In Search of the Old Ones

In Search of the Old Ones
Author: David Roberts
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 276
Release: 2010-05-11
Genre: History
ISBN: 1439127239

An exuberant, hands-on fly-on-the-wall account that combines the thrill of canyoneering and rock climbing with the intellectual sleuthing of archaeology to explore the Anasazi. David Roberts describes the culture of the Anasazi—the name means “enemy ancestors” in Navajo—who once inhabited the Colorado Plateau and whose modern descendants are the Hopi Indians of Arizona. Archaeologists, Roberts writes, have been puzzling over the Anasazi for more than a century, trying to determine the environmental and cultural stresses that caused their society to collapse 700 years ago. He guides us through controversies in the historical record, among them the haunting question of whether the Anasazi committed acts of cannibalism. Roberts’s book is full of up-to-date thinking on the culture of the ancient people who lived in the harsh desert country of the Southwest.

Return of the Strong Gods

Return of the Strong Gods
Author: R. R. Reno
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 190
Release: 2019-10-15
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1621579085

"'Return of the Strong Gods,'...is a thoughtful contribution to American political debate. It is incisively written and full of modern observations. Mr. Reno explains, better than any book I can remember, the present-day progressive's paranoid fear of fascism and neurotic determination to ferret out racism where none exists."—The Wall Street Journal After the staggering slaughter of back-to-back world wars, the West embraced the ideal of the “open society.” The promise: By liberating ourselves from the old attachments to nation, clan, and religion that had fueled centuries of violence, we could build a prosperous world without borders, freed from dogmas and managed by experts. But the populism and nationalism that are upending politics in America and Europe are a sign that after three generations, the postwar consensus is breaking down. With compelling insight, R. R. Reno argues that we are witnessing the return of the “strong gods”—the powerful loyalties that bind men to their homeland and to one another. Reacting to the calamitous first half of the twentieth century, our political, cultural, and financial elites promoted open borders, open markets, and open minds. But this never-ending project of openness has hardened into a set of anti-dogmatic dogmas which destroy the social solidarity rooted in family, faith, and nation. While they worry about the return of fascism, our societies are dissolving. But man will not tolerate social dissolution indefinitely. He longs to be part of a “we”—the fruit of shared loves—which gives his life meaning. The strong gods will return, Reno warns, in one form or another. Our task is to attend to those that, appealing to our reason as well as our hearts, inspire the best of our traditions. Otherwise, we shall invite the darker gods whose return our open society was intended to forestall.

Old Ones

Old Ones
Author: Kevin Siembieda
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 1996-06
Genre: Fantasy games
ISBN: 9780916211097

Huge adventure/sourcebook. Nine pre-made adventures. 34 towns and cities (including 21 forts) mapped and described. Major shops, production centers, temples and notable personalities included with descriptions. Maps and describes all the cities in Palladium's entire Timiro Kingdom. Old Ones are the most powerful forces ever to have existed in the Palladium game "Multi-verse". Palladium's Kevin Siembieda, named them as an hómage to the characters of the same name by H. P. Lovecraft.

The Old Ones in the Old Book

The Old Ones in the Old Book
Author: Philip West
Publisher: John Hunt Publishing
Total Pages: 155
Release: 2012-06-29
Genre: Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN: 178099172X

The Hebrew Old Testament, which contains some of the world s most ancient religious texts, was written and repeatedly re-edited over the course of several centuries from about 1000 BCE. It reached its final form at the hands of editors who were monotheists. They believed that their god Yahweh was the only true God, and that he had been worshipped exclusively by their ancestors from the time of Abraham. They edited their sources to reflect this belief. However, we can strip away this veneer of later monotheism to view the ancient stories themselves. These bear witness to Israelite religion as practised before 600 BCE. Far from being monotheistic, this religion was a fascinating polytheistic paganism, close to the religion of the surrounding Canaanites. In this religion, Yahweh, far from being God as understood by modern western monotheism, was a distinctive tribal deity. This book will be of particular interest to the large numbers of western people who come from a broadly Christian or Jewish background but have left those faiths behind to explore paganism or New Age spirituality. ,

The Chronicles of Pirah

The Chronicles of Pirah
Author: Earl Fairfeild
Publisher: AuthorHouse
Total Pages: 151
Release: 2014-09-18
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1496938305

This story that is a series of volumes begins with a man being brought to a lake shore in Scotland by what would be described as Sasquatch or Big Foot to be reintroduced to his actual selfa life like no other, a life that would span the ages of earth, and all of the life forms that dwelled upon her. This story may explain many mysteries of this world, blending science with lore and ancient tales told to children before bed. Even more so that the tales of old are not just imaginative minds conjuring a good yarn, but molecular memory of the first five ages of man on this earth mother. Each being wiped out by the Purges as directed by the greater powers of the universe, only to begin again with a new age. This age of man, the one you and I live in now being the only mortal age for the Greater Powers are not without curiosity. A need to knowwhat if?

Annie and the Old One

Annie and the Old One
Author: Miska Miles
Publisher:
Total Pages: 56
Release: 1971
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN:

A Navajo girl unravels a day's weaving on a rug whose completion, she believes, will mean the death of her grandmother.

Shout Kill Revel Repeat

Shout Kill Revel Repeat
Author: Scott R Jones
Publisher: JournalStone
Total Pages: 281
Release: 2019-12-06
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1950305104

On a mission to recover an ancient artifact, an amnesiac girl unlocks the terrible secret of humanity's past and future. The implementation of a radical new technology sends an unlucky test pilot into a dimension of enlightenment and horror. A mystic obsessed with higher-order camouflage uncovers the true face of the world. Lovers on a wilderness trek encounter the unspeakable in a place where time and space turn on themselves. A harmless question posed to a Ouija board unleashes an unusual plague. And a crack team of mutants and monstrosities storms the stronghold of a mad god in a last-ditch effort to rescue Reality itself from delirium and decay. In Shout Kill Revel Repeat, the debut collection of short fiction from Scott R. Jones, you'll be introduced to nihilistic shapeshifters, deranged billionaire magicians, surf champions, survivalists, sadists, and soldiers, all of whom learn that to live is to enter into a never-ending cycle of fury and fear, dark revelation and deepest regret. Shout. Kill. Revel. Repeat.

The Coming of the Old Ones

The Coming of the Old Ones
Author: Jeffrey Thomas
Publisher:
Total Pages: 82
Release: 2019-07-30
Genre:
ISBN: 9781086252392

Three stories of horror in the vein of H. P. Lovecraft's Cthulhu Mythos. AROUND THE CORNER - A man whose parents raised him in a cult suspects the new tenants in his apartment complex belong to a similar cult, and are summoning up powers that will change the world...and not for the betterment of humankind. AFTER THE FALL - Around the world, after a great storm the sky becomes filled with the remains of vast fossilized monsters locked in an ancient conflict, leaving humans to interpret this vision and to consider their own humble existence. SCRIMSHAW - In this alternate history story set in 1851, men in seafaring ships do not harvest whale blubber, but seek strange treasures in the bodies of immense alien creatures. From Jeffrey Thomas -- the author of Punktown.

The Return of the Ancient Ones

The Return of the Ancient Ones
Author: Gary Caplan
Publisher: eBookIt.com
Total Pages: 216
Release: 2013-02
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1456604864

The Return of the Ancient Ones was awarded WINNER status for the Fantasy Category in the 2011 National Indie Excellence Awards. The 2011 International Book Awards have been announced and the Return of the Ancient Ones has been honored as a "Finalist" in the "Fiction:Fantasy/Sci-Fi" category. Extended Description: Second in the Chronicles of Illúmaril series, author Gary Caplan's the Return of the Ancient Ones is a distinct tale that illustrates how one's fiercest enemy can become one's most aggressive ally. As dramatic as it is playful and sublime, Caplan has a knack at weaving the enchanted world of fantasy into the tension of a good old-fashioned cloak and dagger thriller. His incredible instinct for action rests on a spellbinding prose, yet what distinguishes his work in this genre is his ability to consider an otherworld culture as it reaches its pinnacle, rather than upon its downfall. In thirty-one chapters with titles like "Tyl University and the Academy of Spellweaving Arts," "Back to the Order of the Platinum Griffon and Duty," and "End Game," readers are reintroduced to Illúmaril, a land that patiently awaits its heir apparent. Once hidden on Earth, Gideon Finelen, as a birthright, holds the legacy that he and his ancestors are the only ones who can use the Sword of Order. Gideon's advisors, Tauri Ragan and Lord Talmor, hold great hope in Gideon and his Companions of the Sword of Order, but it is their enemy's enemy that first instigates a bold move. And while the Darkspawn have no intention of giving up their power, the return of Thatos and his twelve evil sorceror generals from their ancient, watery graves disperses Darkspawn's allegiance to temporarily help the armies of the Free Peoples against Thatos, his mercenaries, and other chaos warriors. For Gideon, the quixotic irony in all of this is that Darkspawn leadership is just as fixed on revenge as it is with maintaining its stronghold over Illúmaril. As he pits foe against foe to claim Illúmaril, the Sword of Order has a chance to triumph over Chaos.