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Written nearly two thousand years ago, The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana is one of the worlds oldest and most influential treatises on love, relationships, and the pursuit of pleasure. Far beyond its reputation as an erotic manual, the work offers a profound exploration of emotional intimacy, mutual respect, and the philosophy of balanced living. This deluxe hardbound edition presents the complete, unabridged text in an elegant, collectible format, honoring its status as both a cultural document and a work of timeless wisdom. With its emphasis on refinement, emotional understanding, and the art of connection, it remains a guide not only to sensuality but to harmony and fulfillment in every aspect of life.

Depuis l’indépendance en 1960, la République du Congo s’est construite avec, et souvent par, ses forces armées. Héritière des structures coloniales françaises, puis remodelée par les idéologies, les

Durante doce siglos y en tres continentes, Bizancio conectó el mundo antiguo con el moderno, dando forma y transmitiendo tradiciones griegas, romanas y cristianas que perduran hasta nuestros días.Este volumen, accesible y de facil lectura, es considerado un clasico imprescindible para quien desee conocer esta importante etapa de la historia. Abarca el liderazgo politico bizantino, la estrategia militar, las actitudes culturales y los cambios sociales, institucionales y demograficos, ayudando asi a entender los exitos y fracasos de este enorme imperio, y tambien su llamativa longevidad.

How do we keep going in a burning world? Songs from the Firefront is a vital and moving memoir in essays from Tim Winton, twice Booker Prize-shortlisted author of Cloudstreet and The Riders.A memoir in essays, Songs from the Firefront is a book about the sacred fragility of existence. Deeply personal, brimming with anger and humour and love for family, for the beautiful, brutal Australian landscape Tim Wintons writing invites you into the world of one of our greatest living writers.Here he admits to stupidity alone in a vast canyon, paddle boards out to sea to visit the local dugong population, and tells the horror and sadness of watching as his neighbourhood is lost to bush fires. He tells the story of how he became friends with Helen Garner, the travelling that allowed him to write Cloudstreet, and about the act of unconditional love a father might agree to after his beloved daughter has delivered her child.From memories of his own childhood to what he sees in his grandchildrens future, Songs from the Firefront is a profound book about the world we live in and what we can hope to pass on. Its a call for solidarity and a testament to the deep joys and sorrows of family life.Praise for Tim Winton: Winton is just one of the best - IndependentWinton is a masterful storyteller with an enormous heart - Mariella FrostrupHe is a novelist, a great one, because against all evidence and odds, he reminds us what it is to be human, and reminds us to be proud of our humanity . . . Winton is a one-man band of genius - Los Angeles TimesTin Winton is the real thing: a writer who can photograph a thought and pluck out the beat of a soul on a washing line- Scotland on SundayTo read Winton is to be reminded not just of the possibilities of fiction but of the human heart - The Times

How did Christianity grow into an international faith that shaped the world as we know it?Remarkable A joy to read JOSEPHINE QUINN, author of How the World Made the WestDazzling Will change how you see Rome, and Christianity, for ever CATHERINE NIXEY, author of HeresyOne of the most important books on ancient history in many years HARRY SIDEBOTTOM, author of Warrior of RomeRomes Age of Revolution corrects the triumphalist narrative that the Christian message was so persuasive, and indeed superior, that people converted in huge numbers, abandoning their pagan beliefs, thereby turning a small, persecuted sect into the state religion of the Roman Empire.Tim Whitmarsh shows that Christianity would never have succeeded if it had not taken advantage of the infrastructure and culture of the Roman Empire; in turn the new religion was indelibly shaped and transformed by Roman beliefs and ideas, especially those circulating in the Greek-speaking, or Hellenistic, eastern parts of the empire. This radical transformation, Tim argues, can only be described as a revolution. And the consequences are with us to this day.Riveting incisive and stylishly written EDITH HALL, author of Aristotles WayFascinating and powerful throughout ANDREW PETTEGREE, author of The Book at WarRefreshingly innovative Remarkable CANDIDA MOSS, author of Gods Ghost-writersHistory writing at its very best BRUCE GORDON, author of The Bible

From the bestselling author of Viking Britain, a stunning new perspective on the medieval world. When we think of the Crusades, the image is usually squarely medieval: an era of pageantry, knights, castles and cathedrals. An age of violence, certainly, but one glossed with faith, chivalry and Christian derring-do. When we think of the Vikings, we most often see barbarism and pagan menace: Norse warriors drenched in blood-sacrifice and presided over by grim, brooding gods. Both images are false, of course, created by centuries of cultural baggage. This book sets that history right, showing how the Vikings and their descendants embraced Christianity and the mores of mainstream Western Christendom and how that Western medieval world imbibed the values and attitudes of the Vikings northern home. Telling the story of how the Vikings took up arms and the cross, this is a book that leads to extraordinary places: from Jerusalem and Istanbul to Novgorod and Tallinn, via cold northern seas and ice-shrouded northern forests. It tells stories full of adventure, horror and madness, of pilgrimages and war-paths, bodyguards and princes, holy missions and rapacious greed. That which transformed the bounds of Christendom forever was a hammer forged in the pagan fires of the Viking Age.

Lhistoire dun pianiste de grand talent qui sera sauvé par un " juste " allemand en plein cœur du ghetto de Varsovie.Au moment où Radio Pologne est réduite au silence, un jeune pianiste talentueux dor

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From the New York Times bestselling author, the incredible true story of the American archaeologists and classicists who went undercover as OSS spies during World War II to fight the Nazis and protect the worlds most precious relicsIn 1942, as head of the newly formed OSS, Wild Bill Donovan deployed spies across Europe and around the world to try to thwart the Nazis. In Greece, Nazis werent just taking over territory; they were seizing and threatening to destroy some of the worlds most important and valuable historical monuments and artifacts. So, Donovan tapped a young Ivy League-trained archaeologist named Rodney Young to assemble and lead a team of spies to collect intel.Young set about recruiting the most unlikely of spiesacademics, classicists, epigraphers, and other specialists and scholarswho would come to be kown as the Greek Desk. These men and women, along with their Greek allies, went undercover and tried desperately to protect some of the worlds most significant treasures. The archaeologists hid priceless artifacts in ancient caves, bank vaults, and even underneath the city of Athens itself. They created fakes to give over to the Nazis to appease their lust for these remarkable works. Ultimately, when it became clear the cat-and- mouse game on its own wasnt going to save Athens, they brought in an army of Greek American soldiers to beat back the Nazi regime and save their homeland.

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Because he had the courage to make his passionate protest against a worldwide terror, Castellios feud with Calvin must remain everlastingly memorable Stefan Zweig saw sixteenth-century Geneva as a place gripped by heresy-hunting fanaticism and raging ideologies of violence. A world in which free-thinking humanists too often foresaw, and failed to protest, the disasters that draconian leaders would bring upon Europe. Theologian and writer Sebastian Castellio, however, did condemn the burning of heretics as murder and advocated for religious tolerance, at great personal cost. Written in 1936 when Zweig himself had just fled the rise of Nazism, The Right to Heresy is the story of Castellios feud with Calvinist doctrine, and an urgent polemic on individual sacrifices made, throughout history, in resistance to authoritarianism.

USCG Cutter Eagle not only carries a complex and compelling history but also remains a vital training platform, shaping generations of Coast Guard leaders while representing the United States on the global stage. The extraordinary evolution of this iconic shipfrom a Nazi tool of war to an American beacon of collaborationoffers a narrative rich with intrigue, transformation, and contemporary relevance.

The first joint biography of the women who have shaped - and shaken - the modern Royal Family._________________________________________________Truly original .... full of insight and intrigue. - Camilla Tominey, Daily TelegraphSympathetic, perceptive and sharp ... essential reading for understanding how royal marriages shape the monarchy - for good or ill. Valentine Low, Sunday Times bestselling author of Courtiers Compelling - Matt Wilkinson, Royal Editor, The SunDiana. Camilla. Catherine. Meghan.Outsiders by birth, insiders by marriage. Four women united by their decision to enter the most famous family in the world, and by their place in the centre of its greatest upheavals. From Dianas emotional revolution to Camillas unlikely ascent, from Meghans dramatic break to Catherines quiet consolidation of power, these are the true stories of the women who have shaped and shaken the modern royal family. Drawing on decades of experience as one of Britains most trusted royal correspondents, Simon Vigar takes readers behind palace walls to reveal the private tensions, public battles and shifting alliances that have shaped the House of Windsor. Insightful, revealing and rich with untold detail this is the definitive story of the women who didnt just marry into the Royal Family, but transformed it forever.

The throne of England hung in the balance, and every prince in Europe wanted to claim it.When Elizabeth I ascended the throne in 1558 she became the most eligible woman in Europe. All saw the same prize: marry Elizabeth, rule England. Ambassadors flooded her court, armed with portraits, jewels and marriage proposals from princes, archdukes and kings. Sweden promised mountains of silver. Spain offered imperial protection. Austria pledged powerful alliances. Even Ivan the Terrible - already twice married - sent envoys bearing gifts and threats in equal measure.For nearly five decades, Elizabeth kept them all waiting. She contrived to play each suitor against the other to her own end. A persistent Erik XIV wrote love letters for a decade, convinced he could win her hand. She strung along the charming French Duke of Alençon, exchanging rings before wriggling free with an alliance secured. Meanwhile, Robert Dudley, never far from Elizabeths side, became the favourite who made foreign ambassadors tremble with envy.Written with historian Sophie Shorlands unique eye for a gossipy aside, morbid titbit and acerbic wit, and drawing on ambassadorial dispatches, secret intelligence reports and Elizabeths own letters, All the Queens Men reveals how Elizabeth I turned the competition for her hand into foreign policy - using courtship as diplomacy, flirtation as statecraft, and her perpetually single status as the key to Englands survival in the tangled web of European politics.

A revelatory biography of the legendary New Yorker journalist Joseph Mitchell that focuses on his infamous three-decade-long writers block and sheds light on the private productivity of those years.From 1938 to 1964, Joseph Mitchell published unforgettable profiles as a staff writer at The New Yorker, portraits of ordinary people in disappearing worlds on the edges of New York City. His stories of Fulton Fish Market, Greenwich Village wanderer Joe Gould, McSorleys Old Ale House, and a graveyard caretaker on the South Shore of Staten Island earned Mitchell the reputation of a writers writer. Then his byline vanished from print. For thirty-one years, the story goes, he went to his office almost every day, worked behind a closed door, and never submitted another piece.Through a chance encounter with one of Mitchells closest friends and a meticulous examination of new and unpublished material, Scott Schomburg discovers another Mitchell, one who would leave his desk to visit an old cemetery or enter a demolition site, where, he said, he worked as hard as he ever did. During this decades-long silence, Mitchell was engaged in a different form of writing: an obsessive collecting and note-taking that he hoped would preserve lives otherwise lost to time. It was a restless pursuit of the eternal in the everyday of a dying world.Following in Mitchells footsteps from his childhood in the swamps of North Carolina to his last years in a rapidly changing New York, The Lost Years of Joseph Mitchell is a revelation of new insight about a legendary writer and his work. Schomburgs lucid and poignant narrative captures Mitchells unique blend of the apocalyptic and elegiac. Its the kind of story Mitchell himself might have written.

Rivals, playboys and wounded healers four emotional medical romances where opposites collide, unexpected families mend hearts, and love transforms them all. ER Rivalsby Scarlet WilsonHead-to-headthen heart-to-heart! Straight-talking ER doc Maggie is seeking a fresh start in Chicago. The further she can get from her exs betrayal, the better. Except she finds herself toe-to-toe with her new boss! Liams overbearing methods are infuriating, as are his handsome good looks. Yet Maggie sees a softer side when his sassy beagle brings her inside her rivals orbitand his home! And once she realises Liams severe nature stems from a painful loss, the fire that stoked their rivalry burns into something irresistible The Daredevil Surgeon Risks It All by Kristine Lynn Love: the biggest thrill of all! In thisHigh Altitude Docsstory, Dr Ian prided himself on curing the incurableuntil he lost the one patient who mattered most. Now the orthopaedic surgeon keeps his risk-taking to Olympic Mountain cliff faces. Then nurse practitioner Casey arrives at his clinic. Her warmth and tenderness soothe his restless soul. Single mum Casey took the job because Ian is an expert in her small sons medical condition. And the closer they get, the greater the danger of losing the family hes grown to cherish No Strings with the Single MumFrom playboy to family man! After seeing his father shattered by loss, surgeon Andrei never does long-term attachmentsand especially not when hes leaving town the next month! So even as sparks fly with strait-laced new doc Laine, he knows he cant promise her the future she and her daughter deserve. The prescription: one fling (temporary), with strictly no emotional strings. Laines on board with letting the fire between them blaze, then burn out. Except the longer Andrei spends in Laines world, the more tempting being tied down becomes Their Blind Date Emergency Code red: accidentally dating the boss! Doctor Dani doesnt trust her judgement in men after her agonising divorce, leaving her daughter to take the reins and arrange a blind date. Simon is oh-so charming, distractingly gorgeous and understands the unique pain of a failed marriage. Dani feels her heart cautiously flutter back to life Until she meets the head of the Emergency Department at her new hospitaland its Simon! She should forget their short-lived romance. But is the draw between them simply too powerful to resist? Perfect for fans of: Found family Workplace romance Opposites attract

An acclaimed Syrian journalist crafts a vital portrait of October 7, 2023, and its aftermath through the harrowing yet life-affirming accounts of 26 Palestinians.Throughout 2024, Samar Yazbek met with hundreds of survivors from Gaza, asking each of them about their experience of October 7, 2023, and what their life has been like since that pivotal date. In Your Presence Is a Danger to Your Lifea title adapted from one of the flyers dropped on the residents of Gaza minutes before a bombingYazbek captures the raw, chilling accounts of ordinary civilians aged 13 to 65, who have witnessed what history may remember as one of the most savage military offensives of our time.Their stories reveal a nightmarish dystopia, where each survivor has endured unimaginable losshomes shattered, loved ones vanished, limbs obliteratedand many have been treated in hospitals ravaged by Israeli attacks. But these survivors remain determined to share their experiences, and cling to the hope that their voices will resonate.More than a record of horrors for posterity, this breathtaking collection testifies to the power of education and writing, which remind us of our common humanity.

Les sociétés aspirent-elles davantage à la sécurité, ou à la liberté ?Il y a plus de deux mille ans déjà, Salluste posait la question. En 63 av. J.-C., Catilina prépare la chute de la République, tan