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From the author of Eichmann in Jerusalem and The Origins of Totalitarianism, “a book to think with through the political impasses and cultural confusions of our day” (Harper’s Magazine) Hannah Arendt’s insightful observations of the modern world, based on a profound knowledge of the past, constitute an impassioned contribution to political philosophy. In Between Past and Future Arendt describes the perplexing crises modern society faces as a result of the loss of meaning of the traditional key words of politics: justice, reason, responsibility, virtue, and glory. Through a series of eight exercises, she shows how we can redistill the vital essence of these concepts and use them to regain a frame of reference for the future. To participate in these exercises is to associate, in action, with one of the most original and fruitful minds of the twentieth century.
"Jego uścisk dłoni był niczym imadło, a spojrzenie niebieskich oczu przeszywało na wylot. Twierdził, że Pan Bóg nie lubi tchórzy. Stworzył GROM – jednostkę wojskową, która należy do najlepszych sił specjalnych na świecie. Generał SŁAWOMIR PETELICKI – wojownik, dowódca, legenda. Dżentelmen ceniący sobie honor i łobuz z szelmowskim uśmiechem. Uwielbiany dowódca, który bezgranicznie ufał swoim żołnierzom, i rogata dusza, której bezkompromisowość robiła mu wrogów. Droga wojownika to zbiór opowieści o człowieku, który dał Polakom powód do dumy w postaci GROM-u. Generała Petelickiego wspominają ludzie, którzy zetknęli się z nim na różnych etapach jego życia: szkolni koledzy, oficerowie wywiadu, twórcy służb specjalnych, dziennikarze i przede wszystkim towarzysze broni. Komandosi, którzy razem z nim budowali GROM i ci, którzy potem mieli szczęście służyć pod jego rozkazami. "
"Cztery prezydentury, osiem kadencji parlamentu. Wydarzenia rozciągające się od rozmów Okrągłego Stołu, aż do katastrofy smoleńskiej i drugiej kadencji Donalda Tuska. Historia polityczna Polski 1989–2012 to najbardziej aktualny i fachowy bilans dziejów III Rzeczpospolitej. Antoni Dudek – jeden z najlepszych polskich historyków i politologów – podejmuje rzetelną próbę ukazania współczesnej sytuacji politycznej. Śledzi losy liderów partyjnych i kierowanych przez nich ugrupowań. Rzuca światło na działania poszczególnych rządów oraz kontrowersje otaczające kolejne prezydentury: Lecha Wałęsy, Aleksandra Kwaśniewskiego, Lecha Kaczyńskiego i Bronisława Komorowskiego. Przypomina najważniejsze konflikty ostatniego dwudziestolecia i mierzy się z najbardziej aktualnymi problemami. Pisze przystępnie i rzetelnie. Przede wszystkim zaś stara się uczciwie szukać prawdy."
First published in 1999. This study developed from a dissertation in 1993, when the author undertook what she thought would be a simple Optimality Theory analysis of Shona vowel harmony. Having initially treated Shona height harmony as a case of featural alignment, akin to Kirchner's 1993 analysis of Turkish she realized that alignment constraints alone could not account for one central aspect of the Shona case: the priority of initial syllable features in determining the outcome of harmony. This volume of research outlines the authirs discoveries.
Presents retellings of classic Greek and Roman myths emphasizing the narrative and exploring human behavior
This is a practical guide that distills years of ingenious XML hacking into a complete set of tips, tricks and tools for those who want to leverage the untapped power of XML. It includes many real-world projects that illustrate how to define, create, read and manipulate XML documents.
Force Structure, Tactics, and Modernization of the Russian Ground Forces The mighty Soviet Army is no more. The feckless Russian Army that stumbled into Chechnya is no more. Today's Russian Army is modern, better manned, better equipped and designed for maneuver combat under nuclear-threatened conditions. This is your source for the tactics, equipment, force structure and theoretical underpinnings of a major Eurasian power. Here's what the experts are saying: "A superb baseline study for understanding how and why the modern Russian Army functions as it does. Essential for specialist and generalist alike." -Colonel (Ret) David M. Glantz, foremost Western author on the Soviet Union in World Wa...
Sondra Locke tells the story of her childhood in Tennessee, her career as an actress and director, her relationship and breakup with actor Clint Eastwood, and her experience with breast cancer.
A book at the intersection of data science and media studies, presenting concepts and methods for computational analysis of cultural data. How can we see a billion images? What analytical methods can we bring to bear on the astonishing scale of digital culture--the billions of photographs shared on social media every day, the hundreds of millions of songs created by twenty million musicians on Soundcloud, the content of four billion Pinterest boards? In Cultural Analytics, Lev Manovich presents concepts and methods for computational analysis of cultural data. Drawing on more than a decade of research and projects from his own lab, Manovich offers a gentle, nontechnical introduction to the core ideas of data analytics and discusses the ways that our society uses data and algorithms.
Drawing on 40 years of research in both Russia and Serbia, the author describes aspects of their military and political relationships, mostly in the 19th and 20th centuries. The volume, which contains articles and papers composed between the 1960s and 1990s, contains general information on Serbia and Russia, important Serbian national leaders, Russian relations with Serbia, and Serbian conspiracies, conspirators, and trials. Two indices list publications by the author, and a paper on Nikola Pasic's life and works. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR