The Seafarer S Bride

Author : Laura Strickland
Publisher : The Wild Rose Press Inc
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2023-01-11
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781509247325

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The Seafarer's Bride by Laura Strickland Pdf

A year ago, Magnus Tolljursson helped repel a treacherous attack from his father’s enemies, and discovered he carries the berserker’s seed of madness. Now he must sail to the settlement from whence those attackers came, and fulfill a promise to a friend. He doesn’t know what he’ll find in Husavik and never suspects he may lose his heart. In her father’s absence, Embra Fritisson has been engaged in a desperate battle to keep leadership of the settlement. When Magnus arrives saying her father is dead, she fears her unstable family will splinter into factions and destroy one another. She must retain control, but how can she hope to keep her head while falling in love with the enemy?

Author : Marian Anderson Clover
Publisher : Upswing Publishing
Page : 350 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2015-04-16
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781942628019

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The Seafarers by Marian Anderson Clover Pdf

The sacred mysteries essential to Viking survival will be lost if Inge Andersdottir cannot find a daughter to inherit the ancient wisdom. Inge and her husband Karl-Eirik adopt Thora, a young thrall with skaldic (poetic) powers and more. Thora kills a glasscaster and the king condemns her to Lesser Outlawry: a long season of exile to the rivers of Russia and then Istanbul - on Karl's boat, The Seafarer. Reluctantly, Inge agrees to go along and finds a stormy voyage – a grueling portage, an encounter with the Overlord of Kiev, her former lover, with a suspected Greek spy and an attack by the savage Pechenegs. The crew must deal with an unexpected change in captains. Thora is captured and put into an Arab harem. It is up to Inge and her wondrous skills to save the boat, the crew and her daughter.

Author : Christine Preston
Publisher : Liverpool University Press
Page : 279 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2009-06-15
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781837641550

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The Rise of Man in the Gardens of Sumeria by Christine Preston Pdf

Lieut.-Col. Laurence Austine Waddell (1854 1938) was a British Army officer with an established reputation mainly due to a work on the 'Buddhism' of Tibet, his explorations of the Himalayas, and a biography which included records of the 1903-4 military expedition to Lhasa (Lhasa and its Mysteries). Waddell was also in the limelight due to his acquisition of Tibetan manuscripts which he donated to the British Museum. His overriding interest was in 'Aryan origins'. After learning Sanskrit and Tibetan, and in between military expeditions and gathering intelligence from the borders of Tibet in the Great Game, Waddell researched Lamaïsm. He extended his activities to Archaeology, Philology and Ethnology, and was credited with discoveries in relation to Buddha. His personal ambition was to locate records of ancient civilisation in Tibetan lamaseries. Waddell is little known as an archaeologist and scholar, in contrast with his fame in the Oriental field, due to the controversial nature of his published works dealing with 'Aryan themes'. Waddell studied Sumerian and presented evidence that an Aryan migration fleeing Sargon II carried Sumerian records to India. He interrupted his comparative studies of Sumerian and Indian king-lists to publish a work on Phoenician origins and decipherment of Indus Valley seals, the inscriptions of which he claimed were similar to Sumerian pictogram signs cited from G. A. Barton's plates, which are reproduced in this volume. Waddell's life is reconstructed from primary sources, such as letters from Marc Aurel Stein at the British Museum and Theophilus G Pinches, held in the Special Collections at the University of Glasgow Library. Special attention is paid to the contemporary reception of his theories, with the objective of re-evaluating his contribution; they are contrasted to past and present academic views, in addition to an overview of relevant discoveries in Archaeology.

Author : Amelia Rose
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 125 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2024-05-19
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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A Bargain For A Bride by Amelia Rose Pdf

When Lady Moira Brennan leaves her home at Brennan Castle for the wilds of her own homestead claim in the Montana territory, she had no idea that a husband awaited her. Sold into marriage by her uncle, she arrives to find a bleak landscape of scarce farmers, all desperately trying to scratch out a living on their claims. Pryor MacAteer came to Montana himself only three years ago, and his farm has prospered. All that he needs to make it complete is a wife and family, one whose passage he paid, and whose name is on the marriage contract. Will Moira realize her dream of owning her own land and uncover the truth behind a marriage contract with her name on it?

Author : Joan Garner
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2006-09-30
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780313090769

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Wings of Fancy by Joan Garner Pdf

Featuring scripts for well known classical fantasy stories, as well as more current entries into the genre, Wings of Fancy addresses subgenres such as: Fairies and Enchanted Creatures; Fantastic Beasts and Talking Animals. Each script offers a summary of the story with background information on the author and story, plus suggested further readings. Staging and presentation directions are included, as is a glossary of new and unfamiliar terms. Unlike most other books of this type, lesson plans and project ideas are also included for each story. Grades 4-8 The Readers Theatre series presents original scripts written for the purpose of teaching a specific literary genre. Each book is composed of 24-28 scripts, keyed to published books, plays, poems or stories in that genre, encouraging students to read the originals to accomplish the correlated project. Staging and presentation directions are included. Two-leveled (lower and higher level) projects with all needed lesson plans, forms and discussion are also provided for each script.

Author : Lloyd's Register Foundation
Publisher : Lloyd's Register
Page : 964 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 1927-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Lloyd’s Register of Yachts 1927 by Lloyd's Register Foundation Pdf

The Lloyd’s Register of Yachts was first issued in 1878, and was issued annually until 1980, except during the years 1916-18 and 1940-46. Two supplements containing additions and corrections were also issued annually. The Register contains the names, details and characters of Yachts classed by the Society, together with the particulars of other Yachts which are considered to be of interest, illustrates plates of the Flags of Yacht and Sailing Clubs, together with a List of Club Officers, an illustrated List of the Distinguishing Flags of Yachtsmen, a List of the Names and Addresses of Yacht Owners, and much other information. For more information on the Lloyd’s Register of Yachts, please click here: https://hec.lrfoundation.org.uk/archive-library/lloyds-register-of-yachts-online

Author : Werner Diem,Hans-Peter Radenberg
Publisher : Otto Harrassowitz Verlag
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Arabic language
ISBN : 344703582X

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A Dictionary of the Arabic Material of S.D. Goitein's A Mediterranean Society by Werner Diem,Hans-Peter Radenberg Pdf

Author : Dr. Sonal Bhatia
Publisher : Notion Press
Page : 189 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2021-08-19
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781639045440

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Sea Through My Eyes by Dr. Sonal Bhatia Pdf

I married a sailor to put an end to my spinsterhood, but it was not an ordinary marital knot. On marrying him came along isolation, distance, pain, sacrifices and unconditional love. I bid him a safe voyage every time and waited days and months for his safe homecomings. Juggling with dual responsibilities of the family, maintaining the symbolic status of being a sailor’s wife, I take pride in the applets on his shoulder. I take pride to be his queen, and like me, there are millions of queens around the globe who wear a silent crown of compassion, courage and optimism. This memoir is my journey to the unknown world of unsung heroes working at sea, experiencing the terror which I came across while sailing: from a harrowing passage of Somalia to accidents that happened on board when the ship sailed in ferocious storms and deserted ports of call, the gruelling daily routine and dedication for work at the mercy of nature which changed my perspective and refute the myths about sailors. It is my journey to the floating world. A world that runs the major trades with no expectations or recognition. These sailors work in silence and retire in silence. Yes, it is the life of The Merchant Navy.

Author : Sharon Lattig
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 249 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2020-11-12
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781350069275

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Cognitive Ecopoetics by Sharon Lattig Pdf

New insights from cognitive theory and literary ecocriticism have the power to transform our understanding of one of the most important literary genres: the lyric poem. In Cognitive Ecopoetics, Sharon Lattig brings these two schools of criticism together for the first time to consider the ways in which lyric forms re-enact cognitive processes of the mind and brain. Along the way the book reads anew the long history of the lyric, from Andrew Marvell, through canonical poets such as Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Ralph Waldo Emerson and Emily Dickinson to contemporary writers such as Susan Howe and Charles Olson.

Author : Saint Edith Stein
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 1960
Category : Christian saints
ISBN : UOM:39015037027631

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The Science of the Cross by Saint Edith Stein Pdf

This last work of Edith Stein offers St. John in the unity of his being as it is expressed in his life and work from a point of view that enables us to envisage that unity. Hers is a unique approach to St. John, seeking the essence of his person in relation to the divine pursuit of his soul. This is also a spiritual confession of the author's last days.

Author : John Romano
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 383 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2020-01-29
Category : History
ISBN : 9781487588045

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Medieval Travel and Travelers by John Romano Pdf

It is widely believed that people living in the Middle Ages seldom traveled. But, as Medieval Travel and Travelers reveals, many medieval people – and not only Marco Polo – were on the move for a variety of different reasons. Assuming no previous knowledge of medieval civilizations, this volume allows readers to experience the excitement of men and women who ventured into new lands. By addressing cross-cultural interaction, religion, and travel literature, the collection sheds light on how travel shaped the way we perceive the world, while also connecting history to the contemporary era of globalization. Including a mix of complete sources, excerpts, and images, Medieval Travel and Travelers provides readers with opportunities for further reflection on what medieval people expected to find in foreign locales, while sparking curiosity about undiscovered spaces and cultures.

Author : Robert D. Fulk,Christopher M. Cain
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 506 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2013-03-06
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781118441121

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A History of Old English Literature by Robert D. Fulk,Christopher M. Cain Pdf

A HISTORY OF OLD ENGLISH LITERATURE A History of Old English Literature has been significantly revised to provide an unequivocal response to the renewed historicism in medieval studies. Focusing on the production and reception of Old English texts and on their relation to Anglo-Saxon history and culture, this new edition covers an exceptionally broad array of genres. These range from riddles and cryptograms to allegory, liturgical texts, and romance, as well as lyric poetry and heroic legend. The authors also integrate discussions of Anglo-Latin texts, crucial to understanding the development of Old English literature. This second edition incorporates extensive reference to scholarship that has evolved over the past decade, with new chapters on both Anglo-Saxon manuscripts and on incidental and marginal texts. There is expanded treatment throughout, including increased coverage of legal texts and scientific and scholastic texts. The book concludes with a retrospective outline of the reception of Anglo-Saxon literature and culture in subsequent periods.

Author : Octavio Alvarez
Publisher : Stockbridge, Mass. : H. Reichner
Page : 468 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 1978
Category : Art
ISBN : UOM:39015002765306

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The Celestial Brides by Octavio Alvarez Pdf

Author : James Meek
Publisher : Canongate Books
Page : 345 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2019-08-29
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781786896759

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To Calais, In Ordinary Time by James Meek Pdf

SHORTLISTED FOR THE WALTER SCOTT PRIZE FOR HISTORICAL FICTION LONGLISTED FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE FOR POLITICAL FICTION A BOOK OF THE YEAR IN THE TIMES, GUARDIAN, SUNDAY TIMES, DAILY EXPRESS, SCOTSMAN and SPECTATOR Three journeys. One road. England, 1348. A gentlewoman flees an odious arranged marriage, a Scots proctor sets out for Avignon and a young ploughman in search of freedom is on his way to volunteer with a company of archers. All come together on the road to Calais. Coming in their direction from across the Channel is the Black Death, the plague that will wipe out half of the population of Northern Europe. As the journey unfolds, overshadowed by the archers' past misdeeds and clerical warnings of the imminent end of the world, the wayfarers must confront the nature of their loves and desires. A tremendous feat of language and empathy, it summons a medieval world that is at once uncannily plausible, utterly alien and eerily reflective of our own. James Meek's extraordinary To Calais, In Ordinary Time is a novel about love, class, faith, loss, gender and desire - set against one of the biggest cataclysms of human history.

Author : Ian Morson
Publisher : Severn House Publishers Ltd
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2012-02-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781780101279

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Deadly Injustice by Ian Morson Pdf

A Nick Zuliani Mystery set in Kubilai Khan’s court - Cathay, 1268. Nick Zuliani, Venetian adventurer and newly appointed Investigator to the Mongol Emperor, is sent to investigate a murder in a remote town. But Nick soon realizes that he has been sent on an impossible mission by a deadly rival – for a girl has confessed to the crime and is due to be beheaded. If Nick uncovers the truth, and saves her life, he risks undermining the local Mongol governor, with terrible diplomatic consequences. He will have to use all his wiles if he is to escape the trap laid for him.