A Companion to Tragedy is an essential resource for anyone interested in exploring the role of tragedy in Western history and culture.
Broad in its scope and ambition. Features essays by renowned scholars from multiple disciplines, including classics, English, drama, anthropology and philosophy. Considers interpretations of tragedy through religion, philosophy and history. Tells the story of the historical development of tragedy from classical Greece to modernity. Pays particular attention to a fresh assessment of Ancient Greek tragedy. Demonstrates how the practice of reading tragedy has changed radically in the past two decades.
Multiculturalism in Global Society explores the concepts and debates surrounding the complex modern phenomenon of multiculturalism, and its varied effects on the advanced industrial nations of the world. With remarkable clarity and concision, it focuses on the interrelated ties of ethnicity, race, and nationalism in a world where globalizing processes have made such ties increasingly important in economic, political, and cultural terms. Students and scholars looking for the most up-to-date approach to understanding multiculturalism in a global perspective will find this to be an engaging, penetrating, and illuminating text.
This comprehensive guide to the history of literary criticism from antiquity to the present day provides an authoritative overview of the major movements, figures, and texts of literary criticism, as well as surveying their cultural, historical, and philosophical contexts.
Supplies the cultural, historical and philosophical background to the literary criticism of each era
Enables students to see the development of literary criticism in context
Organised chronologically, from classical literary criticism through to deconstruction
Considers a wide range of thinkers and events from the French Revolution to Freud’s views on civilization
Can be used alongside any anthology of literary criticism or as a coherent stand-alone introduction
John Steele Gordon “Empire of Wealth: The Epic History of American Economic Power"
Harper Perennial | 2005-11-01 | ISBN: 0060505125 | 496 pages | PDF | 1,3 Mb
Throughout time, from ancient Rome to modern Britain, the great empires built and maintained their domination through force of arms and political power. But not the United States. America has dominated the world in a new, peaceful, and pervasive way -- through the continued creation of staggering wealth. In this authoritative, engrossing history, John Steele Gordon captures as never before the true source of our nation's global influence: wealth and the capacity to create more of it.
This P.S. edition features an extra 16 pages of insights into the book, including author interviews, recommended reading, and more.
Winning the Day Trading Game: Lessons and Techniques from a Lifetime of Trading 208 pages | Wiley | December 2, 2005 | ISBN: 0471738239 | 1 Mb
Winning the Day Trading Game offers an insider's view of the trading life and provides proven strategies for profitable trading. Professional trader Tom Busby explains how the strategies that made him so much money early on in his career ultimately failed during the 1987 stock market crash and then reveals how he reinvented himself as a high-percentage day trader. He interweaves personal experiences with technical explanations to outline the cornerstones of his technique. In highlighting his own trading experiences, Busby clearly explains how to beat the market by balancing the impulses of greed and fear, managing risk at all times; and taking responsibility for your trading.
Thomas L. Busby (Mobile, AL) has been a professional trader and broker for 25 years, working with Merrill Lynch and Smith Barney. He founded the Day Trading Institute in 1996 and it has grown into one of the most successful trading schools in the world.
