6 Ergebnisse.

Adam Webb is a poet, teacher, and an aspiring translator living in Hamamatsu, Japan at the time of this book's publication. Born and raised in Northwest Indiana, Adam now spends most of his time experiencing exotic cultures, discovering interesting literary works, and attempting to understand the human condition. In addition to the literary brilliance of Jorge Luis Borges, he loves the poetry of James Wright, Frederico Garcia Lorca, and Pablo ...

While the world seeks to dig its way out from the rubble of Black War's aftermath, a mere handful of fateful warriors know of the ultimate threat that looms ahead.Lex and his friends realized by the end of the last war that the prophecies are nothing but an intricate web of lies. And the authors of these lies? The celebrated gods of history-who by the way, are not quite as 'dead' as history claims.After having quested for years as this messian...

The prophecies, though full of holes and impossible questions, all agree on three things - the foremost being the unimaginable darkness that is Trium. The second, an Icemaker named Lex Leo. The third, Trium's little bastard brother, Maximo - a quarantined demon the Icemaker must tame.The burden once shouldered by the gods and sages of old now rests on Lex's shoulders as he readies himself to face Trium. As he lunges into a volatile quest for t...

Traces an alternative strand of cosmopolitan thinking that cuts across centuries and civilisations, and suggests some important lessons for the contours of globalization in our own time. Divided into two parts, Adam K. Webb digs into some fascinating currents of thought and practice in the ancient world, the Middle Ages, and the early modern period, across all major civilisations, and traces patterns of "deep cosmopolitanism." to map out the l...

Traces an alternative strand of cosmopolitan thinking that cuts across centuries and civilisations, and suggests some important lessons for the contours of globalization in our own time. Divided into two parts, Adam K. Webb digs into some fascinating currents of thought and practice in the ancient world, the Middle Ages, and the early modern period, across all major civilisations, and traces patterns of ¿deep cosmopolitanism.¿ to map out the l...

Tells the story of Pomatambo, a village in one of the poorest parts of Peru's highlands. This book presents the experiences of three generations of these humble peasants as they have been confronted by the modern world and tried to find a place in it.