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Soulmates from the Pages of History
Writer Jack Adler describes 75 famous friendships throughout history from mythical to contemporary times. Along the way, the lives and personalities of artists, politicians, philosophers, soldiers, and outlaws are outlined, including some personal details that may not be well-known. Presenting sketches of individuals like Julius Caesar and Mark Anthony, Adam Smith and David Hume, Charles Baudelaire and Edouard Manet, David Henry Thoreau and Ralph Waldo Emerson, Susan Anthony and Elizabeth Stanton, Sergei Rachmaninoff and Vladimir Horowitz — even Al Capone and Johnny Torrio — the author shows how contrasting as well as comparable personalities, characters and temperaments can support and ...
The Way of the Intelligent Rebel
Olivier Roland offers an inspiring road map to help readers get more out of life as an 'Intelligent Rebel' and find success and fulfilment by breaking out of the system. Do you dream of a less stressful life? Break out of the system, embrace your purpose and shape your own journey to success and fulfilment. We're not designed for a one-size-fits-all education or lifestyle-so why not choose a path where you can make your own rules, follow your passions, and live a rewarding, purpose-fueled life? Breaking out of the "system" and becoming an entrepreneur or a creator can be daunting, but with this step-by-step guide to taking charge of your life, realizing your individual potential, and buildin...
Worldproof Leadership
This book offer an intercultural benchmark on local leadership practices in no less than twenty-one countries. Our world is internationalising at a fast pace, and more and more of us choose to find work elsewhere. This title gifs insights around cultural aspects of leadership through country-specific literature research. This quantitative research was strengthened by a global online survey about leadership (CCBS Survey, 2018). In total over 2,700 qualified respondents participated. Text copyright: Adi Hendriks; Agnes So; Aikò Dreesen; Alessandra Neerincx; Alessandro Asproso; Alexandra Rossman; Amy Bosschieter; Anna van den End; Arash Seyfollahi; Arwin Naziri; Ashley Scheenloop; Bastian Lame...
The Roland Legend in Nineteenth Century French Literature
The year was 778. Charlemagne, starting homeward after an expedition onto the Iberian Peninsula, left his nephew, Count Roland, in command of a rear guard. As Roland and his troops moved through the Pyrenees, a fierce enemy swooped down and annihilated them. Whether the attackers were Moors, Basques, Gascons, or Aquitainians is still disputed. The massacre soon passed into legend, preserved but at the same time expanded and interpreted in oral tradition and written accounts. Dormant after the late Middle Ages, the legend began to inspire literary works even before the discovery and publication of the Oxford manuscript Chanson de Roland in 1837. The French Revolution and Empire, temporarily r...
A Study Guide for Anonymous's "Chanson de Roland (The Song of Roland)"
A Study Guide for Anonymous's "Chanson de Roland (The Song of Roland)," excerpted from Gale's acclaimed Epics for Students. This concise study guide includes plot summary; character analysis; author biography; study questions; historical context; suggestions for further reading; and much more. For any literature project, trust Epics for Students for all of your research needs.
Swords of Charlemagne: The Complete Series
Four swords imbued with incredible power that can be used to save the world... or destroy it. After a thousand years, the race to find the swords has begun again, setting apprentice-mage Douglas Keith and newly-awakened mage Margaret Prentice on a path that reveals the secrets locked within their minds and their magic In order to save their future, they must first look to their past.
The History of Fiction: Being a Critical Account of the Most Celebrated Prose Works of Fiction From the Earliest Greek Romances to the Novels of the Present Age.
Reprint of the original, first published in 1845.
