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Book Satoshi Kon s Opus

Download or read book Satoshi Kon s Opus written by Satoshi Kon and published by Dark Horse Comics. This book was released on 2014-12-09 with total page 377 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Brilliant anime director Satoshi Kon (Paprika, Paranoia Agent, Tokyo Godfathers, Millennium Actress, Perfect Blue) died tragically young in 2010 at the age of forty-six. But before he became a director, he was a manga artist, and Dark Horse is honored to remember Kon with the release of Satoshi Kon’s OPUS, an omnibus collection of a two-volume manga from 1996, created by Kon on the eve of his first film. OPUS contains the mastery of both realism and surrealism that would make Kon famous in Perfect Blue, as a manga artist planning a shocking surprise ending to his story gets literally pulled into his own work—to face for himself what he had planned for his characters! * Satoshi Kon was a Time magazine 2010 Person of the Year. * Kon was eulogized by director Darren Aronofsky. * Kon was a chief assistant to Katsuhiro Otomo on the Akiramanga.

Book The Opus Majus Of Roger Bacon  Volume II

Download or read book The Opus Majus Of Roger Bacon Volume II written by Robert Belle Burke and published by Legare Street Press. This book was released on 2022-10-27 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Book The Founder of Opus Dei

Download or read book The Founder of Opus Dei written by Andrés Vázquez de Prada and published by Scepter Publishers. This book was released on 2001 with total page 580 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dream, and your dreams will fall short, Saint Josemaría Escrivá told early members of Opus Dei. This third and final volume of the most extensively researched work on the founder of Opus Dei covers his years in Rome, from 1946 until his death there in 1975. It describes how Opus Dei overcame major obstacles and blossomed from a handful of members in Spain into a worldwide institution, with more than 60,000 members of 80 nationalities. Andres Vazquez de Prada, a Spanish diplomat, writer, and historian who knew Saint Josemaría personally, narrates the story, using previously unpublished letters, diaries, and other sources from the archives of the Prelature of Opus Dei.

Book Broad Strokes

    Book Details:
  • Author : Rick Dior
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 2015-08-15
  • ISBN : 9780976434467
  • Pages : pages

Download or read book Broad Strokes written by Rick Dior and published by . This book was released on 2015-08-15 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Wonder and Skepticism in the Middle Ages

Download or read book Wonder and Skepticism in the Middle Ages written by Keagan Brewer and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-01-29 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Wonder and Skepticism in the Middle Ages explores the response by medieval society to tales of marvels and the supernatural, which ranged from firm belief to outright rejection, and asks why the believers believed, and why the skeptical disbelieved. Despite living in a world whose structures more often than not supported belief, there were still a great many who disbelieved, most notably scholastic philosophers who began a polemical programme against belief in marvels. Keagan Brewer reevaluates the Middle Ages’ reputation as an era of credulity by considering the evidence for incidences of marvels, miracles and the supernatural and demonstrating the reasons people did and did not believe in such things. Using an array of contemporary sources, he shows that medieval responders sought evidence in the commonality of a report, similarity of one event to another, theological explanations and from people with status to show that those who believed in marvels and miracles did so only because the wonders had passed evidentiary testing. In particular, he examines both emotional and rational reactions to wondrous phenomena, and why some were readily accepted and others rejected. This book is an important contribution to the history of emotions and belief in the Middle Ages.

Book Robert A  Heinlein  Vol 2

Download or read book Robert A Heinlein Vol 2 written by William H. Patterson and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2010 with total page 672 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The second volume of the first authorized biography of Robert A. Heinlein, generally considered the greatest SF writer of the 20th century, a bestselling author, military man, politician, and one of the founding minds of Libertarian politics in the USA.

Book The Golden Compass

    Book Details:
  • Author : Stéphane Melchior-Durand
  • Publisher : Knopf Books for Young Readers
  • Release : 2016
  • ISBN : 0553535129
  • Pages : 82 pages

Download or read book The Golden Compass written by Stéphane Melchior-Durand and published by Knopf Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 2016 with total page 82 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: -This second volume of the graphic novel finds Lyra in the far North. With the help of Gyptian fighters, newfound witch allies, and the armored bear Iorek Byrnison, she means to rescue the children held captive by the notorious Gobblers---Amazon.com.

Book Parker  The Outfit

Download or read book Parker The Outfit written by Donald E. Westlake and published by IDW Publishing. This book was released on 1904-01-01 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Darwyn Cooke is the Eisner Award-winning writer/artist of such classics as DC: The New Frontier, Selina's Big Score, and last year's smash-hit, The Hunter. Now, Cooke is back and following up the New York Times best-selling Hunter with a heart-pounding sequel: The Outfit. After evening the score with those who betrayed him, and recovering the money he was cheated out of from the syndicate, Parker is riding high, living in swank hotels and enjoying the finer things in life again. Until, that is, he's fingered by a squealer who rats him out to the Outfit for the price they put on his headƒ and they find out too late that if you push Parker, it better be all the way into the grave! Darwyn Cooke is an Eisner- and Emmy-winning creator whose adaptation of Richard Stark's first groundbreaking Parker novel has earned him multiple 2010 Eisner Award nominations! Parker: The Outfit is the latest offering in IDW Publishing's series of Digital Graphic Novels. We've assembled the best of favorite brands and respected creators for you to collect on your digital bookshelf. Story and art: Darwyn Cooke Editor: Scott Dunbier Features: - Page by page viewing, pinch and zoom for details - Tap user controls or swipe to turn pages - "See all" table of contents keywords: Darwyn, Cooke, Richard, Stark, Westlake, comic, graphic, novel, crime

Book Bibliotheca Lindesiana

Download or read book Bibliotheca Lindesiana written by James Ludovic Lindsay Earl of Crawford and published by . This book was released on 1910 with total page 1234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Kingdom on the Waves

Download or read book The Kingdom on the Waves written by M. T. Anderson and published by Candlewick Press. This book was released on 2008 with total page 594 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When he and his tutor escape to British-occupied Boston, Octavian learns of Lord Dunmore's proclamation offering freedom to slaves who join the counterrevolutionary forces. 75,000 first printing.

Book Science and Technology in World History  Volume 2

Download or read book Science and Technology in World History Volume 2 written by David Deming and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2014-01-10 with total page 239 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Science is a living, organic activity, the meaning and understanding of which have evolved incrementally over human history. This book, the second in a roughly chronological series, explores the evolution of science from the advents of Christianity and Islam through the Middle Ages, focusing especially on the historical relationship between science and religion. Specific topics include technological innovations during the Middle Ages; Islamic science; the Crusades; Gothic cathedrals; and the founding of Western universities. Close attention is given to such figures as Paul the Apostle, Hippolytus, Lactantius, Cyril of Alexandria, Hypatia, Cosmas Indicopleustes, and the Prophet Mohammed.

Book Inside Opus Dei

    Book Details:
  • Author : Maria del Carmen Tapia
  • Publisher : Continuum
  • Release : 2006-11-05
  • ISBN : 9780826419309
  • Pages : 0 pages

Download or read book Inside Opus Dei written by Maria del Carmen Tapia and published by Continuum. This book was released on 2006-11-05 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A fascinating and disturbing book. . . a literary grenade seeking to blow apart Opus Dei's benign and exalted image. . . a picture of an obsessively secretive, manipulative and sexist organization with a virtual cultlike veneration of its founder."-Boston Globe Tapia's book is a comprehensive account of the inner workings of the women's branch of Opus Dei. It should fascinate sociologists and feminist and contribute to needed self-criticism in the Roman Catholic Church. . . A best seller in Spain, and a success in Germany, Portugal and Italy, Tapia's book has important lessons not only for John Paul II and other Catholics, but for all who wish to see religion freed from the tyranny of self-proclaimed saints."-Christian Century" The little I knew about Opus Dei before reading this book was enough to make me feel uneasy about the increasing strength and visibility of the organization in the Catholic Church. Tapia's book deepened my wariness into something akin to dread. Her book, however, is not a cheap or sensational expose. It is the chronicle of an intelligent and sensitive woman who served the organization in responsible positions during her 18 year sojourn as a full member." -National Catholic Reporter

Book Anna Hu  Symphony of Jewels

Download or read book Anna Hu Symphony of Jewels written by Janet Zapata and published by Vendome Press. This book was released on 2019-03-26 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this, the second volume of a projected multivolume series, jewelry designer Anna Hu presents a carefully curated selection of exceptional pieces created over the past five years. Born in Taiwan, Hu was trained as a concert cellist. After receiving degrees in jewelry design at New York's FIT, the history of decorative arts at Parsons, and arts administration at Columbia University, she apprenticed at Christie's jewelry department, Van Cleef & Arpels, and Harry Winston. In 2007, she opened Anna Hu Haute Joallerie, specializing in one-of-a-kind jewelry executed by French ateliers using the rarest stones in the world. In Symphony of Jewels: Opus 2, renowned jewelry historian Janet Zapata surveys the impressive trajectory of Hu's career and looks to her future as one of the brightest diamonds in the world of contemporary fine jewelry design.

Book The Genus Paphiopedilum

Download or read book The Genus Paphiopedilum written by Guido J. Braem and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Old Age from Antiquity to Post Modernity

Download or read book Old Age from Antiquity to Post Modernity written by Paul Johnson and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2002-11-01 with total page 255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on themes such as status and welfare, Old Age from Antiquity to Post-Modernity examines the role of the elderly in history. This empirical study represents a substantial contribution to both the historical understanding of old age in past societies as well as the discussion of the contribution of post-modernism to historical scholarship.

Book Writing Fantasy

Download or read book Writing Fantasy written by Valerie Griswold-Ford and published by . This book was released on 2007-08 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Complete Guide to Writing Fantasyoffers something for writers of all levels, providing advice and detailed instruction for creating a believable fantasy world. The novice author will find the book invaluable for its sage advice, while already published fantasy authors will find the book enjoyable for its well written style and wealth of reference material. Advice on world building, religions, food, fighting & weaponry, and much more, will help transform the mundane into an epic fantasy story.

Book The Szymanowski Companion

    Book Details:
  • Author : Stephen Downes
  • Publisher : Routledge
  • Release : 2016-03-09
  • ISBN : 1317014448
  • Pages : 326 pages

Download or read book The Szymanowski Companion written by Stephen Downes and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-03-09 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Polish composer Karol Szymanowski is one of the most fascinating musical figures of the early twentieth century. His works included four symphonies, two violin concertos, the operas Hagith and King Roger, the ballet-pantomime Harnasie, the oratorio Stabat Mater, as well as numerous piano, violin, vocal and choral compositions. The profile and popularity of Szymanowski's music outside Poland has never been higher and continues to grow. The Szymanowski Companion constitutes the most significant and comprehensive reference source to the composer in English. Edited by two of the leading scholars in the field, Paul Cadrin and Stephen Downes, the collection consists of over 50 contributions from an international array of contributors, including recognized Polish experts. The Companion thus provides a systematic, authoritative and up-to-date compilation of information concerning the composer's life, thought and works.