Download or read book Mirror written by Ann Sherif and published by University of Hawaii Press. This book was released on 1999-06-01 with total page 237 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ann Sherif discusses the life and work of Kòda in light of changes in critical horizons, readerly communities, and especially constructions of gender and the family in the latter half of the twentieth century. Excellent translations of some of Kòda's most provocative short works are included.

Download or read book The Hidden Scroll written by Avraham Anouchi and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2009-11-05 with total page 365 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Visit the authorss website at WWW.ANOUCHI.ORG The Hidden Scroll is an historical novel spanning from 1930 to 2015 on an archaeology professor whose passion is the search for ancient parchments and artifacts from the time of the second Temple of Jerusalem and the Maccabeean revolt. He encounters obstacles by a radical Islamist organization dedicated to undermine the Jewish claim to the land of Israel obstacles that include murders, kidnappings, spies, suicide bombers and forged parchments in Rome, Paris, Oran, Buenos Aires, Dusseldorf, Istanbul and archaeological excavations in Israel. The search yields ancient parchments in Israel, Brazil, Tibet and Mount Sinai. It ends with two most unexpected and dramatic discoveries in a new excavation site in Israel. REVIEWS: This spell binding mystery is rooted in biblical archeology, an expertise of the author. He makes the subject come to life, this reader found to be inspiring. Take The Hidden Scroll on your next airplane trip. It is a guarantee against boredom, even if the plane fails to arrive on time. Professor Joseph W. Eaton, GSPIA, University of Pittsburgh. Avraham Anouchi offers us a mystery that joins together history and archaeology against the background of the Arab-Israeli conflict. The story is vivid in its descriptions and characterizations. Professor Alex Orbach, Director of Jewish Studies, University of Pittsburgh. Visit the authorss website at WWW.ANOUCHI.ORG

Download or read book Merlin and Legendary Romance written by Carol Harding and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-08-07 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An indepth work on the origins of the Merlin of Arthurian legend, this book examines early texts, thirteenth century romances focusing particularly on Merlin as a character, rather than those where Merlin is a background cast member. The outline here starts with looking at the genre and the place of fantasy, moving on to consider the attitudes towards magic and magic-users in medieval times. Main works considered are Geoffrey of Monmouth’s Historia Regum Britanniae and Vita Merlini; the Vulgate cycle, Suite du Merlin; and finally Malory’s work. The author asserts that each portrays a different approach to Merlin but all are tied to history and to the Christian religion.

Download or read book Clark written by Clark Terry and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2015-06-12 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Compelling from cover to cover, this is the story of one of the most recorded and beloved jazz trumpeters of all time. With unsparing honesty and a superb eye for detail, Clark Terry, born in 1920, takes us from his impoverished childhood in St. Louis, Missouri, where jazz could be heard everywhere, to the smoke-filled small clubs and carnivals across the Jim Crow South where he got his start, and on to worldwide acclaim. Terry takes us behind the scenes of jazz history as he introduces scores of legendary greats—Ella Fitzgerald, Oscar Peterson, Dizzy Gillespie, Dinah Washington, Doc Severinsen, Ray Charles, Thelonious Monk, Billie Holiday, Sarah Vaughan, Coleman Hawkins, Zoot Sims, and Dianne Reeves, among many others. Terry also reveals much about his own personal life, his experiences with racism, how he helped break the color barrier in 1960 when he joined the Tonight Show band on NBC, and why—at ninety years old—his students from around the world still call and visit him for lessons.

Download or read book Maps and Mirrors written by Steve Martinot and published by Northwestern University Press. This book was released on 2001 with total page 382 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Maps and Mirrors explores the links and gaps between the aesthetic and the political at the intersection of philosophy and literature. Testing the major voices of aesthetic and literary theory, it raises important questions about the implicit political contexts and commitments of thinkers from Kant to de Man. Taken together the essays provide a tour of the complexities and richness of contemporary modes of critique.

Download or read book The Hall of Mirrors written by Peter Stoicheff and published by University of Michigan Press. This book was released on 1995 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In The Hall of Mirrors Peter Stoicheff examines the complicated composition and publication history of Drafts & Fragments to demonstrate how the volume has become a site where conflicting responses to Pound's public and poetic lives are interpreted and reconstructed. Finally he delivers not only a well-rounded study of one of Pound's most important texts but an exploration of the modern long poem, whose very length works against the possibility of its satisfactory closure.

Download or read book The Heavenly Book Motif in Judeo Christian Apocalypses 200 BCE 200 CE written by Leslie Baynes and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2012 with total page 247 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first full-length analysis of the heavenly book motif in English, this study highlights a vital element of early Jewish and Christian apocalyptic literature. Through multiple intertextual readings, it demonstrates that for the ancients heavenly writing had life or death consequences.

Download or read book The Dance of Fate written by ERWIN WIJAYANTO and published by Erwin Wijayanto. This book was released on with total page 35 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Dance of Fate: A Tale of Angling and Redemption" is a book that blends the world of angling with elements of redemption. This book combines two uncommon themes, creating a unique experience for readers. The story follows a angler who grapples with personal conflicts and embarks on a journey of redemption through their beloved hobby.

Download or read book God of War II written by Robert E. Vardeman and published by Random House Worlds. This book was released on 2013-02-12 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: All the majesty and mayhem of Greek mythology springs to life once more in the powerful second novel based on the bestselling and critically acclaimed God of War® franchise. Once the mighty warrior Kratos was a slave to the gods, bound to do their savage bidding. After destroying Ares, the God of War, Kratos was granted his freedom by Zeus—and even given the ousted god’s throne on Olympus. But the other gods of the pantheon didn’t take kindly to Kratos’s ascension and, in turn, conspired against him. Banished, Kratos must ally himself with the despised Titans, ancient enemies of the Olympians, in order to take revenge and silence the nightmares that haunt him. God of War II takes the videogame’s action to electrifying new heights, and adds ever more fascinating layers to the larger-than-life tale of Kratos.

Download or read book Demolition Means Progress written by Andrew R. Highsmith and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2016-12-30 with total page 399 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Flint, Michigan, is widely seen as Detroit s Detroit: the perfect embodiment of a ruined industrial economy and a shattered American dream. In this deeply researched book, Andrew Highsmith gives us the first full-scale history of Flint, showing that the Vehicle City has always seen demolition as a tool of progress. During the 1930s, officials hoped to renew the city by remaking its public schools into racially segregated community centers. After the war, federal officials and developers sought to strengthen the region by building subdivisions in Flint s segregated suburbs, while GM executives and municipal officials demolished urban factories and rebuilt them outside the city. City leaders later launched a plan to replace black neighborhoods with a freeway and new factories. Each of these campaigns, Highsmith argues, yielded an ever more impoverished city and a more racially divided metropolis. By intertwining histories of racial segregation, mass suburbanization, and industrial decline, Highsmith gives us a deeply unsettling look at urban-industrial America."

Download or read book Fate and Life written by Michael Allen Fox and published by McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. This book was released on 2024-05-14 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Some believe that fate rules our lives, while others dismiss the idea outright. Fate remains central to many cultural outlooks, and in our age of conflict, climate change, and pandemic, it features conspicuously in debates about the future. A careful examination of this important idea – its background, many meanings, and significance for everyday life – is not only informative and intriguing but also timely. In Fate and Life Michael Fox confronts the idea of fate head on and demonstrates that how we interpret and apply this concept can make it work for rather than against us. Many discussions characterize fate negatively or as part of the occult, representing it as a supernatural force that stifles our freedom. Fateful ideas have also helped rationalize and promote the persecution of certain groups. But viewed more positively, fate can be understood as the given conditions of existence and the imponderable way certain unanticipated events momentously alter the path we follow over time. Thinking about fate teaches us about who we are, how we see the world, and our evaluation of the possibilities of life. Fate and Life provides a multicultural and global account of how we talk about the idea of fate, how we use and misuse it, and how it contrasts with notions like destiny and karma. Fox’s original perspective – a breakthrough in philosophy and the history of ideas – shows that fate is supported by experience; it is compatible with our sense of agency and purpose; and it helps us make sense of our lives.

Download or read book Night of the Solstice written by L.J. Smith and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2010-09-02 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Claudia Hodges-Bradley meets a fox, she knows it will be an extraordinary day. Not just any fox, this vixen is the magical familiar of the sorceress Morgana Shee. For years, Morgana has guarded the solitary gate between Earth and the Wildworld, a shimmering parallel universe where legends still live. She alone holds the secret of the mirrors that serve as the last surviving passage to enchantment. But Morgana has been betrayed and imprisoned in the Wildworld, and the fox is determined to recruit Claudia and her siblings for the rescue mission. Armed only with courage and determination, Alys, Charles, Jane and Claudia must save Morgana before the winter solstice, when evil sorcerer Cadel Forge plans to escape the Wildworld and conquer Earth. And with December 21stonly 2 weeks away, there is no time to lose…

Download or read book Vivianz written by John R. Greenfield and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Mysterious Mirror Stories written by Ayir Ahsi and published by Mahesh Dutt Sharma. This book was released on 2024-07-02 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Mirror's Revenge" takes place in Shimla, where a couple on their honeymoon uncovers a mysterious mirror in their hotel room. Ignoring the warnings, the curious bride is transported to a strange, ancient world, and her husband must perform a tantric ritual to bring her back, revealing unsettling truths about their future. In Varanasi, "Shattered Lives" tells the story of young artist Ananya, who discovers a mirror showing different versions of her future. Guided and sometimes misled by these visions, Ananya must confront her deepest fears and desires, learning valuable lessons about choices and consequences. Finally, "Haunted Reflections" brings us to Rishikesh, where an old mirror in a deserted mansion reveals the dark history of its former occupants. A group of friends exploring the mansion are drawn into the mirror's sinister past, uncovering the truth and breaking the mirror's curse to escape its haunting grip.

Download or read book Fate s Haven written by Daniel A. Dennis and published by Daniel A. Dennis. This book was released on 2013-04-26 with total page 303 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: No hope. No help. No Haven. 350 years have passed since The Great War when Haven was built to be the savior of mankind. But now, Gabriel sees Haven as a desolate crypt. A place where hope is lost. Gabriel never had faith of stepping foot on Earth. He accepted his fate: to die within Haven's decaying walls. But when Gabriel stumbles upon Haven's darkest secret - a secret buried beneath death and lies - everything changes. Freedom is just within his grasp. He must decide if the illusion of safety is worth sacrificing a chance of reaching Earth or if it is more important to risk his life on the faint hope of freedom.

Download or read book Mirrors of Fate written by Joanne E. Moleski and published by . This book was released on 1988-11-01 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Fate s Illusion written by Alllyson Lindt and published by Acelette Press. This book was released on 2024-05-09 with total page 247 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If the gods realize Lexi is the daughter of Hades and Persephone, she’ll become their next sacrifice. Lexi’s only path to safety is to free her father from the prison the other gods have trapped him in. To do so, she must enlist the help of a loyal and gorgeous hellhound, and an obnoxious but sexy hero. No one warned her about the trials that await. The maze that threatens to consume her. The rampaging champion who can kill her with a single blow. And the vengeful ex who would slaughter them all without a second thought. And she definitely wasn’t warned about the loves fate has in store for her. When she discovers Cerberus’ and Actaeon’s lies, she may lose both her heart and her life, regardless of what fate wants. Author’s Note: Truth’s Harem is a #WhyChoose series, with an older heroine who finds her happily ever after with three partners over the length of the series.