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Ruth, a princess of Moab, leaves her homeland after suffering terrible losses to become the mother of the royal house of Israel. Now, in a revolutionary reading of this immortal tale, Moshe Miller provides an entirely new perspective on this beloved story. Beneath the simple surface of this story, the Sages trace a web of primal issues, including the Serpent in the Garden of Eden; the jealousy of Cain; the painful break between Abraham and Lot; and the mystery that is the mitzvah of yibum. The fiber that binds together all these issues is love. Love is the key to this story, which culminates in the unique love of Ruth and Boaz, and the ancestors of the once and future king, David, whose very name means love! Moshe Miller is a graduate of Yeshivat Ner Yisrael and holds a master's degree in philosophy from Brown University. He has been an educator for nearly fifty years and immigrated to Israel in 2010. He lives in Jerusalem, where he continues to teach and write.
This volume argues that legislation on abortion, adultery, and rape has been central to the formation of the modern citizen. The author draws on rights literature, bio-political scholarship, and a gender-studies perspective as a foundation for rethinking the sovereign relationship. In approaching the politicization of reproductive space from this direction, the study resituates the role of rights and rights-granting within the sovereign relationship. A second theme running throughout the book explores the international implications of these arguments and addresses the role of abortion, adultery and rape legislation in constructing 'civilizational' relationships. In focusing on the Ottoman Empire, Turkey, France and Italy as case studies, Miller presents a discussion of what 'Europe' is, and the role of sexuality and reproduction in defining it.
Patsy Ruth Miller gives us a fascinating pictorial and written "insider's look of the Golden Age of Hollywood. Share in her stories about Nazimova, Valentino, Lon Chaney, Tom Mix, Clark Cable, F. Scott Fitzgerald, John Barrymore, Charlie Chaplin, Greta Garbo, John Gilbert, Gloria Swanson and many others. She appeared in over 60 films and was best remembered for her role as Esmeralda in the 1923, "The Hunchback of Notre Dame."
Insightful reinterpretation of data-gathering, surveillance, cloning, and reproductive tissue and their implications for democratic politics
“This is my letter to the world . . .” — Emily Dickinson The Poetry of Emily Dickinson is a collection of pieces by 19th-century American poet Emily Dickinson, who insisted that her life of isolation gave her an introspective and deep connection with the world. As a result, her work parallels her life—misunderstood in its time, but full of depth and imagination, and covering such universal themes as nature, art, friendship, love, society, mortality, and more. During Dickinson’s lifetime, only seven of her poems were published, but after her death, her prolific writings were discovered and shared. With this volume, readers can dive into the now widely respected poetry of Emily Dickinson.
Established in 1911, The Rotarian is the official magazine of Rotary International and is circulated worldwide. Each issue contains feature articles, columns, and departments about, or of interest to, Rotarians. Seventeen Nobel Prize winners and 19 Pulitzer Prize winners – from Mahatma Ghandi to Kurt Vonnegut Jr. – have written for the magazine.
Discover the key to unlocking thought as creative energy and power, and become the "Master Key" to your own success with this self-help classic--now revised for the twenty-first century. Thought is the powerful catalyst towards making any idea a reality. Based upon the principle of using thought as the manifestation of creative energy, The New Master Key System shows you how to use the power of thought to realize your dreams and attract everything you need to achieve what you desire. Divided into twenty-four sections with exercises in each section to train and develop your mental skills, The New Master Key System is a powerful and life-changing book. Follow these steps and watch your thoughts turn into reality.
A collection of essays on using the power of thought to achieve fulfillment, and includes modern interpretations of the original text.
This book is a critical study of South African literature, from colonial and pre-colonial times onwards. Christopher Heywood discusses selected poems, plays and prose works in five literary traditions: Khoisan, Nguni-Sotho, Afrikaans, English, and Indian. The discussion includes over 100 authors and selected works, including poets from Mqhayi, Marais and Campbell to Butler, Serote and Krog, theatre writers from Boniface and Black to Fugard and Mda, and fiction writers from Schreiner and Plaatje to Bessie Head and the Nobel prizewinners Gordimer and Coetzee. The literature is explored in the setting of crises leading to the formation of modern South Africa, notably the rise and fall of the Emperor Shaka's Zulu kingdom, the Colenso crisis, industrialisation, the colonial and post-colonial wars of 1899, 1914, and 1939, and the dissolution of apartheid society. In Heywood's study, South African literature emerges as among the great literatures of the modern world.
This book celebrates the achievement and talent of those in advanced years across a wide range of activities. Some of the people included made amazing achievements throughout their lives and into very old age, while others picked up skills again and developed them in different ways later in life. Then there are those who embarked upon entirely new activities and enterprises to great acclaim. The book includes a fascinating mix of familiar names and hidden gems, and emphasises the limitless possibilities of life, where “age is only a number” and positivity is a common theme. International in nature, this book will be of great interest as a point of reference for academics from all fields. In addition, it is fascinating reading for anyone who wants to be inspired by the astonishing feats of over 100 people who have triumphed in their golden years.