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| Author | : Michael Gregorio |
| Publisher | : Minotaur Books |
| Total Pages | : 465 |
| Release | : 2009-04-14 |
| Genre | : Fiction |
| ISBN | : 1429965711 |
Prussia has been overrun by Napoleon's forces, and the Emperor's troops have discovered a new source of funds there: enough amber to finance France's wars. But their plans stall when the girls who collect the stones begin to disappear, only to be found gruesomely disfigured by an unknown killer. The French call upon Prussian investigator Hanno Stiffeniis, who must seek out the culprit knowing hat his own success may doom his country's future. Dark, intelligent, and vividly written, A Visible Darkness continues a masterful series of historical mysteries that portray a past torn between nationalism and humanism, superstition and science.
| Author | : W.R. Johnson |
| Publisher | : University of Chicago Press |
| Total Pages | : 192 |
| Release | : 2015-01-20 |
| Genre | : Literary Criticism |
| ISBN | : 022625237X |
One of the best books ever written on one of humanity’s greatest epics, W. R. Johnson’s classic study of Vergil’s Aeneid challenges centuries of received wisdom. Johnson rejects the political and historical reading of the epic as a record of the glorious prehistory of Rome and instead foregrounds Vergil’s enigmatic style and questioning of the heroic myths. With an approach to the text that is both grounded in scholarship and intensely personal, and in a style both rhetorically elegant and passionate, Johnson offers readings of specific passages that are nuanced and suggestive as he focuses on the “somber and nourishing fictions” in Vergil’s poem. A timeless work of scholarship, Darkness Visible will enthrall classicists as well as students and scholars of the history of criticism—specifically the way in which politics influence modern readings of the classics—and of poetry and literature.
| Author | : Jonathon King |
| Publisher | : Open Road Media Teen & Tween |
| Total Pages | : 0 |
| Release | : 2014-01-21 |
| Genre | : |
| ISBN | : 9781480480520 |
After a string of elderly women turn up dead in a poor Florida community, Max Freeman realizes the gruesome plot reaches further than anyone thought possible, in the second book in the Max Freeman mystery series.
| Author | : William Styron |
| Publisher | : Open Road Media |
| Total Pages | : 64 |
| Release | : 2010-05-04 |
| Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
| ISBN | : 193631729X |
The New York Times–bestselling memoir of crippling depression and the struggle for recovery by the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Sophie’s Choice. In the summer of 1985, William Styron became numbed by disaffection, apathy, and despair, unable to speak or walk while caught in the grip of advanced depression. His struggle with the disease culminated in a wave of obsession that nearly drove him to suicide, leading him to seek hospitalization before the dark tide engulfed him. Darkness Visible tells the story of Styron’s recovery, laying bare the harrowing realities of clinical depression and chronicling his triumph over the disease that had claimed so many great writers before him. His final words are a call for hope to all who suffer from mental illness that it is possible to emerge from even the deepest abyss of despair and “once again behold the stars.” This ebook features a new illustrated biography of William Styron, including original letters, rare photos, and never-before-seen documents from the Styron family and the Duke University Archives.
| Author | : Ross Heaven |
| Publisher | : Simon and Schuster |
| Total Pages | : 213 |
| Release | : 2005-11-16 |
| Genre | : Body, Mind & Spirit |
| ISBN | : 1594776652 |
The first book to examine the spiritual and therapeutic practice of retreat in physical darkness to explore inner light • Shows how experiencing complete darkness over prolonged periods helps in developing mental clarity and creativity • Draws upon many indigenous and spiritual traditions that use this technique The use of ceremonial darkness is a classic and cross-cultural method for exploring hidden aspects of unconscious and super-conscious states, accessing invisible landscapes, and embracing the deeper recesses of the self. In Darkness Visible Heaven and Buxton examine the spiritual and therapeutic practice of taking retreat in physical darkness. For millennia mystics and sages have used darkness as a spiritual tool for breaking with their pasts, prior conditioning, and the limited reality of their societies. Spiritual seekers from many traditions--Celtic, Eastern, indigenous North and South American, Tibetan, and African--have used darkness as a tool for spiritual enlightenment. Heaven and Buxton show how experiencing complete darkness, even for only a period of hours, brings about a remarkable clarity and mental stillness and thus provides a springboard for creativity, intuition, and spiritual development. They include exercises that explore lucid levels of dream consciousness, drawing both from their experience as teachers of this method and from the many cultures that include this practice in their spiritual traditions. Darkness Visible shows how deprivation of sight can truly teach us to see.
| Author | : Seamus Murphy |
| Publisher | : Saqi Books |
| Total Pages | : 226 |
| Release | : 2008 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : |
Afghanistan is a collection of stunning, lyrical photographs from an acclaimed, prize-winning photojournalist. From 1994 to 2006, Seamus Murphy photographed the effects of the Taliban regime, the tumultuous years of civil war, and the historical elections following the fall of the Taliban. Alongside scenes of war and politics, his magnificent photographs capture intimate images of domesticity, work, and leisure. Seamus Murphy has won six World Press Photo awards and has received widespread acclaim for his work in Afghanistan and the Middle East.
| Author | : Nicholas Tucker |
| Publisher | : Icon Books |
| Total Pages | : 0 |
| Release | : 2017 |
| Genre | : Literary Criticism |
| ISBN | : 9781785782282 |
Updated in time for the release of Pullman's eagerly anticipated first volume in his new The Book of Dust trilogy, this revised edition offers a unique exploration of Pullman's masterpiece, the His Dark Materials saga, while discussing the controversies it has given rise to in the decade following its publication.
| Author | : Beth Kanell |
| Publisher | : Candlewick Press |
| Total Pages | : 320 |
| Release | : 2008 |
| Genre | : Juvenile Fiction |
| ISBN | : 076363719X |
In 1930, sixteen-year-old Molly lives under the shadow of a governor who wants to sterilize people "unfit to be true Vermonters," such as her Abenaki family, while the loss of her family home, her mother's pregnancy, her first love, and other events transform her life.
| Author | : Nicholas Tucker |
| Publisher | : Ibooks |
| Total Pages | : 224 |
| Release | : 2004-11-01 |
| Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
| ISBN | : 9781596870598 |
DARKNESS VISIBLE is both a celebration of Philip Pullman and a unique guide to the rich world of his fiction. It looks at the spectrum of his work-from the flamboyant Sally Lockhart series, and the award winning CLOCKWORK and I WAS A RAT!, to his epic and internationally bestselling DARK MATERIALS TRILOGY. It shows the diverse influences-from Milton and Blake to comic books and radio drama-that have shaped his writing and uncovers the part played by Pullman's unconventional childhood. This book is packed with never-before-seen family photos and illustrations from Pullman's beloved novels, and fresh material from recent interviews.
| Author | : Sam Halpern |
| Publisher | : Apollo Publishers |
| Total Pages | : 301 |
| Release | : 2019-06-03 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 1948062992 |
Sam Halpern’s eyewitness account of a flourishing Jewish life wiped out by the Nazis, Sam’s miraculous survival, and his ultimate success in America. In this incredible memoir, Sam Halpern lovingly and mournfully shares his life story—from his vibrant childhood in Chorostkow, Poland, to the horrors of the labor camp he was forced into by the Nazis, and ultimately his survival with his brother Arie. We see Sam’s deep affection for his parents, Mordechai Dov and Bella Halpern, and brothers, Naftali, Avrum Chaim, and Arie, and are introduced to the people, customs, and traditions of the Chorostkow shtetl. We also have an up-close view of the cruelty and horror inflicted by the Nazis. While in a forced labor camp, Sam is beaten, nearly starved, and ill with typhus, but ultimately as a result of street smarts and divine intervention, Sam and Arie escape and are miraculously hidden until liberation. Throughout the darkness, they maintain hope. After the war, Sam meets Gladys, the exceptional woman who becomes the love of his life and with whom he will raise four sons. Together with Arie, they eventually make it to the United States where they raise families and are international advocates for the Jewish community. This beautifully written story was originally published in 1996. This new edition features a moving contribution by Rabbi Israel Meir Lau and a wealth of new photos, and is published in honor of Sam and in advance of what would have been his one hundredth birthday.
