The Characterization Of An Empire

Author : Mary Katherine Yem Hing Hom
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1532646615
Total Pages : 310 pages
Book Rating : 4.14/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Characterization of an Empire written by Mary Katherine Yem Hing Hom and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2018-07-06 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Assyria—the missing link in the superpower oppressor type in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament—still suffers from modern scholarly neglect. The Characterization of an Empire aims to alleviate this neglect while also elucidating the historical biblical books that convey characterizations of Assyrians. The narratological insights gained throughout this study contribute to biblical literary studies at rigorous, detailed, sometimes deep, and sometimes complex levels. Thus, this book offers to be not only a contribution to the general corpus of biblical literary studies, but also an expansion of our paradigms regarding the detail, depth, and complexity at which narratological intention and artistry function in the biblical text.

Author : Adrian Tchaikovsky
Publisher : Prometheus Books
ISBN 13 : 1616143398
Total Pages : 574 pages
Book Rating : 4.98/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Empire in Black and Gold written by Adrian Tchaikovsky and published by Prometheus Books. This book was released on 2010-06-28 with total page 574 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The city states of the Lowlands have lived in peace for decades, bastions of civilization, prosperity and sophistication, protected by treaties, trade and a belief in the reasonable nature of their neighbors. But meanwhile, in far-off corners, the Wasp Empire has been devouring city after city with its highly trained armies, its machines, it killing Art . . . And now its hunger for conquest and war has become insatiable. Only the aging Stenwold Maker, spymaster, artificer and statesman, can see that the long days of peace are over. It falls upon his shoulders to open the eyes of his people, before a black-and-gold tide sweeps down over the Lowlands and burns away everything in its path. But first he must stop himself from becoming the Empire's latest victim.

Author : Ramsay Muir
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 40 pages
Book Rating : 4.73/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Character of the British Empire written by Ramsay Muir and published by . This book was released on 1917 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Rae Carson
Publisher : HarperCollins
ISBN 13 : 0062691929
Total Pages : 448 pages
Book Rating : 4.27/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Empire of Dreams written by Rae Carson and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2020-04-07 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Action, adventure, betrayal, and poison add up to a winner." —Booklist New York Times–bestselling author Rae Carson makes a triumphant return to the world of her award-winning Girl of Fire and Thorns trilogy in this extraordinary stand-alone novel. Fans of Leigh Bardugo, Kendare Blake, and Tomi Adeyemi won’t want to put this book down. Red Sparkle Stone is a foundling orphan with an odd name, a veiled past, and a mark of magic in her hair. But finally—after years and years of running, of fighting—she is about to be adopted into the royal family by Empress Elisa herself. She’ll have a home, a family. Sixteen-year-old Red can hardly believe her luck. Then, in a stunning political masterstroke, the empress’s greatest rival blocks the adoption, and everything Red has worked for crumbles before her eyes. But Red is not about to let herself or the empress become a target again. Determined to prove her worth and protect her chosen family, she joins the Royal Guard, the world’s most elite fighting force. It’s no coincidence that someone wanted her to fail as a princess, though. Someone whose shadowy agenda puts everything—and everyone—she loves at risk. As danger closes in, it will be up to Red to save the empire. If she can survive recruitment year—something no woman has ever done before. New York Times–bestselling author Rae Carson returns to the world of The Girl of Fire and Thorns in this action-packed fantasy-adventure starring an iconic heroine who fights for her family and her friends, and for a place where she will belong.

Author : Muir Ramsay
Publisher : Hardpress Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9781318991501
Total Pages : 34 pages
Book Rating : 4.01/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Character of the British Empire written by Muir Ramsay and published by Hardpress Publishing. This book was released on 2016-06-23 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made available for future generations to enjoy.

Author : Gore Vidal
Publisher : Vintage
ISBN 13 : 030778424X
Total Pages : 497 pages
Book Rating : 4.47/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Empire written by Gore Vidal and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2011-02-23 with total page 497 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Empire, the fourth novel in Gore Vidal's monumental six-volume chronicle of the American past, is his prodigiously detailed portrait of the United States at the dawn of the twentieth century as it begins to emerge as a world power. ------While America struggles to define its destiny, beautiful and ambitious Caroline Sanford fights to control her own fate. One of Vidal's most in-spired creations, she is an embodiment of the complex, vigorous young nation. From the back offices of her Washington newspaper, Caroline confronts the two men who threaten to thwart her ambition: William Randolph Hearst and his protégé, Blaise Sanford, Caroline's half brother. In their struggles for power the lives of brother and sister become intertwined with those of Presidents McKinley and Roosevelt, as well as Astors, Vanderbilts, and Whitneys--all incarnations of America's Gilded Age. ------"Mr. Vidal demonstrates a political imagination and insider's sagacity equaled by no other practicing fiction writer," said The New York Times Book Review. "Like the earlier novels in his historical cycle, Empire is a wonderfully vivid documentary drama." ------With a new Introduction by the author.

Author : Nestor Miguez
Publisher : Hymns Ancient and Modern Ltd
ISBN 13 : 0334043220
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.25/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Beyond the Spirit of Empire written by Nestor Miguez and published by Hymns Ancient and Modern Ltd. This book was released on 2009 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How does empire mould human subjectivity, for instance, and how does it affect the understanding of humans within the whole of creation? This title analyzes the global empire in its political and economic dimensions, in its symbolic constructions of power, and in its general assumptions often taken for granted.

Author : Ramsay Muir
Publisher : Palala Press
ISBN 13 : 9781355513391
Total Pages : 36 pages
Book Rating : 4.91/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Character of the British Empire written by Ramsay Muir and published by Palala Press. This book was released on 2016-05-05 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Author : John W. Barker
Publisher : Univ of Wisconsin Press
ISBN 13 : 9780299039448
Total Pages : 348 pages
Book Rating : 4.47/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Justinian and the Later Roman Empire written by John W. Barker and published by Univ of Wisconsin Press. This book was released on 1966 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The eastern half of the Roman Empire, economically the stronger, did not "fall" but continued almost intact, safe in the new capital of Constantinople. This empire is the subject of John Barker Jr.'s book and the central focus of his examination of questions of continuity and change.

Author : Pyung Soo Seo
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1498200559
Total Pages : 226 pages
Book Rating : 4.54/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Luke's Jesus in the Roman Empire and the Emperor in the Gospel of Luke written by Pyung Soo Seo and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2015-03-20 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Luke provides valuable clues to an understanding of the religious and political power of the Roman Empire through Jesus's birth and trial accounts. Also, the book analyzes what role Luke's tax-related accounts play in relation to the emperor's authority. This volume presents a new argument: Luke emphasizes Jesus's interaction with tax collectors as a way of displaying his moral authority, seen in his intervening effectively with one of the most hated aspects of the empire, an aspect that the emperor was responsible for and should have dealt with. This analysis helps us examine Luke's portrayal of Jesus's authority with a focus on the titles "benefactor" and "savior." Comparisons and contrasts are to be made between Jesus and the emperor. Thus, this study discusses how Luke elevates Jesus's authority on the basis of his stance toward the emperor.