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Author |
: Kara Cooney |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 400 |
Release |
: 2021-11-02 |
ISBN-10 |
: 1426221967 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9781426221965 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (67 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Good Kings by : Kara Cooney
Written in the tradition of historians like Mary Beard and Stacy Schiff who find modern lessons in ancient history, this provocative narrative explores the lives of five remarkable pharaohs who ruled Egypt with absolute power, shining a new light on the country's 3,000-year empire and its meaning today. In a new era when democracies around the world are threatened or crumbling, best-selling author Kara Cooney turns to five ancient Egyptian pharaohs--Khufu, Senwosret III, Akenhaten, Ramses II, and Taharqa--to understand why many so often give up power to the few, and what it can mean for our future. As the first centralized political power on earth, the pharaohs and their process of divine kingship can tell us a lot about the world's politics, past and present. Every animal-headed god, every monumental temple, every pyramid, every tomb, offers extraordinary insight into a culture that combined deeply held religious beliefs with uniquely human schemes to justify a system in which one ruled over many. From Khufu, the man who built the Great Pyramid at Giza as testament to his authoritarian reign, and Taharqa, the last true pharaoh who worked to make Egypt great again, we discover a clear lens into understanding how power was earned, controlled, and manipulated in ancient times. And in mining the past, Cooney uncovers the reason why societies have so willingly chosen a dictator over democracy, time and time again.
Author |
: Susan Nussbaum |
Publisher |
: Algonquin Books |
Total Pages |
: 279 |
Release |
: 2013-11-12 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781616203368 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1616203366 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (68 Downloads) |
Synopsis Good Kings Bad Kings by : Susan Nussbaum
Bellwether Award winner Susan Nussbaum’s powerful novel invites us into the lives of a group of typical teenagers—alienated, funny, yearning for autonomy—except that they live in an institution for juveniles with disabilities. This unfamiliar, isolated landscape is much the same as the world outside: friendships are forged, trust is built, love affairs are kindled, and rules are broken. But those who call it home have little or no control over their fate. Good Kings Bad Kings challenges our definitions of what it means to be disabled in a story told with remarkable authenticity and in voices that resound with humor and spirit.
Author |
: Lester L. Grabbe |
Publisher |
: Burns & Oates |
Total Pages |
: 0 |
Release |
: 2005 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0826469760 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780826469762 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (60 Downloads) |
Synopsis Good Kings and Bad Kings by : Lester L. Grabbe
According to the Bible, among the last kings of the kingdom of Judah was one of the most notorious kings - Manasseh - and one of the most righteous - Josiah. Are the accounts of their contrasting reigns anything more than the ideological creations of pious writers and editors? Does this juxtaposition of a 'good king' and a 'bad king' provide good historical information or only theological wishful thinking? This collection of essays tackles the history of Judah in the seventh century BCE, with a focus on the reign of Josiah. Some essays survey the history and archaeology of Judah from Sennacherib to Nebuchadnezzar. Several examine the reign of Manasseh and address the question of whether it is ripe for re-evaluation. Others ask what we know of the reign of Josiah and, especially, what form his famous cult reform took or even whether it was historical. This is volume 393 of Journal for the Study of the Old Testament Supplement series.
Author |
: Kara Cooney |
Publisher |
: National Geographic Society |
Total Pages |
: 420 |
Release |
: 2018 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781426219771 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1426219776 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (71 Downloads) |
Synopsis When Women Ruled the World by : Kara Cooney
"Explores the lives of six remarkable female pharaohs, from Hatshe psut to Cleopatra--women who ruled with real power ... What was so special about ancient Egypt that provided women this kind of access to the highest political office? What was it about these women that allowed them to transcend patriarchal obstacles? What did Egypt gain from its liberal reliance on female leadership, and could today's world learn from its example?"--
Author |
: Jonathan Kaufman |
Publisher |
: Penguin |
Total Pages |
: 385 |
Release |
: 2021-06-01 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780735224438 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0735224439 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (38 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Last Kings of Shanghai by : Jonathan Kaufman
"In vivid detail... examines the little-known history of two extraordinary dynasties."--The Boston Globe "Not just a brilliant, well-researched, and highly readable book about China's past, it also reveals the contingencies and ironic twists of fate in China's modern history."--LA Review of Books An epic, multigenerational story of two rival dynasties who flourished in Shanghai and Hong Kong as twentieth-century China surged into the modern era, from the Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist The Sassoons and the Kadoories stood astride Chinese business and politics for more than one hundred seventy-five years, profiting from the Opium Wars; surviving Japanese occupation; courting Chiang Kai-shek; and nearly losing everything as the Communists swept into power. Jonathan Kaufman tells the remarkable history of how these families ignited an economic boom and opened China to the world, but remained blind to the country's deep inequality and to the political turmoil on their doorsteps. In a story stretching from Baghdad to Hong Kong to Shanghai to London, Kaufman enters the lives and minds of these ambitious men and women to forge a tale of opium smuggling, family rivalry, political intrigue, and survival.
Author |
: James Hughes |
Publisher |
: Good Book Guides |
Total Pages |
: 94 |
Release |
: 2011-09 |
ISBN-10 |
: 1907377972 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9781907377976 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (72 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Rise and Fall of King Solomon by : James Hughes
Look forward to King Jesus' perfect rule and kingdom as you look back at the rise of King Solomon--and his fall.
Author |
: Gregg Coodley |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 210 |
Release |
: 2018-08-25 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0999077015 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780999077016 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (15 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Good Monarchs by : Gregg Coodley
The Good Monarchs tells the stories of 18 of the best monarchs in history. The monarchs chosen are those who most tried to benefit the people of their nation from 641 BCE up to the present day. These leaders hail from 15 different countries and four continents.
Author |
: Kara Cooney |
Publisher |
: Crown |
Total Pages |
: 330 |
Release |
: 2014-10-14 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780307956781 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0307956784 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (81 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Woman Who Would Be King by : Kara Cooney
An engrossing biography of the longest-reigning female pharaoh in Ancient Egypt and the story of her audacious rise to power. Hatshepsut—the daughter of a general who usurped Egypt's throne—was expected to bear the sons who would legitimize the reign of her father’s family. Her failure to produce a male heir, however, paved the way for her improbable rule as a cross-dressing king. At just over twenty, Hatshepsut out-maneuvered the mother of Thutmose III, the infant king, for a seat on the throne, and ascended to the rank of pharaoh. Shrewdly operating the levers of power to emerge as Egypt's second female pharaoh, Hatshepsut was a master strategist, cloaking her political power plays in the veil of piety and sexual reinvention. She successfully negotiated a path from the royal nursery to the very pinnacle of authority, and her reign saw one of Ancient Egypt’s most prolific building periods. Constructing a rich narrative history using the artifacts that remain, noted Egyptologist Kara Cooney offers a remarkable interpretation of how Hatshepsut rapidly but methodically consolidated power—and why she fell from public favor just as quickly. The Woman Who Would Be King traces the unconventional life of an almost-forgotten pharaoh and explores our complicated reactions to women in power.
Author |
: Stephen King |
Publisher |
: Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages |
: 247 |
Release |
: 2014-09-30 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781501104428 |
ISBN-13 |
: 150110442X |
Rating |
: 4/5 (28 Downloads) |
Synopsis A Good Marriage by : Stephen King
Now a major motion picture, Stephen King's brilliant and terrifying story of a marriage with truly deadly secrets. Darcy Anderson’s husband of more than twenty years is away on one of his routine business trips when the unsuspecting Darcy looks for batteries in the garage. Her toe knocks up against a hidden box under a worktable and in it she discovers a trove of horrific evidence that her husband is two men—one, the benign father of her children, the other, a raging rapist and murderer. It’s a horrifying discovery, rendered with bristling intensity, and it definitively ends “A Good Marriage.” This story was originally published in Stephen King’s acclaimed collection, Full Dark, No Stars.
Author |
: Ken Liu |
Publisher |
: Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages |
: 656 |
Release |
: 2015-04-07 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781481424295 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1481424297 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (95 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Grace of Kings by : Ken Liu
One of the Time 100 Best Fantasy Books Of All Time Two men rebel together against tyranny—and then become rivals—in this first sweeping book of an epic fantasy series from Ken Liu, recipient of Hugo, Nebula, and World Fantasy awards. Hailed as one of the best books of 2015 by NPR. Wily, charming Kuni Garu, a bandit, and stern, fearless Mata Zyndu, the son of a deposed duke, seem like polar opposites. Yet, in the uprising against the emperor, the two quickly become the best of friends after a series of adventures fighting against vast conscripted armies, silk-draped airships, and shapeshifting gods. Once the emperor has been overthrown, however, they each find themselves the leader of separate factions—two sides with very different ideas about how the world should be run and the meaning of justice. Fans of intrigue, intimate plots, and action will find a new series to embrace in the Dandelion Dynasty.