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Download or read book Honeyed Words written by J. A. Pitts and published by St. Martin's Press. This book was released on 2012-05-22 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sarah Beauhall is a blacksmith who spends her free time fighting in a medieval reenactment group, but her world falls apart when she discovers that dragons are actually real and living among us as shape shifters.
Book Synopsis A Cultural History of the Senses in Antiquity by : Jerry Toner
Download or read book A Cultural History of the Senses in Antiquity written by Jerry Toner and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2014-10-23 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The ancient world used the senses to express an enormous range of cultural meanings. Indeed the senses were functionally significant in all aspects of ancient life, often in ways that were complex and interconnected. Antiquity was also a period where the senses were experienced vividly: cities stank, statues were brightly painted and literature made full use of sensory imagery to create its effects. In a steeply hierarchical world, with vast differences between the landed wealthy, the poor and the slaves, the senses played a key role in establishing and maintaining boundaries between social groups; but the use of the senses in the ancient world was not static. New religions, such as Christianity, developed their own way of using the senses, acquiring unique forms of sensory-related symbolism in processes which were slow and often contested. The aim of this volume is to provide an overview of these structures and developments and to show how their study can yield a more nuanced understanding of the ancient world. A Cultural History of the Senses in Antiquity presents essays on the following topics: the social life of the senses; urban sensations; the senses in the marketplace; the senses in religion; the senses in philosophy and science; medicine and the senses; the senses in literature; art and the senses; and sensory media.
Book Synopsis The Rebel Heiress and the Knight by : Melissa Oliver
Download or read book The Rebel Heiress and the Knight written by Melissa Oliver and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2020-07-01 with total page 269 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: She must marry the knight By order of the king! Widow Eleanor of Tallany Castle knows her people are broken by the taxes demanded by King John. So when she’s ordered to marry Hugh de Villiers, a knight loyal to the king, she’s furious—even if he is handsome! As gallant Hugh begins to heal the scars of Eleanor’s abusive first marriage, she’s even more determined to keep her secret: she is the outlaw the king wants to send to the gallows! “Melissa Oliver’s debut blew us away.” — Alison May, Romantic Novelists’ Association Chair “A brilliant, engrossing debut.” — The Blossom Twins “Melissa Oliver sets the scene perfectly. A wonderful debut and I can’t wait to read what the author will write next!” — RaeReads
Book Synopsis Harlequin Historical July 2020 - Box Set 2 of 2 by : Michelle Styles
Download or read book Harlequin Historical July 2020 - Box Set 2 of 2 written by Michelle Styles and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2020-07-01 with total page 767 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Do you dream of wicked rakes, gorgeous Highlanders and muscled Viking warriors? Harlequin® Historical brings you three new full-length titles in one collection! CONVENIENTLY WED TO THE VIKING Sons of Sigurd By Michelle Styles (Viking) Sandulf Sigurdsson is trailing his family’s assassin when he meets runaway Lady Ceanna. Her family is posing an immediate danger. The only way to keep her safe? Marriage! THE FLAPPER’S BABY SCANDAL Sisters of the Roaring Twenties By Lauri Robinson (1920s) Drawn into FBI agent Henry Randall’s investigation, heiress Betty Dryer surrenders to her desire before she’s forced to wed another…until she discovers she’s pregnant with Henry’s baby! THE REBEL HEIRESS AND THE KNIGHT By Melissa Oliver (Medieval) Ordered to marry the knight Hugh de Villiers, widow Eleanor is initially furious. As they grow closer, Eleanor’s determined to hide her identity—she’s the outlaw the king wants to capture! Look for Harlequin® Historical’s July 2020 Box Set 1 of 2, filled with even more timeless love stories!
Book Synopsis Paperback Oxford English Dictionary by : Maurice Waite
Download or read book Paperback Oxford English Dictionary written by Maurice Waite and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2012-05-10 with total page 1026 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Little Oxford English Dictionary is a book to support knowledge creation of Sara Hawker. Available at a lower price from other sellers that may not offer free Prime shipping. This is a major new edition of the Little Oxford English Dictionary, offering the most accurate and up-to-date coverage of essential, everyday vocabulary. Based on evidence from the Oxford English Corpus, a unique database with hundreds of millions of words of English, it provides a fresh selection of 90,000 words, phrases, and definitions. Definitions are given in a clear, simple style, avoiding technical language, and are easier to understand than ever before, and there are hundreds of notes on spelling and grammar to help you get it right. A brand-new Factfinder center section gives easy access to information on topics such as countries and their capitals, kings and queens, and weights and measures, as well as help with spelling and punctuation. A new, clear design makes the Little Oxford English Dictionary easy to use, and ideal for use at school, at home, and in the office. Find out more about our living language using Oxford Dictionaries Online. Hear how words are spoken with thousands of audio pronunciations, and access over 1.9 million real English example sentences to see how words are used in context. Improve your confidence in writing with helpful grammar and punctuation guides, full thesaurus information, style and usage help, and much more. Discover more on oxforddictionaries.com, Oxford's hub for dictionaries and language reference.
Book Synopsis Romancing a Goddess by : Ray Goolsarran
Download or read book Romancing a Goddess written by Ray Goolsarran and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2006-12-01 with total page 85 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Ray of Romance is a compilation of poetic verses for the true romantic in every male and female. Enjoy these 'Sugarayism Quatrains' on a quiet evening with some champagne by the flickering firelight.In the Realm of Romance, satin sheets, glowing candlelight, soft music and intoxicating fragrances, read your way to passion and enjoy the caress of Ray's golden sunrays of glorious words.Ray Goosarran's 'A Ray of Romance' is a radiant sunbeam in every romantic sense of the word.
Book Synopsis Tor/Forge Author Voices: Volume 1 by : Kristin Sevick
Download or read book Tor/Forge Author Voices: Volume 1 written by Kristin Sevick and published by Tor Books. This book was released on 2011-07-05 with total page 519 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ever wanted to hunt a notorious ghost through the halls of a spooky old house? Be swept away at a Regency ball? Solve a murder mystery, Vegas style? Then Tor and Forge might have the perfect summer read for you. With this sampler, Tor and Forge Books proudly present a one-of-a-kind collection of articles written by our authors, excerpts of forthcoming books, and unique content. We're highlighting a cross-section of our exciting new titles in urban fantasy, paranormal romance, young adult fiction, science fiction and fantasy, historical fiction, women's fiction, and mysteries and thrillers. In addition to short articles written by our authors and excerpts from some of our forthcoming titles, this sampler includes a special roundtable discussion between five of the Tor / Forge editors. From submission guidelines to eBooks (and more!), this roundtable offers a wealth of invaluable advice to new and aspiring authors. In this collection . . . *DEBORAH COONTS gives readers a taste of Vegas nightlife in "Casual Sex," an all-new short story featuring the irrepressible Lucky O'Toole from the recent novel, Lucky Stiff. *CARRIE BEBRIS provides the discerning reader an informative and entertaining Field Guide to Regency Men. You simply mustn't attend another ball until you've read this! *A special preview of New York Times bestselling author W. BRUCE CAMERON's next book, Emory's Gift, provides a glimpse into a heartwarming new novel about a boy and his bear. *Debut author NICOLE "COCO" MARROW takes readers on a genre-bending thrill ride in the first chapter of her novel, Angel. *New York Times bestselling author CARRIE VAUGHN writes candidly about reaching a milestone ten books in her long-running urban fantasy series. Also included is a special preview of the next Kitty Norville adventure, Kitty's Big Trouble. *Tor and Forge editors discuss writing, publishing, and falling in love in a candid editorial roundtable revealing what editors are—and are not—looking for in a submission. With more features and novel previews by: KENDARE BLAKE REBECCA CANTRELL LISA DESROCHERS CAROLE NELSON DOUGLAS RHIANNON FRATER KIKI HAMILTON MARY ROBINETTE KOWAL L. JAGI LAMPLIGHTER JON LAND J. A. PITTS CHERIE PRIEST GABI STEVENS PATRICK TAYLOR F. PAUL WILSON At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
Book Synopsis Parliamentary Debates by : New Zealand. Parliament
Download or read book Parliamentary Debates written by New Zealand. Parliament and published by . This book was released on 1945 with total page 932 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Parliamentary Debates. House of Representatives by : New Zealand. Parliament
Download or read book Parliamentary Debates. House of Representatives written by New Zealand. Parliament and published by . This book was released on 1944 with total page 900 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Selected works (20 masterpieces) of Emmuska Orczy: THE SCARLET PIMPERNEL, I WILL REPAY, THE ELUSIVE PIMPERNEL, EL DORADO, LORD TONY'S WIFE, THE LEAGUE OF THE SCARLET PIMPERNEL, THE LAUGHING CAVALIER, THE OLD MAN IN THE CORNER, PETTICOAT RULE and other by : Emmuska Orczy
Download or read book Selected works (20 masterpieces) of Emmuska Orczy: THE SCARLET PIMPERNEL, I WILL REPAY, THE ELUSIVE PIMPERNEL, EL DORADO, LORD TONY'S WIFE, THE LEAGUE OF THE SCARLET PIMPERNEL, THE LAUGHING CAVALIER, THE OLD MAN IN THE CORNER, PETTICOAT RULE and other written by Emmuska Orczy and published by Strelbytskyy Multimedia Publishing. This book was released on 2021-02-01 with total page 1857 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Selected works of Emmuska Orczy from the series "Best of the Best" is the book that everyone should read to understand themselves and each other. The authors and works for this book series were selected, as a result of numerous studies, analysis of the texts over the past 100 years and the demand for readers. It must be read in order to understand the world around us, its history, to recognize the heroes, to understand the winged expressions and jokes that come from these literary works. Reading these books will mean the discovery of a world of self-development and self-expression for each person. These books have been around for decades, and sometimes centuries, for the time they recreate, the values they teach, the point of view, or simply the beauty of words. This volume of the Best of the Best series includes famous works • THE SCARLET PIMPERNEL • I WILL REPAY • THE ELUSIVE PIMPERNEL • EL DORADO • LORD TONY'S WIFE • THE LEAGUE OF THE SCARLET PIMPERNEL • THE LAUGHING CAVALIER • THE OLD MAN IN THE CORNER • PETTICOAT RULE • THE BRONZE EAGLE • BEAU BROCADE • CASTLES IN THE AIR • THE NEST OF THE SPARROWHAWK • THE TANGLED SKEIN • A SHEAF OF BLUEBELLS • "UNTO CÆSAR" • THE END A BRIDE OF THE PLAINS • THE HEART OF A WOMAN • LEATHERFACE • HIS MAJESTY'S WELL-BELOVED
Download or read book Echoes of Color written by Paulette and published by Dorrance Publishing. This book was released on 2015-12-28 with total page 544 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Echoes of Color By Paulette After tragedy hits her family, teenage Albany flees her home in Arkansas and sets off to make a new life for herself. Her reputation grows quickly as a strong, spirited woman who won’t back down from a fight and who knows how to handle a gun. Echoes of Color, set in the post-Civil War United States, is a gripping epic of one woman’s ambition to build a strong, supportive environment for the family and friends around her. In both her courtship and marriage to Clayton Drew (a Frenchman known as both a skillful gunman and ladies’ man) and her raising of seven children, Albany continually stands up for what she believes is right, refusing to give in to anyone, including her husband. Echoes of Color will leave you crying, laughing, and gasping in surprise — and sometimes all on the same page.
Book Synopsis The Penguin Book of Classical Indian Love Stories and Lyrics by : Ruskin Bond
Download or read book The Penguin Book of Classical Indian Love Stories and Lyrics written by Ruskin Bond and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2000-10-14 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A compilation of love stories and poems from the classical literature and folklore of India Set in regions of great natural beauty where Kamadeva, the god of love, picks his victims with consummate ease, these stories and lyrics celebrate the myriad aspects of love. In addition to relatively well-known works like Kalidasa's Meghadutam and Prince Ilango Adigal's Shilappadikaram, the collection features lesser-known writers of ancient India like Damodaragupta (eighth century AD), whose 'Loves of Haralata and Dundarasena' is about a high-born man's doomed affair with a courtesan; Janna (twelfth century), whose Tale of the Glory-Bearer is extracted here for the story of a queen who betrays her handsome husband for a mahout, reputed to be the ugliest man in the kingdom; and the Sanskrit poets Amaru and Mayaru (seventh century), whose lyrics display an astonishing perspective on the tenderness, the fierce passion and the playful savagery of physical love. Also featured are charming stories of Hindu gods and goddesses in love, and nineteenth-century retellings of folk tales from different regions of the country like Kashmir, Punjab, Maharashtra and Rajasthan. Both passionate and sensuous in its content, this book is sure to appeal to the romantic in all of us.
Book Synopsis Addie's Husband; or, Through clouds to sunshine by : Mrs. Gordon Smythies
Download or read book Addie's Husband; or, Through clouds to sunshine written by Mrs. Gordon Smythies and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2022-09-16 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "Addie's Husband; or, Through clouds to sunshine" by Mrs. Gordon Smythies. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.
Book Synopsis All Things in the Bible [2 volumes] by : Nancy M. Tischler
Download or read book All Things in the Bible [2 volumes] written by Nancy M. Tischler and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2006-04-30 with total page 803 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Bible is the central text of Western civilization, and an understanding of it is vital to the study of world history and culture. In addition, more and more high school and college students are studying the Bible as literature. Monumental in scope and written especially for high school students and general readers, this encyclopedia surveys the material culture, customs, and beliefs of the biblical world. Included are more than 200 alphabetically arranged entries on the tools, animals, foods, habits, laws, professions, and peoples of the Bible. Each entry provides definitions; scriptural references; etymological, historical, and archaeolgical information; and, when possible, a discussion of the relevance of the topic to modern readers. Entries include cross-references and cite works for further reading, and the encyclopedia is generously illustrated. The Bible is the central text of Western civilization, and an understanding of it is vital to the study of world history and culture. In addition, more and more high school students and undergraduates are studying the Bible as literature. Monumental in scope and written especially for high school students and general readers, this encyclopedia surveys the material culture, customs, and beliefs of the biblical world through more than 200 alphabetically arranged entries on the tools, animals, foods, habits, laws, professions, and peoples of the Bible. Each entry provides definitions; scriptural references; etymological, historical, and archaeological information; and, when possible, a discussion of the relevance of the topic to modern readers. The encyclopedia covers the peoples who were a part of biblical life: the Essenes and Pharisees, the scribes and priests, the neighbors and enemies, and the great powers that enslaved them. In addition, it explains many of the major events in Israel's history, the accepted concept of cosmology and weather, and the common understanding of many details from the Creation to Armageddon.
Book Synopsis The New Politics of Olympos by : Michael Brumbaugh
Download or read book The New Politics of Olympos written by Michael Brumbaugh and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2019-10-02 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The New Politics of Olympos explores the dynamics of praise, power, and persuasion in Kallimachos' hymns, detailing how they simultaneously substantiate and interrogate the radically new phenomenon of Hellenistic kingship taking shape during Kallimachos' lifetime. Long before the Ptolemies invested vast treasure in establishing Alexandria as the center of Hellenic culture and learning, tyrants such as Peisistratos and Hieron recognized the value of poetry in advancing their political agendas. Plato, too, saw the vast power inherent in poetry, and famously advocated either censoring it (Republic) or harnessing it (Laws) for the good of the political community. As Xenophon notes in his Hieron and Pindar demonstrates in his politically charged epinikian hymns, wielding poetry's power entails a complex negotiation between the poet, the audience, and political leaders. Kallimachos' poetic medium for engaging in this dynamic, the hymn, had for centuries served as an unparalleled vehicle for negotiating with the super-powerful. The New Politics of Olympos offers the first in-depth analysis of Kallimachos' only fully extant poetry book, the Hymns, by examining its contemporary political setting, engagement with a tradition of political thought stretching back to Homer, and portrayal of the poet as an image-maker for the king. In addition to investigating the political dynamics in the individual hymns, this book details how the poet's six hymns, once juxtaposed within a single bookroll, constitute a macro-narrative on the prerogatives of Ptolemaic kingship. Throughout the collection Kallimachos refigures the infamously factious divine family as a paradigm of stability and good governance in concert with the self-fashioning of the Ptolemaic dynasty. At the same time, the poet defines the characteristics and behaviors worthy of praise, effectively shaping contemporary political ethics. Thus, for a Ptolemaic reader, this poetry book may have served as an education in and inducement to good kingship.
Book Synopsis Unknowing Fanaticism by : Ross Lerner
Download or read book Unknowing Fanaticism written by Ross Lerner and published by Fordham Univ Press. This book was released on 2019-04-02 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We may think we know what defines religious fanaticism: violent action undertaken with dogmatic certainty. But the term fanatic, from the European Reformation to today, has never been a stable one. Then and now it has been reductively defined to justify state violence and to delegitimize alternative sources of authority. Unknowing Fanaticism rejects the simplified binary of fanatical religion and rational politics, turning to Renaissance literature to demonstrate that fanaticism was integral to how both modern politics and poetics developed, from the German Peasants’ Revolt to the English Civil War. The book traces two entangled approaches to fanaticism in this long Reformation moment: the targeting of it as an extreme political threat and the engagement with it as a deep epistemological and poetic problem. In the first, thinkers of modernity from Martin Luther to Thomas Hobbes and John Locke positioned themselves against fanaticism to pathologize rebellion and abet theological and political control. In the second, which arose alongside and often in response to the first, the poets of fanaticism investigated the link between fanatical self-annihilation—the process by which one could become a vessel for divine violence—and the practices of writing poetry. Edmund Spenser, John Donne, and John Milton recognized in the fanatic’s claim to be a passive instrument of God their own incapacity to know and depict the origins of fanaticism. Yet this crisis of unknowing was a productive one. It led these writers to experiment with poetic techniques that would allow them to address fanaticism’s tendency to unsettle the boundaries between human and divine agency and between individual and collective bodies. These poets demand a new critical method, which this book attempts to model: a historically-minded and politicized formalism that can attend to the complexity of the poetic encounter with fanaticism.
Book Synopsis Faithful Unto Death by : Sarah Hawkswood
Download or read book Faithful Unto Death written by Sarah Hawkswood and published by Allison & Busby Ltd. This book was released on 2019-10-24 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bradecote and Catchpoll discover that sometimes the difference between the law and justice is a great one. June, 1144. The naked corpse of an unknown man is discovered near Worcester, while the Prince of Powys's messenger has gone missing. Making the connection, Undersheriff Hugh Bradecote, Serjeant Catchpoll and young apprentice Walkelin head to Wales to discover his identity. But did the dead man deserve a noose rather than a dagger? Retracing the dead man's steps leads the trio to a manor with a difficult lord, a neglected wife, a bitter mother and a fevered brother, none of whom want the truth exposed.