Epithet

Darius the Great and Xerxes I: The History of the Achaemenid Persian Emperors Who Invaded Ancient Greece , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 162min

It was not until the excavations of the 1930's that many of the relics, reliefs, and clay tablets that offer so much information about Persian life could be studied for the first time. Through archaeological remains, ancient texts, and work by a new generation of historians, a picture can today be built of this remarkable civilization and their capital city. Although the city had been destroyed, the legacy of the Persians survived, even as they mostly remain an enigma to the West and are not nearly as well understood as the Greeks, Romans, or Egyptians. In a sense, the Achaemenid Persian Empire holds some of the most enduring mysteries of ancient civilization.When considering this empire’s rulers, the two most often referenced are Xerxes, the leader of the Persian invasion of Greece which caused the heroic sacrifice of the Spartans and their allies at Thermopylae, or Cyrus the Great, the man who created the Persian Empire. But the Persians had another critical ruler sandwiched between them, and Cyrus’s accomplishments and Xerxes’s defeats would not have been possible without him. That king was Xerxes’s own father, Darius I, best known as Darius the Great.Darius I took the throne after the death of Cyrus’s son, Cambyses II, and though his reign would not have been possible without the construction of the empire and the administrative groundwork laid by Cyrus the Great before him, Darius proved himself just as worthy of the epithet. Reigning for over 35 years, Darius kept control of the massive Persian Empire despite numerous rebellions and uprisings, and he also managed to implement reforms and improvements that established the empire’s golden age. He followed the example of Cyrus before him in his foreign policy and mode of kingship as well, offering tolerance and patience to various cultures and religions, and even treating his enemies fairly in most cases.Perhaps his ultimate success can be seen most clearly in the passage of power at the e ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Jim Johnston. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/173955/bk_acx0_173955_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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Leland Stanford: The Life and Legacy of the Railroad Executive Who Became California's Governor and the West's Most Famous Robber Baron , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 128min

The employee is regarded by the employer merely in the light of his value as an operative. His productive capacity alone is taken into account. (Stanford)For many people, the Gilded Age and the dawn of the 20th century continue to be remembered for monopolies, trusts, and economic giants in heavy industries like railroads, oil, and steel. Men like Andrew Carnegie built empires like Carnegie Steel, and financiers like J. P. Morgan merged and consolidated them. The era also made names like Astor, Cooke, and Vanderbilt instantly recognizable across the globe. Over time, the unfathomable wealth generated by the businesses made the individuals on top incredibly rich, and that in turn led to immense criticism and an infamous epithet used to rail against them: robber barons.The industrial might wielded by these executives in the late 19th century directly led to a public backlash and made President Teddy Roosevelt the "trust buster", and there has since been countless regulations to attempt to avoid the types of monopolies found over 100 years ago. However, many 20th century historians and writers pushed back against the allegations hurled at the "robber barons" and even took issue with the name. Libertarian writer John Stossel argued, "They weren't robbers, because they didn't steal from anyone, and they weren't barons - they were born poor...." Moreover, some of them set a precedent of sorts with their philanthropy.The rise of the robber barons is typically associated with the East Coast and New York City, and when it comes to famous figures in the West during this time, most of them were outlaws, cowboys, lawmen, mountain men, and other types who helped push across the frontier. Those who explored the forested regions of the major mountain ranges and rode the plains of the central continent have always been the subjects of mystique and nostalgia, but while the West was being "won" by enormous cross-sections of the Civil War populatio ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Daniel Houle. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/176310/bk_acx0_176310_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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American Legends: The Life of John D. Rockefeller , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 78min

The Gilded Age and the dawn of the 20th century are often remembered as an era full of monopolies, trusts, and economic giants in heavy industries like oil and steel. Men like Andrew Carnegie built empires like Carnegie Steel, and financiers like J.P. Morgan merged and consolidated them. The era also made names like Astor, Cooke, and Vanderbilt instantly recognizable across the globe. Over time, the unfathomable wealth generated by the businesses made the individuals on top incredibly rich, and that in turn led to immense criticism and an infamous epithet used to rail against them: robber barons. Dozens of men were called "robber barons", but none were as notorious or rich as John D. Rockefeller, who co-founded Standard Oil and turned it into the first real trust in the United States. Rockefeller had been groomed ambitiously by a huckster father nicknamed "Devil Bill", who was just as willing to cheat his son as an unsuspecting public, and John certainly chased his dreams of living long and large. Rockefeller forged his empire in the first few decades of his life and nearly worked himself to death by the time he was 50, which helped compel him to retire for the last several decades of his life. At one point, Rockefeller's wealth was worth more than 1.5% of the entire country's gross domestic product, and by adjusting for inflation, he is arguably the richest man in American history if not world history. Rockefeller was often demonized for being greedy, and there's no question that he was a capitalist par excellence, if not an outright proponent of Social Darwinism. Rockefeller often asserted that growing a business "is merely a survival of the fittest," and he even bragged, "I have ways of making money that you know nothing of." To charges that he was making his riches off the backbreaking work of others, Rockefeller admitted, "I would rather earn 1% off 100 people's efforts than 100% of my own efforts." ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Diane Lehman. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/034556/bk_acx0_034556_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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Toward the Characterization of Helen in Homer

Toward the Characterization of Helen in Homer - Appellatives Periphrastic Denominations and Noun-Epithet Formulas: ab 82.99 €

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Klavierquintette

Taneyev has been known as the 'Russian Brahms' and this epithet is particularly apposite when considering his Piano Quintet in G minor, especially as regards both its instrumental writing and its intellectual passion. Composed in 1911, this massive work bids fair for the accolade of the greatest work in the Russian piano-chamber repertoire before Shostakovich's Piano Quintet of 1940.

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Das Punkrock-Duo spielte schon mit Tall Ships, Car Seat Headrest und Beach Slang und tourte mit with Meat Wave. In UK bald zu sehen mit den kanadischen Punks, Single MothersDas Punkrock-Duo spielte schon mit Tall Ships, Car Seat Headrest und Beach Slang und tourte mit with Meat Wave. In UK bald zu sehen mit den kanadischen Punks, Single Mothers. For Cassels, music is about authenticity and in Epithet, their debut full-length LP, they've got it in spades. Fuelled by the injustices of everything from modern society to the hypocrisy of small town England, they are young, driven and vastly intelligent, refreshingly unafraid to shatter the status quo. They're antagonistic and brash, but more importantly, they challenge the norm, both musically and lyrically. If you're after something simple, pedestrian and safe this isn't the record for you. But for those of you who like their music challenging, unpredictable and with lots to say, then Cassels might just be your new favourite band. Full Bio - www.bsmrocks.com/bands/cassels TRACKS: 1. Coup 2. Let 3. War Is A Really Clever Metaphor For Divorce 4. Where Baseball Was Invented 5. You Turn On Utopia 6. Sepia Good Times 7. This Song Has A Name But We Don't Like To Talk About It 8. Motor Skills 9. Chewed Up Cheeks

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Piteous Gate

Experimentelle deepe Elektronik, Cut-Up Rhythmen, Industrial des Barock und kaputtes Geklöppel vom Janus Kollektiv - Mitglied M.E.S.H.Experimentelle deepe Elektronik, Cut-Up Rhythmen, Industrial des Barock und kaputtes Geklöppel vom Janus Kollektiv - Mitglied M.E.S.H. Alongside fellow members of Berlin's Janus collective, recently behind nights at Berghain and Corsica Studios, M.E.S.H. is known for his futurist approach to club dynamics and production. On Piteous Gate, tightly gridded and sculpted sound juts up against loose-wristed improvisation, automated processes, and collage. Standard club syncopation is twisted by sliding tempos, cut and paste time signatures, and indeterminate pacing. Its sound design and compositions are ornate, even courtly, with neo- feudal moods offset by the recurrence of hydraulic hiss and flanger. A synthetic fuel injector revs opener 'Piteous Gate' to life. Drawing from action- scifi film trailers and the sound design of festival trance, its hardcore synthlines shatter into 'Optimate'-stately, spatial, and whiplash - luxurious, with meandering cybernetic drumming. 'Thorium' sends a slow-motion camera through a melting test reactor: all burnt VSTs and synthetic theorbo and loose drums. The Black Pill' smears high-end renaissance sample libraries through arcs of static. In 'Epithet,' temple sewer atmospheres are ruptured by 'Scythians'-style cut-up drums. 'Jester's Visage' indulges a minute-long baroque guitar improv, and territorial youths air their beef in 'Kritikal & X.' Closing out the album, 'Methy Imbiß' is a machinic rhythm track, and 'Azov Seepage' mingles birdlike granular noises with rusted steel clanging. The LP was recorded in Berlin in winter 2015, mastered and cut by Rashad Becker at D&M, and pressed on 140g LP and CD. TRACKS: 1. Piteous Gate (02:25) 2. Optimate (04:46) 3. Thorium (05:35) 4. The Black Pill (02:43) 5. Kritikal & X (01:54) 6. Epithet (05:16) 7. Jester's Visage (00:56) 8. Methy Imbiß (03:08) 9. Azov Seepage (04:31)

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Nobilissimo Istromento-Lautenmusik der Renaissance

Most of the works selected for this recording are by Francesco da Milano, an extraordinary virtuoso and gifted composer who was also known as "Il Divino" (the Divine), an epithet he shared with Michelangelo and Monteverdi.

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That Ginger's Crazy

When redheaded comedian Darren Carter, saw the infamous "Kick a Ginger" episode on "South Park," he had to smile. For the uninitiated, "Ginger" is the British nickname for redheads. In the "South Park" episode grammar school student Cartman leads a campaign against redheads who he says "are disgusting, inhuman, inherently dumb, have no souls, and are unable to survive in sunlight." Carter thought the episode was hilarious - a brilliant parody of the idiocy of racism and prejudice. But the comedian, who was raised in Fresno and attended Roosevelt High School, did have some reservations. "If I was a kid in junior high, I don't think I would have thought it was that funny, though," Carter said. "I was pretty much harassed by the kids because of my red hair and freckles. And the idea of kids being encouraged to kick gingers made me shudder." Carter was pleased, though, when he heard about the anti-"South Park" campaign "Hug a Ginger," in reaction to school yard incidents in which redheads were, well, kicked. "For a ginger, it was heartwarming to see the backlash," he said. "I can't tell you how many times I was called Opie growing up." That childhood experience, though, led Carter to a virtual gold mine of comic material. His act is full of impersonations, social commentary and observational comedy inspired, at least in part, by creating coping mechanisms in dealing with his childhood tormentors. He has performed on "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno," several Comedy Central specials and had a small part in 2005's "Be Cool." The whole "South Park" episode also inspired him to title his latest CD "That Ginger's Crazy," a play on Richard Pryor's ground-breaking comedy album that infamously used a racial epithet in it's title. This Comedy CD is a hilarious non-stop representation of what it's like being at a live comedy show watching Darren Carter. The perfect gift for comedy fans!

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