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The Slave Soul of Russia: Moral Masochism and the Cult of Suffering
История, Культурология

The Slave Soul of Russia: Moral Masochism and the Cult of Suffering

Автор: Ранкур-Лаферьер Даниэль
Язык: английский
Год: 1995
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Why, asks Daniel Rancour-Laferriere in this controversial book, has Russia been a country of suffering? Russian history, religion, folklore, and literature are rife with suffering. The plight of Anna Karenina, the submissiveness of serfs in the 16th...
Joachim Wtewael: Mars and Venus Surprised by Vulcan
Изобразительное искусство, фотография

Joachim Wtewael: Mars and Venus Surprised by Vulcan

Автор: Lowenthal Anne W.
Язык: английский
Год: 1995
Статус: Закончена
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The Dutch history painter Joachim Wtewael is widely admired for his astonishing small paintings on copper. The Getty Museum’s Mars and Venus Surprised by Vulcan is one of his finest works in this unusually demanding medium. Though only eight...
The World [A Family History of Humanity]
История, Культурология

The World [A Family History of Humanity]

Автор: Себаг-Монтефиоре Саймон Джонатан
Язык: английский
Год: 2022
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From the New York Times best-selling author of The Romanovs—a magisterial world history unlike any other that tells the story of humanity through the one thing we all have in common: families Around 950,000 years ago, a family of five walked along...
To Kill a Mockingbird
Культурология

To Kill a Mockingbird

Автор: Harper Lee
Язык: английский
Год: 1960
Статус: Закончена, но выложен фрагмент

To Kill a Mockingbird is a classic novel by Harper Lee, first published in 1960. Set in the racially divided Southern United States during the 1930s, the story follows young Scout Finch and her brother Jem as they witness their father, lawyer...