The People Immortal

Author: Vasily Grossman
Publisher: New York Review of Books
ISBN: 1681376792
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 353

Book Description
The first war novel by the author of Life and Fate and a stunningly accurate portrayal of soldierly life written at the beginning of World War II. Vasily Grossman wrote three novels about the Second World War, each offering a distinct take on what a war novel can be, and each extraordinary. A common set of characters links Stalingrad and Life and Fate, but Stalingrad is not only a moving and exciting story of desperate defense and the turning tide of war, but also a monumental memorial for the countless war dead. Life and Fate, by contrast, is a work of moral and political philosophy as well as a novel, and the deep question it explores is whether or not it is possible to behave ethically in the face of overwhelming violence. The People Immortal is something else entirely. Set during the catastrophic first months of the German invasion of the Soviet Union, this is the tale of an army battalion dispatched to slow the advancing enemy at any cost, with encirclement and annihilation its promised end. A rousing story of resistance, The People Immortal is the novel as weapon in hand.

Everything Flows

Author: Vasily Grossman
Publisher: New York Review of Books
ISBN: 1590173899
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 272

Book Description
A New York Review Books Original Everything Flows is Vasily Grossman’s final testament, written after the Soviet authorities suppressed his masterpiece, Life and Fate. The main story is simple: released after thirty years in the Soviet camps, Ivan Grigoryevich must struggle to find a place for himself in an unfamiliar world. But in a novel that seeks to take in the whole tragedy of Soviet history, Ivan’s story is only one among many. Thus we also hear about Ivan’s cousin, Nikolay, a scientist who never let his conscience interfere with his career, and Pinegin, the informer who got Ivan sent to the camps. Then a brilliant short play interrupts the narrative: a series of informers steps forward, each making excuses for the inexcusable things that he did—inexcusable and yet, the informers plead, in Stalinist Russia understandable, almost unavoidable. And at the core of the book, we find the story of Anna Sergeyevna, Ivan’s lover, who tells about her eager involvement as an activist in the Terror famine of 1932–33, which led to the deaths of three to five million Ukrainian peasants. Here Everything Flows attains an unbearable lucidity comparable to the last cantos of Dante’s Inferno.

Immortal

Author: Traci L. Slatton
Publisher: Delta
ISBN: 0440337410
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 530

Book Description
In an age of wonderous beauty and terrible secrets, one man searches for his destiny... In the majestic heart of Florence, a beautiful golden-haired boy is abandoned and subjected to cruelty beyond words. But Luca Bastardo is anything but an ordinary boy. Across two centuries of passion and intrigue, Luca will discover an astonishing gift—one that will lead him to embrace the ancient mysteries of alchemy and healing and to become a trusted confidant to the powerful Medicis…even as he faces persecution from a sadistic cabal determined to wrest his secrets for themselves. But as the Black Death and the Inquisition wreak havoc on his beloved city, Luca’s survival lies in the quest to solve two riddles. One is the enigma of his parents and his ageless beauty. The other is a choice between immortality and the only chance to find his one true love. As Luca journeys through the heights of the Renaissance, befriends Giotto and Leonardo Da Vinci—140 years apart—and pursues the most closely guarded secrets of religious faith and science for the answers to his own burning questions, his remarkable search will not only change him…but will change the course of history.

Daughters of the People Omnibus Two

Author: Lucy Varna
Publisher: Bone Diggers Press
ISBN: 1943465134
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 506

Book Description
An ancient curse, a lost prophecy, and the deadliest enemy a Daughter can face: Her own heart. In this three-book collection, three immortal descendants of the Seven Sisters battle to save their people from a curse laid down upon them nearly ten thousand years ago. Book 3.5: Tempered For Hawthorne the Chronicler, a strong arm and a sharp blade have always been her primary recourses against a cold and callous world. When her untrusting heart is tempted by handsome comic book illustrator Aaron Kesselman, Hawthorne learns that those may not be the best weapons in her arsenal, particularly when her family is targeted by a member of the Eternal Order. Finalist, 2015 Maggie Award for Excellence. Book 4: In All Things, Balance Moira Firebrand is intrigued by Tom Fairfax, the man her mother tasked with sorting through the IECS Archives for clues to the near-mythical Sanctuary. Nothing is ever as easy as it should be. The Archives is in disarray, odd artifacts show up in the strangest places, and Moira’s own past wedges its way between her and Tom, the one man she believes may have the strength to capture her heart. Book 5: Sanctuary Jerusha Mankiller and Drew Martin continue the People’s search for Sanctuary and the Bones of the Just, and find their own sanctuary along the way. Three women, three challenges, three loves, at a time when the People stand at the crossroads between two paths, one leading to their salvation, the other to their utter destruction.

Daughters of the People Omnibus One

Author: Lucy Varna
Publisher: Bone Diggers Press
ISBN: 1943465029
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 492

Book Description
An ancient curse, a lost prophecy, and the deadliest enemy a Daughter can face: Her own heart. In this three-book collection, three immortal descendants of the Seven Sisters battle to save their people from a curse laid down upon them nearly ten thousand years ago. Book 1: The Prophecy Maya Bellegarde journeys to Sweden on behalf of the People. There, she meets James Terhune, an attractive language expert. Together, they must uncover the secrets of the grave and protect them from an ancient enemy, and Maya must decide whether or not to trust James with her deepest secret. Book 2: Light's Bane When Daniella Nehring teams up with Dave Winstead to track down and recover stolen artifacts, her task is complicated by the attraction sparking between her and the stalwart undercover FBI agent, and by her own sinister heritage. Book 3: The Enemy Within Indigo Dupree and Bobby Upton are drawn into a deadly game involving the Prophecy of Light, forcing Indigo to choose between her duty and her heart. Three women, three challenges, three loves, at a time when the People stand at the crossroads between two paths, one leading to their salvation, the other to their utter destruction.

The Immortal Commonwealth

Author: David P. Henreckson
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108584500
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 219

Book Description
In the midst of intense religious conflict in the late sixteenth and early seventeenth century, theological and political concepts converged in remarkable ways. Incited by the slaughter of French Protestants in the Saint Bartholomew's Day Massacre, Reformed theologians and lawyers began to marshal arguments for political resistance. These theological arguments were grounded in uniquely religious conceptions of the covenant, community, and popular sovereignty. While other works of historical scholarship have focused on the political and legal sources of this strain of early modern resistance literature, The Immortal Commonwealth examines the frequently overlooked theological sources of these writings. It reveals how Reformed thinkers such as Heinrich Bullinger, John Calvin, Theodore Beza, and Johannes Althusius used traditional theological conceptions of covenant and community for surprisingly radical political ends.

In the King's Shadow

Author: Philip Manow
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 0745694721
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 111

Book Description
It is commonly assumed that the rise of modern democracies put an end to the spectacular and ceremonial aspects of political rule that were so characteristic of monarchies and other earlier regimes. The medieval idea that the king had two bodies - a mortal physical body and an eternal political body - strikes us today as alien and remote from our understanding of politics: with the transition from monarchy to modern representative democracy, the idea of the body politic was abandoned. Or was it? In this remarkable and highly original book Philip Manow shows that the body politic, though so often pronounced dead, remains alive in modern democracies. It is just one of the many ideas that we have inherited from our predecessors and that continue to shape our modern forms of political life. Why did the semi-circle become the main seating plan for modern parliaments? Why do we think that parliament should mirror the diversity of society? Why does the president's motorcade always have more than one identical-looking Cadillac? Why do we pay so much attention to the physical features and appearance - the body - of our political leaders today? In answering these and other questions Manow sheds fresh light on the pre-modern origins of our modern political institutions and practices and shows convincingly that all political power - including democracy - requires and produces its own political mythology.

The Applied Theatre Reader

Author: Tim Prentki
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134109806
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 397

Book Description
The Applied Theatre Reader is the first book to bring together new case studies of practice by leading practitioners and academics in the field and beyond, with classic source texts from writers such as Noam Chomsky, bell hooks, Mikhail Bakhtin, Augusto Boal, and Chantal Mouffe. This book divides the field into key themes, inviting critical interrogation of issues in applied theatre whilst also acknowledging the multi-disciplinary nature of its subject. It crosses fields such as: theatre in educational settings prison theatre community performance theatre in conflict resolution and reconciliation interventionist theatre theatre for development. This collection of critical thought and practice is essential to those studying or participating in the performing arts as a means for positive change.

Rabelais and His World

Author: Mikhail Mikhaĭlovich Bakhtin
Publisher: Indiana University Press
ISBN: 9780253203410
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 520

Book Description
This classic work by the Russian philosopher and literary theorist Mikhail Bakhtin (1895-1975) examines popular humor and folk culture in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance. One of the essential texts of a theorist who is rapidly becoming a major reference in contemporary thought, Rabelais and His World is essential reading for anyone interested in problems of language and text and in cultural interpretation.

An Immortal's Guide to Tarth

Author: Kayelle Allen
Publisher: Romance Lives Forever Books
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 72

Book Description
When an immortal relocates to the Tarthian Empire, where should they go first? What places should they avoid? More importantly, who should they avoid? A tongue-in-cheek look at what relocating to the Tarthian Empire would be like for the immortals in books by Kayelle Allen. A bit of fiction, written in a non-fiction way, the book offers guidance from Joss Avaton, one of the immortals. She provides dire warnings about who not to cross, and what to do about pesky Mundanes (namely, those annoying humans), and who among the Chosen is not to be trusted. The role playing game of Peril is spelled out, with downloads for character sheets and rules. Includes a who's who among the immortals, and stats of the players, with never before revealed secrets about Luc Saint-Cyr, Pietas, and others. ♥A must have for fans of the Tarthian Empire series. This handy guide will inform, entertain, and provide peeks behind the curtain. ♥A LitRPG / GameLIT handbook featuring the game played by immortals, Peril.