Liberty
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Liberty
The bestselling author of 'Maharanis' recreates the lives of six remarkable women who, in a time of violent revolution, leapt at the chance to exercise their considerable charm, intelligence and acumen, and make their mark on history. Germaine de ...
Liberty
The ideals of the French Revolution inflamed a longing for liberty and equality within courageous, freethinking women of the era--women who played vital roles in the momentous events that reshaped their nation and the world. In Liberty, Lucy Moore paints a vivid portrait of six extraordinary Frenchwomen from vastly different social and economic backgrounds who helped stoke the fervor and idealism of those years, and who risked everything to make their mark on history. Germaine de Sta l was a wealthy, passionate Parisian intellectual--as consumed by love affairs as she was by politics--who helped write the 1791 Constitution. Th roigne de M ricourt was an unhappy courtesan who fell in love with revolutionary ideals. Exuberant, decadent Th r sia Tallien was a ruthless manipulator instrumental in engineering Robespierre's downfall. Their stories and others provide a fascinating new perspective on one of history's most turbulent epochs.
Liberty
Liberty is a revised and expanded edition of the book that Isaiah Berlin regarded as his most important - Four Essays on Liberty, a standard text of liberalism, constantly in demand and constantly discussed since it was first published in 1969. Wr...
Liberty
Genudgivelse i maxi-paperback. Christian er søn af et dansk ægtepar, der bor og arbejder i Tanzania. Han føler sig meget overladt til sig selv, men bliver ven med Marcus, en sort dreng med en miserabel familiebaggrund, som arbejder for en svensk familie. Vi følger skiftevis de to drenge gennem de ofte meget intense og voldsomme oplevelser, den afrikanske virkelighed udsætter dem for, en verden fyldt med modsætninger og konflikter i alle generationer og alle miljøer, hvor enhver er sin egen lykkes smed, og hvor sex og sygdom, død og alkohol er allestedsnærværende og spiller de dominerende roller. De to drenges venskab vokser sig varmt og stærkt, men det går bedst, mens de er børn, og helt lykkeligt bliver det aldrig: Den hvide vil være sort, den sorte hvid – og efterhånden som de bliver ældre, vokser modsætningsforholdet mellem dem, ikke engang musikken kan mere holde dem sammen, de gensidige forventninger viser sig ikke at kunne honoreres. Christian bliver sendt til Danmark,
Liberty
Published to mark the 150th anniversary of the founding of Liberty, this book celebrates the extraordinary range of innovative fabric designs that have been at the forefront of the business and its global reputation for well over a century. Liberty - an icon of design innovation and luxury - is renowned internationally for fabric designs on silk, wool, cashmere and, most famously, Tana Lawn Cotton (TM). Gathered here are 150 of the most striking and significant Liberty patterns, ranging from much-loved florals to bold and abstract designs and contemporary collaborations. Published to mark Liberty's 150th anniversary, this beautifully produced book places fabrics in the context of the store's wider design history - from the retailer's remarkable Tudor-revival building to posters, advertising and branding. It presents the very latest examples of Liberty design alongside prints, drawings and samples from the company's outstanding archive, telling an inspiring, century-long story of manufacturing quality and design excellence.
Liberty
Why should one half be free to live, while the other is doomed to watch silently from the sidelines? In this visionary collection, Virginia Woolf leads us on a transformative journey through the liberating powers of the mind. From an exploration o...
Liberty Love
Since 1875, Liberty of London has been producing high-end fabrics renowned for their sumptuous color, striking design,and silky-smooth hand. Alexia's fascination with these lavish prints began as a child. Readers can rekindle their love for Libert...
Conserving Liberty
Originating in Hoover Institution discussions held under the auspices of the Boyd and Jill Smith Task Force on Virtues of a Free Society, Conserving Liberty defends the principles of American conservatism, clarifying many of the narrow or mistaken...
Encyclopaedic Liberty
Often described as the culmination of the French Enlightenment, the Encyclopdie was collected to not only serve as a comprehensive reference work, but to "change the way men think" about every aspect of the human and natural worl...
Liberty: 1784
In 1781, George Washington's attempt to trap the British under Cornwallis at Yorktown ends catastrophically when the French fleet is destroyed in the Battle of the Capes. The revolution collapses, and the British begin a bloody reign of t...
Liberty Reader
The quest for liberty has driven political movements across the globe, inspiring revolutions in America, France, China and many other countries over the centuries. Even today, Western governments justify their military interventions in the name of...
Sweet Liberty
From its founding, Martinique played an integral role in France's Atlantic empire. Established in the mid-seventeenth century as a colonial outpost against Spanish and English dominance in the Caribbean, the island was transformed by the increase ...
Liberty Ships
The history of the design, development, and deployment of the Liberty ship. Although not a weapon in the traditional sense of the word, arguably no item in the Allied arsenal contributed as much to the defeat of the Axis during WWII as did the Lib...
Liberty Paradox
How do we balance freedom with the responsibilities we owe each other as members of society? Are we free to do whatever we want? This idea challenges us throughout our daily lives, from how to tackle pandemic restrictions and vaccine mandates to h...
Disorderly Liberty
During the eighteenth century Europe's republics may have been an integral part of the international scene, but they were marginalised or in decline. When, in 1772, the Commonwealth of Poland-Lithuania suffered a massive loss of territory to its t...
Liberty Reader
For centuries past, the quest for liberty has driven political movements across the globe, inspiring revolutions in America, France, China and many other countries. Now, we have Iraq and the idea of liberation through preemption. What is this libe...
On Liberty
'Over himself, over his own body and mind, the individual is sovereign.' To this 'one very simple principle' the whole of Mill's essay On Liberty is dedicated. While many of his immediate predecessors and contemporaries, from Adam Smith to Godwin ...
On Liberty
On Liberty is an impassioned application of author John Stuart Mill's philosophical theory of utilitarianism, which argues that the highest state of being is that which is most useful in maximizing happiness and diminishing suffering. In On Libert...
Liberty 1784
A compelling alternate history novel by the breakout author of WW II era alternate history Himmler's War and Rising Sun. The British win the American Revolutionary War, and a desperate Washington and the American founders must make a last...
On Liberty
British philosopher and economist John Stuart Mill (1806-73) is the author of several essays, including Utilitarianism (1863) - a defence of Jeremy Bentham's principle applied to the field of ethics - and The Subjection of Women (1869), which advo...
On Liberty
In this classic text, John Stuart Mill argues that liberty must play a central role in social policy, necessitating a redrawing of the line between the authority wielded by the state and the independence of the individual.
On liberty
On Liberty is a philosophical essay by the English philosopher John Stuart Mill. Published in 1859, it applies Mill's ethical system of utilitarianism to society and state. On Liberty presents one of the most eloquent defenses of individual freedom in nineteenth-century social and political philosophy and is today perhaps the most widely read liberal argument in support of the value of liberty. On Liberty, Mill attempts to establish standards for the relationship between authority and liberty. He emphasizes the importance of individuality, which he considers prerequisite to the higher pleasures, The summum bonum of utilitarianism. Furthermore, Mill asserts that democratic ideals may result in the tyranny of the majority. Among the standards proposed are Mill's three basic liberties of individuals, his three legitimate objections to government intervention, and his two maxims regarding the relationship of the individual to society. On Liberty was a greatly influential and well-received
On Liberty
Since its first publication in 1859, few works of political philosophy have provoked such continuous controversy as John Stuart Mills On Liberty, a passionate argument on behalf of freedom of self-expression. This classic work is now available in ...