Strange Alchemy

Author : Gwenda Bond
Publisher : Capstone
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2017-08-01
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 9781630790998

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Gwenda Bond's first book Blackwood has been reimagined and brought back to life with new vision.On Roanoke Island, the legend of the Lost Colony Ü and the 114 colonists who vanished without a trace more than four hundred years ago Ü still haunts the town. But that's just a story told for the tourists. When 114 people suddenly disappear from the island in present day, it seems history is repeating itself Ü and an unlikely pair of seventeen-year-olds might be the only hope of bringing the missing back. Miranda Blackwood, a member of one of island's most infamous families, and Grant Rawling, the sherrif's son, who has demons and secrets of his own, find themselves at the center of the mystery. As the unlikely pair works to uncover the secrets of the new Lost Colony, they must dodge everyone from the authorities to long-dead alchemists as they race against time to save their family and friends before they too are gone for good.

Author : Albie Sachs
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2011-03-10
Category : Law
ISBN : 9780191616822

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The Strange Alchemy of Life and Law by Albie Sachs Pdf

From a young age Albie Sachs played a prominent part in the struggle for justice in South Africa. As a result he was detained in solitary confinement, tortured by sleep deprivation and eventually blown up by a car bomb which cost him his right arm and the sight of an eye. His experiences provoked an outpouring of creative thought on the role of law as a protector of human dignity in the modern world, and a lifelong commitment to seeing a new era of justice established in South Africa. After playing an important role in drafting South Africa's post-apartheid Constitution, he was appointed by Nelson Mandela to be a member of the country's first Constitutional Court. Over the course of his fifteen year term on the Court he has grappled with the major issues confronting modern South Africa, and the challenges posed to the fledgling democracy as it sought to overcome the injustices of the apartheid regime. As his term on the Court approaches its end, Sachs here conveys in intimate fashion what it has been like to be a judge in these unique circumstances, how his extraordinary life has influenced his approach to the cases before him, and his views on the nature of justice and its achievement through law. The book provides unique access to an insider's perspective on modern South Africa, and a rare glimpse into the working of a judicial mind. By juxtaposing life experiences and extracts from judgments, Sachs enables the reader to see the complex and surprising ways in which legal culture transforms subjective experience into objectively reasoned decisions. With rare candour he tells of the difficulties he has when preparing a judgment, of how every judgment is a lie. Rejecting purely formal notions of the judicial role he shows how both reason and passion (concern for protecting human dignity) are required for law to work in the service of justice.

Author : Gwenda Bond
Publisher : Capstone
Page : 337 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2017-01-01
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 9781630790769

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When 114 people go missing on Roanoke Island in what seems like an eerie repeat of what happened hundreds of years before, seventeen-year-olds Miranda and Grant may be the key to the mysteries past and present.

Author : Drucilla Cornell,Karin van Marle,Albie Sachs
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2014-03-05
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781317819592

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Albie Sachs and Transformation in South Africa by Drucilla Cornell,Karin van Marle,Albie Sachs Pdf

Many critical theorists talk and write about the day after the revolution, but few have actually participated in the constitution of a revolutionary government. Emeritus Justice Albie Sachs was a freedom fighter for most of his life. He then played a major role in the negotiating committee for the new constitution of South Africa, and was subsequently appointed to the new Constitutional Court of South Africa. Therefore, the question of what it means to make the transition from a freedom fighter to a participant in a revolutionary government is not abstract, in Hegel’s sense of the word, it is an actual journey that Albie Sachs undertook. The essays in this book raise the complex question of what it actually means to make this transition without selling out to the demands of realism. In addition, the preface written by Emeritus Justice Albie Sachs and his interview with Drucilla Cornell and Karin van Marle, further address key questions about revolution in the twentieth- and twenty-first centuries: from armed struggle to the organization of a nation state committed to ethical transformation in the name of justice. Albie Sachs and transformation in South Africa: from revolutionary activist to constitutional court judge illuminates the theoretical and practical experiences of revolution and its political aftermath. With first-hand accounts alongside academic interrogation, this unique book will intrigue anyone interested in the intersection of Law and Politics.

Author : Eunice Mildred Lon Coske McCloskey
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 96 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 1940
Category : Electronic
ISBN : UIUC:30112038049794

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Strange Alchemy by Eunice Mildred Lon Coske McCloskey Pdf

Author : Marita Sturken,Douglas Thomas,Sandra Ball-Rokeach
Publisher : Temple University Press
Page : 388 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1592132278

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Technological Visions by Marita Sturken,Douglas Thomas,Sandra Ball-Rokeach Pdf

For as long as people have developed new technologies, there has been debate over the purposes, shape, and potential for their use. In this exciting collection, a range of contributors, including Sherry Turkle, Lynn Spigel, John Perry Barlow, Langdon Winner, David Nye, and Lord Asa Briggs, discuss the visions that have shaped "new" technologies and the cultural implications of technological adaptation. Focusing on issues such as the nature of prediction, community, citizenship, consumption, and the nation, as well as the metaphors that have shaped public debates about technology, the authors examine innovations past and present, from the telegraph and the portable television to the Internet, to better understand how our visions and imagination have shaped the meaning and use of technology. Author note: Marita Sturken is Associate Professor in the Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Southern California and the author of Tangled Memories: The Vietnam War, the AIDS Epidemic, and the Politics of Remembering and Practices of Looking: An Introduction to Visual Culture (with Lisa Cartwright). Douglas Thomas is Associate Professor in the Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Southern California. He is author of three books, most recently Hacker Culture. Sandra Ball-Rokeach is a Professor and Director of the Communication Technology and Community Program in the Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Southern California. She is author of several books, including Theories of Mass Communication (with M. L. De Fleur).

Author : Gary Edson
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 307 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2012-09-14
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780786465316

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Mysticism and Alchemy through the Ages by Gary Edson Pdf

An in-depth look into the foundations of mysticism and alchemy, this book describes both physical and spiritual aspects of the various theories and practices of transformation, with attention to the beliefs of Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, Islam, Judaism, Sufism, Tantrism, Taoism and Yoga. The connection between early mystical pursuits and the development of alchemy from ancient China, India, and Egypt through Moorish Spain and into Latin Europe are illuminated, along with the activities of early alchemists. The book, which is heavily illustrated, describes the beliefs, experiments, and secret messages that drew the believers and dreamers of the world together in search of wealth and immortality.

Author : Philippe Perebinossoff,Brian Gross,Lynne S. Gross
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 345 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780240806822

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Programming for TV, Radio, and the Internet by Philippe Perebinossoff,Brian Gross,Lynne S. Gross Pdf

First Published in 2005. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Author : Zui EZhiCheng
Publisher : Funstory
Page : 627 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2020-05-26
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781649351449

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Journey to Slaughter God by Zui EZhiCheng Pdf

A sword that could shatter the stars, a sword beam that could shatter the void, and a body of prideful bones that could trample the world; this was a world of experts. The young man, Shi Ling, walked out from here and stepped onto a path that belonged to him, the God Slaughtering Path.

Author : Allan C. Hutchinson
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 329 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2012-02-20
Category : History
ISBN : 9781107017269

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Laughing at the Gods by Allan C. Hutchinson Pdf

This book showcases eight judges that exemplify judicial greatness and looks at what role they play in law and society.

Author : Theodore Ziolkowski
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780198746836

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The Alchemist in Literature by Theodore Ziolkowski Pdf

This study traces the figure of the alchemist in Western literature from its first appearance in Dante down to the present. From the beginning alchemy has had two aspects: exoteric or operative (the transmutation of baser metals into gold) and esoteric or speculative (the spiritual transformation of the alchemist himself). As scholarly interest in alchemy intensified, writers were attracted to the figure of the alchemist and his quest for power. The figure of the alchemist in literature provides a seismograph for major shifts in intellectual and cultural history.

Author : Dark Blue Coconut Milk
Publisher : BEIJING BOOK CO. INC.
Page : 1659 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2024-04-27
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9787999098195

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Night Ranger 4 Anthology by Dark Blue Coconut Milk Pdf

After transmigrating into a weak noble body, Marvin discovered that he was familiar with the world, this was the game he played in his previous life and... Damn! He only had six months before the Great Calamity! As a former top player, he would obviously fight to save the world... Yeah, no. Time to plan and prepare for the upcoming events, better to use that knowledge to get ahead rather than fight with gods. Follow Marvin's journey through this new world.

Author : Matthew Wilson
Publisher : Univ. Press of Mississippi
Page : 278 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781604730562

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Whiteness in the Novels of Charles W. Chesnutt by Matthew Wilson Pdf

Charles W. Chesnutt (1858-1932), critically acclaimed for his novels, short stories, and essays, was one of the most ambitious and influential African American writers of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Today recognized as a major innovator of American fiction, Chesnutt is an important contributor to de-romanticizing trends in post-Civil War Southern literature, and a singular voice among turn-of-the-century realists who wrote about race in American life. Whiteness in the Novels of Charles W. Chesnutt is the first study to focus exclusively on Chesnutt's novels. Examining the three published in Chesnutt's lifetime-The House Behind the Cedars, The Marrow of Tradition, and The Colonel's Dream-as well as his posthumously published novels, this study explores the dilemma of a black writer who wrote primarily for a white audience. Throughout, Matthew Wilson analyzes the ways in which Chesnutt crafted narratives for his white readership and focuses on how he attempted to infiltrate and manipulate the feelings and convictions of that audience. Wilson pays close attention to the genres in which Chesnutt was working and also to the social and historical context of the novels. In articulating the development of Chesnutt's career, Wilson shows how Chesnutt's views on race evolved. By the end of his career, he felt that racial differences were not genetically inherent, but social constructions based on our background and upbringing. Finally, the book closely examines Chesnutt's unpublished manuscripts that did not deal with race. Even in these works, in which African Americans are only minor characters, Wilson finds Chesnutt engaged with the conundrum of race and reveals him as one of America's most significant writers on the subject. Matthew Wilson is a professor of humanities and writing at Penn State University, Harrisburg. He is the editor of Charles W. Chesnutt's Paul Marchand, F.M.C. (University Press of Mississippi).

Author : Randall A. Clack
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2000-08-30
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780313001567

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The Marriage of Heaven and Earth by Randall A. Clack Pdf

From the Middle Ages to the close of the 17th century, alchemy was fundamental to Western culture, as scores of experimenters sought to change lead into gold. Though its significance declined with the rise of chemistry, alchemy continued to captivate the imagination of writers and its images still appear in modern creative works. This book examines the literary representation of alchemical theory and the metaphor of alchemical regeneration in the works of Edward Taylor, Edgar Allan Poe, Nathaniel Hawthorne, and Margaret Fuller. While Taylor used alchemical metaphors to illustrate the redeeming grace of God upon the soul, these same metaphors were used by Poe, Hawthorne, and Fuller to depict a broader concept of redemption. These later writers used alchemical imagery to describe both the regeneration of the individual and the possible transformation of society. For Poe, alchemy became a metaphor for the transforming power of imagination; for Hawthorne, it became a means of representing the redeeming power of love; for Fuller, it figured the reconciliation of gender opposites. Thus these four American writers incorporated the idea of regeneration in their works, and the tropes and metaphors of the medieval alchemists provided a fascinating way of imagining the transformative process.

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1516 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 1963
Category : Electronic
ISBN : UOM:39015038807205

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Hearings by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs Pdf