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Madeleine Gray
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At 24, Hera is a violently unsatisfied disaster. To her, the future
is nothing but an exhausting thought exercise, one depressing
hypothetical after another. She's a mean little thing, adrift in
her own smug malaise, until her new job as an "online community
moderator" of a news outlet's online comment section-a job even
more mind-numbing than it sounds-introduces her to Arthur, a
middle-aged journalist. Though she's preferred women to men for
years now, she relishes becoming a cliché as their mutual
infatuation quickly festers into affair. She is coming apart with
want and loving every second of it! Well, except for the tiny
hiccup of Arthur's wife - and that said wife has no idea Hera
exists. With her daringly specific and intimate voice, Gray has
created an irresistible and messy love story about the terrible
allure of wanting something that promises nothing; about the joys
and indignities of coming into adulthood against the pitfalls of
the 21st century; and the winding, torturous, and often very funny
journey we take in deciding who we are and who we want to be.
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Green Dot
Madeleine Gray
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R757
R577
Discovery Miles 5 770
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Green Dot
Madeleine Gray
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R467
R380
Discovery Miles 3 800
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At 24, Hera is a violently unsatisfied disaster. To her, the future
is nothing but an exhausting thought exercise, one depressing
hypothetical after another. She's a mean little thing, adrift in
her own smug malaise, until her new job as an "online community
moderator" of a news outlet's online comment section-a job even
more mind-numbing than it sounds-introduces her to Arthur, a
middle-aged journalist. Though she's preferred women to men for
years now, she relishes becoming a cliché as their mutual
infatuation quickly festers into affair. She is coming apart with
want and loving every second of it! Well, except for the tiny
hiccup of Arthur's wife - and that said wife has no idea Hera
exists. With her daringly specific and intimate voice, Gray has
created an irresistible and messy love story about the terrible
allure of wanting something that promises nothing; about the joys
and indignities of coming into adulthood against the pitfalls of
the 21st century; and the winding, torturous, and often very funny
journey we take in deciding who we are and who we want to be.
This is the third volume of the authoritative history of the
county of Gwent, geared towards an understanding of the county's
past for the twenty-first century reader. Volume III is a highly
illustrated collection dealing with the early modern period of
Welsh history, from the creation of Monmouthshire by the Act of
Union in 1536 to the beginnings of industrialization in the later
eighteenth century.
Christianity, in its Catholic, Protestant and Nonconformist forms,
has played an enormous role in the history of Wales and in the
defining and shaping of Welsh identity over the past two thousand
years. Biblical place names, an urban and rural landscape littered
with churches, chapels, crosses and sacred sites, a bardic and
literary tradition deeply imbued with Christian themes in both the
Welsh and English languages, and the songs sung by tens of
thousands of rugby supporters at the national stadium in Cardiff,
all hint at a Christian presence that was once universal. Yet for
many in contemporary Wales, the story of the development of
Christianity in their country remains little known. While the
history of Christianity in Wales has been a subject of perennial
interest for Welsh historians, much of their work has been highly
specialised and not always accessible to a general audience.
Standing on the shoulders of some of Wales's finest historians,
this is the first single-volume history of Welsh Christianity from
its origins in Roman Britain to the present day. Drawing on the
expertise of four leading historians of the Welsh Christian
tradition, this volume is specifically designed for the general
reader, and those beginning their exploration of Wales's Christian
past.
Ranging from Ireland to India and from the first to the third
millennium, this collection brings together essays written from the
perspective of gender, politics and national and cultural
identities as well as the sociology of religion. Saints are more
than distant figures from legends and wall paintings. Their lives
and cults have been rewritten over and over again to suit changing
cultural preconceptions and social and political agendas. The
obscure Cambro-Breton saint Armel became a badge of loyalty to the
Tudor dynasty; Eastern European countries have competed to lay
claim to Cyril and Methodius, founding fathers of eastern
Christianity; the Indian mystic and poet Kabir came from a Muslim
background but was appropriated by both Hindus and Sikhs. And
perhaps most bizarrely, right-wing groups in England march under
the badge of the Middle Eastern saint George. While these ideas are
familiar to historians of"popular" religion (that slippery term) in
western Europe, they have a clear relevance to the study of
religion in other continents and other faith traditions. Ranging
from Ireland to India and from the first to the third millennium,
this collection brings together essays written from the perspective
of gender, politics and national and cultural identities as well as
the sociology of religion. The main thrust is medieval and
Christian but it also considers more recent developments in Sikh,
Hindu and Muslim cults and in the heritagisation of religion. A
substantial introduction offers an overview of the literature, sets
out theoretical frameworks and suggests further avenues for
exploration. Madeleine Gray is Professor of Ecclesiastical History
at the University of South Wales. Contributors: Diane Auslander,
Slavia Barlieva, Karen Casebier, Adam Coward, James M. Hegarty,
Kate Helsen, Andrew Hughes, John R. Black, Madeleine Gray, Svitlana
Kobets, Samantha Riches, Anne Schuchman, Jayita Sinha,
An interesting and unusual work on a little-explored field of
study. By means of the iconographic evidence, the author aims to
provide a counterbalance to the traditional studies of medieval
welsh piety with their heavy emphasis on poetic material. There are
interesting and suggestive divergences between the ideas
communicated by literary evidence and those suggested by the
surviving visual culture. In considering the importance of visual
imagery as evidence for religious beliefs, the part played by
imagery in the formation and reinforcement of a distinctive
spirituality is not ignored. The work concentrates on surviving
images from the 'golden century', but patterns of destruction and
preservation are identified, including rare works lost through
poverty and neglect.
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