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David Boyle

    1 gennaio 1958

    David Boyle è un autore il cui lavoro esamina criticamente i fenomeni contemporanei, concentrandosi su storia, cambiamento sociale e futuro. Ha esplorato la ricerca dell'autenticità come motore sociale e ha predetto con accuratezza la reazione sociale contro l'eccessiva impostazione di obiettivi da parte del governo. Boyle è stato fondamentale nello stabilire il movimento delle banche del tempo nel Regno Unito, contribuendo alla riforma dei servizi pubblici e influenzando dibattiti sul futuro del volontariato, delle città e del business. La sua scrittura approfondisce il panorama in evoluzione del denaro e dei sistemi monetari.

    Oh, Shenandoah!: Very selected poems
    Edge City UK: Abomination or new urban form?
    Authenticity : brands, fakes, spin and the lust for real life
    30-Second Great Inventions
    Broke: how to survive the middle-class crisis
    World War Two in Photographs
    • 2022

      Three decades ago, the Washington Post writer Joel Garreau published his book Edge City. It was subtitled ‘Life on the new American frontier’, and it caused a huge stir on both sides of the Atlantic.In it, he identified a new kind of place - often yet to be recorded on a road atlas - that was shaping the way Americans lived. But what about the UK? Has the erosion of our planning system - not to mention the covid lockdowns, and our crumbling high streets - been sending us in a similar direction?David Boyle and Lesley Yarranton both followed the debate from opposite sides of the world, when the UK shuddered at the edge city idea. But a great deal has changed since then. This book takes them in search of a British version of a big American ideal.With a foreword by Sue Pritchard, chief executive of the Food, Farming and Countryside Commission.

      Edge City UK: Abomination or new urban form?
    • 2020

      The Xanthe Schneider Enigma Files

      • 370pagine
      • 13 ore di lettura

      Set against a backdrop of tension and uncertainty, the narrative immerses readers in an era marked by paranoia and danger. The author skillfully portrays the emotional and psychological landscape of the time, drawing on authentic experiences to create a compelling story. With vivid characters and a gripping plot, the book explores the complexities of human behavior in the face of societal upheaval, making it a poignant reflection on resilience and fear.

      The Xanthe Schneider Enigma Files
    • 2020

      Tickbox

      • 272pagine
      • 10 ore di lettura

      It is time we escaped the tentacles of Tickbox. Boyle suggests a series of ways out - starting with recognising the danger and calling it out for what it is - a massive failure, corroding our lives and our ability, as human beings, to act on the world.

      Tickbox
    • 2018

      Great Inventions in 30 Seconds looks at fifty groundbreaking innovations - together with the individuals behind the ideas - that really have changed the world.

      30-Second Great Inventions
    • 2018
    • 2014

      For the first time ever, today's middle classes will struggle to enjoy the same privileges of security and comfort that their grandparents did. How did this situation come about? What can be done about it? In this inquiry, David Boyle questions why the middle classes are diminishing and how their status, independence and values are being eroded.

      Broke: how to survive the middle-class crisis
    • 2007
    • 2005

      Wer kennt nicht die berühmte Geschichte aus der griechischen Mythologie: Der trojanische Königssohn Paris entführt die schöne Helena, Gemahlin des griechischen Königs Menelaos. Der Frauenraub führt schließlich zum Feldzug der Griechen gegen Troja, der für Troja bekanntlich schlecht ausging. Die Helden der Geschichte - Agamemnon, Achill, Patroklos, Ajax und Odysseus auf griechischer, Priamos, Hektor oder Äneas auf trojanischer Seite – sind längst ebenso Legende wie die Götter des Olymp, die immer wieder in den Kampf um Troja eingreifen und mal der einen, mal der anderen Seite einen Vorteil verschaffen. Homers Epos vom ›Zorn des Achilleus‹, die Ilias, ist einer der großen Klassiker der Weltliteratur. In 24 Gesängen schildert das Epos die Endphase des zehnjährigen Kampfes um Troja. Die Kapitelgliederung des vorliegenden Bandes lehnt sich an diese 24 Gesänge an, in deren Rahmen die Ilias nacherzählt wird. Wörtliche Zitate aus der Ilias wechseln dabei mit einer freien, gut lesbaren Nacherzählung der Ereignisse. Die Dramatis Personae werden einleitend im Überblick behandelt und innerhalb der Kapitel in Kästen in der Randspalte nochmals näher vorgestellt. In der Randspalte sind außerdem Sachbegriffe zu Sitten und Kultur der alten Griechen kurz erläutert, etwa zu Kriegsführung, Waffen und Rüstung, Streitwagen, Heilkunst oder auch Begräbnisriten.

      Troja. Homers Ilias neu erzählt