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Gods' Concubine

Author : Sara Douglass
Publisher : Macmillan + ORM
Page : 628 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2007-04-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781429911627

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From ancient Greece they came, remnants of the glorious Trojans. Led by Brutus, Kingman, holder of the bands of gold that wield the very magic of the Gods, these travelers are bowed but not broken, and they have come to Albion to begin anew. A vision of beauty called them to create a new Troy, and when they landed on the shores of the land that became Britain, they found an old magic that was fading. And so they began to construct a new Labyrinth, a place of magic that will bring unimaginable power to those who can control it. The temptress who brought Brutus to this land seeks to use him for her own purposes, but in that she fails, for it is the bride of Brutus who dooms the completion of the labyrinth . . . and sends all the players in this drama---handsome Brutus, his beautiful wife, Cornelia, and the sensuous and deadly Genvissa---into a hell of death and rebirth, until the Labyrinth is completed and the ancient magic is set free. A thousand years pass. Cathedrals rise in place of mud and wattle huts, hymns to saints replace odes to Celtic and Greek gods. But the magic from the dawn of time waits, and the players are not yet done with their destinies. They have new faces and new bodies, but old souls---and not all who have come back remember their parts in this drama. There are kings and princes, deadly court intrigues, and ancient powers awoken. And a warrior across the sea who only waits for his opportunity to finish what was started centuries before . . . At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Gods' Concubine

Author : Sara Douglass
Publisher : Macmillan
Page : 558 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2004-02
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780765305411

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In the second title of The Troy Game series, love and revenge are set against the very fabric of time itself as a warrior waits for his opportunity to finish what was started centuries before.

God's Concubine

Author : Sara Douglass
Publisher : Voyager
Page : 643 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Brutus the Trojan (Legendary character)
ISBN : 0732271622

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Gods Priests & Men

Author : Aylward M. Lloyd
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 465 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2012-11-12
Category : History
ISBN : 9781136153860

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Gods Priests & Men by Aylward M. Lloyd Pdf

First Published in 1998. This volume brings together for the first time in a single volume the highly significant works on ancient Egyptian religion by Aylward Manley Blackman (1883-1956). Blackman's knowledge of Egyptian religion was unrivalled. He was best known for his series of studies on Egyptian religion which have long been regarded as essential reading in the subject, and which forms the content of the present collection. Unusually, Blackman did not publish his writings in book form, but preferred to place them in a wide range of publications that are extremely difficult to obtain. Blackman's studies on Egyptian religious belief and particularly religious practice focus on areas of fundamental concern and are models of meticulous, sympathetic and penetrating scholarship. They should remain required reading for all students of Egyptian religion well into the next century. All those with an interest in the subject should welcome this volume which makes Blackman's writings accessible in a convenient form. A select bibliography provides an update and key to more recent work on topics discussed by Blackman.

The Modern Classics: The Concubine's Children

Author : Denise Chong
Publisher : Penguin Canada
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2014-08-19
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780143193302

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The Modern Classics: The Concubine's Children by Denise Chong Pdf

The Concubine’s Children is the story of a family cleaved in two for the sake of a father’s dream. There’s Chan Sam, who left an "at home" wife in China to earn a living in "Gold Mountain"—North America. There’s May-ying, the wilful, seventeen-year-old concubine he bought, sight unseen, who labored in tea houses of west coast Chinatowns to support the family he would have in Canada, and the one he had in China. It was the concubine’s third daughter, the author’s mother, who unlocked the past for her daughter, whose curiosity about some old photographs ultimately reunited a family divided for most of the last century.

Fifteen Lectures On Traditional Chinese Culture

Author : Peng-cheng Kung
Publisher : World Scientific
Page : 549 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2022-01-10
Category : History
ISBN : 9789811239779

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This book is edited based on a series of lectures on Chinese cultural history delivered at the Peking University in 2004. It stands out with its distinctive methodology and unique stand, and is popular with readers, with 17 reprints for the Chinese edition since 2006.Before the 1980s, traditional culture was often the target of criticisms and put in a negative light in China. After the 1980s, due to the belief that traditional culture can contribute to modernization, people decided to 'take its essence and discard its dregs'. As of today, most books on this theme have been written in accordance with this principle.However, in this book, the author argues that many problems have emerged from the modernization of the Western society, and thus the need for reflection and re-examining. Traditional Chinese culture is a source for comparison and reflection. As such, when we discuss traditional culture nowadays, not only should we excavate its long-hidden meanings, but we should also develop contrastive resources to facilitate our collaborative development in future.The discussions in this book adopt a vertical structure that begins with how Chinese define a human, followed by topics on the human body, Qi, food, male and female, home and state, the relationship between heaven and human beings, ritual systems, historical consciousness, thinking patterns, the art of expressing sentiments, commitments to the politics of virtues and achievements, and cultural practices. In every chapter, there is also a horizontal method of comparison on Chinese, Western and Indian cultures, to foreground the particularities and advantages of the Chinese culture.Apart from elaborating on the major characteristics of traditional Chinese culture, there is also a discussion on how the modern disdain for and misunderstandings of the traditional culture originated from the West. The author also elaborates on Montesquieu's views of China and the various misconceptions and misunderstandings of the traditional Chinese legal systems. Finally, it ends with the author's thoughts on the revitalization of the Chinese civilization.

Farewell My Concubine

Author : Helen Leung
Publisher : ReadHowYouWant.com
Page : 138 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2010-11
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781459608368

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Farewell My Concubine by Helen Leung Pdf

Farewell My Concubine, one of three new QUEER FILM CLASSICS this fall, is a thought-provoking consideration of Chen Kaige's acclaimed 1992 Chinese film set in the mid-20th century about two male Peking opera stars and the woman who comes between them, set against the political turmoil of a China in transition. The film's treatment of gender performance and homosexuality was a first in Chinese cinema, and the subject of much controversy there. The movie, which helped to bring contemporary Chinese films onto the world stage, won the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival (the first Chinese film to do so), and was nominated for a Best Foreign-Language Film Oscar. This book, one of two new QFCs to focus on Asian queer cinema, places the film in its historical and cultural context while drawing on fresh insights from recent works on transgender and queer studies to provide readers with an intimate, provocative, and original look at the film.

Historical Dictionary of Fantasy Literature

Author : Allen Stroud
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 579 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2023-06-12
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 9781538166079

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Historical Dictionary of Fantasy Literature by Allen Stroud Pdf

Fantasy is a genre in motion, gradually expanding its reach and historical sources to embrace a global identity Historical Dictionary of Fantasy Literature, Second Edition is a snapshot of the genre in this moment, identifying new themes and sources that are emerging to inspire, enhance and invigorate the published works of fantasy writers.

Mysterium Magnum

Author : Jakob Böhme
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 456 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 1965
Category : Bible
ISBN : UOM:39015046392331

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Words beginning with SE, SI, SU

Author : Jaan Puhvel
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 255 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2021-09-20
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 9783110702866

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Words beginning with SE, SI, SU by Jaan Puhvel Pdf

The Hittite Etymological Dictionary is a comprehensive compendium of the vocabulary of Hittite, one of the great languages of the Ancient Near East, and of paramount importance for comparative Indo-European studies. As evidenced by frequency of reference and quotation, this work is an important tool for study and research in Hittite, Ancient Anatolian, and Indo-European linguistics. Volume 11 deals with words beginning with SE.

The Concubine

Author : Elechi Amadi
Publisher : Waveland Press
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2017-04-26
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781478635529

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Amadi’s masterpiece of African literature captures village life and practices not yet touched by the white man. The novel’s beautiful, hardworking protagonist, Ihouma, is admired by all in her village. Yet those who express their love for her meet with mysterious tragedy, leaving her devastated. This enticing odyssey, where exemplary attributes go unrewarded and the boundaries between myth and reality are muted, outwits readers with unexpected twists that make them want to keep turning the page.

Contemplations on the Historical Passages of the Old and New Testaments

Author : Joseph Hall (successively Bishop of Exeter and of Norwich.)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 648 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 1872
Category : Bible
ISBN : NLS:V000588860

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Contemplations on the Historical Passages of the Old and New Testaments by Joseph Hall (successively Bishop of Exeter and of Norwich.) Pdf

Publications of the Spenser Society

Author : Spenser Society
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 172 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 1878
Category : English literature
ISBN : PRNC:32101071987059

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Publications of the Spenser Society by Spenser Society Pdf