L. H. Samuelson, the author, offers an insightful look into the rich cultural heritage of the Zulu. The book covers various aspects of Zulu life, including traditional rituals, social practices, beliefs, and legends. Samuelson's work is a valuable resource for understanding the social structure, ceremonies, and everyday life of the Zulu community during the early 20th century.The book includes descriptions of important ceremonies such as initiation rites, marriage customs, and funerals. It...

L. H. Samuelsons 'Die Traditionen und Mythologie der Zulu' ist ein eindrucksvolles Werk, das den Leser in die faszinierende Welt der Zulu-Kultur einführt. In einem eindringlichen literarischen Stil beschreibt Samuelson die komplexen Mythen und Traditionen dieser afrikanischen Volksgruppe mit einer Tiefe und Präzision, die selten in ähnlichen Arbeiten zu finden ist. Der Fokus des Buches liegt auf der Erfassung des reichen mündlichen Erbes der Zulu, das sich über Jahrhunderte entwickelt hat ...

These vampires don't sparkle.Samuelson has spent centuries being the model of restraint, but the discovery of a human woman who entices all of his desire shatters his carefully crafted control. Will he surrender to his newfound siren or stick to the safe side of his vampire instinct?

This philosophical inquiry into the problem of human suffering is "insightful, informative and deeply humane . . . a genuine pleasure to read" ( Times Higher Education).Suffering is an inescapable part of the human condition—which leads to a question that has proved just as inescapable throughout the centuries: Why? In Seven Ways of Looking at Pointless Suffering, Scott Samuelson tackles this fundamental question. To do so, he travels through the h...

Dans les États-Unis de la fin du XXe siècle, instantanés d'une famillebousculée par le tumulte de l'existence.Californie, été 1970. Sally Samuelson a 8 ans et la vie de sa famille est sur le point de basculer. Son frère Ellis, brillamment diplômé, a trouvé le bonheur sous le soleil d'une communauté hippie. Les parents embarquent alors Sally, sa soeur Katie et le chien dans le van familial pour récupérer leur aîné. Après cette escapade mouvementée, la vie sem...

El presente volumen es el sexto de la colección "Ladro, luego escribo". Una compilación de cuentos algunos ingeniosos, otros divertidos, también emotivos o reflexivos . De temas y estilos variopintos, todos son relatos para leer de una sentada y provocarnos una emoción. Los autores independientes de Malix Editores en esta sexta edición, no dejan de sorprender y este libro es ya parte de una colección que confirma la afición humana por los buenos relatos.

A unique, portable guidebook that sketches Rome's great philosophical tradition while also providing an engaging travel companion to the city.This is a guidebook to Rome for those interested in both la dolce vita and what the ancient Romans called the vita beata—the good life. Philosopher Scott Samuelson offers a thinker's tour of the Eternal City, rooting ideas from this philosophical tradition within the geography of the city itself. As he intro...

This accessible and thought-provoking introduction to philosophy shows how the eternal questions can shed light on our lives and struggles.These days, we generally leave philosophical matters to professional philosophers. Scott Samuelson thinks this is tragic, for our lives as well as for philosophy. In The Deepest Human Life, he restores philosophy to its proper place at the center of our humanity, rediscovering it as our most profound effort toward unders...

About Relationships and Climate ChangeThe challenge of climate change is one of the defining issues the world is facing at the start of the 2020s. It has mobilised a whole new generation of social activists, some of whom are going to extreme lengths to confront the public and especially political leaders with the threat that climate change makes to their future and the planet as a whole.Arguments about the causes of climate change are usually underpinned by the assumption that more human b...

Although the earliest authentic records of Romania or, more correctly speaking, of Dacia, the Roman province which embraced Romania, Transylvania, and some adjoining territories of to-day, do not reach further back than about the century immediately preceding the Christian era, a good deal of information is to be gathered from the writings of Herodotus, Dion Cassius, and other early historians regarding the Getæ, the race from whom the Dacians sprang. The Getæ were in all probability a bra...

This book addresses popular culture from a Christian perspective while using Kanye West and his recent Album as a graphic representation of God's desire and work in the world today.

En sen decembereftermiddag 1939 rövas tioåriga Gerd bort i centrala Stockholm. Alla svenskar sitter vid sina radioapparater och hör efterlysningen och läser senare om det fasansfulla fyndet av hennes skändade kropp. Slaget mot det trygga folkhemmet Sverige är hårt och tidningsskriverierna om händelsen övertrumfar krigsrubrikerna. Det dånar i folkdjupet. Polisen måste hitta mördaren. Vittnen kan berätta om en mörkhårig man och en svart bil. Slumpen vill att den kände idrottslegenden Olle Mö...