Author: Luther Blissett File Type: pdf A bestseller across Europe this international phenomenon is an ambitious, dynamic and intelligent historical novel written by four young Italian men. Set in the time of tremendous religious and political upheaval caused by the Reformation in Europe,Qbegins with Luther nailing his 95 theses on the door of the Wittenberg cathedral -- a historical flash point which would completely disrupt European society. The novel traces the adventures and conflicts of two central characters as they travel across Germany, Italy and the Netherlands. One is an Anabaptist, a member of the most radical Protestant sect. These are the anarchists of the Reformation who revolted against Catholicism and the emerging Reformation church. The other is a Catholic spy and informer. Like the leaders of religious reform, the books authors break with tradition -- seeking anonymity behind the pseudonym Luther Blissett. They have successfully created a world of intrigue, violence and intense political and religious passion. A phenomenal bestseller in Italy and Holland Qis now being translated into eight languages. When it was first published anonymously in Italy, it was widely rumoured to be the work of Umberto Eco.

Author: Catherine Simpson File Type: epub When I had a Little Sister by Catherine Simpson is a searingly honest and heartbreaking account of growing up in a farming family, and of Catherines search for understanding into what led her younger sister to kill herself at 46. Its a story of sisters and sacrifice, grief and reclamation, and of the need to speak the unspeakable. When did she decide to die? Was it before midnight on Friday the 6th, because she couldnt face another night or was it before dawn on Saturday the 7th because she couldnt face another day? Did she think about us? Did she think about her dog, Ted, or her cat, Puss, sleeping on Grandma Marys old sofa in the conservatory and who would be waiting for her to feed them in the morning? What about her horses in the stable? Did she think about them? Did she imagine Dad finding her? It would have to be Dad, after all. It couldnt be anyone else. Did she know what she was doing? On a cold December day in 2013 Catherine Simpson received the phone call she had feared for years. Her little sister Tricia had been found dead in the farmhouse where she, Catherine and their sister Elizabeth were born and where their family had lived for generations. Tricia was 46 and had been stalked by depression all her life. Yet mental illness was a taboo subject within the family and although love was never lacking, there was a silence at its heart. After Tricia died, Catherine found she had kept a lifetime of diaries. The words in them took her back to a past they had shared, but experienced so differently, and offered a thread to help explore the labyrinth of her sisters suicide.

Author: Robert Oppenheim File Type: pdf In the nineteenth century the predominant focus of American anthropology centered on the native peoples of North America, and most anthropologists would argue that Korea during this period was hardly a cultural area of great anthropological interest. However, this perspective underestimates Korea as a significant object of concern for American anthropology during the period from 1882 to 1945otherwise a turbulent, transitional period in Koreas history. An Asian Frontier focuses on the dialogue between the American anthropological tradition and Korea, from Koreas first treaty with the United States to the end of World War II, with the goal of rereading anthropologys history and theoretical development through its Pacific frontier. Drawing on notebooks and personal correspondence as well as the publications of anthropologists of the day, Robert Oppenheim shows how and why Korea became an important object of studywith, for instance, more published about Korea in the pages of American Anthropologist before 1900 than would be seenfor decades after. Oppenheim chronicles the actions of American collectors, Korean mediators, and metropolitan curators who first created Korean anthropological exhibitions for the public. He moves on to examine anthropologistssuch as Ales Hrdlicka, Walter Hough, Stewart Culin, Frederick Starr, and Frank Hamilton Cushingwho fit Korea into frameworks of evolution, culture, and race even as they engaged questions of imperialism that were raised by Japans colonization of the country. In tracing the development of American anthropologys understanding of Korea, Oppenheim discloses the legacy present in our ongoing understanding of Korea and of anthropologys past. **Review An Asian Frontiermakes a novel contribution to the history of anthropology and to the history of the study of Korea. . . . Interesting, provocative, and singular.Laura Nelson, associate professor of womens and gender studies at the University of California, Berkeley, and author ofMeasured Excess Status, Gender, and Consumer Nationalism in South Korea (Laura Nelson 2015-09-15) Oppenheims research and writing are informed by sophisticated perspectives on how science is done and its results communicated. . . . A major contribution to seeing non-Americanist work during the time in which museums and university departments of anthropology began.Stephen O. Murray, director of El Instituto Obregon in San Francisco and coauthor ofLooking Through Taiwan American Anthropologists Collusion with Ethnic Domination (Stephen O. Murray 2015-09-15) About the Author Robert Oppenheimis an associate professor of Asian studies and anthropology at the University of Texas at Austin. He is the author ofKyongju Things Assembling Place.

Author: Virgil File Type: pdf These delightful poemsby turns whimsical, beautiful, and vulgarseem to have primarily survived because they were attributed to Virgil. But in David R. Slavitts imaginative and appealing translations, they stand firmly on their own merits. Slavitt brings to this little-known body of verse a fresh voice, vividly capturing the tone and style of the originals while conveying a lively sense of fun. David Slavitt is the most fluent and imaginative translator of Latin verse working today, and this collection of Virgilian poems testifies to his skill, sensitivity, and wit. Slavitt brings to this odd and little-known body of verse a real voice. Whether or not the poems are Virgils is, in the end, less important than the fact that, by the end of this book, these poems have become truly Slavitts.--Seth Lerer, Dean of Arts and Humanities at the University of California at San DiegoSlavitt has an established, unique, and appealing voice. He does an excellent job catching the tone and style of the originals, and these are readable and entertaining interpretations of the Latin.--Daniel Berman, author of Myth and Culture in Aeschylus Seven Against ThebesLight-hearted poems, some obscene, some studies in vitriol, a miniature epic about a gnat, a recipe for a salad that gave the United States its motto, e pluribus unum--these are poems that have come down to us under the name of great Virgil. David Slavitts free versions bring them to life, capturing their wit and flair. They are a joy to read, not least for revealing a cheerier side of ancient Rome.--David Konstan, author of The Emotions of the Ancient Greeks Studies in Aristotle and Classical Literature David Slavitt is the most fluent and imaginative translator of Latin verse working today, and this collection of Virgilian poems testifies to his skill, sensitivity, and wit. Slavitt brings to this odd and little-known body of verse a real voice. Whether or not the poems are Virgils is, in the end, less important than the fact that, by the end of this book, these poems have become truly Slavitts.--Seth Lerer, Dean of Arts and Humanities at the University of California at San DiegoSlavitt has an established, unique, and appealing voice. He does an excellent job catching the tone and style of the originals, and these are readable and entertaining interpretations of the Latin.--Daniel Berman, author of Myth and Culture in Aeschylus Seven Against ThebesLight-hearted poems, some obscene, some studies in vitriol, a miniature epic about a gnat, a recipe for a salad that gave the United States its motto, e pluribus unum--these are poems that have come down to us under the name of great Virgil. David Slavitts free versions bring them to life, capturing their wit and flair. They are a joy to read, not least for revealing a cheerier side of ancient Rome.--David Konstan, author of The Emotions of the Ancient Greeks Studies in Aristotle and Classical Literature