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The ‘East’ in this binary formula can mean a variety of things: the Byzantine Empire, Eurasian nomads, Russia, the Crimean Khanate and the Ottoman Empire (sometimes defined all together as the ‘Turkic-Islamic world’).Īs for Byzantium, historians mostly agree with Ivan L. The ‘West’ in this formula is rather static and obvious-it is ‘Western Europe’ which begins in Poland and whose manifestations in Ukraine are the Magdeburg Law, the Reformation and Counter-Reformation, as well as the Uniate (Greek-Catholic) Church, seen as a synthesis of Western and Eastern Christianity that has managed to survive despite all the efforts of the Russian Empire and the Soviet Union to destroy it. It has been regarded as a stable metaphor, one that is simultaneously productive, open and topical. ‘Ukraine between East and West’ is one of the most common metaphors of Ukrainian historiography. Ukrania quae et Terra Cosaccorum cum vicinis Walachiae, Moldoviae, Johann Baptiste Homann (Nuremberg, 1720) The Humanities in the 21st Century: Perspectives from the Arab World and Germany.Seen Through a Spatial Lens … – Spatializations in Global Times.Rethinking East European Studies in Times of Upheaval.The Literary 1980s in the Middle East and the Maghreb.
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River of Fire, River of Water is the first introduction to its practice from a trade publisher and is written for readers with or without prior knowledge of Buddhism. The introduction of this unique form of spiritual practice is certain to enrich the growing practice of Buddhism in the United States, which is already well familiar with Zen and Tibetan traditions. Taitetsu Unno - one of the foremost authorities on Shin, or Pure Land, Buddhism - introduces us to the most popular form of Buddhism in Japan. With spiritual insight and unparalleled scholarship, Dr. The introduction of this unique form of spiritual.
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Sarah adams the enemy6/25/2023 Ha! Who am I kidding? This is Ryan we’re talking about. His interest in me is nothing but a continuation of the games we played in high school.right?īut the longer he stays, the more I wonder if I’m wrong and his tender smile and heated attentions are genuine. I must stay strong until the wedding is over and Ryan scurries back into whatever alternate universe he escaped from. He wasn’t supposed to look like this or pursue me like a sexy guided missile. I'm a successful bakery owner now, and I plan to rub every delicious detail of my life in his ugly face. Ryan Henderson is back in town for our best friends’ wedding, and I plan on showing him exactly how much I don’t care about him-or the almost kiss he ruthlessly dangled over me after graduation.Ī lot has changed since our feuding days. Twelve years since he won our war of wits by outsmarting me with a tactic I didn’t even know was allowed. It’s been twelve years since I’ve seen him. We commemorate the 10 year anniversary this week of the attacks in Benghazi, as well as the 21 year anniversary of 9/11/01.
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Jacob have i loved book6/25/2023 The analogy of Louise and Caroline to Esau and Jacob is clear. It is the grandmother who cruelly whispers to Louise the verse from the Bible from which the title is taken, where God says, "Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I hated". Her grandmother obviously favors Caroline and her sharp tongue only intensifies Louise's self-doubt. All her life, Louise has felt robbed of proper schooling, friends, mother, and even her name (Sara Louise into Wheeze), by her beautiful, talented, popular twin sister, Caroline. This thoughtful novel, set in Chesapeake Bay in the 1940s, deals with sibling rivalry and is rich in psychology, geography, and human nature. This book was reviewed by Carol Otis Hurst in Teaching K-8 Magazine.
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Tolkien finn and hengest6/25/2023 What is it about returning to Coast City or his relationship with the city that seems to be such a frequent part of Hal Jordan-centric stories? I think there's this inflection point for everybody, where it's like "Oh, I have to grow up a little bit." And I think for Hal that can be hard, especially with how impetuous and fearless he can be. And how do you reconcile being out and seeing the wonders of the universe and then coming back home? And why is coming back home more important than maybe what you did out there? And so it's kind of about maturity, because Hal isn't particularly known for his maturity. I started thinking about "What is that future? What is family? What do I really want?" And I think that's something that Hal has to come to terms with. And then at some point, I started thinking about the future. Jeremy Adams: What I can tease is that I think a lot of us, especially me, have this kind of delayed growing up period, where I was just having fun, I was doing my thing, etc. What can you tease about how Hal Jordan will grow and evolve through this story as Hal makes it back to Earth?
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White Fang: Introduction A concise biography of Jack London plus historical and literary context for White Fang. Created by the original team behind SparkNotes, LitCharts are the world's best literature guides. Buck knew no greater joy than that rough embrace and the sound of murmured oaths, and at each jerk back and forth it seemed that his heart would be shaken out of his body so great was its ecstasy. Get LitCharts A + White Fang Study Guide Next Summary Welcome to the LitCharts study guide on Jack London's White Fang. He had a way of taking Buck’s head roughly between his hands, and resting his own head upon Buck’s, of shaking him back and forth, the while calling him ill names that to Buck were love names. He never forgot a kindly greeting or a cheering word, and to sit down for a long talk with them (“gas” he called it) was as much his delight as theirs. Other men saw to the welfare of their dogs from a sense of duty and business expediency he saw to the welfare of his as if they were his own children, because he could not help it. This man had saved his life, which was something but, further, he was the ideal master. But love that was feverish and burning, that was adoration, that was madness, it had taken John Thornton to arouse. With the Judge’s sons, hunting and tramping, it had been a working partnership with the Judge’s grandsons, a sort of pompous guardianship and with the Judge himself, a stately and dignified friendship. This he had never experienced at Judge Miller’s down in the sun-kissed Santa Clara Valley. “Love, genuine passionate love, was his for the first time.
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Liminal Space by Jackie Gamber6/24/2023 Since then, liminal space images have been posted across the internet, including on Reddit, Twitter, and TikTok.īroadly, the term liminal space is used to describe a place or state of change or transition this may be physical (e.g. The aesthetic gained popularity in 2019 after a post on 4chan depicting a liminal space called the Backrooms went viral. An article from Pulse: the Journal of Science and Culture has attributed this eeriness to familiar places lacking their usually observed context. Research from the Journal of Environmental Psychology has indicated that liminal spaces may appear eerie or strange because they fall into an uncanny valley of architecture and physical places. Liminal spaces are commonly places of transition (pertaining to the concept of liminality) or of nostalgic appeal. Liminal spaces are the subject of an Internet aesthetic portraying empty or abandoned places that appear eerie, forlorn, and often surreal. An image of an empty hotel hallway, an example of a liminal space
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Word Freak by Stefan Fatsis6/24/2023 He has contributed to the anthologies Anatomy of Baseball, Top of the Order: 25 Writers Pick Their Favorite Baseball Player of All Time, The Enlightened Bracketologist and The Final Four of Everything.įatsis can be heard on 's weekly sports podcast "Hang Up and Listen." A former reporter for The Wall Street Journal, he has written for The New York Times, The Washington Post, Slate, Sports Illustrated, The Atlantic, The New Republic, Deadspin and other publications. A 10th anniversary edition of Word Freak will be published in the summer of 2011.įatsis is the author of A Few Seconds of Panic: A Sportswriter Plays in the NFL, the story of his Plimptonian journey as a training-camp placekicker for the Denver Broncos and life in the modern NFL, and Wild and Outside: How a Renegade Minor League Revived the Spirit of Baseball in America's Heartland. In Word Freak, Stefan Fatsis introduces readers to those few, exploring the underground world of colorful characters for which the Scrabble game is. The author of three books, Fatsis' national bestseller, Word Freak: Heartbreak, Triumph, Genius, and Obsession in the World of Competitive Scrabble Players, chronicled the subculture of the game and his own rise from novice to expert-level player. Since then he has been a familiar weekly voice on the games themselves and their financial, legal and social implications. Stefan Fatsis began talking about "sports and the business of sports" with the hosts of All Things Considered in 1998. The author of three books, Fatsis national bestseller, Word Freak: Heartbreak, Triumph, Genius, and Obsession in the World of Competitive Scrabble Players.
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Every falling star6/24/2023 Lee would eventually lead a gang of boys who lived by their wiles, stealing just enough to survive. His struggle is chronicled in a tightly written first-person narrative. He fended for himself for almost five years. Forced by starvation, Lee's parents left him in search of commerce or emigration. Mass hunger, public executions, and unemployment were rampant-a stark contrast to the propaganda Lee had been taught his whole life. Lee, who had known only the strict rituals and decorum of Pyongyang, was initially horrified by life in Gyeong-seong. Yet with no warning, the boy and his parents were deported to the countryside. Lee, an only child, grew up comfortably in the nation's capital of Pyongyang because his father was a well-respected member of the military. Gr 6–9-Lee pens his harrowing journey from one of North Korea's city elite to a homeless and hungry vagrant.
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The lost diary of samuel pepys6/24/2023 It’s the perfect read for fans of historical crime mysteries, which does not leave the reader disappointed. It is the summer of 1669 and England is in dire straits. It’s immersive and full of detail that you sometimes feel you are there in the book. The Lost Diary of Samuel Pepys grabs you and enthrals you from the very first page. And if the mystery isn’t solved in time, then England could be thrown into a war that would have devastating consequences. But has he got the right person? The truth may be much more sinister. Loathe to leave the pleasures of London, Samuel Pepys is sent dragging his feet to Portsmouth to find the truth about what happened.Īided by his faithful assistant, Will Hewer, he soon exposes the killer. 1 Based on the diaries of the naval administrator Samuel Pepys, it portrays life at the court of Charles II during the 1660s. And now, an investigator sent by the King to look into corruption at the Royal Navy has been brutally murdered. The Diary of Samuel Pepys is a British historical television series which was originally broadcast on the BBC in 1958. The treasury’s coffers are bare and tensions with the powerful Dutch Republic are boiling over. The diaries of Samuel Pepys have enthralled readers for centuries with their audacious wit, gripping detail, and racy assignations. The diaries of Samuel Pepys have enthralled readers for centuries with their audacious wit, gripping detail. The Lost Diary of Samuel Pepys: A novel, is the debut book by author and filmmaker Jack Jewers. Lost Diary of Samuel Pepys Jewers Jack Knihy. |