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From the introduction by Stanley Kunitz: Blake speaks more directly to us, anticipating the issues, conflicts, and anxieties of the modern world, than any of his contemporaries. It could be argued that he dared, in fact, to be the first modern poet. . . . Above all, Blake teaches us that the imagination is a portion of the divine principle, that "Energy is Eternal Delight, " and that "everything that lives is Holy." Human liberty and imaginati...

From a new storytelling talent comes a completely new view of Richard III--one of history's alleged villains--and the unforgettable heroine who loves him.

Cate Fante is strong and smart, but when she becomes a federal judge, even she wonders if she can do the job justice. She's in her thirties, so she feels as though she's joining the world's most exclusive retirement village. She worries inwardly that she only looks the part, in a designer suit donned like overpriced armor. After all, a job described in the United States Constitution would intimidate anybody.But Cate keeps her doubts a secret. ...

Die Geburt Europas aus dem dreifachen Glauben an einen Gott Im Mittelalter wächst Europa aus der Welt der Antike heraus. Was Europa jedoch erst entstehen ließ, war der Sieg des Monotheismus über die Vielgötterei der Antike. Christen, Juden und Muslime leben nebeneinander in multireligiösen Gesellschaften. Der Autor zeigt, wie es seit dem zwölften Jahrhundert zum Aufstieg des christlichen Abendlandes gekommen ist. Es war der Sieg des Monotheism...

In seinem zauberhaften Märchenballett Dornröschen führt Tschaikowsky die guten Feen auf die Bühne, lässt Carabosse den schrecklichen Fluch über das Schloss aussprechen und Prinz Desiré schließlich seine Prinzessin Aurora finden. Die opulenten Illustrationen und die sorgfältig ausgewählten Musikstücke lassen die wundervolle und geheimnisvolle Märchenwelt erstehen.

Eine Betrachtung der mythologischen Bedeutung des Planeten Jupiter in verschiedenen Kulturen und seine grunds¿liche Bedeutung im Horoskop.

Haben Sie sich auch schon gefragt, warum eigentlich nicht alle Menschen die gleiche Sprache sprechen? Oder warum verschiedene Menschen bei ein und demselben Wort nicht das Gleiche verstehen? ¿ Kommunikation mit unserer Umwelt erfolgt immer, in jedem Augenblick, doch selten geschieht dies wirklich bewusst. Jede K¿rperhaltung beispielsweise provoziert Reaktionen. So zeigt sich in der K¿rpersprache die stumme und doch aktive Haltung, und jedem Me...

From the introduction by Joyce Carol Oates: Between them, our great visionary poets of the American nineteenth century, Emily Dickinson and Walt Whitman, have come to represent the extreme, idiosyncratic poles of the American psyche. . . . Dickinson never shied away from the great subjects of human suffering, loss, death, even madness, but her perspective was intensely private, like Rainer Maria Rilke and Gerard Manley Hopkins, she is the grea...

With the recent surge of interest in Mary Magdalene brought forth by Dan Brown's "The Da Vinci Code, " a renowned scholar delves into Mary's significance for understanding the origins of Christianity. This is a new translation of the Gospel of Mary, as well as Marvin W. Meyer's translations of significant portions of other Gnostic gospels and text in which Mary Magdalene plays a major part as Christ's closest disciple.HarperSanFrancisco

From the introduction by Seamus Heaney: Wordsworth's power over us stems from the manifest strength of his efforts to integrate several strenuous and potentially contradictory efforts. Indeed, it is not until Yeats that we encounter another poet in whom emotional susceptibility, intellectual force, psychological acuteness, political awareness, artistic self-knowledge and bardic representativeness are so truly and responsibly combined. He is an...

Newbery Medal Winner Sharon Creech's remarkable novel about how words can change your life. With a fresh and deceptively simple style, acclaimed author Sharon Creech tells a story with enormous heart. Written as a series of free-verse poems from a young student's point of view, "Love That Dog" shows how one boy finds his own voice with the help of a teacher, a writer, a pencil, some yellow paper and, of course, a dog.

As Spong exposes and challenges what he calls the "terrible texts of the Bible, " laying bare the evil done by them in the name of God, he also seeks to redeem these texts, hoping to recover their ultimate depth and purpose.

You meant more than life to me. I lived through you not knowing, not knowing I was living. I learned that you called for me. I came to where you were living, up a stair. There was no one there. No one to appreciate me. The legality of it upset a chair. Many times to celebrate we were called together and where we had been there was nothing there, nothing that is anywhere. We passed obliquely, leaving no stare. When the sun was done muttering, i...

Geschunden, aber siegreich war Eragon aus der Schlacht gegen König Galbatorix' Urgal-Armee hervorgegangen. Doch der Auftrag des gefallenen Vardenkönigs, über sein Volk zu wachen, damit es nicht in Anarchie verfällt, lastet schwer auf den Schultern des jungen Drachenreiters. Kann er seinem Vermächtnis gerecht werden?"Die Zeit" über den ersten Eragon-Band: "Christopher Paolinis Erstling blitzt aus den Schwert- und Zauberei-Büchern hervor wie Era...

A rising star of the World Poker Tour* and one of professional poker's best players presents championship strategies for winning Texas Hold'em cash games. 24 photos.

Move over Emily Post--America's favorite bad boy, Bart Simpson, has written his very own self-help book and etiquette manual. Filled with unscientific charts, colorful diagrams, questionable facts, and many other unique features.

The "Queen of the New Burlesque" reinvents the world of pin-ups, stripteases, and sexual role play in this beautifully designed double-sided look at modernAmerican burlesque and fetish. Color photos.

Beinhaltet zwei Teilbände! Aufbauend auf Alexa Mohls Bestseller "Der Zauberlehrling" enthält dieses Buch eine umfassende systematische Darstellung der Kommunikationsmethoden und Vorgehensweisen der Veränderungsarbeit, die unter dem Begriff "Neuroliguistisches Programmieren" Eingang in Psychologie, Pädagogik und Management gefunden hat. Es enthält die Ergebnisse der Begründer des NLP, Richard Bandler und John Grinder und stellt darüber hinaus d...

Dieses Buch bietet praktische Anleitungen für das Schaffen von emotional sicheren Lernumgebungen. Dieselben Prinzipien, die im Klassenraum Anwendung finden, können auf die ganze Schulgemeinschaft übertragen werden, um diese in einen Ort des verantwortlichen, effektiven und persönlichen Lernens in allen Lebensbereichen zu verwandeln. Zwei Lehrerinnen mit langjähriger Erfahrung in Erziehung kombinieren bahnbrechende Entdeckungen in der Gehirnfor...

It takes the reader through a concise introduction to vocal mechanics, vocal color, expression, and personal presence, combined with the mental, physical, and imagination skills required for achieving dynamic performance. Through simple exercises, drawings, and clear explanations, the text takes a balanced, accessible pedagogical approach that emphasizes the infinite potential of the human voice.