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On June 22, 1941, Hitler launched a massive three-pronged attack on the Soviet Union, and in days his troops were within reach of Moscow. The attack was stunning, but Stalin's response was even more astonishing. During the invasion, the mighty Soviet military stood in place while its soldiers were slaughtered by the hundreds of thousands.
Drawing on a wealth of newly available documents, from classified Politburo papers and diaries of key generals to diplomatic cables and secret police memos, the Russian historian Constantine Pleshakov paints a startling portrait of Stalin, one of history's most feared despots, as a vulnerable and paralyzed leader. Refusing to believe that the Germans would strike first, despite repeated warnings, he continued to supply them with war materials in the days before the attack, then tied his generals' hands in the crucial first hours of the invasion. For more than a week, while Hitler rolled over Soviet territory, Stalin cowered in his dacha, leaving the country rudderless and -- as Pleshakov reveals here -- nearly losing power. The Red Army's effort to regain the territory lost in those first ten days cost more than 10 million Soviet lives.
Stalin's Folly is a dramatic hour-by-hour account that sheds light on an enigmatic and ruthless figure while providing a new and far deeper understanding of Russian history.

Homerus, Vergilius, Sophocles, Ovidius en de vele andere klassieke schrijvers hebben een belangrijk stempel gedrukt op de westerse cultuur. Ze speelden door de eeuwen heen een grote rol in het onderwijs en hun werken verschenen in tal van edities en vertalingen. Maar vooral vormden de klassieke mythen, toneelstukken en gedichten een voorbeeld dat Nederlandse schilders, theatermakers en schrijvers uitdaagde tot navolging. Ook is de invloed van de klassieke schrijvers te traceren in de politieke theorie, de filosofie, ideeëngeschiedenis en de massamedia. In "De klassieke traditie in de Lage Landen" schetst classicus René Veenman een veelomvattend beeld van de receptiegeschiedenis van de klassieken in Nederland en België.

The humanities and the sciences face challenging times, each in their own way. The humanities suffer shrinking enrollments and budgets, and are perceived by some as irrelevant in a changing economy. The sciences face a political climate that disrespects academic expertise and challenges settled debates. Meanwhile age-old disputes about their spheres of knowledge continue: does scientific knowledge subsume that of the humanities? Are their forms of knowledge complementary, or ultimately at odds?

Richard Foley, a philosopher of knowledge and the former Dean of Arts and Sciences at New York University, here provides a concise and accessible overview of what the overarching goals of these disciplines are, relative to one another, and what kind of knowledge they aim to produce. His fundamental argument is that the sciences aim at insights that ideally are not limited to particular locations or times and are also perspective-free and wholly descriptive, whereas the humanities appropriately seek insights about specific locations and times, with the insights being perspective-based and having evaluative as well as descriptive elements. He also finds these two spheres of knowledge to be complementary in the search for understanding of our world and the human condition. The ultimate goal of Foley's investigation however is an eloquent defense and celebration of the culture of academic research. In an era of sound-bites and tweet-length falsehoods, this culture values and supports long-term intellectual achievements for the good of humanity - produced with hard work, dedication, and patience. The Geography of Insight is essential reading for readers both inside and outside of the academy.

Het uitdragen en visualiseren van de eigen lokale of regionale geschiedenis werd in de late middeleeuwen en de vroegmoderne tijd als een belangrijke taak van literatuur, beeldende kunsten en architectuur beschouwd. Als bronnen werden niet alleen de klassieke schrijvers gebruikt, maar ook middeleeuwse kronieken, lyriek van de minnezangers, (echte en vervalste) inscripties en archeologische voorwerpen, en bovendien ruïnes uit allerlei periodes die men veelal op een creatieve manier interpreteerde. Monumentale gebouwen, of de resten daarvan, golden bij uitstek als bewijs van de grootsheid en ouderdom van de voorouders.

Contained in this volume is a book by Aristotle on the subject of logic or as the author would describe it, analytics. Topics is presented here in this volume translated by W.A. Pickard-Cambridge. This volume together with - Categories, On Interpretation, and On Sophistical Refutations -, and - Prior Analytics and Posterior Analytics - forms the  - Organon - or complete books of Aristotelian logic. Students of classical philosophy and literature will find this volume of much interest.

Contained in this volume are books by Aristotle on the subject of logic or as the author would describe it, analytics. 'Categories, On Interpretation, and On Sophistical Refutations' are collected here in this volume translated by E. M. Edghill and W. A. Pickard-Cambridge. This volume together with 'Prior Analytics and Posterior Analytics', and 'Topics' forms the 'Organon' or complete books of Aristotelian logic. Students of classical philosophy and literature will find this volume of much interest.

This book, the fifth in the series developing Bernsteins code theory, presents a lucid account of the most recent developments of this code theory and, importantly, shows the close relation between this development and the empirical research to which the theory has given rise. Pedagogy, Symbolic Control and Identity addresses the central issue of Bernsteins research project: are there any general principles underlying the transformation of knowledge into pedagogic communication? In Bernsteins view, we have studied only pedagogic messages and their institutional and ideological base. We have not studied the nature of the relay which makes messages possible. The discussion of this research forms part II of this book, where Bernstein makes explicit the methodology of the research and, in particular, the crucial significance of languages of description. This new edition of Bernsteins classic book is updated with three new chapters: on discourse, on official knowledge and identities, and a wide ranging interview with Joseph Solomon. The new edition, published as Volume Five in his Class, Codes, and Control Series, builds on the continuing tradition of Bernstein's highly influential work on class, education, language, and society.

1857. Jaffy Brown is running along a street in London's East End when he comes face to face with an escaped circus animal. Plucked from the jaws of death by Mr Jamrach - explorer, entrepreneur and collector of the world's strangest creatures - the two strike up a friendship. Before he knows it, Jaffy finds himself on board a ship bound for the Dutch East Indies, on an unusual commission for Mr Jamrach. His journey - if he survives it - will push faith, love and friendship to their utmost limits. Brilliantly written and utterly spellbinding, Carol Birch's epic novel brings alive the smells, sights and flavours of the nineteenth century, from the docks of London to the storms of the Indian Ocean. This great salty historical adventure is a gripping exploration of our relationship to the natural world and the wildness it contains. Longlisted for the 2011 Man Booker Prize.