Author: Benson BobrickPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
Labyrinths of Iron
Author: Benson BobrickLabyrinths of iron
Author: Labyrinths of Iron
Author: Benson BobrickPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 360
Book Description
Reprint of the esteemed book originally published by Newsweek Books in 1981. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Labyrinths of Iron
Author: Benson BobrickPublisher: Owl Books
ISBN: 9780805031096
Category : Subways
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
Traces the history and development of subways, focusing on the systems in London, Paris, and New York
Lapps and Labyrinths
Author: Noel D. BroadbentPublisher: Smithsonian Institution
ISBN: 1935623362
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 584
Book Description
Professor Noel D. Broadbent is one of Sweden's foremost experts on north Swedish archaeology and literally wrote the book on the prehistory of the Skellefteå region on the North Bothnian coast. This knowledge is now brought to bear on the issue of Saami origins. The focus is on the successful adaptive strategies of Saami societies over thousands of years - a testimony to Saami resiliency, of relevance to the survival of indigenous societies worldwide today.
A History of Travel in 50 Vehicles (History in 50)
Author: Paula GreyPublisher: Tilbury House Publishers and Cadent Publishing
ISBN: 0884483983
Category : Young Adult Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 351
Book Description
Paula Grey explores how creative thinkers—collaborating or competing and always building on the work of their predecessors—have envisioned new ways to move about in the world. The story of travel is the human story. From the first migrations out of Africa on weary feet to horses, camels, rafts, chariots, steamships, trains, hot air balloons, cars, submarines, and moon rockets, humans have combined imagination, daring, and technical brilliance to create new vehicles and improve existing ones. Geography and culture have influenced the development of vehicles in far-flung parts of the world, and human travel has, in turn, exerted a profound influence on society and the environment. Whether escaping deprivation, pestilence, persecution, oppression, or fear—or seeking abundance, freedom, fame, fortune, or a fresh start—we have always been a traveling species, and it seems we always will be. Here is the story of humankind’s restless impulse to see what’s over the next ridge, beyond the next sunrise, on the next planet. Enjoy the journey! Fountas & Pinnell Level Z+
The Complete Guide to Labyrinths
Author: Cassandra EasonPublisher: Crossing Press
ISBN: 1580911269
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 355
Book Description
A universal symbol of transformation, the labyrinth was created in ancient times to represent humankind’s search for the core of divinity. Unlike a maze, which may have a confusion of tracks leading in all directions, a labyrinth has a single, winding pathway that spirals inward to the center. In The Complete Guide to Labyrinths, renowned British psychic and folklorist Cassandra Eason explores the mystery of this sacred symbol and explains how to harness its power for personal transformation, protection, healing, and enlightenment. The book features instructions for creating indoor and outdoor labyrinths; rituals to nourish fertility, confront and resolve conflict, honor grief or loss, and celebrate new beginnings; and resources for locating labyrinths around the world. Filled with personal anecdotes and a detailed exploration of labyrinth history and mythology, this complete handbook is a deeply spiritual guide to the meditative, intuitive, and creative power of this age-old symbol.
Big Book of Mazes and Labyrinths
Author: Walter ShepherdPublisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486229513
Category : Games & Activities
Languages : en
Pages : 129
Book Description
The path least traveled makes all the difference in this volume, especially when you find yourself crossing bridges, escaping from caves, lighting firecrackers, spelling out passwords, and untangling snakes. These 50 challenges include classic, solid, and ripple mazes, along with short-path and avoidance labyrinths and other intriguing problems. Solutions.
The World's Strongest Rearguard: Labyrinth Country's Novice Seeker, Vol. 5 (manga)
Author: TôwaPublisher: Yen Press LLC
ISBN: 1975351797
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 176
Book Description
Having awakened a Hidden God at the heart of the Labyrinth Country, Arihito’s party has shot to the top of District Eight’s rankings, overtaking the previous #1 party, Polaris. Now the friendly rivals aim to take the exam to rise to District Seven together…and not even a stampede is going to stop them! Can Arihito’s party pass their exam and protect civilians in danger, all while holding their own against waves of escaped monsters? Perhaps an unexpected ally will help turn the tide…
Subterranean Cities
Author: David L. PikePublisher: Cornell University Press
ISBN: 1501729489
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 376
Book Description
The underground has been a dominant image of modern life since the late eighteenth century. A site of crisis, fascination, and hidden truth, the underground is a space at once more immediate and more threatening than the ordinary world above. In Subterranean Cities, David L. Pike explores the representation of underground space in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, a period during which technology and heavy industry transformed urban life.The metropolis had long been considered a moral underworld of iniquity and dissolution. As the complex drainage systems, underground railways, utility tunnels, and storage vaults of the modern cityscape superseded the countryside of caverns and mines as the principal location of actual subterranean spaces, ancient and modern converged in a mythic space that was nevertheless rooted in the everyday life of the contemporary city. Writers and artists from Felix Nadar and Charles Baudelaire to Charles Dickens and Alice Meynell, Gustave Doré and Victor Hugo, George Gissing and Emile Zola, and Jules Verne and H. G. Wells integrated images of the urban underworld into their portrayals of the anatomy of modern society. Illustrated with photographs, movie stills, prints, engravings, paintings, cartoons, maps, and drawings of actual and imagined urban spaces, Subterranean Cities documents the emergence of a novel space in the subterranean obsessions and anxieties within nineteenth-century urban culture. Chapters on the subways, sewers, and cemeteries of Paris and London provide a detailed analysis of these competing centers of urban modernity. A concluding chapter considers the enduring influence of these spaces on urban culture at the turn of the twenty-first century.