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The House of Shadows

Author : Paul Doherty
Publisher : Canelo
ISBN 13 : 1800321430
Total Pages : 362 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (3 download)

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Download or read book The House of Shadows written by Paul Doherty and published by Canelo. This book was released on 2020-10-26 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A set of horrific killings hints at the answer behind a legendary crime... Autumn, 1380. Brother Athelstan is very busy. He and his parish council are preparing for the annual Christmas mystery play when a series of brutal murders occur at a Southwark tavern. Two young whores are found slain but their deaths are only the beginning of a series of gruesome killings which occur around the parish of St Erconwald’s. He resolves to solve not only these grisly deaths, but also their source - the Great Robbery of the Lombard treasure, which occurred in Southwark some 20 years earlier. Plots and deceptions abound in this thrilling mystery novel by Paul Doherty, ideal for fans of Susanna Gregory, C. J. Sansom and S. J. Parris. Praise for Paul Doherty 'His fascination for history comes off the page' Daily Express 'Paul Doherty has a lively sense of history ... evocative and lyrical descriptions' New Statesmen 'An opulent banquet to satisfy the most murderous appetite' Northern Echo

Falcon

Author : Helen Macdonald
Publisher : Reaktion Books
ISBN 13 : 1780236891
Total Pages : 225 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (82 download)

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Download or read book Falcon written by Helen Macdonald and published by Reaktion Books. This book was released on 2016-11-15 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Before best-selling author Helen Macdonald told the story of the goshawk in H Is for Hawk, she told the story of the falcon, in a cultural history of the masterful creature that can “cut the sky in two” with the “perfectly aerodynamic profile of a raindrop,” as she so incisively puts it. In talon-sharp prose she explores the spell the falcon has had over her and, by extension, all of us, whether we’ve seen them “through binoculars, framed on gallery walls, versified by poets, flown as hunting birds, through Manhattan windows, sewn on flags, stamped on badges, or winnowing through the clouds over abandoned arctic radar stations.” Macdonald dives through centuries and careens around the globe to tell the story of the falcon as it has flown in the wild skies of the natural world and those of our imagination. Mixing history, myth, and legend, she explores the long history of the sport of falconry in many human cultures—from Japan to Abu Dhabi to Oxford; she analyzes the falcon’s talismanic power as a symbol in art, politics, and business; and she addresses the ways we have both endangered and protected it. Along the way we discover how falcons were mobilized in secret military projects; their links with espionage, the Third Reich, the Holy Roman Empire, and space programs; and how they have figured in countless stories of heroism and, of course, the erotic. Best of all, Macdonald has given us something fresh: a new introduction that draws on all her experience to even further invigorate her cherished subject. The result is a deeply informed book written with the same astonishing lyrical grace that has captivated readers and had everyone talking about this writer-cum-falconer.

The King Arthur MEGAPACK®

Author : Sir Thomas Mallory
Publisher : Wildside Press LLC
ISBN 13 : 147943700X
Total Pages : 3110 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (794 download)

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Download or read book The King Arthur MEGAPACK® written by Sir Thomas Mallory and published by Wildside Press LLC. This book was released on 2018-02-15 with total page 3110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Matters Arthurian have been a theme in literature since the Middle Ages. King Arthur, Excalibur, the Knights of the Round Table, and the Quest for the Holy Grail are now part of popular culture. Here are 19 works that employ the Arthurian legends, ranging from early epic poems to 19th and 20th century novels and stories, showing how these myths and legends continue to enjoy new life: LE MORTE D’ARTHUR, by Sir Thomas Malory IDYLLS OF THE KING, by Alfred, Lord Tennyson THE PLEASAUNCE OF MAID MARIAN, by Oscar Fay Adams MERLIN’S YOUTH, by George Parker Bidder MERLIN AND KENTIGERN: A LEGEND OF TWEEDDALE, by J. S. Blackie PARZIVAL, by Wolfram von Eschenback MERLIN, by Mortimer Collins SIR LANCELOT DU LAKE, by Thomas Deloney THE RETURN FROM THE QUEST, by Oscar Fay Adams THE FORTUNATE ISLAND, by Max Adeler AT THE PALACE OF KING LOT, by Oscar Fay Adams THE LEGENDS OF KING ARTHUR AND HIS KNIGHTS, by James Knowles THE STORY OF THE CHAMPIONS OF THE ROUND TABLE, by Howard Pyle KING ARTHUR AND THE KNIGHTS OF THE ROUND, edited by Rupert S. Holland SIR GAWAIN AND THE LADY OF LYS, by Anonymous KING ARTHUR’S KNIGHTS, by Henry Gilbert A CONNECTICUT YANKEE IN KING ARTHUR’S COURT, by Mark Twain THE SWORD, THE KING, AND NAOMI WASHINGTON, by John Gregory Betancourt ARTHUR’S GRAVE: THE EPITAPH, by Ernest Rhys Wildside Press’s MEGAPACK® Ebook Series If you enjoy this ebook, don't forget to search your favorite ebook store for "Wildside Press Megapack" to see more of the 300+ volumes in this series, covering adventure, historical fiction, mysteries, westerns, ghost stories, science fiction -- and much, much more!

The Golden Spurs of Kortrijk

Author : Randall Fegley
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 0786480548
Total Pages : 368 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (864 download)

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Download or read book The Golden Spurs of Kortrijk written by Randall Fegley and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2010-06-28 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Franco-Flemish region of medieval Flanders was a locus of important trade routes in the 13th and 14th centuries. Located in a prime position between the Holy Roman Empire and the North Sea (present-day northern Belgium), the urban centers of the region were surpassed in population only by the city-states of central and northern Italy. This positioning afforded the Flemish citizens of the region great prosperity and they formed guilds to protect their rights, regulate their working hours and standardize their wages. These guilds produced a cohesive unit of people eager to retain the rights they had gained. In 1302, French cavalry faced the determined Flemish soldiers on foot at Kortrijk (Courtrai). This book analyzes the battle that ensued, its origins, consequences and legacy. It also examines the everyday lives of the inhabitants of Flanders; urban dwellers, knights, nobles, women and others. This is the first major English-language study of the historic 14th century battle between the French and the Flemish, a conflict whose repercussions linger in modern Belgium. Instructors considering this book for use in a course may request an examination copy here.

King Arthur's Knights

Author : Henry Gilbert
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 424 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (334 download)

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Download or read book King Arthur's Knights written by Henry Gilbert and published by . This book was released on 1911 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Recounts the exploits of King Arthur and his knights at the court of Camelot and elsewhere in the land of the Britons.

Theodor Adorno and Film Theory

Author : B. Wall
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1137306149
Total Pages : 135 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (373 download)

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Download or read book Theodor Adorno and Film Theory written by B. Wall and published by Springer. This book was released on 2013-03-12 with total page 135 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What is the fundamental nature of the filmic object: is it a commodity or is it, can it be, art? What would that mean - can it still matter? This book introduces the thought of Theodor Adorno into film studies to repair the schism that characterizes the field, as historical and cultural modes of analysis displace theoretical and philosophical ones.

Iconographic Encyclopaedia of Science, Literature, and Art

Author : Johann Georg Heck
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 844 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Iconographic Encyclopaedia of Science, Literature, and Art written by Johann Georg Heck and published by . This book was released on 1851 with total page 844 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Foul & Fair Play

Author : Marty Roth
Publisher : University of Georgia Press
ISBN 13 : 9780820316222
Total Pages : 318 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (162 download)

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Download or read book Foul & Fair Play written by Marty Roth and published by University of Georgia Press. This book was released on 1995 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Foul and Fair Play is an examination of classic detective fiction as a genre--an attempt to read a wide variety of texts by different authors as variations on a common and relatively tight set of conventions. Marty Roth covers the period from the "prehistory" of detective fiction in Edgar Allan Poe, Charles Dickens, Wilkie Collins, Robert Louis Stevenson, and H. G. Wells up to the 1960s, which marked the end, he says, of the classical period--"the end of an extremely conservative paradigm." The detective fiction genre, as Roth defines it, includes analytic detective fiction, hard-boiled detective fiction, and the spy thriller. Roth insists on the structural common ground of these three types of writing and places them in the larger system of mystery fiction that preceded and surrounds them. The first part of the book consists of a reading of conventions: conventions of character (the detective, the criminal), of gender and sexuality, of narrative style, of settings, and of the curious rules of exchange and coincidence that operate in the realm where detective stories take place. The second section deals with the convoluted epistemology of mystery and detective fiction, depending as it does on other major intellectual developments of the late nineteenth century, such as psychoanalysis. An extremely original study, Foul and Fair Play offers many insights into the literary and cultural history of a popular genre.

Words on Screen

Author : Michel Chion
Publisher : Columbia University Press
ISBN 13 : 023154345X
Total Pages : 301 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (315 download)

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Download or read book Words on Screen written by Michel Chion and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 2017-03-07 with total page 301 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Michel Chion is well known in contemporary film studies for his innovative investigations into aspects of cinema that scholars have traditionally overlooked. Following his work on sound in film in Audio-Vision and Film, a Sound Art, Words on Screen is Chion's survey of everything the seventh art gives us to read on screen. He analyzes titles, credits, and intertitles, but also less obvious forms of writing that appear on screen, from the tear-stained letter in a character's hand to reversed writing seen in mirrors. Through this examination, Chion delves into the multitude of roles that words on screen play: how they can generate narrative, be torn up or consumed but still remain in the viewer's consciousness, take on symbolic dimensions, and bear every possible relation to cinematic space. With his characteristic originality, Chion performs a poetic inventory of the possibilities of written text in the film image. Taking examples from hundreds of films spanning years and genres, from the silents to the present, he probes the ways that words on screen are used and their implications for film analysis and theory. In the process, he opens up and unearths the specific poetry of visual text in film. Exhaustively researched and illustrated with hundreds of examples, Words on Screen is a stunning demonstration of a creative scholar's ability to achieve a radically new understanding of cinema.

Enlightening the World

Author : Yasmin Sabina Khan
Publisher : Cornell University Press
ISBN 13 : 0801463602
Total Pages : 241 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (14 download)

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Download or read book Enlightening the World written by Yasmin Sabina Khan and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 2011-06-15 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Conceived in the aftermath of the American Civil War and the grief that swept France over the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, the Statue of Liberty has been a potent symbol of the nation's highest ideals since it was unveiled in 1886. Dramatically situated on Bedloe's Island (now Liberty Island) in the harbor of New York City, the statue has served as a reminder for generations of immigrants of America's long tradition as an asylum for the poor and the persecuted. Although it is among the most famous sculptures in the world, the story of its creation is little known. In Enlightening the World, Yasmin Sabina Khan provides a fascinating new account of the design of the statue and the lives of the people who created it, along with the tumultuous events in France and the United States that influenced them. Khan's narrative begins on the battlefields of Gettysburg, where Lincoln framed the Civil War as a conflict testing whether a nation "conceived in liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal... can long endure." People around the world agreed with Lincoln that this question—and the fate of the Union itself—affected the "whole family of man." Inspired by the Union's victory and stunned by Lincoln's death, Édouard-René Lefebvre de Laboulaye, a legal scholar and noted proponent of friendship between his native France and the United States, conceived of a monument to liberty and the exemplary form of government established by the young nation. For Laboulaye and all of France, the statue would be called La Liberté Éclairant le Monde—Liberty Enlightening the World. Following the statue's twenty-year journey from concept to construction, Khan reveals in brilliant detail the intersecting lives that led to the realization of Laboulaye's dream: the Marquis de Lafayette; Alexis de Tocqueville; the sculptor Auguste Bartholdi, whose commitment to liberty and self-government was heightened by his experience of the Franco-Prussian War; the architect Richard Morris Hunt, the first American to study architecture at the prestigious École des Beaux-Arts in Paris; and the engineer Gustave Eiffel, who pushed the limits for large-scale metal construction. Also here are the contributions of such figures as Senators Charles Sumner and Carl Schurz, the artist John La Farge, the poet Emma Lazarus, and the publisher Joseph Pulitzer. While exploring the creation of the statue, Khan points to possible sources—several previously unexamined—for the design. She links the statue's crown of rays with Benjamin Franklin's image of the rising sun and makes a clear connection between the broken chain under Lady Liberty's foot and the abolition of slavery. Through the rich story of this remarkable national monument, Enlightening the World celebrates both a work of human accomplishment and the vitality of liberty.

Arthurian Literature X

Author : Richard Barber
Publisher : Boydell & Brewer Ltd
ISBN 13 : 9780859913089
Total Pages : 182 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (13 download)

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Download or read book Arthurian Literature X written by Richard Barber and published by Boydell & Brewer Ltd. This book was released on 1991-01-24 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The tenth volume of Arthurian Literature continues some ofthe themes of earlier issues, as well as exploring unfamiliar andcontroversial ground. The second part of CHRISTINE POULSON's survey of the Arthurian legend in 19th-century art is an analysisby subject of the works catalogued by artist in Arthurian Literature IX. A. H. W. SMITH provides a substantial update to MaryWildman's bibliography of modern Arthurian literature which appearedin Arthurian Literature II, adding not only recent works butalso many items missing from the earlier list. Mr Smith also contributesan article on Ponticus Virumnius and the text of Gildas, one of themore intriguing mysteries of Arthurian text history, and sets outVirumnius' claim to have seen a poem by Gildas which has since disappeared. ARMEL DIVERRES writes on the origins of Chretien de Troyes'Conte del Graal; he argues that we should seek the poet's inspiration in the crusading activities of Philip of Flanders, supporting his case with a careful examination of many otherwise difficult passages in the poem.

The School Librarian

Author : School Library Association
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 428 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book The School Librarian written by School Library Association and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page 428 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

KING ARTHUR'S KNIGHTS: THE TALES RE-TOLD FOR BOYS & GIRLS

Author : HENRY GILBERT
Publisher : BEYOND BOOKS HUB
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 309 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book KING ARTHUR'S KNIGHTS: THE TALES RE-TOLD FOR BOYS & GIRLS written by HENRY GILBERT and published by BEYOND BOOKS HUB. This book was released on 2021-01-01 with total page 309 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is an attempt to tell some of the stories of King Arthur and his Knights in a way which will be interesting to every boy and girl who loves adventures. Although tales of these old British heroes have been published before in a form intended for young people, it is believed that they have never been related quite in the same spirit nor from the same point of view; and it is hoped that the book will fill a place hitherto vacant in the hearts of all boys and girls. No doubt many of you, my young readers, have at some time or another taken down the Morte D'Arthur from your father's bookshelves and read a few pages of it here and there. But I doubt if any of you have ever gone very far in the volume. You found generally, I think, that it was written in a puzzling, old-fashioned language, that though it spoke of many interesting things, and seemed that it ought to be well worth reading, yet somehow it was tedious and dry.

The Adventures of Sam Spade and other stories

Author : Dashiell Hammett
Publisher : Strelbytskyy Multimedia Publishing
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1252 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Adventures of Sam Spade and other stories written by Dashiell Hammett and published by Strelbytskyy Multimedia Publishing. This book was released on 2021-02-15 with total page 1252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Samuel Dashiell Hammett was an American author of hard-boiled detective novels and short stories. He was also a screenwriter and political activist. Among the enduring characters he created are Sam Spade (The Maltese Falcon), Nick and Nora Charles (The Thin Man), and the Continental Op (Red Harvest and The Dain Curse). Also wrote as Peter Collinson, Daghull Hammett, Samuel Dashiell, Mary Jane Hammett. “Time” magazine included Hammett's 1929 novel Red Harvest on its list of the 100 best English-language novels published between 1923 and 2005. His novels and stories also had a significant influence on films, including the genres of private-eye/detective fiction, mystery thrillers, and film-noir. Most popular books: The Maltese Falcon The Thin Man Complete Novels Red Harvest Nightmare Town. Content: 1. Hammett, Dashiell: The Adventures of Sam Spade and other stories 2. Dashiell Hammett: The Dain Curse 3. Dashiell Hammett: The Glass Key 4. Hammett, Dashiell: His Brother's Keeper 5. Dashiell Hammett: The Maltese Falcon 6. Dashiell Hammett: Red Harvest 7. Hammett, Dashiell: They Can Only Hang You Once 8. Dashiell Hammett: The Thin Man

King Arthur's Knights

Author : Henry Gilbert
Publisher : Good Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 280 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (57 download)

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Download or read book King Arthur's Knights written by Henry Gilbert and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2019-11-20 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "King Arthur's Knights" by Henry Gilbert. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format.

Faking Ancient Mesoamerica

Author : Nancy L Kelker
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1315428601
Total Pages : 257 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (154 download)

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Download or read book Faking Ancient Mesoamerica written by Nancy L Kelker and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-07 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is an important accessible introduction to pre-Columbian art fraud of Central Americafor archaeologists, art historians, and museum professionals alike.

Invented Voices

Author : Donald Newlove
Publisher : Henry Holt and Company
ISBN 13 : 1466882336
Total Pages : 209 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (668 download)

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Download or read book Invented Voices written by Donald Newlove and published by Henry Holt and Company. This book was released on 2014-09-30 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In First Paragraphs, Donald Newlove presented his personal selection of the winningest openings in world literature. In Painted Paragraphs, he did the same for the best descriptive passages ever written. Now, in Invented Voices, Newlove shares with us his choices for the most convincing, the most entertaining, the most memorable pieces of dialogue ever to hit the page--from novels, short stories, movie scripts, and plays. Among Newlove's favorites are exchanges from novels as diverse as Jane Austen's Pride Prejudice and Terry McMillan's Disappearing Acts; drama that ranges from Beckett's Waiting for Godot to Chekhov's The Seagull; movie scripts that include Raging Bull, On the Waterfront, Howards End, and Children of Paradise. But Newlove does more here than just catalog great dialogue. By catching at full bloom the talents of great writers, he inspires and instructs the rest of us to shake off artifice and safety and invent voices that are rich, real, and from the heart.