Search Results - "tragedy"

Roman republican theatre by Manuwald, Gesine

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Be good, sweet maid the trials of Dorothy Joudrie / by Andrews, Audrey, 1935-

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Roman republican theatre by Manuwald, Gesine

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In the eye of the China storm a life between East and West / by Lin, Paul T. K., 1920-2004

Table of Contents: “…PART I 1920-1949: In the Beginning Was Father ; A Budding Scholar and Orator ; China Family / by Eileen Chen Shu Lin ; Two Lives Entwined / by Eileen Chen Shu Lin ; From Academics to Activism -- PART I I 1950-1964: Journey to New China ; Beijing Learnings ; A Revolution Is Not a Dinner Party -- PART I I I 1965-1982: Return to Canada and Cold War Chill ; Bright Beginning and Tragedy ; Cold War Warming ; Passionate Dialogues ; Cultural Revolution Conundrums ; China Opens to the World ; Generations -- PART IV 1982-2004: University of East Asia, Macau ; From Idealism to Idealistic Pragmatism ; An Enigma Reconsidered -- Appendix 1: Paul T.K. …”
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In the eye of the China storm a life between East and West / by Lin, Paul T. K., 1920-2004

Table of Contents: “…PART I 1920-1949: In the Beginning Was Father ; A Budding Scholar and Orator ; China Family / by Eileen Chen Shu Lin ; Two Lives Entwined / by Eileen Chen Shu Lin ; From Academics to Activism -- PART I I 1950-1964: Journey to New China ; Beijing Learnings ; A Revolution Is Not a Dinner Party -- PART I I I 1965-1982: Return to Canada and Cold War Chill ; Bright Beginning and Tragedy ; Cold War Warming ; Passionate Dialogues ; Cultural Revolution Conundrums ; China Opens to the World ; Generations -- PART IV 1982-2004: University of East Asia, Macau ; From Idealism to Idealistic Pragmatism ; An Enigma Reconsidered -- Appendix 1: Paul T.K. …”
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Dystopian fiction east and west universe of terror and trial / by Gottlieb, Erika

Table of Contents: “…The answers of utopia, tragedy, and dystopia -- Nineteenth-century precursors of the dystopian vision -- The dictator behind the mask : Zamiatin's We, Huxley's Brave new world, and Orwell's Ninteenth eighty-four -- Dictatorship without a mask : Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451, Vonnegut's Player piano, and Atwood's The handmaid's tale -- The writer on trial: socialist realism and the exile of speculative fiction -- The dystopia of revolutionary justice : Serge's Conquered city, Zazubrin's "The chip," and Rodionov's Chocolate -- The legalization of terror: Platonov's The foundation pit, Ribakov's Children of the Arbat, and Koestler's Darkness at noon -- Terror in war, terror in peace: Grossman's Life and fate, Tertz Sinyavski's The trial begins, and Daniel's This is Moscow speaking -- Collective paranoia: the persecutor and the persecuted: Andzrejewski, Déry, Fuks, Hlasko, Örkény, Vaculik, and Mrozek -- Kafka's ghost: The trial as theatre: Klima's The castle, Karvas's The big wig, and Havel''s Memorandum -- From terror to entropy : the downward spiral: Konwicki's A minor apocalypse, Déry's Mr G.A. in X and Zinoviev's The radiant future -- Speculative fiction returns from exile : Dystopian vision with a sneer: Voinovich's Moscow 2042, Aksyonov's The island of Crimea, Dalos's 1985, and Moldova's Hitler in Hungary -- Dystopia East and West: conclusion.…”
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Between the lines readings on Israel, the Palestinians, and the U.S. "war on terror" /

Table of Contents: “…The outbreak of the Al Aqsa Intifada and its early development : September 2000-January 2001 -- A Likud-Labor gangster government after Sharon's victory in the 2001 elections : provocative escalations, defiant but handicapped resistance : January-October 2001 -- Back to the essence of the conflict : total war--Zionist left and right close national and class ranks -- The case of MK Azmi Bishara : revealing the true nature of Israel's democracy -- From "defensive shield" to "reforming the PA" : Jenin's noble tragedy : March 2002-February 2003 -- Israeli elections 2003 and the sweeping victory of Sharon : what once was will continue to be, only worse : March 2003 -- The occupation of Iraq : widening U.S. hegemony and its fallout for Palestine : July 2002-April 2003 -- Carte blanche : the era of force, force, and more force : May-September 2003 -- From Arafat's death to the disengagement spectacle : January 2004-September 2005 -- Expanding regionally, resisting locally : "he who wants peace prepares for war" : October 2005-November 2006.…”
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Shalom/salaam/peace a liberation theology of hope / by Hammond, Constance A.

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: From the particular to the global and back to the project -- The land of Israel/Palestine -- Jerusalem -- The ownership of land -- The theology of the land -- Generations of God gifting the land -- Conquering in the name of God -- One God : three faiths -- The Word of God -- Scripture from a Palestinian Christian perspective -- Scripture from a Muslim perspective -- Scripture from a Jewish perspective -- A timeline from 1840-1967 -- The land and population in modern day Israel/Palestine -- Settlers and settlements -- Zionism : secular and religious -- Politics, wars and new beginnings -- Peacemakers : Jewish, Christian, and Muslim -- The wall, the fence, the barrier -- The law ancient, the reality today -- Exodus -- Peacemakers versus disturbers of the peace -- Liberation theology and Vatican II -- Economic development and developing revolutions -- Founders of liberation theology -- Leaders and martyrs of the revolution -- Martyrs of liberation theology -- Base Christian communities (communidades de base) -- Liberation theology in North America -- Liberation theology : Jewish and Islamic -- Liberation theology : Palestinian Christian -- Palestinian resistance groups -- The peacemakers in Israel/Palestine -- Israeli Jewish peace groups -- Palestinian Christian and Muslim peace groups -- International peace groups -- Tragedy behind the theology.…”
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Trauma transformed an empowerment response /

Table of Contents: “…Stevenson and Jaime Rall -- Transforming the trauma of war in combat veterans / Mel Singer -- Triumph over tragedy: transformation through the aftermath of disaster / Jane Parker and Michael Zakour -- Conclusion: trauma transformed through empowerment and resilience / Marian Bussey.…”
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Shalom/salaam/peace a liberation theology of hope / by Hammond, Constance A.

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: From the particular to the global and back to the project -- The land of Israel/Palestine -- Jerusalem -- The ownership of land -- The theology of the land -- Generations of God gifting the land -- Conquering in the name of God -- One God : three faiths -- The Word of God -- Scripture from a Palestinian Christian perspective -- Scripture from a Muslim perspective -- Scripture from a Jewish perspective -- A timeline from 1840-1967 -- The land and population in modern day Israel/Palestine -- Settlers and settlements -- Zionism : secular and religious -- Politics, wars and new beginnings -- Peacemakers : Jewish, Christian, and Muslim -- The wall, the fence, the barrier -- The law ancient, the reality today -- Exodus -- Peacemakers versus disturbers of the peace -- Liberation theology and Vatican II -- Economic development and developing revolutions -- Founders of liberation theology -- Leaders and martyrs of the revolution -- Martyrs of liberation theology -- Base Christian communities (communidades de base) -- Liberation theology in North America -- Liberation theology : Jewish and Islamic -- Liberation theology : Palestinian Christian -- Palestinian resistance groups -- The peacemakers in Israel/Palestine -- Israeli Jewish peace groups -- Palestinian Christian and Muslim peace groups -- International peace groups -- Tragedy behind the theology.…”
An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view

Trauma transformed an empowerment response /

Table of Contents: “…Stevenson and Jaime Rall -- Transforming the trauma of war in combat veterans / Mel Singer -- Triumph over tragedy: transformation through the aftermath of disaster / Jane Parker and Michael Zakour -- Conclusion: trauma transformed through empowerment and resilience / Marian Bussey.…”
An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view

Dystopian fiction east and west universe of terror and trial / by Gottlieb, Erika

Table of Contents: “…The answers of utopia, tragedy, and dystopia -- Nineteenth-century precursors of the dystopian vision -- The dictator behind the mask : Zamiatin's We, Huxley's Brave new world, and Orwell's Ninteenth eighty-four -- Dictatorship without a mask : Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451, Vonnegut's Player piano, and Atwood's The handmaid's tale -- The writer on trial: socialist realism and the exile of speculative fiction -- The dystopia of revolutionary justice : Serge's Conquered city, Zazubrin's "The chip," and Rodionov's Chocolate -- The legalization of terror: Platonov's The foundation pit, Ribakov's Children of the Arbat, and Koestler's Darkness at noon -- Terror in war, terror in peace: Grossman's Life and fate, Tertz Sinyavski's The trial begins, and Daniel's This is Moscow speaking -- Collective paranoia: the persecutor and the persecuted: Andzrejewski, Déry, Fuks, Hlasko, Örkény, Vaculik, and Mrozek -- Kafka's ghost: The trial as theatre: Klima's The castle, Karvas's The big wig, and Havel''s Memorandum -- From terror to entropy : the downward spiral: Konwicki's A minor apocalypse, Déry's Mr G.A. in X and Zinoviev's The radiant future -- Speculative fiction returns from exile : Dystopian vision with a sneer: Voinovich's Moscow 2042, Aksyonov's The island of Crimea, Dalos's 1985, and Moldova's Hitler in Hungary -- Dystopia East and West: conclusion.…”
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Between the lines readings on Israel, the Palestinians, and the U.S. "war on terror" /

Table of Contents: “…The outbreak of the Al Aqsa Intifada and its early development : September 2000-January 2001 -- A Likud-Labor gangster government after Sharon's victory in the 2001 elections : provocative escalations, defiant but handicapped resistance : January-October 2001 -- Back to the essence of the conflict : total war--Zionist left and right close national and class ranks -- The case of MK Azmi Bishara : revealing the true nature of Israel's democracy -- From "defensive shield" to "reforming the PA" : Jenin's noble tragedy : March 2002-February 2003 -- Israeli elections 2003 and the sweeping victory of Sharon : what once was will continue to be, only worse : March 2003 -- The occupation of Iraq : widening U.S. hegemony and its fallout for Palestine : July 2002-April 2003 -- Carte blanche : the era of force, force, and more force : May-September 2003 -- From Arafat's death to the disengagement spectacle : January 2004-September 2005 -- Expanding regionally, resisting locally : "he who wants peace prepares for war" : October 2005-November 2006.…”
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Global Faulkner Faulkner and Yoknapatawpha, 2006 /

Table of Contents: “…Matthews -- From colony to empire: postmodern Faulkner / Leigh Anne Duck -- The fetish of surplus value; or, What the ledgers say / Melanie R. Benson -- On the tragedies and comedies of the new world Faulkner / George B. …”
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King Hussein of Jordan a political life / by Ashton, Nigel John

Table of Contents: “…The tragedy of King Talal -- Breaking the British connection, 1953-6 -- To hold a throne, 1956-7 -- A dynasty under threat, 1957-61 -- Arab Cold War and détente, 1962-6 -- The path to disaster, 1966-7 -- Lost in a sandstorm: Hussein and the peace process, 1967-8 -- 'Seven questions of Israel': the September 1970 crisis -- The October war -- Disengagement and disillusionment, 1973-7 -- The Camp David disaster, 1977-9 -- The Iran-Iraq war, 1980-88 -- Fishing in the Dead Sea: King Hussein and the peace process, 1980-89 -- Between Iraq and a hard place: King Hussein and the Gulf Crisis, 1990-91 -- From Madrid to Oslo: King Hussein and the peace process, 1991-3 -- The best of enemies, the best of friends: Hussein, Rabin and the Jordanian, Israeli peace treaty -- The bitter aftertaste of peace -- The liberation of Iraq, 1995-7 -- A destiny fulfilled?…”
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Global Faulkner Faulkner and Yoknapatawpha, 2006 /

Table of Contents: “…Matthews -- From colony to empire: postmodern Faulkner / Leigh Anne Duck -- The fetish of surplus value; or, What the ledgers say / Melanie R. Benson -- On the tragedies and comedies of the new world Faulkner / George B. …”
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King Hussein of Jordan a political life / by Ashton, Nigel John

Table of Contents: “…The tragedy of King Talal -- Breaking the British connection, 1953-6 -- To hold a throne, 1956-7 -- A dynasty under threat, 1957-61 -- Arab Cold War and détente, 1962-6 -- The path to disaster, 1966-7 -- Lost in a sandstorm: Hussein and the peace process, 1967-8 -- 'Seven questions of Israel': the September 1970 crisis -- The October war -- Disengagement and disillusionment, 1973-7 -- The Camp David disaster, 1977-9 -- The Iran-Iraq war, 1980-88 -- Fishing in the Dead Sea: King Hussein and the peace process, 1980-89 -- Between Iraq and a hard place: King Hussein and the Gulf Crisis, 1990-91 -- From Madrid to Oslo: King Hussein and the peace process, 1991-3 -- The best of enemies, the best of friends: Hussein, Rabin and the Jordanian, Israeli peace treaty -- The bitter aftertaste of peace -- The liberation of Iraq, 1995-7 -- A destiny fulfilled?…”
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Employee LEAPS : leveraging engagement by applying positive strategies / by Phillips, Kevin E.

Table of Contents: “…Dysfunctional organizations -- 5. From tragedy to triumph -- 6. Starting from scratch -- Part III. …”
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Employee LEAPS : leveraging engagement by applying positive strategies / by Phillips, Kevin E.

Table of Contents: “…Dysfunctional organizations -- 5. From tragedy to triumph -- 6. Starting from scratch -- Part III. …”
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Entrepreneurial economics bright ideas from the dismal science /

Table of Contents: “…The Organ Shortage: A Tragedy of the Commons? 107 -- Alexander Tabarrok -- Part IV. …”
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