Author : Leslie L. Blake
Publisher : Shepheard-Walwyn Publishers
Page : 126 pages
File Size : 18,37 MB
Release : 1995
Category : Constitutional law
ISBN : 9780856831652
This work takes the form of a series of conversations between an imaginary young prince and an emeritus professor of constitutional law. Thus, it echoes the famous dialogue of Sir John Fortescue, In Praise of the Laws of England, between an old chancellor and a young prince written in 1468-71, in which he explains to the Prince the fundamental difference between the English concept of kingship and that on the Continent.
Author : Cathryn J. Prince
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 44,9 MB
Release : 2011
Category : History
ISBN : 9781616142247
Describes how Professor Benjamin Silliman, beginning with his investigation of a meteorite that fell over Weston, Connecticut in the winter of 1807, inspired a generation of American scientists.
Author : Niccolo Machiavelli
Publisher : Wyatt North Publishing, LLC
Page : 178 pages
File Size : 39,73 MB
Release : 2020-06-03
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 164798145X
Written in the 16th century, The Prince remains one of the most influential books on political theory. Its author, Niccolo Machiavelli was an Italian diplomat and political theorist, and is considered the father of modern political thought.
Author : Daniel Betcher
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 110 pages
File Size : 32,91 MB
Release : 2005-12
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 0595379370
It is the year 2004, and the world is changing. In a land of magic and enchantment, a great war is raging. The two most powerful races are colliding, the wizards and the riders. Wizards are magical human beings that use wands to control their magicical powers. The wizards have fought many wars against the riders and have lost most of them. However, they are not a weak race, in fact, they can cast the most difficult of all spells. The riders also can cast magicical powers. However, they do not control their magic with wands, they cast powerful spells using hand gestures. So pick up the book and join in on the adventure, as a young boy comes of age, learns the truth of his family, trains to become a wizard, and finally has a final encounter with his greatest enemy!!!
Author : Richard Werner
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 24,77 MB
Release : 2015-03-04
Category : Education
ISBN : 131746219X
This eye-opening book offers a disturbing new look at Japan's post-war economy and the key factors that shaped it. It gives special emphasis to the 1980s and 1990s when Japan's economy experienced vast swings in activity. According to the author, the most recent upheaval in the Japanese economy is the result of the policies of a central bank less concerned with stimulating the economy than with its own turf battles and its ideological agenda to change Japan's economic structure. The book combines new historical research with an in-depth behind-the-scenes account of the bureaucratic competition between Japan's most important institutions: the Ministry of Finance and the Bank of Japan. Drawing on new economic data and first-hand eyewitness accounts, it reveals little known monetary policy tools at the core of Japan's business cycle, identifies the key figures behind Japan's economy, and discusses their agenda. The book also highlights the implications for the rest of the world, and raises important questions about the concentration of power within central banks.
Author : Matt Houlbrook
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 461 pages
File Size : 39,49 MB
Release : 2016-07-26
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 022613315X
Cooling Out: Has the World Changed, or Have I Changed? -- Notes -- Index
Author : Sylvain Reynard
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 89 pages
File Size : 31,1 MB
Release : 2015-01-20
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0698192060
The unveiling of a set of priceless illustrations of Dante’s Divine Comedy at the Uffizi Gallery in Florence exposes Professor Gabriel Emerson and his beloved wife, Julianne, to a mysterious enemy. Gabriel may have acquired the illustrations only a few years ago, but unbeknownst to him, they were stolen a century earlier from the ruler of Florence’s underworld. Now one of the most dangerous beings in the city is determined to reclaim his prize and exact his revenge on the Emersons—but not before he uncovers something disturbing about Julianne… Don’t miss the first novel in the Florentine series, The Raven, available February 3, 2015. Praise for the Gabriel Trilogy “The Professor is sexy and sophisticated . . . I can’t get enough of him!”—USA Today bestselling author Kristen Proby “[In Gabriel’s Inferno and Gabriel’s Rapture,] I found myself enraptured by Sylvain Reynard’s flawless writing. Gabriel’s Inferno and Gabriel’s Rapture are books I will always treasure and are among my top ten reads of last year.”—The Autumn Review “An unforgettable and riveting love story that will sweep readers off their feet.”—Nina’s Literary Escape “Sylvain Reynard’s writing is captivating and intense . . . It’s hard not to be drawn to the darkly passionate and mysterious Gabriel, a character you’ll be drooling and pining for!”—Waves of Fiction Sylvain Reynard is the New York Times bestselling author of The Raven and the Gabriel Trilogy, including Gabriel's Inferno, Gabriel's Rapture, and Gabriel's Redemption.
Author : Niccolo Machiavelli
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 202 pages
File Size : 47,23 MB
Release : 1988-10-28
Category : History
ISBN : 9780521349932
Professor Skinner presents a lucid analysis of Machiavelli's text as a response to the world of Florentine politics.
Author : Jordan Mechner
Publisher :
Page : 335 pages
File Size : 39,20 MB
Release : 2020-03-26
Category : Computer animation
ISBN : 9780578627311
The creator of one of the most innovative and best-selling video games of all time gives an unvarnished look into the process in this one-of-a-kind compilation. Before Prince of Persia was a best-selling video game franchise and a Disney movie, it was an Apple II computer game created and programmed by one person, Jordan Mechner. Mechner's candid and revealing journals from the time capture the journey from his parents’ basement to the forefront of the fast-growing 1980s video game industry... and the creative, technical, and personal struggles that brought the prince into being and ultimately into the homes of millions of people worldwide. Now, on the 30th anniversary of Prince of Persia’s release, Mechner looks back at the journals he kept from 1985 to 1993, offering new insights into the game that established him as a pioneer of cinematic storytelling in the industry. This beautifully illustrated and annotated collector’s edition includes: 300 pages of Jordan’s original journals, Present-day margin notations by Jordan adding explanation, context, and affectionate cartoons of real-life characters, Archival visuals illustrating the stages of the game’s creation, Work-in-progress sketches, rotoscoped animation, screen shots, interface design, memos, and more, A full-color 32-page "Legacy" section in which Jordan and fans share Prince of Persia memories from the past 30 years, including the Ubisoft games and Disney movie. The Making of Prince of Persia is both a tribute to a timeless classic, and an indelible look at the creative process that will resonate with retro-gaming fans, game developers, and writers, artists, and creators of all stripes.
Author : Adam Kotsko
Publisher : Stanford University Press
Page : 238 pages
File Size : 19,35 MB
Release : 2016-10-26
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1503600211
“Kotsko goes beyond the biography of an icon to a provocative investigation of the devil’s many lives and effects in cultural and political ideologies.” —Laurel C. Schneider, author of Beyond Monotheism The most enduring challenge to traditional monotheism is the problem of evil, which attempts to reconcile three incompatible propositions: God is all-good, God is all-powerful, and evil happens. The Prince of This World traces the story of one of the most influential attempts to square this circle: the offloading of responsibility for evil onto one of God’s rebellious creatures. In this striking reexamination, the devil’s story is bitterly ironic, full of tragic reversals. He emerges as a theological symbol who helps oppressed communities cope with the trauma of unjust persecution, torture, and death at the hands of political authorities and eventually becomes a vehicle to justify oppression at the hands of Christian rulers. And he evolves alongside the biblical God, who at first presents himself as the liberator of the oppressed but ends up a cruel ruler who delights in the infliction of suffering on his friends and enemies alike. In other words, this is the story of how God becomes the devil—a devil who remains with us in our ostensibly secular age. “This diabolically gripping genealogy offers a stunning parable of western politics religious and secular. It tracks as has never been done before the dramatic shifts of the relation between God and the Devil—conflict, rivalry, game of mirrors, fusion. With the ironic wisdom of a postmodern Beatrice, Kotsko guides us through the sequence of hells that leads to our own.” —Catherine Keller, author of On the Mystery: Discerning Divinity in Process
