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    Intimate Empire (eBook, ePUB)
    After a humiliating defeat in the Crimean War, the Russian Empire struggled to reassert its position as a global power. A small noble family returned from the siege of Sevastopol and joined the rulers' efforts to advance Russian standing in the decades until 1917. Intimate Empire tells the story of the Mansurovs, who were known to nineteenth-century observers as resourceful imperial agents and staunch supporters of Orthodoxy. In close interplay with scholarship and the media, they built churches and pilgrim hostels to increase Russian dominance within its borders and in the Ottoman Empire. Some of the family's achievements stand to this day: the Russian complex in Jerusalem and an impressive Orthodox Convent in Riga. When the Revolution came, they faced stigmatization as former nobles, believers, and monarchists. Impoverishment and arrests became part of their daily lives in Soviet Russia. Intimate Empire is a study of the momentous role played by elite families in Russia's international involvement in the age of empire. It shows how three generations of a mobile noble family advanced the intertwined causes of the Russian Empire and Orthodoxy, using family resources and tools of intimacy. Women were crucial for the family's efforts, both behind the scenes and in public. It is the first monograph to examine the interplay between family and empire building in Russian history-a topic that has proven extraordinarily prolific for British imperial history yet remains virtually unexplored for the Russian case. Russia, Orthodoxy, and noble family life emerge as part of the European trans-imperial scene.
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    Intimate Empire (eBook, PDF)
    After a humiliating defeat in the Crimean War, the Russian Empire struggled to reassert its position as a global power. A small noble family returned from the siege of Sevastopol and joined the rulers' efforts to advance Russian standing in the decades until 1917. Intimate Empire tells the story of the Mansurovs, who were known to nineteenth-century observers as resourceful imperial agents and staunch supporters of Orthodoxy. In close interplay with scholarship and the media, they built churches and pilgrim hostels to increase Russian dominance within its borders and in the Ottoman Empire. Some of the family's achievements stand to this day: the Russian complex in Jerusalem and an impressive Orthodox Convent in Riga. When the Revolution came, they faced stigmatization as former nobles, believers, and monarchists. Impoverishment and arrests became part of their daily lives in Soviet Russia. Intimate Empire is a study of the momentous role played by elite families in Russia's international involvement in the age of empire. It shows how three generations of a mobile noble family advanced the intertwined causes of the Russian Empire and Orthodoxy, using family resources and tools of intimacy. Women were crucial for the family's efforts, both behind the scenes and in public. It is the first monograph to examine the interplay between family and empire building in Russian history-a topic that has proven extraordinarily prolific for British imperial history yet remains virtually unexplored for the Russian case. Russia, Orthodoxy, and noble family life emerge as part of the European trans-imperial scene.
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    The Vegetarian
    Winner of the 2016 Man Booker International Prize NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY The New York Times Book Review • Publisher's Weekly • Buzzfeed • Entertainment Weekly • Time • Wall Street Journal • Bustle • Elle • The Economist • Slate • The Huffington Post • The St. Louis Dispatch • Electric Literature Featured in the New York Times selection of "15 remarkable books by women that are shaping the way we read and write fiction in the 21st century" A beautiful, unsettling novel about rebellion and taboo, violence and eroticism, and the twisting metamorphosis of a soul Before the nightmares began, Yeong-hye and her husband lived an ordinary, controlled life. But the dreams-invasive images of blood and brutality-torture her, driving Yeong-hye to purge her mind and renounce eating meat altogether. It's a small act of independence, but it interrupts her marriage and sets into motion an increasingly grotesque chain of events at home. As her husband, her brother-in-law and sister each fight to reassert their control, Yeong-hye obsessively defends the choice that's become sacred to her. Soon their attempts turn desperate, subjecting first her mind, and then her body, to ever more intrusive and perverse violations, sending Yeong-hye spiraling into a dangerous, bizarre estrangement, not only from those closest to her, but also from herself. Celebrated by critics around the world, The Vegetarian is a darkly allegorical, Kafka-esque tale of power, obsession, and one woman's struggle to break free from the violence both without and within her.
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    A Warrior Dynasty: The Rise and Fall of Sweden as a Military Superpower 1611-1721 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 628min
    This audiobook examines the meteoric rise of Sweden as the pre-eminent military power in Europe during the Thirty Years War during the 1600s, and then follows its line of warrior kings into the next century until the Swedes finally meet their demise, in an overreach into the vastness of Russia. A small Scandinavian nation, with at most one and a half million people and scant internal resources of its own, there was small logic to how Sweden could become the dominant power on the Continent. That Sweden achieved this was due to its leadership - a case-study in history when pure military skill, and that alone, could override the demographic and economic factors which have in modern times been termed so pre-eminent. Once Protestantism emerged, via Martin Luther, the most devastating war in European history ensued, as the Holy Roman Empire sought to reassert its authority by force. Into this bloody maelstrom stepped Gustav Adolf of Sweden, a brilliant tactician and strategist, who with his finely honed Swedish legions proceeded to establish a new authority in northern Europe. Gustav, as brave as he was brilliant, was finally killed while leading a cavalry charge at the Battle of Ltzen. He had innovated, however, tactics and weaponry that put his successors in good stead, as Sweden remained a great power, rivaled only by France and Spain in terms of territory in Europe. And then one of his successors, Karl XII, turned out to be just as great a military genius as Gustav himself, and as the year 1700 arrived, Swedish armies once more burst out in all directions. Karl, like Gustav, assumed the throne while still a teenager, but immediately displayed so much acumen, daring and skill that chroniclers could only compare him, like Gustav, to Alexander the Great. This book examines thoroughly, yet in highly readable fashion, the century during which Swedish military power set an example for all Europe. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Mark Ashby. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/020970/bk_adbl_020970_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Witches, Women & Words (eBook, ePUB)
    "The extraordinary poems in Witches, Women and Words have our hearts beating with rage. This powerfully evocative collection speaks frankly of the twists and turns, pains, despair and hopes of the woman, the human, the poet, the abused earth, her trees and seas and biodiversity. In a world where 'soldiers march blindfolded and mute' and of 'wounds that never heal'. It takes us on a journey: a witch's broom, protection of a coven, and a cauldron of life's struggles, to become free to allow the poem of woman to be created: 'the poem born / the poet / a god'. She will have a voice, choose her destiny. You will be spellbound as you navigate these sensuous and imaginative poems where 'the persistent Southerly / is a foreigner on this piece of soil' and 'senses are like a tree in winter'. This is not meant to be a peaceful read. This powerful collection of poetry by Beatriz Copello disturbs like her muse Neruda, with 'words of fire, steel and hope', even as she writes, 'hope is hidden like a miser hides his riches'." - Colleen Keating"Can we conjure a better world with the magic of words? Can women, in particular, escape the cruel prison of history? Beatriz Copello believes so. Though she is 'scared she learns to walk again' and 'lets her blood run wild' in Witches, Women and Words. Even as the horrors of history reassert themselves, even when she is blindsided by the familiarity of death and haunted by lingering wounds in an atmosphere heavy with unspoken guilt, she 'chooses life'. With wit, passion and grace, and above all infinite empathy for the pains we all share, she chooses it for all of us." - Richard James Allen"Beatriz Copello's words take us on a profound journey through the perilous life we all find ourselves leading, where hope is hidden and ancestral anguish drives us to seek meaning and hope." - Anne Summers
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    Ignite Your Masculine Sexuality: Awaken Your Sexual Spirit: Attract Women with Alpha Male Vibes , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 70min
    Every day of life, men are under so much pressure from society to conform. If you’re a man, you might be feeling the blows of the media frenzy on how men should behave. We keep reading of sexual accusations made by women. Often, they seem to be about the kind of stuff men have done since time began. Our masculinity is a trait that we were born with, and not something we bought online. FACT: Men want to have sex with women. We have hormones that effect our moods, same as women do. Our testosterone levels make us horny and drive us to search for sexual encounters. We try our luck and take risks. Women want us to take these risks, to prove our commitment to them. My opinion is, that you should not stop behaving in a masculine way, all because of the media hype.Be proud of your masculinity because that is what makes you attractive to women. Play the game and show any prospective partner that your worth taking a chance with. This book will help you reassert your masculinity. I want to show you how to behave as the man that nature intended, and not the shrinking violet.There’s nothing wrong with being a nice guy, and being kind and respectful. Don’t be nice though because you're trying to follow the latest fads and trends. Don’t shave off all your body hair and smell sweet because some effeminate model of a soy boy tells you that's how a man should behave. Forget that kinda nice. Keep your body hair, and be proud of it; it's part of being a man.You will soon learn that being born a man and acting like a man, are two different things. For instance, a man does NOT have a feminine side to his nature. Real men never have and never will. Sure, you can be a tender and considerate lover. But, to share that side of yourself with a woman, you first need to show her that you’re a real man. My book will teach you how to emphasize your confidence and not hide your true identity. Don’t have any shame about your sexual desires. Act upon them.If a w ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Thomas Cassidy. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/126148/bk_acx0_126148_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    51
    A musician with a wide ranging repertoire, Wayne takes you on a musical journey that spans decades, and almost any genre you could imagine. His latest work, '51', is a compilation of original songs that reassert the fact that he is one of the best musicians you'll hear in Texas. If you like original music, you'll want to add his songs to your collection.
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