Nobodys Kingdom

Author : T.J. Winnifrith
Publisher : Andrews UK Limited
ISBN 13 : 1909930962
Total Pages : 254 pages
Book Rating : 4.64/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Nobody's Kingdom written by T.J. Winnifrith and published by Andrews UK Limited. This book was released on 2021-05-05 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Roman, Byzantine and Ottoman Empires, foreign invasion, communism and tribal conflict: these have been the realities of life in Northern Albania for centuries. In this rich and comprehensive history, Tom Winnifrith examines the many different elements that have shaped this independent and little-known region of the Balkans. He explores the fundamental division between the South of Albania and its mysterious, romantic North - more feudal, more tribal, more Catholic and more prone to Austrian and Italian influence. It is also a region less affected by Greece, both ancient and modern, and by medieval Byzantium or the Orthodox faith. Northern Albania, with a terrain and climate much harsher than the south of the country, has traditionally had little respect for law and authority while its inhabitants remain in thrall to an ancient honour code -- the kanun -- demanding blood feuds and terrible revenge. Nobody's Kingdom traces the history of this ruggedly beautiful region, frequently disturbed by both invaders and internal strife yet retaining a distinct national identity and character. From its origins in the ancient kingdom of Illyria and the Roman province of Illyricum, through Byzantine and Ottoman rule, the granting of Albanian independence in 1912, the rise and fall of communism to its current fragile democracy, Northern Albania can be seen as a cultural crossroads - especially remarkable given its mountainous and difficult landscape. This book, both scholarly and readable, is the first modern comprehensive history of Northern Albania and is a timely and accessible introduction to a remote and inaccessible region.

Author : T.J. Winnifrith
Publisher : Andrews UK Limited
ISBN 13 : 1909930954
Total Pages : 236 pages
Book Rating : 4.57/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Nobody's Kingdom written by T.J. Winnifrith and published by Andrews UK Limited. This book was released on 2021-05-05 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Roman, Byzantine and Ottoman Empires, foreign invasion, communism and tribal conflict: these have been the realities of life in Northern Albania for centuries. In this rich and comprehensive history, Tom Winnifrith examines the many different elements that have shaped this independent and little-known region of the Balkans. He explores the fundamental division between the South of Albania and its mysterious, romantic North - more feudal, more tribal, more Catholic and more prone to Austrian and Italian influence. It is also a region less affected by Greece, both ancient and modern, and by medieval Byzantium or the Orthodox faith. Northern Albania, with a terrain and climate much harsher than the south of the country, has traditionally had little respect for law and authority while its inhabitants remain in thrall to an ancient honour code -- the kanun -- demanding blood feuds and terrible revenge. Nobody's Kingdom traces the history of this ruggedly beautiful region, frequently disturbed by both invaders and internal strife yet retaining a distinct national identity and character. From its origins in the ancient kingdom of Illyria and the Roman province of Illyricum, through Byzantine and Ottoman rule, the granting of Albanian independence in 1912, the rise and fall of communism to its current fragile democracy, Northern Albania can be seen as a cultural crossroads - especially remarkable given its mountainous and difficult landscape. This book, both scholarly and readable, is the first modern comprehensive history of Northern Albania and is a timely and accessible introduction to a remote and inaccessible region.

Author : John Herridge Batt
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4.7G/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Dr. Barnardo: the Foster-father of "nobody's Children." written by John Herridge Batt and published by . This book was released on 1904 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Arnold Weinstein
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0190281960
Total Pages : 368 pages
Book Rating : 4.60/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Nobody's Home written by Arnold Weinstein and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 1993-03-11 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nobody's Home is a bold view of the American novel from its beginnings to the contemporary scene. Focusing on some of the deepest instincts of American life and culture--individual liberty, freedom of speech, constructing a life--Arnold Weinstein brilliantly sketches the remarkable career of the American self in some of the major works of the past one hundred fifty years. Weinstein contends that American writers are haunted by the twin specters of the self as a mirage, as Nobody, and by the brutal forces of culture and ideology that deny selfhood to people on the basis of money, sex, and color of skin. His central thesis is that language makes possible freedoms and accomplishments that are achievable in no other realm, and that American fiction is a fascinating record of the human fight against coercion, of the kinds of maneuvering room that we may find in life and in art. This study is unique in several respects: it offers some of the keenest readings of major American texts that have ever been written, including some of the most significant works of the past decades, and it fashions a rich and supple view of the American novel as a writerly form of freedom, in sharp contrast to today's critical emphasis on blindness and co-option.

Author : Grace Leslie Keith Johnston
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.84/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Nobody's lad, by Leslie Keith written by Grace Leslie Keith Johnston and published by . This book was released on 1880 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Dubravka Ugrešić
Publisher : Open Letter Books
ISBN 13 : 1934824003
Total Pages : 307 pages
Book Rating : 4.09/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Nobody's Home written by Dubravka Ugrešić and published by Open Letter Books. This book was released on 2008 with total page 307 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In her long career, Ugresic has published several novels (e.g., The Ministry of Pain), but she made her name with her essay collections, which have caused controversy and earned her the admiration of writers and critics abroad. In these latest musings, written over the course of several years, Ugresic leaves no stone unturned and no thought contained, doing what she does best: writing about the human condition through her own experience. Refusing to establish a central theme, she touches upon a wide range of topics: the paradox of multiculturalism, metaphors as our "defense against nightmares," the eerie similarities between capitalism and communism, and ways in which we try to rise hopelessly above our less-than-perfect existence. Along the way, she pays homage to the works of literature that have influenced her own creative process, in an effort to pay "a symbolic literary tax on narcissim" because "writing is not the humblest of vocations." Perhaps not, but Ugresic certainly knows how to balance being a critic with being criticized. Recommended for all libraries collecting cultural criticism.--Mirela Roncevic, Library Journal Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

Author : M. A. Slatton
Publisher : WestBow Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 106 pages
Book Rating : 4.79/5 ( download)

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Download or read book What Nobody Knows written by M. A. Slatton and published by WestBow Press. This book was released on 2023-07-10 with total page 106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What do you know about hearing the voice of God? How does he speak to you? In What Nobody Knows, author M. A. Slatton addresses some basic questions about walking out your faith. She discusses how God sees you and how you connect with his spirit, how to apply grace, and how to be thankful, rest, wait, and pray. Using her personal experiences, scriptural references, and moments of revelation, Slatton presents a collection of various lessons she’s learned throughout her life. The testimony offered in What Nobody Knows digs deeper into a full Christian life with inspirational words of wisdom given from a regular person who is walking it out, too.

Author : Edward Phillips Oppenheim
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 334 pages
Book Rating : 4.54/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Nobody's Man written by Edward Phillips Oppenheim and published by . This book was released on 1921 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Rosa Ehrenreich
Publisher : Human Rights Watch
ISBN 13 : 9781564322302
Total Pages : 184 pages
Book Rating : 4.00/5 ( download)

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Download or read book "Nobody's Children" written by Rosa Ehrenreich and published by Human Rights Watch. This book was released on 1999 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: To the United Nations

Author : Josephine Cox
Publisher : Canelo
ISBN 13 : 1788632990
Total Pages : 585 pages
Book Rating : 4.97/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Nobody’s Darling written by Josephine Cox and published by Canelo. This book was released on 2019-01-24 with total page 585 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this historical saga from a “born storyteller,” a woman hoping to escape poverty focuses on her career, but yearns for love (The Times & Citizen). Lizzie Miller worries about her beautiful eldest daughter. A mother shouldn’t have favorites, but Ruby wins a special place in Lizzie’s heart. Money is short in their little house in Blackburn, and Ruby yearns to give her beloved family a better life. Determined to enjoy the security only wealth can bring, she stifles her feelings for handsome Johnny Ackroyd. Ruby knows he cannot offer her the life she craves. Ruby works as a maid for Mr. Banks and his daughter, Cicely, a shy, gentle creature with few friends. The two girls hatch a mischievous plan to introduce Ruby to society at a party for the ‘gentry’ of Blackburn, where Ruby meets Luke Arnold, the dissolute heir to his father’s fortunes. Seeing Ruby's dark beauty, he determines to despoil her innocence. When Luke slyly turns his charm on Cicely, Ruby feels compelled to warn her friend of his evil nature. Ruby quickly finds employment in a milliner’s shop, and eventually takes over the business. But her worldly success still leaves an emptiness that riches cannot fill, and Ruby learns at last that the love of family and friends is beyond price . . . Praise for the writing of Josephine Cox: “Hailed quite rightly as a gifted writer in the tradition of Catherine Cookson” —Manchester Evening News “Cox’s talent as a storyteller never lets you escape.” —Daily Mail “Driven and passionate.” —The Sunday Times