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Download or read book The Stone Ship written by Peter Raftos and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Set in a university managed by a Kafka-esque bureaucracy, The Stone Ship follows the adventures, misalliances, and misdeeds of the suicidal Shipton and the ghost who saved his life; and who demands a favor in return. As Shipton's experiences within the university are played out on the fringes of an administration that destroys lives with paperwork, rioting librarians hunt for students and academics dwell in the half-light of scholarly delusions.
Book Synopsis The Stone Ship by : William Hope Hodgson
Download or read book The Stone Ship written by William Hope Hodgson and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2020-12-08 with total page 39 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explore the classic and historical narrative of the 1910s with "The Stone Ship" by William Hope Hodgson. This work captures the essence of the era, blending fiction with historical context. Hodgson's rich storytelling and memorable characters make this a must-read for those who appreciate classic literature and historical works.
Download or read book The Stone Ship written by Dunstan Massey and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2014-07-02 with total page 307 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As a poetic drama, The Stone Ship transports readers on a lifetime's voyage of discovery. Jerome, an amnesiac, wonders how he became a monastic porter at Cloistergarth. His search for the lost years becomes a deep well from which all the fragments of his past emerge; the demonized adolescent rescued by the ghost of his admonitory mother; the pius twelve-year-old who relives the passion play with his siblings; and the boy of eight who declares, "Wasn't no ghost came back! Don't know where he is, but my dad isn't dead." And who is the youth of twenty-three, pursuing priestly studies, but badgered by peers, visits the brawling town Magdalene? While Eli, the extortionist, lays his blackmail trap for the youth. The Sabat nightmare ensues. Whether real or hallucinatory, it delivers at the climax a blow to the stricken conscience of the youth, and a blinding lucidity of recall to the monk. Later, the boy attempts suicide but is caught in the fisherman's nets. Sent off to the Confessor, he is absolved, and the inevitable Lethean river descends. Upon his embarkation, Jerome knows the immense joy of going home as a son to his Father's good pleasure.
Download or read book Boat of Stone written by Maureen Earl and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2015-04-14 with total page 213 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “An extremely readable and ultimately moving novel” based on the true story of a boatful of Jewish refugees refused entry to Palestine (The New York Times). In October 1940, as the storm clouds of World War II gathered, the SS Atlantic set sail for Palestine. A condemned and overcrowded ship, it was overflowing with bedraggled Jewish refugees who, having bought their way out of Nazi Germany and Austria, hoped to find safety from the concentration camps that had begun to claim their brethren. But they were not destined to find the shelter they sought. In this poignant novel, Hanna Sommerfeld recalls her long-ago voyage on the Atlantic—a journey plagued by epidemics and food shortages that led not to freedom but, improbably, to incarceration in a British penal colony off the eastern coast of Africa. For Hanna, it would also lead to a heartbreaking loss. Weaving Hanna’s current life with her son’s family in Haifa, Israel, with her memories of marriage and her coming-of-age in the jungles of Mauritius, Boat of Stone is a unique Holocaust story that not only reveals a little-known chapter of history, but also introduces one of the most unforgettable characters you are likely to meet: a gritty, humorous, wise, and adventurous woman who refuses to become a victim. It is “a splendid novel” from National Book Award finalist Maureen Earl, author of Gulliver Quick (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel).
Download or read book The Stone Ship written by and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 8 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Stone Builders #2 by : John Lars Shoberg
Download or read book The Stone Builders #2 written by John Lars Shoberg and published by Moonphaze LLC. This book was released on 2021-05-15 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Humans and Wassarans who investigated the cities built entirely of stone on Ranklin are called on to further their investigations when a space ship made of stone is found in an uncharted star system.
Book Synopsis The World of the Newport Medieval Ship by : Evan T. Jones
Download or read book The World of the Newport Medieval Ship written by Evan T. Jones and published by University of Wales Press. This book was released on 2018-05-14 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Newport Medieval Ship is the most important late-medieval merchant vessel yet recovered. Built c.1450 in northern Spain, it foundered at Newport twenty years later while undergoing repairs. Since its discovery in 2002, further investigations have transformed historians’ understanding of fifteenth-century ship technology. With plans in place to make the ship the centrepiece for a permanent exhibition in Newport, this volume interprets the vessel, to enable visitors, students and researchers to understand the ship and the world from which it came. The volume contains eleven chapters, written by leading maritime archaeologists and historians. Together, they consider its significance and locate the vessel within its commercial, political and social environment.
Download or read book The Stone Ship written by Danielle Hope and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume is Danielle Hope's third collection of poetry.
Book Synopsis The Secret of Stoneship Woods by : Rick Barba
Download or read book The Secret of Stoneship Woods written by Rick Barba and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2006 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Four boys who lead dull lives in the suburbs find excitement when they discover a warehouse full of high-tech surveillance and spying equipment.
Book Synopsis The Yellow Fairy Book Annotated by : Andrew Lang
Download or read book The Yellow Fairy Book Annotated written by Andrew Lang and published by . This book was released on 2020-09-03 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Also known as 'The Libation Bearers' this is the second play of Aeschylus' Oresteia trilogy. Many years after king Agamemnon's murder at the hands of his wife Clytamnestra and her lover Aigisthos, his son Orestes returns home with Pylades to mourn at his grave. He has been living in exile and has come back to Argos in secret; his mission is to avenge Agamemnon's death.
Download or read book Ship of Stone written by Enki Bilal and published by . This book was released on 2001-01-01 with total page 54 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Property developers are planning to build a large resort where Trehoet Castle stands; effectively destroying the small fishing village that surrounds it with commercialism. Soon the developers find out that the castle's ghostly occupant and the residents of the village will stop at nothing to keep it from being demolished
Book Synopsis Myths of the Rune Stone by : David M. Krueger
Download or read book Myths of the Rune Stone written by David M. Krueger and published by U of Minnesota Press. This book was released on 2015-10-01 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What do our myths say about us? Why do we choose to believe stories that have been disproven? David M. Krueger takes an in-depth look at a legend that held tremendous power in one corner of Minnesota, helping to define both a community’s and a state’s identity for decades. In 1898, a Swedish immigrant farmer claimed to have discovered a large rock with writing carved into its surface in a field near Kensington, Minnesota. The writing told a North American origin story, predating Christopher Columbus’s exploration, in which Viking missionaries reached what is now Minnesota in 1362 only to be massacred by Indians. The tale’s credibility was quickly challenged and ultimately undermined by experts, but the myth took hold. Faith in the authenticity of the Kensington Rune Stone was a crucial part of the local Nordic identity. Accepted and proclaimed as truth, the story of the Rune Stone recast Native Americans as villains. The community used the account as the basis for civic celebrations for years, and advocates for the stone continue to promote its validity despite the overwhelming evidence that it was a hoax. Krueger puts this stubborn conviction in context and shows how confidence in the legitimacy of the stone has deep implications for a wide variety of Minnesotans who embraced it, including Scandinavian immigrants, Catholics, small-town boosters, and those who desired to commemorate the white settlers who died in the Dakota War of 1862. Krueger demonstrates how the resilient belief in the Rune Stone is a form of civil religion, with aspects that defy logic but illustrate how communities characterize themselves. He reveals something unique about America’s preoccupation with divine right and its troubled way of coming to terms with the history of the continent’s first residents. By considering who is included, who is left out, and how heroes and villains are created in the stories we tell about the past, Myths of the Rune Stone offers an enlightening perspective on not just Minnesota but the United States as well.
Book Synopsis The Road to Hel by : Hilda Roderick Ellis
Download or read book The Road to Hel written by Hilda Roderick Ellis and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2013-03-21 with total page 219 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This 1943 book uses a variety of evidence from archaeology and literature concerning Norse funeral customs to reconstruct their conception of future life.
Download or read book Stone Ship written by HOPE and published by . This book was released on 2027-11-29 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Iron Ship written by K. M. McKinley and published by Solaris. This book was released on 2015-05-26 with total page 672 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Merchant, industrialist and explorer Trassan Kressind has an audacious plan – combining the might of magic and iron in the heart of a great ship to navigate an uncrossed ocean, seeking the city of the extinct Morfaan to uncover the secrets of their lost sciences. Ambition runs strongly in the Kressind family, and for each of Trassan’s siblings fate beckons. Soldier Rel is banished to a vital frontier, bureaucrat Garten balances responsibility with family loyalty, sister Katriona is determined to carve herself a place in a world of men, outcast Guis struggles to contain the energies of his soul, while priest Aarin dabbles in forbidden sorcery. The world is in turmoil as new money brings new power, and the old social order crumbles. And as mankind’s arts grow stronger, a terror from the ancient past awakens... This highly original fantasy depicts a unique world, where tired gods walk industrial streets and the tide’s rise and fall is extreme enough to swamp continents. Magic collides with science to create a rich backdrop for intrigue and adventure in the opening book of this epic saga.
Download or read book The Stone Ship written by Kieran Shields and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2015-04-23 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Everyone thinks Will Warden is crazy to believe an old photograph, a rusted key, and a rune stone can somehow prove his father is still alive. And the thirteen-year-old is starting to think everyone might just be right. After his father vanishes in a mysterious explosion, Will travels to a seaside orphanage where a series of bizarre clues lead him to a perfectly preserved Viking ship buried in the dunes. With two competing secret societies and a treasure-mad dwarf in pursuit, he re-traces a thousand-year-old Viking trail across the North Atlantic. As he assembles the lost pieces of a legendary compass, Will's world blurs between reality and fantasy. He can barely believe his strange adventures, filled with characters stolen from the pages of Norse mythology. But he has to believe it all, because the compass could lead him to his father ... or it could unlock the gate to Niflheim and unleash the deadly forces of the icy Norse underworld. So, yeah, there's that to worry about. With a mix of adventure, fantasy, and humor, THE ASGARD SOCIETY follows Will's journey as he discovers believing in something impossible, and in himself, might be enough to save his world.
Download or read book The Night Ship written by Jess Kidd and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2022-10-04 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on a true story, an epic historical novel from the award-winning author of Things in Jars that illuminates the lives of two characters: a girl shipwrecked on an island off Western Australia and, three hundred years later, a boy finding a home with his grandfather on the very same island. 1629: A newly orphaned young girl named Mayken is bound for the Dutch East Indies on the Batavia, one of the greatest ships of the Dutch Golden Age. Curious and mischievous, Mayken spends the long journey going on misadventures above and below the deck, searching for a mythical monster. But the true monsters might be closer than she thinks. 1989: A lonely boy named Gil is sent to live off the coast of Western Australia among the seasonal fishing community where his late mother once resided. There, on the tiny reef-shrouded island, he discovers the story of an infamous shipwreck… With her trademark “thrilling, mysterious, twisted, but more than anything, beautifully written” (Graham Norton, New York Times bestselling author) storytelling, Jess Kidd weaves “a true work of magic” (V.E. Schwab, author of The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue) about friendship, sacrifice, brutality, and forgiveness.
