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The League of Dark Men

By: John Creasey

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The thrilling Department Z series continues as an assassination attempt leads to political turmoil—from the author who sold eighty million books worldwide. Agent Gordon Craigie faces a crisis of international proportions when an attempted assassination of a Russian diplomat at a top-level international conference in London threatens negotiations. Craigie and the Department Z team must work to ensure the safety of all the delegates whilst investigating the attack. It soon becomes increasingly obvious the attack they’re dealing with was run by a highly professional organization and the team is starting to feel out of their depth. Will Department Z be able to match wits with bullets as they attempt to take down the assassins? How will they negotiate the political minefield where one false step could lead to worldwide disaster? “Mr. Creasey realizes that it is the principal business of thrillers to thrill.” —Church Times “Little appears in the newspapers about the Secret Service, but that little makes anything on the subject probable fiction. Mr. Creasey proves himself worthy of the chance.” —The Times Literary Supplement

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Open Road Media

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1504087399

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The Gypsies of Eastern Europe

By: David Crowe,John Kolsti,Ian Hancock

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The Gypsies of Eastern Europe

By: David Crowe,John Kolsti,Ian Hancock

In recent news coverage of the dramatic political events in Eastern Europe, Gypsies have been a favourite sidebar topic. Some of the stories have been truly horrifying, others are written condescendingly and to amuse; but what has become clear is how little we really know about this people. In a concerted effort to uncover the modern history of the Rom in Eastern Europe, the authors examine the Gypsy experience in Albania, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Romania and Yugoslavia, with special attention to the Nazi Holocaust as well as to the record of the forced settlement and education programmes instituted by communist regimes.

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Routledge

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1315490242

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9781315490243

Homer’s Traditional Art

By: John Miles Foley

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Homer’s Traditional Art

By: John Miles Foley

In recent decades, the evidence for an oral epic tradition in ancient Greece has grown enormously along with our ever-increasing awareness of worldwide oral traditions. John Foley here examines the artistic implications that oral tradition holds for the understanding of the Iliad and Odyssey in order to establish a context for their original performance and modern-day reception. In Homer's Traditional Art, Foley addresses three crucially interlocking areas that lead us to a fuller appreciation of the Homeric poems. He first explores the reality of Homer as their actual author, examining historical and comparative evidence to propose that "Homer" is a legendary and anthropomorphic figure rather than a real-life author. He next presents the poetic tradition as a specialized and highly resonant language bristling with idiomatic implication. Finally, he looks at Homer's overall artistic achievement, showing that it is best evaluated via a poetics aimed specifically at works that emerge from oral tradition. Along the way, Foley offers new perspectives on such topics as characterization and personal interaction in the epics, the nature of Penelope's heroism, the implications of feasting and lament, and the problematic ending of the Odyssey. His comparative references to the South Slavic oral epic open up new vistas on Homer's language, narrative patterning, and identity. Homer's Traditional Art represents a disentangling of the interwoven strands of orality, textuality, and verbal art. It shows how we can learn to appreciate how Homer's art succeeds not in spite of the oral tradition in which it was composed but rather through its unique agency.

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Penn State Press

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0271072415

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9780271072418

How to Read an Oral Poem

By: John Miles Foley

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How to Read an Oral Poem

By: John Miles Foley

Drawing on many examples including an American slam poet, a Tibetan paper-singer, a South African praise-poet, and an ancient Greek bard (Homer) the author shows that although oral poetry predates writing it continues to be a vital culture-making and communications tool. Based on research on epics, folktales, lyrics, laments, charms, etc.--Back cover.

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University of Illinois Press

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0252070828

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9780252070822

Shock Waves

Eastern Europe After the Revolutions

By: John Feffer

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Shock Waves

Eastern Europe After the Revolutions

By: John Feffer

Feffer provides an incisive historical background to the current political and economic conflicts that are dramatically reshaping daily life in Eastern Europe and offers critical and guardedly hopeful speculation about the future of the region. Feffer draws upon hundreds of interviews he has conducted with the region's policymakers, trade unionists, grassroots activists, and scholars.

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Black Rose Books Ltd.

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1895431468

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9781895431469

The Holocaust

By: Frank McDonough,John Cochrane

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The Holocaust

By: Frank McDonough,John Cochrane

The Holocaust is a subject of enormous historical importance. The murder of approximately 6 million Jews stands apart as a perhaps the most horrendous episode in world history. In this fresh introduction, McDonough examines the racial war-within-a-war, outlining controversies and examining how it has been popularised and institutionalised.

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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1137020482

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Democracy and Democratization

Post-Communist Europe in Comparative Perspective

By: John D Nagle,Alison Mahr

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Democracy and Democratization

Post-Communist Europe in Comparative Perspective

By: John D Nagle,Alison Mahr

This wide-ranging overview of the processes of democratization in post-Communist Europe, places the transitions in East-Central Europe within a broad European and global context. The authors begin with a introduction to the concept and theories of democracy and then examine the emerging politics of the new democracies to set the post-Communist transitions in longer-term comparative perspective with earlier and existing processes of democratization in Southern Europe, Latin America, and East and Southeast Asia. Finally the politics of EU accession are introduced to place the transitions within the wider context of European integration. Concluding with a summary of recent critiques of modern democracy and looking toward future theories, this text provides a comprehensive introduction to what will remain the key contemporary issue for all students of political science.

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SAGE

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0857026232

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Oral Tradition and the Internet

Pathways of the Mind

By: John Miles Foley

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Oral Tradition and the Internet

Pathways of the Mind

By: John Miles Foley

The major purpose of this book is to illustrate and explain the fundamental similarities and correspondences between humankind's oldest and newest thought-technologies: oral tradition and the Internet. Despite superficial differences, both technologies are radically alike in depending not on static products but rather on continuous processes, not on "What?" but on "How do I get there?" In contrast to the fixed spatial organization of the page and book, the technologies of oral tradition and the Internet mime the way we think by processing along pathways within a network. In both media it's pathways--not things--that matter. To illustrate these ideas, this volume is designed as a "morphing book," a collection of linked nodes that can be read in innumerable different ways. Doing nothing less fundamental than challenging the default medium of the linear book and page and all that they entail, Oral Tradition and the Internet shows readers that there are large, complex, wholly viable, alternative worlds of media-technology out there--if only they are willing to explore, to think outside the usual, culturally constructed categories. This "brick-and-mortar" book exists as an extension of The Pathways Project (http://pathwaysproject.org), an open-access online suite of chapter-nodes, linked websites, and multimedia all dedicated to exploring and demonstrating the dynamic relationship between oral tradition and Internet technology

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University of Illinois Press

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0252078691

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9780252078699

The Theory of Oral Composition

History and Methodology

By: John Miles Foley

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The Theory of Oral Composition

History and Methodology

By: John Miles Foley

. . . excellent book . . . " —The Classical Outlook " . . . brief and readable . . . There is good tonic in these pages for the serious student of oral tradition . . . a remarkable book." —Asian Folklore Studies "The bibliography is a boon for students and faculty at any level who are curious about the nature, composition, and performance of oral poetry." —Choice " . . . concise, evolutionary account . . . " —Religious Studies Review "As ever, Professor Foley's conscientious scholarship and sound judgements combine to make a further substantial contribution to the field." —E. C. Hawkesworth, School of Slavonic and East European Studies, University of London, The Slavonic Review "Foley is probably the only scholar who is in a position even to suggest the extent of what we should know to work in this area." —Speculum "Foley's survey stands as a fitting tribute to the achievements of Parry and Lord and as a sure guide to future productive work in the field." —Journal of American Folklore " . . . detailed and informative study . . . We are fortunate that John Foley chose to write this book." —Motif " . . . Theory of Oral Composition . . . detailed account written in an elegant style which could serve equally as a textbook for college and graduate students and as a reference tool for scholars already in the field." —Olifant "As an 'introductory history,' The Theory of Oral Composition accomplishes its purpose admirably. It has the capacity to arouse interest on the part of the uninitiated." —Anthropologica Presents the first history of the new field of oral-formulaic theory, which arose from the pioneering research of Milman Parry and Albert Lord on the Homeric poems.

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Indiana University Press

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0253204658

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9780253204653

God's Downward Mobility

Sermons for Advent, Christmas, and Epiphany : Cycle B, Gospel Texts

By: John A. Stroman

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God's Downward Mobility

Sermons for Advent, Christmas, and Epiphany : Cycle B, Gospel Texts

By: John A. Stroman

The Bible reveals a God of surprise. He calls his creation into life out of waste, wilderness, and darkness. -- from the Introduction Stroman takes the gospel texts for Advent, Christmas, and Epiphany and develops uplifting messages of hope and deliverance. Titles include: - How Odd of God - Discovering the Unexpected - The Power of a Rumor - With Our Heads in the Clouds John A. Stroman, a United Methodist minister, is senior pastor of Pasadena Community Church in St. Petersburg, Florida. He is the author of numerous articles in religious journals and periodicals. His books include Thunder From The Mountain: The Ten Commandments Today and Tongues Of Fire (CSS, 1995). He holds a B.D. degree from Crozer Theological Seminary and a Th.D. degree from Boston University School of Theology.

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0788007890

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The Europa World of Learning

By: Joseph Bascom St. John

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The Europa World of Learning

By: Joseph Bascom St. John

Provides: over 26,000 academic institutions, 150,000 staff and officials; extensive coverage of universities, colleges and other centres of learning; and detailed information on over 400 international cultural, scientific and educational organizations.

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1857433459

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The Gypsies of Eastern Europe

By: David Crowe,John Kolsti,Ian Hancock

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The Gypsies of Eastern Europe

By: David Crowe,John Kolsti,Ian Hancock

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The Bilingual Singer

A Study in Albanian and Serbo-Croatian Oral Epic Traditions

By: John Kolsti

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The Bilingual Singer

A Study in Albanian and Serbo-Croatian Oral Epic Traditions

By: John Kolsti

First published in 1990. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

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Garland Science

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0824028724

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Book's by John Kolsti

The League of Dark Men

The League of Dark Men

The Gypsies of Eastern Europe

The Gypsies of Eastern Europe

Homer’s Traditional Art

Homer’s Traditional Art

How to Read an Oral Poem

How to Read an Oral Poem

Shock Waves

Shock Waves

The Holocaust

The Holocaust

Democracy and Democratization

Democracy and Democratization

Oral Tradition and the Internet

Oral Tradition and the Internet

The Theory of Oral Composition

The Theory of Oral Composition

God's Downward Mobility

God's Downward Mobility

The Europa World of Learning

The Europa World of Learning

The Gypsies of Eastern Europe

The Gypsies of Eastern Europe

The Bilingual Singer

The Bilingual Singer

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