The Carnelian Caat

Author : Jean DeWeese
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 1975
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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The Carnelian Caat by Jean DeWeese Pdf

Author : Jean DeWeese
Publisher : Ballantine Books
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 1975-01-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0345245660

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The Carnelian Cat by Jean DeWeese Pdf

Author : Alessandra Avanzini
Publisher : L'ERMA di BRETSCHNEIDER
Page : 768 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : History
ISBN : 8882654699

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A Port in Arabia Between Rome and the Indian Ocean, 3rd C.BC-5th C.AD by Alessandra Avanzini Pdf

Author : Jaleigh Johnson
Publisher : Yearling
Page : 402 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2017-06-13
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780385376518

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The Secrets of Solace by Jaleigh Johnson Pdf

From the acclaimed author of the New York Times bestseller The Mark of the Dragonfly comes another magical and thrilling tale that takes readers on an exciting new adventure. Perfect for fans of Wrinkle in Time! Lina Winterbock lives in the mountain strongholds of Solace. She’s an apprentice to the archivists and should be spending her days with books, but the Iron War has changed everything—it’s too chaotic to study. The strongholds are now a refuge, so instead of learning about how to preserve the objects that mysteriously fall from the sky, she whiles away her time exploring the hidden tunnels and passages of her home. And in one of the forgotten chambers, Lina discovers a secret. Hidden deep in a cavern is a half-buried airship like nothing she has ever seen before. Then she meets Ozben, a mysterious boy who has a secret of his own—a secret that’s so dangerous it could change the course of the Iron War and the world of Solace forever. Praise for Jaleigh Johnson’s The Secrets of Solace ★ “Highly recommended for those who have finished with Harry and are too young for Katniss.” —SLJ, Starred “An engaging world rich in detail, mayhem, and adventure. . . . All aboard for fantasy lovers with a dual penchant for girl power and keeping up with the Indiana Joneses.” —Kirkus Reviews Praise for Jaleigh Johnson’s The Mark of the Dragonfly ★ “This magnetic middle-grade debut . . . [is] a page-turner that defies easy categorization and ought to have broad appeal.” —Publishers Weekly, Starred ★ “Heart, brains, and courage find a home in a steampunk fantasy worthy of a nod from Baum.” —Kirkus Reviews, Starred ★ “A fantastic and original tale of adventure and magic. . . . Piper is a heroine to fall in love with: smart, brave, kind, and mechanically inclined to boot.” —SLJ, Starred

Author : Elsa J. Radcliffe
Publisher : Scarecrow Press
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 1979
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0810811901

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Gothic Novels of the Twentieth Century by Elsa J. Radcliffe Pdf

Easy to use, competently indexed, and fun to explore, this bibliography is an irresistible antidote for all forms of gothic snobbery. Recommended for gothophiliacs, gothophobiacs, and readers with idle nights and empty weekends.

Author : Marina Warner
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 521 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2012-03-01
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780674068421

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Stranger Magic by Marina Warner Pdf

Our foremost theorist of myth, fairytales, and folktales explores the magical realm of the imagination where carpets fly, objects speak, dreams reveal hidden truths, and genies grant prophetic wishes. Stranger Magic examines the wondrous tales of the Arabian Nights, their profound impact on the West, and the progressive exoticization of magic since the eighteenth century, when the first European translations appeared. The Nights seized European readers' imaginations during the siècle des Lumières, inspiring imitations, spoofs, turqueries, extravaganzas, pantomimes, and mauresque tastes in dress and furniture. Writers from Voltaire to Goethe to Borges, filmmakers from Raoul Walsh on, and countless authors of children's books have adapted its stories. What gives these tales their enduring power to bring pleasure to readers and audiences? Their appeal, Marina Warner suggests, lies in how the stories' magic stimulates the creative activity of the imagination. Their popularity during the Enlightenment was no accident: dreams, projections, and fantasies are essential to making the leap beyond the frontiers of accepted knowledge into new scientific and literary spheres. The magical tradition, so long disavowed by Western rationality, underlies modernity's most characteristic developments, including the charmed states of brand-name luxury goods, paper money, and psychoanalytic dream interpretation. In Warner's hands, the Nights reveal the underappreciated cultural exchanges between East and West, Islam and Christianity, and cast light on the magical underpinnings of contemporary experience, where mythical principles, as distinct from religious belief, enjoy growing acceptance. These tales meet the need for enchantment, in the safe guise of oriental costume.

Author : University of Pennsylvania. Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
Publisher : UPenn Museum of Archaeology
Page : 222 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Art
ISBN : 0924171553

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Treasures from the Royal Tombs of Ur by University of Pennsylvania. Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology Pdf

This stunning catalogue includes color photographs of more than 230 objects, excavated in the 1930s by renowned British archaeologist Sir Leonard Woolley, from the third-millennium-B.C. Sumerian city of Ur. Learn the fascinating story of the excavation and preservation of these magnificent artifacts. Many of the objects are published in color and fully described for the first time—jewelry of gold and semiprecious stones, engraved seal stones, spectacular gold and lapis lazuli statuettes and musical instruments; and vessels of gold, silver, and alabaster. Curator Richard Zettler sets the stage with a history of Ur in the third millennium and the details of the actual excavations. Art historians Donald Hansen and Holly Pittman discuss the historical importance and significance of the many motifs on the most spectacular finds from the tombs.

Author : Zhixin Jason Sun,I-tien Hsing,Cary Y. Liu,Pengliang Lu,Lillian Lan-ying Tseng,Yang Hong,Robin D. S. Yates,Zhonglin Yukina Zhang
Publisher : Metropolitan Museum of Art
Page : 270 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2017-03-27
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781588396174

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Age of Empires by Zhixin Jason Sun,I-tien Hsing,Cary Y. Liu,Pengliang Lu,Lillian Lan-ying Tseng,Yang Hong,Robin D. S. Yates,Zhonglin Yukina Zhang Pdf

Spanning four centuries, from 221 B.C. to A.D. 220, the Qin and Han dynasties were pivotal to Chinese history, establishing the social and cultural underpinnings of China as we know it today. Age of Empires: Art of the Qin and Han Dynasties is a revelatory study of the dawn of China’s imperial age, delving into more than 160 objects that attest to the artistic and cultural flowering that occurred under Qin and Han rule. Before this time, China consisted of seven independent states. They were brought together by Qin Shihuangdi, the self-proclaimed First Emperor of the newly unified realm. Under him, the earliest foundations of the Great Wall were laid, and the Qin army made spectacular advances in the arts of war—an achievement best expressed in the magnificent army of lifesize terracotta warriors and horses that stood before his tomb, seven of which are reproduced here. The Han built on the successes of the Qin, the increasing wealth and refinement of the empire reflected in dazzling bronze and lacquer vessels, ingeniously engineered lamps, and sparkling ornaments of jade and gold from elite Han tombs. But of all the achievements of the Qin-Han era, the most significant is, no doubt, the emergence of a national identity, for it was during this time of unprecedented change that people across the empire began to see themselves as one, with China as their common homeland. p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Verdana} With its engaging, authoritative essays and evocative illustrations, Age of Empires provides an invaluable record of a unique epoch in Chinese history, one whose historic and artistic impact continues to resonate into the modern age.

Author : Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)
Publisher : Metropolitan Museum of Art
Page : 566 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Art, Ancient
ISBN : 9781588390431

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Art of the First Cities by Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.) Pdf

Catalog of an exhibition being held at the Metropolitan Museum of Art from May 8 to Aug. 17, 2003.

Author : Joanna Then-Obluska
Publisher : Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago
Page : 396 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2022-10-20
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781614910787

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Beads from Excavations at Qustul, Adindan, Serra East, Dorginarti, Ballana, and Kalabsha by Joanna Then-Obluska Pdf

This book presents a comprehensive corpus of beads and pendants found during excavations undertaken by the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago between 1960 and 1968 at the Lower Nubian sites of Qustul, Adindan, Serra East, Dorginarti, Ballana, and Kalabsha and stored in the Oriental Institute Museum. This vast, illustrated catalog organizes the finds first chronologically according to the main periods of Nubian history and then by cultural units, beginning with the A-Group and ending with modern times. The present volume-the first of two-comprises beads from Early Nubian (A-Group, Post-A-Group), Middle Nubian (C-Group, Pan Grave, Kerma, Middle Kingdom), and New Kingdom sites. The discussion of each cultural unit begins with background information and develops into a fascinating story of the most characteristic types that form part of that group's identity, though types and materials often cross chronological and regional borders. The story is also one of jewelry fashions and the wealth and long-distance contacts of Lower Nubia, which lay at the crossroads of ancient routes in this part of the world. More specialized information on bead types, ordered by the materials from which the beads were made, is given in the second section of each cultural category. An outline of the preserved beadwork and an anthropological analysis of the remains of the beads' owners, together with references to parallels known from relevant literature and museum research, are also provided. The volume concludes with illustrated synoptic and concordance tables that allow the reader to switch easily between catalog, Oriental Institute Museum, and Oriental Institute Nubian Expedition find numbers.

Author : Barbara Steiner
Publisher : Open Road Media
Page : 113 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2014-08-05
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 9781497628601

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The Mummy by Barbara Steiner Pdf

While volunteering at the local museum’s Egypt exhibit, Lana Richardson begins to feel haunted by a mummified prince All her life, Lana has been fascinated by stories of ancient Egypt. So when a new exhibit featuring the mummy of the young Egyptian prince Nefra comes to the town museum, Lana volunteers to give tours to visitors. Inexplicably, Lana feels herself drawn to the tragic story of Nefra, who died on the eve of his wedding to his love, the beautiful princess Urbena. Although Nefra has been dead for thousands of years, Lana cannot get the young man out of her mind. When a priceless treasure is stolen from the exhibit and Lana is the only witness, she knows it’s up to her to find the thief. But vivid dreams of Nefra and Urbena have been haunting her sleep, and Lana swears she can hear Nefra’s voice calling out to her. Is she going crazy? Or is she more connected to the story of the doomed lovers than she could ever have imagined?

Author : Library of Congress. Copyright Office
Publisher : Copyright Office, Library of Congress
Page : 1482 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 1977
Category : Copyright
ISBN : STANFORD:36105119498454

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Catalog of Copyright Entries. Third Series by Library of Congress. Copyright Office Pdf

Author : Naoíse Mac Sweeney
Publisher : University of Michigan Press
Page : 277 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2011-10-25
Category : History
ISBN : 9780472117864

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Community Identity and Archaeology by Naoíse Mac Sweeney Pdf

Exploring the notion of community identity in an archaeological context

Author : Sandra Kynes
Publisher : Llewellyn Worldwide
Page : 554 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2013-02-08
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 9780738732770

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Llewellyn's Complete Book of Correspondences by Sandra Kynes Pdf

Llewellyn's Complete Book of Correspondences is a clear, straightforward companion for Pagan and Wiccan ritual and spellwork. Entries are cross-referenced, indexed, and organized by categories and subcategories, making it easy to find what you need. This comprehensive reference provides a fascinating look at why correspondences are more than just lists of objects to focus intent on—they are fundamental to how we think. When we use correspondences, we weave together our ideas, beliefs, and energy, creating deeper meaning in our rituals and spellwork as we unite our individuality with a larger purpose. The use of correspondences embodies both physical and symbolic energy and provides the means for uniting the seen and unseen worlds. Packed with content yet easy to use, Llewellyn's Complete Book of Correspondences covers traditional correspondences and also provides instruction for forging new ones that hold special meaning for you. Plants Minerals Animals Deities Zodiac Moon Phases Days and Times Ogham Runes Tarot Elements Numbers Chakras Colors And More

Author : Judy Hall
Publisher : Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
Page : 138 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 1402700288

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Crystal User's Handbook by Judy Hall Pdf

Presents a guide to the psychic aspects and therapeutic uses of crystals.