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Thomas Aquinas perceives justice as fairness and equality of opportunity. Justice to Aquinas is giving each person what is their due, it is a birth right for every human being and denying anybody this fundamental virtue is tantamount to oppression and discrimination. The main purpose of this study was to use Thomas Aquinas' concept of social justice, as fairness and apply it to the admission procedure in form one in provincial secondary schools in Kenya. The study made use of the conceptual analysis methods of philosophy to clarify concepts, principles, ideas and theories and especially the concept of justice and fairness, the historical survey method to trace the provision of education in Kenya since independence to 1997. The main finding of the research was that the majority of students benefitted from the Quota system mode of admission procedure at secondary school level but that the minority were disadvantaged since the system was not based on merit but on the location of the school. Based on the findings, the research recommended the need for equality of opportunity in the provision of education and the liberty to enable the learner to join any secondary school in Kenya.

George Gissing's The Emancipated is a searching late-Victorian novel of ideas, set largely among English expatriates in Italy and animated by questions of faith, art, marriage, and female independence. Against the sensuous background of Naples and its classical associations, Gissing contrasts inherited religious constraint with modern skepticism, and romantic longing with the harsher disciplines of self-knowledge. Written in his characteristic realist manner-analytic, unsentimental, psychologically acute-the novel belongs to the fin-de-siècle debate over the "New Woman," while remaining deeply alert to the social limits placed upon intellectual and emotional freedom. Gissing himself was exceptionally fitted to write such a book. Born in 1857, classically educated, and long acquainted with poverty, social exclusion, and unhappy domestic experience, he brought to fiction a powerful awareness of aspiration frustrated by circumstance. His travels in Italy nourished both his imagination and his sense of contrast between cultural ideal and lived reality. In The Emancipated, his personal preoccupations with liberty, education, and the costs of convention find one of their most subtle forms. This novel is recommended to readers interested in Victorian realism, feminist literary history, and fiction that treats moral emancipation as difficult rather than merely triumphant.

From an award-winning historian, a magisterial account of the revolution that created the modern world. ¿"A fresh and fair-minded account of the revolution overflowing with vivid narrative detail and clear exposition." - Wall Street Journal  The French Revolution's principles of liberty and equality still shape our ideas of a just society-even if, after more than two hundred years, their meaning is more contested than ever before. In A New World Begins, Jeremy D. Popkin offers a riveting account of the revolution that puts the reader in the thick of the debates and the violence that led to the overthrow of the monarchy and the establishment of a new society. We meet Mirabeau, Robespierre, and Danton, in all their brilliance and vengefulness; we witness the failed escape and execution of Louis XVI; we see women demanding equal rights and Black slaves wresting freedom from revolutionaries who hesitated to act on their own principles; and we follow the rise of Napoleon out of the ashes of the Reign of Terror. Based on decades of scholarship, A New World Begins will stands as the definitive treatment of the French Revolution.

George Gissing's The Emancipated is a searching late-Victorian novel of ideas, set largely among English expatriates in Italy and animated by questions of faith, art, marriage, and female independence. Against the sensuous background of Naples and its classical associations, Gissing contrasts inherited religious constraint with modern skepticism, and romantic longing with the harsher disciplines of self-knowledge. Written in his characteristic realist manner-analytic, unsentimental, psychologically acute-the novel belongs to the fin-de-siècle debate over the "New Woman," while remaining deeply alert to the social limits placed upon intellectual and emotional freedom. Gissing himself was exceptionally fitted to write such a book. Born in 1857, classically educated, and long acquainted with poverty, social exclusion, and unhappy domestic experience, he brought to fiction a powerful awareness of aspiration frustrated by circumstance. His travels in Italy nourished both his imagination and his sense of contrast between cultural ideal and lived reality. In The Emancipated, his personal preoccupations with liberty, education, and the costs of convention find one of their most subtle forms. This novel is recommended to readers interested in Victorian realism, feminist literary history, and fiction that treats moral emancipation as difficult rather than merely triumphant.

From an award-winning historian, a magisterial account of the revolution that created the modern world. ¿"A fresh and fair-minded account of the revolution overflowing with vivid narrative detail and clear exposition." - Wall Street Journal The French Revolution's principles of liberty and equality still shape our ideas of a just society-even if, after more than two hundred years, their meaning is more contested than ever before. In A New World Begins, Jeremy D. Popkin offers a riveting account of the revolution that puts the reader in the thick of the debates and the violence that led to the overthrow of the monarchy and the establishment of a new society. We meet Mirabeau, Robespierre, and Danton, in all their brilliance and vengefulness; we witness the failed escape and execution of Louis XVI; we see women demanding equal rights and Black slaves wresting freedom from revolutionaries who hesitated to act on their own principles; and we follow the rise of Napoleon out of the ashes of the Reign of Terror. Based on decades of scholarship, A New World Begins will stands as the definitive treatment of the French Revolution.

An Inland Voyage (1878) recounts Robert Louis Stevenson's canoe journey with his friend Sir Walter Simpson from Antwerp through the canals and rivers of Belgium and northern France. More than a travel diary, it is a finely wrought experiment in reflective prose: humorous, lyrical, and alert to the moral theatre of inns, villages, waterways, and weather. Emerging from the Victorian tradition of travel writing, the book also anticipates modern personal essay, where landscape becomes a medium for inward speculation. Stevenson was still early in his career when he wrote this work, before the fame of Treasure Island and Kidnapped. Restless, observant, and physically fragile, he sought both adventure and convalescence in movement. His bohemian temperament, legal education, literary ambition, and sensitivity to marginal lives all inform the book's humane curiosity and its delight in freedom beyond settled convention. Readers who know Stevenson chiefly as a novelist will find here the foundations of his art: rhythmic sentences, narrative charm, philosophical wit, and a romantic appetite for experience. An Inland Voyage is warmly recommended to lovers of travel literature, Victorian prose, and books that transform modest journeys into enduring meditations on youth, liberty, and perception.

History of the United Netherlands, 1592-94 continues John Lothrop Motley's grand narrative of the Dutch struggle for independence, concentrating on the Republic's consolidation after the Armada and amid the wars of Philip II, Henry IV, and Elizabeth I. Motley combines diplomatic history, military chronicle, and political portraiture, rendering sieges, treaties, and statecraft in a vigorous nineteenth-century prose style. The volume belongs to the liberal Romantic tradition of historical writing, interpreting the Netherlands as a crucible of constitutional liberty and Protestant resistance. Motley, an American historian and diplomat, brought to his subject both archival seriousness and a republican imagination shaped by the political ideals of his own country. His years in European libraries and his familiarity with state papers enabled him to reconstruct the intricate diplomacy of the age, while his public career sharpened his interest in sovereignty, federation, and national character. These concerns inform his sympathetic treatment of Dutch institutions and leaders. This book is recommended to readers interested in the Dutch Revolt, early modern diplomacy, and the formation of modern republican politics. Though marked by its era's moral confidence, it remains a richly detailed, eloquent, and intellectually ambitious history.

In The Declaration of the Rights of Man and of Citizens, Georg Jellinek offers a concise but influential study of one of modern constitutionalism's foundational texts. Against accounts that derive the French Declaration chiefly from Rousseau or abstract Enlightenment speculation, Jellinek situates it within a broader transatlantic and religious history, emphasizing the American state declarations of rights and struggles for liberty of conscience. The work is written in a juridical-historical style: compressed, argumentative, and comparative, characteristic of late nineteenth-century German Staatslehre. Jellinek, a leading public-law scholar associated with Vienna and Heidelberg, brought to the subject his lifelong concern with the nature of the state, sovereignty, and subjective public rights. His major theoretical project sought to explain how legal personality and individual claims could exist within state authority. This intellectual background helps explain his interest in tracing rights not merely as philosophical ideals but as historically embodied legal forms. This book is recommended to readers interested in the origins of human rights, constitutional history, and the genealogy of modern liberalism. Even where later scholarship has revised Jellinek's claims, his essay remains indispensable for understanding the debate over whether rights are born from philosophy, religion, revolution, or law.

Martin Luther's Classic Work, Newly Translated by Robert KolbOriginally published in 1520, The Freedom of a Christian is one of Martin Luther's most well-known and enduring treatises. In it, Luther examines Christian ethics and how justification by faith alone impacts the liberty of believers. He famously writes, "A Christian is a free lord of everything and subject to no one. A Christian is a willing servant of everything and subject to everyone." Luther also further develops ideas and doctrines that were key to the Reformation, such as the priesthood of all believers and union with Christ.This addition to the Crossway Short Classics series features a new translation from the original German to English by renowned Reformation scholar Robert Kolb. The Freedom of a Christian reminds modern-day readers that it is ultimately grace that transforms God's people and frees us to love and obey. - Accessible: Helpful for those looking to learn more about Luther and the Christian life, both new Christians and seasoned saints alike- Part of the Crossway Short Classics Series: Introducing modern-day readers to classic works of faith—other volumes include Fighting for Holiness; Heaven Is a World of Love; and The Emotional Life of Our Lord - New Translation: Translated from the original German by world-renowned scholar Robert Kolb, author of Martin Luther: Confessor of the Faith. - Foreword by Carl R. Trueman: Author of the bestselling book The Rise and Triumph of the Modern Self

Historische Bildquellen und gestische Freiheit Ob auf monumentalen oder kleinen Leinwänden, in grellen oder gedämpften Kompositionen, Lars Teichmanns (geb. 1980 in Burgstädt, lebt und arbeitet in Berlin) Sujets sind gekennzeichnet von kunsthistorischen Bezügen – Diego Velázquez, die französische Salonmalerei des 19. Jahrhunderts, japanische Holzschnitte –, wobei ihn besonders die klassische formale Grundstruktur interessiert. Teichmanns charakteristisches Zusammenspiel aus markanten schwarzen Pigmenten und bunter Farbe, die in dynamischen Malgesten aufgetragen werden, lässt Malgrund und Gegenstand miteinander verschmelzen. Es entstehen farbintensive Stillleben oder anonyme, bisweilen geisterhafte Figuren, die seine Leinwände beleben und sich in zahlreichen Variationen durch sein imposantes Werk ziehen. Die Publikation Die 10 Kapitel der Malerei führt mit einem umfangreichen Bildteil und Essays von Julia Behrens und Heinz Stahlhut in die verschiedenen Schaffensperioden von Lars Teichmann ein. Historic Visual Sources and Gestural Liberty On monumental or modest canvases, in bold or muted compositions: Lars Teichmann’s (b. Burgstädt, 1980; lives and works in Berlin) motifs are informed by art-historical references—Diego Velázquez, the French salon painters of the nineteenth century, Japanese woodcuts; he is especially interested in the classic basic formal structure. Teichmann’s characteristic interplay between distinctive black pigments and bright paints applied in dynamic painterly gestures fuses ground and object. He creates intensely colorful still lifes or anonymous and sometimes spectral figures who bring his canvases to life and populate his imposing oeuvre in many variations. With an extensive plate section and essays by Julia Behrens and Heinz Stahlhut, the publication Die 10 Kapitel der Malerei offers a comprehensive introduction to the different periods of Lars Teichmann’s oeuvre.

Unlock the more straightforward side of The Social Contract with this concise and insightful summary and analysis! This engaging summary presents an analysis of The Social Contract by Jean-Jacques Rousseau, a political treatise containing the author¿s reflections on the conditions necessary for liberty within civil societies. He emphasises the importance of the collective will and acting in the collective interest, which can be accomplished through a social contract. The Social Contract was considered highly subversive when it was first published and provided inspiration to political revolutionaries throughout Europe. Jean-Jacques Rousseau was a Swiss-born writer, philosopher and political theorist. He was one of the most influential thinkers of the Age of Enlightenment in the 18th century, and his writings play an essential role in modern political and social thought. Find out everything you need to know about The Social Contract in a fraction of the time! This in-depth and informative reading guide brings you: ¿ A complete plot summary ¿ Character studies ¿ Key themes and symbols ¿ Questions for further reflection Why choose BrightSummaries.com? Available in print and digital format, our publications are designed to accompany you in your reading journey. The clear and concise style makes for easy understanding, providing the perfect opportunity to improve your literary knowledge in no time! See the very best of literature in a whole new light with BrightSummaries.com!

Historische Bildquellen und gestische Freiheit Ob auf monumentalen oder kleinen Leinwänden, in grellen oder gedämpften Kompositionen, Lars Teichmanns (geb. 1980 in Burgstädt, lebt und arbeitet in Berlin) Sujets sind gekennzeichnet von kunsthistorischen Bezügen – Diego Velázquez, die französische Salonmalerei des 19. Jahrhunderts, japanische Holzschnitte –, wobei ihn besonders die klassische formale Grundstruktur interessiert. Teichmanns charakteristisches Zusammenspiel aus markanten schwarzen Pigmenten und bunter Farbe, die in dynamischen Malgesten aufgetragen werden, lässt Malgrund und Gegenstand miteinander verschmelzen. Es entstehen farbintensive Stillleben oder anonyme, bisweilen geisterhafte Figuren, die seine Leinwände beleben und sich in zahlreichen Variationen durch sein imposantes Werk ziehen. Die Publikation Die 10 Kapitel der Malerei führt mit einem umfangreichen Bildteil und Essays von Julia Behrens und Heinz Stahlhut in die verschiedenen Schaffensperioden von Lars Teichmann ein. Historic Visual Sources and Gestural Liberty On monumental or modest canvases, in bold or muted compositions: Lars Teichmann’s (b. Burgstädt, 1980; lives and works in Berlin) motifs are informed by art-historical references—Diego Velázquez, the French salon painters of the nineteenth century, Japanese woodcuts; he is especially interested in the classic basic formal structure. Teichmann’s characteristic interplay between distinctive black pigments and bright paints applied in dynamic painterly gestures fuses ground and object. He creates intensely colorful still lifes or anonymous and sometimes spectral figures who bring his canvases to life and populate his imposing oeuvre in many variations. With an extensive plate section and essays by Julia Behrens and Heinz Stahlhut, the publication Die 10 Kapitel der Malerei offers a comprehensive introduction to the different periods of Lars Teichmann’s oeuvre.

In 1943, three books appeared that changed American politics forever: Isabel Paterson's The God of the Machine, Rose Wilder Lane's The Discovery of Freedom, and Ayn Rand's The Fountainhead. Together, they laid the groundwork for what became the modern libertarian movement. Even more striking were the women behind these books: Paterson, a brilliant but misanthropic journalist whose weekly column made her one of the nation's most important literary critics; Lane, a restless writer who secretly coauthored the Little House on the Prairie novels with her mother; and Rand, a philosophically inclined Russian immigrant ferociously devoted to heroic individualism. Working against the backdrop of changes in literature and politics, they joined forces to rally the nation to the principles of freedom that had come under attack at home and abroad. Sometimes friends, at other times bitterly estranged, they became known as “the three furies of libertarianism.” Now, for the first time, author Timothy Sandefur examines their lives, ideas, and influences in the context of their times. Not a biography, but a story about personalities and ideas—about the literary, political, and cultural influences that shaped the destiny of freedom in America—Freedom's Furies tells the dramatic story of three writers who strove to keep liberty alive in an age of darkness.

In 1943, three books appeared that changed American politics forever: Isabel Paterson's The God of the Machine, Rose Wilder Lane's The Discovery of Freedom, and Ayn Rand's The Fountainhead. Together, they laid the groundwork for what became the modern libertarian movement. Even more striking were the women behind these books: Paterson, a brilliant but misanthropic journalist whose weekly column made her one of the nation's most important literary critics; Lane, a restless writer who secretly coauthored the Little House on the Prairie novels with her mother; and Rand, a philosophically inclined Russian immigrant ferociously devoted to heroic individualism. Working against the backdrop of changes in literature and politics, they joined forces to rally the nation to the principles of freedom that had come under attack at home and abroad. Sometimes friends, at other times bitterly estranged, they became known as “the three furies of libertarianism.” Now, for the first time, author Timothy Sandefur examines their lives, ideas, and influences in the context of their times. Not a biography, but a story about personalities and ideas—about the literary, political, and cultural influences that shaped the destiny of freedom in America—Freedom's Furies tells the dramatic story of three writers who strove to keep liberty alive in an age of darkness.

Originally published in German in 1844, philosopher Max Stirner's "The Ego and Its Own" is an important and influential work that harshly criticizes Christianity and nationalism as well as the emerging movements of liberalism and socialism. Stirner's work is viewed by historians as essential to the development of modern theories of anarchism, existentialism, and nihilism. Stirner viewed with contempt the enslavement of the mind of the individual by the rigid dogma of religion and nationalism. These ideas robbed the individual of free thought and autonomy and prevented people from realizing their true potential. The solution to this enslavement and control is the application of an egoism that rejects all religious rules, laws of the state, traditional morality, the concerns of family and friends, and even one's own desires. Stirner argues that people must seek true freedom in the form of a new social structure that is essentially temporary and where no one is subjected to the self-interest of anyone else. This enduring and spirited defense of individual freedom against the control of the state and church remains required reading for students of politics and for all who value personal liberty. This edition is printed on premium acid-free paper and follows the translation of Steven T. Byington.

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2003 im Fachbereich Theologie - Sonstiges, Note: 1, Philipps-Universität Marburg (Erziehungswissenschaft), Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Fundamentalismus ist ein Phänomen, welches sich scheinbar in der exotischen Ferne abspielt. Verschleierte Frauen in vielen moslemsichen Gesellschaften, die Taliban Melizen in Afghanistan, die durchgesetzt haben, daß Frauen nur in männlicher Begleitung das Haus verlassen dürfen, weibliche Beschneidung in weiten Teilen Afrika oder einfach nur eine Kopftuch tragende Türkin in Deutschland: Fundamentalismus, so wie er in den Medien dargestellt wird, bemüht oft die Assoziation des "Fremden" und des "Anderen".Nicht alle erwähnten Beispiele lassen sich so ohne weiteres als Beispiele für den Fundamentalismus gebrauchen und nicht jede(r), der nicht im Sinne des westlichen Liberalismus modern ist, ist ein Fundamentalist. Und trotzdem, das skizzierte Klischee enthält vielleicht auch eine richtige Beobachtung, nämlich das fundamentalistische Bewegungen oft etwas mit den Beziehungen zwischen den Geschlechtern zu tun haben. Sicherlich nicht ausschließlich aber alle fundamentalistische Bewegungen haben gemeinsam, das sie patriarchalische Ordnungsprinzipien vertreten und sich besonders gegen die Emanzipation der Frau richten und gegen alle Ideologien, die autoritärepatriarchiale Ordnungsvorstellungen nicht anerkennen. Dies gilt auch für den christlichen Fundamentalismus in den USA, einem westlichen Teil dieser Welt und für uns sicher weniger exotisch als der Orient.Die christlichen Fundamentalisten in den USA nutzen alle modernen Massenmedien wie das Internet, eines der wohl am meisten an Popularität gewinnenden Massenmediums der 90-ziger Jahre. Viele der erwähnten Zitate, die in der Bibel zu finden sind, haben mich zu völlig anderen Ergebnissen kommen lassen. Dies hängt sicherlich mit der anderen Vorgehensweise zusammenhängt, da ich, im Gegensatz zu den Fundamentalisten, nicht von einer Verbalinspiration überzeugt bin. Nach meinem Verständnis muß die Bibel als Zeugnis ihrer Zeit gesehen werden und kann nicht ohne das Wissen der gesellschaftlichen oder politisch-historischen Situation verstanden werden.Mein besonderes Interesse galt dabei der Stellung der Frau innerhalb der Bewegung, sowie der Einflußnahme der Evangelikalen auf die Universitäten und deren Lehrpläne. Der Liberty University, die von Jerry Falwell gegründet wurde und sich in seinem Geburtsort in Lynchburg/Virginia befindet, galt mein besonderes Interesse und ich habe im Sommer 1997 den Campus besucht und Gespräche mit einigen Studenten geführt.

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2003 im Fachbereich Theologie - Sonstiges, Note: 1, Philipps-Universität Marburg (Erziehungswissenschaft), Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Fundamentalismus ist ein Phänomen, welches sich scheinbar in der exotischen Ferne abspielt. Verschleierte Frauen in vielen moslemsichen Gesellschaften, die Taliban Melizen in Afghanistan, die durchgesetzt haben, daß Frauen nur in männlicher Begleitung das Haus verlassen dürfen, weibliche Beschneidung in weiten Teilen Afrika oder einfach nur eine Kopftuch tragende Türkin in Deutschland: Fundamentalismus, so wie er in den Medien dargestellt wird, bemüht oft die Assoziation des "Fremden" und des "Anderen".Nicht alle erwähnten Beispiele lassen sich so ohne weiteres als Beispiele für den Fundamentalismus gebrauchen und nicht jede(r), der nicht im Sinne des westlichen Liberalismus modern ist, ist ein Fundamentalist. Und trotzdem, das skizzierte Klischee enthält vielleicht auch eine richtige Beobachtung, nämlich das fundamentalistische Bewegungen oft etwas mit den Beziehungen zwischen den Geschlechtern zu tun haben. Sicherlich nicht ausschließlich aber alle fundamentalistische Bewegungen haben gemeinsam, das sie patriarchalische Ordnungsprinzipien vertreten und sich besonders gegen die Emanzipation der Frau richten und gegen alle Ideologien, die autoritärepatriarchiale Ordnungsvorstellungen nicht anerkennen. Dies gilt auch für den christlichen Fundamentalismus in den USA, einem westlichen Teil dieser Welt und für uns sicher weniger exotisch als der Orient.Die christlichen Fundamentalisten in den USA nutzen alle modernen Massenmedien wie das Internet, eines der wohl am meisten an Popularität gewinnenden Massenmediums der 90-ziger Jahre. Viele der erwähnten Zitate, die in der Bibel zu finden sind, haben mich zu völlig anderen Ergebnissen kommen lassen. Dies hängt sicherlich mit der anderen Vorgehensweise zusammenhängt, da ich, im Gegensatz zu den Fundamentalisten, nicht von einer Verbalinspiration überzeugt bin. Nach meinem Verständnis muß die Bibel als Zeugnis ihrer Zeit gesehen werden und kann nicht ohne das Wissen der gesellschaftlichen oder politisch-historischen Situation verstanden werden.Mein besonderes Interesse galt dabei der Stellung der Frau innerhalb der Bewegung, sowie der Einflußnahme der Evangelikalen auf die Universitäten und deren Lehrpläne. Der Liberty University, die von Jerry Falwell gegründet wurde und sich in seinem Geburtsort in Lynchburg/Virginia befindet, galt mein besonderes Interesse und ich habe im Sommer 1997 den Campus besucht und Gespräche mit einigen Studenten geführt.

Dunia Engine: The award winning Ubisoft Montreal dev team has tailor-made this new engine for Far Cry 2. It delivers the most realistic destructible environments, amazing special effects such as dynamic fire and storm effects, real-time day and night cycle, dynamic music system, non-scripted enemy A.I. and much more. Destructible Environment: No more thinking about obstacles, everything is breakable and alterable, even in Multiplayer mode! The DUNIA engine's RealTree technology also delivers the most realistic nature deterioration system ever. Weapons Of Choice: Choose from a plethora of weapons to make your way to your primary target. Meet the fight head-on with your machine gun, go berserk with your machete or make stealth kill as a Sniper. Open World: Experience real freedom while roaming in more than 50km2 without any loading. Never a game has given you so much liberty! Discover Africa as if you were there thanks to amazing artistic research supported by next-gen technology to make it come to life! A Huge Adventure & Hours Of Side Quests: Discover war in its rawest form! Fight for two rival factions, choose your own path and make your way up to your primary target by any means necessary. Feel free to explore this gigantic world and play over 70 side quests to earn help, new weapons and vehicles!

A clever and laugh-out-loud art history twist on your favorite sports moments, from the creator of the social media phenomenon Art But Make It Sports. Epic moments in modern sports are masterfully paired with their fine art doppelgangers in this incredible compilation of side-by-side images that sports fans will marvel at. Featuring photographs from basketball, baseball, softball, football, soccer, tennis, hockey, golf, the Olympics, and more, matched with paintings and other pieces of historical art that mirror them, the undeniable similarities will keep you turning the pages! Is it LeBron James holding up the NBA Cup after the Lakers defeated the Indiana Pacers in the 2023 In-Season Tournament Championship, or is it Salvador Dalí's Man Holding Up a Baby? Is Caitlin Clark posing for a portrait during the 2024 WNBA draft, or is that Judith with the Head of Holofernes by Charles Mellin? What about Jason Kelce celebrating a touchdown. Is it a good time amongst friends, or is it The Feast of Bacchus by Phillips Koninck? And there's more than just the one-to-one visual comparisons-the thematic connections present in each pairing are equally fascinating. Just as in Eugène Delacroix's 1830 painting Liberty Leading the People, we see Sabrina Ionescu (of the New York Liberty) encapsulate the same themes of power and strength as she leads her team to victory during the 2023 WNBA Playoffs. You won't be able to tear yourself away from the surprising and sometimes eerie comparisons that await you in this book, an unbeatable gift for sports fans and art history lovers alike. BELOVED ACCOUNT, BRAND NEW CONTENT: From the popular Instagram and X account @ArtButMakeItSports comes this entertaining volume full of fan favorites and brand new content, sure to keep you mesmerized. WORLD'S GREATEST ATHLETES: This collection contains some of the most famous moments and greatest athletes spanning the history of professional sports. You'll find an array of favorites within these pages!& ULTIMATE GIFT FOR SPORTS FANS: Without a doubt, this book will have the sports fans in your life laughing out loud! Win the day with this awesome gift for friends and loved ones for birthday, anniversary, holiday, Father's Day, Mother's Day, or any day you're catching a game together. Perfect for: Sports fans Art history lovers Readers who enjoy funny art books like Men to Avoid in Art and Life, Fat Cat Art, and Basketball (and Other Things) Gift-giving to someone who “doesn’t want anything” for a special occasion (but will love this anyway!)

In History of the United Netherlands, 1587b, John Lothrop Motley continues his vivid reconstruction of the Dutch revolt at a moment of acute diplomatic and military peril. Centering on the strained English alliance, Leicester's troubled governance, the statesmanship of Barneveld, and the looming designs of Parma and Philip II, the work combines archival density with dramatic narration, standing within the grand nineteenth-century tradition of liberal Protestant historiography. Motley, an American diplomat, historian, and intimate of European political circles, brought to his subject both republican sympathy and firsthand knowledge of international statecraft. His years in archives and embassies helped shape a history attentive to treaties, personalities, and constitutional conflict. The Dutch struggle for self-government clearly resonated with his own era's concerns about liberty, national identity, and resistance to imperial absolutism. This volume is recommended to readers interested in early modern Europe, the origins of the Dutch Republic, and the politics preceding the Spanish Armada. Though marked by the rhetorical confidence of its age, Motley's narrative remains compelling for its command of sources, moral intensity, and panoramic sense of history in motion.

In History of the United Netherlands, 1587b, John Lothrop Motley continues his vivid reconstruction of the Dutch revolt at a moment of acute diplomatic and military peril. Centering on the strained English alliance, Leicester's troubled governance, the statesmanship of Barneveld, and the looming designs of Parma and Philip II, the work combines archival density with dramatic narration, standing within the grand nineteenth-century tradition of liberal Protestant historiography. Motley, an American diplomat, historian, and intimate of European political circles, brought to his subject both republican sympathy and firsthand knowledge of international statecraft. His years in archives and embassies helped shape a history attentive to treaties, personalities, and constitutional conflict. The Dutch struggle for self-government clearly resonated with his own era's concerns about liberty, national identity, and resistance to imperial absolutism. This volume is recommended to readers interested in early modern Europe, the origins of the Dutch Republic, and the politics preceding the Spanish Armada. Though marked by the rhetorical confidence of its age, Motley's narrative remains compelling for its command of sources, moral intensity, and panoramic sense of history in motion.

A clever and laugh-out-loud art history twist on your favorite sports moments, from the creator of the social media phenomenon Art But Make It Sports. Epic moments in modern sports are masterfully paired with their fine art doppelgangers in this incredible compilation of side-by-side images that sports fans will marvel at. Featuring photographs from basketball, baseball, softball, football, soccer, tennis, hockey, golf, the Olympics, and more, matched with paintings and other pieces of historical art that mirror them, the undeniable similarities will keep you turning the pages! Is it LeBron James holding up the NBA Cup after the Lakers defeated the Indiana Pacers in the 2023 In-Season Tournament Championship, or is it Salvador Dalí's Man Holding Up a Baby? Is Caitlin Clark posing for a portrait during the 2024 WNBA draft, or is that Judith with the Head of Holofernes by Charles Mellin? What about Jason Kelce celebrating a touchdown. Is it a good time amongst friends, or is it The Feast of Bacchus by Phillips Koninck?  And there's more than just the one-to-one visual comparisons-the thematic connections present in each pairing are equally fascinating. Just as in Eugène Delacroix's 1830 painting Liberty Leading the People, we see Sabrina Ionescu (of the New York Liberty) encapsulate the same themes of power and strength as she leads her team to victory during the 2023 WNBA Playoffs. You won't be able to tear yourself away from the surprising and sometimes eerie comparisons that await you in this book, an unbeatable gift for sports fans and art history lovers alike. BELOVED ACCOUNT, BRAND NEW CONTENT: From the popular Instagram and X account @ArtButMakeItSports comes this entertaining volume full of fan favorites and brand new content, sure to keep you mesmerized. WORLD'S GREATEST ATHLETES: This collection contains some of the most famous moments and greatest athletes spanning the history of professional sports. You'll find an array of favorites within these pages!& ULTIMATE GIFT FOR SPORTS FANS: Without a doubt, this book will have the sports fans in your life laughing out loud! Win the day with this awesome gift for friends and loved ones for birthday, anniversary, holiday, Father's Day, Mother's Day, or any day you're catching a game together. Perfect for: Sports fans Art history lovers Readers who enjoy funny art books like Men to Avoid in Art and Life, Fat Cat Art, and Basketball (and Other Things) Gift-giving to someone who “doesn’t want anything” for a special occasion (but will love this anyway!)

A Brief Account of the Rise and Progress of the People Called Quakers is William Penn's lucid historical and apologetic survey of the early Society of Friends. Written in a plain yet elevated prose consonant with Quaker ideals, it traces the movement's emergence from the spiritual ferment of seventeenth-century England, emphasizing inward revelation, simplicity of worship, peaceable conduct, and resistance to empty formalism. The work belongs to the tradition of Protestant self-definition, combining narrative history with theological testimony. Penn, one of the most prominent Quaker statesmen and controversialists, wrote from intimate knowledge of persecution, dissent, and colonial experiment. Born into privilege yet converted to a faith often despised by authorities, he had endured imprisonment and public controversy before founding Pennsylvania as a practical expression of religious liberty. His account reflects both personal conviction and the broader need to explain Quaker principles to a suspicious world. This book is recommended to readers interested in religious history, early modern dissent, and the origins of toleration. Penn offers not merely a chronicle of a sect, but a disciplined defense of conscience, spiritual equality, and ethical witness. It remains a valuable entry point into Quaker thought and its historical significance.

In History of the United Netherlands, 1598, John Lothrop Motley presents a decisive moment in the Dutch struggle against Habsburg Spain: the death of Philip II, the transfer of the Spanish Netherlands to Albert and Isabella, and the continued resilience of the republican provinces under Maurice of Nassau and Oldenbarnevelt. Written in a vigorous, dramatic prose, the work blends archival history with the moral grandeur of nineteenth-century liberal historiography, placing Dutch independence within the wider contest for European political and religious liberty. Motley, an American historian and diplomat, brought to his subject both scholarly ambition and a republican imagination shaped by the political ideals of his own country. His earlier Rise of the Dutch Republic established his fascination with the Netherlands as a laboratory of resistance to tyranny. Diplomatic service in Europe and access to continental archives deepened his command of the international forces-Spanish, French, English, and Dutch-that animate this narrative. This book is recommended for readers interested in early modern Europe, the Eighty Years' War, and the formation of republican political culture. Though marked by its era's Protestant sympathies, it remains a compelling, learned, and eloquent account of a crucial historical turning point.

A Brief Account of the Rise and Progress of the People Called Quakers is William Penn's lucid historical and apologetic survey of the early Society of Friends. Written in a plain yet elevated prose consonant with Quaker ideals, it traces the movement's emergence from the spiritual ferment of seventeenth-century England, emphasizing inward revelation, simplicity of worship, peaceable conduct, and resistance to empty formalism. The work belongs to the tradition of Protestant self-definition, combining narrative history with theological testimony. Penn, one of the most prominent Quaker statesmen and controversialists, wrote from intimate knowledge of persecution, dissent, and colonial experiment. Born into privilege yet converted to a faith often despised by authorities, he had endured imprisonment and public controversy before founding Pennsylvania as a practical expression of religious liberty. His account reflects both personal conviction and the broader need to explain Quaker principles to a suspicious world. This book is recommended to readers interested in religious history, early modern dissent, and the origins of toleration. Penn offers not merely a chronicle of a sect, but a disciplined defense of conscience, spiritual equality, and ethical witness. It remains a valuable entry point into Quaker thought and its historical significance.

In History of the United Netherlands, 1598, John Lothrop Motley presents a decisive moment in the Dutch struggle against Habsburg Spain: the death of Philip II, the transfer of the Spanish Netherlands to Albert and Isabella, and the continued resilience of the republican provinces under Maurice of Nassau and Oldenbarnevelt. Written in a vigorous, dramatic prose, the work blends archival history with the moral grandeur of nineteenth-century liberal historiography, placing Dutch independence within the wider contest for European political and religious liberty. Motley, an American historian and diplomat, brought to his subject both scholarly ambition and a republican imagination shaped by the political ideals of his own country. His earlier Rise of the Dutch Republic established his fascination with the Netherlands as a laboratory of resistance to tyranny. Diplomatic service in Europe and access to continental archives deepened his command of the international forces-Spanish, French, English, and Dutch-that animate this narrative. This book is recommended for readers interested in early modern Europe, the Eighty Years' War, and the formation of republican political culture. Though marked by its era's Protestant sympathies, it remains a compelling, learned, and eloquent account of a crucial historical turning point.

New York City is one of the most famous cities in the world. It's the city that never sleeps and has so much to offer. Impressive architecture, modern lifestyle, unique art and cultural highlights are only a few of the things to discover. This calendar shows 12 stunning images of the city on the Hudson River. High-quality wall calendar with 12 beautiful images. We care about the environment. We avoid overproduction and thus significant amounts of waste as we produce our calendars via print-on-demand in the markets we operate in. This means we can keep our transport routes short and ensure climate-conscious logistical processes. 14 Pages Consisting of 1 Cover | 12 Months | 1 Index Page | Cardboard Spine at the back This calendar was re-released this year with the same images and new dates. Illustrations: January: Brooklyn Bridge February: Manhattan March: View from the Empire State Building April: Brooklyn Bridge May: Manhattan Skyline June: Time Square July: Central Park August: Urban jungle September: Central Park October: Statue of Liberty November: New York's skyscrapers December: New York by night QUALITY - High-quality photo calendar with 12 beautiful images on light-resistant paper, robust spiral binding with hanger. PERFECT GIFT - calendars for friends and family, for children, all ages and all occasions, from Christmas to birthdays and everything in between. LOTS OF CHOICE - Wall calendars in different sizes (DIN A4 and DIN A3), for any topic and personal taste, featuring photography, painting and illustrations. Discovering the Big Apple, author: Stefan Becker

New ID card systems are proliferating around the world. These may use digitized fingerprints or photos, may be contactless, using a scanner, and above all, may rely on computerized registries of personal information. In this timely new contribution, David Lyon argues that such IDs represent a fresh phase in the long-term attempts of modern states to find stable ways of identifying citizens.   New ID systems are "new" because they are high-tech. But their newness is also seen crucially in the ways that they contribute to new means of governance. The rise of e-Government and global mobility along with the aftermath of 9/11 and fears of identity theft are propelling the trend towards new ID systems. This is further lubricated by high technology companies seeking lucrative procurements, giving stakes in identification practices to agencies additional to nation-states, particularly technical and commercial ones. While the claims made for new IDs focus on security, efficiency and convenience, each proposal is also controversial. Fears of privacy-loss, limits to liberty, government control, and even of totalitarian tendencies are expressed by critics.   This book takes an historical, comparative and sociological look at citizen-identification, and new ID cards in particular. It concludes that their widespread use is both likely and, without some strong safeguards, troublesome, though not necessarily for the reasons most popularly proposed. Arguing that new IDs demand new approaches to identification practices given their potential for undermining trust and contributing to social exclusion, David Lyon provides the clearest overview of this topical area to date.

This glorious book of photography, featuring more than 200 magnificent National Geographic images of all 50 states, is a gift-worthy celebration of America's unique natural and cultural treasures. America the Beautiful showcases the stunning spaces closest to our nation's heart--from the woods in the Great Appalachian Valley that Davy Crockett once called home to the breathtaking sweep of California's Big Sur coast to the wilds of Alaska. It also celebrates the people who have made this country what it is, featuring a wide range of images including the Arikara Nation in the early 1900s and scientists preparing for travel to Mars on a Hawaiian island. Culled from more than 130 years of National Geographic's vaunted archives, this provocative collection depicts the splendor of this great nation as only National Geographic can, with a dramatic combination of modern and historical imagery--from the creation of architectural icons like the Golden Gate Bridge and Lady Liberty to the last of the country's wild places currently preserved in our national parks. Organized by chapters focused on region (west coast and the Pacific, east coast, the south, and the Midwest) that are themselves inspired by verses of the original poem America the Beautiful, this book also features a moving introduction offering perspective on the country's unique journey. You'll also find behind-the-scenes commentary from the world-renowned photographers who captured this unforgettable imagery, and observations from the conservationists, activists, and historians who help keep America beautiful today. Profound and inspiring, this is a book for everyone who has ever marveled at the beauty of the United States.

This glorious book of photography, featuring more than 200 magnificent National Geographic images of all 50 states, is a gift-worthy celebration of America's unique natural and cultural treasures. America the Beautiful showcases the stunning spaces closest to our nation's heart--from the woods in the Great Appalachian Valley that Davy Crockett once called home to the breathtaking sweep of California's Big Sur coast to the wilds of Alaska. It also celebrates the people who have made this country what it is, featuring a wide range of images including the Arikara Nation in the early 1900s and scientists preparing for travel to Mars on a Hawaiian island. Culled from more than 130 years of National Geographic's vaunted archives, this provocative collection depicts the splendor of this great nation as only National Geographic can, with a dramatic combination of modern and historical imagery--from the creation of architectural icons like the Golden Gate Bridge and Lady Liberty to the last of the country's wild places currently preserved in our national parks. Organized by chapters focused on region (west coast and the Pacific, east coast, the south, and the Midwest) that are themselves inspired by verses of the original poem America the Beautiful, this book also features a moving introduction offering perspective on the country's unique journey. You'll also find behind-the-scenes commentary from the world-renowned photographers who captured this unforgettable imagery, and observations from the conservationists, activists, and historians who help keep America beautiful today. Profound and inspiring, this is a book for everyone who has ever marveled at the beauty of the United States.