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Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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Where the Body Was
Ed Brubaker; Artworks by Sean Phillips, Jacob Phillips
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Like a true crime podcast crossed with a long-lost diary, Where the
Body Was is unlike anything Brubaker and Phillips have ever done,
and a must-have for all their avid fans! A boarding house full of
druggies. A neglected housewife. A young girl who thinks she’s a
superhero. A cop who wants to be left alone. And a Private
Detective looking for a runaway girl. These stories collide one
fateful summer in Where the Body Was, a tale of love and murder in
the suburbs, told from a dozen different points of view. All the
neighbors on the block have an opinion about the murder and how it
happened, but which of them is telling the truth? Starting with a
map of the crime scene, this murder mystery follows the ripples of
this killing as they echo through decades of love and loss and
passion and violence. Where the Body Was is a tour-de-force readers
will be obsessed with from grandmasters Ed Brubaker and Sean
Phillips—the bestselling multiple Eisner award winning creators
of Pulp, Reckless, and Criminal.
Congregations cannot exist without finances, priorities,
leadership, worship, and decision making, yet these five aspects
breed the most conflict between church members and clergy. These
conflicts unfortunately tend to bring about the most negative
consequences: drops in giving, resignation of leaders, and, perhaps
most pointedly, loss of members. The importance of congregations
and their effect on our lives is clear, yet what is less clear is
what makes conflicts in faith communities inevitable. In Promise
and Peril: Understanding and Managing Change and Conflict in
Congregations, David Brubaker brings the tools of organizational
theory and research to the task of understanding the deeper
dynamics of congregational conflict. With a doctorate in sociology
and more than twenty years working with congregational conflicts,
Brubaker helps to explore the causes and effects of conflicts on a
wide range of congregations. This book will help congregations
avoid the pitfalls of conflict and instead head toward a healthy
relationship between and among church staff and members.
This volume, on the cult of the Theotokos (Virgin Mary) in
Byzantium, focuses on textual and historical aspects of the
subject, thus complementing previous work which has centred more on
the cult of images of the Mother of God. The papers presented here,
by an international team of scholars, consider the development and
transformation of the cult from approximately the fourth through
the twelfth centuries. The volume opens with discussion of the
origins of the cult, and its Near Eastern manifestations, including
the archaeological site of the Kathisma church in Palestine, which
represents the earliest Marian shrine in the Holy Land, and Syriac
poetic treatment of the Virgin. The principal focus, however, is on
the 8th and 9th centuries in Byzantium, as a critical period when
Christian attitudes toward the Virgin and her veneration were
transformed. The book re-examines the relationship between icons,
relics and the Virgin, asking whether increasing devotion to these
holy objects or figures was related in any way. Some contributions
consider the location of relics and later, icons, in Constantinople
and other centres of Marian devotion; others explore gender issues,
such as the significance of the Virgin's feminine qualities, and
whether women and men identified with her equally as a holy figure.
The aim of this volume is to build on recent work on the cult of
the Virgin Mary in Byzantium and to explore areas that have not yet
been studied. The rationale is critical and historical, using
literary, artistic, and archaeological sources to evaluate her role
in the development of the Byzantine understanding of the ways in
which God interacts with creation by means of icons, relics, and
the Theotokos.
In The Limits of Rationality, Rogers Brubaker explores the intimate
and ambiguous interplay between Max Weber's empirical work and his
moral vision, between his historical and sociological analysis of
the 'specific and peculiar rationalism' of modern Western
civilization and his deeply ambivalent moral response to that
rationalism. Weber's ideas about rationality are central to his
sociological work, and they are central to his moral perspective.
But, these ideas are neither easily accessible nor easily
understandable, in part because Weber never systematized them, in
part because his work is usually encountered piecemeal and seldom
studied in its entirety. Brubaker reconstructs Weber's rich but
fragmented discussion of rationalism and rationalization in a
systematic fashion, thereby illuminating his empirical and moral
diagnosis of modernity - a diagnosis that remains unsurpassed in
pathos and anyalytical power. This book was first published in
1984.
This book analyses the global influence of the Byzantine Empire,
which will appeal to all those interested in Byzantine History /
This book expands upon the theme of 'Byzantium and its neighbours',
by looking into the cultural and geographical influence of
Byzantium / This book will appeal to all those interested in
Byzantine Culture and the Byzantine economy.
Two aging Civil War veterans mourned the death of their sons at a
joint funeral in Knoxville National Cemetery. One, a cavalry
general, had fought for the Union. The other had served as
surgeon/major of a Confederate cavalry regiment. They met for the
first time at the graves of their sons-two army lieutenants and
University of Tennessee graduates, killed together in Cuba during
the Spanish-American War. Newspaper accounts presented the
encounter as an example of reconciliation between North and South.
This book recounts the meeting of two families from opposing sides
of the war-both rooted in East Tennessee, a region harshly divided
by the conflict-placing their story in the context of America's
reconciliation narrative at the end of the 19th century.
The study of the family is one of the major lacunas in Byzantine
Studies. Angeliki Laiou remarked in 1989 that 'the study of the
Byzantine family is still in its infancy', and this assertion
remains true today. The present volume addresses this lacuna. It
comprises 19 chapters written by international experts in the field
which take a variety of approaches to the study of the Byzantine
family, and embrace a chronological span from the later Roman to
the late Byzantine empire. The context is established by chapters
focusing on the Roman roots of the Byzantine family, the
Christianisation of the family, and the nature of the family in
contemporaneous cultures (the late antique west and the Islamic
east). Key methodological approaches to the Byzantine family are
highlighted and discussed, in particular prosopographical and life
course approaches. The contribution of hagiography to the
understanding of the Byzantine family is analysed by several
authors; other chapters on the family and children in art and on
the archaeology of the Middle Byzantine house explore the material
evidence that can shed light on the Byzantine family. Overall, the
diversity of families that existed in Byzantium (blood, fictive,
metaphorical) is emphasised, and chapters consider the specific
cases of ascetic, monastic, aristocratic and peasant families, as
well as the imperial family, which is illuminated by the
comparative case of a Caliphal family. The volume is topped and
tailed by a Preface and an Afterword by the editors, which address
the state of the field and consider the way ahead. Thus the volume
is vital in putting the subject of the Byzantine Family in sharp
focus and setting the research agenda for the future.
Digital hyperconnectivity is a defining fact of our time. The
Silicon Valley dream of universal connection - the dream of
connecting everyone and everything to everyone and everything else,
everywhere and all the time - is rapidly becoming a reality. In
this wide-ranging and sharply argued book, Rogers Brubaker develops
an original interpretive account of the pervasive and unsettling
changes brought about by hyperconnectivity. He traces
transformations of the self, social relations, culture, economics,
and politics, giving special attention to underexplored themes of
abundance, miniaturization, convenience, quantification, and
discipline. He shows how hyperconnectivity prepared us for the
pandemic and how the pandemic, in turn, has prepared us for an even
more fully digitally mediated future. Throughout, Brubaker
underscores the ambivalence of digital hyperconnectivity, which
opens up many new and exciting possibilities, yet at the same time
threatens human freedom and flourishing. Hyperconnectivity and Its
Discontents will be essential reading for everyone interested in
the constellation of socio-technical forces that are profoundly
remaking our world.
Integrated Marketing Communication: Celebrity and the American
Political Process uses an integrated marketing communication
perspective to examine the brand of the celebrity as it is brought
into the American political system, primarily in the form of
celebrity endorsements and branding, as candidates, causes, and
movements use celebrities as a strategy to reach voters. Jennifer
Brubaker posits that while the relationship between celebrities and
political issues is hardly new, it has evolved into a significant
connection-in the past, it was a novelty to see a politically
active celebrity; today, it's becoming an expectation related to
fame. Using integrated marketing communication and persuasion
theory, Brubaker argues that establishing candidates' brand
identity is a critical factor in determining whether they win or
lose an election, and celebrity-politics relationships are a
central tool in building a candidates' brand identity. Scholars of
political science, communication, marketing, and history will find
this book particularly useful.
First published in 1995. In this study, the author provides a
lively and accessible account of the failure of the legal regime to
protect the environment. Elizabeth Brubaker explores how legal
reliance on property rights has been useful in opposing pollution
of land and water. This title will be of interest to students of
Environmental Studies, as well as to all those interest in a more
secure future for the environment.
It is often said that there is no faster path to change than great
pain, and Jack Burton has no small share when it comes to his own.
Driven by frustration and failure, a chance meeting with an
unlikely mentor propels Jack toward three extraordinary people that
plant the seeds of discovery he must now nurture and grow to find
the remedy to his misfortune. Like all great endeavors, the path is
unexpected, and Jack soon finds himself body and soul deep into the
mystery of personal philosophy and how it is inextricably woven
into the fabric of success for all.
9th-century Byzantium has always been viewed as a mid-point between
Iconoclasm and the so-called Macedonian revival; in scholarly terms
it is often treated as a 'dead' century. The object of these papers
is to question such an assumption. They present a picture of
political and military developments, legal and literary
innovations, artisanal production, and religious and liturgical
changes from the Anatolian plateau to the Greek-speaking areas of
Italy that are only now gradually emerging as distinct.
Investigation of how the 9th-century Byzantine world was perceived
by outsiders also reveals much about Byzantine success and failure
in promoting particular views of itself. The chapters here, by an
international group of scholars, embody current research in this
field; they recover many lost aspects of 9th-century Byzantium and
shed new light on the Mediterranean world in a transitional
century. The papers in this volume derive from the 30th Spring
Symposium of Byzantine Studies, held for the Society for the
Promotion of Byzantine Studies at the University of Birmingham in
March 1996.
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