bloomsbury publishing plc jul 2006 (14 Ergebnisse)

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Egypt's belle époque was a period of incredible extravagance during which the Khedive Ismail's Cairo became the mirror image, both architecturally and socially, of decadent Paris. The glamour and hedonism of the era reached its peak during the magnificent celebrations for the opening of the Suez Canal in 1869. Kings and emperors, artists, writers and Europe's most sophisticated flocked to the dazzling new Cairo of sumptuous palaces and Parisian gardens, where Verdi's Aida premiered at the new opera house and glittering parties were held on the banks of the Nile. But the splendour was short-lived. Only a year after the Suez Canal opened, the Second Empire in France collapsed and the Khedive's excesses plunged Egypt into crippling debt. Ismail was eventually forced to abdicate, leaving Cairo to the British who occupied Egypt in all but name. This is a riveting account of an extraordinary moment in the history of both France and Egypt.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - In 1984 Antony Sher, hailed as 'the most exciting actor of his generation' by the Observer, made his debut - on homemade crutches - as the infamous Richard III in the Royal Shakespeare Company production of the play. He would go on to win the Laurence Olivier and Evening Standard Awards for best actor. In his own words and sketches, he chronicles his personal and professional journey to this award-winning performance, from the moment he was offered the role to opening night, in the critically acclaimed book Year of the King, now available in this special 20th anniversary edition.From his brainstorm to use crutches to bring the king's deformity to life, to his research for the role, which included watching interviews with psychopaths, reading about mass murderers, and speaking with doctors and physically challenged individuals, to his visit to his homeland of South Africa, to his experiences in working with the Royal Shakespeare Company, the reader is given a front-row seat to Sher's physical and mental preparation - or rather transformation - for his landmark performance as 'the bottled spider.'.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Assessment can be the hardest part of any teacher's job. It is easy to fall into the trap of seeing it all as unnecessary paperwork and feeling guilty about not having done it properly. This book takes the practical ideas laid out in Marking and Assessment and develops them to show teachers how to get the most out of assessment for their students.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The Bishop of one of the richest dioceses in the world (London), Richard Chartres is passionately concerned with preaching the Christian Gospel. For Chartres wisdom is a way of being in the world,respectful of other human beings, taking life, not for granted, but with thanksgiving to its Author.Having set out his basic theme in the first chapter, Bishop Chartres invites the reader to join him through the Church's year. At every turn he addresses the human condition of modern men and women and opens our eyes to endless possibilities in living the Gospel.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Burgh examines the ways that music shaped the culture of ancient Israel/Palestine. >.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Argues that 'system' in theology is not merely correlating assertions, but rather building perspectives from which we can render the various parts of theology vulnerable for assessment. This book aims to break the boundaries of systematic theology and showcases the dynamic character of the theology.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This book is a unique collection of new interviews with award-winning writers - novelists, poets, playwrights and children's writers. Each writer discusses their process, both mental and physical: why they write, who they write for, where and how often they write, their recurring themes, their problems and achievements. The interviews arepersonal, honest, informative, intriguing and often humorous. Each writer has also chosen a short extract from one of their works as an example of their style.Together their storiesoffer a fascinating insight into what makes asuccessful writer. This engaging collection inspires and delights: it is sure to appeal to anyone who loves reading or has ever wanted to be a writer.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - 'Proving' the cause of the plaintiff's injury in personal injury litigation often entails significant challenges, particularly when science cannot identify the cause of a biological phenomenon or when the nature of this cause is debatable. This problem is frequently encountered in medical malpractice cases, where the limitations of scientific knowledge are still extensive. Yet judges must decide cases, however uncertain the evidence with regard to proof of causation. Reluctant to leave patients without compensation, courts have in some cases challenged their traditional approach to causation through recourse to such techniques as reliance on factual presumptions and inferences, the concept of loss of chance, and reversal of the burden of proof. This book analyses and criticises the use of these various techniques by the courts of England, Australia, Canada, France, and the civilian Canadian province of Quebec in confronting evidentiary causal difficulties caused by the uncertainties of medical science.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Non-vicarious liability for the acts of third parties is distinguishable from the traditional doctrine of vicarious liability insofar as it relates to a form of primary liability predicated upon the personal fault of the defendant. More conveniently termed 'third party liability', it is a novel category of tortious liability that has evolved from a collection of disparate and isolated judicial decisions setting out, on an entirely ad hoc basis, individualised exceptions to the entrenched common law rules against liability for omissions and liability for the acts of others. As a result of the improvised nature of its development, the current law on third party liability is unstructured, unprincipled and incoherent. The specific purpose of this book is to seek out the foundational principles governing the various existing instances of third party liability, with a view to identifying a coherent legal basis upon which such liability can develop in the future.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - I interpret the Book of Job as literature of survival, reading the death imagery in Job as the complex articulation of traumatic experience.>.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The study uses the sacred traditions of Dan in Judges 17-18 as a springboard for an examination of the nature of the pre-exilic cult at Dan and in the Northern Kingdom in general, with particular reference its Ancient Near Eastern context.>.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Argues that 'system' in theology is not merely correlating assertions, but rather building perspectives from which we can render the various parts of theology vulnerable for assessment. This book aims to break the boundaries of systematic theology and showcases the dynamic character of the theology.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Takes a fresh look at 'Nahum'. This title explores further the presence of the feminine in the book of 'Nahum', the extent to which it is present in the text, how the structure of the text makes the feminine both present and absent, and the possible reasons why this is so.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Proposes a different theory regarding the date and circumstances of the composition of the 'Pentateuch'. This book shows that the Hebrew 'Pentateuch' was composed in its entirety about 273-272 BCE by Jewish scholars at Alexandria that later traditions credited with the Septuagint translation of the Pentateuch into Greek.