Ten Thousand Years in Hell

Ten Thousand Years in Hell
Author: Maurice Tillieux
Publisher: Fantagraphics Books
Total Pages: 98
Release: 2017-07-19
Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN: 1683960300

Fantagraphics is proud to follow up 2010’s inaugural edition of Maurice Tillieux’s classic early-1960s Gil Jordan adventures Murder by High Tide with a new double dose of classic stories. “Ten Thousand Years in Hell” marks a sharp departure from the moody, urban detective thrillers of Jordan’s previous adventures: Instead, after a feint in that direction, it turns into a rollicking, comedic South American prison escape yarn. The second story, “Boom and Bust,” finds the duo’s countryside jaunt turned into an ad-hoc investigation by a spectacular vehicular washout and a suspiciously noisy enclosure. Tillieux’s freewheeling storytelling and masterful graphics remind the reader why he was considered one of the top Franco-Belgian cartoonists of the time — indeed, any time. Readers of all ages who are eager to dig deeper than Tintin and explore the history of other cartoonists working in that distinctive, cleanly drawn comedy/adventure register will enjoy the Gil Jordan books.

Between Heaven and Hell

Between Heaven and Hell
Author: W. Bruce Lincoln
Publisher: Viking Adult
Total Pages: 564
Release: 1998
Genre: Art
ISBN:

Focusing on the artists in context, Between Heaven and Hell brings the triumph and tragedy of the Russian experience into full view. It vividly illustrates the workings of the creative process in a land in which politics and the arts have been closely intertwined. And it keenly describes the unique fashion in which Russian artists created their work through assimilating and transforming other cultural forms - giving birth to masterpieces unlike any others on earth.

Ten Thousand Things

Ten Thousand Things
Author: Lothar Ledderose
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Total Pages: 280
Release: 2023-10-17
Genre: Art
ISBN: 0691252882

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.

Ten Thousand Years of Tyranny

Ten Thousand Years of Tyranny
Author: Richard Frost
Publisher: AuthorHouse
Total Pages: 75
Release: 2020-06-01
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1728352452

“Ten thousand years of tyranny” is a polemic as uncompromising as Rousseau or Marx. It rejects one central idea of Darwin’s theory, ie that life evolves in an environment of scarce resources and claims that the world has always been abundant of and for life. Given this, Frost claims, life is, though violent, essentially benign. Humanity, freed from the whip of scarcity, would be free to live in harmony with itself and the wider world, without sin, were it not for the corruptions arising from differential social power. The author, aged about 20 months, with his pregnant mother, Selina, taken in about September 1938 in North End, Essex, UK.

The Jain Saga - Part 1

The Jain Saga - Part 1
Author: Kalikaal Sarvagya Hemchandrasuriswarji
Publisher: Multy Graphics
Total Pages: 733
Release: 2013-05-14
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 8190815709

The Jainism has divided the rotations of the wheel of time in two on the basic of their outcome. During the utsarpini period the Joys increase gradually and during avasarpini the woe multiply. Sixty-three men who influence the life on this planet are born during both utsarpini and avasarpini. They are called Tirthankars Chakravarties Vasudevas and Prativasudevas. In this saga the life and times of the distinguished sixteen that were born during the present avasarpini times is described vividly.

Revelation

Revelation
Author:
Publisher: Canongate Books
Total Pages: 60
Release: 1999-01-01
Genre: Bibles
ISBN: 0857861018

The final book of the Bible, Revelation prophesies the ultimate judgement of mankind in a series of allegorical visions, grisly images and numerological predictions. According to these, empires will fall, the "Beast" will be destroyed and Christ will rule a new Jerusalem. With an introduction by Will Self.

Brahma Purana 1: English Translation only without Slokas

Brahma Purana 1: English Translation only without Slokas
Author: Kausiki Books
Publisher: Kausiki Books
Total Pages: 1069
Release: 2021-05-15
Genre: Religion
ISBN:

Brahma Purana is one of the most fundamental Puranas and covers all the 5 elements that a Purana was meant to have: Sarga (Creation), Prati Sarga (Creation merging back into the Paramatma), Vamsas (Generations of Rishis and Devas), Manvantaras (Narrations of great kings including those of Surya Vamsa and Chandra Vamsa). Brahma Purana proposes Bhagwan Vishnu as the Ultimate Parabrahma It contains about 246 5 chapters and has a supplemental text known as Gautami Mahatmya that describes the glory of the river Godavari in detail. The glory of Purushottama Kshetra (Puri Jagannath temple) is explained in detail. 11 chapters are dedicated to Yoga (as in meditation; not physical exercises). Structure of Brahma Purana * Chapters 1: 4: General lineage of Devas * Chapters 5: 7 Solar dynasty / Surya Vamsha * Chapters 6: 15: Lunar dynasty / Chandra Vamsha * Chapters 16: 22: Geography, Solar system, Syamantaka Mani (Gem) * Chapters 23: 31: Gloark of Konaditya (Konark) and the Surya Deva including 108 names of Surya * Chapters 32: 38: Parvati's tapas. Marriage of Parvati & Siva, Daksha Yagnya * Chapters 39: 44: Glory of several holy sites including Ekamra, Utkala, Avanti * Chapters 45: 54: History of Markandeya and his vision of the Pralaya (The Great Flood) * Chapters 55: 102: Sri Krishna Avatara * Chapters 103: 126: Description of Hells, Punya, Papa, Sraddha Rituals, Dharma and Virtue * Chapters: 127: 138: Samkhya, Yoga (as in meditation; not physical exercises) and the dialogue between Vasishta & Janaka This book contains chapters 1: 138 and excludes Gautami Mahatmya (which is published as a second part)

Collected Papers on Buddhist Studies

Collected Papers on Buddhist Studies
Author: Padmanabh S. Jaini
Publisher: Motilal Banarsidass Publ.
Total Pages: 588
Release: 2001
Genre: Buddhism
ISBN: 9788120817760

In this volume, a companion to the author`s Collected Papers on Jaina Studies, twenty-nine of his articles, encompassing some forty years of research on various facets of Buddhism, have been brought together for the first time. They cover a wide range of topics including comparative studies with Jainism, points of controversy within Abhidharma, the Bodhisattva career of Maitreya based on narratives from the Jatakas and Mahayana Sutras, and selections from Buddhist ritual texts.