Download or read book The Maze and the Warrior written by Craig M. Wright and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A tourist visiting the famous cathedral at Chartres might be surprised to discover an enormous labyrinth embedded in the thirteenth-century floor. Why is it there? In this fascinating book Craig Wright explores the complex symbolism of the labyrinth in architecture, religious thought, music, and dance from the Middle Ages to the present. The mazes incorporated into church floors and illustrating religious books were symbolic of an epic journey through this sinful world to salvation. A savior figure typically led the way along this harrowing spiritual path. Wright looks at other meanings of the maze as well, from religious dancing on church labyrinths to pagan maze rituals outside the church. He demonstrates that the theme inherent in spiritual mazes is also present in medieval song, in the Armed Man Masses of the Renaissance, and in compositions of the Enlightenment, including the works of J. S. Bach. But the thread that binds the maze to the church, to music, and to dance also ties it to the therapeutic labyrinth that proliferates today. For as this richly interdisciplinary history reveals, the maze of the "new age" spiritualists also traces its lineage to the ancient myth of Theseus and the Minotaur. While the hero of the maze may change from one culture to the next, the symbol endures.
Download or read book When Women Were Warriors Book I written by Catherine M. Wilson and published by . This book was released on 2008-10-01 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The classic hero of myth and legend is defined in masculine terms, but to judge a woman by the strengths and virtues of the typical male hero does her an injustice. The hero of "When Women Were Warriors" becomes a hero by learning to master herself and to understand the human heart.
Download or read book The Labyrinth written by Alethea Kehas and published by . This book was released on 2018-10-10 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Six teens travel a magical labyrinth plagued by darkness where they must unlock their hidden gifts and learn to work together to repair the light within Earth. First, though, they must save themselves from their inner darkness and discover trust, the power of friendship and the strength of their individual light.
Download or read book 5 Worlds Book 1 The Sand Warrior written by Mark Siegel and published by Random House Graphic. This book was released on 2017-05-02 with total page 243 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: R. J. Palacio, #1 New York Times bestselling author of WONDER, hails this adventure series as “Mind-blowingly beautiful. . . . A must-read.” Think Star Wars meets Avatar: The Last Airbender! The Five Worlds are on the brink of extinction unless five ancient and mysterious beacons are lit. When war erupts, three unlikely heroes will discover there’s more to themselves—and more to their worlds—than meets the eye. . . . • Oona Lee, the clumsiest student at the Sand Dancer Academy, is a fighter with a destiny bigger than she could ever imagine. • An Tzu, a boy from the poorest slums, has a surprising gift and a knack for getting out of sticky situations. • Jax Amboy is the star athlete who is beloved by an entire galaxy, but what good is that when he has no real friends? When these three kids are forced to team up on an epic quest, it will take not one, not two, but 5 WORLDS to contain all the magic and adventure! "A magical journey, as fun as it is beautiful!” —Kazu Kibuishi, #1 New York Times bestselling creator of AMULET "Bang-zoom . . . a series that promises to be epic."—The New York Times “This stellar team has created a gorgeous and entrancing world like no other!” —Noelle Stevenson, New York Times bestselling author of Nimona “Epic action, adventure, and mystery will draw you in, but the heartfelt characters and their seemingly impossible journey will keep you turning the pages.” —Lisa Yee, author of the DC Super Hero Girls™ series
Download or read book The Maze and the Warrior written by Craig Wright and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Craig Wright explores the complex symbolism of the labyrinth in architecture, religious thought, music, and dance from the Middle Ages to the present.
Download or read book Journeys and Destinations written by Alex Norman and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2013-07-16 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Journeys and Destinations: Studies in Travel, Identity, and Meaning brings together scholarship from diverse fields all focused on either practices of journeying, or destinations to which such journeys lead. Common across the contributions herein are threads that indicate travel as a core component — as a concept or a practice — of the fabric of identity and meaning.
Download or read book Warrior of the Wild written by Tricia Levenseller and published by Feiwel & Friends. This book was released on 2019-02-26 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An eighteen-year-old chieftain's daughter must find a way to kill her village’s oppressive deity if she ever wants to return home in Warrior of the Wild, the Viking-inspired YA standalone fantasy from Tricia Levenseller, author of Daughter of the Pirate King. How do you kill a god? As her father's chosen heir, eighteen-year-old Rasmira has trained her whole life to become a warrior and lead her village. But when her coming-of-age trial is sabotaged and she fails the test, her father banishes her to the monster-filled wilderness with an impossible quest: To win back her honor, she must kill the oppressive god who claims tribute from the villages each year or die trying.
Download or read book The Hidden School written by Dan Millman and published by Hay House, Inc. This book was released on 2017-06-06 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Hidden School reveals a book within a book, a quest within a quest and a bridge between worlds. Dan Millman takes readers on an epic spiritual quest across the world as he searches for the link between everyday life and transcendent possibility. Continuing his journey from Way of the Peaceful Warrior, Dan moves from Honolulu to the Mojave Desert, and from a bustling Asian city to a secluded forest, until he uncovers the mystery of The Hidden School. While traversing continents, he uncovers lessons of life hidden in plain sight - insights pointing the way to an inspired life in the eternal present. Along the way, you'll encounter remarkable characters and brushes with mortality as you explore the nature of reality, the self, death and, finally, a secret as ancient as the roots of this world. Awaken to the hidden powers of paradox, humour and change. Discover a vision that may forever change your perspectives about life's promise and potential.
Download or read book The Cave Maze written by C. Allen and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-23 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: He was only eight when a bloodied sorcerer tutored him on the perils of questing in the Cave Maze... ...The craving to enter has tormented ever since. The Wizard Talhoffer stocked the underground labyrinth with a murderous assortment of beasts, traps, gold, and personal magic items worth dying for. And treasure hunters did die for them. Not Raff Jenkins. He planned to survive. After losing the scholarship for the questing university, sword whiz Raff takes drastic measures to earn tuition. With the help of his hustling cousin Dread and a party of rag-tag locals...he heads into the maze as a newbie. What he discovers inside is more than just treasure, bloodthirsty hags, or crotch-masticating hellhounds - he learns that a link to his past is tied to the fate of his kingdom. Will he return in time to pay off the death-threats awaiting him at home? Will he return at all? ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- *LIMITED EDITION DUNGEON MAZE ACTIVITY INCLUDED!* This paperback version of The Cave Maze includes both, The Labyrinth of Fear, and The Labyrinth of Fear - tear out activity, both are the first in an original, mind-boggling maze activity series by grand labyrinth designer Master of the Playing Cards, whose mastery of maze design inspired a powerful, and puzzling activity to be included with this edition. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Soon to be a major motion picture?" -Robert Woodhead, creator of the Wizardry series of role-playing video games. "One thing I was not expecting was the lovely illustrations! ...the ones in here are beautiful sketches." -Raffey Cassidy Review. "You'll be amazed! A fantasy adventure book of sword and sorcery. Characters range from thief's, fighters, and magic users to succubi, brownies, and elves. Slay monsters and gain the treasure!" -John Palmer, creator of Fantastic Science Fantasy Adventures. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Who will survive the Maze? Death over/under lines now posted... LAIS DIJON TAVERN: Odds on party's entering the Cave Maze: Team: Gabbiano - Death Over/Under: 6 (21-Entering) No team lead by Gabbiano has lost more then 6. Map Level: 10/10 (Said to contain shortcuts deep into the Maze.) Key personnel: Castello Gabbiano (Fighter) Team: Rettingham - Death Over/Under: 6 (20-Entering) This run's team features five magic users. Map Level: 8/10 (Passed down through generations of Sandby) Key personnel: Percy Sandby (Fighter) Team: Greensludge - Death Over/Under: 3 (7-Entering) Captain Greensludge vows to take this team deep. Map Level: 6/10 (This patchwork map could yield unexpected gain.) Key personnel: Pleiades Greensludge (Fighter) Team: Beeston - Death Over/Under: 4 (6-Entering) {Special wager in effect: Total slaughter odds 9-1} Five of this teams six members are amateurs. Map Level: 0/10 (House Map) Key personnel: Raff Orcslaughter (Fighter) Team: O'Grady - Death Over/Under: 6 (21-Entering) Last run in lost 4/20, the previous 4/20 Map Level: 9/10 (Said to contain routing to gold depositories.) Key personnel: Finnegas O'Grady (Fighter) Team: Questiarum University - Death Over/Under: 8 (23-Entering) Team is a mixed bag of veterans, and amateurs. Map Level: 7/10 (Easy access to the gold rich southwest region.) Key personnel: Tatlen Hall (Fighter) Odds subject to change.
Download or read book A Warrior s Mission written by Rita Herron and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2010-09-01 with total page 219 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Colorado Confidential agent Night Walker could track likea wolf and gentle the wildest beast. But learning that hisnight of forbidden desire with Colorado's own societyprincess had produced a son, and that his baby had beenkidnapped, cut the fierce Cheyenne to the soul. NowHolly Langworthy—the mother of his child, the womanwho had seduced him and entered his heart against hiswill—was also missing.Holly and their baby were prisoners, and all leads pointedto a madman. And though he feared he and Holly couldnever bridge the gap between their opposite worlds, theprimal warrior in Night could never rest until he broughtthem safely home….
Download or read book The Visionary Queen written by Theresa Brock and published by Rutgers University Press. This book was released on 2023-10-13 with total page 147 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Visionary Queen affirms Marguerite de Navarre’s status not only as a political figure, author, or proponent of nonschismatic reform but also as a visionary. In her life and writings, the queen of Navarre dissected the injustices that her society and its institutions perpetuated against women. We also see evidence that she used her literary texts, especially the Heptaméron, as an exploratory space in which to generate a creative vision for institutional reform. The Heptaméron’s approach to reform emerges from statistical analysis of the text’s seventy-two tales, which reveals new insights into trends within the work, including the different categories of wrongdoing by male, institutional representatives from the Church and aristocracy, as well as the varying responses to injustice that characters in the tales employ as they pursue reform. Throughout its chapters, The Visionary Queen foregrounds the trope of the labyrinth, a potent symbol in early modern Europe that encapsulated both the fallen world and redemption, two themes that underlie Marguerite's project of reform.
Download or read book Warrior s Creed written by Roger Sparks and published by St. Martin's Press. This book was released on 2019-08-13 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The riveting story of how a young boy's upbringing with outlaw culture and charismatic role models forged him into an elite Marine and a decorated Pararescueman. "Absence of self is my sword" comprises the final line in "The Warrior's Creed," a 14th century poem written by an unknown Japanese Samurai, and this is the code Master Sergeant Roger Sparks embodied as a Recon Marine turned Alaskan Pararescueman. A living legend in the military, Sparks first made a name for himself within elite Marine Reconnaissance units. He went on to become an instructor where he trained future Reconnaissance Marines with unorthodox and ancient indigenous warrior techniques. A decade later, the same methods would keep him and others alive, when he hoisted into a maelstrom of violence to rescue an embattled platoon in the rugged mountains of eastern Afghanistan. Introduced to a tough code of honor, family, and brotherhood from birth, Roger Sparks rose to become a distinguished instructor in Marine Reconnaissance and a Silver Star recipient as an Alaska Pararescueman. A raw and exhilarating tale of guts, grit, and heart, Warrior's Creed recounts the hidden side of special operations training, heroic and heartbreaking Alaskan wilderness rescues, and the surreal and deadly rescues during Operation Bulldog Bite in Afghanistan’s Watapur Valley. This powerful and inspirational story is as much of a self-help book as it is an edge of your seat military memoir. Warrior's Creed reveals a motivating and mindful approach to overcoming the odds, facing the impossible, and finding mercy and grace in the aftermath.
Download or read book Hands on History written by Amy Shell-Gellasch and published by MAA. This book was released on 2007 with total page 191 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In an increasingly electronic society, these exercises are designed to help school and collegiate educators use historical devices of mathematics to balance the digital side of mathematics.
Download or read book The Warrior s Tale written by Allan Cole and published by Allan Cole. This book was released on 2008-10-07 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Archons of Lycanth plot once again to conquer Orissa, home of Almaric Antero. His return from the fabled far kingdoms with tomes of arcane sorcery had stymied their plans, but now their own newfound magic contends for mastery. But wars are not won by magic alone.
Download or read book Warrior s Dishonour written by George Kassimeris and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-02-17 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The characteristic act of men at war is not killing. It is killing by committing shocking and unspeakable atrocities, when circumstances permit. What drives ordinary people into hatred, genocide, inhumanity and evil? What turns friends and neighbours against each other with such savagery? Where does such barbarity come from? This collection examines the anarchy, cruelty and overwhelming confusion of modern warfare. In particular it analyzes: ¢ what happens when morality vanishes from the battlefield and why torture is endemic in modern warfare; ¢ how human rights, in times of war, lose meaning as a set of principles; ¢ whether official propaganda and enemy demonization make barbaric behaviour easier; ¢ how we can develop cultures opposed to torture that damage the legitimacy of our societies. Through a wealth of case studies that have been carefully selected in terms of their themes, approaches and methodologies, this comprehensive volume provokes discussion and enhances understanding from a variety of disciplinary perspectives.
Download or read book Warrior s Curse written by Alexa Egan and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2014-04-29 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Major Gray de Coursy, Earl of Halvossa and exiled heir to the five clans of the Imnada shapechangers, must regain his throne in order to save his people from a deadly war with the Feybloods. First, however, he must break the curse he has lived under since the final chaos of Waterloo. Desperate, he resolves to steal the Imnada's most sacred relic-the mysterious crystal of Jai Idrish-to help him. When he receives a visit from his childhood companion Meeryn Munro, Gray is surprised by her offer of help ... and by how the girl of his memories has grown to become the woman of his dreams"--Page 4 of cover
Download or read book Gideons Warrior s written by Douglas Mullis and published by Douglas Mullis. This book was released on 2008-10-31 with total page 414 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ride with Gunny Sargent Tom Harper as he does battle with the forces of evil to recover the Ark of the Covenant and finds love, true friendship and forgiveness along the way. Just back from his second tour in Iraq Tom decides to take a road trip on his '64 panhead and runs into trouble with an outlaw gang which leads him to discover that there is more to life than he ever imagined. He finds true love, with a woman, and with God as well as friends that truely are his family. One dollar of every sale will go to the Christian Motorcycle Asoc. Run for the Son where it will help to bring the Word to people all over the world. Thank you and God bless..
