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Two People: Three Months

By: Philip Algar

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Michael Johnson, retired and living in Torquay, has lost interest in virtually everything and suffers from boredom and a sense of futility. His sense of humour has vanished. His wife, Ann, desperate for a change and failing to jolt him into returning to be the man she married, visits Aberdeen to see friends. Michael, confronted by powerful dreams, is persuaded by one to visit London whilst Ann is away. Determined to right a few wrongs, suffered when young, he creates some situations in which his dormant sense of humour returns. The experiences of the couple when apart, have challenging repercussions especially when Michael is visited by someone whom he met in London. Some weeks later, one of his sinister dreams has a dramatic impact on the family. The book reveals a sensitive and sympathetic understanding of the problems many face but is balanced by an imaginative humour aimed at the way we live today.

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Paragon Publishing

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1787920208

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9781787920200

Short Stories and Tall Tales

By: Philip Algar

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Short Stories and Tall Tales

By: Philip Algar

In this imaginative book, former journalist and occasional broadcaster Philip Algar avoids all the restrictions imposed during Covid and travels in time without any hassle. He meets new friends on a conventional UK holiday decades ago and discovers how three young boys play an unexpected role in the war. He listens to the reminiscences of two elderly men, gazing out to sea from their shelter on a sea front and follows the progress of an unpleasant politician to whom truth is an alien concept. How does a dream become part of reality for a man who plays a role in the manufacture of sausages and who is slavishly addicted to the advice offered in his daily newspaper? What happens to a young man who has a fantasy about a girl in a suede coat? These and other tales are included in this humorous book which is an exercise in escapism.

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Paragon Publishing

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1782228950

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9781782228950

Politicians, People and Covid-19

By: Philip Algar

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Politicians, People and Covid-19

By: Philip Algar

IN THIS BOOK, former journalist and occasional broadcaster Philip Algar offers an imaginative and satirical account of politicians, their behaviour and policies and the reaction of the public in the early days of the corona crisis. In writing this book, the author emphasises that he does not underestimate the tragic impact of corona nor does he belittle the disease, unlike some international leaders. Instead he takes some real incidents, exaggerating the potential impact and invents almost plausible stories. For example, he reveals, exclusively, how President Trump decided to blame the World Health Organisation and explains why there was a shortage of dogs in the UK. Why were Irish mountain climbers victimised and how might Sir Humphrey Appleby have reacted to government slogans? Why were some Mexicans disappointed when they learnt what was disallowed under the heading of essential items? Why did some rare bats become even more rare and why did a lake and beach change colour? Why did thieves want government financial support? Why was it so difficult to visit the local pub? How did cyclists imperil road safety and cause pollution? How did a radio broadcast give a totally wrong impression and why did some presenters arouse ire because of the condition of their homes? Why did children fear an invasion from space and what happened to subtitles when a government minister was speaking to the nation? How did some press conferences go seriously wrong? All this, and more, is revealed in this book which is intended to provoke a smile in these dark times.

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1782227881

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9781782227885

American Missionaries in Iran during the 1960s and 1970s

By: Philip O. Hopkins

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American Missionaries in Iran during the 1960s and 1970s

By: Philip O. Hopkins

This work explores the interaction of American Protestant missionaries with Iranians during the 1960s and 1970s. It focuses on the missionary activities of four American Protestant groups: Presbyterians, Assemblies of God, International Missions, and Southern Baptists. It argues that American missionaries’ predisposition toward their own culture confused their message of the gospel and added to the negative perception of Christianity among Iranians. This bias was seen primarily in the American missionaries’ desire to modernize Iran through education and healthcare, and between the missionaries’ relationship with Iranian Christians. Iranian attitudes towards missionary involvement in these areas are investigated, as is the changing American missionary strategy from a traditional method where missionaries had the final say on most matters related to American and Iranian Christian interaction, to the beginnings of an indigenous system where a partnership developed between the missionary and the Iranian Christian.

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Springer Nature

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3030512142

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9783030512149

Iran at the Paris Peace Conference

International Diplomacy and the Pursuit of Imperial Nationalism

By: Philip Grobien

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Iran at the Paris Peace Conference

International Diplomacy and the Pursuit of Imperial Nationalism

By: Philip Grobien

The end of the Qajar era in Iran, despite the accepted narrative of decline, was in fact an occasion of modern and forward-thinking nationalism. Iran developed an imperial nationalism, which was informed by its experiences under British and Russian hegemony and the absorption of Western modern ideas and practices, and which now looked towards a future as a sovereign and independent state within the foundational framework of its previous Empire. Emboldened by post-WWI notions of self-determination and the development of international institutions devoted to peace, Iran spearheaded its new-found diplomacy by sending a delegation to the peace talks in Paris in 1919. This book shows how Iran's immediate post-war diplomacy came about, the conduct of Iran's delegation to Paris, frustrations with the Anglo-Persian Agreement, and ultimately how Iran's progress became the victim of British imperialism. Throwing a spotlight on an under-researched period of Iranian history, it will be of interest to readers of Iranian history, and those interested in the Paris Peace Conference of 1919.

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241

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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0755651863

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9780755651863

Weltgeschichtsschreibung zwischen Schia und Sunna

Ḫvāndamīrs Ḥabīb as-siyar im Handschriftenzeitalter

By: Philip Bockholt

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Weltgeschichtsschreibung zwischen Schia und Sunna

Ḫvāndamīrs Ḥabīb as-siyar im Handschriftenzeitalter

By: Philip Bockholt

In Weltgeschichtsschreibung zwischen Schia und Sunna Philip Bockholt examines the manuscript tradition of Khvāndamīr’s Ḥabīb al-siyar, and gives an in-depth analysis of how the author adapted his chronicle to the Shiʿi and Sunni religio-political convictions of his Safavid and Mughal overlords. In Weltgeschichtsschreibung zwischen Schia und Sunna untersucht Philip Bockholt die Handschriftentradition von Ḫvāndamīrs Ḥabīb as-siyar und analysiert die Arbeitsweise des Historikers, seine Weltchronik vor dem Hintergrund der politischen Umwälzungen in Iran und Indien um 1500 an schiitische und sunnitische Kontexte anzupassen.

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BRILL

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9004442235

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9789004442238

A. J. Appasamy and his Reading of Rāmānuja

A Comparative Study in Divine Embodiment

By: Brian Philip Dunn

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A. J. Appasamy and his Reading of Rāmānuja

A Comparative Study in Divine Embodiment

By: Brian Philip Dunn

In this work, Brian Philip Dunn focuses on the embodiment theology of the South Indian theologian, A. J. Appasamy (1891-1975). Appasamy developed what he called a 'bhakti' (devotional) approach to Christian theology, bringing his own primary text, the Gospel of John, into comparative interaction with the writings of the Hindu philosopher and theologian, Rāmānuja. Dunn's exposition here is of Appasamy's distinctive adaptation of Rāmānuja's 'Body of God' analogy and its application to a bhakti reading of John's Gospel. He argues throughout for the need to locate and understand theological language as embedded and embodied within the narrative and praxis of tradition and, for Appasamy and Rāmānuja, in their respective Anglican and Śrivaiṣṇava settings. Responding to Appasamy, Dunn proposes that the primary Johannine referent for divine embodiment is the temple and considers recent scholarship on Johannine 'temple Christology' in light of Śrivaiṣṇava conceptions of the temple and the temple deity. He then offers a constructive reading of the text as a temple procession, a heuristic device that can be newly considered in both comparative and devotional contexts today.

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Oxford University Press

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0192508962

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9780192508966

Wagstaff: Before and After Mapplethorpe: A Biography

By: Philip Gefter

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Wagstaff: Before and After Mapplethorpe: A Biography

By: Philip Gefter

Winner of the Arts Club of Washington Marfield Prize A New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice Selection This "admiring and absorbing biography" (Deborah Solomon, The New York Times Book Review) charts Sam Wagstaff's incalculable influence on contemporary art, photography, and gay identity. A legendary curator, collector, and patron of the arts, Sam Wagstaff was a "figure who stood at the intersection of gay life and the art world and brought glamour and daring to both" (Andrew Solomon). Now, in Philip Gefter's groundbreaking biography, he emerges as a cultural visionary. Gefter documents the influence of the man who—although known today primarily as the mentor and lover of Robert Mapplethorpe—"almost invented the idea of photography as art" (Edmund White). Wagstaff: Before and After Mapplethorpe braids together Wagstaff's personal transformation from closeted society bachelor to a rebellious curator with a broader portrait of the tumultuous social, cultural, and sexual upheavals of the 1960s, '70s, and '80s, creating a definitive portrait of a man and his era.

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W. W. Norton & Company

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163149015X

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9781631490156

The Action Plan for Australian Lizards and Snakes 2017

By: Nicola Mitchell,Neil Cox,Philip Bowles,Reid Tingley,Stewart Macdonald,Glenn Shea,J Scott Keogh,John Woinarski,David Chapple

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The Action Plan for Australian Lizards and Snakes 2017

By: Nicola Mitchell,Neil Cox,Philip Bowles,Reid Tingley,Stewart Macdonald,Glenn Shea,J Scott Keogh,John Woinarski,David Chapple

Lizards and snakes (squamate reptiles) are the most diverse vertebrate group in Australia, with approximately 1000 described species, representing about 10% of the global squamate diversity. Squamates are a vital part of the Australian ecosystem, but their conservation has been hindered by a lack of knowledge of their diversity, distribution, biology and key threats. The Action Plan for Australian Lizards and Snakes 2017 provides the first comprehensive assessment of the conservation status of Australian squamates in 25 years. Conservation assessments are provided for 986 species of Australian lizards and snakes (including sea snakes). Over the past 25 years there has been a substantial increase in the number of species and families recognised within Australia. There has also been an increase in the range and magnitude of threatening processes with the potential to impact squamates. This has resulted in an increase in the proportion of the Australian squamate fauna that is considered Threatened. Notably over this period, the first known extinction (post-European settlement) of an Australian reptile species occurred – an indication of the increasingly urgent need for better knowledge and management of this fauna. Six key recommendations are presented to improve the conservation management and plight of Australian squamates. This Action Plan represents an essential resource for research scientists, conservation biologists, conservation managers, environmental consultants, policy makers from Commonwealth and State/Territory governments, and the herpetological community.

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CSIRO PUBLISHING

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1486309488

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9781486309481

With Wings As Eagles

The Eighth Air Force in World War II

By: Philip Kaplan

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With Wings As Eagles

The Eighth Air Force in World War II

By: Philip Kaplan

Beginning in 1942, the Eighth Air Force began a precision bombing raid offensive deep into Nazi Germany, embarking from bases in rural England. Nearly 350,000 Americans were transplanted to English soil, joining their British colleagues for this joint Allied offensive. For many it was a period of great risk, and arguably the greatest adventure of their lives. With Wings As Eagles celebrates the heroics of these pilots and their missions. A lavishly illustrated, full-color, hardcover original, the narrative is the result of the author’s exclusive interviews with many of the pilots and crew, as well as research from contemporary diaries, journals, and scrapbooks. Readers relive the nostalgia and vivid reminiscences — of days of seemingly endless boredom and fatigue, the loneliness of soaring in an aluminum cocoon four miles over an intended target, and a surprising account of parachuting onto German soil and being captured by women and children. With Wings As Eagles relives the drama and history of an heroic era.

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531

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Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.

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1510705155

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9781510705159

Emigration to and from the German-Russian Volga Colonies

By: Darrel Philip Kaiser

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Emigration to and from the German-Russian Volga Colonies

By: Darrel Philip Kaiser

This book covers the emigration of the "Catherine the Great" Germans into the Volga River area in the mid to late 1700's, the movement of the Volga German-Russians further east of the Volga River into Russia's Steppes, the western exodus of the Volga German-Russians to the United States, Canada, Germany, Brazil and Argentina in the late 1800's and early 1900's, the Stalin ordered deportation of all Volga German-Russians to Siberia in the 1940's, and their final emigrations back to Germany and their long gone Volga River Colonies. This is my fourth book on the history of the Volga Colonies. See all my books at my websites, www.Volga-Germans.com & www.DarrelKaiserBooks.com

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Lulu.com

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0615170102

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9780615170107

Book's by Philip Algar

Two People: Three Months

Two People: Three Months

Short Stories and Tall Tales

Short Stories and Tall Tales

Politicians, People and Covid-19

Politicians, People and Covid-19

American Missionaries in Iran during the 1960s and 1970s

American Missionaries in Iran during the 1960s and 1970s

Iran at the Paris Peace Conference

Iran at the Paris Peace Conference

Weltgeschichtsschreibung zwischen Schia und Sunna

Weltgeschichtsschreibung zwischen Schia und Sunna

A. J. Appasamy and his Reading of Rāmānuja

A. J. Appasamy and his Reading of Rāmānuja

Wagstaff: Before and After Mapplethorpe: A Biography

Wagstaff: Before and After Mapplethorpe: A Biography

The Action Plan for Australian Lizards and Snakes 2017

The Action Plan for Australian Lizards and Snakes 2017

With Wings As Eagles

With Wings As Eagles

Emigration to and from the German-Russian Volga Colonies

Emigration to and from the German-Russian Volga Colonies

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