Beginning beneath the walls of Troy and culminating in 1930s Europe, a magisterial exploration of the nature of heroism
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Based on a series of lectures delivered in 1840, Thomas Carlyle’s On Heroes, Hero-Worship, and the Heroic in History con
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In his 1840 lectures on heroes, Thomas Carlyle, Victorian essayist and social critic, championed the importance of the i
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What trait defines a hero? For Carlyle, it's absolute sincerity, firm belief in one's principles, and an inher
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From its first pages the book recognizes the intimate connections between heroism and myth. Beginning with the legends o
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A veil of secrecy surrounds Mormon temple worship. While officially intended to preserve the sacredness of the experienc
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Hero Workouts Do you want to train to be an elite warrior? Then Hero Workouts should be on your "must read" li
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Jason has a problem. He doesn't remember anything before waking up on a school bus holding hands with a girl. Appar
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In a series of legal battles starting in 1882, South Asian Muslims made up of modernists, traditionalists, reformists, S
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The Oxford History of Christian Worship is a comprehensive and authoritative history of the origins and development of C
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