Graymore Is A Dragon Hunter

Author : Natalie Yacobson
Publisher : Litres
Page : 435 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2023-01-12
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9785045223515

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Graymore is a dragon hunter by Natalie Yacobson Pdf

Princess Graymore is the great dragon conqueror. They say someone enchanted her, making her invulnerable. As soon as a dragon appears on the borders of the kingdom, Graymore feels as if she is on fire herself. She is drawn into battle. Alone she can handle whole dragon packs, but one day an unusual dragon flies into the country. Setting out to hunt it, Graymore faces a choice: which is better: defeating the dragon or the dragon’s love?

Author : Heather O'Donoghue
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 185 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2024-01-25
Category : History
ISBN : 9781350252837

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From Asgard to Valhalla by Heather O'Donoghue Pdf

From Asgard to Valhalla takes readers deep inside Odin's cavernous hall and tells of the adventures, tragedies and lessons of the Viking Gods. Here, Heather O'Donoghue skillfully uncovers both the history and legacy of these myths to provide the authoritative student text on Old Norse mythology. From the magnificent tales of A Song of Ice and Fire and the supernatural wonders of Valkyries to Tolkien's Riders of Rohan and Marvel's mighty Thor, Norse mythology is a fundamental part of western culture. Drawing from a wealth of sources and scholarly debates, this fully-updated and expanded 2nd edition offers both an engaging survey of the Old Norse myths and an accessible introduction to how such strange and fragmentary material has been seized, repurposed and at times abused throughout the centuries. Notably, this important and timely study explores how Old Norse mythology has been – and continues to be – weaponized by far right movements across the world. Containing 2 brand new chapters on post-medieval reception, 30 illustrations for a stronger visual context and pedagogical updates throughout to aid further study, this new edition of From Asgard to Valhalla: The Remarkable History of the Norse Myths is a vital resource for all students of Old Norse mythology.

Author : Christopher Tilley,Kate Cameron-Daum
Publisher : UCL Press
Page : 346 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2017-02-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781911307433

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Anthropology of Landscape by Christopher Tilley,Kate Cameron-Daum Pdf

An Anthropology of Landscape tells the fascinating story of a heathland landscape in south-west England and the way different individuals and groups engage with it. Based on a long-term anthropological study, the book emphasises four individual themes: embodied identities, the landscape as a sensuous material form that is acted upon and in turn acts on people, the landscape as contested, and its relation to emotion. The landscape is discussed in relation to these themes as both ‘taskscape’ and ‘leisurescape’, and from the perspective of different user groups. First, those who manage the landscape and use it for work: conservationists, environmentalists, archaeologists, the Royal Marines, and quarrying interests. Second, those who use it in their leisure time: cyclists and horse riders, model aircraft flyers, walkers, people who fish there, and artists who are inspired by it. The book makes an innovative contribution to landscape studies and will appeal to all those interested in nature conservation, historic preservation, the politics of nature, the politics of identity, and an anthropology of Britain.

Author : Helen Hunt Jackson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 1883
Category : Europe
ISBN : HARVARD:HXQ4WF

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Bits of Travel by Helen Hunt Jackson Pdf

Author : Miljenko Lapaine,E. Lynn Usery
Publisher : Springer
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2017-04-04
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783319518350

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Choosing a Map Projection by Miljenko Lapaine,E. Lynn Usery Pdf

This book offers a much-needed critical approach to the intelligent use of the wide variety of map projections that are rapidly and inexpensively available today. It also discusses the distortions that are immanent in any map projection. A well-chosen map projection is one in which extreme distortions are smaller than those in any other projection used to map the same area and in which the map properties match its purpose. Written by leading experts in the field, including W. Tobler, F.C. Kessler, S.E. Battersby, M.P. Finn, K.C. Clarke, V.S. Tikunov, H. Hargitai, B. Jenny and N. Frančula. This book is designed for use by laymen. The book editors are M. Lapaine and E.L. Usery, Chair and Vice-Chair, respectively, of the ICA Commission on Map Projections for the period 2011-2015.

Author : Taylor Clark
Publisher : Little, Brown
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2007-11-05
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0316026174

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Starbucked by Taylor Clark Pdf

STARBUCKED will be the first book to explore the incredible rise of the Starbucks Corporation and the caffeine-crazy culture that fueled its success. Part Fast Food Nation, part Bobos in Paradise, STARBUCKED combines investigative heft with witty cultural observation in telling the story of how the coffeehouse movement changed our everyday lives, from our evolving neighborhoods and workplaces to the ways we shop, socialize, and self-medicate. In STARBUCKED, Taylor Clark provides an objective, meticulously reported look at the volatile issues like gentrification and fair trade that distress activists and coffee zealots alike. Through a cast of characters that includes coffee-wild hippies, business sharks, slackers, Hollywood trendsetters and more, STARBUCKED explores how America transformed into a nation of coffee gourmets in only a few years, how Starbucks manipulates psyches and social habits to snare loyal customers, and why many of the things we think we know about the coffee commodity chain are false.

Author : Michael Holshouser
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 58 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2010-04-17
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9780557357369

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The Stillness Before Time by Michael Holshouser Pdf

An insightful aphoristic vision of the human journey.

Author : Hiro Mashima
Publisher : Kodansha Comics
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2015-10-06
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN : 9781612628424

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Fairy Tail by Hiro Mashima Pdf

SLAYING A MECHANICAL DRAGON! The king of Edolas has taken a final stand in the fearsome, magic-proof Droma Anim! The only ones who can stop him are Fairy Tail's three dragon slayers. But how can magic stop a magic-proof killing machine? Discover the final fate of the world of Edolas!

Author : Stanley I. Dodson
Publisher : McGraw-Hill Science, Engineering & Mathematics
Page : 450 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Science
ISBN : UCSD:31822033491739

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Introduction to Limnology by Stanley I. Dodson Pdf

"The text is an introduction to the ecology, chemisty and physics of freshwater systems, with an emphasis on the human perspective "--Page [4] de couv.

Author : Emma Southworth
Publisher : DigiCat
Page : 520 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2022-11-22
Category : Fiction
ISBN : EAN:8596547424468

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The Hidden Hand by Emma Southworth Pdf

This mystery novel tells the story of Major Warfield, a veteran officer, who is the lonely proprietor of the Hurricane Hall. He is described as arrogant, domineering and violent—equally loved and feared by his faithful old family servants at home—disliked and dreaded by his neighbors and acquaintances abroad, who, partly from his house and partly from his character, fixed upon him the appropriate nickname of Old Hurricane. He is said to be an old bachelor, yet rumor whispered that the elder brother of Ira Warfield had mysteriously disappeared, and not without some suspicion of foul play on the part of the only person in the world who had a strong interest in his "taking off." Reverend Mr. Parson Goodwin drops in to talk to him during a raging snowstorm. Ira Warfield recently has been appointed one of the justices of the peace for Alleghany. The Reverend demands he comes with him to see a woman who seeks his presence at her deathbed. When Ira refuses to go in the storm, the Reverend told him he has to receive her dying deposition which is linked to a crime. The dying woman turns out to be Granny Grewell (Nancy), the midwife that disappeared from Hurricane Hall some twelve or thirteen years ago. What is the mystery behind Granny Grewell's disappearance?

Author : Henry Augustin Beers
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 478 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 1898
Category : English literature
ISBN : HARVARD:32044094200417

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A History of English Romanticism in the Eighteenth Century by Henry Augustin Beers Pdf

Author : Jean-Denis G.G. Lepage
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 409 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2009-03-23
Category : History
ISBN : 9780786452804

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Aircraft of the Luftwaffe, 1935-1945 by Jean-Denis G.G. Lepage Pdf

One of the most significant innovations in modern warfare has been the appearance and development of air power, a technology which demanded technical and financial investment on a whole new scale and which ultimately changed the fundamental nature of war itself. This book covers the history and development of the German air force from 1935 to 1945, with descriptions and illustrations of almost all of the Luftwaffe's airplanes, including fighters, jet fighters, dive-bombers, ground attackers, medium and heavy bombers, jet bombers, seaplanes, flying boats and carrier planes, transport and gliders, reconnaissance and training aircrafts, helicopters, and many futuristic projects and other rarities.

Author : Harry M. Benshoff
Publisher : Manchester University Press
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 1997-11-15
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 0719044731

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Monsters in the Closet by Harry M. Benshoff Pdf

Monster in the Closet is a history of the horrors film that explores the genre's relationship to the social and cultural history of homosexuality in America. Drawing on a wide variety of films and primary source materials including censorship files, critical reviews, promotional materials, fanzines, men's magazines, and popular news weeklies, the book examines the historical figure of the movie monster in relation to various medical, psychological, religious and social models of homosexuality. While recent work within gay and lesbian studies has explored how the genetic tropes of the horror film intersect with popular culture's understanding of queerness, this is the first book to examine how the concept of the monster queer has evolved from era to era. From the gay and lesbian sensibilities encoded into the form and content of the classical Hollywood horror film, to recent films which play upon AIDS-related fears. Monster in the Closet examines how the horror film started and continues, to demonize (or quite literally "monsterize") queer sexuality, and what the pleasures and "costs" of such representations might be both for individual spectators and culture at large.

Author : Douglas Gray
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 420 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2019-07
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 1783747102

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Make We Merry More and Less by Douglas Gray Pdf

Conceived as a companion volume to the well-received Simple Forms: Essays on Medieval English Popular Literature (2015), Make We Merry More and Less is a comprehensive anthology of popular medieval literature from the twelfth century onwards. Uniquely, the book is divided by genre, allowing readers to make connections between texts usually presented individually. This anthology offers a fruitful exploration of the boundary between literary and popular culture, and showcases an impressive breadth of literature, including songs, drama, and ballads. Familiar texts such as the visions of Margery Kempe and the Paston family letters are featured alongside lesser-known works, often oral. This striking diversity extends to the language: the anthology includes Scottish literature and original translations of Latin and French texts. The illuminating introduction offers essential information that will enhance the reader's enjoyment of the chosen texts. Each of the chapters is accompanied by a clear summary explaining the particular delights of the literature selected and the rationale behind the choices made. An invaluable resource to gain an in-depth understanding of the culture of the period, this is essential reading for any student or scholar of medieval English literature, and for anyone interested in folklore or popular material of the time. The book was left unfinished at Gray's death; it is here edited by Jane Bliss.

Author : Lexemuel Ray Hesler,Alexander Hanchett Smith
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 1963
Category : Fungi
ISBN : 0870490397

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North American Species of Hygrophorus by Lexemuel Ray Hesler,Alexander Hanchett Smith Pdf