Download or read book Lightning Bird written by Lyall Watson and published by Dutton Books. This book was released on 1982 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Thunder Bird Tootooch Legends written by William Lester Webber and published by Library of Alexandria. This book was released on with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Do You Know about Birds written by Buffy Silverman and published by Lerner Publications. This book was released on 2011-08-01 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What do a penguin, a pigeon, and a peacock have in common? They're all birds! Learn about the characteristics that all birds share.
Download or read book The Mythical Creatures Bible written by Brenda Rosen and published by Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.. This book was released on 2009-02 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mythical creatures that come from the land, sea, air, and beyond your wildest imagination ... -- p.[4] of cover.
Download or read book Boanerges written by J. RENDEL. HARRIS and published by CUP Archive. This book was released on 1978-02 with total page 456 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Unfeathered Bird written by Katrina van Grouw and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2013 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There is more to a bird than simply feathers. And just because birds evolved from a single flying ancestor doesn't mean they are structurally the same. With 385 stunning drawings depicting 200 species, The Unfeathered bird is a richly illustrated book on bird anatomy that offers refreshingly original insights into what goes on beneath the feathered surface.
Download or read book Myths and Legends of the Bantu written by Alice Werner and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 1968 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First Published in 1968. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Download or read book Dictionary of Nature Myths written by Tamra Andrews and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2000 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Comprehensive and cross-referenced, this informative volume is a rich introduction to the world of nature as experienced by ancient peoples around the globe. 51 halftones.
Download or read book Incredulous Moshoeshoe and the Lightning Bird written by J. W. Langley and published by Montag Press. This book was released on 2021-12-23 with total page 468 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nelson Mandela is about to die. Again. Black militants and white nationalists prepare for war as a politician's daughter is killed in mysterious circumstances. Incredulous Moshoeshoe- Goth DJ and part-time isangoma-is hired to find out what really happened. Forced to partner with a tragically uncool white Pentecostal preacher, Incredulous must use his knowledge of local lore, his occult powers and his connections in the alternative scene to prevent a South African civil war. Incredulous Moshoeshoe and the Lightning Bird is like Frank Peretti making out with Samuel L Jackson at a Black Panther rally. It's Dracula for DJs, Supernatural for the subcontinent. Afrocentric urban fantasy with a Spotify playlist for a chapter list and monsters as fresh as a highveld thunderstorm. Praise-songs for Incredulous Moshoeshoe and the Lightning Bird 'Langley's blend of pop culture, humour, politics and horror is a blast and reading it is to be air dropped directly into a wild world, fizzing with energy and ideas. While the rest of us keep mining the same old monsters time and again, he opens up a rich cave of folklore too long ignored. Recommended.' -- Peter Laws, author of Purged and The Frighteners 'A unique and thoroughly engaging tale, sardonically animated and richly crafted as only JW Langley can. It's Africa, her lore, and her people, through an imaginative lens of irreverent reverence.' -- Ashton Nyte, author of Waiting for a Voice. 'The motto of the Montag Press Collective is 'Books Worth Burning, ' and Jonty Langley's modern African folk-tale Incredulous Moshoeshoe and the Lightning Bird fits the bill perfectly. In its brilliant mélange of traditional African folk characters such as the Tokoloshe and the eponymous Lightning Bird himself with a cross-section of diverse twenty-first-century subculture figures, from Goths to racist punk cops, from Marxist-antifascists to Afrikaner politicians, Incredulous Moshoeshoe (what a sublime name!) and the Lightning Bird has literally everything that the firemen from Station 451 would hate. Which makes it the perfect book for you - who follow Montag and Clarisse into the forest - to pick up. And memorise.' -- Charles S. Kraszewski, author of Accomplices, You Ask? 'This is the book Stephen King would have written if he was possessed by the mischievous spirit of Douglas Adams, and was also an African, a poet and more than a little mentally disturbed.' -- Helgard deBarros, author of The Second Skin. 'This is a terrific book. JW Langley plays with language like a dolphin plays with waterspouts - not many writers could come up with a simile like, "Fat and slow as a successful lion". Incredulous Moshoeshoe riffs on music, theology, politics, and much else besides. I don't know whether to describe it as divine humanism or humane divinity. Either way, it's brilliant.' -- Mark Woods, author of Does the Bible Really Say That? 'To borrow a phrase, this guy can "preach like a motherfucker". Italics mine, because it's a line I wish I'd written. The soul-flaying juxtaposition of sun-scoured sand and silver black glitter perfectly evokes the searing unknown and dim- remembered familiarity permeating JW Langley's aggressively alien South Africa. Like a child possessed by dark and alien things, the novel wears a skin that can only hint at what writhes inside. Incredulous Moshoeshoe navigates a world both modern and ancient, as open as a drawn gun and as closed off as beaten wife. There are old stories here, told in a new and incomparable manner that demands as much as it promises. A relentless, kinetic tale of monsters inhabiting the darkness within and without, rich with spitfire dialogue and unforgettable characters. Memorable as dancefloor blowjob.' -- Paul d. Miller, author of Albrecht Drue, ghostpuncher.
Download or read book Lightning written by Derek M. Elsom and published by Reaktion Books. This book was released on 2015-10-15 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Few phenomena inspire more awe than lightning. Streaking across the sky, it daunts us with its power and amazes us with its beauty. In Lightning, Derek M. Elsom explores this natural phenomenon and traces the long history of our study of it. From early civilizations’ assumptions that it was the work of gods, through eighteenth-century scientific analyses (and, yes, Ben Franklin’s kite), Elsom tells about our efforts to understand and explain lightning. He explores the many surprising folklore beliefs about lightning protection and contrasts these with today's scientific approaches. Alongside scientific explorations, he also tracks the path of lightning through our culture, from myths and legends to art and design. In addition, Elsom offers handy tips for avoiding getting struck by lightning. Beautifully illustrated with stunning photographs and artistic renderings, this striking book will appeal equally to weather buffs and folklorists, scientists and artists.
Download or read book Birders of Africa written by Nancy J. Jacobs and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2016-01-01 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- N -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Y -- Z
Download or read book Mythology Among the Hebrews written by Ignaz Goldziher and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2020-08-03 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reproduction of the original: Mythology Among the Hebrews by Ignaz Goldziher
Download or read book Kansas City Lightning written by Stanley Crouch and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2013-09-24 with total page 285 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “A tour de force. . . . Crouch has given us a bone-deep understanding of Parker’s music and the world that produced it. In his pages, Bird still lives.” — Washington Post A stunning portrait of Charlie Parker, one of the most talented and influential musicians of the twentieth century, from Stanley Crouch, one of the foremost authorities on jazz and culture in America. Throughout his life, Charlie Parker personified the tortured American artist: a revolutionary performer who used his alto saxophone to create a new music known as bebop even as he wrestled with a drug addiction that would lead to his death at the age of thirty-four. Drawing on interviews with peers, collaborators, and family members, Stanley Crouch recreates Parker’s Depression-era childhood; his early days navigating the Kansas City nightlife, inspired by lions like Lester Young and Count Basie; and on to New York, where he began to transcend the music he had mastered. Crouch reveals an ambitious young man torn between music and drugs, between his domineering mother and his impressionable young wife, whose teenage romance with Charlie lies at the bittersweet heart of this story. With the wisdom of a jazz scholar, the cultural insights of an acclaimed social critic, and the narrative skill of a literary novelist, Stanley Crouch illuminates this American master as never before.
Download or read book Lintang and the Pirate Queen written by Tamara Moss and published by Clarion Books. This book was released on 2019 with total page 373 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lintang's dream of adventure on the high seas comes true when Captain Shafira invites her to join her pirate crew, but Lintang's best friend, Bayani, has stowed away and is keeping secrets.--
Download or read book Ten Thousands of Swords Flies written by Heng Men and published by Funstory. This book was released on 2020-01-06 with total page 333 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: I will use my sword to protect the person I love. I will use my sword to sweep away all obstacles in front of me, regardless of what difficulties there are in front of me, my sword is my path, I will persevere on the Sword Path, do not care about hardships, difficulties, being in charge of Wan Jian, being in charge of everything, and when the Magic Sword appears, I, the human being, will use my blood to take away my Sword Path!
Download or read book Conquer The Ninja World Yuan Rises written by Akito B. Takahashi and published by Akito's Books. This book was released on 2023-10-25 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jonathan Yuan, staunch Christian, never imagined life beyond Earth and Heaven. Then, he's ripped into a world straight from the pages of a famous author's novel—a living, breathing fiction. Trapped, confused, Jonathan must navigate this strange world. But escape calls, even at a terrible price. Will he become the villain of this story to break free?
Download or read book African Legends Myths and Folktales for Readers Theatre written by Anthony D. Fredericks and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2008-04-30 with total page 191 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Teachers are continually looking for materials that will enhance their studies of cultures around the world. With this new book, author, Tony Fredericks and illustrator, Bongaman, present readers theatre scripts based on traditional African folklore. Plays are organized by area and identified by country. Included are tales from Algeria to Zambia and all areas in between. This title contains background information for teachers on each African country included as well as instruction and presentation suggestions. The rationale and role of readers theatre in literacy instruction is discussed and additional resources for extending studies of African folklore are included. Grades 4-8.
