Men in the Cities

Men in the Cities
Author: Chris Goode
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Total Pages: 71
Release: 2014-08-01
Genre: Drama
ISBN: 1783196661

Winner of a Scotsman Fringe First Award 2014 Framed by two violent deaths – the apparently inexplicable suicide of a young gay man, and the murder of Drummer Lee Rigby outside the Royal Artillery Barracks in Woolwich in May 2013 – Men in the Cities is a compelling piece about harm and complicity, and about the forces that shape our relationships. Through fractured snapshots of seemingly disconnected lives, Men in the Cities presents a challenging but radically humane portrait of how we live now.

Little People in the City

Little People in the City
Author: Slinkachu
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
Total Pages: 130
Release: 2008
Genre: Art
ISBN: 9780752226644

He's like Banksy -- but not as big...They're Not Pets, Susan,' says a stern father who has just shot a bumblebee, its wings sparkling in the evening sunlight; a lone office worker, less than an inch high, looks out over the river in his lunch break, 'Dreaming of Packing it all In'; and a tiny couple share a 'Last Kiss' against the soft neon lights of the city at midnight. Mixing sharp humour with a delicious edge of melancholy, Little People in the City brings together the collected photographs of Slinkachu, a street-artist who for several years has been leaving little hand-painted people in the bustling city to fend for themselves, waiting to be discovered. . . 'Oddly enough, even when you know they are just hand-painted figurines, you can't help but feel that their plights convey something of our own fears about being lost and vulnerable in a big, bad city.' The Times

The Philosopher in the City

The Philosopher in the City
Author: Hadley Arkes
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Total Pages: 481
Release: 2014-07-14
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1400859115

After reestablishing the connection between morality and the law, the author develops a coherent position on many of the most controversial issues of urban life: the political uses of the streets; verbal assaults and the defamation of racial groups; the legitimate restriction of public speech; segregation, busing, and the use of racial quotas; education, housing, and the problem of the ghetto"; prostitution, gambling, and the "regulation of vices." Originally published in 1981. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Kaleidoscope of worlds

Kaleidoscope of worlds
Author: Nicolae Luca
Publisher: Luca Nicolae
Total Pages: 180
Release: 2023-09-10
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 6061184557

ABOUT THIS BOOK Every man has the moral right to know his origins! The texts from the Bible and from the apocryphal books used in this book have a personalized translation and belong to me. The translation of the biblical texts in this book are slightly different in some places from the biblical translations that were made after the Council of Laodicea in the year 363. The translations from the apocryphal books are roughly the same, but the translation of the texts in this book is mine. All biblical texts or from apocryphal books are enclosed between these symbols: « » and have the specification with the origin of the text at the end of each text in part enclosed between two braces: [ ...example....Book of Enoch....]. I used this style to create a linear story of the true "history of the worlds" for everyone to understand. The present book ignored the prohibitions of the great council of Laodicea in the year 363 in which many sacred books of great antiquity were banned and called apocrypha. These forbidden books are part of the history of humanity and it would have been impossible to write Kaleidoscope Lumior presenting only a partial history from which some of the most important passages in the history of the world would have been missing. The Kaleidoscope of Worlds also includes a part of the ancient history of the world that today is known only as a world that is supposed to have existed before the flood of Noah's time. The book presents not only that "supposed history" but also a history of other worlds that were involved in the creation of the human species, which is why the book is called the kaleidoscope of worlds.

The Anabasis of Alexander

The Anabasis of Alexander
Author: Arrian
Publisher: Ozymandias Press
Total Pages: 199
Release: 2018-04-10
Genre: History
ISBN: 1531284442

The Anabasis is by far the fullest surviving account of Alexander's conquest of the Persian empire. It is primarily a military history, reflecting the content of Arrian's model, Xenophon's Anabasis; the work begins with Alexander's accession to the Macedonian throne in 336 BC, and has nothing to say about Alexander's early life (in contrast, say, to Plutarch's Life of Alexander). Nor does Arrian aim to provide a complete history of the Greek-speaking world during Alexander's reign. Arrian's chief sources in writing the Anabasis were the lost contemporary histories of the campaign by Ptolemy and Aristobulus and, for his later books, Nearchus. One of Arrian's main aims in writing his history seems to have been to correct the standard "Vulgate" narrative of Alexander's reign that was current in his own day, primarily associated with the lost writings of the historian Cleitarchus.

Rotherham's Emphasized Bible

Rotherham's Emphasized Bible
Author:
Publisher: Kregel Publications
Total Pages: 1208
Release: 1994
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9780825497643

(Double-column pages; foreword by John R. Kohlenberger III) A literal translation of the original text with symbols that allow the non-reader of Greek and Hebrew to discover the force and intent of the original.

The Empire of the Cities

The Empire of the Cities
Author: Aurelio Espinosa
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 376
Release: 2008-11-30
Genre: History
ISBN: 9047424670

Starting in the nineteenth century the scholarly consensus has been to attribute the decline of the Spanish empire to structural rigidity, corrupt bureaucracy and repressive policies. In The Empire of the Cities, Aurelio Espinosa challenges these theories and offers groundbreaking insight into Spain’s political process and emphasizes early modern state formation. Spain’s empire should no longer be viewed simply as a symbol of royal absolutism and dominance. Rather it functioned as a collection of autonomous municipalities interconnected by a parliament that articulated domestic programs and foreign policy. Professor Espinosa also provides a more nuanced understanding of the monarchical government in revealing new insight into royal institutions and management procedures under Emperor Charles V. The Empire of the Cities offers a fascinating and penetrating look inside Spain’s political system that encouraged both expansionism and domestic stability.

The Shame of the Cities

The Shame of the Cities
Author: Lincoln Steffens
Publisher: DigiCat
Total Pages: 171
Release: 2022-05-28
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

The Shame of the Cities is a book written by Lincoln Steffens. It accounts for the workings of corrupt political procedures in several major U.S. cities, along with a few attempts to fight against them.