1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910451861303321

Autore

Officer Charles B

Titolo

A fabulous kingdom [[electronic resource] ] : the exploration of the Arctic / / Charles Officer, Jake Page

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2012

ISBN

0-19-026787-9

1-280-59562-0

9786613625458

0-19-993077-5

Edizione

[2nd ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (233 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

PageJake

Disciplina

910.911/3

Soggetti

Electronic books.

Arctic regions Discovery and exploration

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Machine generated contents note: -- Preface -- Prologue: the Nature of the Place -- PART ONE: Ultima Thule -- Chapter One: Sea Lungs, Godly Commerce, and Projections -- Chapter Two:Frizadores for Cathay and Polar Bears -- Chapter Three: Fool's Gold, Hooch, and Mutiny -- PART TWO: The Myth of the Open Polar Sea -- Chapter Four: Connubial Fidelity and the Vicar of Wakefield -- Chapter Five: Open Seas and Closed Minds -- Chapter Six: Anything is Good that Don't Poison You -- PART THREE: Racing for the Pole -- Chapter Seven: Three Faces of Ambition -- Chapter Eight: Amateurs, Pros, and Cons -- Chapter Nine: From Polar Larks to Canary-Watching -- PART FOUR: The New Arctic -- Chapter Ten: Albedo, Winds, and Other Culprits -- Chapter Eleven: Animals: Changing the Guard -- Chapter Twelve: Boom and Bust on the New Frontier -- Chapter Thirteen: Who Owns the Arctic? -- Chapter Fourteen: Global Predictions.

Sommario/riassunto

"The second edition of A Fabulous Kingdom will explain the history of the arctic and describe the current scientific and environmental issues that threaten this fascinating region"--



2.

Record Nr.

UNISA996219436903316

Titolo

Bibliothek Forschung und Praxis

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berlin : , : De Gruyter

ISSN

1865-7648

Disciplina

020/.5

Soggetti

Library science

Libraries - Germany (West)

Libraries

Bibliotheekwezen

Bibliothek

Zeitschrift

Periodicals.

Germany (West)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Tedesco

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Periodico

Note generali

Refereed/Peer-reviewed



3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910966239303321

Autore

Broek R. van den

Titolo

Gnostic religion in antiquity / / Roelof van den Broek

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2013

ISBN

1-139-61111-9

1-107-23772-6

1-139-61297-2

1-139-62227-7

1-283-94325-5

1-139-62599-3

1-139-60930-0

1-139-38165-2

1-139-61669-2

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (ix, 255 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Disciplina

299/.93

Soggetti

Gnosticism

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Gnosis and Gnostic religion -- Gnostic literature I: tradition -- Gnostic literature II: texts -- Anti-Gnostic literature -- Gnosis: essence and expressions -- Backgrounds.

Sommario/riassunto

Gnostic religion is the expression of a religious worldview which is dominated by the concept of Gnosis, an esoteric knowledge of God and the human being which grants salvation to those who possess it. Roelof van den Broek presents here a fresh approach to the gnostic current of Late Antiquity within its historical and religious context, based on sources in Greek, Latin and Coptic, including discussions of the individual works of preserved gnostic literature. Van den Broek explores the various gnostic interpretations of the Christian faith that were current in the second and third centuries, whilst showing that despite its influence on early Christianity, gnostic religion was not a typically Christian phenomenon. This book will be of interest to theologians, historians of religion, students and scholars of the history



of Late Antiquity and early Christianity, as well as specialists in ancient gnostic and hermetic traditions.