGE WORLDS WITH STRANGE CREATURES AND THE STRUGGLE BETWEEN GOOD AND EVIL 4.25 LIGHT-YEARS FROM PLANET EARTH?

Author : John Jackman,Wendy Wren
Publisher : Nelson Thornes
Page : 124 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 1998-06
Category : English language
ISBN : 9780174245483

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Nelson English by John Jackman,Wendy Wren Pdf

Nelson English has been specifically designed to ensure that you cover the basics of the National Curriculum and other UK curricula. Activities cover NLS Text, Word and Sentence Level objectives.

Author : Rajiv Jaitly
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 859 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2016-02-05
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781119018742

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Practical Operational Due Diligence on Hedge Funds by Rajiv Jaitly Pdf

Tighten due diligence procedures for more successful hedge fund investment Practical Operational Due Diligence on Hedge Funds is an encyclopaedic, comprehensive reference, written from the perspective of an experienced practitioner. Accompanied by a useful archive of factual material on different hedge fund issues, including failures, fines, and closures, this book focuses on the areas due diligence professionals should address, and explains why they're important. Extensive discussion of publicised cases identifies the manager entities and actual fund vehicles involved, and provides commentary on what could have been done differently in each case, backed by actual regulatory materials, such as SEC complaints, that recreate the events that took place. Readers gain a deeper understanding of the many facets of due diligence and the many possible pitfalls, learning how standardise processes and avoid major errors and oversights. The amount of money managed by hedge funds has almost doubled from the $1 trillion under management at the time of the financial crisis. Hedge funds can be extremely risky, but can be extremely profitable — as money increasingly flows back in, due diligence on these alternative investments becomes more and more critical. This book provides complete guidance toward the due diligence process, with plentiful real-world examples. Identify the areas of due diligence and what can go wrong Create procedures and checklists to minimise errors Learn what publicised cases could have done differently Gain a deeper understanding of massive failures and successes Proper due diligence can be a massive undertaking, but thoroughness is essential when the price of failure is so high. Practical Operational Due Diligence on Hedge Funds provides the details professionals need to be on point every time.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 626 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 1963
Category : Warships
ISBN : IND:30000139871663

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Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships by Anonim Pdf

Author : United States. Naval History Division
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 624 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2024-06-26
Category : Electronic
ISBN : STANFORD:36105211338608

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Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships by United States. Naval History Division Pdf

Author : Phillip E. Sims
Publisher : Pen and Sword
Page : 729 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2013-01-19
Category : History
ISBN : 9781783468836

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Adventurous Empires by Phillip E. Sims Pdf

This is a story from a bygone age recalling the most successful flying-boat airliner ever built. Designed to a specification for Imperial Airways, then Britains national airline, it carried passengers and, more importantly, mail throughout the British Empire. The airliner offered luxurious travel for the privileged few, every journey being an adventure shared by passengers and crew.Short Brothers built 42 Empires at their factory in Rochester during the late 1930s. Imperial Airways were expanding their network to the furthermost outposts of the British Empire, whilst laying down the principles of scheduled airline operation.This is the tale of the realization of a dream and the efforts of those who made it possible. During World War II, the military Sunderland version became an icon.

Author : Burton Raffel
Publisher : Bantam Classics
Page : 1421 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 1999-09-07
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780553581102

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The Annotated Milton by Burton Raffel Pdf

Affordable, compact, and authoritative, this one-volume edition of The Annotated Milton encompasses the monumental sweep of John Milton’s poetry. Here are Milton’ s early works, including his first great poem, “On the Morning of Christ’s Nativity,” the light and lyrical “L’Allegro” and “Il Penseroso,” the masque Comus, and the lushly beautiful pastoral elegy “Lycidas.” Here, too, included in their entirety, are the three epic poems considered to be among the finest works in the English language: Paradise Lost, Paradise Regained, and Samson Agonistes. Fully annotated by Burton Raffel, this distinguished edition clarifies the complex allusions of Milton’s verse and references the personal, religious, historical, and mythical influences that inspired the great blind poet of England, who ranks among the undisputed giants of world literature.

Author : John Jackman,Wendy Wren
Publisher : Nelson Thornes
Page : 68 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2014-11
Category : English language
ISBN : 0175117764

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Nelson English International Teacher's Resource Book 6 by John Jackman,Wendy Wren Pdf

The Teachers Resource Book will show how the course provides an underpinning structure to the teaching of English, focusing particularly on the knowledge, skills and understanding of writing, while giving ample opportunity for reading, listening and speaking.

Author : L. Ron Hubbard
Publisher : Galaxy Press LLC
Page : 139 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2004-08-15
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781592126217

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To the Stars by L. Ron Hubbard Pdf

Space is deep, Man is small and Time is his relentless enemy.... How far is too far? Alan Corday is about to find out. Corday is shanghaied aboard a futuristic starship bound on an interstellar journey. . . on a trek at the speed of light, the world he leaves behind fast vanishing into the past through unexpected time travel. And nothing in the dark, forbidding reaches of space can prepare him for the astounding discovery he will make upon his return from the stars. “Remarkably powerful novel.” —John W. Campbell, Jr., Astounding Science Fiction

Author : David Embry Jones
Publisher : Boolarong Press
Page : 113 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Aeronautics
ISBN : 9781921054273

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Wings on the River by David Embry Jones Pdf

Wings on the River tells the colourful story of flying boats from Brisbane's unique viewpoint. Flying boats represented comfort and safety in reaching distant and exotic places across the sea, and Brisbane was on the doorstep of flying boat travel for more than fifty years. Wings on the River traces the whole flying boat era in Australia through its many changes, its triumphs and adversities, including: Pioneering flights between the wars by overseas and local flying boats alighting in the heart of the city; Qantas flying boats on the legendary Empire Air Mail route to Britain flying passengers in unprecedented luxury; Wartime U.S. Navy flying boat services across the Pacific to General MacArthur's headquarters in Brisbane; Barrier Reef Airways, Queensland's own flying boat airline, bringing Great Barrier Reef resorts closer to interstate tourists; The controversy about flying boats using the Brisbane River, and the dramatic accidents which forced them to leave; The story of Redland Bay's water airport and its little-known service over two decades.

Author : David Crotty
Publisher : Key Publishing
Page : 223 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2022-06-30
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 9781802820942

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Qantas and the Empire Flying Boat by David Crotty Pdf

Between 1938 and 1948, Qantas Short Empire flying boats navigated a dramatic and dangerous period for commercial aviation. They flew the Singapore–Sydney section of the prewar Imperial Airways UK–Australia air route, introducing a new level of luxury travel to the route. However, the outbreak of war cut short this brief glamorous time and brought the Qantas boats increasingly onto the front line. Containing over 160 stunning illustrations, many previously unpublished, this book details the history of the Empire flying boats as they went from luxurious carriers to military service in roles that included the resupply and evacuation of Allied military forces.

Author : Gary Nicholson
Publisher : AuthorHouse
Page : 213 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2024-06-26
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781546256144

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Jonny Strongbow by Gary Nicholson Pdf

Jonny Strongbow is a seeker of knowledge, justice, and his identity. His search brings changes to the world around him. On both a spiritual and intellectual quest, he finds new meaning in life. He brings the history of Mars to the forefront and brings renewed hope to its new inhabitants. This story brings spiritualism and technology together in a unique way and is a representation of how I view the universe.

Author : James A. Connell
Publisher : AuthorHouse
Page : 293 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2012-02-18
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781468546453

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Star Patrol 2 by James A. Connell Pdf

This is a story of alien invasion set 300 years in the future. The fifteen to twenty meter diameter silver Globes were first thought to be a fleet of spaceships, but as it turned out they were creatures so different from Mankind that Humans could not communicate with them on any level. They could travel in space, and discharge destructive energy bolts that could destroy Human built spaceships. As part of their breeding cycle they infested planets with their offspring, nine foot long, voracious killing machines that devoured every living thing they encountered. The Globes soon became an unstoppable force that quickly destroyed the first two colonies they found. Although the third colony offered more resistance, it too was rapidly losing the battle for survival. Undetered, the Globes swept on and eventually reached the abundant Earth. Once there they moved in for the long haul. The early part of the story centers around a twenty-eight year old Medic fresh out from the Centaurus Colony. Samantha Wilson had taken a medical contract with the Star Patrol and arrived on the Lastchance Colony just in time to witness the first invasion. Within days she found herself alone and surrounded by lethal Slimers on a strange new world. Then came salvation in the form of the Star Patrol's Starship Orion, which, as Samantha's luck would have it, needed a Medical Officer. Samantha and Orion's crew follow the invading Globes from Lastchance and finally to Earth where Humans are totally unprepared for this new threat to their existence. Space battles with Globes, and planetary encounters with Slimers are all a part of the mix. Along the way Samantha finds lifelong friends and even love in places she never expected to be, even in her wildest dreams. Then while on a medical mission she and her Medical Technician become separated from Orion and the man she has fallen in love with. The unlikely pairing of Samantha, the doctor, and Mary Como, the soldier, acquire an ancient Starship and then find themselves on a planet hopping quest to find their missing ship and crew mates. They soon discover that even with aliens threatening mankind, there are still humans conspiring for dominance of the species. Although it is a story of alien invaders, the Earth and it's colonies, the thinly stretched Star Patrol, and human conspiracies. It is ultimately Samantha's story.

Author : Fritz Reichert
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 136 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2007-12
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780595423019

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Dangerous Voyage to Alpha Centauri by Fritz Reichert Pdf

In the year 2044, scientists have revealed new advances to extend the longevity of human life. Within the next years the world's population explodes by more than one billion people each year. Though millions live already deep under the moon's surface, it becomes necessary to search for planets outside our solar system. Tim Turner, a teacher and scientist, tackles this mission by traveling to the sun's next star, Alpha Centauri. The isolation of his task drives him to the edge of lunacy, but what he discovers could prevent the human race from destroying itself. When Turner returns to Earth thirty-six years later, he comes back to an unthinkable situation. What has happened during his absence-and what has become of the two women he loves most? A tantalizing mix of science fiction and love story, Dangerous Voyage to Alpha Centauri poses a fascinating question: Could this plot become a reality for the Earth and its residents in the not-so-distant future?