The King S Touch

Author : Jude Morgan
Publisher : Review
Page : 451 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2012-02-16
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780755385416

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The King's Touch by Jude Morgan Pdf

Restored to the British throne in 1660 after years of exile, Charles II began a reign famous for dramatic events (the Plague, the Great Fire, the Dutch Wars), the flowering of science and the arts, and for notorious sexual liaisons. With a bevy of mistresses and flamboyantly addicted to high living, the Merry Monarch successfully presided over 'Merry Olde England' in an age of intrigue and religious dissent. When his tolerance extended to acknowledging his illegitimate son at court, James's life changed out of all recognition. This is the story of a remarkable man, and the spectacular upheavals and reverses of the time, told through the eyes of his illegitimate son, James, Duke of Monmouth.

Author : Tom Sleigh
Publisher : Graywolf Press
Page : 135 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2022-02-01
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 9781644451670

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The King's Touch by Tom Sleigh Pdf

A profound encounter with the hyperreality of our time of global upheaval, violence, and pandemic. Tom Sleigh’s poems are skeptical of the inevitability of our fate, but in this brilliant new collection, they are charged with a powerful sense of premonition, as if the future is unfolding before us, demanding something greater than the self. Justice is a prevailing force, even while the poems are fully cognizant of the refugee crisis, war, famine, and the brutal reality of a crowded hospital morgue. The King’s Touch collides the world of fact and the world of mystery with a resolutely secular register. The title poem refers to the once-held belief that the king, as a divine representative, is imbued with the power of healing touch. Sleigh turns this encounter between illness and human contact toward his own chronic blood disease and the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and its mounting death tolls. One poem asks, “isn’t it true that no matter how long you / wear them, masks don’t grieve, only faces do?” In this essential new work, Sleigh shows how the language of poetry itself can revive and recuperate a sense of a future under the conditions of violence, social unrest, and global anxiety about the fate of the planet.

Author : Perfection Learning Corporation
Publisher : Turtleback
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1663610991

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King Midas and the Golden Touch by Perfection Learning Corporation Pdf

Author : Andrew Taylor
Publisher : HarperCollins
Page : 464 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2019-04-04
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780008119171

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The King’s Evil (James Marwood & Cat Lovett, Book 3) by Andrew Taylor Pdf

Winner of The HWA Gold Crown 2020 From the No.1 bestselling author of The Ashes of London and The Fire Court comes the next book in the phenomenally successful series following James Marwood at the time of King Charles II.

Author : Marc Bloch
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 442 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2015-02-20
Category : History
ISBN : 9781317517726

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The Royal Touch (Routledge Revivals) by Marc Bloch Pdf

First published in English in 1973, The Royal Touch explores the supernatural character that was long attributed to royal power. Throughout history, both France and England claimed to hold kings with healing powers who, by their touch, could cure people from all strands of society from illness and disease. Indeed, the idea of royalty as something miraculous and sacred was common to the whole of Western Europe. Using the work of both professional scholars and of doctors, this work stands as a contribution to the political history of Europe.

Author : Annie Sullivan
Publisher : Blink
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2018-08-14
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 9780310765974

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A Touch of Gold by Annie Sullivan Pdf

Gold is wealth. Wealth is power. Power is a curse. This captivating fantasy adventure—the untold story of the daughter King Midas turned to gold—will dazzle you with the kind of action, adventure, twists, turns, and a bit of romance to make any fan of magic and mythology greedy for more. After King Midas’s gift—or curse—almost killed his daughter, he relinquished The Touch forever. Ten years later, Princess Kora still bears the consequences of her father’s wish: her skin shines golden, rumors follow her everywhere she goes, and she harbors secret powers that are getting harder to hide. Kora spends her days concealed behind gloves and veils. It isn’t until a charming duke arrives that Kora believes she could indeed be loved. But their courtship is disrupted when a thief steals treasures her father needs to survive. Thanks to Kora’s unique ability to sense gold, she sails off on her quest to find the missing items. Magic, mythology, fantasy, and pirate adventures charge through every page as Kora learns that not everything is what it seems—not her companions, not the thieves, and not even Kora herself. A Touch of Gold: Is told from the perspective of Kora, King Midas’s daughter and a strong female protagonist Is a clean fantasy adventure, perfect for fans of the #1 New York Times bestselling books, The Wrath & the Dawn and Cinder Is an enchanting and captivating fantasy adventure/fairy tale retelling Features a beautifully decorated cover Will have strong appeal to readers ages 13 & up

Author : Amy King
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2021-09-13
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 146966464X

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Grotesque Touch by Amy King Pdf

In this book, Amy K. King examines how violence between women in contemporary Caribbean and American texts is rooted in plantation slavery. Analyzing films, television shows, novels, short stories, poems, book covers, and paintings, King shows how contemporary media reuse salacious and stereotypical depictions of relationships between women living within the plantation system to confront its legacy in the present. The vestiges of these relationships--enslavers and enslaved women, employers and domestic servants, lovers and rivals--negate characters' efforts to imagine non-abusive approaches to power and agency. King's work goes beyond any other study to date to examine the intersections of gender, sexuality, race, ethnicity, class, ability, and nationality in U.S. and Caribbean depictions of violence between women in the wake of slavery.

Author : Al Perkins
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 63 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 1970
Category : Midas
ISBN : 0001711385

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King Midas and the Golden Touch by Al Perkins Pdf

King Midas enjoyed turning everything he touched to gold until he discovered that gold food was hard to eat and gold daughters cold to hug.

Author : Julie Appel,Amy Guglielmo
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Art appreciation
ISBN : 1402763247

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Find King Henry's Treasure by Julie Appel,Amy Guglielmo Pdf

An introduction to famous works of art, each of which bears something to feel or flip.

Author : Tanya Boteju
Publisher : Simon Pulse
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2019-05-07
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 9781534430655

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Kings, Queens, and In-Betweens by Tanya Boteju Pdf

“Poignant and important.” —Refinery29 “A bright and sparkly celebration of love and self-acceptance.” —Kirkus Reviews Judy Blume meets RuPaul’s Drag Race in this funny, feel-good debut novel about a queer teen who navigates questions of identity and self-acceptance while discovering the magical world of drag. Perpetually awkward Nima Kumara-Clark is bored with her insular community of Bridgeton, in love with her straight girlfriend, and trying to move past her mother’s unexpected departure. After a bewildering encounter at a local festival, Nima finds herself suddenly immersed in the drag scene on the other side of town. Macho drag kings, magical queens, new love interests, and surprising allies propel Nima both painfully and hilariously closer to a self she never knew she could be—one that can confidently express and accept love. But she’ll have to learn to accept lost love to get there. From debut author Tanya Boteju comes a poignant, laugh-out-loud tale of acceptance, self-expression, and the colorful worlds that await when we’re brave enough to look.

Author : Laura Layton Strom
Publisher : Newmark Learning
Page : 20 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781612691862

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Kings Midas and the Golden Touch by Laura Layton Strom Pdf

In this retelling of the Greek Myth, King Midas loves gold more than anything else in the whole world! Or at least, he thinks he loves gold the most....

Author : Mark Stibbe
Publisher : Authentic Media Inc
Page : 121 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2010-09-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781850789291

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One Touch from the King Changes Everything by Mark Stibbe Pdf

Sometimes something happens in your Christian life and it changes your world forever - sociologists call it a paradigm shift. Such a change happened to Mark Stibbe, and this book is the result! One Touch from the King is about how God can radically transform our lives with one simple touch. One moment of divine contact can bring an invasion of heaven into our world that means we can never be the same again. Filled with Mark Stibbe's trademark combination of sound biblical teaching and hands-on practical experience, this book will encourage you to a new level of faith.

Author : Marc Bloch
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Page : 451 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 1973-01-01
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780773592414

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Royal Touch by Marc Bloch Pdf

Author : Eric Metaxas
Publisher : ABDO
Page : 40 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1599613093

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King Midas and the Golden Touch by Eric Metaxas Pdf

Retells the story of the king whose wish that everything be gold is granted by the gods, only to discover that the seeming gift is really a curse.

Author : Stephen Teo
Publisher : Hong Kong University Press
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2006-11-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9622098150

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King Hu's A Touch of Zen by Stephen Teo Pdf

A Touch of Zen is one of the first Chinese-language films to gain recognition in an international film festival (the Grand Prix at the 1975 Cannes Film Festival), creating the generic mould for the "crossover" success of Ang Lee's Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon in 2000. The film has achieved a cult status over the years but little has been written about it. This first book-length study of the classic martial arts film therefore redresses its critical neglect, and explores its multi-leveled dimensions and mysteries. One of the central features of the film is the enigmatic knight-lady (xia nü) whose quest for revenge leads her to cross paths with a poor scholar whose interest in military strategy seals their alliance. Teo discusses the psychological manifestations and implications of this relationship and concludes that the film's continuing relevance lies in its portrait of sexuality and the feminist desires of the heroine. Teo also analyzes the film's form as an action piece and the director's preoccupation with Zen as a creative inspiration and as a subject in its own right. As such, he argues that the film is a highly unconventional and idiosyncratic work which attempts to transcend its own genre and reach the heights of universal transcendence. Teo grounds his study in both Western and Chinese literary sources, providing a broad and comprehensive treatise based on the film's narrative concepts and symbols.