Theo and Morpheus' Medallion

Theo and Morpheus' Medallion
Author: Dimitrios Spyridon Chytiris
Publisher: Dimitrios Chytiris
Total Pages: 220
Release:
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

The Twelve Gods are exiled but someone is scheming to rule in their place... Theo is a very special boy, in fact, he is more than just a boy; he is a demigod with amazing powers. After returning home one evening, he finds two strangers talking to his parents: “The boy is our only hope” the man in black said, “he is the only one who can summon the Twelve and save the world of the mortals from enslavement and destruction”. Theo sets off on a quest to restore order and stop the evil Daemon gods from taking over the world of men. In his journey he must overcome the dangers and difficulties with bravery and wisdom, if he wishes to complete the Three Trials successfully and become a Champion of the Gods. Thankfully he is not alone; his brave young Guardians accompany him in a search of six Divine Keys that have the power to unlock the Seals that keep the Twelve Gods exiled in another dimension. Adventure, magic, friendship and mystery are some of the elements of this great read that can only be compared to the magnitude of the Harry Potter series and the originality of Percy Jackson.

The Djinni

The Djinni
Author: Dimitrios Spyridon Chytiris
Publisher: Dimitrios Chytiris
Total Pages: 153
Release:
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
ISBN:

Ken is an average student and a socially awkward teenager, who is often the victim of pranks by the school bullies. The only thing that helps him escape his tedious life is his love for mobile games, so he spends hours and hours on his phone playing. Until one day he comes across an application that will transform his life; The Djinni. The boy now has the power to turn the tables; for The Djinni will grant him the wishes he desires most. However, Ken will soon come to understand that his wishes always come with a price, and perhaps sometimes the price he has to pay is too high for his own good.

The Genius of Architecture, Or, The Analogy of that Art with Our Sensations

The Genius of Architecture, Or, The Analogy of that Art with Our Sensations
Author: Nicolas Le Camus de Mézières
Publisher: Getty Publications
Total Pages: 228
Release: 1992
Genre: Architecture
ISBN: 9780892362356

This series offers a range of heretofore unavailable writings in English translation on the subjects of art, architecture, and aesthetics. Camus's description of the French hotel argues that architecture should please the senses and the mind.

Ovid on Screen

Ovid on Screen
Author: Martin M. Winkler
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 491
Release: 2020-01-30
Genre: History
ISBN: 1108485405

The first study of Ovid, especially his Metamorphoses, as inherently visual literature, explaining his pervasive importance in our visual media.

Doctors

Doctors
Author: Sherwin B. Nuland
Publisher: Vintage
Total Pages: 547
Release: 2011-10-19
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 0307807894

From the author of How We Die, the extraordinary story of the development of modern medicine, told through the lives of the physician-scientists who paved the way. How does medical science advance? Popular historians would have us believe that a few heroic individuals, possessing superhuman talents, lead an unselfish quest to better the human condition. But as renowned Yale surgeon and medical historian Sherwin B. Nuland shows in this brilliant collection of linked life portraits, the theory bears little resemblance to the truth. Through the centuries, the men and women who have shaped the world of medicine have been not only very human, but also very much the products of their own times and places. Presenting compelling studies of great medical innovators and pioneers, Doctors gives us a fascinating history of modern medicine. Ranging from the legendary Father of Medicine, Hippocrates, to Andreas Vesalius, whose Renaissance masterwork on anatomy offered invaluable new insight into the human body, to Helen Taussig, founder of pediatric cardiology and co-inventor of the original "blue baby" operation, here is a volume filled with the spirit of ideas and the thrill of discovery.

Men and Memories of San Francisco, in the "spring of '50."

Men and Memories of San Francisco, in the
Author: Theodore Augustus Barry
Publisher:
Total Pages: 314
Release: 1873
Genre: History
ISBN:

Theodore Augustus Barry (1825-1881) and Benjamin Ada Patten (1825-1877) established their credentials as California pioneers by arriving in their adopted state before January 1, 1850. Men and memories of San Francisco (1873) gives later arrivals a detailed picture of the city as it existed a few months before California statehood. They describe the streets and the residences and business that lined each thoroughfare and alley as well as the men and women who owned those homes, boarding-houses, hotels, restaurants, saloons, stores, offices, and shops. They also chronicle the fire of May 1851 which destroyed so many of the structures they describe. While they focus on the city as it was in early 1850, their sketches of its residents extend further, often forming capsule biographies of their subjects.

Staying with the Trouble

Staying with the Trouble
Author: Donna J. Haraway
Publisher: Duke University Press
Total Pages: 228
Release: 2016-08-25
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 0822373785

In the midst of spiraling ecological devastation, multispecies feminist theorist Donna J. Haraway offers provocative new ways to reconfigure our relations to the earth and all its inhabitants. She eschews referring to our current epoch as the Anthropocene, preferring to conceptualize it as what she calls the Chthulucene, as it more aptly and fully describes our epoch as one in which the human and nonhuman are inextricably linked in tentacular practices. The Chthulucene, Haraway explains, requires sym-poiesis, or making-with, rather than auto-poiesis, or self-making. Learning to stay with the trouble of living and dying together on a damaged earth will prove more conducive to the kind of thinking that would provide the means to building more livable futures. Theoretically and methodologically driven by the signifier SF—string figures, science fact, science fiction, speculative feminism, speculative fabulation, so far—Staying with the Trouble further cements Haraway's reputation as one of the most daring and original thinkers of our time.

The Book of the Great Queen

The Book of the Great Queen
Author: Morpheus Ravenna
Publisher:
Total Pages: 506
Release: 2015-05-01
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9780990392712

The Book of the Great Queen is the culmination of nearly 20 years of the author's study and practice as a dedicant of the Morrigan. The intention for the book is to provide a comprehensive and in-depth look at the Morrigan as we know her through textual, historical, and archaeological sources, her role and cult of worship in ancient Celtic religion, and to provide guidance for the modern devotional practitioner drawing on these traditions. Cover art and illustrations are by Valerie Herron of Mystic Media. Production of the book has been crowd-funded through a very successful IndieGoGo campaign in 2014, nearly tripling the original goal."

Search for Gods

Search for Gods
Author: V. Vycinas
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 296
Release: 2012-12-06
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 9401028168

In the unequaled and majestic contemporary technological phase of our cultural development, where democratic liberties and the means of well being are accessible to everyone; man is unsatisfied, insecure, rebellious, confused and lost. More than ever before he seems to lack the sureness of his way in life. The abundance of theories, doctrines and various philosophical, social or religious systems and moral teachings fails to provide the individual today with any clarity whatsoever. Lacking this, he turns to peripheral events, to sensational occurrences; he turns his attention to more and to glaring new models of technological products. more new things, mostly Acquiring a great multitude of these and various other things, he seems to stress his own importance, thus making an inquiry in its fundamental validity superfluous. In this way he escapes the search of his very own mission; he betrays the superior powers which demand from him his existential contribution in finding his ideals and outlining the way of his life.

Shakespeare, Film Studies, and the Visual Cultures of Modernity

Shakespeare, Film Studies, and the Visual Cultures of Modernity
Author: A. Guneratne
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 367
Release: 2016-04-30
Genre: Performing Arts
ISBN: 023061373X

This book is the first in-depth cultural history of cinema's polyvalent and often contradictory appropriations of Shakespearean drama and performance traditions. The author argues that these adapatations have helped shape multiple aspects of film, from cinematic style to genre and narrative construction.