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Hera (Paperback)
Jennifer Saint
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When Hera, immortal goddess and daughter of the ancient Titan Cronus,
helps her brother Zeus to overthrow their tyrannical father, she dreams
of ruling at his side.
As they establish their reign on Mount Olympus, Hera suspects that Zeus
might be just as ruthless and cruel as the father they betrayed.
She was always born to rule, but must she lose herself in perpetuating
this cycle of violence and cruelty? Or can she find a way to forge a
better world?
Often portrayed as the jealous wife or the wicked stepmother, this
retelling captures the many sides of Hera, vengeful when she needs to
be but also compassionate and most importantly, an all-powerful queen
to the gods.
The Little Prince is a modern fable, and for readers far and wide
both the title and the work have exerted a pull far in excess of
the book's brevity. Written and published first by Antoine de
St-Exupery in 1943, only a year before his plane disappeared on a
reconnaissance flight, it is one of the world's most widely
translated books, enjoyed by adults and children alike. In the
meeting of the narrator who has ditched his plane in the Sahara
desert, and the little prince, who has dropped there through time
and space from his tiny asteroid, comes an intersection of two
worlds, the one governed by the laws of nature, and the other
determined only by the limits of imagination. The world of the
imagination wins hands down, with the concerns of the adult world
often shown to be lamentably silly as seen through the eyes of the
little prince. While adult readers can find deep meanings in his
various encounters, they can also be charmed back to childhood by
this wise but innocent infant. This popular translation contains
the author's own delightful illustrations, bringing to visual life
the small being at the tale's heart, and a world of fantasy far
removed from any quotidian reality. It is also a sort of love
story, in which two frail beings, the downed pilot and the
wandering infant-prince who has left behind all he knows, share
their short time together isolated from humanity and finding
sustenance in each other. This is a book which creates a unique
relationship with each reader, whether child or adult.
Few books have been as universally cherished by children and adults
alike as The Little Prince. A beautiful gift edition of this
touching and wise classic children's book, with the original
translation by Katherine Woods and full-colour illustrations. A
pilot stranded in the desert awakes one morning to see the most
extraordinary little fellow standing before him. "Please,... asks
the stranger, "draw me a sheep.... And the pilot realises that when
life's events are too difficult to understand, there is no choice
but to succumb to their mysteries. He pulls out a pencil and paper
... and thus begins this wise and enchanting fable that, in
teaching the secret of what is really important in life, has
changed the world forever for its readers. This stunning new
edition of the classic children's book The Little Prince, includes
the classic English translation by Katherine Woods and original
colour illustrations which will capture the hearts of readers of
all ages. Antoine de Saint-Exupery (1900-1944) was born in Lyons,
France. He wrote The Little Prince in the United States during a
two-year self-imposed exile from occupied France. A year after the
book's publication in 1943, Saint-Exupery disappeared over the
Mediterranean while flying a reconnaissance mission for his French
air squadron. Best known throughout the world as the author and
illustrator of The Little Prince, Saint-Exupery wrote several other
books that have also become classics of world literature. Katherine
Woods (1886-1968) produced the original English translation of The
Little Prince in 1943. It was later followed by several other
English translations, but her classic translation is treasured by
fans and is often considered to be the definitive English
translation. Her poetic translation perfectly captures the
enchantment and charm of Saint-Exupery's storytelling.
Tense Future falls into two parts. The first develops a critical
account of total war discourse and addresses the resistant
potential of acts, including acts of writing, before a future that
looks barred or predetermined by war. Part two shifts the focus to
long interwar narratives that pit both their scale and their formal
turbulence against total war's portrait of the social totality,
producing both ripostes and alternatives to that portrait in the
practice of literary encyclopedism. The book's introduction grounds
both parts in the claim that industrialized warfare, particularly
the aerial bombing of cities, intensifies an under-examined form of
collective traumatization: a pretraumatic syndrome in which the
anticipation of future-conditional violence induces psychic wounds.
Situating this claim in relation to other scholarship on "critical
futurities," Saint-Amour discusses its ramifications for trauma
studies, historical narratives generally, and the historiography of
the interwar period in particular. The introduction ends with an
account of the weak theory of modernism now structuring the field
of modernist studies, and of weak theory's special suitability for
opposing total war, that strongest of strong theories.
Foams are ubiquitous in our daily lives. Their presence is highly
desirable in certain foods, drinks and cosmetics, and they are
essential in oil recovery and mineral extraction. In some
industrial processes (such as the manufacture of glass, paper and
wine) foams are an unwelcome by-product. Why do they appear? What
controls the rate at which they disappear? Do they flow in the same
way as ordinary liquids? All of these questions and more are
addressed here, incorporating significant recent contributions to
the field of foams. This book is the first to provide a thorough
description of all aspects of the physico-chemical properties of
foams. It sets out what is known about their structure, their
stability, and their rheology. Engineers, researchers and students
will find descriptions of all the key concepts, illustrated by
numerous applications, as well as experiments and exercises for the
reader. A solutions manual for lecturers is available via the
publisher's web site.
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The Little Prince (Paperback)
Louise Greig, Antoine De Saint-Exupery; Illustrated by Sarah Massini
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R209
R184
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Antoine de Saint-Exupéry's tender and magical classic fable,
adapted for picture book readers for the very first time! A
beautiful gift edition of this touching and wise classic children's
book. The characters of Antoine de Saint-Exupéry's classic tale
have captured the hearts of generations of readers. Meet the pilot
stranded in the desert. Meet the Little Prince who tends his
beautiful rose on a planet of his own. Follow him as he embarks on
a strange and wonderful journey to puzzling new planets and finally
to Earth, where he discovers the nature of love. ‘Will enchant
little ones’ – The Times ‘Brilliant and beautiful’ – The
Scotsman Adapted by award-winning poet Louise Greig, author of the
Greenaway-medal-nominated Sweep and The Night Box, with enchanting
new artwork from the critically acclaimed illustrator of The
Velveteen Rabbit and Star in the Jar.
Copyright looms large in the digital world. As users and creators
of expressive works, we all know more about copyright than we did a
decade ago. But scholars of modernism have felt a special urgency
in grappling with this branch of law, whose rapid expansion in
recent years has prolonged or revived the rights in many modernist
works. Indeed, thanks to public clashes between estates and users,
'modernism' has lately begun to seem like a byword for contested
intellectual property. At the same time, today's volatile legal
climate has prompted us to ask how modernism was, from its
beginning, shaped by intellectual property law-and how modernists
sought variously to exploit, reform, anoint, and evade copyright.
We are beginning to discover, too, how copyright's transatlantic
and imperial asymmetries during the modernist decades helped set
the stage for its geopolitical role in the new millennium.
Modernism and Copyright is the first book to take up these
questions and discoveries in all their urgency. A truly
multi-disciplinary study, it brings together essays by well-known
scholars of literature, theater, cinema, music, and law as well as
by practicing lawyers and caretakers of modernist literary estates.
Its contributors' methods are as diverse as the works they discuss:
Ezra Pound's copyright statute and Charlie Parker's bebop
compositions feature here, as do early Chaplin, EverQuest, and the
Madison Avenue memo. As our portrait of modernism expands and
fragments, Modernism and Copyright locates works like these on one
of the few landscapes they all clearly share: the uneven terrain of
intellectual property law.
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The Little Prince (Hardcover)
Antoine De Saint-Exupery, Louise Greig; Illustrated by Sarah Massini
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R513
R478
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Antoine de Saint-Exupéry's tender and magical classic fable, adapted as
a brand-new pop-up book!
Please – draw me a sheep.
I blinked.
The voice belonged to a charming little prince.
The characters of Antoine de Saint-Exupéry's classic tale have captured
the hearts of generations of readers. Meet the pilot stranded in the
desert. Meet the Little Prince who tends his beautiful rose on a planet
of his own. Follow him as he embarks on a strange and wonderful journey
to puzzling new planets and finally to Earth, where he discovers the
nature of love. Now with enchanting pop-ups that bring iconic scenes to
life!
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The Little Prince (Hardcover)
Antoine De Saint-Exupery, Louise Greig; Illustrated by Sarah Massini
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R309
Discovery Miles 3 090
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Antoine de Saint-Exupery's tender and magical classic fable,
adapted for picture book readers for the very first time! Please -
draw me a sheep. I blinked. The voice belonged to a charming little
prince. The characters of Antoine de Saint-Exupery's classic tale
have captured the hearts of generations of readers. Meet the pilot
stranded in the desert. Meet the Little Prince who tends his
beautiful rose on a planet of his own. Follow him as he embarks on
a strange and wonderful journey to puzzling new planets and finally
to Earth, where he discovers the nature of love. 'Will enchant
little ones' - The Times 'Brilliant and beautiful' - The Scotsman
Adapted by award-winning poet Louise Greig, author of the
Greenaway-medal-nominated Sweep and The Night Box, with enchanting
new artwork from the critically acclaimed illustrator of The
Velveteen Rabbit and Star in the Jar.
A stunning new 80th anniversary hardback edition of this classic
fable. A wise and enchanting fable that, in teaching the secret of
what is really important in life, has changed the world forever for
its readers. Often seen as a symbol of childhood innocence, Antoine
de Saint-Exupery’s best-selling book The Little Prince is
cherished by children and adults alike across the globe. Ideal for
children aged 7 and up. This beautiful new anniversary edition
contains the definitive translation by Katherine Woods and all the
original illustrations. The Little Prince joins the ranks of A
Little Princess, The Secret Garden & Peter Pan as a genuine
children's classic of the twentieth century. Antoine De
Saint-Exupéry was born in 1900 in Lyon. In 1921, he began his
training as a pilot By 1926, he had became one of the pioneers of
international postal flight. In 1935 he embarked on a
record-breaking attempt to fly from Paris to Saigon. Nineteen hours
into the flight, his plane crashed in the Sahara desert. He
survived the crash but spent three days battling dehydration,
limited food and hallucinations. On the fourth day, the was
rescued. In part, this experience was the inspiration for The
Little Prince. He continued to fly until World War II, during which
he took self-imposed exile. On 31 July 1944, he disappeared over
the Mediterranean while flying a reconnaissance mission.
The Little Prince is a modern fable, and for readers far and wide both the title and the work have exerted a pull far in excess of the book’s brevity. Written and published first by Antoine de St-Exupéry in 1943, only a year before his plane disappeared on a reconnaissance flight, it is one of the world’s most widely translated books, enjoyed by adults and children alike.
In the meeting of the narrator who has ditched his plane in the Sahara desert, and the little prince, who has dropped there through time and space from his tiny asteroid, comes an intersection of two worlds, the one governed by the laws of nature, and the other determined only by the limits of imagination. The world of the imagination wins hands down, with the concerns of the adult world often shown to be lamentably silly as seen through the eyes of the little prince. While adult readers can find deep meanings in his various encounters, they can also be charmed back to childhood by this wise but innocent infant. This popular translation contains the author’s own delightful illustrations, bringing to visual life the small being at the tale’s heart, and a world of fantasy far removed from any quotidian reality. It is also a sort of love story, in which two frail beings, the downed pilot and the wandering infant-prince who has left behind all he knows, share their short time together isolated from humanity and finding sustenance in each other.
This is a book which creates a unique relationship with each reader, whether child or adult.
The Little Prince describes his journey from planet to planet, each
tiny world populated by a single adult. It's a wonderfully
inventive sequence, which evokes not only the great fairy tales but
also such monuments of postmodern whimsy.
The author pokes similar fun at a businessman, a geographer,
and a lamplighter, all of whom signify some futile aspect of adult
existence.
"The Confessions" is an all time number one Christian classic -- an
extended poetic, passionate, intimate prayer written by St.
Augustine because he felt called by God to make this confession.
Rowan Williams, former Archbishop of Canterbury, calls Boulding's
translation "a different level of excellence from practically
anything else on the market. She has perfected an elegant and
flowing style." This 2nd edition includes a long-awaited annotated
bibliography.
Teaching Christianity is the most original book Augustine ever
wrote. It is not so much a treatise or scholarly work but an
instruction manual on how to teach Christianity. He wrote this how
to book for those who would be preaching and explaining
Christianity. It is entirely based on the bible and helps the
reader express its truths of faith with soundproof methodology. It
is a book that will help readers to communicate their message in a
clear and effective way. Edmund Hills new translation of Augustines
treatise On Christian Doctrine is superb. His early and mature
thought on how to understand scripture and how to communicate that
understanding to others is set forth clearly and attractively. The
translator has shown great discernment in his choice of words and
in their placement. This makes for a smooth reading. Extremely
valuable are the scholarly endnotes provided after each of the four
books. The new title chosen by Edmund Hill, namely, Teaching
Christianity indicates that Augustine is here instructing the
African clergy, probably the bishops, how to preach effectively to
their congregations. The treatise is not focused on doctrine. Sr.
Mary T. Clark, RSCJ Manhattanville College President, Society for
Medieval and Renaissance Philosophy
'The Little Prince' is the most translated book in the French
language. Both moral fable and spiritual autobiography, it is the
story of a little boy who lives alone on a planet not much bigger
than himself, who leaves it to travel round the universe.
Few books have been as universally cherished by children and adults
alike as The Little Prince. A beautiful slip-cased gift edition of
this touching and wise classic children's book, with the original
translation by Katherine Woods and full-colour illustrations. A
pilot stranded in the desert awakes one morning to see the most
extraordinary little fellow standing before him. “Please…’
asks the stranger, “draw me a sheep…’ And the pilot realises
that when life’s events are too difficult to understand, there is
no choice but to succumb to their mysteries. He pulls out a pencil
and paper … and thus begins this wise and enchanting fable that,
in teaching the secret of what is really important in life, has
changed the world forever for its readers. This stunning new
edition of the classic children's book The Little Prince, includes
the classic English translation by Katherine Woods and original
colour illustrations which will capture the hearts of readers of
all ages. Featuring bonus non-fiction content, exploring the
history of The Little Prince, the real-life plane crash that
inspired the story, the life of the author and more! Antoine de
Saint-Exupéry (1900-1944) was born in Lyons, France. He wrote The
Little Prince in the United States during a two-year self-imposed
exile from occupied France. A year after the book’s publication
in 1943, Saint-Exupéry disappeared over the Mediterranean while
flying a reconnaissance mission for his French air squadron. Best
known throughout the world as the author and illustrator of The
Little Prince, Saint-Exupéry wrote several other books that have
also become classics of world literature. Katherine Woods
(1886-1968) produced the original English translation of The Little
Prince in 1943. It was later followed by several other English
translations, but her classic translation is treasured by fans and
is often considered to be the definitive English translation. Her
poetic translation perfectly captures the enchantment and charm of
Saint-Exupéry’s storytelling.
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