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La Soeur (1645) is one of the liveliest and most successful comedies by Jean Rotrou. It is an ingenious adaptation, long unidentified, of an Italian comedy, La Sorella (c.1584), by the polygraph Giambattista Della Porta; sometimes it remains close to the original text, at other times it is bold in eliminating superfluous material and in imparting a convincingly French flavour to the dialogue. The introduction to this new edition assesses the originality of Rotrou’s adaptation. The notes are devoted above all to linguistic questions and to the many exotic allusions found in the text.

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The Death Ship tells the story of an American sailor, stateless and penniless because he has lost his passport, who is harassed by police and hounded across Europe until he finds an 'illegal' job shoveling coal in the hold of a steamer bound for destruction.The Death Ship is the first of B. Traven's politically charged novels about life among the downtrodden, which have sold more than thirty million copies in thirty-six languages. Next to The Treasure of the Sierra Madre, it is his most celebrated work

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It’s the mother of all cat books. The book that gave new meaning to wacka-wacka and forever redefined it.Cat is the classic that started it all. It gave a voice to catmaniacs around the country and launched an entire genre in publishing and licensing. Everybody went crazy.“Neither cute nor mysterious but instead simply and irreverently, even raucously, very funny.”—Village Voice.

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Don Isaac Abravanel (1437–1508) was a major historical figure during the waning of the Middle Ages. Statesman, diplomat, courtier, and financier, he was, at the same time, a scholar of encyclopedic learning, a philosopher, an exegete, a prolific author, a mystic, and an apocalyptist. In Abravanel, B. Netanyahu suggests, two long lines of tradition met and concluded: that of medieval Jewish statesmen and that of medieval Jewish philosophers. In what is both a biography and an exploration of Abravanel's thought and influence, Netanyahu describes how Abravanel illuminated the grave crisis and profound transformation experienced by the Jewish people after the Spanish expulsion. First published in 1953, Don Isaac Abravanel has been out of print for several years. This new edition includes revisions in the text, notes, and bibliography.

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Give your toddler or preschooler hours of fun as they color and learn their ABCs and numbers along the way!The Born to Be Wild coloring book includes 62 colorable pages and teaches young children fundamental learning concepts like letters, numbers, counting, and animals. Give it to your child and let them enjoy coloring on their own, or use the book with them as you help them identify the animals on each page and learn to count and recite their numbers and ABCs. Letters: Coloring pages to practice ABCs Numbers: Color 1-10 and practice counting with pictures of nature items like the sun, palm trees, ladybugs, and more Animals: 26 cute coloring pages featuring animals like a dolphin, monkey, rabbit, turtle, and zebra! Perforated Pages: One-sided coloring pages that are easily removable so you can display on the fridge afterward! Big, Simple Pictures: Perfect for little hands!Each adorable illustration featured in this toddler coloring book was created by bestselling artist Brita Lynn Thompson, aka @zenspiredesigns!

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Accompany woodsman Ben Law as he celebrates the amazing diversity of craft products made from materials sourced directly from the woods. Including brooms, rakes, pegs, spoons, chairs, baskets, fencing, yurts and even a caravan, the items are hewn from freshly cut green wood, shaped by hand and infused with a simple, rustic beauty. Detailed instructions and advice are given for each craft, along with essential knowledge about tools and devices. With fascinating information on the history, language and traditions of the crafts, coppice management and tree species, this book teaches about all aspects of the low-impact woodland way of life.

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The purpose of this book is to introduce the field of bioinformatics to financial modelling. It focuses on the way information informs price, and constructs a framework to explain information generation and the agglomeration process, enabling the reader to make more effective financial decisions. Based on all aspects of applied finance, this book uses informational analysis to help the reader understand the similarities between biomathematics and financial mathematics.

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Absolutely the most thorough guide to pastel materials and techniques ever assembled in a single volume, this is the book for anyone working with pastels, from beginners to experienced artists looking to develop more professional skills.Defining the pastel medium broadly—color in stick form to be used for drawing and painting simultaneously—the author creates works of sensuous textures and colors, ranging from subtle to intense. He uses traditional soft and hard pastels, as well as oil pastels and oil sticks, showing the effects produced by each in step-by-step demonstrations. Included are sophisticated ways to combine pastels with water, acrylic, alkyd gels, and oil paint for stunning mixed-media results.

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Pyrography, the art of 'drawing with fire' by burning designs onto a medium, is an ancient craft practised worldwide. This book presents 25 original pyrography projects in easy-to-follow step-by-step style that are suitable for the absolute beginner to master. The readers will love the clear and simple format which takes away the mystery behind achieving great results. The 25 projects include: door plaques, coasters, key fobs, letter opener, coat hook hanger, jotter board, picture frame, letter holder, trinket box, bread board and many more...This book includes detailed information on tools, equipment and materials. It is suitable for beginner level, with clear instructions and illustrations. All techniques are fully explained and illustrated in full colour throughout.

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Publius Ovid (43 BC-17/18 AD) describes in his Metamorphoses Niobe’s transformation into a weeping rock. Niobe’s transformation incorporates the form and matter of the medium of sculpture. According to the humanist paragone debate, painting and sculpture struggle to be the medium with the highest qualities of virtuosity. Aby Warburg (1866-1929) refers to the Niobe motif’s Nachleben in his Tafel 5: Beraubte Mutter. (Niobe, Flucht und Schrecken). This displays the images of both the bereaved mother (Niobe) and the murderous mother (Medea). The montage also introduces the theme of the descent to the underworld. It becomes clear how the cluster of motifs around the figure of Niobe - hybris, lamentatio and the chthonic substrate - functions as a direct entry to a bipolar hermeneutics of the visual medium: the ‘historical psychology of human expression’ that navigates between Apollo and Dionysus. The 'weeping rock' that according to legend still stands on Mount Sipylus in Turkey, draws upon deeper anthropological patterns. Petrification indicates inertia, frigidity and a Medusan psychosis of fear. In nature, stones and rocks have a 'slumbering insistence' that can be captivating. Stones are after all visible but impenetrable, they index an irrevocable absence in their presence, and ‘have abode’ in an otherworldly region of utter blindness and silence. From a psychoanalytical perspective, Niobe’s petrifaction symbolises the straitening of her life and the loss of anima within a culture divorced from authentic feeling, nature, and instinct. Here Niobe meets Echo.

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This volume contains sixteen papers on Eastern Christian liturgies: on their origins, historical developments, current practices, and their theologies. The subjects range from initiation in Syriac Christianity to the origins of the feast of the Ark of the Covenant, and to the Book of Hours of Armenia and Jerusalem; from Coptic liturgy to an ancient Ethiopian catechesis with liturgical comments, and to the Palestinian Typicon; from Byzantine vesting rituals to the rite of marriage in the South-Slavic tradition, and to the fifteenth-century Archbishop Symeon of Thessalonica; from present-day Romanian liturgy `between Greeks and Slavs’ to Catholic veneration of Russian saints, and to the American Orthodox monastery of New Skete; and from the interactive web 2.0 to Robert Taft looking back on his impressive academic career. Thus the Society of Oriental Liturgy, dedicated to inquiries into the manifold worship traditions of the Eastern Churches, once more demonstrates that its research is an attractive cornucopia.

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Ce volume contient les actes d'un double colloque qui s'est tenu à Louvain-la-Neuve et à Poitiers en mai 2013 pour célébrer le bicentenaire de la Science de la logique de Hegel et qui a réuni quelques-uns des meilleurs spécialistes internationaux du philosophe allemand. La thématique autour de laquelle s'organise la réflexion est celle de l'identité: la logique spéculative de Hegel, pivot du système tout entier, est-elle en fin de compte foncièrement identitaire, une «fabrique d'identité», ne creusant la différence que pour mieux l'assimiler, ou bien faut-il entendre autrement, de façon plus créative et originale, la manière dont elle articule identité et différence? Telle est la question décisive que selon diverses perspectives - historique, systématique, critique - les contributions de ce volume s'attachent à creuser.

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La spiritualité bernardine et la fin’amor se rejoignent en de nombreux points, particulièrement dans l’exercice des vertus et le rejet des vices. La pratique de l’humilité et le renoncement à l’orgueil, ainsi que la question de l’accord des volontés, sont constants dans les deux expressions d’un amour qui doit conduire au perfectionnement des protagonistes humains, ainsi qu’à une joie ineffable. Néanmoins, le cheminement spirituel de Bernard de Clairvaux est parsemé de revirements et de doutes, tandis que les troubadours se révoltent contre Amour, entité universelle, au pouvoir quasi absolu. Dans les deux cas, il ne s’agit pas de l’expression d’un amour fou, balayant les contraintes sociales. Les excès en sont limités par la raison, constitutive de l’âme humaine chez Bernard, et la mezura des poètes. Ce qui n’exclut pas l’expression du désir, désir de Dieu ou désir de la dame. Les troubadours ont aussi chanté la seule satisfaction des sens.

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The present volume is intended as a special present on the occasion of Professor Marc Vervenne’s retirement from the Faculty of Theology of the Catholic University of Leuven (KU Leuven). It intends to honour Marc Vervenne as an academic scholar, deeply engaged in the research of Ancient Hebrew literature. The book opens by the editors’ presentation of Marc Vervenne’s scientific biography and bibliography. Thereafter, and against the background of his own main interests in textual criticism, redaction criticism and linguistic-grammatical research, predominantly on texts of the Pentateuch, this volume equally presents a selection of contributions in those three domains. In admiration, respect and true friendship for Marc Vervenne, more than thirty colleagues from all over the world have contributed to this volume. In the first part, `The Pentateuch in Texts, Themes, and Methods’, scholars focus on Pentateuch texts from a multiplicity of methods and perspectives: historical research, historical-critical exegesis, literary criticism, redaction-criticism, themes and theology, reception history and narrative criticism. The second part, entitled `Textual Criticism’, deals with text-critical approaches of the text, on the basis of different textual witnesses with their own respective redaction and theology; it also discusses the close relationship and methodological intertwinement of textual and literary criticism in the current scholarly debate. In the third and final part, several perspectives on `Hebrew Language and Linguistics’ are offered against the background of Marc Vervenne’s interest in grammar and linguistics. The title of this volume reflects his first love for the book of Exodus and especially the Sea Narrative, which guided his whole career. The present volume is intended as a special present on the occasion of Professor Marc Vervenne’s retirement from the Faculty of Theology of the Catholic University of Leuven (KU Leuven). It intends to honour Marc Vervenne as an academic scholar, deeply engaged in the research of Ancient Hebrew literature. The book opens by the editors’ presentation of Marc Vervenne’s scientific biography and bibliography. Thereafter, and against the background of his own main interests in textual criticism, redaction criticism and linguistic-grammatical research, predominantly on texts of the Pentateuch, this volume equally presents a selection of contributions in those three domains. In admiration, respect and true friendship for Marc Vervenne, more than thirty colleagues from all over the world have contributed to this volume. In the first part, `The Pentateuch in Texts, Themes, and Methods’, scholars focus on Pentateuch texts from a multiplicity of methods and perspectives: historical research, historical-critical exegesis, literary criticism, redaction-criticism, themes and theology, reception history and narrative criticism. The second part, entitled `Textual Criticism’, deals with text-critical approaches of the text, on the basis of different textual witnesses with their own respective redaction and theology; it also discusses the close relationship and methodological intertwinement of textual and literary criticism in the current scholarly debate. In the third and final part, several perspectives on `Hebrew Language and Linguistics’ are offered against the background of Marc Vervenne’s interest in grammar and linguistics. The title of this volume reflects his first love for the book of Exodus and especially the Sea Narrative, which guided his whole career.

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Met de Romeinse kolonisatie en pacificatie van Noord-Gallië onder keizer Augustus (27 v.Chr.-14 n.Chr.) werden verschillende nederzettingsvormen in onze streken geïntroduceerd. Naast steden, grote landbouwbedrijven (villae), boederijen en militaire kampen onderscheiden archeologen ook nog de vici. Een vicus is een landelijke nederzetting die regionale functies op vlak van religie, economie, administratie, politiek en ontspanning vervulde. Het waren belangrijke centra van ambachtelijke activiteit die gericht waren op de productie en handel van gebruiksgoederen. In Asse, Elewijt (Zemst), Kester (Gooik) en Tienen in de provincie Vlaams-Brabant wijzen archeologische sporen op de aanwezigheid van een vicus. In de publicatie `Tussen stad en platteland. De Romeinse vici van Vlaams-Brabant’ verzamelen onderzoekers van het agentschap Onroerend Erfgoed , de KU Leuven en het Koninklijk Belgisch Instituut voor Natuurwetenschappen voor het eerst alle beschikbare informatie over deze kleinhandelscentra. Bovendien worden de resultaten in het licht van de Romeinse vici in het algemeen in Vlaanderen geplaatst.

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Cette etude porte sur les discours theoriques et les dispositifs rhetoriques auxquels la fiction de langue anglaise a recours pour se legitimer, dans un contexte de ferme condamnation morale et de mepris de la part des doctes. Ces discours et ces dispositifs se deploient dans des titres, des prefaces et au coeur meme des recits. Les auteurs les mobilisent pour affirmer que leur recit contient une verite morale ou, le plus souvent, pour presenter ce dernier comme un compte rendu factuel. Cette revendication de l'historicite fait intervenir la figure du narrateur temoin, garant de la veracite des faits relates, ainsi que celle de l'editeur de manuscrit, qui s'impose a partir des annees 1700. Avec la parution de "Joseph Andrews" (1742) de Henry Fielding la fiction se met a exhiber sa propre fictionalite: elle devient auto-reflexive.This study explores the theoretical discourses and rhetorical devices used by writers to legitimate fiction at a time when it was considered immoral by theologians and despised by scholars. The use of such discourses and devices is found in titles, prefaces and throughout the narratives themselves; they are employed to assert that the narratives contain moral truths or to assert their status as fact, thus rendering the narratives acceptable to the readership. The claim to factuality is asserted by the figure of the narrator-as-witness, who guarantees the veracity of the facts relayed, and, from 1700 onwards, by that of the manuscript editor. Following the publication of Henry Fielding's "Joseph Andrews" in 1742, the fiction of the period begins to flaunt its own fictionality, marking the emergence of self-reflexive fiction.

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The author studies the thought of the Japanese philosopher Nishitani. He examines the contradictory relationship existing between his political engagement in favour of ultra-nationalism and his religious ontology based on buddhist and christian values.

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All of us form some kind of idea about what we see, hear or read in the media, not only about the content of the reports but also about the way in which they are presented and their relevance. We judge the reports as good or bad for this or that reason. And yet most people remain convinced that 'media ethics' has nothing to do with them. The term 'media ethics' leaves many people with the false impression that it refers to an exclusive specialist discipline for professionally trained experts. Ethics is not a field like biochemistry or ancient history : ethics has more to do wit the skill of being able to distinguish good institutions, actions and ideas from ones that are not so good, a skill everybody needs to exercise, certainly in this age where media are so influential. It is important for the well-being of our societies and democracies that the questions about good media are on the top of the agenda of everyone involved in it : producers, broadcasters, journalists, politicians, internet providers and media users. In this volume, well known ethicists and social scientists present their introduction to this question from various perspectives and different points of departure. With their contributions they hope to open a balanced social dialogue that will prevail over commercial and rhetorical violence.

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The analysis of metaphors constitutes an ideal point of entry into the exegesis of Biblical Hebrew poetic texts because it forces the exegete to examine the said text from a variety of perspectives. How can one discern the presence of metaphorical speech? What are the various types of metaphorical speech available to and employed by the biblical poet? How does the structure of a piece of Hebrew poetry carry its metaphorical dimensions? How did the biblical poet make use of the various types of metaphor and to what end? Can we ultimately gain access to the poet's meaning? The present study endeavours to provide at least a partial answer to these questions. In maintaining focus on the biblical text, moreover, the author hopes to anchor some of the abstractions of metaphorical theory with chosen examples taken from the so-called 'Apocalypse of Isaiah'. The Hebrew prophets constitute fertile ground in their use of metaphorical language for speaking the unspeakable, especially concerning the relationship between the people and God.

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El enigma que siempre envolvió la personalidad de B. Traven ha ido a menudo unido a la fascinación que han creado sus obras. El barco de los muertos (1926, de próxima aparición en esta misma editorial) y El tesoro de Sierra Madre que hoy presentamos (1935), entre otras, alimentaron la leyenda de un luchador por los derechos de los más débiles y enemigo de la injusticia. En ella se nos narran las aventuras de tres norteamericanos sin dinero ni trabajo en busca de oro en una mina de Sierra Madre. Alegato contra la ambición y sus consecuencias, la novela adquiere una enorme tensión dramática. Llevada al cine por John Huston con gran éxito, el lector encontrará hoy en sus páginas la frescura que le hizo ganar miles de lectores en su día.

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Ce livre porte sur la culture alimentaire byzantine, sa constitution et la manière dont elle se différencie des cultures alimentaires juive, musulmane et chrétienne occidentale. Il se penche sur ses sources d'inspiration puisqu'elle opère une synthèse entre les exigences religieuses du christianisme et les recommandations diététiques de la médecine grecque. Le choix des aliments, la préparation de la nourriture, comme sa consommation lors de repas, obéissent à des règles qui changent à travers le temps; or, durant les onze siècles de son existence, le monde byzantin a connu de profonds changements religieux, culturels et politiques. Il est entré en contact avec des populations ayant leurs propres traditions culinaires ou leurs interdits alimentaires et il a donc été soumis à des influences diverses. La culture alimentaire byzantine naît d'une rencontre entre les traditions culinaires du monde romain, les habitudes alimentaires des différentes populations du monde méditerranéen et les nouvelles règles de l'éthique alimentaire chrétienne, favorisant la frugalité, voire l'ascèse en matière d'alimentation. Le christianisme byzantin modifie les habitudes alimentaires, non pas à la manière de l'islam ou du judaïsme en établissant une liste d'aliments et de boissons interdits, conduisant à une modification des productions agricoles, mais en créant une éthique alimentaire chrétienne dans laquelle le jeûne tient une place prépondérante. Le livre étudie la mise en place d'un calendrier du jeûne, faisant alterner des périodes festives et des périodes de restrictions alimentaires. Le milieu monastique fait naître un régime ascétique rigoureux qui doit faciliter la maîtrise du corps, dans la recherche d'une proximité spirituelle avec Dieu, égale à celle des anges. La création d'un régime alimentaire ascétique par les moines a une forte influence sur le reste de la société byzantine, parce que la vie monastique y est perçue comme la voie royale pour entrer au Paradis. La société byzantine médiévale suit une version adoucie, plus modérée de cette ascèse alimentaire, qui est toutefois devenue une norme du comportement chrétien, rejetant le gourmand et, encore plus, le glouton parmi les pécheurs. Ce livre analyse la manière dont la religion s'est insérée dans l'alimentation en bénissant ou en sacralisant certains aliments, par exemple dans le rituel eucharistique. Histoire religieuse et histoire sociale se combinent donc dans ce travail pour essayer de comprendre comment s'est élaborée cette culture alimentaire byzantine que les étrangers de passage perçoivent comme différents de la leur au Moyen ge et dont les Byzantins eux-mêmes ont conscience quand ils critiquent leurs voisins, en particulier les Latins.

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