The Big Book Of The Dead

Author : Marion Winik
Publisher : Catapult
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2019-09-17
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781640092549

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The Big Book of the Dead by Marion Winik Pdf

Marion Wink is esteemed for bringing humor and wit to that most unavoidable of subjects: death. At last, Winik's critically acclaimed, cult favorites, Glen Rock Book of the Dead and Baltimore Book of the Dead, have been carefully combined in their proper chronological order, revealing more clearly than ever before the character hidden throughout these stories: Winik herself. Featuring twelve additional vignettes along with a brand–new introduction, The Big Book of the Dead continues Winik's work as an empathetic, witty chronicler of life.

Author : Luis Alberto Urrea
Publisher : Catapult
Page : 209 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2015-03-17
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 9781619024823

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Tijuana Book of the Dead by Luis Alberto Urrea Pdf

From the author of Pulitzer-nominated The Devil’s Highway and national bestseller The Hummingbird’s Daughter comes an exquisitely composed collection of poetry on life at the border. Weaving English and Spanish languages as fluidly as he blends cultures of the southwest, Luis Urrea offers a tour of Tijuana, spanning from Skid Row, to the suburbs of East Los Angeles, to the stunning yet deadly Mojave Desert, to Mexico and the border fence itself. Mixing lyricism and colloquial voices, mysticism and the daily grind, Urrea explores duality and the concept of blurring borders in a melting pot society.

Author : Ned Hartley
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 61 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2019-10-03
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780241376102

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The Ladybird Big Book of Dead Things by Ned Hartley Pdf

Welcome to the Museum of Dead Things. Your expert guides are here to introduce you to the exhibits, from fierce dinosaurs to exploding dead stars. The Big Book of Dead Things is a funny, stylishly-illustrated non-fiction guide to all things dead and gone. The stylish illustrations and engaging animal characters bring a broad range of topics alive, from dinosaurs and prehistoric animals to astronomy and ancient history. Meet Ancient Egyptian mummies and learn their secrets; romp through prehistoric worlds with dinosaurs, and learn all about the death of stars.

Author : Douglas Preston,Lincoln Child
Publisher : Grand Central Publishing
Page : 464 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2006-05-30
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0759516030

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The Book of the Dead by Douglas Preston,Lincoln Child Pdf

An FBI agent, rotting away in a high-security prison for a murder he did not commit... His brilliant, psychotic brother, about to perpetrate a horrific crime... A young woman with an extrodinary past, on th edge of a violent breakdown... An ancient Egyptian tomb with an enigmatic curse, about to be unveiled at a celebrity-studded New York gala... Memento Mori

Author : Adam Bunch
Publisher : Dundurn
Page : 424 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2017-09-16
Category : History
ISBN : 9781459738089

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The Toronto Book of the Dead by Adam Bunch Pdf

Exploring Toronto’s history through the stories of its most fascinating and shadowy deaths. If these streets could talk... With morbid tales of war and plague, duels and executions, suicides and séances, Toronto’s past is filled with stories whose endings were anything but peaceful. The Toronto Book of the Dead delves into these: from ancient First Nations burial mounds to the grisly murder of Toronto’s first lighthouse keeper; from the rise and fall of the city’s greatest Victorian baseball star to the final days of the world’s most notorious anarchist. Toronto has witnessed countless lives lived and lost as it grew from a muddy little frontier town into a booming metropolis of concrete and glass. The Toronto Book of the Dead tells the tale of the ever-changing city through the lives and deaths of those who made it their final resting place.

Author : Colm Toibin
Publisher : McClelland & Stewart
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2010-04-06
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780771085406

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Brooklyn by Colm Toibin Pdf

Winner of the Costa Novel Award and longlisted for the Man Booker Prize, Colm Tóibín's internationally bestselling novel is a story of devastating emotional power. At the centre of Colm Tóibín's internationally celebrated novel is Eilis Lacey, one among many of her generation who has come of age in 1950s Ireland but cannot find work at home. When she receives a job offer in America, it is clear to everyone that she must go. Leaving her family and country behind, Eilis heads for unfamiliar Brooklyn, and to a crowded boarding house where the landlady's intense scrutiny and the small jealousies of her fellow residents only deepen her isolation. Slowly, however, the pain of parting and a longing for home are buried beneath the rhythms of her new life—until she begins to realize that she has found a sort of happiness. But just as Eilis begins to fall in love, tragic news summons her back to Ireland, where she unexpectedly finds herself facing an impossible decision.

Author : Eva Von Dassow
Publisher : Chronicle Books
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2008-06-02
Category : History
ISBN : 0811864898

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The Egyptian Book of the Dead by Eva Von Dassow Pdf

Reissue of the legendary 3,500-year-old Papyrus of Ani, the most beautiful of the ornately illustrated Egyptian funerary scrolls ever discovered, restored in its original sequences of text and artwork.

Author : Ptolemy Tompkins
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 293 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2013-03-19
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 9781451616538

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The Modern Book of the Dead by Ptolemy Tompkins Pdf

A modern, all-encompassing exploration of what happens after death combines spirituality with philosophy, history, and science, all of which guide readers toward the timeless truth that human consciousness lives on after death.

Author : Karma-gliṅ-pa
Publisher : Shambhala Publications
Page : 156 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 1975
Category : Buddhist funeral rites and ceremonies
ISBN : UCAL:$B626705

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The Tibetan Book of the Dead by Karma-gliṅ-pa Pdf

Provides students of Buddhism with commentary and the text of the Tibetan scripture that examines the mind's projections and offers instructions for liberation and the attainment of enlightenment.

Author : George Henry Boker
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 217 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2024-04-27
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9783385432888

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The Book of the Dead by George Henry Boker Pdf

Reprint of the original, first published in 1882.

Author : John H. Taylor
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Book of the dead
ISBN : 0674057503

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Journey Through the Afterlife by John H. Taylor Pdf

With contributions from leading scholars and detailed catalog entries that interpret the spells and painted scenes, this fascinating and important work affords a greater understanding of ancient Egyptian belief systems and poignantly reveals the hopes and fears about the world beyond death.

Author : Karma-gliṅ-pa
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 278 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Buddhist funeral rites and ceremonies
ISBN : 1299270956

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The Tibetan Book of the Dead, as Popularly Known in the West by Karma-gliṅ-pa Pdf

Author : Bronwyn Carlton
Publisher : Dc Comics
Page : 223 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Humor
ISBN : 1563891662

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The Big Book of Death by Bronwyn Carlton Pdf

/Bronwyn Carlton Death remains one of society's last taboos, a subject few are willin gto acknowledge, let alone discuss. THE BIG BOOK OF DEATH looks the Grim Reaper in the fact and laughs, with tales of outmoded methods of execution, captial punishment, visits to famous cemetaries, body disposal, weird deaths and stupid murders and more. G

Author : E. A. Wallis Budge,Epiphanius Wilson
Publisher : Wellfleet Press
Page : 227 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2016-11-28
Category : History
ISBN : 9781577151210

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Ancient Egyptian Book of the Dead by E. A. Wallis Budge,Epiphanius Wilson Pdf

A collection of ancient Egyptian magic spells and road maps to assist individuals through the underworld and into the afterlife.

Author : Foy Scalf
Publisher : Oriental Institute Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : Book of the dead
ISBN : 1614910383

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Book of the Dead by Foy Scalf Pdf

Discover how the ancient Egyptians controlled their immortal destiny! This book, edited by Foy Scalf, explores what the Book of the Dead was believed to do, how it worked, how it was made, and what happened to it.