Jonathan Wright Bücher

Geliebt und gefürchtet, verachtet und verehrt. Kein anderer Orden löst so ambivalente Gefühle aus, wie die Societas Jesu. Mit Jesuiten verbinden die einen finstere Verschwörer, religiöse Fanatiker, die willfährigen Handlanger von Päpsten. Andere sehen sie als hervorragende Wissenschaftler, Lehrer und Missionare, die einen entscheidenden Beitrag zum Wissen der Welt leisteten. Wie sieht die Wahrheit hinter diesen widersprüchlichen Vorstellungen aus? Der Historiker Jonathan Wright begibt sich in seiner spannenden und detaillierten Studie auf die Spur der wohl umstrittensten Organisation der christlichen Welt.

Makes learners aware of the enormous amount of information in most ELT dictionaries. Practises reading skills. Provides memory training. Includes a section on bilingual dictionaries. Encourages learners to have fun with dictionaries.

A young boy's journey to becoming a master spy unfolds in this thrilling tale. His unconventional thinking, bravery, and determination help him navigate a world filled with colorful characters and formidable foes. As he faces extraordinary challenges, he ultimately confronts a pivotal decision that will shape his destiny and impact many lives. This first installment of the Excalibur Series promises an exhilarating mix of adventure and personal growth.

A blistering debut that does for the Iraqi perspective on the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan what Phil Klay’s Redeployment does for the American perspective “[A] wonderful collection.” —George Saunders, The New York Times Book Review The first major literary work about the Iraq War from an Iraqi perspective—by an explosive new voice hailed as “perhaps the best writer of Arabic fiction alive” (The Guardian)—The Corpse Exhibition shows us the war as we have never seen it before. Here is a world not only of soldiers and assassins, hostages and car bombers, refugees and terrorists, but also of madmen and prophets, angels and djinni, sorcerers and spirits. Blending shocking realism with flights of fantasy, The Corpse Exhibition offers us a pageant of horrors, as haunting as the photos of Abu Ghraib and as difficult to look away from, but shot through with a gallows humor that yields an unflinching comedy of the macabre. Gripping and hallucinatory, this is a new kind of storytelling forged in the crucible of war.

Tato fascinující kniha popisuje bouřlivé osudy nejkontroverznějšího řádu katolické církve. Za pět století své existence zažilo Tovaryšstvo Ježíšovo období triumfu i časy pronásledování; jeho misionáři pronikli do nejvzdálenějších koutů Asie, Afriky i Ameriky; v Evropě byli milovanými i nenáviděnými bojovníky protireformace a vepsali se nesmazatelným písmem do dějin školství, vědy i umění.