Ken Follett's third novel in the Kingsbridge series, <i>A Column of Fire</i>, returns to the setting and story that began, and continued, in the multi-million copy bestsellers <i>The Pillars of the Earth</i> and <i>World Without End</i>.<i> </i>Christmas 1558, the world is in turmoil as a new queen takes her throne and one man pledges to protect her life at all costs.
This study examines the revival of Sufism in the Arabic and Turkish novel during the second half of the 20th century. A picture is drawn where Sufism forms a main source of literary inspiration and becomes a mode to establish continuity with the past. Sufism is in this context not solely a passively transmitted cultural artifact; it quite the contrary becomes a major instrument to construct identity and meaning to a post-industrial society. In this respect, the act of writing becomes prayer of a sort; storytelling enables the Self to rest from the dreary political realities of authoritarian modernist ideologies. Thus, writing, in contrast to reason-driven, materialist, modernity becomes meaningful and enables the Self to connect with something beyond immanent reality; in one word, writing becomes "re-enchantment".
Discover the power of the book through fifty of the most influential texts ever written - from around the world and throughout time. Books that truly did have a significant impact on world history.
Discover the power of the book through fifty of the most influential texts ever written - from around the world and throughout time. Books that truly did have a significant impact on world history.
<i>How to Read a Suit</i> is the ultimate guide to how fashions change, the ideal tool for identifying historical styles, and an invaluable companion to <i>How to Read a Dress</i>.
<p>Als ein innovatives, langfristig angelegtes Forum für Veröffentlichungen zur Geschichte des Alten Reichs möchte die Reihe "bibliothek altes Reich - baR" zur inhaltlichen und methodischen Neuausrichtung der Erforschung des Alten Reichs anregen, die Forschungsdiskussion bündeln und Fachwissen popularisieren. Dabei versteht sie sich als grundsätzlich institutionsunabhängiges Unternehmen.</p>
Get ready, Book 12 in the phenomenally bestselling DIARY OF A WIMPY KID series is coming! Join Greg on a family holiday he'll never forget! To escape the stress of the holidays, the Heffleys decide to get out of town and go to a resort instead of celebrating Christmas at home. But what's billed as a stress-free vacation becomes a holiday nightmare. The funniest books you'll EVER read.
