Download or read book The Eye Book written by Ian Grierson and published by Liverpool University Press. This book was released on 2000-01-01 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Eye Book is an essential read for anyone who wears glasses, for parents of children with eye problems, for students considering training in orthoptics or optometry, and for health-care professionals looking for an overview of eye health. It is written in a lively readable style and a glossary is provided for technical and medical terms. The structure and function of the eye and the mechanisms of vision are explained in the initial chapters, with explanatory illustrations. Eye problems, eye diseases and their treatment are examined, and the function of different eye-care professionals is explained. Modern medical techniques are also described, including laser treatment, transplantation of cells, and rejuvenation therapy which may give the possibility of restoring diminished sight. The book is illustrated throughout with helpful figures and explanatory illustrations, including 17 color plates.

Download or read book Reading The Waste Land from the Bottom Up written by A. Booth and published by Springer. This book was released on 2015-05-06 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A guidebook to the allusions of T.S. Eliot's notorious poem, The Waste Land , Reading The Waste Land from the Bottom Up utilizes the footnotes as a starting point, opening up the poem in unexpected ways. Organized according to Eliot's line numbers and designed for both scholars and students, chapters are free-standing and can be read in any order.

Download or read book Back to the Stone Age written by Edgar Rice Burroughs and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 2007-06-01 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The fifth installment of Edgar Rice Burroughs?s Pellucidar series, Back to the Stone Age recounts the strange adventures of Lieutenant von Horst, a member of the original crew that sailed to Pellucidar with Jason Gridley and Tarzan who is left behind in the inner world. Von Horst wanders friendless and alone from one danger to the next among the Stone Age peoples, mighty reptiles, and huge animals that have been extinct on the outer crust for thousands of years. But woven among the tales of savage cave men in the country of the Basti, the hideous Gorbuses in the caverns beneath the Forest of Death, and the terrible Gaz is the story of the love this cultured hero feels for a barbarian slave girl who has spurned and discouraged him, working instead toward her own mysterious goal.

Download or read book Lidless Eyes written by Shruti Das and published by Partridge Publishing. This book was released on 2015-06-26 with total page 74 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The poetry of Shruti Das, from Odisha, India has reached me in Colombo, Sri Lanka, and impressed me, because they are also beautiful music to our ears and wonderful paintings to our eyes, all at once that swing us into a timeless melody. She makes silence speak through her poems, which she has written for you, me and everyone. They are about mothers and daughters pressed between expression and silence, spoken by quiet eyes. Some of the poems are about inequality, and social injustice, but presented in new and creative forms. The Lady of Myths tells us about the story of mankind, and the poem about mountains tells how man has been destroying our environment and molesting Mother Earth. Each poem makes us pause and think, as all poetry should be. Daya Dissanayake, Educationist,Writer, Activist, Sri Lanka I really enjoyed reading your poetry. It is gentle and profound Rosemarie Rowley. Poet, Ireland. Each poem is a nugget you can be proud of. They voice humanitarian concerns and are couched in passionate and precise expression. The language is chiselled to suit the feelings precisely. There are also echoes of Shakespeare and Eliot. I like the description of evening as Cleopatra stretching out on her barge in all her allure. The Song Unsung is another moving piece. I didnt realise so much poetic talent is bottled up in Shruti. Thomas Gray was right: Full many a gem of purest ray serene lies hidden - Prof. E. Nageswara Rao, Hyderabad, India

Download or read book Harper s Monthly Magazine written by Henry Mills Alden and published by . This book was released on 1908 with total page 1220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Delphi Collected Works of William Black Illustrated written by William Black and published by Delphi Classics. This book was released on 2022-06-09 with total page 5595 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The ‘Scottish Anthony Trollope’, William Black was a successful novelist of the latter half of the nineteenth century. He developed his own unique brand of novel, blending scenes of actual experience in travel and sport with fictitious adventures, resulting in part travel book, part novel. Few men of letters were more widely known and esteemed in literary circles at the time of his death. His works are noted for their vivid and atmospheric descriptions and their exquisite portrayal of character. This eBook presents Black’s collected works, with numerous illustrations, many rare texts appearing in digital print for the first time, informative introductions and the usual Delphi bonus material. (Version 1) * Beautifully illustrated with images relating to Black’s life and works * Concise introductions to the major novels * 16 novels, with individual contents tables * Features rare novels appearing for the first time in digital publishing * Images of how the books were first published, giving your eReader a taste of the original texts * Excellent formatting of the texts * Rare story collection available in no other collection * Includes Black’s non-fiction study of Oliver Goldsmith * Black’s autobiography, appearing here for the first time in digital print * Features a brief biography * Ordering of texts into chronological order and genres Please visit www.delphiclassics.com to browse through our range of exciting titles CONTENTS: The Novels James Merle; An Autobiography (1864) In Silk Attire (1869) Mr Pisistratus Brown, M.P., in the Highlands (1871) A Daughter of Heth (1871) A Princess of Thule (1873) Madcap Violet (1876) Macleod of Dare (1878) White Wings (1880) The Beautiful Wretch, The Four MacNicols, The Pupil of Aurelius (1881) Sunrise (1881) Judith Shakespeare (1884) White Heather (1885) The New Prince Fortunatus (1890) Stand Fast Craig-Royston! (1890) Donald Ross of Heimra (1891) Wild Eelin (1898) The Short Story Collection The Magic Ink and Other Tales (1892) The Non-Fiction Goldsmith (1878) The Autobiography With the Eyes of Youth, and Other Sketches (1903) The Biography Brief Biography of William Black (1901) by Richard Garnett Please visit www.delphiclassics.com to browse through our range of exciting titles or to purchase this eBook as a Parts Edition of individual eBooks

Download or read book Macleod of Dare written by William Black and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2019-09-25 with total page 430 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reproduction of the original: Macleod of Dare by William Black

Download or read book AXOLOTL CARE GUIDE FOR BEGINNERS written by Rachael Bernard and published by BookRix. This book was released on 2023-03-06 with total page 33 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The axolotl is definitely a unique pet, a type of salamander that is completely aquatic. Unlike most salamanders, they do not undergo metamorphosis from larval to adult form where breathing changes from gills to lungs. Instead, they remain aquatic their entire life. Thus, they are not pets you handle, but they can be quite entertaining to watch. They are relatively easy to care for and hardy, which makes them suitable for beginner pet owners. Plus, their dietary needs are fairly straightforward. Axolotls live in aquariums and do best in cool or room-temperature water with low lighting. Provided each individual has 10-gallons of water they are peaceful in small groups. Besides a good aquarium pump, you do not need any special equipment to care for axolotls. But, due to their sensitivity to water conditions, their tank needs regular maintenance and cycles. In this book “AXOLOTL CARE GUIDE FOR BEGINNERS” you will learn everything it takes to feed, care, breed, house, health and helpful tips on how to raise axolotls as pets. GET YOUR COPY NOW!!!

Download or read book The Dragon Charmer written by Jan Siegel and published by Del Rey. This book was released on 2009-10-07 with total page 355 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the enchanting novel Prospero’s Children, Jan Siegel introduced an extraordinary heroine and the lushly evocative world of wonders and terrors that quickly enveloped her normal adolescent life. Now Siegel summons us back to the magic with the continuing story of Fern Capel—and the remarkable power of her extraordinary Gift . . . After surviving an amazing, terrifying summer twelve years ago, Fern makes a fateful decision: to deny the mystical powers that pulse through her family's past. Yearning for a simple, quiet life, she decides to marry a man twenty years her senior, a man who insists they wed at the Capels’ summer house in Yarrowdale, a place swelling with mood, marvel, and magic. For when Fern returns there with her best friend, Gaynor, ancient, sinister forces reawaken. Yet Fern has had enough: Enough of running from her fate, enough of hiding from her Gift. As she turns to face her destiny, the real world falls away, and Fern is once again swept into another land, removed from Time, void of comfort. It will take all her skill and daring to fight her way back to the present and save the people she loves from the ever-growing danger that threatens to destroy them. And to her utmost surprise, the key to survival is a dragon with the capacity to rule the world . . . but who will relinquish it all to one man. Jan Siegel has created an intense, fascinating world. To surrender yourself under her captivating spell is to remember how remarkably powerful a literary voyage can be.

Download or read book Meat City Other Stories written by Jason M. Tucker and published by Black Bed Sheet Books. This book was released on 2014-05-01 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: WELCOME TO MEAT CITY Take a trip along the arterial highway, and make a left at the last exit to enter Meat City, where all manner of nasty things are clamoring to greet you. •Granger knows what it's like to kill a man. It's an assassin's job to know death. When the corpse of Granger's latest victim staggers to his feet though, all bets are off in "Meat City". •Christian has searched for purpose his entire life. Miserable relationships and false religions were all part of the journey. But he might find just what he needs hidden in tunnels beneath the "City of a Million Gods". •A pale, pleading face of a young boy stares at Kari from the dilapidated corpse of a house next door. She knows what it's like to need someone, and she's determined to help "The Patchwork Boy". •It's been decades since the dead rose up and dragged the world kicking, screaming, and bleeding into hell. Only a few humans, The Pale Riders, still venture to the outlands. In "Ballad of the Pale Riders", a legendary rider teaches a rookie what it means to be humanity's last hope. These and thirteen more slices of horror await you on the raw and bloodied streets. Enjoy your visit . . . .

Download or read book Phantom Death written by Sadie Montgomery and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2008-11-02 with total page 309 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Inspector Leroux had witnessed the execution of the Phantom of the Opera. Justice had been served. So he thinks, until letters in a feminine hand arrive, hinting at the curious coincidence of a masked composer, Erik Costanzi, thriving in an Italian opera house and married to the former Parisian Diva, Meg Giry. Driven by outrage and a desire for revenge, the inspector tracks the Phantom to his new home. But there is another ghost from Erik's past, one who dogs the Phantom's steps, who sabotages the production of his newest opera, and who threatens the peace he has found with Meg and his family. Book IV, Phantom Death, is the last in the Phoenix of the Opera series. It continues and closes the story begun in The Phoenix of the Opera, and continued in Out of the Darkness: The Phantom's Journey and The Phantom's Opera.

Download or read book Masking Selves Making Subjects written by Traise Yamamoto and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 1999-01-06 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This sophisticated and comprehensive study is the first to situate Japanese American women's writing within theoretical contexts that provide a means of articulating the complex relationships between language and the body, gender and agency, nationalism and identity. Through an examination of post-World War II autobiographical writings, fiction, and poetry, Traise Yamamoto argues that these writers have employed the trope of masking—textually and psychologically—as a strategy to create an alternative discursive practice and to protect the self as subject. Yamamoto's range is broad, and her interdisciplinary approach yields richly textured, in-depth readings of a number of genres, including film and travel narrative. Looking at how the West has sexualized, infantilized, and feminized Japanese culture for over a century, she examines contemporary Japanese American women's struggle with this orientalist fantasy. Analyzing the various constraints and possibilities that these writers negotiate in order to articulate their differences, she shows how masking serves as a self-affirming discourse that dynamically interacts with mainstream culture's racial and sexual projections.

Download or read book Macleod of Dare written by William II Black and published by . This book was released on 1878 with total page 596 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Confidential Casebook of Sherlock Holmes written by Marvin Kaye and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 1998 with total page 367 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fifteen stories featuring Sherlock Holmes's deductive powers, penned by known and unknown writers. The two dozen cases range from an incident involving the Titanic to anarchist bombings in Paris.

Download or read book Macleod of Dare written by William Black and published by . This book was released on 1878 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Olaf Stapledon written by Robert Crossley and published by Syracuse University Press. This book was released on 1994-07-01 with total page 504 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: William Olaf Stapledon is best remembered for the extraordinary works of speculative fiction he published between 1930 and 1950. As a novelist, he was known as the spokesman for the Age of Einstein and has influenced writers as diverse as Virginia Woolf, Arthur C. Clarke, and Doris Lessing. This biography is the first to draw on a vast body of unpublished and private documents—interviews, correspondence, archival material, and papers in private hands—to reveal fully the internal struggles that shaped Stapledon's life and reclaim for public attention a distinctive voice of the modern era. Late in his life in an unpublished "letter to the future" Stapledon unwittingly provided the rationale for his biography: "It is just possible that my very obscurity may fit me to speak more faithfully for my period than any of its great unique personalities. A pacifist in World War I, an advocate of European unity and world government, one of the first teachers in the Workers' Educational Association, and an early protestor against apartheid, Stapledon turned utopian beliefs into practical politics. With roots in the shipping worlds of Devon, Liverpool, and the Suez Canal, he was transformed from a self-described provincial on the margins of English literary and political life into a visionary idealist who attracted the attention of scientists, journalists, and novelists, and, given his left-wing political affiliations, even the F.B.I. Stapledon's novels—Last and First Men, Star Maker, Odd John, and Sirius—have gathered a passionate following, and they have seldom been out of print in the last twenty-five years. But the personal experiences and political commitments that shaped this creative work have, until now, barely been known. Robert Crossley's work reveals how, in public and in private, in his social activism as in his fiction, Olaf Stapledon embodied many of the modern era's anxieties and hopes that allow his works to continue to speak to and for the future.

Download or read book Hellenistic and Roman Terracottas from Egypt written by László Török and published by L'ERMA di BRETSCHNEIDER. This book was released on 1995 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: English summary: The catalogue of all the Egyptian terracotta objects of the Hellenistic and Roman periods in the Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest. The presentation of the individual pieces includes a full discussion of their relative chronology and their iconography. Since the material is mostly of unknown provenance, it has been possible to propose a dating almost exclusively on the basis of careful stylistic analysis. Italian description: La catalogazione di tutti gli oggetti in terracotta egiziani di epoca ellenistica e romana conservati nel Museum of Fine Arts di Budapest. La presentazione dei singoli pezzi comprende unampia discussione sulla loro cronologia relativa e sulla loro iconografia. Trattandosi infatti per la maggior parte di materiale di cui non si conosce la provenienza, e stato possibile proporre una datazione quasi esclusivamente sulla base di unaccurata analisi stilistica.