The Palace of Lost Memories: After The Rift, Book 1
Author | : C.J. Archer |
Publisher | : C.J. Archer |
Total Pages | : 310 |
Release | : 2018-10-09 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : C.J. Archer |
Publisher | : C.J. Archer |
Total Pages | : 310 |
Release | : 2018-10-09 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Edward Hollis |
Publisher | : Catapult |
Total Pages | : 363 |
Release | : 2015-07-28 |
Genre | : Architecture |
ISBN | : 1619025620 |
A brilliant, ambitious follow–up to The Secret Lives of Buildings, in which Hollis turns his focus from the great architectural constructions of the past to the now–vanished chambers they once contained. The rooms we live in are always more than just four walls. As we decorate these spaces and fill them with objects and friends, they shape our lives and become the backdrop to our sense of self. one day, the structures will be gone, but even then, traces of the stories and the memories they contained will persist. In this dazzling work of imaginative reconstruction, edward Hollis takes us to the sites of great abodes now lost to history and piecing together the fragments that remain, re–creates their vanished chambers. From Rome's palatine to the old palace of Westminster and the petit Trianon at Versailles, from the sets of MGM studios in Hollywood to the pavilions of the Crystal palace and the author's own grandmother's sitting room, The Memory Palace is a glittering treasure trove of luminous forgotten places and the alluring people who lived in them.
Author | : Lucy Worsley |
Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing USA |
Total Pages | : 428 |
Release | : 2010-08-24 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0802719872 |
An 18th-century portrait of the palace most recognized as an official home of several British royal family members focuses on the Hanover family during the reigns of George I and II, describing the intrigue, ostentatious fashions and politicking that marked court life. By the author of Cavalier.
Author | : Stefan Bachmann |
Publisher | : Harper Collins |
Total Pages | : 282 |
Release | : 2014-05-27 |
Genre | : Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | : 0062313150 |
A collection of thirty-six forty eerie, mysterious, intriguing, and very short stories by the acclaimed authors Stefan Bachmann, Katherine Catmull, Claire LeGrand, and Emma Trevayne. The Cabinet of Curiosities is perfect for fans of Alvin Schwartz's Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark and anyone who relishes a good creepy tale. Great for reading alone or reading aloud at camp or school! The book features an introduction and commentary by the authors and black-and-white illustrations throughout.
Author | : J. C. McKeown |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 289 |
Release | : 2017 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0190610433 |
A light-hearted portrait of the origins of modern medicine in the ancient world
Author | : John Platts |
Publisher | : DigiCat |
Total Pages | : 738 |
Release | : 2022-06-02 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : |
"The Book of Curiosities" by John Platts is an encyclopedia and dictionary containing ten thousand wonders and curiosities of nature and art, remarkable astonishing places, beings, customs, experiments, animals, phenomena, of both Ancient and Modern Times, in all parts of the globe. Excerpt: "We shall now introduce to our readers some Ancient and Modern Opinions respecting the Hair. The ancients held the hair a sort of excrement, fed only with excrementitious matters, and no proper part of a living body. They supposed it generated of the fuliginous parts of the blood, exhaled by the heat of the body to the surface, and then condensed in passing through the pores. Their chief reasons were, that the hair being cut, will grow again, even in extreme old age, and when life is very low; that in hectic and consumptive people, where the rest of the body is continually emaciating, the hair thrives; nay, that it will even grow again in dead carcases."
Author | : S. W. (Author of “A Visit to London, ” etc.) |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 234 |
Release | : 1813 |
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Author | : Anthony Kaldellis |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 249 |
Release | : 2017-09-01 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0190625961 |
Weird, decadent, degenerate, racially mixed, superstitious, theocratic, effeminate, and even hyper-literate, Byzantium has long been regarded by many as one big curiosity. According to Voltaire, it represented "a worthless collection of miracles, a disgrace for the human mind"; for Hegel, it was "a disgusting picture of imbecility." A Cabinet of Byzantine Curiosities will churn up these old prejudices, while also stimulating a deeper interest among readers in one of history's most interesting civilizations. Many of the zanier tales and trivia that are collected here revolve around the political and religious life of Byzantium. Thus, stories of saints, relics, and their miracles-from the hilarious to the revolting-abound. Byzantine bureaucracy (whence the adjective "Byzantine"), court scandals, and elaborate penal code are world famous. And what would Byzantium be without its eunuchs, whose ambiguous gender produced odd and risible outcomes in different contexts? The book also contains sections on daily life that are equally eye-opening, including food (from aphrodisiacs to fermented fish sauce), games such as polo and acrobatics, and obnoxious views of foreigners and others (e.g., Germans, Catholics, Arabs, dwarves). But lest we overlook Byzantium's more honorable contributions to civilization, also included are some of the marvels of Byzantine science and technology, from the military (flamethrowers and hand grenades) to the theatrical ("elevator" thrones, roaring mechanical lions) and medical (catheters and cures, some bizarre). This vast assortment of historical anomaly and absurdity sheds vital light on one of history's most obscure and orthodox empires.
Author | : Louis Charles Elson |
Publisher | : Boston : Oliver Ditson & Company |
Total Pages | : 380 |
Release | : 1880 |
Genre | : Folk music |
ISBN | : |