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“anna della subin”

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  • Accidental Gods

    On Race, Empire, and Men Unwittingly Turned Divine

    de Anna Della Subin ...
    NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY ESQUIRE, THE IRISH TIMES AND THE TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT**SHORTLISTED FOR THE PEN HESSELL-TILTMAN PRIZEA provocative history of men who were worshipped as gods that illuminates the connection between power and religion and the role of divinity in a secular age.**Ever since 1492, when Christopher Columbus made landfall in the New World and was hailed as a heavenly ... Leer más

    $14.99 USD

  • Immortali per caso

    Di uomini diventati divini senza volerlo

    de Anna della Subin ...
    Traducido por Francesca Pe' ...
    ««Chi può creare un dio è una questione tanto affascinante quanto quella di chi ne può uccidere uno. Subin scrive magnificamente della vita spirituale delle persone emarginate, prendendo sul serio le loro devozioni e rivelando lo scopo sovversivo e il potere di credenze e pratiche che i loro oppressori hanno così spesso frainteso. Convincente... pieno di compassione... trascinante». »«The New ... Leer más

    $27.99 USD

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    Accidental Gods

    On Men Unwittingly Turned Divine

    de Anna Della Subin ...
    Narrado por Xe Sands ...

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    13 hora 3 minutos

    Ever since 1492, when Christopher Columbus made landfall in the New World and was hailed as a heavenly being, the accidental god has haunted the modern age. From Haile Selassie, acclaimed as the Living God in Jamaica, to Britain's Prince Philip, who became the unlikely center of a new religion on a South Pacific island, men made divine—always men—have appeared on every continent. And because these ... Leer más

    $29.99 USD

  • Laziness in the Fertile Valley

    de Albert Cossery, Anna Della Subin ...
    Traducido por William Goyen ...
    A portrait of a family of proud layabouts who avoid work and sleep all day by the Egyptian writer often referred to as "the Voltaire of the Nile"Laziness in the Fertile Valley is Albert Cossery’s biting social satire about a father, his three sons, and their uncle — slackers one and all. One brother has been sleeping for almost seven years, waking only to use the bathroom and eat a meal. Another ... Leer más

    $11.99 USD

  • The Hospital

    de Ahmed Bouanani ...
    Traducido por Lara Vergnaud ...
    A tour de force: an utterly singular modern Moroccan classic“When I walked through the large iron gate of the hospital, I must have still been alive…” So begins Ahmed Bouanani’s arresting, hallucinatory 1989 novel The Hospital, appearing for the first time in English translation. Based on Bouanani’s own experiences as a tuberculosis patient, the hospital begins to feel increasingly like a prison ... Leer más

    $10.99 USD

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    The Written World

    The Power of Stories to Shape People, History, Civilization

    de Martin Puchner ...
    Narrado por Arthur Morey ...

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    The story of literature in sixteen acts—from Homer to Harry Potter, including The Tale of Genji, Don Quixote, The Communist Manifesto, and how they shaped world historyIn this groundbreaking book, Martin Puchner leads us on a remarkable journey through time and around the globe to reveal the how stories and literature have created the world we have today. Through sixteen foundational texts ... Leer más

    $22.99 USD

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    The Pope at War

    The Secret History of Pius XII, Mussolini, and Hitler

    de David I. Kertzer ...
    Narrado por Arthur Morey ...

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    17 hora 33 minutos

    **NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “The most important book ever written about the Catholic Church and its conduct during World War II.”—Daniel Silva“Kertzer brings all of his usual detective and narrative skills to [The Pope at War] . . . the most comprehensive account of the Vatican’s relations to the Nazi and fascist regimes before and during the war.”—The Washington Post**“Tolstoyan.”—Cynthia ... Leer más

    $25.99 USD

  • In the Shadow of the Empress

    The Defiant Lives of Maria Theresa, Mother of Marie Antoinette, and Her Daughters

    de Nancy Goldstone ...
    The vibrant, sprawling saga of Empress Maria Theresa—one of the most renowned women rulers in history—and three of her extraordinary daughters, including Marie Antoinette, the doomed queen of France.Out of the thrilling and tempestuous eighteenth century comes the sweeping family saga of beautiful Maria Theresa, a sovereign of uncommon strength and vision, the only woman ever to inherit and rule ... Leer más

    $11.99 USD

  • The Trials of Thomas Morton

    An Anglican Lawyer, His Puritan Foes, and the Battle for a New England

    de Peter C. Mancall ...
    This "magisterial history" presents a new perspective on Thomas Morton, his colonial philosophy, and his lengthy feud with the Puritans ( Wall Street Journal).Adding new depth to our understanding of early New England society, this riveting account of Thomas Morton explores the tensions that arose from competing colonial visions. A lawyer and fur trader, Thomas Morton dreamed of a society where ... Leer más

    $21.59 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • How to Survive in Ancient Egypt

    de Charlotte Booth ...
    What would it be like if you were transported back to Thebes, 1360 BCE? This time-traveler's guide is a fascinating way to find out . . .Imagine you were transported back in time to Ancient Egypt and you had to start a new life there. What would you see? How would the people around you think and believe? How would you fit in? Where would you live? What would you eat? Where would you go to have ... Leer más

    $12.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • The Craft

    How the Freemasons Made the Modern World

    de John Dickie ...
    Discover the “convincingly researched and thoroughly entertaining” (The Wall Street Journal) history of the world’s oldest and most influential fraternityFounded in London in 1717 as a way of binding men in fellowship, Freemasonry proved so addictive that within two decades it had spread across the globe. Under George Washington, the Craft became a creed for the new American nation. Under Napoleon ... Leer más

    $15.99 USD

  • Marie-Antoinette

    The Making of a French Queen

    de John Hardman ...
    This "wonderfully gripping biography" digs beneath the famous legend to present a nuanced and revealing portrait of a serious-mined monarch (Allan Massie, Wall Street Journal).As the last Queen of France before the French Revolution, Marie-Antoinette was mistrusted and reviled in her own time, while today she is portrayed as a lightweight incapable of understanding the events that engulfed her. ... Leer más

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