The Last Devil by Signe Toksvig6/10/2023 ![]() ![]() Henry the Eighth (London: Jonathan Cape 1929), 543pp., with index. Note: items 1 & 2 listed listed in Paul Levitt, Bibliography of Published Criticism (Shannon: IUP 1974)] also ∺ Muzzle Made in Ireland, in The Dublin Magazine, 11, 4 (1936), pp.8-17.review of Exiles, in New Republic, XVI, 206 (12 Oct. Says Playboy Foes have had Their Day, in Do.Synge, in Literary Review (2 July 1909), p.1 On Judging Books in General and Particular (NY: J Day 1947).I Chose Denmark (NY: Doubleday, Doran 1940) The Story of the Irish Nation (NY: Appleton-Century 1922).American Rainbow (NY: Liveright 1922).The Invisible Censor (NY: Huebsch 1921).ed., On American Books (BW Huebsch 1920).Ireland: A Study in Nationalism (NY: Huebsch 1918). ![]()
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![]() The Making of Modern Japan charts these changes: the social engineering begun with the founding of the shogunate in 1600, the emergence of village and castle towns with consumer populations, and the diffusion of samurai values in the culture. Since 1600 Japan has undergone three periods of wrenching social and institutional change, following the imposition of hegemonic order on feudal society by the Tokugawa shogun the opening of Japan's ports by Commodore Perry and defeat in World War II. A distillation of more than fifty years' engagement with Japan and its history, it is the crowning work of our leading interpreter of the modern Japanese experience. Magisterial in vision, sweeping in scope, this monumental work presents a seamless account of Japanese society during the modern era, from 1600 to the present. ![]() ![]() ![]() He discussed the devil's plan to overturn the plantation and churches with the help of witches. Mather began with an explanation of how the people of God were living in the devil's territories. He continued in this role from 1685 until his death in 1728. After graduating from Harvard College, he followed in his father's footsteps, becoming pastor of the Second Church of Boston. Robert Calef published a refutation of Mather's book in 1700.Ĭotton Mather was born in 1663. A copy of Glanvill's book was in Mather's library when he died. ![]() Its arguments are largely derivative of Saducismus Triumphatus by Joseph Glanvill. Mather saw witches as tools of the devil in Satan's battle to "overturn this poor plantation, the Puritan colony", and prosecution of witches as a way to secure God's blessings for the colony. It espoused the belief that witchcraft was an evil magical power. The book defended Mather's role in the witchhunt conducted in Salem, Massachusetts. It was subtitled, Observations As well Historical as Theological, upon the Nature, the Number, and the Operations of the Devils. The Wonders of the Invisible World was a book written by Cotton Mather and published in 1693. ![]() The professional by subroto bagchi ebook6/10/2023 ![]() ![]() Learn about successful companies "doing good," such as TOMS Shoes, Newman's Own, Red Barn, and Ben & Jerry's and those that didn't (Countrywide Mortgage and Wells Fargo, among others). ![]() ![]() He passionately believes that these are the secrets to personal and professional happiness and success. Peter Milewski tells you why and how you, personally, can feel good and do well by doing good too. These are the true-life examples of corporate social responsibility that this book relies on to make its point. ![]() This book looks to successful small and medium-sized companies contributing to communities, and the far-sighted corporate executives we never hear about who, while successful, are also happy. The truth is that wealth rarely guarantees happiness. All too often we are presented stories about extremely wealthy people who are held up as role models for a successful life. Beating the system and amassing material wealth may make an epic movie plot, but in real life, greed is the recipe for painful economic failure for business and society-and working men and women. The Secret to Happiness and Success "Greed is good," said Gordon Gekko, played by Michael Douglas in the iconic movie Wall Street. ![]() The Hidden People by Alison Littlewood6/10/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() It is 1851 when a young Albie meets his cousin Lizzie for the first time at the Great Exhibition. ![]() This book had all the elements of a dark historical mystery or good horror tale, but lacked the pacing of one, and I think that’s where it might have missed its mark. And yet…I don’t know if I felt as fully engaged as I could be. Littlewood also writes wonderfully and has a flair for bringing a historical setting to life. There’s no doubt that the story is utterly atmospheric, full of the kind of beautiful, exquisite detail that slowly creeps up on you. Thus when I found out about The Hidden People, I saw this book as the perfect place to start. I’m always up for a good changeling story, and Alison Littlewood is an author I’ve been meaning to read for a long time. Publisher: Jo Fletcher Books (November 1, 2016) This does not affect the contents of my review and all opinions are my own. ![]() I received a review copy from the publisher. Book Review: The Hidden People by Alison Littlewood ![]() Bo & Mzzz Mad by Sid Fleischman6/9/2023 ![]() ![]() |a When his father dies, Bo Gamage warily moves to the Mojave Desert home of his distant and estranged relatives, the Martinkas, and finds that "Mad" lives up to her name, PawPaw despises him, and Aunt Juna hopes he'll help search for the gold mine that started a family feud. |a New York : |b Greenwillow Books, |c c2001. Award winning author Sid Fleischman again blends the broadly comic with. ![]() ![]() ![]() One such book is the autobiography of one of the greatest men of the millennium, a man who traversed the journey from being ordinary and average to becoming a Mahatma in his own lifetime. However, a few books have the power to change lives. His autobiography, “The Story of My Experiments With Truth.” My Experiments With Truth – Mahatma Gandhi’s Autobiography The most impactful of the literary legacy bequeathed by the Mahatma to the men and women of India must be the story of his own life and his experiments with Truth. The Sabarmati Ashram in Ahmedabad has a rich repository of his writings which includes over 50,000 rare books. His rich literary legacy ranges from commentaries on the Bhagavad Gita to simple letters written in his own hand that discuss complete truths. His wisdom and depth of understanding of the basic values and principles inherent to Indian culture, come through in his writings. Mahatma Gandhi in his lifetime was a prolific writer. Quick Facts About The Story of My Experiments With Truth. ![]() ![]() My Experiments With Truth – Traveling First Class In South Africa.My Experiments With Truth – Stealing And Confession.My Experiments With Truth – The School Inspector.Some Inspiring Incidents From The Story of My Experiments With Truth.My Experiments With Truth – Mahatma Gandhi’s Autobiography. ![]() ![]() ![]() 'The Wedding Trousseau and Other Short Stories' is a collection of eleven short tales of fiction which is inspired by the various shades of life( a welcome change from the assembly line 'anthologies of love' which hit the book stores every other week!).Though the stories don't have a common theme or character which link them,it's pretty evident that they are based on real people and incidents whom the author has met with/experienced in her day to day life. ![]() ![]() Short Fiction is the 'in' thing in the desi publishing arena. ( Ankita Sharma is a blogger and independent publisher,'The Wedding Trousseau.' is her debut work as an author.You can read her blog posts at hummingwords) ![]() Debord society of the spectacle6/9/2023 ![]() ![]() The extraordinary new conditions in which this entire generation has lived constitute a comprehensive summary of all that, henceforth, the spectacle will forbid and also all that it will permit. Quite simply, the spectacle’s domination has succeeded in raising a whole generation moulded to its laws. “In all that has happened in the last twenty years, the most important change lies in the very continuity of the spectacle. Now finally available in a superb English translation approved by the author, Debord’s text remains as crucial as ever for understanding the contemporary effects of power, which are increasingly inseparable from the new virtual worlds of our rapidly changing image / information culture. Everything that was directly lived has moved away into. From its publication amid the social upheavals of the 1960s to the present, the volatile theses of this book have decisively transformed debates on the shape of modernity, capitalism, and everyday life in the late twentieth century. Debord: In societies where modern conditions of production prevail, all of life presents itself as an immense accumulation of spectacles. Few works of political and cultural theory have been as enduringly provocative as Guy Debord’s Society of the Spectacle. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() School shootings are a fairly new epidemic, one of the most well-known being Columbine. This book is, quite frankly, an insult to all the victims, direct and indirect, of school shootings. Nijkamp portrays the events thoughtfully, recounting fifty-four intense minutes of bravery, love, and loss." -BookRiot "A compelling, brutal story of an unfortunately all-too familiar situation: a school shooting. 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