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Giordano Bruno The Heroic Enthusiast, Part Ii (Gli Eroici Furori) An Ethical Poem

Philosophie
Englisch
27409 Wörter
Ab 18 Jahren
2
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"This heavily allegorical dialogue by Giordano Bruno is a philosophical discussion of love. At a deeper layer it uses this topic as a mnemonic device to encode a discussion of the nature of the universe, God and the soul. The argument has echoes in Gnostic, Alchemical, Sufi and other esoteric traditions, and some of the poetry is maddeningly similar to Shakespeare (who was a contemporary of Bruno). This translation is one of the few Bruno texts in English translation in the public domain, and original copies of it are extremely rare." (Quote from sacred-texts.com) [mehr]

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ARTHUR KITSON THE LIFE OF CAPTAIN JAMES COOK

THE CIRCUMNAVIGATOR

Biografie/Autobiografie
Englisch
94568 Wörter
Ab 18 Jahren
2
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Arthur Kitson (6 April 1859 – 2 October 1937) was a British monetary theorist and inventor. He was the managing director of the Kitson Empire Lighting Company of Stamford, Lincolnshire and held many patents. In 1901, he invented the vaporised oil burner. The fuel was vaporised at high pressure and burned to heat the mantle, giving an output of over six times the luminosity of traditional oil lights. This device was later improved by David Hood at Trinity House. He was declared bankrupt in 1925.[1] [mehr]

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JEHUDAH STEINBERG IN THE SOUTH SEAS

Belletristik
Englisch
33910 Wörter
Ab 18 Jahren
2
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In Those Days (German:In jenen Tagen) is a 1947 German drama film directed by Helmut Käutner and starring Gert Schäfer, Erich Schellow and Winnie Markus. It was one of the cycle of Rubble films made in the wake of Germany's defeat during World War II. The film addresses issues of collective guilt during the Nazi era, using the device of a car built in 1933 and dismantled in 1947 narrating the various experiences of its owners in a series of seven separate episodes. The film's objective was to highlight the private resistance of various figures to the Nazis even while they publicly accepted the repression of Nazi society. [mehr]

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Gilbert W. Gabriel The Seven-Branched Candlestick

The Schooldays of Young American Jew

Religion
Englisch
39887 Wörter
Ab 18 Jahren
2
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The name "candlestick" derives from the purpose of the device as a place to secure or "stick" a burning candle; candlesticks have a cup or a spike (or both in some designs) to keep the candle in place. Webster's II New College Dictionary defines a candlestick as "an often ornamental holder for securing a candle or candles."[1] Candlesticks are less frequently called "candleholders," a word not found in most dictionaries prior to 1960. Candlesticks are erroneously called candlestick holders by those who mistakenly think that candles are properly called candlesticks. The earliest candlesticks were originally made of rice paper by hand.[ [mehr]

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Arthur Kitson The Life of Captain James Cook

Belletristik
Englisch
94697 Wörter
Ab 18 Jahren
2
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Arthur Kitson (6 April 1859 – 2 October 1937) was a British monetary theorist and inventor. He was the managing director of the Kitson Empire Lighting Company of Stamford, Lincolnshire and held many patents. In 1901, he invented the vaporised oil burner. The fuel was vaporised at high pressure and burned to heat the mantle, giving an output of over six times the luminosity of traditional oil lights. This device was later improved by David Hood at Trinity House. He was declared bankrupt in 1925.[1] [mehr]

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Aneek Chaudhuri Politics in Cinema

Understanding, Analyzing and Application

Kunst
Englisch
23208 Wörter
Ab 12 Jahren
50
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For mainstream Political Science, ‘popular culture’ is still no longer considered worthy of serious investigation. Similarly, the concept of the use of films as a pedagogical device has remained on the margins. Nevertheless, movies may be a treasured way of teaching college college students about politics and international politics especially. This paper identifies four wonderful ways of using movies as a teaching tool: the first approach uses movie to portray historical events along with the Cold War, and the second makes use of movie to debate unique problems in worldwide politics which includes terrorism or genocide. [mehr]

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Lewis Carroll Through the Looking-Glass

Fantasy
Englisch
29238 Wörter
Ab 3 Jahren
170
2

Through the Looking-Glass is a novel by Lewis Carroll, the sequel to Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. The themes and settings of Through the Looking-Glass make it a kind of mirror image of Wonderland: the first book begins outdoors, in the warm month of May, uses frequent changes in size as a plot device, and draws on the imagery of playing cards; the second opens indoors on a snowy, wintry night exactly six months later, on 4 November (the day before Guy Fawkes Night), uses frequent changes in time and spatial directions as a plot device, and draws on the imagery of chess. In it, there are many mirror themes, including opposites, time running backwards, and so on. Whereas the first book has the deck of cards as a theme, this book is based on a game of chess, played on a giant chessboard with fields for squares. Most main characters in the story are represented by a chess piece or animals, with Alice herself being a pawn. The looking-glass world is divided into sections by brooks or streams, with the crossing of each brook usually signifying a notable change in the scene and action of the story: the brooks represent the divisions between squares on the chessboard, and Alice's crossing of them signifies advancing of her piece one square. [mehr]

Stichwörter: through the looking glass, lewis carroll, alice in wonderland, classic literature, fantasy, childrens fiction, satire

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Andrew Scorah The Omega Sanction

Thriller
Englisch
63443 Wörter
Ab 12 Jahren
3956
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AN OLD ENEMY Thuringia, Germany, 1945 In the dyeing days of World War II, the allied forces overrun a subterranean factory in the Jonas Valley. A team from 30 Advanced Unit is sent into the tunnels, what they discover is beyond all logic, and known technology of the time. A TIME FOR REVENGE London today, MI5’s Adam Bane is working on taking down a uranium smuggling ring. A raid on a warehouse goes horribly wrong when all the players commit suicide. And the consignment turns out to be something completely different, Red Mercury, code name Xerum 25. On the back of this, Bane is seconded to a multi-national team, code name Omega. Before he can leave, he finds he has been marked for death by a Far Right group, Geheime Staat. Running for his life with assassins jumping out of the shadows, he runs to the only safe place, Omega Base. RISE OF THE NEW REICH An armed and highly skilled force has overrun Area 51, the US’s top secret testing site in the Nevada dessert. Using the bases defences, they have thwarted all attempts to retake the base. Led by the self-styled Fuhrer, Oskar Koenig, they are after a device known as Die Glocke. With this device they hope to return to the final days of World War II. A WHOLE NEW LEVEL OF FEAR What if Hitler had developed a devastating new form of super-weapon? A doomsday weapon. What if Hitler knew he was going to lose the war? What if this weapon was hidden away somewhere, waiting for the time to be activated. Now imagine an old enemy who has been hiding in the shadows and is still fighting a war most thought had ended with the fall of Hitler. Oskar Koenig knows of this weapon, knows Hitler killed everyone who worked on the device. It was to be used as his final solution; he was going to burn the planet. Thankfully, he never got to use it. Now this old enemy with a new face is going to carry out Hitler’s last wish. The world will bow down to the might of the Fourth Reich or burn. Bane and Omega Group are plunged into a fight for survival. Taking them from the death lands of Nevada to the hellish last days of the Third Reich. [mehr]

Stichwörter: Thriller, Time travel, World War 2, Action and Adventure, Military

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Steve Kennedy The Flash

Verbrechen
Englisch
737 Wörter
Keine Altersempfehlung
2214
13

Criminal scientist Barry Allen is struck by lightning while working with chemicals in his labaratory on the top floor of the Central City Police station. Barry discovers that after the strike he adapts a super human genetic and realizes his calling...the fastest man alive. Using his new powers Barry takes justice into his own hands not as a memeber of the CCPD, but as a symbol...The Flash. A story of a hero taking on his scurge of the underworld crime and corruption that fall into the citys own judicial system. All will be too easy until The Flash meets the true reason of corruption and is faced to fight an unstoppable force...The Weather Wizard. A man with a device to control the weather. First created to embrace life, but will fall into the very hands of evil. The only man to stop this chaos is the man faster than lightning. [mehr]

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Joel Chandler Harris Uncle Remus Stories (Annotated)

Kinder- und Jugendbuch
Englisch
29222 Wörter
Ab 3 Jahren
282
1

Uncle Remus Stories (1906) by Joel Chandler Harris (1845-1908), with illustratrions. Uncle Remus is a collection of animal stories, songs, and oral folklore, collected from Southern United States African-Americans. Many of the stories are didactic, much like those of Aesop's Fables and the stories of Jean de La Fontaine. Uncle Remus is a kindly old former slave who serves as a storytelling device, passing on the folktales to children gathered around him. Br'er Rabbit ("Brother Rabbit") is the main character of the stories, a likable character, prone to tricks and trouble-making who is often opposed by Br'er Fox and Br'er Bear. In one tale, Br'er Fox constructs a lump of tar and puts clothing on it. When Br'er Rabbit comes along he addresses the "tar baby" amiably, but receives no response. Br'er Rabbit becomes offended by what he perceives as Tar Baby's lack of manners, punches it, and becomes stuck. [mehr]

Stichwörter: Joel Chandler Harris, Uncle Remus Stories, Brother Rabbit, Br'er Rabbit, Literature, Fiction, Children Tales, Anthologie, Fables, Tales

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