Marius Kociejowski follows up his now classic The Street Philosopher and the Holy Fool with The Pigeon Wars of Damascus. A metaphysical journalist in search of echoes rather than analogies, hints as opposed to verities, Kociejowski discovers once again at the periphery of Damascene society--for the outcast is often made of the very thing that rejects him--a way to understand the challenges and changes refashioning post-9/11 Syria and the Middle East, reminding us once again of the deeper purpose of travel: to absorb and understand the spirit of a place, and to return changed.
The conflict ended with the last major battle of the Cold War, one of the largest land battles of the latter part of the 20th century. This book presents an eyewitness account by a South African Defence Force (SADF) Signals Officer, Marius Scheepers, who served in arguably the most formidable battle unit that ever existed in the history of the SADF; 32 Battalion. It describes how members lived and fought in the bush during 1983 under the most difficult conditions. Being the Signals Officer of 32 Battalion, Scheepers was privy to all major command decisions of the time. Although he focuses primarily on operations during the year 1983, including Operations Snoek and Dolfyn, he includes concise descriptions of all other major operations that took place inside Angola between 1966 and 1988, including Operation Askari (1983/ 84) and the decisive battle at Cuito Cuanavale in 1987/ 88. Extensive appendices include 32 Battalion sitreps, radio-code cards and SADF radio equipment used by 32 Battalion. About the Author Marius Scheepers was born in the small town of Wesselsbron in the Free State Province of South Africa and completed his schooling at Voortrekkerhoogte, Pretoria. During his national service in the Signals Corps of the South African Defence Force, he was commissioned as a second lieutenant. He was later promoted to the rank of captain in the Civilian Force (Territorials). In 1983 he was posted as Signals Officer to 32 Battalion HQ at Rundu in the operational area on the border between Namibia and Angola. He served for 13 months behind enemy lines at 32 Battalion's tactical HQs at Ongiva and Ionde inside Angola from where clandestine operations were conducted to neutralise SWAPO bases. After his military service he qualified as an attorney and today runs his own law firm in Pretoria.
Atlas is 20 fanzines with a personal mission. I am a photographer passively observing, but not recording the world as it passes by. I am changing and removing my aspirations by simply becoming someone’s image machine. I translate their assignment for my own benefit. My future is becoming my own proxy photographer. A secondary me, that will inhabit my eye to capture then reproduce an image with a new perspective. Marius W Hansen, London, July 2018. Design/Concept @texasknuller
100 WHANZINES is an anthology of five years of my own fanzine publications. The book includes 552 pages of reproductions from each of the 100 zine releases. The book offers a comprehensive photographic exploration of a diverse range of objects. These come from a variety of sources, such as my commercial projects, holiday snaps and my own and borrowed collections. As a commercial photographer, having the freedom to produce new images through these fanzines has been deeply gratifying. The book is being launched in June 2023, and will be available from Antenne Books as well as shops in London, Paris and New York.
In recent years Naples has become, for better or worse, the new ‘destination’ in Italy. While many of its more esoteric features are on display for all to see the stories behind them remain largely hidden. In Marius Kociejowski’s portrait of this baffling city, the serpent can be many things - Vesuvius, the mafia-like camorra, the outlying Phlegrean Fields (which, geologically speaking, constitute the second most dangerous area on the planet). It is all these things that have, at one time or another, put paid to the higher aspirations of Neapolitans themselves.Naples is simultaneously the city of light, sometimes blindingly so, and the city of darkness, although often the stuff of cliché. The boundary that separates death from life is porous in the extreme: the dead inhabit the world of the living and vice versa. The Serpent Coiled in Naples is a travelogue, a meditation on mortality, and much else besides.
Join 'The terrible ones' on clandestine operations, in conventional warfare during the harsh bush war that raged through Southern Angola in the 1980's. The conflict ended with the last major battle of the Cold War, one of the largest battles of the latter part of the 20th century. This title presents an eyewitness account by a South African Defense Force (SADF) Signals officer, Marius Scheepers, who served in arguably the most formidable battle unit that ever existed in the history of the South African Defense Force: 32 Battalion. It describes how members lived and fought in the bush during 1983 under the most difficult conditions. Being the Signals officer of 32 battalion, Scheepers was privy to all major command decisions of the time. Although he focuses primarily on operations during the year 1983, including Operation Snoek en Dolfyn, he includes concise descriptions of all other major operations that took place inside Angola between 1966 and 1988. This includes Operation Askari (1983/4) and the decisive battle at Cuito Cuanavale in 1987/88. Extensive appendices include 32 Battalion sitreps, radio-code cards, SADF radio equipment used by 32 Battalion and details on SADF, SAAF and SWAPO.
Thank you for checking out this book by Theophania Publishing. We appreciate your business and look forward to serving you soon. We have thousands of titles available, and we invite you to search for us by name, contact us via our website, or download our most recent catalogues. The Secret Grimoire of Turiel An Anonymous Scholar A SYSTEM OF CEREMONIAL MAGIC THE GREAT ARCANUM (The Rites of Ceremonial Magick) Turiel, T r l in later translations was the 18th Watcher of the 20 leaders of the 200 fallen angels that are mentioned in an ancient work called the Book of Enoch. The name is believed to originate from "tuwr, el" meaning "rock of God". "The Secret Grimoire of Turiel" in which the magician is given instructions on how to contact Turiel. It was believed to have been written in about 1518, but may have been copied from something older. It came to light in 1927 after being sold to Marius Malchus in Spain by a defrocked priest and was then translated into English from the original Latin.
Marius Kociejowski follows up his now classic The Street Philosopher and the Holy Fool with The Pigeon Wars of Damascus. A metaphysical journalist in search of echoes rather than analogies, hints as opposed to verities, Kociejowski discovers once again at the periphery of Damascene society--for the outcast is often made of the very thing that rejects him--a way to understand the challenges and changes refashioning post-9/11 Syria and the Middle East, reminding us once again of the deeper purpose of travel: to absorb and understand the spirit of a place, and to return changed.
"Kociejowski draws on all the aspects of his life in these engaging, idiosyncratic personal essays ...[that] proffer the reader equal measures of autobiography, insight and quirky charm." --Michael Dirda, The Washington Post In the game of bocce, no matter how intensely you study the world's surface, there is always a chance an unseen pebble will knock your ball in an unexpected direction. In these essays, poet, antiquarian bookseller, and celebrated travel writer Marius Kociejowski chronicles serendipitous encounters with authors, manuscripts, and eccentrics, in which "the curious workings of fate" and "art's unbidden swerve" intervene to shift the course of fortune. Carried by keen wit, aphoristic prose, and a rich sense of characterization, and featuring chance meetings and comic misadventures with such figures as Bruce Chatwin, Zbigniew Herbert, and Javier Marias, The Pebble Chance is a sumptuous offering of belles lettres exploring the incandescent moments when skill and providence collide.
An account which strives to place the war which South Africa fought in Angola in a historically meaningful perspective. Although the conflict initially centered on the opposing agendas of the SADF and People's Liberation Army of Namibia of SWAPO.
A collection of short stories, essays and verse by an old soldier retired in Canada. Many of the pieces were inspired by his grandchildren, but are also a commentary on modern developments in the world ... from the point of view of someone dedicated to the defence of freedom. The harsh realities of modern life are treated with sensitivity and more than a hint of dry humour; essential for sanity in a crazy world.
The run-up to Christmas is tantalizingly, agonizingly wonderful isn't it? But what happens after Christmas? Wally, Santa's favorite elf, has a story to tell. Somehow, on Santa's whirlwind tour of the World on Christmas Eve, Wally falls off Santa's sleigh over Pretoria in South Africa ... and is left behind. The calamity turns into a voyage of discovery as Wally, saved from drowning by a spunky little gosling - with a lisp - makes his way back to the North Pole. Along the way he meets up with Christopher, a cheerful companion who constantly chirps out Cs. Together they cross two Continents and an Ocean (and an Island), sharing adventurers and meeting new friends. Wally is not an adorable elf; he is a can-do kind of fellow who makes friends with ordinary people (like dustmen, and butchers and pilots and postmistresses), but never loses his way. This is a wonderful story of friendship and perseverance, with a twist in the tale, and with plenty of lessons to learn along the way. It is a book for children ... of all ages.
From a Norwegian perspective, and by focusing on the Special Operations Forces component within the Norwegian Armed Forces, this book provides a scholar-practitioner's perspective on how to increase the strategic utility of different types of military efforts in an SSA context. The overarching project encompasses a wide range of elements for understanding the contemporary security environment and, in particular, how the military component fits into the strategic picture within an international context for small states. It shows that small states must be aware of the different limitations for existing strategic options for the various actors involved. It also outlines the strategic utility of potential niche capabilities, and how elements within the Norwegian Armed Forces can take on a strategic, enabling role for Norway, bilateral partners, and even coalitions in future conflicts. Small State Irregular Warfare in the Twenty-First Century serves as both a guide and a handbook on how small states might utilize SSA as an instrument of national power to meet national strategic objectives.
From a Norwegian perspective, and by focusing on the Special Operations Forces component within the Norwegian Armed Forces, this book provides a scholar-practitioner's perspective on how to increase the strategic utility of different types of military efforts in an SSA context. The overarching project encompasses a wide range of elements for understanding the contemporary security environment and, in particular, how the military component fits into the strategic picture within an international context for small states. It shows that small states must be aware of the different limitations for existing strategic options for the various actors involved. It also outlines the strategic utility of potential niche capabilities, and how elements within the Norwegian Armed Forces can take on a strategic, enabling role for Norway, bilateral partners, and even coalitions in future conflicts. Small State Irregular Warfare in the Twenty-First Century serves as both a guide and a handbook on how small states might utilize SSA as an instrument of national power to meet national strategic objectives.
This book deals with the all-too common problem of bullying at school. It provides simple, practical solutions to minor incidents and explains how to overcome the feelings of powerlessness that victims of bullying often feel. There are lessons here for victims and bullies alike ... not restricted only to children.
The Museum of My Memories. An Autobiographical Novel This book is in Romanian. It is the young Romanian writer Marius Cic rma's first book.Această ediţie a cărţii este publicată special pentru rom nii din diaspora.Citiţi cărţi n limba rom nă Veţi fi mai aproape de casă, de ţară.Comandaţi cartea de pe site-ul Amazon corespunzător ţării n care locuiţi şi nu veţi plăti transportul internaţional. Muzeul Amintirilor Mele de t nărul autor Marius Cic rma este o colecţie de trăiri din Delta Dunării n compania celor mai fascinante personaje de prin părţile locului, cu tot cu poveştile lor, n care s-au av ntat de-a lungul vremii. Autorul arată cum lecţiile de viaţă cu tot felul de creaturi fabuloase din mitologia rom nească i-au modelat firea. Reproducem primele pagini ale cărţii: Cu-V nt nainte La mplinirea v rstei de 1 an c nd mi s-a luat din moţ de către naşa mea de botez, am ales caietul şi creionul din toate c te erau nşirate pe tavă şi ca să se mplinească ursita, s-a scris Muzeul Amintirilor Mele, mai dinainte să mă nasc, şi văz nd eu frumu-seţea lor, s-au publicat dintre ele la v rsta de 33 de ani, c nd acestea s-au plinit mpreună cu tine, la timpul potrivit, n locul potrivit, toate prin Voia lui Dumnezeu, pentru ca noi să luăm aminte la ceea ce suntem. Dragi prieteni şi prieteni ai prietenilor mei, Fie că am mpărtăşit aceleaşi experienţe trăind n aceeaşi dimensiune, fie că trebuinţele noastre, au făcut să te afli n faţa cuvintelor mele acum, sau peste ani, eu ţi adresez salutul meu, cunosc nd că nimic nu este nt mplător pe lumea aceasta. Fie ca aceste r nduri, indiferent pe ce vor fi scrise ele, să ţi mbogăţească imaginaţia şi creativitatea, aşa cum şi eu la r ndu-mi, am fost inspirat de tot ceea ce mă nconjoară. Binecuvintez minunea existenţei noastre fără precedent, iar vibraţia g ndului meu bun, o ndrept cu recunoştinţă către toţi factorii care ne-au nsufleţit, prin lucrul m inilor lui Dumnezeu cel Atotputernic. R ndurile pe care le vei parcurge, sunt o fr ntură a trăirilor din viaţa mea de acum, scrise sub ndemnarea unei tulburătoare nelinişti de a le aşterne pe h rtie. ţi mulţumesc pentru găzduirea temporară n mintea şi n timpul tău, fiind foarte recunoscător că prin această re nt lnire, readuci la viaţă taina slovei care mi s-a nchipuit. Iată izvorul expresiei, voinţei şi trudei mele, spre asigurarea bunăstării generale, prin care Graţia Divină o desăv rşeşte prin noi, chiar şi atunci c nd avem sau nu conştiinţa trează... Marius Cic rma
Do you really understand the purpose of life. Is it about making money, being successful on the outside, or is it to experience happiness from the inside first, that means from within, which then will lead to you appreciate your success from a complete different perspective. This book will help to understand how to not just understand happiness from within, but to guide you to your true identity.
