“…Esther, the biblical book names after the beautiful Jewish woman chosen by Persia's King Xerxes to be queen, is a story of love, political intrigue, and religious faithfulness. …”

“…Plutarch distinguishes Alexander king of Macedonia as a genius in military art and diplomacy to consolidate his power. …”

“…It examines the most interesting aspects of the Hispanic polycentric model, which presents the Monarchy as a political entity composed of several interconnected units that not only interacted with the king, but also with each other. These connections contributed to the modulation of Court politics and the generation of new forms of collaboration, competition and negotiation. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Wernham -- English amphibious warfare, 1587-1656: galleons, galleys, longboats, and cots / Mark Charles Fissel -- The King's two arms: French amphibious warfare in the Mediterranean under Louis XIV, 1664 to 1697 / Guy Rowlands -- The blue-water dimension of King William's War: amphibious operations and allied strategy during the Nine Years' War, 1688-1697 / John M. …”

“…When he seizes the land of his cousin Henry Bolingbroke, both the commoners and the barons decide that their king has gone too far..…”
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Tabla de Contenidos: “…Aulus Gellius -- The Attic nights (excerpts from the Praefatio) -- How Pythagoras calculated the height of Hercules (bk. i, i) -- The difficult decision of Chilo the Lacedaemonian (excerpt from bk.i, iii) -- The taunting of Demosthenes of Athens and likewise of Hortensius of Rome (bk. i, v) -- The method and order of pythagorean training (excerpt from bk. i, ix) -- The sibylline books and King Tarquinius (bk. i, xix) -- Papirius praetextatus (bk. i, xxiii) -- Why Fabricius Luscinus campaigned for Cornelius Rufinus (bk. iv, viii) -- Androcles and the lion (bk. v, xiv) -- Hannibal's joke about the army of King Antiochus (bk. v, v) -- Julius Caesar and the filibuster of Marcus Cato (bk. iv, x) -- Memorable censorial reprimands (bk. iv, xii) -- Three examples of severe censorial reprimands (excerpt from bk. iv, xx) -- The strength and nature of the palm tree (bk. iii, vi) -- A saying of practical value (excerpt from bk. xvi, i) -- A fable of Aesop's worth remembering (excerpt from bk. ii, xxix) -- Compiled grammar charts…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…1. The philologist king: Politics and knowledge in the nationalist era; 2. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Contiene: Das Neue Testament / nach der deutschen Übersetzung Martin Luthers ; Le Nouveau Testament de notre seigneur et sauveur Jesus-Christ / traduction d'après le texte grec par Louis Segond ; The New Testament of our lord and saviour Jesus Christ / translated out of the original greek and with the former translations diligently compared and revised autorized (King James) version…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…The foundations of Babylonian society and the Babylonian way of life ; Law and statecraft ; Administration ; Trade and economics ; Religion ; The king ; Literature ; Mathematics and astronomy, medicine, chemical technology, art ; Legacy and survival…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Introduction: The new confessions -- Part I. 1963-1971 -- Dirty business -- An economic hit man is born -- "In for life" -- Indonesia : lessons for an EHM -- Saving a country from communism -- Selling my soul -- Part II. 1971-1975 -- My role as inquisitor -- Civilization on trial -- Opportunity of a lifetime -- Panama's president and hero -- Pirates in the Canal Zone -- Soldiers and prostitutes -- Conversations with the general -- Entering a new and sinister period in economic history -- The Saudi Arabian money-laundering affair -- Pimping, and financing Osama bin Laden -- Part III. 1975-1981 -- Panama Canal negotiations and Graham Greene -- Iran's king of kings -- Confessions of a tortured man -- The fall of a king -- Colombia : keystone of Latin America -- American republic versus global empire -- The deceptive résumé -- Ecuador's president battles big oil -- I quit -- Part IV. 1981-2004 -- Ecuador's presidential death -- Panama : another presidential death -- My energy company, Enron, and George W. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- List of Illustrations -- Preface and Acknowledgements -- List of Contributors -- Maps -- Henry VII: Ancestry and Progeny -- John of Luxembourg, King of Bohemia, and his Progeny -- Charles IV and his Progeny down the Male Line -- Counts of Artois and Burgundy (HRE) -- Counts then Dukes of Bar -- Dukes of Brabant -- Kings of France -- Introduction: The 'Long Luxembourg Century' (1308-1437): Courtly Networks, Cultural Politics, Dynastic Legacy -- PART I: John the Blind and his Progeny in France -- 1 The 'Luxembourgness' of Things: Machaut C, Glazier 52, and Dynastic Presence in Early Fourteenth-Century France -- 2 Guillaume de Machaut at the Court of John of Luxembourg: Defining a Social Milieu -- 3 The Vyšší Brod Cycle and its Anonymous Painter: French and Bohemian Court Circles in the 1340s -- PART II: Marvellous Objects and Culture at the Court of Charles IV -- 4 Charles of Luxembourg and his Reliquary Cross: The Significance of Precious Stones -- 5 Charles IV and the Patronage of Multilingual Literature at his Court and Beyond -- 6 Miraculous Objects and Foundational Sins: Verbal and Material Reality in the Dalimil Chronicle, the Chronicle of Přibík Pulkava of Radenín, and Charles IV's Autobiography -- PART III: Wenceslas and Sigismund: Art, Politics, and Diplomacy -- 7 The Making of the Wenceslas Bible, with Special Consideration of the Theological Concept of its Genesis Initial -- 8 The Naked King: Representing Wenceslas in his Illuminated Bible -- 9 Dealing with the Luxembourg Court: Ellwangen Abbey and their Imperial Overlord -- 10 Assessing the Luxembourgs: The Image of Wenceslas and Sigismund in the Correspondence of Italian Ambassadors -- PART IV: Studying the Luxembourgs: What has been Neglected -- 11 Heiresses, Regents, and Patrons: Female Rulers in the Age of the Luxembourgs -- 12 Image-making, Image-breaking, and the Luxembourg Monarchy -- 13 The Absent Present: Luxembourg Courts, their Sonic Cultures, and Music Histor(iograph)y -- Select Bibliography -- Index…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…A chicken in every pot -- The accidental investment banker -- An empire of its own -- "Let's ask Sydney Weinberg" -- What investment bankers really do -- The culture of M&A -- The rise of John Thornton -- The House of Morgan -- Cracks in the façade -- Drama of the gifted banker -- Take a walk on the buy-side -- "Save the red carpet for the talent" -- View from the top -- The myth of meritocracy -- King of the SLCs -- The long goodbye…”
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Tabla de Contenidos: “…I: Sciamanesimo, Mistica greca, romana, ebraica, Mistica dell'Antico e Nuovo Testamento, del cristianesimo primitivo, dei Padri del deserto, gnosi ed ermetismo -- v.2: Mistica bizantina, Cristianesimo occidentale, Esoterismo, Protestantesimo, Islam -- v.3: Egitto, Mesopotamia, Iran, Induismo, Buddhismo indiano -- v.4: Buddhismo tibetano, cinese, giapponese, Yi-King, Chan, Zen…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Acknowledgements; Foreword Prof. Ursula King; Preface; List of Abbreviations; Chapter One Introduction; Chapter Two The Japanese Religio-Cultural Context; Chapter Three Endo Shusaku's Approach to Christianity; Chapter Four Endo's Image of Christ; Chapter Five Endo's Transformed Image of Christ; Chapter Six Conclusion; Epilogue -- The Seed of Christ Sown in Culture; Postscript -- The Spirit of Christ Inculturated; Appendix; References; Glossary; Index of Names…”
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