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Book Tales Of Mython Collection

Download or read book Tales Of Mython Collection written by Kathryn Jayne and published by Next Chapter. This book was released on 2022-06-28 with total page 684 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: All three books in 'Tales Of Mython', a series of paranormal romance novels by Kathryn Jayne, now in one volume! This romance novel collection contains adult content and is not suitable for readers under the age of 18. Salvation's Kiss: For Conrad, moving to Overton was the promise of a fresh start: a way to escape and leave behind the hateful words that reminded him every day he was a monster. He would not make the same mistake again; he would keep his other-self hidden, his heart shielded. But the moment his gaze meets Ashley's, his resolve falters. With a single, disarming glance, she becomes all he can think about. But she is human, incompatible with his kind. Conrad's friends harbor a secret and hold the answers to one of the most burning questions of their time. But how much is he willing to sacrifice to get those answers? Familiar Ties: Alec knew he was going to marry Jesse from the moment her mother, Adeline, placed his hand in hers. But he was too young to understand the danger. All he knew was that Jesse completed him and he would do anything to protect her. Anything. Now, Micah’s men are after her, and she is on the run. But will the man she has always run to in her mind be her savior, or the one to destroy her? Rekindled Sparks: Maya always knew she was going to be a nurse. But after her father’s death, news of her apparent psychotic break and a make-believe boyfriend made working unbearable. Unable to tolerate the whispers, she transferred to the medics, secretly hoping to find the man who had not only vanished without a trace but had somehow been forgotten by everyone who had ever met him - except her. Now, a series killer is targeting the people Maya has saved, undoing her every miracle. And it is only a matter of time before the killer's sights turn to her.

Book The Day the Sun Wouldn t Get Out of Bed

Download or read book The Day the Sun Wouldn t Get Out of Bed written by Ewain Black and published by . This book was released on 2021-04-09 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We can all have mornings when we don't feel like getting out of our beds. But what if its the Sun that doesn't want to get up? And how angry will this make the Moon? This charming story tells a tale of two old friends who have been rising and falling for a very long time. The Day the Sun Wouldn't Get Out of Bed, looks at the idea of friendship and consolation as well as how to keep going when things get a bit tough. It will bring comfort to children and parents alike.The amusing storyline, with beautiful illustrations, is written in rhyme, which is helpful for young ones that are just starting out on their reading journey.The first in its series, all of Deep Breath Publications books are designed to create a chance to reflect and open up conversations about relationships, looking out for one another and looking after yourself.

Book The Death of Myth on Roman Sarcophagi

Download or read book The Death of Myth on Roman Sarcophagi written by Mont Allen and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2022-12-31 with total page 293 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A strange thing happened to Roman sarcophagi in the third century: their Greek mythic imagery vanished. Since the beginning of their production a century earlier, these beautifully carved coffins had featured bold mythological scenes. How do we make sense of this imagery's own death on later sarcophagi, when mythological narratives were truncated, gods and heroes were excised, and genres featuring no mythic content whatsoever came to the fore? What is the significance of such a profound tectonic shift in the Roman funerary imagination for our understanding of Roman history and culture, for the development of its arts, for the passage from the High to the Late Empire and the coming of Christianity, but above all, for the individual Roman women and men who chose this imagery, and who took it with them to the grave? In this book, Mont Allen offers the clues that aid in resolving this mystery.

Book The American Success Myth on Film

Download or read book The American Success Myth on Film written by J. Levinson and published by Springer. This book was released on 2012-05-15 with total page 229 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In examining the enduring appeal that rags-to-riches stories exert on our collective imagination, this book highlights the central role that films have played in the ongoing cultural discourse about success and work in America.

Book Children s Books on Ancient Greek and Roman Mythology

Download or read book Children s Books on Ancient Greek and Roman Mythology written by Antoine Brazouski and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 1993-11-23 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The classical heritage continues to impact modern culture in many ways. This bibliography lists and describes those books on Greek and Roman mythology from the mid-19th century to the present which are useful for introducing children to the classical world. The volume begins with a brief history of children's books on classical mythology in the United States. A chapter then discusses the various techniques through which classical myths were adapted for children. The annotated bibliography follows, with each entry including a critical annotation on how closely the work adheres to the original myth. Each entry also includes an indication of the grade level of each book. Indexes allow the user to locate sources according to title, illustrator, time period, myth, and subject.

Book Spinach Soup for the Walls

Download or read book Spinach Soup for the Walls written by Lynne Harkes and published by Andrews UK Limited. This book was released on 2013-01-03 with total page 207 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author has lived in wonderful places, from Nigeria to South America, Oman to the Gabon jungle.She describes the hospitality and resilience of the natives and the magnificence of landscape and animals. But Lynne was unhappy and isolated.This is the story of how she rediscovered her spirituality.We must “recognise the remarkable in the ordinary”.

Book The Search for Atlantis

Download or read book The Search for Atlantis written by Stephen Kershaw and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2018-10-02 with total page 366 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Atlantis story remains one of the most haunting and enigmatic tales from antiquity, and one that still resonates very deeply with the modern imagination. But where did Atlantis come from, what was it like, and where did it go?Atlantis was first introduced by the Greek philosopher Plato in the fourth century BCE. As he discusses about the origins of life, the universe and humanity, the great thinker puts forward a stunning description of Atlantis—an island paradise with an ideal society. But the Atlanteans soon degenerate and become imperialist aggressors: they choose to fight against antediluvian Athens, which heroically repels their mighty forces, before a cataclysmic natural disaster destroys the warring states.Plato’s tale of a great empire that sank beneath the waves has sparked thousands of years of debate over whether Atlantis really existed. But did Plato mean his tale as history—or just as a parable to help illustrate his philosophy?

Book Classical Myth on Screen

    Book Details:
  • Author : M. Cyrino
  • Publisher : Springer
  • Release : 2015-04-08
  • ISBN : 1137486031
  • Pages : 231 pages

Download or read book Classical Myth on Screen written by M. Cyrino and published by Springer. This book was released on 2015-04-08 with total page 231 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An examination of how screen texts embrace, refute, and reinvent the cultural heritage of antiquity, this volume looks at specific story-patterns and archetypes from Greco-Roman culture. The contributors offer a variety of perspectives, highlighting key cultural relay points at which a myth is received and reformulated for a particular audience.

Book Dramatic Revisions of Myths  Fairy Tales and Legends

Download or read book Dramatic Revisions of Myths Fairy Tales and Legends written by Verna A. Foster and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2012-10-10 with total page 259 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: These new essays explore the ways in which contemporary dramatists have retold or otherwise made use of myths, fairy tales and legends from a variety of cultures, including Greek, West African, North American, Japanese, and various parts of Europe. The dramatists discussed range from well-established playwrights such as Tony Kushner, Caryl Churchill, and Timberlake Wertenbaker to new theatrical stars such as Sarah Ruhl and Tarell Alvin McCraney. The book contributes to the current discussion of adaptation theory by examining the different ways, and for what purposes, plays revise mythic stories and characters. The essays contribute to studies of literary uses of myth by focusing on how recent dramatists have used myths, fairy tales and legends to address contemporary concerns, especially changing representations of women and the politics of gender relations but also topics such as damage to the environment and political violence.

Book The Irish Fairy Tale

    Book Details:
  • Author : Vito Carrassi
  • Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
  • Release : 2012
  • ISBN : 1611493803
  • Pages : 219 pages

Download or read book The Irish Fairy Tale written by Vito Carrassi and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2012 with total page 219 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Beginning with a critical reappraisal of the notion of "fairy tale" and extending it to include categories and genres which are in common usage in folklore and in literary studies, this book throws light on the general processes involved in storytelling. It illuminates the fundamental ways in which a culture is formed, while highlighting important features of the Irish narrative tradition, in all its wealth and variety and in its connections with the mythical and historical events of Ireland. The Irish Fairy Tale argues that the fairy tale is a kind of "neutral zone," a place of transition as well as a meeting place for popular beliefs and individual creativity, oral tradition and literary works, historical sources and imaginary reconstructions, and for contrasting and converging views of the world, which altogether allow for a deeper and more sophisticated understanding of reality. The book focuses on stories by Yeats and Stephens, whose approach to the subject marks the culmination of a long tradition of attempts at linking past and present and of bridging the gap between what appear to be contradictory facets of a single culture. This leads to a comparative study of Joyce's Dubliners, which illustrates the universal and exemplary nature of the notion of fairy tale put forward in the work.

Book Swapping Stories

    Book Details:
  • Author : Carl Lindahl
  • Publisher : Univ. Press of Mississippi
  • Release : 2009-10-20
  • ISBN : 1496800826
  • Pages : 458 pages

Download or read book Swapping Stories written by Carl Lindahl and published by Univ. Press of Mississippi. This book was released on 2009-10-20 with total page 458 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Here are more than two hundred oral tales from some of Louisiana's finest storytellers. In this comprehensive volume of great range are transcriptions of narratives in many genres, from diverse voices, and from all regions of the state. Told in settings ranging from the front porch to the festival stage, these tales proclaim the great vitality and variety of Louisiana's oral narrative traditions. Given special focus are Harold Talbert, Lonnie Gray, Bel Abbey, Ben Guiné, and Enola Matthews—whose wealth of imagination, memory, and artistry demonstrates the depth as well as the breadth of the storyteller's craft. For tales told in Cajun and Creole French, Koasati, and Spanish, the editors have supplied both the original language and English translation. To the volume Maida Owens has contributed an overview of Louisiana's folk culture and a survey of folklife studies of various regions of the state. Car Lindahl's introduction and notes discuss the various genres and styles of storytelling common in Louisiana and link them with the worldwide are of the folktale.

Book We Need New Stories  The Myths that Subvert Freedom

Download or read book We Need New Stories The Myths that Subvert Freedom written by Nesrine Malik and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2021-05-11 with total page 145 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Named a Most Anticipated Book of Spring 2021 by Publishers Weekly A rigorous examination of six political myths used to deflect and discredit demands for social justice. In 2016, presidential candidate Donald Trump declared: "I think the big problem this country has is being politically correct." Reeling from his victory, Democrats blamed the corrosive effect of "identity politics." When banned from Twitter for inciting violence, Trump and his supporters claimed that the measure was an assault on "free speech." In We Need New Stories, Nesrine Malik explains that all of these arguments are political myths—variations on the lie that American values are under assault. Exploring how these and other common political myths function, she breaks down how they are employed to subvert calls for equality from historically disenfranchised groups. Interweaving reportage with an incendiary analysis of American history and politics, she offers a compelling account of how calls to preserve "free speech" are used against the vulnerable; how a fixation with "wokeness," "political correctness," and "cancel culture" is in fact an organized and well-funded campaign by elites; and how the fear of racial minorities and their “identity politics” obscures the biggest threat of all—white terrorism. What emerges is a radical framework for understanding the crises roiling American contemporary politics.

Book Journal of the American Oriental Society

Download or read book Journal of the American Oriental Society written by and published by . This book was released on 1905 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Journal of the American Oriental Society

Download or read book Journal of the American Oriental Society written by American Oriental Society and published by . This book was released on 1905 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: List of members in each volume.

Book Book Collecting

Download or read book Book Collecting written by Seumas Stewart and published by New York : E.P. Dutton. This book was released on 1973 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book PoC or GTFO

    Book Details:
  • Author : Manul Laphroaig
  • Publisher : No Starch Press
  • Release : 2017-10-31
  • ISBN : 1593278985
  • Pages : 792 pages

Download or read book PoC or GTFO written by Manul Laphroaig and published by No Starch Press. This book was released on 2017-10-31 with total page 792 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This highly anticipated print collection gathers articles published in the much-loved International Journal of Proof-of-Concept or Get The Fuck Out. PoC||GTFO follows in the tradition of Phrack and Uninformed by publishing on the subjects of offensive security research, reverse engineering, and file format internals. Until now, the journal has only been available online or printed and distributed for free at hacker conferences worldwide. Consistent with the journal's quirky, biblical style, this book comes with all the trimmings: a leatherette cover, ribbon bookmark, bible paper, and gilt-edged pages. The book features more than 80 technical essays from numerous famous hackers, authors of classics like "Reliable Code Execution on a Tamagotchi," "ELFs are Dorky, Elves are Cool," "Burning a Phone," "Forget Not the Humble Timing Attack," and "A Sermon on Hacker Privilege." Twenty-four full-color pages by Ange Albertini illustrate many of the clever tricks described in the text.

Book The Story of Lynx

    Book Details:
  • Author : Claude Lévi-Strauss
  • Publisher : University of Chicago Press
  • Release : 1996-12
  • ISBN : 9780226474724
  • Pages : 298 pages

Download or read book The Story of Lynx written by Claude Lévi-Strauss and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 1996-12 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "In olden days, in a village peopled by animal creatures, lived Wild Cat (another name for Lynx). He was old and mangy, and he was constantly scratching himself with his cane. From time to time, a young girl who lived in the same cabin would grab the cane, also to scratch herself. In vain Wild Cat kept trying to talk her out of it. One day the young lady found herself pregnant; she gave birth to a boy. Coyote, another inhabitant of the village, became indignant. He talked all of the population into going to live elsewhere and abandoning the old Wild Cat, his wife, and their child to their fate . . . " So begins the Nez Percé myth that lies at the heart of The Story of Lynx, Claude Lévi-Strauss's most accessible examination of the rich mythology of American Indians. In this wide-ranging work, the master of structural anthropology considers the many variations in a story that occurs in both North and South America, but especially among the Salish-speaking peoples of the Northwest Coast. He also shows how centuries of contact with Europeans have altered the tales. Lévi-Strauss focuses on the opposition between Wild Cat and Coyote to explore the meaning and uses of gemellarity, or twinness, in Native American culture. The concept of dual organization that these tales exemplify is one of non-equivalence: everything has an opposite or other, with which it coexists in unstable tension. In contrast, Lévi-Strauss argues, European notions of twinness—as in the myth of Castor and Pollux—stress the essential sameness of the twins. This fundamental cultural difference lay behind the fatal clash of European and Native American peoples. The Story of Lynx addresses and clarifies all the major issues that have occupied Lévi-Strauss for decades, and is the only one of his books in which he explicitly connects history and structuralism. The result is a work that will appeal to those interested in American Indian mythology.