A long-awaited and much-anticipated biography of one of the great modern poets.In 1933, on his seventieth birthday, the poet Constantine Cavafy died in an Alexandrian hospital, surrounded by friends. He left behind a small, curated oeuvre of 154 poems, along with fragments and drafts of incomplete works. Throughout his life, Constantine had kept a tight grip on the distribution of his poetry, but after his death his reputation grew and Constantine became the august...

Το βιβλίο συμπεριλαμβάνεται στη βάση συγγραμμάτων Εύδοξος (κωδικός βιβλίου: 143563630). Μπορείτε να διαβάσετε ένα απόσπασμα, τα περιεχόμενα και το οπισθόφυλλο εδώ.To 1933, στα εβδομηκοστά του γενέθλια, ο ποιητής Κωνσταντίνος Καβάφης πεθαίνει σε ένα νοσοκομείο της Αλεξάνδρειας, αφήνοντας πίσω του ένα μικρό, επιμελημένο σύνολο 154 ποιημάτων, μαζί με σπαράγματα και χ...

'Paul’s Letters to The Corinthians 1 & 2': Peter Jeffrey reads the second and third of Paul’s Letters, in which he writes to the Christian community in Corinth, Greece. Specially composed music is included. The readings were part of BBC Radio 4's series of 341 daily episodes of the Bible, broadcast in 1991 and 1992. Abridged by Elizabeth Bradbury. 'The New Testament': These abridged readings of the New Testament are taken from the 1989 Revised English Bible, which was translated directly f...

"Brilliant. . . . A masterpiece in quantitative and qualitative economic research destined to become a classic in its field." ― Library JournalUnequal Gains offers a radically new understanding of the economic evolution of the United States. While other economic historians base their accounts on American wealth, Peter Lindert and Jeffrey Williamson focus instead on income—and the result is a bold reassessment of the American economic experience.

A Comprehensive TourIn this course, Father Kirby takes a look at the history and artwork of St. Peter's Square and Basilica through the light of faith. This comprehensive tour explains why St. Peter's Basilica was significant to the early Christians, and why it is still significant today."Ecco Roma"Just as the ancient pilgrims exclaimed, "Ecco Roma" (Latin for "Behold Rome"), so too does this course begin with wonder at beholding th...

A group of friends convenes at a cabin in the Stockholm archipelago for a much anticipated vacation. But all is not well on the island of Svartoga. A sinister presence stalks them even as tensions rise and friendships are tested.Created by Jens Peter SjobergCreative Consultant, TJ MarquisNarrated by Victoria JeffreyProduced by Tell A Tale AB

The Vatican, comprising the Apostolic Palace, St. Peter's Basilica, and various other buildings, serves as the headquarters of the Catholic Church. It has done so for nearly two millennium ever since the first Pope, St. Peter, made it his home.Thousands of Catholics flock to the Vatican and its iconic basilica each year. But what do you really know about this great basilica and the city that houses it?Here, Father Jeffrey Kirby takes you on a whirlwind tour of this little c...

Theus is sold into servanthood by his poverty-stricken family and taken by his kindly master on a journey across a continent, following the course of the Landwide River.From there, he begins to learn the secrets of the memory stones, the extraordinary objects that can store information for people.As Theus learns more about the world beyond his family's farm, learning to handle weapons and combatting the turbulent world around him, he discovers that the beau...

De moderne mens is gewend op zijn wenken bediend te worden. Met één muisklik kan alles besteld worden, van kakkerlakkensprays tot alpinopetjes en van diepvriespizza's tot libidoversterkers. Krijgen wat je hebt besteld, is de norm geworden en heeft een verwende samenleving tot gevolg. Als dan het leven niet geeft wat mensen verwachten, zijn de onvrede en agressie compleet: ouders die de school voor de rechter slepen omdat hun kind onvoldoende presteert of artsen die worden bedreigd omdat zi...

Maak kennis met de provocatieve psychologie van Jeffrey Wijnberg: Ik kijk dwars door je heen Leer de spelletjes die mensen spelen, te doorgronden. Wijnberg laat zien hoe gemakkelijk het is om mensen uit hun tent te lokken, en hoeveel plezier het geeft als je er samen om kunt lachen. Niemand is iemand zonder de ander Iedereen ergert zich aan het gedrag van de ander, maar niemand geeft het goede voorbeeld. Wijnberg helpt u op zijn bekende provocatieve manier uit de droom en zuivert tegelijk ...

Robert Jeffrey, author of the bestselling "Barlinnie Story" and other true crime books, now tells the remarkable story of the infamous Peterhead Prison in Scotland's far north-east. Built in the 1880s as part of an ambitious humanitarian plan to use convict labour to construct a 'harbour of refuge' on the town's wild, storm-battered coast, it became what some call Scotland's gulag. A cold and brutal place, it has held down the years some of Scotland's most violent criminals and most infamo...

A comprehensive guide to project management and its interaction with other management systems and strategiesThe Wiley Guides to the Management of Projects address critical, need-to-know information that will enable professionals to successfully manage projects in most businesses and help students learn the best practices of the industry. They contain not only well-known and widely used basic project management practices but also the newest and most cutting-edge concepts in the broa...