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Book Synopsis Catching Embers by : Danielle Berggren
Download or read book Catching Embers written by Danielle Berggren and published by Danielle Berggren. This book was released on 2022-09-20 with total page 434 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shadows loom from a forbidden continent. Secret lineages are at last revealed. And time is running out. On Earth, Maeve is able to wield magics unlike anything before. Minds open to her, and blue fire races between her fingers. Her heart aches to return to the Realms, and Rodan, even though the trials await. Yet to do so would guarantee future pain. In Visantium, Rodan is confronted by the sorcerer king Sebastian, and learns that there are more traps awaiting him on the road to the final duel. No matter how prepared he is, he cannot claim victory unless he first accomplishes a cutting personal challenge involving Maeve. Worlds apart, the pair must reunite in order to overcome the growing threat from Attica, and to ensure their joined destiny. The sequel to Catching Pathways, Catching Embers is the next book in the ongoing Five Realms series. Content Warning:Catching Embers is an adult dark fantasy romance, with events both past and present which could be triggering. Read with care.
Book Synopsis The Songweaver's Vow by : Laura VanArendonk Baugh
Download or read book The Songweaver's Vow written by Laura VanArendonk Baugh and published by Laura VanArendonk Baugh. This book was released on 2017-02-21 with total page 632 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: She tells Greek legends to entertain Norse gods—until one of her stories leads to murder. When Euthalia's father trades her to Viking raiders, her best hope is to be made a wife instead of a slave. She gets her wish—sort of—when she is sacrificed as a bride to a god. Her inhuman husband seems kind, but he visits only in the dark of night and will not allow her to look upon him. By day Euthalia becomes known as a storyteller, spinning ancient Greek tales to entertain Asgard's gods and monsters. When one of her stories precipitates a god's murder and horrific retribution, Euthalia discovers there is a monster in her bed as well. Alone in a hostile Asgard, Euthalia must ally with a spiteful goddess to sway Odin himself before bloody tragedy opens Ragnarok, the prophesied end of the world. 2018 Realm Award, Best Fantasy SPFBO's Best of 2017 Semi-Finalist With an epic cast of characters including Odin, Thor, Freyja, and Loki, and a magnificent harmony of Greek and Nordic mythology, this tale will appeal to readers of Neil Gaiman, Stephen Lawhead, and Mercedes Lackey.
Book Synopsis Encyclopedia of Clothing and Fashion by : Valerie Steele
Download or read book Encyclopedia of Clothing and Fashion written by Valerie Steele and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 594 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contains 640 alphabetized, cross-referenced entries on clothing and fashion, covering such disciplines as fashion design, anthropology, sociology, business, history, and art history.
Download or read book Chinese Textiles written by Verity Wilson and published by Victoria & Albert Museum. This book was released on 2005-08 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Every Chinese textile tells a story, and this book tells many stories of Chinese life and legend through the sumptuous textiles that adorn its pages. Breathtaking in workmanship, colour and design, they were made for a purpose, and it is those created for celebrations that dominate the selection in this book. As well as dealing with technique and influence, Wilson tells the story of each piece - why it was made and for whom - and introduces us to a galaxy of characters from China's history and legend. The superb photography allows us to see how richly these textiles reflect the culture from which they come.
Book Synopsis Forests of Faydark by : Scott Holden-Jones
Download or read book Forests of Faydark written by Scott Holden-Jones and published by Sword & Sorcery Studio. This book was released on 2004-02 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The enormous forest of Faydark dominates the entire northern landscape of the continent of Faydwer. This expanse is home to many of Norrath's elvish races. The Feir'Dal, or wood elves, live primarily in their treetop city of Kelethin, while the Koada'Dal, their high elf cousins, live in the marble-walled city of Felwithe on the edge of Faydark. This sourcebook is the first to present information about the continent of Faydwer, home to four player character races. The elves that dwell within the forest get special attention--as do the countless forces poised against them, such as the orc empire of Crushbone and the vampiric sorcerer Mayong Mistmoore.
Book Synopsis Enjoying Literature: Setting the sails by : Leonidas Warren Payne
Download or read book Enjoying Literature: Setting the sails written by Leonidas Warren Payne and published by . This book was released on 1942 with total page 572 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Confusions of Pleasure by : Timothy Brook
Download or read book The Confusions of Pleasure written by Timothy Brook and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 1998-05-18 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Ming dynasty was the last great Chinese dynasty before the Manchu conquest in 1644. During that time, China, not Europe, was the center of the world: the European voyages of exploration were searching not just for new lands but also for new trade routes to the Far East. In this book, Timothy Brook eloquently narrates the changing landscape of life over the three centuries of the Ming (1368-1644), when China was transformed from a closely administered agrarian realm into a place of commercial profits and intense competition for status. The Confusions of Pleasure marks a significant departure from the conventional ways in which Chinese history has been written. Rather than recounting the Ming dynasty in a series of political events and philosophical achievements, it narrates this longue durée in terms of the habits and strains of everyday life. Peppered with stories of real people and their negotiations of a rapidly changing world, this book provides a new way of seeing the Ming dynasty that not only contributes to the scholarly understanding of the period but also provides an entertaining and accessible introduction to Chinese history for anyone.
Book Synopsis Ten Thousand Things by : Lothar Ledderose
Download or read book Ten Thousand Things written by Lothar Ledderose and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2023-10-17 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An incomparable look at how Chinese artists have used mass production to assemble exquisite objects from standardized parts Chinese workers in the third century BC created seven thousand life-sized terracotta soldiers to guard the tomb of the First Emperor. In the eleventh century AD, Chinese builders constructed a pagoda from as many as thirty thousand separately carved wooden pieces. As these examples show, throughout history, Chinese artisans have produced works of art in astonishing quantities, and have done so without sacrificing quality, affordability, or speed of manufacture. In this book, Lothar Ledderose takes us on a remarkable tour of Chinese art and culture to explain how artists used complex systems of mass production to assemble extraordinary objects from standardized parts or modules. He reveals how these systems have deep roots in Chinese thought and reflect characteristically Chinese modes of social organization. Combining invaluable aesthetic and cultural insights with a rich variety of illustrations, Ten Thousand Things make a profound statement about Chinese art and society.
Book Synopsis The Manila Galleon by : William Lytle Schurz
Download or read book The Manila Galleon written by William Lytle Schurz and published by . This book was released on 1939 with total page 466 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Arts of Central Asia by : Mus Ee Guimet
Download or read book The Arts of Central Asia written by Mus Ee Guimet and published by Serinda Publications. This book was released on 1996 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Companion to The Art of Central Asia: the Stein Collection in the British Museum by Roderick Whitfield, these volumes (Les Arts de L'Asie Centrale published by the Reunion des Musees Nationaux) present the entire collection of Central Asian art recovered during the travels of the French explorer and scholar Paul Pelliot (1878-1945). Most of the collection's paintings, sculptures and textiles come from a walled-up rock chapel in one of the Caves of the Thousand Buddhas at Dunhuang, the most extensive of Central Asia's rock temple complexes at the edge of the Taklamakan desert in Gansu Province, China. Dating from the early-8th to the 11th centuries, they had been concealed for almost a millenium.
Book Synopsis When Silk was Gold by : James C. Y. Watt
Download or read book When Silk was Gold written by James C. Y. Watt and published by Metropolitan Museum of Art. This book was released on 1997 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The material presented in this volume significantly extends what has been known to date of Asian textiles produced from the Tang (618-907) through the early Ming period (late 14th-early 15th century), and new documentation gives full recognition to the importance of luxury textiles in the history of Asian art. Costly silks and embroideries were the primary vehicle for the migration of motifs and styles from one part of Asia to another, particularly during the Tang and Mongol (1207-1368) periods. In addition, they provide material evidence of both the cultural and religious ties that linked ethnic groups and the impetus to artistic creativity that was inspired by exposure to foreign goods.
Book Synopsis Technology and Gender by : Francesca Bray
Download or read book Technology and Gender written by Francesca Bray and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2023-07-28 with total page 436 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this feminist history of eight centuries of private life in China, Francesca Bray inserts women into the history of technology and adds technology to the history of women. Bray takes issue with the Orientalist image that traditional Chinese women were imprisoned in the inner quarters, deprived of freedom and dignity, and so physically and morally deformed by footbinding and the tyrannies of patriarchy that they were incapable of productive work. She proposes a concept of gynotechnics, a set of everyday technologies that define women's roles, as a creative new way to explore how societies translate moral and social principles into a web of material forms and bodily practices. Bray examines three different aspects of domestic life in China, tracing their developments from 1000 to 1800 A.D. She begins with the shell of domesticity, the house, focusing on how domestic space embodied hierarchies of gender. She follows the shift in the textile industry from domestic production to commercial production. Despite increasing emphasis on women's reproductive roles, she argues, this cannot be reduced to childbearing. Female hierarchies within the family reinforced the power of wives, whose responsibilities included ritual activities and financial management as well as the education of children.
Author :Adjunct Assistant Professor at the Fashion Institute of Technology Valerie Steele Publisher :Yale University Press ISBN 13 :9780300079302 Total Pages :226 pages Book Rating :4.0/5 (793 download)
Book Synopsis China Chic by : Adjunct Assistant Professor at the Fashion Institute of Technology Valerie Steele
Download or read book China Chic written by Adjunct Assistant Professor at the Fashion Institute of Technology Valerie Steele and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 1999-01-01 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explores the historical significance of Chinese clothing, and offers examples and commentary on fashions ranging from the dragon robes of the Imperial era to the cheongsams shown on the runways in Paris
Download or read book Chinese Silks written by Juanjuan Chen and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first comprehensive history of China's most luxurious textile and its enduring influence on Chinese civilization and art Over the past fifty years, archaeological explorations in China have unearthed a wealth of textile materials, some dating as far back as five thousand years. In this magnificently researched and illustrated book, preeminent Western and Chinese scholars draw upon these spectacular discoveries to provide the most thorough account of the history of silk ever written. Encyclopedic in breadth, the volume presents a chronological history of silk from a variety of perspectives, including archaeological, technological, art historical, and aesthetic. The contributors explore the range of uses for silk, from the everyday to the sublime. By directly connecting recently found textile artifacts to specific references in China's vast historical literature, they illuminate the evolution of silk making and the driving social forces that have inspired the creation of innovative textiles through the millennia. Published in association with the Foreign Languages Press, Beijing
Download or read book Chinese Dress written by Verity Wilson and published by V&a Publications. This book was released on 1996 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a beautifully illustrated and comprehensive study of Chinese dress from the 17th century to the present day, based on the outstanding collection at the Victoria and Albert Museum.
Book Synopsis Jade and Silk of Han China by : Nai Xia
Download or read book Jade and Silk of Han China written by Nai Xia and published by University of Washington Press. This book was released on 1983 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Clothed to Rule the Universe by : John Vollmer
Download or read book Clothed to Rule the Universe written by John Vollmer and published by University of Washington Press. This book was released on 2000 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mayer Thurman."--BOOK JACKET.
