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Choice - A Novel
Neel Mukherjee
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R708
Discovery Miles 7 080
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Ships in 12 - 17 working days
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“How ought one to live?†This is the question that obsesses
London-based publisher Ayush, driving him to question every act of
consumption. He embarks on a radical experiment in his own life and
the lives of those connected to him: his practical, economist
husband; their twins; and even the authors he edits and publishes.
One of those authors, a mysterious M. N. Opie, writes a story about
a young academic involved in a car accident that causes her life to
veer in an unexpected direction. Another author, an economist,
describes how the gift of a cow to an impoverished family on the
West Bengal–Bangladesh border sets them on a startling path to
tragedy. Together, these connected narratives raise the question:
How free are we really to make our own choices? In a scathing,
compassionate quarrel with the world, Neel Mukherjee confronts our
fundamental assumptions about economics, race, appropriation, and
the tangled ethics of contemporary life.
Neels Jackson, kerkjoernalis van byna 30 jaar, glo dat godsdiens
grootliks gaan oor die nakoming van Jesus se oproep om Hom te
volg. Vir hom het Jesus se liefde egter bepalende implikasies vir die
gay debat. Sy empatie en liefde vir gay mense moet verstaan word in
die lig van Jesus se onvoorwaardelike liefde vir die randfigure van sy
tyd en hoe Hy teenoor die Fariseërs opgetree het. Die skrywer
ontleed die sewe gaytekste in die Bybel binne die konteks waarin dit
geskryf is en kom tot die slotsom dat dit niks met homoseksualiteit te
doen het nie. Die skrywer vul sy argument aan met die behandeling
van 'n aantal misverstande oor gaywees en gay mense, asook ander
argumente wat gaywees as sonde veroordeel. Hy voer dan ook aan
dat Jesus se verruiming van die wet, asook die verskerping van die
wet, vir ons die riglyn moet wees.
Where will you look for the biggest, tallest or most corpulent trees in South Africa, or trees that have witnessed major events in the country’s history? These interesting specimens, and many others, are found in parks, nature reserves, on farms, on town and city streets and in private gardens – some perhaps even right on the reader’s doorstep.
Remarkable Trees of South Africa journeys into the fascinating world of trees. Written in an easy, anecdotal style, the authors relate, in text and photographs, the historical, cultural and economical significance of South Africa’s trees. Also included are accounts of the major tree families, as well as an overview of trees as monuments and in botanical gardens, parks and arboreta.
Now in its second edition, the text has been completely updated with additional information on Champion Trees and the authors’ selection of the Big Five Trees of South Africa. Presented as a coffee-table book with full-colour photographs throughout, anyone with an interest in history and nature, South African flora in particular, will find this book an essential addition to their home library.
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.
A book of moral and religious reflections written by a Carolingian
noblewoman for her teenage son in the middle of the 9th century.
Intended as a guide to right conduct, the book was to be shared in
time with William's younger brother. Dhuoda's situation was
poignant. Her husband, Bernard, the count of Septimania, was away
and she was separated from her children. William was being held by
Charles the Bald as a guarantee of his father's loyalty, and the
younger son's whereabouts were unknown. As war raged in the
crumbling Carolingian Empire, the grieving mother, fearing for the
spiritual and physical welfare of her absent sons, began in 841 to
write her loving counsel in a handbook. Two years later she sent it
to William. The book memorably expresses Dhuoda's maternal
feelings, religious fervor and learning. In teaching her children
how they might flourish in God's eyes, as well as humanity's,
Dhuoda reveals the authority of Carolingian women in aristocratic
households. She dwells on family relations, social order, the
connection between religious and military responsibility, and,
always, the central place of Christian devotion in a noble life.
One of the few surviving texts written by a woman in the Middle
Ages, Dhuoda's ""Liber manualis"" was available in only two faulty
Latin manuscripts until a third, superior one was discovered in the
1950s. This English translation is based on the 1975 critical
edition and French translation by Pierre Riche. Now available for
the first time in paperback, it includes an afterword written by
Carol Neel that takes into account recent scholarship and the 1991
revised edition of Riche's text.
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