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Pantera Press is a young and enthusiastic Australian book publisher, created to champion writing culture and literacy in Australia with a clear community and cultural purpose. We discover and nurture talented Australian writers who are great storytellers. We also publish non-fiction books that matter, and have a quirky imprint designed for millennials, Lost the Plot. From our Australian origins we are now also publishing titles that fit our criteria from around the world. As a social purpose business, we use our profits to fund charities and not-for-profits that encourage reading and work to close the literacy gap in Australia.
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Der vorliegende Band dokumentiert, daß Kunst vermag, »die Schönheit in ihrer reitzenden Gestalt«, wie Johann Jacob Bodmer 1741 zu Dantes Francesca-Darstellung formulierte, so abzuschildern, »als ob der Vorwurf derselben in der nackenden Natur vor Sinnen geleget wäre«. Die Schönheit von Brechts Versen, ihre nachhaltige Wirkung und der Vergleich mit lyrischen Bearbeitungen desselben Stoffs aus sechs Jahrhunderten beweisen: die Terzinen über die Liebe gehören ins Pantheon der Weltliteratur.
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Gemeinsam mit der Fachhochschule Mainz hat der Insel Verlag ein außergewöhnliches Experiment gewagt: Martin Bubers Erzählungen von Engeln, Geistern und Dämonen, eine Sammlung von chassidischen Geschichten, sollten von Studierenden des Fachbereichs Gestaltung illustriert werden. Das Ergebnis dieses "Wettbewerbs" war beeindruckend. Elf Studenten schufen jeweils eine Illustrationsfolge - nach Aussage und Technik naturgemäß ganz unterschiedlich. Zwei Entwürfe waren so herausragend, daß sie im Herbst 2006 in einer Doppelausgabe in der Insel-Bücherei veröffentlicht werden sollen. Doch alle abgelieferten Arbeiten zeugen von den beachtlichen künstlerischen Fähigkeiten der Mitwirkenden. Daher werden in diesem Heft der Mitteilungen Proben sämtlicher eingereichter Illustrationen abgedruckt, zusammen mit den Beschreibungen der Künstler selbst, die zeigen, in welcher Weise die Erzählungen, ihre Atmosphäre, zu den Bildern, zu der je besonderen Motivauswahl und Darstellungstechnik angeregt haben. Daneben enthält dieses Heft einen Beitrag von Dorothee Hoppe über die Bilder von John Elsas sowie einen Artikel von Karl-Hartmut Kull über die Insel-Bücherei als Vorbild für die Bücherei des Schocken Verlags. Die mit den Beiträgen von Heinz Sarkowski begonnene Geschichte der Insel-Bücherei wird mit dem nächsten Heft fortgesetzt werden.
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Die Heidnischen Mysterien handeln vom »Bilddenken« des Neuplatonismus und von seinem glanzvollen Ausdruck in der Renaissancekunst. Heidnische Mythologie, christliche Bildersprache, religiöse Spekulation und philosophische Reflexion verschmelzen zu jener »poetischen Theologie«, deren verschiedene Ausprägungen bei Philosophen, Dichtern und bildenden Künstlern der Renaissance (unter besonderer Berücksichtigung des florentinischen Künstler- und Gelehrtenkreises um Lorenzo di Medici) aufgezeigt werden. Aus den Mosaiksteinen dieses Denkens rekonstruiert Wind allmählich das System eines »orphischen Pantheon« und lässt dabei seine ideengeschichtliche Explikation immer wieder in faszinierende Interpretationen bildkünstlerischer Werke der Renaissance münden.
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Wo fuhr Ingeborg Bachmann gern Fahrrad, was inspirierte Alberto Moravia zu seinem ersten Roman? Fünfzehn Spaziergänge auf den Spuren von Schriftstellern führen durch die Ewige Stadt. Der Leser sieht antike Skulpturen, berühmte Plätze und Gemälde, aber auch versteckte Brunnen und Paläste mit den Augen der Literaten und Dichter. Geschichte wird lebendig in Geschichten von Päpsten, Partys und der Bar am Pantheon. Ebenfalls mit dem Buch zu entdecken: Tatort Rom und Cinecittà. Von Birgit Haustedt liegt im insel taschenbuch der Reisebegleiter Mit Rilke durch Venedig vor, der 2006 vom Italienischen Fremdenverkehrsverband ausgezeichnet wurde.
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Ein Schwabe in Rom: Der erfolgreiche Produzent Montgomery Cassini-Stahl dreht »Jud Süß«, eine Neuverfilmung des antisemitischen Machwerks, mit der er den historischen Jud Süß Oppenheimer ehren will. Mitten in den Dreharbeiten bricht der Titelheld am Morgen nach der Liebesnacht mit einer jungen Frau vor dem Pantheon tot zusammen. Erzählt wird in Rückblenden – von der Kindheit des Jungen mit dem exotischen Namen im Stuttgarter Vorort Degerloch, vom Tod des Bruders, vom Leben in Rom. Schließlich ist aus dem Außenseiter der große Filmproduzent Cassini-Stahl geworden, der sein bisher größtes Projekt verwirklicht und dabei selbst in die Rolle des Jud Süß schlüpfen muß. Montgomery ist ein Roman über den Ausbruch aus spießiger Enge, die Suche nach einer anderen Wahrheit und die Doppelbödigkeit der Dinge. Vor dem glitzernden Hintergrund der römischen Cinecittà dringt der Filmproduzent Montgomery Cassini-Stahl in die Tiefen deutscher Vergangenheit ein und wird mit den Schlüsselerlebnissen des eigenen Lebens konfrontiert.
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One of Oksana Zabuzhko's most famous books, first published in 2007 and awarded many prestigious prizes, offers the reader an impressive intellectual journey through the ages, cultures and religions in search of "Ukraine we have lost." The key to it is the myth of Lesya Ukrainka - the least read and most dramatically underestimated writer from the pantheon of our national classics. This is not only a fundamental historical and cultural work but also an exquisite philological exegesis. It is also a warning book about the Ukrainian present - about how dearly a nation pays for the loss and oblivion of centuries-old culture.
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In Singapore and Malaysia, the inversion of Chinese Underworld traditions has meant that Underworld demons are now amongst the most commonly venerated deities in statue form, channelled through their spirit mediums, tang-ki. The Chinese Underworld and its sub-hells are populated by a bureaucracy drawn from the Buddhist, Taoist and vernacular pantheons. Under the watchful eye of Hell's 'enforcers', the lower echelons of demon soldiers impose post-mortal punishments on the souls of the recently deceased for moral transgressions committed during their prior incarnations. Chinese religion in contemporary Singapore, Malaysia and Taiwan offers an ethnography of contemporary Chinese Underworld traditions, where night-time cemetery rituals assist the souls of the dead, exorcised spirits are imprisoned in Guinness bottles, and malicious foetus ghosts are enlisted to strengthen a temple's spirit army. Understanding the religious divergences between Singapore and Malaysia (and their counterparts in Taiwan) through an analysis of socio-political and historical events, Fabian Graham challenges common assumptions about the nature and scope of Chinese vernacular religious beliefs and practices. Graham's innovative approach to alterity allows the reader to listen to first-person dialogues between the author and channelled Underworld deities. Through its alternative methodological and narrative stance, the book intervenes in debates on the interrelation between sociocultural and spiritual worlds, and promotes the destigmatisation of spirit possession and discarnate phenomena in the future study of mystical and religious traditions.
Victory Parade is the story of several women navigating the treacherous personal landscape of wartime in Brooklyn during the Second World War. It's also a tale of refugee trauma, female power and agency, and the US Army's liberation of the Buchenwald concentration camp. Handpainted in Corman's distinctive watercolors, it takes you deep into the subconscious experiences around war, death, and mass trauma. A short excerpt is available from Tablet. Another excerpt ran in issue #118 of The Believer.
Summary: Here, in The Ways of the Pantheon, here comes back to us stronger,love, filled with hope and promises, filled with gifts and graces thatonly humans can offer a glorious destiny. Also, the poetic work of the Cameroonian writer plunges us into thewonderful world of mysticism and daily life, where the painter ofhuman duality invites the human to fight again to be happy on earth
From the Domus Aurea to the Pantheon, from the Colosseum to the Ara Pacis, Villa Adriana and the Harbour of Trajan in Ostia: the most famous imperial monumentsreconstructed in threedimensional computer graphics.
My Chemical Romance emerged from New Jersey in the aftermath of the 9/11 atrocities to become the standard bearers for a new fusion of punk, glam and emo. After building a committed following with their first two albums, MCR achieved global prominence in 2006 with their platinum-selling album Welcome To The Black Parade. This book tells the definitive story of the groundbreaking band, charting their rise to the apex of the post-millennial rock pantheon.
What if you got a second chance...as a dungeon Every beginning is also an end. Rem, the Foxkin Oracle of the Wildwood, knows this better than most, seeing as he is on his second life. Most people don't get another chance at the whole life thing after a stupidly oversized adventurer's hammer uses their head to paint a tree, but a goddess on the Pantheon of the Divine sees great potential in Rem. Granted salvation by his Patron, Rem becomes a Dungeon Core, a magical entity tasked with creating the trials essential to helping adventurers become the true warriors they were meant to be. In his new existence as a Dungeon Core, Rem can create minions to fight for him; design magical loot of immeasurable power to reward those that overcome his obstacles; craft spells that will affect the entire world; and do more for his clan than he could possibly imagine. Well, just as soon as he passes his classes and ranks up. Welcome to Ansith's Academy for Dungeon Training and Combat. Welcome to Dungeon Core 101.
THE YEAR IS 416 AND THE GODS ARE DEAD. Even in an age of industry and sorcery, fear grips a wounded realm as nature cries out for a new pantheon. For new gods to be elected, the Godhark must be assembled. Readers ages 13 and above will enjoy this 248-page graphic novel that is beautifully illustrated, action-packed, high fantasy adventure! "Godhark" is an Official Selection of the Philippine International Comics Festival (PICOF).
Although Paul Preuss died at only 27 years old, modern climbing may never have developed the ethical core that it has today if not for his bold style. Even the most trenchant traditionalists remain unsure about whether to add him to their pantheon or dismiss him as a lunatic. Smart’s energetic and insightful biography is the first English language volume on Preuss and is certain to bring this remarkable story to a whole new generation of international climbers.To learn more about this publisher, click here: http://bit.ly/30ZjFnP
End of World War II. Humanity is preparing for a new beginning, made of peace and hope. Ásgarðr, the Eternal Kingdom: the pantheon of the Norse gods is reunited by the ruler, Óðinn, to punish the four Æsir, who acted behind the conflict on Miðgarðr, the Earth. Loki, Baldr, Týr, and Thòrr are exiled among mortals. Rome. Under Saint Peter’s Basilica, the Reverend Giulio Viola leads a secret organization of psychics, who sense the arrival on Earth of the four exiled Æsir. The discovery brings into play, in addition to the Vatican, the religious leaders of the main monotheistic religions, each defending millennial dogmas. In a succession of twists and turns, from Dubai to Rome, from Tehran to Las Vegas, everyone will have to deal with their conscience, in search of the absolute truth. For the time of the gods has come, by now.
Tezcatlipoca: Trickster and Supreme Deity brings archaeological evidence into the body of scholarship on “the lord of the smoking mirror,” one of the most important Aztec deities. While iconographic and textual resources from sixteenth-century chroniclers and codices have contributed greatly to the understanding of Aztec religious beliefs and practices, contributors to this volume demonstrate the diverse ways material evidence expands on these traditional sources. The interlocking complexities of Tezcatlipoca’s nature, multiple roles, and metaphorical attributes illustrate the extent to which his influence penetrated Aztec belief and social action across all levels of late Postclassic central Mexican culture. Tezcatlipoca examines the results of archaeological investigations—objects like obsidian mirrors, gold, bells, public stone monuments, and even a mosaic skull—and reveals new insights into the supreme deity of the Aztec pantheon and his role in Aztec culture.
Tukyachee Avali (Wife of Tukaram) Tukaram is one of the greatest saints of Maharashtra, who continuously sang praises of the Lord through his devotional compositions. The personal life of the poet seer was sad. Economic hardship plagued him from the childhood and he never enjoyed marital bliss from his first wife. Avali was his second wife who fed up with Tukaram’s total indifference about his mundane duties as the head of the family always nagged him. She disliked and hated from the bottom of her heart Lord Vitthal, one of the gods from the Hindu pantheon Tukaram was fond of.In Marathi literature, plays and films, Avali has been portrayed as being someone who did not allow Tukaram to live in peace. One would feel that she is to Tukaram what Xantippe was to Socrates. Tukyachee Avali presents Avali as a loving wife who is aware how well respected her husband is in the society. She always stands by him in his difficult times. But it the caring mother in her who cannot put up with the suffering the family has to go through due to her husband. The display of conflict between the roles of the wife and the mother makes interesting reading. Incidentaly, Avali outlived Tukaram.
30 Ways to Doff Your Hat is a selection of thirty literary pieces in which Elvira Lindo portrays female artists, painters, writers, actresses, and photographers who pursue their work at the margins of the conventional male canon that looms over society, and who have managed to make their mark doing so. Elvira Lindo, one of the most distinguished figures on the contemporary Spanish scene, retraces her path in life and in art, incorporating her own self-portrait into this pantheon of female artists. The author’s voice is the guiding thread that runs through each of these essays: through her experience, through her gaze, Elvira Lindo invites the reader to analyze the era and the accomplishments of these pioneering women whose brilliance, tenacity, and free spirit led them to blaze new trails for future generations. Throughout history, many women have felt obliged to doff their hat before rules imposed by a society that has isolated them from the male-dominated intellectual community. In this narrative mosaic, Elvira Lindo’s astonishing prose reveals her boundless empathy, erudition, and eclectic and inquisitive spirit. Portrayed artists: Astrid Lindgren, Anna Frank, Concepción Josefa Pantaleona, María Guerrero, Elena Fortún, Gloria Fuertes, Adelaida García Morales, Tristana, Louisa May Alcott, Carson McMullers, Patricia Highsmith, Victoria Kent, Alice Munro, Mary Beard, Monica Zgustova, Chimamanda Adichie Ngozie, Margaret Atwood, Edna O’Brien, Joan Didion, Lucia Berlin, Dorothy Parker, Angelika Schrobsdorff, Sally Mann, Joyce Maynard, Marjorie Eliot, Vivian Gornick, Olivia Laing, Nelle Harper Lee, Grace Paley, Elvira Lindo.
