Download or read book The Eye of the Serpent written by S. Theodore Baskaran and published by Tranquebar. This book was released on 2014-10-20 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a quintessential book for Cinema buffs and particularly those who are passionate about Tamil cinema, which has the distinction of having played a significant role in history of films in India. Tracing the evolution of Tamil films from the time of pre-independence, when it was anathema for local Congress leaders to be associated with the celluloid, to the arrival of an American, Ellis Dungan, who made masterpieces like Meera, the book showcases vignettes about every important milestone in the vast canvas of Tamil films. In the almost ten decades of its evolution, Tamil cinema has grown to exert a dominant influence on the social and political life of Tamil Nadu in a manner that is unparalleled elsewhere in the world. This seminal volume is an analytical study of Tamil cinema both as an art form and as a socio-political force. Theodore Baskaran traces its history, and presents the achievements of many filmmakers with colourful insights. For the film buff as well as the serious student of film studies, The Eye of the Serpent is a handy reference book on several aspects of Tamil cinema - its character and evolution, the songs and songwriters, filmmakers and script writers, the beginnings of the unique nexus between cinema and politics in Tamil Nadu and much more.
Download or read book Alec Devlin The Eye of the Serpent written by Philip Caveney and published by Random House. This book was released on 2008-12-16 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Egypt 1923. Fifteen-year-old Alec Devlin is on his way to the Valley of the Kings. Accompanied by his faithful valet, Coates, Alec is to spend his summer holidays working on his Uncle Will's archaeological dig. It's not the first time he's spent his summer this way . . . but this year things are different. Uncle Will and his young assistant, Tom Hinton, have recently made an amazing discovery - an ancient tomb hidden deep below the earth. But only hours after opening its doors, Uncle Will falls mysteriously ill and Tom seems to have disappeared without trace. Together with Ethan Wade, the young American soldier of fortune who is managing the dig in Uncle Will's absence, and a pretty French woman called Madeleine Duval, Alec sets about unravelling the tomb's mysteries. Seemingly harmless animals have turned into rabid killers . . . long dead mummies are rising from their tombs . . . the spirit of a powerful High Priest is claiming the bodies of the living as his living hosts . . . Together Alec and Ethan must confront a terror that has waited three thousand years to be reborn.
Download or read book The Eye of the Serpent written by Simon Cheshire and published by Bonnier Publishing Fiction Ltd.. This book was released on 2012-06-01 with total page 145 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Crack three more puzzling crimes with Saxby Smart: a valuable work of art vanishes into thin air, a notorious crook returns from the dead, and there’s an eerie case of stolen identity.Saxby Smart – schoolboy detective – returns to unravel three more devious case files, and gives you clues which solve the mystery. Are you ‘smart’ enough to work out the answers?
Download or read book Eye of the Serpent written by Robert N. Charrette and published by HarperPrism. This book was released on 1996 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The second in the new Aelwyn trilogy. Simce the Timespell set them free, Yan Tanafres and Teletha have wandered far, seeking the lost city and secrets of the Dark Ones. But now Yan's quest is interrupted by war, for the land of Kolvin is besieged. In the slaughter that sweeps across the land, Teletha must prove herself a warrior, and Yan will face the greatest test of any mage.
Download or read book The Eye of the Serpent written by Philip Caveney and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Egypt 1923. Fifteen-year-old Alec Devlin is on his way to the Valley of the Kings. Accompanied by his faithful valet, Coates, Alec is to spend his summer holidays working on his Uncle Will's archaeological dig. It's not the first time he's spent his summer this way . . . but this year things are different.
Download or read book Under the Green Star written by Lin Carter and published by Wildside Press LLC. This book was released on 2002-03-20 with total page 126 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On Earth, life held for him only the fate of a recluse--confined to daydreams and the lore of ancient wonders but apparently destined never to share them--until he found the formula that let him cross space to the world of the Green Star. There, appearing in the body of a fabled hero, he is to experience all that his heroid fantasies had yearned for. A princess to be saved . . . an invader to be thwarted . . . and otherworldly monsters to be faced! A thrilling adventure in the grand tradition of Edgar Rice Burroughs, as only Lin Carter can tell it! This edition includes an afterword by Lin Carter.
Download or read book Reflections in a Serpent s Eye written by Micaela Janan and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2009-10-22 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A study of the role of the city of Thebes in Books 3 and 4 of Ovid's Metamorphoses. Micaela Janan uses the psychoanalytic theory of Freud and Lacan to argue that the strangely fantastical way in which it is presented shows Ovid posing questions that ultimately relate to the concept of collective identity.
Download or read book Clive Cussler s The Serpent s Eye written by Robin Burcell and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2025-03-13 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Husband-and-wife team Sam and Remi Fargo face a new exciting adventure, continuing the bestselling series from UK No. 1 Bestseller Clive Cussler, the Grand Master of Adventure. The latest action-packed thriller featuring treasure-hunting team Sam and Remi Fargo. Praise for Clive Cussler: 'The Adventure King' Sunday Express 'Just about the best in the business' New York Post 'Cussler is hard to beat' Daily Mail
Download or read book Quasar and the Eye of the Serpent written by T. K. Reed and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2009-05 with total page 141 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is a dark day in the forest when teenagers Matthew and Sue Robert discover unfamiliar surroundings while playing in the woodlands where they live with their father. As they spot a bright light they move towards it, hoping it would help guide them. But fear washes over them when they meet a stranger in the woods. The man said the teens were expected, according to an ancient text. Although alarmed they follow him deeper into the forest, where they are introduced to a great wolf named Quasar. Quasar asks Matthew and Sue to find six magical objects, which will remove an evil spell placed upon him by the witch Xaviera. As they journey over this magical land, Matthew and Sue must answer riddles and solve puzzles in order to find the next object. Can they complete all six steps within twenty-four hours? Who can they trust on their quest to help Quasar? Travel along with Matthew and Sue in this special forest, experience magic and magical creatures: dragons, unicorns, centaurs, dwarfs, elves, and fairies, and help save Quasar and the Eye of the Serpent.
Download or read book The Serpent and the Lamb written by Steven Ozment and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2012-01-03 with total page 409 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This compelling book retells and revises the story of the German Renaissance and Reformation through the lives of two controversial men of the sixteenth century: the Saxon court painter Lucas Cranach (the Serpent) and the Wittenberg monk-turned-reformer Martin Luther (the Lamb). Contemporaries and friends (each was godfather to the other's children), Cranach and Luther were very different Germans, yet their collaborative successes merged art and religion into a revolutionary force that became the Protestant Reformation. Steven Ozment, an internationally recognized historian of the Reformation era, reprises the lives and works of Cranach (1472-1553) and Luther (1483-1546) in this generously illustrated book. He contends that Cranach's new art and Luther's oratory released a barrage of criticism upon the Vatican, the force of which secured a new freedom of faith and pluralism of religion in the Western world. Between Luther's pulpit praise of the sex drive within the divine estate of marriage and Cranach's parade of strong, lithe women, a new romantic, familial consciousness was born. The "Cranach woman" and the "Lutheran household"--both products of the merged Renaissance and Reformation worlds--evoked a new organization of society and foretold a new direction for Germany.
Download or read book The Fruit the Tree and the Serpent written by Lynne A. Isbell and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2009 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The global prominence of snakes in religion, myth, and folklore underscores our deep connection to them—but why, when few of us have firsthand experience? The answer, Isbell suggests, lies in snakes’ singular impact on primate evolution; predation pressure from snakes is ultimately responsible for the superior vision and large brains of primates.
Download or read book The Thousand Eyes written by A. K. Larkwood and published by Tor Books. This book was released on 2022-02-15 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The sequel to A. K. Larkwood's stunning debut fantasy, The Unspoken Name. The Thousand Eyes continues The Serpent Gates series—perfect for fans of Jenn Lyons, Joe Abercrombie, and Ursula K. Le Guin. Just when they thought they were out... Two years after defying the wizard Belthandros Sethennai and escaping into the great unknown, Csorwe and Shuthmili have made a new life for themselves, hunting for secrets among the ruins of an ancient snake empire. Along for the ride is Tal Charossa, determined to leave the humiliation and heartbreak of his hometown far behind him, even if it means enduring the company of his old rival and her insufferable girlfriend. All three of them would be quite happy never to see Sethennai again. But when a routine expedition goes off the rails and a terrifying imperial relic awakens, they find that a common enemy may be all it takes to bring them back into his orbit. "I cannot recommend this series enough." —Tamsyn Muir, New York Times bestselling author of Gideon the Ninth At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
Download or read book Nifft the Lean written by Michael Shea and published by . This book was released on 1985-01-01 with total page 363 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Air Serpent Cryptofiction Classics Weird Tales of Strange Creatures written by Will A. Page and published by Read Books Ltd. This book was released on 2015-02-17 with total page 22 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This early work by Will A. Page was originally published in 1911 and we are now republishing it as part of our Cryptofiction Classics series. 'The Air Serpent' is a short story about a flying, reptilian-looking creature. The Cryptofiction Classics series contains a collection of wonderful stories from some of the greatest authors in the genre, including Ambrose Bierce, Arthur Conan Doyle, Robert Louis Stevenson, and Jack London. From its roots in cryptozoology, this genre features bizarre, fantastical, and often terrifying tales of mythical and legendary creatures. Whether it be giant spiders, werewolves, lake monsters, or dinosaurs, the Cryptofiction Classics series offers a fantastic introduction to the world of weird creatures in fiction.
Download or read book The Serpent King written by Jeff Zentner and published by Ember. This book was released on 2017-06-06 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Named to ten BEST OF THE YEAR lists and selected as a William C. Morris Award Winner,The Serpent King is the critically acclaimed, much-beloved story of three teens who find themselves--and each other--while on the cusp of graduating from high school with hopes of leaving their small-town behind. Perfect for fans of John Green's Turtles All the Way Down. "Move over, John Green; Zentner is coming for you." —The New York Public Library “Will fill the infinite space that was left in your chest after you finished The Perks of Being a Wallflower.” —BookRiot.com Dill isn't the most popular kid at his rural Tennessee high school. After his father fell from grace in a public scandal that reverberated throughout their small town, Dill became a target. Fortunately, his two fellow misfits and best friends, Travis and Lydia, have his back. But as they begin their senior year, Dill feels the coils of his future tightening around him. His only escapes are music and his secret feelings for Lydia--neither of which he is brave enough to share. Graduation feels more like an ending to Dill than a beginning. But even before then, he must cope with another ending--one that will rock his life to the core. Debut novelist Jeff Zentner provides an unblinking and at times comic view of the hard realities of growing up in the Bible belt, and an intimate look at the struggles to find one’s true self in the wreckage of the past. “A story about friendship, family and forgiveness, it’s as funny and witty as it is utterly heartbreaking.” —PasteMagazine.com “A brutally honest portrayal of teen life . . . [and] a love letter to the South from a man who really understands it.” —Mashable.com “I adored all three of these characters and the way they talked to and loved one another.”—New York Times
Download or read book Sebastian Darke Prince of Pirates written by Philip Caveney and published by Delacorte Press. This book was released on 2009-04-14 with total page 434 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sebastian Darke, his opinionated buffalope, Max, and the fierce fighter Cornelius are heading to the bustling port of Ramalat to embark on a perilous sea journey. They are ready to risk their lives in search of the fabled lost treasure of the pirate King, Captain Callinestra. But first, they must make it through the dark and mysterious forest of Geltane and survive an encounter with the beautiful and bewitching Leonora, a powerful enchantress with a magical hold over Sebastian’s senses. And, as if that wasn’t bad enough, little do they know that, when they finally reach Ramalat, a feisty female sea captain, an infamous young pirate, ravenous sea creatures, and furious sea battles await them. But there’s no turning back. Will they discover the lost treasure? Will Sebastian live to tell the tale? Will Max ever stop moaning? Philip Caveney has written many novels for adults. This is his second book for young adults. He lives in England.
Download or read book Under the Serpent Sea The Secrets of Droon 12 written by Tony Abbott and published by Scholastic Inc.. This book was released on 2015-10-27 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A hidden door. A magical staircase. Discover the world of Droon! The sea witch Demither is stirring up a storm in Droon. Keeah has to stop her! This mission could make or break Keeah's wizard training. And Eric, Neal and Julie think they can help their friend. But many surprises await them in Demither's underwater world-and many secrets will be revealed.