And it is in this exciting time and exotic place that a giant of an Englishman, Dirk Straun, sets out to turn the desolate island of Hong Kong into an impregnable fortress of British power, and to make himself supreme ruler…Tai-Pan!

    And it is in this exciting time and exotic place that a giant of an Englishman, Dirk Struan, sets out to turn the desolate island of Hong Kong into a bastion of British power, and to make himself the supreme ruler: the Tai-Pan. Following SHOGUN, this is second in the Asian saga. "A great romantic saga that wonderfully captures the founding of Hong Kong, a must read for fans of historical fiction." (Amazon.com)

    Astonished by each new complication, and yet resigned to a life of evasion, Herman navigates a crowded, Yiddish New York with a sense of perpetually impending doom.

    By now a classic, it presents in a single volume a coherent overall view of the history and the changing character of Early Christian and Byzantine architecture, from Rome and Milan to North Africa, from Constantinople to Greece and the Balkans, and from Egypt and Jerusalem to the villages and monasteries of Syria, Asia Minor, Armenia, and Mesopotamia.

    Originally published by Weidenfeld & Nicholson, 1966.Reveals the characters & achievements of the Byzantines, who created the splendors of empire.THE HISTORICAL BACKGROUND HERACLIUS THE SARACEN CONQUESTS THE SUCCESSORS OF HERACLIUS THE EARLY ISAURIANS ICONOCLASM CONSTANTINE VI & IRENE HAEC DUO IMPERIA NICEPHORUS I & MICHAEL I LEO V & THE ICONOCLAST REVIVAL MICHAEL II & THEOPHILUS MICHAEL III IGNATIUS PHOTIUS & POPE NICHOLAS I BASIL THE MACEDONIAN LEO THE WISE THE FOURTH MARRIAGE ALEXANDER & THE REGENCY ROMANUS I CONSTANTINE VII PORPHYROGENITUS OMANUS II & NICEPHORUS II JOHN I BASIL II BASIL II CONTINUED 3CONSTANTINE VIII TO CONSTANTINE IX THE SCHISM OF 1054 MANZIKERT SUMMARY

    Draws on archaeological evidence to reconstruct voting procedures in the assemblies

    Told in language of great simplicity and power, it is the story of an old Cuban fisherman, down on his luck, and his supreme ordeal — a relentless, agonizing battle with a giant marlin far out in the Gulf Stream. Here Hemingway recasts, in strikingly contemporary style, the classic theme of courage in the face of defeat, of personal triumph won from loss. Written in 1952, this hugely successful novella confirmed his power and presence in the literary world and played a large part in his winning the 1954 Nobel Prize for Literature.

    Based on the work of the Christian thinkers, Justine, Clement of Alexandria, and Origen, and existing pagan criticism of the Church, the book illustrates how rejection of the classical tradition combined with profound acceptance of its humanism were synthesized by the early Church.