Snakes With Wings And Gold Digging Ants

Author : Herodotus
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 95 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2007-02-01
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9780141964836

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Snakes with Wings and Gold-digging Ants by Herodotus Pdf

So much of what we know of the Ancient World comes from Herodotus (c.490 BC - c.420 BC) that he will always remain the greatest of historians. But in addition such a large part of the entertainment value of the Ancient World comes from his enormous, omnivorous, sometimes credulous appetite for stories of distant lands and strange creatures. Great Journeys allows readers to travel both around the planet and back through the centuries – but also back into ideas and worlds frightening, ruthless and cruel in different ways from our own. Few reading experiences can begin to match that of engaging with writers who saw astounding things: Great civilisations, walls of ice, violent and implacable jungles, deserts and mountains, multitudes of birds and flowers new to science. Reading these books is to see the world afresh, to rediscover a time when many cultures were quite strange to each other, where legends and stories were treated as facts and in which so much was still to be discovered.

Author : Fiona Mitchell
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2021-05-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9781000392593

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Monsters in Greek Literature by Fiona Mitchell Pdf

Monsters in Greek literature are often thought of as creatures which exist in mythological narratives, however, as this book shows, they appear in a much broader range of ancient sources and are used in creation narratives, ethnographic texts, and biology to explore the limits of the human body and of the human world. This book provides an in-depth examination of the role of monstrosity in ancient Greek literature. In the past, monsters in this context have largely been treated as unimportant or analysed on an individual basis. By focusing on genres rather than single creatures, the book provides a greater understanding of how monstrosity and abnormal bodies are used in ancient sources. Very often ideas about monstrosity are used as a contrast against which to examine the nature of what it is to be human, both physically and behaviourally. This book focuses on creation narratives, ethnographic writing, and biological texts. These three genres address the origins of the human world, its spatial limits, and the nature of the human body; by examining monstrosity in these genres we can see the ways in which Greek texts construct the space and time in which people exist and the nature of our bodies. This book is aimed primarily at scholars and students undertaking research, not only those with an interest in monstrosity, but also scholars exploring cultural representations of time (especially the primordial and mythological past), ancient geography and ethnography, and ancient philosophy and science. As the representation of monsters in antiquity was strongly influential on medieval, renaissance, and early modern images and texts, this book will also be relevant to people researching these areas.

Author : Melissa Rossi
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 518 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2008-12-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9781440655340

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What Every American Should Know About the Middle East by Melissa Rossi Pdf

The What Every American Should Know series returns with a timely guide to the region Americans need to understand the most (and know the least) The latest edition of Melissa Rossi's popular What Every American Should Know series gives a crash course on one of the most complex and important regions of the world. In this comprehensive and engaging reference book, Rossi offers a clear analysis of the issues playing out in the Middle East, delving into each country's history, politics, economy, and religions. Having traveled through the area over the past year, she exposes firsthand the U.S.'s geopolitical moves and how our presence has affected the region's economic and political development. Topics include: · Why Iran is viewed as a threat by most Middle East countries · What resource is more important than petroleum in regional power plays · What's really behind the fighting between Sunni and Shia · How Saudi Arabia inadvertently feeds the violence in Iraq and beyond · How monarchies like those in Jordan and Qatar are more open and progressive than the so-called republics With answers that will surprise many Americans, and covering a vast history and cultural complexity that will fascinate any student of the world, What Every American Should Know About the Middle East is a must-read introduction to the most critical region of the twenty-first century.

Author : S. Frankel
Publisher : Springer
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2012-04-17
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781137007797

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Children, Morality and Society by S. Frankel Pdf

This book explores the extent to which children engage with questions of morality, arguing that they are active members of society who have both the capacity and understanding to engage with discourses of morality.

Author : Anu Kumar
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2009-02-20
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9788184758146

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In The Country of Gold-digging Ants by Anu Kumar Pdf

Do you think Indian history is boring? Check out what these ancient reporters had to say about our country many centuries ago. In his book, Indika, Megasthenes, a Greek traveller, wrote about giant meat-eating ants that dug for gold in mines somewhere in eastern India! Hiuen Tsang, from China, was witness to an assassination attempt on King Harshavardhana at a religious gathering. The Venetian Marco Polo described how the people of Kashmir could use charms to change the weather and bring about darkness. Athanasius Nikitin, from Russia, was amazed by the sultan of Bidar, who went hunting accompanied by 10,000 men on horseback, 50,000 on foot, 200 elephants, 100 dancers, 300 horses, 100 monkeys and 100 concubines! Read astonishing stories about India written by explorers who came to the country as pilgrims, students, traders, voyagers and fortune-seekers from the 3rd century BC till the mid-twentieth century. These visitors left behind fascinating accounts of their perilous journeys in an unknown land; descriptions of what the people ate, wore and thought; who ruled them and how; the strange animals of this land, and many more startling facts which are often the only written historical records of those times. Filled with incredible stories and nuggets of information, In the Country of Gold-digging Ants brings alive the exciting adventures of eleven intrepid men and women, and may just make history your most favourite subject!

Author : Pierre-Philippe Fraiture
Publisher : Liverpool University Press
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2013-08-30
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781781385753

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V. Y. Mudimbe by Pierre-Philippe Fraiture Pdf

VY Mudimbe: Undisciplined Africanism is the first English-language monograph dedicated to the work of Valentin Yves Mudimbe. This book charts the intellectual history of the seminal Congolese philosopher, epistemologist, and philologist from the late 1960s to the present day, exploring his major essays and novels. Pierre-Philippe Fraiture highlights Mudimbe’s trajectory through major debates on African nationalism, Panafricanism, neo-colonialism, negritude, pedagogy, Christianisation, decolonisation, anthropology, postcolonial representations, and a variety of other subjects, using these as contexts for close readings of many of Mudimbe’s texts, both influential and lesser-known. The book demonstrates that Mudimbe’s intellectual career has been informed by a series of decisive dialogues with some of the key exponents of Africanism (Herodotus, EW Blyden, Placide Tempels), continental and postcolonial thought (Jean-Paul Sartre, Frantz Fanon, Michel Foucault, and Claude Lévi-Strauss), and African thought and philosophy from Africa and the diaspora (L.S. Senghor, Patrice Nganang, and Achille Mbembe).

Author : Mary Kingsley
Publisher : ePenguin
Page : 142 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2007-02
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : IND:30000115656013

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The Congo and the Cameroons by Mary Kingsley Pdf

Mary Kingsley's journeys through tropical west Africa are a remarkable record, both of a world that has vanished and of a writer of immense bravery, wit and humanity. Paddling through mangrove swamps, fending off crocodiles, climbing Mount Cameroon, Kingsley is both admirable and funny.

Author : Olaudah Equiano
Publisher : Penguin Group
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0141032057

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Sold as a Slave by Olaudah Equiano Pdf

In an adventurous and extraordinary life, Equiano crisscrossed the Atlantic world, from West Africa to the Caribbean to the U.S. to Britain, either as a slave or fighting with the Royal Navy. This account is not only one of the great documents of the abolition movement, but also a startling, moving story of danger and betrayal.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 620 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : English literature
ISBN : IND:30000137651596

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The Spectator by Anonim Pdf

Author : Bapiraju Gandham,Gandham Bapiraju Gandham
Publisher : Trafford Publishing
Page : 90 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781426919404

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The Wizard of Ants by Bapiraju Gandham,Gandham Bapiraju Gandham Pdf

Experience the adventures of a 9-year-old boy, Seenu, in the kingdom of ants when an ant wizard shrinks him and he has encounters with a Snake, Ant Lion, Spider, Lizard, and many more interesting characters. In The Wizard of Ants, Seenu learns about the social behavior of ants and the problems that they face. He also learns about the value of friendship and unity. The ant wizard talks of an Indian myth about his ancestors and the myth comes to life. The characters Big Mouth and Finger Tips enhance the story for the readers. A tale about a thief and an old wise lady narrated by Big Mouth explains that there will always be someone smarter than others regardless of age, sex, and origin. A snake that enters the kingdom separates the boy and the ant wizard. How can the boy and the ants handle the misery and chaos caused by the snake? The author has committed 5% of his royalties to create a mathematics scholarship in his father's name and an additional 5% for a feeding the children program through MissionsMadePossible.org.

Author : Justin Marozzi
Publisher : John Murray Publishers
Page : 390 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015082696934

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The Man who Invented History by Justin Marozzi Pdf

During the classical age of Greece, Herodotus wrote the first great prose epic and became known through the ages as "the father of history." But he was much more than that. He was also the world's first travel writer, a pioneering geographer, anthropologist, explorer, moralist, investigative reporter, foreign correspondent, and enlightened multiculturalist. He was at once a learned professor and a tabloid journalist, a man of great wit and wisdom with an unfailing eye for fabulous material to inform and amuse, to titillate, horrify, and entertain.

Author : Margaret James,Jennifer Inkamala
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 56 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Aboriginal Australian English
ISBN : 1921705868

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Get the Snake by Margaret James,Jennifer Inkamala Pdf

Author : Margaret James
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 52 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2021-03-30
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1922591300

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Get the Snake by Margaret James Pdf

'Get the Snake' tells a dramatic story of children meeting a snake in the playground at school. There is a song and a rhyme, in Standard English, teaching the vocabulary for parts of the body. Your purchase of this book supports Library For All in its mission to make knowledge available to all, equally.

Author : Indian Science Congress Association
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 466 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 1928
Category : Indian Science Congress
ISBN : UOM:39015035455172

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Proceedings of the Indian Science Congress by Indian Science Congress Association Pdf

Author : Herodotus
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 129 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2023-09-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9783387018288

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An Account of Egypt by Herodotus Pdf

Reproduction of the original. The publishing house Megali specialises in reproducing historical works in large print to make reading easier for people with impaired vision.