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The Winged Histories

Author : Sofia Samatar
Publisher : Small Beer Press
ISBN 13 : 1618731157
Total Pages : 300 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (187 download)

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Download or read book The Winged Histories written by Sofia Samatar and published by Small Beer Press. This book was released on 2016-02-15 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Four women — a soldier, a scholar, a poet, and a socialite — are caught up on opposing sides of a violent rebellion. As war erupts and their loyalties and agendas and ideologies come into conflict, the four fear their lives may pass unrecorded. Using the sword and the pen, the body and the voice, they struggle not just to survive, but to make history. Here is the much-anticipated companion novel to Sofia Samatar’s World Fantasy Award-winning debut, A Stranger in Olondria. The Winged Histories is the saga of an empire — and a family: their friendships, their enduring love, their arcane and deadly secrets. Samatar asks who makes history, who endures it, and how the turbulence of historical change sweeps over every aspect of a life and over everyone, no matter whether or not they choose to seek it out. Sofia Samatar is the author of the Crawford, British Fantasy, and World Fantasy award-winning novel A Stranger in Olondria. She also received the John W. Campbell Award. She has written for the Guardian, Strange Horizons, Lightspeed, and many other publications. She is working on a collection of stories. Her website is sofiasamatar.com.

Winged History

Author : Kenneth L. Chastain, Jr.
Publisher : Turner Publishing Company
ISBN 13 : 1620457792
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (24 download)

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Download or read book Winged History written by Kenneth L. Chastain, Jr. and published by Turner Publishing Company. This book was released on 2014-04-22 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winged History: The Life and Times of Kenneth L. Chastain, Aviator, Updated Edition is a must read for anyone interested in 20th century American aviation history. The visually documented chronicle, written by Chastain's only son, Ken Jr., traces the life of an American pilot over a period of 37 years and aircraft from early wood and fabric, small horsepower biplanes to the advanced Boeing 707 jetliner. In addition, Ken Jr. adds his intimate perspective on being the son of a professional pilot. Like most pilots of his era, Ken Sr flew military aircraft during World War II. Winged History details major milestones in American political and technological history, interwoven with Chastain's historical aviation adventures.

The Winged Watchman

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (133 download)

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Download or read book The Winged Watchman written by and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

A Stranger in Olondria

Author : Sofia Samatar
Publisher : Small Beer Press
ISBN 13 : 1931520771
Total Pages : 330 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (315 download)

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Download or read book A Stranger in Olondria written by Sofia Samatar and published by Small Beer Press. This book was released on 2013-04-12 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Time Magazine: 100 Best Fantasy Books of All Time · World Fantasy, British Fantasy, & Crawford Award winner Jevick, the pepper merchant's son, has been raised on stories of Olondria, a distant land where books are as common as they are rare in his home. When his father dies and Jevick takes his place on the yearly selling trip to Olondria, Jevick's life is as close to perfect as he can imagine. But just as he revels in Olondria's Rabelaisian Feast of Birds, he is pulled drastically off course and becomes haunted by the ghost of an illiterate young girl. In desperation, Jevick seeks the aid of Olondrian priests and quickly becomes a pawn in the struggle between the empire's two most powerful cults. Yet even as the country shimmers on the cusp of war, he must face his ghost and learn her story before he has any chance of becoming free by setting her free: an ordeal that challenges his understanding of art and life, home and exile, and the limits of that seductive necromancy, reading. A Stranger in Olondria is a skillful and immersive debut fantasy novel that pulls the reader in deeper and deeper with twists and turns reminiscent of George R. R. Martin and Joe Hill.

The Winged destiny. Studies in the spiritual history of the Gael

Author : William Sharp
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 424 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (89 download)

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Download or read book The Winged destiny. Studies in the spiritual history of the Gael written by William Sharp and published by . This book was released on 1910 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Birds in the Ancient World

Author : Jeremy Mynott
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0191022713
Total Pages : 528 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Birds in the Ancient World written by Jeremy Mynott and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2018-05-10 with total page 528 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Birds pervaded the ancient world, impressing their physical presence on the daily experience and imaginations of ordinary people and figuring prominently in literature and art. They provided a fertile source of symbols and stories in myths and folklore and were central to the ancient rituals of augury and divination. Jeremy Mynott's Birds in the Ancient World illustrates the many different roles birds played in culture: as indicators of time, weather and the seasons; as a resource for hunting, eating, medicine and farming; as domestic pets and entertainments; and as omens and intermediaries between the gods and humankind. We learn how birds were perceived - through quotations from well over a hundred classical Greek and Roman authors, all of them translated freshly into English, through nearly 100 illustrations from ancient wall-paintings, pottery and mosaics, and through selections from early scientific writings, and many anecdotes and descriptions from works of history, geography and travel. Jeremy Mynott acts as a stimulating guide to this rich and fascinating material, using birds as a prism through which to explore both the similarities and the often surprising differences between ancient conceptions of the natural world and our own. His book is an original contribution to the flourishing interest in the cultural history of birds and to our understanding of the ancient cultures in which birds played such a prominent part.

Winged Victory

Author : Geoffrey Perret
Publisher : Random House (NY)
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 600 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Winged Victory written by Geoffrey Perret and published by Random House (NY). This book was released on 1993 with total page 600 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of such military strategists and daring fliers as Arnold, Spaatz, Doolittle, LeMay, Chennault, Bong, Gabreski, Cochran, and Vincent.

Black Wings

Author : Von Hardesty
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 0061261386
Total Pages : 196 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (612 download)

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Download or read book Black Wings written by Von Hardesty and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2008-01-22 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Colin Powell once observed that "a dream doesn't become reality through magic; it takes sweat, determination, and hard work." This sentiment is mirrored dramatically in the story of African Americans in aerospace history. The invention of the airplane in the first decade of the twentieth century sparked a revolution in modern technology. Aviation in the popular mind became associated with adventure and heroism. For African Americans, however, this new realm of human flight remained off-limits, a consequence of racial discrimination. Many African Americans displayed a keen interest in the new air age, but found themselves routinely barred from gaining training as pilots or mechanics. Beginning in the 1920s, a small and widely scattered group of black air enthusiasts challenged this prevailing pattern of racial discrimination. With no small amount of effort—and against formidable odds—they gained their pilot licenses and acquired the technical skills to become aircraft mechanics. Over the course of the twentieth century and into the twenty-first, African Americans have expanded their participation in both military and civilian aviation and space flight, from the early pioneers and barnstormers through the Tuskegee airmen to Shuttle astronauts. Featuring approximately two hundred historic and contemporary photographs and a lively narrative that spans eight decades of U.S. history, Black Wings offers a compelling overview of this extraordinary and inspiring saga.

Winged Stallions and Wicked Mares

Author : Wendy Doniger
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780813945750
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (457 download)

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Download or read book Winged Stallions and Wicked Mares written by Wendy Doniger and published by . This book was released on 2021-04 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Explores the horse in Indian mythology and history. Despite the fact that horses were imported to India and associated with foreigners and conquerors, Indian villagers created wonderful stories and brilliant visual images of horses. The author relates how Turkish horses, tribal horses, Dalit horses, Hindu stallions, and Arab mares all mix in streams of story that raise issues about the assimilation of foreign cultures in India"--

A Little History of Dragons

Author : Joyce Hargreaves
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780802718020
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (18 download)

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Download or read book A Little History of Dragons written by Joyce Hargreaves and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2009-11-01 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why are dragons recognised in almost all cultures on Earth? What is the mysterious geomantic gold they secretly guard? Could dragons be a folk memory of something which once hunted us? In this beautiful little book Joyce Hargreaves tells the story of these extraordinary animals through examples drawn from all over the world. Richly illustrated, and with detailed appendices of noteable dragon sites around the United Kingdom, this is an essential and timeless book.

Winged Shield, Winged Sword 1950-1997

Author : Bernard C. Nalty
Publisher : The Minerva Group, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 9781410209023
Total Pages : 676 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (9 download)

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Download or read book Winged Shield, Winged Sword 1950-1997 written by Bernard C. Nalty and published by The Minerva Group, Inc.. This book was released on 2003-11 with total page 676 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes and analyzes, in the context of national policy and international rivalries, the evolution of land-based air power since the United States Army in 1907 established an Aeronautical Division. Provides a clearer understanding of the central role of the Air Force in current American defense policy.

The Winged Victory of Samothrace

Author : Marianne Hamiaux
Publisher : Companyédition Somogy/Louvre éditions
ISBN 13 : 9782757209127
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book The Winged Victory of Samothrace written by Marianne Hamiaux and published by Companyédition Somogy/Louvre éditions. This book was released on 2015 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Winged Victory of Samothrace is without doubt one of the most spectacular and accomplished expressions of Greek sculpture from the Hellenistic period. Why, then, restore it now? In spite of its intrinsic beauty, the monument has not been immune to the passage of time and its presentation has been called into question by recent developments in archaeological research. Since it first arrived at the Louvre in 1864, it has been the object of three restoration campaigns. Today, the restoration of an ancient sculpture comprises an encounter with the artistic genius of the ancients; the restoration of a Greek sculpture completed during the nineteenth century necessitates taking the work’s second life into account; the restoration of a masterpiece in the Louvre means bearing in mind the deep affection everyone feels for it. Restoring the Winged Victory of Samothrace involved all three considerations. It seemed imperative that an account of this voyage deep into the heart of the work, this most exhilarating of enterprises, should be revealed to the public. The present work does just that, as well as presenting the monument of the Winged Victory in its ancient setting on the island of Samothrace: in the Sanctuary of the Great Gods where it was dedicated. The book also provides the public with the keys necessary for fully appreciating the Winged Victory of Samothrace and thus building on the viewer’s initial intense emotion. Who is this Victory in virtuoso drapery? Why does she stand on an impressive base in the shape of a ship’s prow? Finally, the book reveals a number of well-hidden technical secrets, which cannot but compel our admiration."--Publisher's description.

Winged Shield, Winged Sword

Author : Bernard C. Nalty
Publisher : Air Force History & Museums Program
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 532 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Winged Shield, Winged Sword written by Bernard C. Nalty and published by Air Force History & Museums Program. This book was released on 1997 with total page 532 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Beskriver de amerikanske flystyrkers historiske udvikling i perioden 1907-1950.

Minor in Name Only

Author : Mike Kane
Publisher : Sports Publishing LLC
ISBN 13 : 9781571670045
Total Pages : 262 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (7 download)

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Download or read book Minor in Name Only written by Mike Kane and published by Sports Publishing LLC. This book was released on 1994 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Ned Harkness enthusiastically predicted that Glens Falls, New York, would become the 'Green Bay of Hockey', even his most ardent supporters had to wonder whether his hyperbole had any limits. Adirondack teams have won four Calder Cup playoff titles and have been a finishing school for dozens of NHL players, coaches, and executives, including Boston Bruin Adam Oates, NY Ranger Adam Graves, Chicago Blackhawk Joe Murphy, Detroit's Bob Probert, Tim Cheveldae of Winnipeg, former Montreal Canadien star Peter Mahovlich, New York Rangers president and general manager Neil Smith, and Los Angeles Kings coach Barry Melrose.

Winged Shield, Winged Sword

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 680 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Winged Shield, Winged Sword written by and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 680 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Winged Shield, Winged Sword 1907-1950

Author : Bernard C. Nalty
Publisher : The Minerva Group, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 9781410209016
Total Pages : 528 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (9 download)

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Download or read book Winged Shield, Winged Sword 1907-1950 written by Bernard C. Nalty and published by The Minerva Group, Inc.. This book was released on 2003-11 with total page 528 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes and analyzes, in the context of national policy and international rivalries, the evolution of land-based air power since the United States Army in 1907 established an Aeronautical Division. Provides a clearer understanding of the central role of the Air Force in current American defense policy.

The Salt Roads

Author : Nalo Hopkinson
Publisher : Open Road Media
ISBN 13 : 1504001168
Total Pages : 312 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (4 download)

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Download or read book The Salt Roads written by Nalo Hopkinson and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2015-01-27 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the SFWA Grand Master, a“sexy, disturbing, touching, wildly comic . . . tour de force” that blends fantasy, women’s history, and slavery (Kirkus Reviews, starred review). In 1804, shortly before the Caribbean island of Saint Domingue is renamed Haiti, a group of women gather to bury a stillborn baby. Led by a lesbian healer and midwife named Mer, the women’s lamentations inadvertently release the dead infant’s “unused vitality” to draw Ezili—the Afro-Caribbean goddess of sexual desire and love—into the physical world. As Ezili explores her newfound powers, she travels across time and space to inhabit the midwife’s body, as well as those of Jeanne—a mixed-race dancer and the mistress of Charles Baudelaire living in 1880s Paris—and Meritet, an enslaved Greek-Nubian prostitute in ancient Alexandria. Bound together by Ezili and “the salt road” of their sweat, blood, and tears, the three women struggle against a hostile world, unaware of the goddess’s presence in their lives. Despite her magic, Mer suffers as a slave on a sugar plantation until Ezili plants the seeds of uprising in her mind. Jeanne slowly succumbs to the ravages of age and syphilis when her lover is unable to escape his mother’s control. And Meritet, inspired by Ezili, flees her enslavement and makes a pilgrimage to Egypt, where she becomes known as Saint Mary. With unapologetically sensual prose, Nalo Hopkinson, the Nebula Award–winning author of Midnight Robber, explores slavery through the lives of three historical women touched by a goddess in this “electrifying bravura performance by one of our most important writers” (Junot Díaz).