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Constable Paul Hirschhausen has a snowdropper on his patch. Someone is stealing women’s underwear and Hirsch knows enough about that kind of crime - how it can escalate - not to take it lightly. But the more immediate concerns are a call from the high school, a teacher worried about a student who may be in danger at home. Another call, a different school: a man enraged about the principal’s treatment of his daughter.

The Consolation of Philosophy is one of the key works in the rich tradition of Western philosophy, partly because of the circumstances in which it was written. Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius (c480-c524) was of aristocratic Roman birth and became consul and then master of offices at Ravenna, one of the highest posts under the Ostrogothic Roman ruler Theodoric. But Boethius was unjustly charged with treason in 524, and this led to house arrest, then torture and execution.

Dans ce récit sensible et poignant, porté par une plume magnifique, Flavie Flament brise le silence et évoque la trahison des adultes qui lui ont ravi son innocence. C'est aussi l'histoire d'une renaissance. Un livre rare, où la force de l'écriture est au service d'un combat. Un combat citoyen, car « faire du mal à un enfant, c'est faire du mal au monde de demain ».

Charged with treason under Theodoric the Great in sixth-century Rome, Boethius served one year's imprisonment, awaiting trial and eventual execution. During this time, he wrote The Consolation of Philosophy, which would go on to be one of the most popular philosophical works of all time, contributing much to medieval thought and influencing the likes of Dante and Chaucer, as well as Renaissance writers, such as Milton and Shakespeare.

With the imagery of a poet and the reflection of a philosopher, David Whyte turns his attention to 52 ordinary words, each its own particular doorway into the underlying currents of human life. Beginning with "Alone" and closing with "Work", each chapter is a meditation on meaning and context, an invitation to shift and broaden our perspectives on the inevitable vicissitudes of life: pain and joy, honesty and anger, confession and vulnerability, the experience of feeling besieged and the desire to run away from it all.

These three ‘Consolations', written by Seneca to his mother and two friends, have been described as ‘the crowning achievement in the canon of ‘consolation letters'. But sentimental they are not, for they emerge from the writer's deep-seated commitment to Stoicism, where individuals are exhorted to inhabit qualities of virtue, positivity, resilience, and indifference. This recording opens with Seneca's consolatory letter to Marcia, who, after three years, was still mourning the death of her son.

La piccola Aarabelle non era ancora nata quando sua madre Natalie ricevette la tragica notizia della morte di Aaron, suo marito, marine caduto in battaglia. Il destino, che le stava per concedere il dono più bello, le ha strappato la felicità facendola piombare nella disperazione più profonda. L'unico in grado di darle conforto è Liam Dempsey, il migliore amico di suo marito, che le sarà vicino per onorare la promessa che aveva fatto ad Aaron prima che lui partisse per la sua ultima missione.

Princess Una harbors no illusions about her claims to Karadok's throne. The last of her ill-fated line, she is just grateful she emerged from the dark days of war with her head still on her shoulders. After three years under house arrest, she is keen to start her own life afresh, hopefully in relative obscurity. What she does not realize is the extraordinary scheme the king has devised to find her a suitable bridegroom.

Nature took on a new importance for thousands of people when the coronavirus pandemic arrived in Britain, providing solace in a time of great anxiety - not least because the crisis struck at the beginning of spring, the season of hope and renewal, and furthermore, in an extraordinary conjunction, the spring of 2020 turned out to be the loveliest spring ever recorded in Britain. Three nature writers, living like everyone else under lockdown, but walking out each day to exercise, resolved to record their experiences of the coronavirus spring, in widely contrasting parts of the country.

In October 1997, a clever young law student at the Australian National University made a bizarre plan to murder her devoted boyfriend after a dinner party at their house. Some of the dinner guests—most of them students—had heard rumours of the plan. Nobody warned Joe Cinque. He died one Sunday, in his own bed, of a massive dose of Rohypnol and heroin. His girlfriend and her best friend were charged with murder.

Consolation Prize is a podcast about the United States in the world through the eyes of its consuls. The responsibility for the United States' reputation in other parts of the world often fell squarely on the shoulders of consuls and they were the first ones called in when Americans got themselves in trouble or were mistreated while they were abroad. How they interpreted their duties sometimes got them involved in all kinds of complicated circumstances. And often, their actions on a personal level had ramifications far up the chain, even making a difference in national politics or ...

A Western, of sorts.When a mysterious hole opens up in Consolation, a stranger also arrives to document the event. The two events must be linked in someway, at least that's what thinks our narrator, a black dwarf who works at the GiddyTimes saloon thinks.Written and recorded (and read in part) by Neil Fitzgerald.For questions and comments, write to him at: neilsfitzgerald@gmail.comFor more information about the author and producer, go to neil-fitzgerald.com. Help support more podcasts here: https://ko-fi.com/neilfitzgerald Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Horatius Bonar’s exegesis of the Old Testament is a voluminous work of 84 chapters. It deals with passages from the Book of Genesis to the Book of Malachi, covering themes like sin, despair, holiness, blessing, and deliverance.

Dopo aver appreso della morte del marito Aaron, marine caduto in missione, Natalie è passata attraverso il dolore e, con fatica, ha ritrovato la luce grazie all'amore per Liam. Aaron però non è morto, e dopo aver lottato per tornare da sua moglie e dalla figlia che non ha mai conosciuto, ora è lì, davanti agli occhi di Natalie, che si ritrova sospesa tra la gioia e l'angoscia.

"Iraq Offers Grieving Families the Consolation of Swift Death for Islamic State Fighters" is from the July 04, 2016 World section of The New York Times. It was written by Falih Hassan and Tim Arango and narrated by Keith Sellon-Wright.

In 45 BCE, the Roman statesman Cicero fell to pieces when his beloved daughter, Tullia, died from complications of childbirth. But from the depths of despair, Cicero fought his way back. In an effort to cope with his loss, he wrote a consolation speech—not for others, as had always been done, but for himself. And it worked. Cicero's Consolation was something new in literature, equal parts philosophy and motivational speech.