Zama

Author : Antonio Di Benedetto
Publisher : New York Review of Books
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2016-08-23
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781590177358

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Zama by Antonio Di Benedetto Pdf

An NYRB Classics Original First published in 1956, Zama is now universally recognized as one of the masterpieces of modern Argentine and Spanish-language literature. Written in a style that is both precise and sumptuous, weirdly archaic and powerfully novel, Zama takes place in the last decade of the eighteenth century and describes the solitary, suspended existence of Don Diego de Zama, a highly placed servant of the Spanish crown who has been posted to Asunción, the capital of remote Paraguay. There, eaten up by pride, lust, petty grudges, and paranoid fantasies, he does as little as he possibly can while plotting his eventual transfer to Buenos Aires, where everything about his hopeless existence will, he is confident, be miraculously transformed and made good. Don Diego’s slow, nightmarish slide into the abyss is not just a tale of one man’s perdition but an exploration of existential, and very American, loneliness. Zama, with its stark dreamlike prose and spare imagery, is at once dense and unforeseen, terse and fateful, marked throughout by a haunting movement between sentences, paragraphs, and sections, so that every word seems to emerge from an ocean of things left unsaid. The philosophical depths of this great book spring directly from its dazzling prose.

Author : Antonio Di Benedetto
Publisher : National Geographic Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2016-08-23
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781590177174

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Zama by Antonio Di Benedetto Pdf

An NYRB Classics Original First published in 1956, Zama is now universally recognized as one of the masterpieces of modern Argentine and Spanish-language literature. Written in a style that is both precise and sumptuous, weirdly archaic and powerfully novel, Zama takes place in the last decade of the eighteenth century and describes the solitary, suspended existence of Don Diego de Zama, a highly placed servant of the Spanish crown who has been posted to Asunción, the capital of remote Paraguay. There, eaten up by pride, lust, petty grudges, and paranoid fantasies, he does as little as he possibly can while plotting his eventual transfer to Buenos Aires, where everything about his hopeless existence will, he is confident, be miraculously transformed and made good. Don Diego’s slow, nightmarish slide into the abyss is not just a tale of one man’s perdition but an exploration of existential, and very American, loneliness. Zama, with its stark dreamlike prose and spare imagery, is at once dense and unforeseen, terse and fateful, marked throughout by a haunting movement between sentences, paragraphs, and sections, so that every word seems to emerge from an ocean of things left unsaid. The philosophical depths of this great book spring directly from its dazzling prose.

Author : Stephen Chensue
Publisher : Chen Tzu Creations
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2007-04
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781411638099

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The Zama Codex by Stephen Chensue Pdf

The Zama Codex is a fictional novel set in Central America and structured as alternating chapters describing parallel stories, one set during the fall of the Mayan classic age and the other at a present day archaeological excavation. The reader is drawn into the life of Zama, a scribe and noble living in a highland Mayan city-state (circa 800 A.D). When the city's high priest prophesizes the demise of Mayan civilization, Zama becomes apprentice and scribe to Chaco, a sorcerer with an ambitious plan to save the best of Mayan mystical knowledge from oblivion. The parallel story follows events surrounding the discovery of Zama's codex containing instructions for the acquisition of mystical power on a cosmic scale.

Author : Mir Bahmanyar
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 100 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2016-09-22
Category : History
ISBN : 9781472814234

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Zama 202 BC by Mir Bahmanyar Pdf

The battle of Zama, fought across North Africa around 202 BC, was the final large-scale clash of arms between the world's two greatest western powers of the time – Carthage and Rome. The engagement ended the Second Punic War, waged from 218 until 201 BC. The armies were led by two of the most famous commanders of all time – the legendary Carthaginian general Hannibal, renowned for crossing the Alps with his army into Italy, and the Roman general Publius Cornelius Scipio, who along with his father was among the defeated at the battle of Cannae in 216 BC. Drawing upon years of research, author Mir Bahmanyar gives a detailed account of this closing battle, analysing the tactics employed by each general and the forces they had at their disposal. Stunning, specially commissioned artwork brings to life the epic clash that saw Hannibal defeated and Rome claim its spot as the principal Mediterranean power.

Author : William Sotheby
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 382 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 1814
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BL:A0018121316

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Tragedies ... The Death of Darnley. Ivan. Zamorin and Zama. The Confession. Orestes by William Sotheby Pdf

Author : André Geraque Kiffer
Publisher : Clube de Autores
Page : 105 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2019-12-07
Category : Social Science
ISBN : PKEY:CLDEAU46574

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Battle Of Zama, October 19, 202 Bc by André Geraque Kiffer Pdf

In Technique we will simulate, that better advised, Hannibal would have predicted the evolution of the training of the Roman army and in one of the decisive actions of his plan would not have wasted his elephants against the legionaries but instead employed them against the horses, still susceptible to the instinct to the fear of these. The Carthaginians will employ the reinforced oblique Jomini battle order on the attacking flank (as, although superior in quantity they were inferior in quality): the shock of the Carthaginian line will follow from the right wing with the elephants leading the cavalry Carthaginian against that of the Roman equites - less accustomed to elephants than the Numidians; continuing the infantry tug of war in the center; until the engagement of the Numid cavalry on the left.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 1954
Category : Fisheries
ISBN : WISC:89045987633

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Commercial Fisheries Abstracts by Anonim Pdf

Author : Victor Duruy
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 920 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 1884
Category : Rome
ISBN : UCD:31175026810278

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From the battle of Zama to end of the first Triumvirate by Victor Duruy Pdf

Author : Duncan Ross
Publisher : BAR International Series
Page : 102 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015062424158

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Kbor Klib and the Battle of Zama by Duncan Ross Pdf

In the remote countryside of north-central Tunisia, between the cities of Siliana and Le Kef, stands a ruined stone structure known as Kbor Klib. A thorough examination of North African archaeological documentation reveals that the monument has over the years been the subject of a variety of descriptions, discussions and investigations.

Author : Brian Todd Carey,Joshua B. Allfree,John Cairns
Publisher : Pen and Sword
Page : 382 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2007-10-18
Category : History
ISBN : 9781473814813

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Hannibal's Last Battle by Brian Todd Carey,Joshua B. Allfree,John Cairns Pdf

A “crisply written, well researched . . . superb piece of scholarship about one of the most dramatic and decisive battles in the ancient world” (Journal of Military History). At Zama (in what is now Tunisia) in 202 BC, the armies of two great empires clashed: the Romans under Scipio Africanus and Carthaginians, led by Hannibal. Scipio’s forces would win a decisive, bloody victory that forever shifted the balance of power in the ancient world. Thereafter, Rome became the dominant civilization of the Mediterranean. Here, Brian Todd Carey recounts that battle and the grueling war that led up to it. He offers fascinating insight into the Carthaginian and Roman methods of waging war, their military organizations, equipment, and the tactics the armies employed. He also delivers an in-depth critical assessment of the contrasting qualities and leadership styles of Hannibal and Scipio, the two most celebrated commanders of their age. With vivid prose and detailed maps of the terrains of the time, Hannibal’s Last Battle is an essential text for fans of military history and students of the classical period.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Petroleum
ISBN : STANFORD:36105022533876

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International Oil and Gas Development by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 348 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 1954
Category : Fisheries
ISBN : PSU:000055372312

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Commercial Fisheries Abstracts by Anonim Pdf

Author : Farahad Zama
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2009-06-11
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781101060155

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The Marriage Bureau for Rich People by Farahad Zama Pdf

Bored with retirement, Mr. Ali sets up a desk, puts up a sign, and waits for customers for his new matchmaking business. Some clients are a mystery. Some are a challenge. Mr. Ali's assistant, Aruna, finds it a learning experience. But without a dowry, Aruna has no expectation of a match for herself. Then again, as people go about planning their lives, sometimes fate is making other arrangements.

Author : A Zama,N. Endeley
Publisher : African Books Collective
Page : 338 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2021-08-19
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781942876830

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Perspectives in Curriculum Studies by A Zama,N. Endeley Pdf

Perspectives in Curriculum Studies by Margaret Nalova Endeley and Martha Ashuntantang Zama is a comprehensive textbook for graduate students of Curriculum Studies and Instruction, and a guide for education practitioners wherein they articulate contemporary curriculum concepts, principles and applications in the field. With illustrations from informed African perspectives, the authors situate curriculum theory and practice in local contexts so that African scholars, educators, and others may be equipped with knowledge and skills to develop and maintain appropriate and relevant curricula for quality education. Framed in sixteen chapters, grouped in five parts, the text begins with the exposition of basic terminology, curriculum theory and foundations of the curriculum before delving profoundly into the curriculum development process. The latter portion gives the reader the opportunity to explore, analyse and evaluate different curriculum planning approaches and models, curriculum design dimensions and patterns, and procedures for the development of syllabuses, textbooks, and other curriculum materials. Also, Curriculum implementation tasks as well as strategies for evaluation of programs and courses are presented and discussed. Since curriculum and instruction are highly intertwined notions, instructional design is elaborately treated in two chapters bringing out its theoretical underpinnings and procedures. The book closes with global perspectives of curriculum development in practice. The goal here is to provide insights into trends, issues, and challenges not only in curriculum development but also in the curriculum field, which should generate action towards the improvement of curriculum practice and spur the search for new knowledge.

Author : Antonio Di Benedetto
Publisher : Archipelago
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2017-05-23
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780914671732

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Nest in the Bones by Antonio Di Benedetto Pdf

Philosophically engaged and darkly moving, the twenty stories in Nest in the Bones span three decades from Antonio di Benedetto's wildly various career. From his youth in Argentina to his exile in Spain after enduring imprisonment and torture under the military dictatorship during the so-called "dirty war" to his return in the 1980s, Benedetto's kinetic stories move effortlessly between genres, examining civilization's subtle but violent imprint on human consciousness. A late-twentieth century master of the short form and revered by his contemporaries, Nest in the Bones is the first comprehensive volume of Benedetto's stories available in English.