Download or read book The Unknown Epic written by Anubhuti Singh and published by Partridge Publishing. This book was released on 2016-04-15 with total page 371 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Unknown Epic was among the finalist of Beverly Hills Books Awards in Young Adult Category. --- Sixteen-year-old Airik lives in the House of Jesus Orphanage where he goes to school and hangs out with his friends. He thinks hes just a normal teenager. All he remembers of his past is the vision of his parents dying in front of his eyes. Oddly, Airiks psychology teacher, Vikram Gandhi, knows more about Airiks life than he does. In fact, Vikram played a major role and has been waiting for the appropriate time to reveal all. Meanwhile, Airik is having weird dreams. To find answers about his parents and his childhood, he decides to meet with Mr. Gandhi. Before he can get all the answers, hes teleported to a new dimension called Duvollin, a world of fantasy and magic. He stumbles upon an unknown epic, and he discovers shocking truths about himself. What Airik learns is shocking. Everything he thought he knew about his life is a lie. He must decide if he will accept the fate marked upon him or fade into oblivion like the rest of his sort.
Download or read book Looking for Juliette written by Janet Taylor Lisle and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2013-01-29 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: DIVPoco is horrified when Angela’s cat disappears while under her watch. Is magic involved? /divDIV Together, Angela, Poco, and Georgina have investigated some peculiar happenings. They are just on the verge of a major magical breakthrough when Angela’s father moves to Mexico, taking Angela and breaking up the trio of friends. As consolation, Angela gives Poco her cat, Juliette, to care for and talk to while she’s gone. Talking to animals is Poco’s special skill, but no words can stop Juliette from running into the street in front of a car. Though she survives the accident, Juliette vanishes, and it will take a miracle to find her./divDIV /divDIVWith the help of Walter Kew, a secretive boy in her class, and his Ouija board, Poco scans the neighborhood. When all mystical signs point to Miss Bone, the strange old spinster who’s been taking care of Angela’s house, Poco is quick to face her fears. She’ll do anything for Angela—and for Juliette./divDIV /divDIVThis ebook features a personal history by Janet Taylor Lisle including rare images and never-before-seen documents from the author’s own collection. /div
Download or read book Sailing the Unknown written by Michael J Rosen and published by Creative Editions. This book was released on 2012-08-29 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1768, an 11-year-old sailor named Nicholas took to the seas with British explorer James Cook on a 3-year expedition of discovery, venturing into an uncharted world filled with strange lands, mysterious peoples, and peculiar creatures. Sailing the Unknown, written by Michael J. Rosen in the shorthand style of a historical journal and illustrated with panoramic vistas by Maria Cristina Pritelli, depicts this historic journey from the viewpoint of young Nick.
Download or read book Kosmoautikon written by Mark Chandos and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2015-08-04 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why should you read the KOSMOAUTIKON Epic Cycle? KOSMOAUTIKON has information of the long count of the Human Condition. No other work of American literature observes the ancient origins of the human genome. No other poem projects the force of the strong poet into a Space faring civilization. KOSMOAUTIKON does not repeat any modernist clichés. Modernism can only detect modernism. Modern literature can only regurgitate modernist linguistic codices – a fascination with disease, medical mythos, and the omnipotence of laboratory science. KOSMOAUTIKON accuses the madness of this modernist experiment. Instead, KOSMOAUTIKON detects the astral position of the human mind. A story is told that places man in a position of power in relation to the universe. Modernism treats men as irrelevant parasites. In story Theory man is the center of all things, since only the human has a terra- forming mind. KOSMOAUTIKON creates a new linguistic codex to project a new advance in the human Genome. A new linguistic structure must always prepare the way for any human advance. “I had to remove your planet – and then your bones.” KOSMOAUTIKON tells the story of Rogue males. Who are our rogue males? Alexander, Christ, Cesar, Dante, Michelangelo, Leonardo Da Vinci, Caravaggio, Henry VIII, Edward De Vere (Shake-speare), Beethoven, Francis bacon, Oscar Wilde (etc.). Western civilization has been made by rogue males. No other modern text would even dare to discuss the power of the rogue male. Modernism seeks to inoculate, medicate, or incarcerate the rogue male – early. Yet there will be rogues makes again – and they will change the human genome. This is the story of KOSMOAUTIKON There is no other document that contains future speech. No Western person of the future can be educated without first reading KOSMOAUTIKON.
Download or read book The Epic written by Anthony Welch and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2024-10-29 with total page 161 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Very Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring The epic is an ancient and universal form of artistic expression. Storytellers around the globe have long told of heroes who are touched by greatness and win lasting fame. These sprawling heroic tales convey the grandeur and pain of human life. They have been preserved for millennia in Sumerian clay tablets, Egyptian papyrus rolls, fragmentary manuscripts salvaged from European monasteries, oral traditions in Africa and Central Asia, and contemporary poetry and film. In this Very Short Introduction, Anthony Welch places the Western epic canon alongside traditional heroic poetry from Asia, Africa, and the Near East. Tracing shared themes and practices that unite the world's epic literature, the author asks what roles epic poets serve in society and how do they differ from other narrative forms. Welch argues that the epic confronts key aspects of the human condition - heroism, community, sacrifice, death - with special force and urgency. Ranging widely from Gilgamesh to Derek Walcott's Omeros, this book acquaints readers with some of the world's greatest literary works and asks why the epic holds such power over our imaginations. ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.
Download or read book Epic written by Peter Corney and published by Epicscope. This book was released on 2020-03-24 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What is balance? Why do we need it? How do you achieve it? Medicine for the madness is a collection of stories to inspire: Balance; Healing; Adventure; Spirituality; Pathways. Shared from epic friends and global travels, these pages take the viewer on a journey of self-discovery. Highlighting surf, snow, skate, and bike riding in the light of personal as well as collective sustainability necessities to reach our potential. A painstakingly crafted rendition of knowledge and art from the heart of freeriding.
Download or read book The Great Epic of India written by Edward Washburn Hopkins and published by . This book was released on 1901 with total page 514 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Unknowns written by Patrick K. O'Donnell and published by Atlantic Monthly Press. This book was released on 2018-05-01 with total page 446 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The award-winning combat historian and author of Washington’s Immortals honors the Unknown Soldier with this “gripping story” of America’s part in WWI (Washington Times). The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier is sacred ground at Arlington National Cemetery. Originally constructed in 1921 to hold one of the thousands of unidentified American soldiers lost in World War I, it now receives millions of visitors each year. “With exhaustive research and fluid prose,” historian Patrick O’Donnell illuminates the saga behind the creation of the Tomb itself, and the stories of the soldiers who took part in its consecration (Wall Street Journal). When the first Unknown Soldier was laid to rest in Arlington, General John Pershing selected eight of America’s most decorated veterans to serve as Body Bearers. These men appropriately spanned America’s service branches and specialties. Their ranks include a cowboy who relived the charge of the light brigade, an American Indian who heroically breached mountains of German barbed wire, a salty New Englander who dueled a U-boat for hours in a fierce gunfight, a tough New Yorker who sacrificed his body to save his ship, and an indomitable gunner who, though blinded by gas, nonetheless overcame five machine-gun nests. In telling the stories of these brave men, O’Donnell shines a light on the service of all veterans, including the hero they brought home. Their stories present an intimate narrative of America’s involvement in the Great War, transporting readers into the midst of dramatic battles that ultimately decided the conflict.
Download or read book The Unknown Odysseus written by Thomas Van Nortwick and published by University of Michigan Press. This book was released on 2010-02-01 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Unknown Odysseus is a study of how Homer creates two versions of his hero, one who is the triumphant protagonist of the revenge plot and another, more subversive, anonymous figure whose various personae exemplify an entirely different set of assumptions about the world through which each hero moves and about the shape and meaning of human life. Separating the two perspectives allows us to see more clearly how the poem's dual focus can begin to explain some of the notorious difficulties readers have encountered in thinking about the Odyssey. In The Unknown Odysseus, Thomas Van Nortwick offers the most complete exploration to date of the implications of Odysseus' divided nature, showing how it allows Homer to explore the riddles of human identity in a profound way that is not usually recognized by studies focusing on only one "real" hero in the narrative. This new perspective on the epic enriches the world of the poem in a way that will interest both general readers and classical scholars. ". . .an elegant and lucid critical study that is also a good introduction to the poem." ---David Quint, London Review of Books "Thomas Van Nortwick's eloquently written book will give the neophyte a clear interpretive path through the epic while reminding experienced readers why they should still care about the Odyssey's unresolved interpretive cruces. The Unknown Odysseus is not merely accessible, but a true pleasure to read." ---Lillian Doherty, University of Maryland "Contributing to an important new perspective on understanding the epic, Thomas Van Nortwick wishes to resist the dominant, even imperial narrative that tries so hard to trick, beguile, and even bully its listeners into accepting the inevitability of Odysseus' heroism." ---Victoria Pedrick, Georgetown University Thomas Van Nortwick is Nathan A. Greenberg Professor of Classics at Oberlin College and author of Somewhere I Have Never Travelled: The Second Self and the Hero's Journey in Ancient Epic (1992) and Oedipus: The Meaning of a Masculine Life (1998). Jacket art: Head of Odysseus from a sculptural group representing Odysseus killing Polyphemus in the Museo Archeologico Nazionale in Sperlonga, Italy. Photograph by Marie-Lan Nguyen.
Download or read book The Great Epic of India written by Edward Washburn Hopkins and published by Motilal Banarsidass Publ.. This book was released on 1993 with total page 508 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Long age when this book first appeared in the opening year of the century the great Epic, Mahabharata had not been thoroughly examined to see what literature it reflected had not received a careful investigation from the metrical side its philosophy had been reviewed only in a most haphazard fashion and its relation to other epic poetry had been almost judgement on the question of the date and origin of the poem of which scholars knew as yet this poem of which scholars knew as yet scarcely more than that before a definitive answer could be given the whole huge structure must be studied from many points of view.
Download or read book The Epic World written by Pamela Lothspeich and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2024-01-30 with total page 661 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reconceptualizing the epic genre and opening it up to a world of storytelling, The Epic World makes a timely and bold intervention toward understanding the human propensity to aestheticize and normalize mass deployments of power and violence. The collection broadly considers three kinds of epic literature: conventional celebratory tales of conquest that glorify heroism, especially male heroism; anti-epics or stories of conquest from the perspectives of the dispossessed, the oppressed, the despised, and the murdered; and heroic stories utilized for imperialist or nationalist purposes. The Epic World illustrates global patterns of epic storytelling, such as the durability of stories tied to religious traditions and/or to peoples who have largely "stayed put"; the tendency to reimagine and retell stories in new ways over centuries; and the imbrication of epic storytelling and forms of colonialism and imperialism, especially those perpetuated and glorified by Euro-Americans over the past 500 years, resulting in unspeakable and immeasurable harms to humans, other living beings, and the planet Earth. The Epic World is a go-to volume for anyone interested in epic literature in a global framework. Engaging with powerful stories and ways of knowing beyond those of the predominantly white Global North, this field-shifting volume exposes the false premises of "Western civilization" and "Classics," and brings new questions and perspectives to epic studies.
Download or read book Hispanic Review written by James Pyle Wickersham Crawford and published by . This book was released on 1933 with total page 800 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Includes bibliographical material and "Review."
Download or read book The Sacred Books and Early Literature of the East written by Charles Francis Horne and published by New York; London: Parke, Austin, and Lipscomb, Incorporated [ c1917]. This book was released on 1917 with total page 512 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book American Journal of Philology written by Basil Lanneau Gildersleeve and published by . This book was released on 1921 with total page 430 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Each number includes "Reviews and book notices."
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Download or read book Pound s Epic Ambition written by Stephen Sicari and published by SUNY Press. This book was released on 1991-09-27 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is both an introductory overview of The Cantos and a detailed analysis advancing the knowledge of even the most sophisticated specialist. Sicaris analysis gives a clear orientation to the often bewildering but ultimately rewarding world of this difficult epic poem and shows that beneath the surface of the poem is the classical figure of the epic wanderer whose journey provides the plot of the poem. Non-specialists will appreciate Sicaris synthesis of a wide range of material. Sicari explores how Dante and the epic tradition informs The Cantos; those interested in the epic should find Sicaris study an important contribution to the field. Those studying modernism in general will see in Sicaris definition of the modern epic useful ways to study the other great achievements of high modernism, especially those of Yeats, Eliot, and Joyce. Those interested in the relation between literature and politics will find this book especially informative, for Sicari is one of the few critics on Pound who does not ignore Pounds politics, or simply castigate him for the unfortunate views he adopts and advocates. The analysis of Pounds fascism is a sub-theme that sheds new light on how politics enters a great modernist poem and affects its shape and intention.
Download or read book Catalogue of Additions to the Manuscripts in the British Museum written by British Library. Dept. of Manuscripts and published by . This book was released on 1894 with total page 952 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
