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Perfect Heroes

Author : Judith Tydor Baumel-Schwartz
Publisher : Univ of Wisconsin Press
ISBN 13 : 0299234835
Total Pages : 303 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (992 download)

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Download or read book Perfect Heroes written by Judith Tydor Baumel-Schwartz and published by Univ of Wisconsin Press. This book was released on 2010-06-15 with total page 303 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During World War II, the British military dropped several dozen parachutists from Palestine, including three women, behind enemy lines in Eastern Europe and the Balkans. These young soldiers, most of whom had fled Europe only a few years earlier, faced a double challenge: their British mission was to find pilots who had jettisoned over enemy territory and assist them in returning to Allied-occupied lands; their Zionist mission was to contact Jewish communities, assist them in rebuilding the local Zionist movement, and, when necessary, help their members escape from the Nazis. Seven of the parachutists lost their lives in this effort. In Perfect Heroes, an expanded and updated English adaptation of her Hebrew book Giborim le-mofet, Judith Tydor Baumel-Schwartz recounts the history of these parachutists' wartime escapades and also analyzes the ways that various segments of Israeli society—military, political, legal, educational, youth, literary, and artistic—used the parachutists' story over the course of fifty years to build a nationalist narrative and to promote their own partisan and, at times, contradictory agendas. Baumel-Schwartz also offers broader comparative discussions of how individuals were commemorated as WWII heroes and heroines in many countries, in service of national mythologizing and collective memory.

Perfect Villains, Imperfect Heroes

Author : Ronald L. Goldfarb
Publisher : Capital Books
ISBN 13 : 9781931868068
Total Pages : 404 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (68 download)

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Download or read book Perfect Villains, Imperfect Heroes written by Ronald L. Goldfarb and published by Capital Books. This book was released on 2002 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ..."a compelling piece of work, strongly evocative of an era that seems, more and more, to have been one of the most extraordinary periods in our history . The unions, the mobs, the plots, the characters."Don DeLillo

No Perfect Hero

Author : Nicole Snow
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781092569903
Total Pages : 392 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (699 download)

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Download or read book No Perfect Hero written by Nicole Snow and published by . This book was released on 2019-04-03 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bossy. Heart of stone. Snarly mess next door.Send help before I'm prick-matized...My next big mistake has a name.Warren Ford. Best kept secret in this weird little town.An alpha's alpha. Spartan abs. Too blunt for everybody's good.Moody, broody, mysterious, and totally up in my business.I thought Heart's Edge would be safe.No two timing exes. No pink slips. No hulking, loud, inked up -Oh. Right.Leave it to a badass to bring the drama piping hot.Then he goes and saves a cat who means the world to my little niece.Making me a mushy little puddle of wishes.Wishing I didn't know his savage kiss like my own reflection.Or how erasing tears must be his superpower.Wishing I'd never poked his scary past.Or heard him growl when he swears it's not our future.There's no way this works.He's no white knight. I'm no princess.I need to go. He says stay.Even our sheet-ripping nights can't work miracles.Only an answer as the danger closes in.Is Warren my perfect slice of hero?From Wall Street Journal bestselling author Nicole Snow - a twisted small town love story. See how far a damaged alpha goes to claim the feisty damsel in distress under his skin. Full length romance novel with a rollicking Happily Ever After.

Even Superheroes Make Mistakes

Author : Shelly Becker
Publisher : Union Square & Co.
ISBN 13 : 1454941383
Total Pages : 40 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (549 download)

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Download or read book Even Superheroes Make Mistakes written by Shelly Becker and published by Union Square & Co.. This book was released on 2020-02-28 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “A highly appealing read. . . . Children will readily gravitate to this book.” —School Library Journal What do young superheroes do when they’ve blundered and bungled? They don’t get mad; they get SMART! This fun follow-up to Even Superheroes Have Bad Days teaches kids another humorous lesson in overcoming adversity. Even superheroes sometimes slip up and err. And when that happens, do they say, “It’s not FAIR?” or give up in despair? NO! “Ashamed Superheroes who goofed up somehow . . . First STOP . . . then CONSIDER what’s best to do now.” Whether they’ve nabbed the wrong guy by mistake or bashed into a planet while zooming through space, all superheroes ‘fess up their mess-up, get on with their day, and keep on saving the world in the most super way!

Three Plays

Author : Jean Racine
Publisher : Wordsworth Editions
ISBN 13 : 9781840221121
Total Pages : 470 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (211 download)

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Download or read book Three Plays written by Jean Racine and published by Wordsworth Editions. This book was released on 2000 with total page 470 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Plutarch of Chaeronea is one of the great story-tellers of antiquity, a writer whose ability to create unforgettable scenes matches the grandeur of his subject matter. The heroes of his Lives were the great men of antiquity, often greatly flawed, but with tragic depth and epic stature.

Gettysburg Heroes

Author : Glenn W. LaFantasie
Publisher : Indiana University Press
ISBN 13 : 0253000173
Total Pages : 298 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (53 download)

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Download or read book Gettysburg Heroes written by Glenn W. LaFantasie and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 2008-02-05 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Civil War generation saw its world in ways startlingly different from our own. In these essays, Glenn W. LaFantasie examines the lives and experiences of several key personalities who gained fame during the war and after. The battle of Gettysburg is the thread that ties these Civil War lives together. Gettysburg was a personal turning point, though each person was affected differently. Largely biographical in its approach, the book captures the human drama of the war and shows how this group of individuals—including Abraham Lincoln, James Longstreet, Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain, William C. Oates, and others—endured or succumbed to the war and, willingly or unwillingly, influenced its outcome. At the same time, it shows how the war shaped the lives of these individuals, putting them through ordeals they never dreamed they would face or survive.

Caesar & Cleopatra

Author : Khalīl Saʻādah
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 448 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Caesar & Cleopatra written by Khalīl Saʻādah and published by . This book was released on 1898 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Television Rewired

Author : Martha P. Nochimson
Publisher : University of Texas Press
ISBN 13 : 0292759444
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (927 download)

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Download or read book Television Rewired written by Martha P. Nochimson and published by University of Texas Press. This book was released on 2019-07-15 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1990, American television experienced a seismic shift when Twin Peaks premiered, eschewing formulaic plots and clear lines between heroes and villains. This game-changing series inspired a generation of show creators to experiment artistically, transforming the small screen in ways that endure to this day. Focusing on six shows (Twin Peaks, with a critical analysis of both the original series and the 2017 return; The Wire; Treme; The Sopranos; Mad Men; and Girls), Television Rewired explores what made these programs so extraordinary. As their writers and producers fought against canned plots and moral simplicity, they participated in the evolution of the exhilarating new auteur television while underscoring the fact that art and entertainment don't have to be mutually exclusive. Nochimson also makes provocative distinctions between true auteur television and shows that were inspired by the freedom of the auteur series but nonetheless remained entrenched within the parameters of formula. Providing opportunities for vigorous discussion, Television Rewired will stimulate debates about which of the new television series since 1990 constitute “art” and which are tweaked “business-driven storytelling.”

Myth of the Modern Hero

Author : Jane L. Bownas
Publisher : Liverpool University Press
ISBN 13 : 1782845178
Total Pages : 199 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (828 download)

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Download or read book Myth of the Modern Hero written by Jane L. Bownas and published by Liverpool University Press. This book was released on 2017-11-21 with total page 199 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The idea of the hero originates in myths from the distant past and has been applied to many different concepts in different societies, cultures and historical time periods. As a mythical signifier the meaning of the word hero changes according to the intentions of the user, and this study examines some of the ways in which heroic myths have been created, either to justify the actions of those in power or to produce an imaginary ideal to which the majority can aspire. The warrior heroes of Greek legend fighting for individual glory and honour have little in common with the soldiers fighting in the wars of the twentieth century, resulting in the creation of a new hero myth, that of the patriotic, dutiful and obedient soldier. As a result of wars and the emergence of new states there is a need for new myths depicting heroes who fight and if necessary die in order to defend their nation. Heroic myths are important for those seeking power and this study considers the extent to which Germanic myths played a part in the emergence of Hitler as a heroic leader. In recent times the idea of the hero with which people most readily identify is the extreme altruist -- someone who is ready to risk their own life to save the life of another person. The possible origins of and reasons for such behaviour are examined. All humans possess the potential to act in ways which might be considered to be heroic, even when this involves living an ordinary life with courage and endurance.

Recording Broadway

Author : Thomas Z. Shepard
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1493081268
Total Pages : 375 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (93 download)

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Download or read book Recording Broadway written by Thomas Z. Shepard and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2024-11-19 with total page 375 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Grammy Award–winning producer Shepard throws open the door to the recording booth in his exuberant and fine-grained debut memoir.... Broadway aficionados will find plenty to enjoy.” - Publishers Weekly RECORDING BROADWAY: A LIFE IN CAST ALBUMS of the making of fifty-plus years’ worth of show albums, featuring up-close-and-personal stories of his work with pretty much everyone who was anyone on Broadway, including Julie Andrews, Leonard Bernstein (“truly awesome but very complicated”), Sheldon Harnick (“as warm and decent as he was talented”), Barbara Cook (“one of my favorites”), Placido Domingo, Gregory Hines, John Kander, Fred Ebb, Danny Kaye, Angela Lansbury (“so gifted and so easy to be with and to work with”), Mandy Patinkin, Bernadette Peters, Chita Rivera, Stephen Sondheim (“a genius, and very easily bruised”), Barbra Streisand (“as professional at 24 as any veteran I’ve ever worked with”), Andrew Lloyd Webber, and many more. Alongside this unforgettable saga is the tale of Shepard’s childhood as a small-in-stature piano prodigy from East Orange, New Jersey, and his emergence into the world as a recording producer of, first, classical music and then Broadway cast recordings. Told with verve in Shepard’s inimitable voice— a striking combination of Broadway glitz and classical-music elegance—his journey makes for a uniquely compelling story, whether or not you’re among the millions of musical lovers around the world for whom his recordings are a vital link to Broadway at its best.

The Eclectic Magazine of Foreign Literature, Science, and Art

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 604 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (334 download)

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Download or read book The Eclectic Magazine of Foreign Literature, Science, and Art written by and published by . This book was released on 1856 with total page 604 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Essays Toward a Symbolic of Motives, 1950-1955

Author : Kenneth Burke
Publisher : Parlor Press LLC
ISBN 13 : 1932559345
Total Pages : 329 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (325 download)

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Download or read book Essays Toward a Symbolic of Motives, 1950-1955 written by Kenneth Burke and published by Parlor Press LLC. This book was released on 2007 with total page 329 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume contains the work Burke planned to include in the third book in his Motivorum trilogy. Following Rueckert's Introduction, Burke lays out his approach in essays that theorize and illustrate the method, which he considered essential for understanding language as symbolic action and human relations generally.

Leadership Unravelled

Author : Mark Cole
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000406849
Total Pages : 188 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (4 download)

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Download or read book Leadership Unravelled written by Mark Cole and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-08-15 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why is it that leaders – in social, political, and (most importantly) organisational contexts – are seemingly unable to address meaningfully the wicked problems and complex challenges that we currently face? There’s enormous busyness around reconfiguring departments and adopting ‘transformational’ operating models, but in general plus ca change, plus la meme chose. Eyewatering amounts of treasure and time are spent in corporate life on leadership development, with people working hard to try and demonstrate that something useful has happened as a result. An entire pseudo-science has emerged to try and prove its worth, in part to justify the economic dividend that goes to those who make it to the upper levels of positional power. The fetishisation of leadership, especially strong leadership, fills our news outlets holding up carefully distorted images of great men (leadership is still deeply gendered) from across the worlds of politics, business, and sports. This book explores the persistently disappeared and unacknowledged constraints that inhibit leaders in every context. It argues that these constraints – defined in this volume in terms of five organisational paradoxes and six management myths – are found at large in society and are especially impactful in organisational life. By calling attention to, and exploring in rigorous detail, these paradoxes and myths, this book helps leaders, and the leadership systems they are part of, to wriggle free of the tacit assumptions that lock them into a cul-de-sac of simplistic prescription and heroic individualism. Once these mind-forged manacles are removed, new forms of leadership practice become possible, ones that are fit for purpose in engaging with a world facing systemic crisis and existential risk. This book is essential reading for leaders and managers at all levels looking for solutions to traditionally simplistic leadership practice and who want to affect systemic change. It will be beneficial to all those in the world of leadership development including business schools and HR departments.

Public Characters

Author : James M. Jasper
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 0190050047
Total Pages : 321 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (9 download)

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Download or read book Public Characters written by James M. Jasper and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Heroes, villains, victims, and minions have been the building blocks of moral and political reputations throughout human history. In Public Characters, the authors look at visual images, music, and words to show the techniques by which these characters get constructed. They also trace the impact of these public characters in politics, including the 2016 triumph of Donald J. Trump through his ability to cast opponents as villains and minions.

Stonewall Jackson and Religious Faith in Military Command

Author : Kenneth E. Hall
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 0786420855
Total Pages : 257 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (864 download)

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Download or read book Stonewall Jackson and Religious Faith in Military Command written by Kenneth E. Hall and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2005-04-19 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The relationship between war and religion is nothing new. For millennia, humankind has waged war over religion and derived religion from war. It is not surprising, then, that military leadership and religious conviction frequently coincide. This study documents the long tradition of the religious warrior in Western history and literature, with a special focus on Civil War general Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson. It also provides a general survey of the religious antecedents of Jackson and other more modern American military heroes. The book begins with an introduction to the Confederate general, largely from the perspective of those who lived with and served under him, whose testimonies attest to his courage, initiative, innate tactical talent, deep religious faith, and eccentric personal habits. The author analyzes the extent to which Jackson's national zeal has elevated him to the status of a religious martyr, remembered today within an epic frame of sainthood and heroism. Concise comparisons are drawn between Jackson and his Old World predecessors, including Ulrich Zwingli, John Knox and Oliver Cromwell. Similar associations are made between Jackson and such Civil War contemporaries as William Dorsey Pender and Oliver Otis Howard. A chapter addressing the representation of "Stonewall" in modern Civil War literature and film, particularly in the novel and subsequent motion picture Gods and Generals, provides an insightful juxtaposition of Jackson's status among the "gods" of the Civil War and his own reverence for the God of his Presbyterian faith.

From Season to Season

Author : Joseph L. Price
Publisher : Mercer University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780865546943
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (469 download)

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Download or read book From Season to Season written by Joseph L. Price and published by Mercer University Press. This book was released on 2001 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In From Season to Season: Sports as American Religion, nine scholars of religion and theology explore the relationship between religion and sports in American popular culture and the role of sports as religion.

The Genesis of Justice

Author : Alan M. Dershowitz
Publisher : Grand Central Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0759521816
Total Pages : 510 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (595 download)

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Download or read book The Genesis of Justice written by Alan M. Dershowitz and published by Grand Central Publishing. This book was released on 2001-02-01 with total page 510 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the nation's most peripatetic civil liberties lawyer comes a "dazzling and stimulating" exploration of how the creation of the ten commandments provides the origins to today's law (Library Journal). Alan Dershowitz is one of America's most famous litigation experts. In the Genesis of Justice he examines the Genesis narratives to bring to the reader an insight into the creation of the ten commandments and much of what is now law.