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Author: James Stewart Publisher: iUniverse ISBN: 1450204198 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 466
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THE PROFESSOR Dr. Jamie Madison- very beautiful, very brilliant, and very, very rich- but once out of her comfort zone, is she a match for the charismatic Inspector Al Saladan? THE INSPECTOR Henri- shrewd and capable, he's called upon to investigate the brutal murder of an American tourist...but he hasn't bargained on falling in love with the headstrong professor Madison.... ...and a supporting cast of characters with questionable pasts - and mysterious presents: ...handsome Richard Whitsome, an aging Lothario who meets his gruesome end at the ancient Egyptian temple of Kom Ombo. His wife, Marion, has always bailed him out of his peccadilloes- until now.... ....the David Nivenish Sam and his glib wife, Liz- and their secrets.... ....the Santa Barbara socialites- are they hiding behind a façade or just plain weird? ....the old woman- at eighty, she chain smokes, guzzles whiskey- and packs a pistol.... ....young, fragile, hauntingly beautiful Tamara- why did she leave the Church? ....a good, American blue collar couple with violence in their past and uncertainty in their present.... ....all meet in the searing heat of Egypt in a murder mystery that tests young Jaime Madison's faith in her emotional self, her newfound friends, and the meaning of truth itself.
Author: James Stewart Publisher: iUniverse ISBN: 1450204198 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 466
Book Description
THE PROFESSOR Dr. Jamie Madison- very beautiful, very brilliant, and very, very rich- but once out of her comfort zone, is she a match for the charismatic Inspector Al Saladan? THE INSPECTOR Henri- shrewd and capable, he's called upon to investigate the brutal murder of an American tourist...but he hasn't bargained on falling in love with the headstrong professor Madison.... ...and a supporting cast of characters with questionable pasts - and mysterious presents: ...handsome Richard Whitsome, an aging Lothario who meets his gruesome end at the ancient Egyptian temple of Kom Ombo. His wife, Marion, has always bailed him out of his peccadilloes- until now.... ....the David Nivenish Sam and his glib wife, Liz- and their secrets.... ....the Santa Barbara socialites- are they hiding behind a façade or just plain weird? ....the old woman- at eighty, she chain smokes, guzzles whiskey- and packs a pistol.... ....young, fragile, hauntingly beautiful Tamara- why did she leave the Church? ....a good, American blue collar couple with violence in their past and uncertainty in their present.... ....all meet in the searing heat of Egypt in a murder mystery that tests young Jaime Madison's faith in her emotional self, her newfound friends, and the meaning of truth itself.
Author: Richard A. Lobban Jr. Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield ISBN: 1538133415 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 539
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Medieval Christian Nubia is often a neglected period of medieval African history. Because meaning is determined largely by context this work traces the Greco-Roman, Meroitic and Jewish precursors. The regional, historical and theological schisms within Christianity are also a highlight. The dynamics of the three Nubian kingdoms of Nobatia, Mukurra, and Alwa are the centerpiece of this book that covers mural arts, architecture, and the names of the leading kings and bishops. Another strength of the book is the analysis of the 700-year baqt peace treaty between Christian Nubia and Islamic Egypt; this is considered to be the longest lasting treaty in diplomatic history. The complex transition from Christianity to Islam in the 14th century is analyzed in great personal, political, and military detail. Historical Dictionary of Medieval Christian Nubia contains a chronology, an introduction, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has over 200 cross-referenced entries on politics, economy, foreign relations, religion, and culture of the medieval Nubians. This book is an excellent resource for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about Medieval Christian Nubia.
Author: Richard A. Lobban Jr. Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield ISBN: 1538133393 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 539
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This new book descends from a former combined reference book on Ancient and Medieval Nubia but now expands and focuses primarily on Prehistoric and Ancient times. It contextualizes the foundational roots of human evolution in the Paleolithic and Mesolithic stone ages and on to the Neolithic revolution built on farming and livestock. Meanwhile, Kerma was the most ancient African states and their relationship with dynastic Egypt. Precisely, ancient Kerma a was a serious political, economic and military rival to Old and Middle Kingdoms of Egypt. But in the New Kingdom the balance of regional forces was dramatically changed with Egyptians defeating Kerma and occupying and colonizing Kush/Nubia for 500 years. In the 11th century BCE the political unity of Egypt withered away and after recovering from foreign exploitation, Nubians began to reconstitute a small state at Kurru with renewed pyramid building and then finding no Egyptian resistance, these Nubians kings advanced on Egyptian Nubia and then on to Upper Egypt. Finally, Nubians were able to take over all of Egypt as the pharaohs of century-long Dynasty XXV. This so-called ‘Ethiopian” dynasty had the famed pharaohs of Piankhy, Shabaka, Shabataka, Taharka and Tanutamun ruling for various terms, three of who are mentioned in the Biblical Old Testament. Even when Nubians were expelled from Egypt by foreign Assyrian invaders, they retreated to Napata to carry on their ancient state for three more independent centuries as Egyptian remained conquered by various foreigners for 2,500 years. Most notable of these foreign conquers of Egypt were the Greeks (Ptolemies) and the Roman (who arrived and polytheists and left as Christians. During this Greco-Roman period in Egypt, Nubians strategically withdrew still further south to the Kingdom of Meroë (from the 4th century BCEE to the 4th century CE. Meroe is also covered in great detail as it was famed for many regnant queens, a unique and undeciphered writing system, iron-production and important monumental works including more pyramids than found in Egypt, Yes, smaller and later but many more pyramids that are still standing in several World Heritage sites in Nubia. After Meroë began a long decline it was finally vulnerable to attack from Christian Axum on the 4th century CE. Two murky centuries of regional rule, known as the X-Group were to follow, but by the 6th century Nubians recreated three Christian states that are covered in detail in the following Historical Dictionary of Medieval Christian Nubia and the Historical Dictionary of Sudan for Islamic and modern times.
Author: Charles Norris Williamson Publisher: e-artnow ISBN: 8075832191 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 7401
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Musaicum Books presents to you a unique collection of mystery classics & adventure novels, formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices. Mystery Novels The Motor Maid The Girl Who Had Nothing The Second Latchkey The Castle of Shadows The House by the Lock The Guests of Hercules The Port of Adventure The Brightener The Lion's Mouse The Powers and Maxine Adventure Fiction It Happened in Egypt The Adventures of Princess Sylvia The Car of Destiny My Friend the Chauffeur The Chauffeur and the Chaperon Everyman's Land The Princess Virginia Angel Unawares: A Story of Christmas Eve A Soldier of Legion The Princess Passes Winne Child, The Shop-Girl Where the Path Breaks Rosemary, A Christmas story Vision House The Golden Silence The Heather Moon Set in Silver Travelogues Lord John in New York Lord Loveland Discovers America Lady Betty Across the Water Secret History Revealed by Lady Peggy O'Malley The Lightning Conductor: The Strange Adventures of a Motor Car The Lightning Conductor Discovers America Charles Norris Williamson (1859–1920) and Alice Muriel Williamson (1869-1933) were British novelists who jointly wrote a number of novels which cover the early days of motoring and can also be read as travelogues.
Author: Richard A. Lobban Publisher: Scarecrow Press ISBN: 0810865785 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 587
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The Historical Dictionary of Ancient and Medieval Nubia covers the period from the Paleolithic, all the periods of ancient Nubia (Predynastic, Kerma, Dynasty XXV, Napatan, Meroitic, Post-Meroitic) and to the end of medieval Christianity in Nubia (Sudan). This resource focuses on Nubian history through a Nubian perspective, rather than on the more common Egypto-centrism perspective, and the coverage is based on the latest and best archaeological and epigraphic evidence. Newly created maps of the general area and its specific regions and place names and a photospread showing important related features of the region are included. A detailed chronology provides a timeline of historical events, and an introductory narrative shapes the overall history and leads to the main body of the work in the form of a cross-referenced dictionary. The descriptive entries cover the main features of the region in the various periods that are key not only to Nubian events, but also to the important interactions they had with Egypt to the north. Nine appendices and an extensive bibliography conclude this work. Lobban has been teaching Nubian studies in undergraduate classrooms for thirty years, and this book is a product of his hands-on experiences as well as extensive anthropological fieldwork and travel in Sudanese and Egyptian Nubia.
Author: Philip Reeve Publisher: Scholastic Inc. ISBN: 0545394465 Category : Young Adult Fiction Languages : en Pages : 509
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Mortal Engines is now a major motion picture produced by Peter Jackson! * "Reeve's [Mortal Engines] remains a landmark of visionary imagination." -- School Library Journal, starred review"A breathtaking work of imagination, Hester Shaw is a heroine for the ages. The moment we finished reading [Mortal Engines] we knew we wanted to make it into a movie." -- Producer Peter JacksonLondon is a radioactive ruin.Tom and Wren discover that the old predator city hides an awesome secret that could bring an end to the war. But as they risk their lives in its dark underbelly, time is running out. Alone and far away, Hester faces a fanatical enemy who possesses the weapons and the will to destroy the entire human race.The final book in the Mortal Engines series, Philip Reeve's A Darkling Plain is the winner of the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize.Mortal Engines is now a major motion picture produced by Peter Jackson!
Author: Philip Reeve Publisher: Scholastic UK ISBN: 140713583X Category : Juvenile Fiction Languages : en Pages : 1488
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In a terrifying and brutal future world, cities are mounted on giant wheels. They hunt each other to the death. Cataclysmic wars and stalking robotic hunters are revisted in a stunning relaunch of one of the greatest post-apocalyptic adventure series ever written. All four installments of Philip Reeve's internationally bestselling quartet are now available as a single ebook, featuring exclusive bonus material - the previously unpublished THE TRACTION CODEX.
Author: Philip Reeve Publisher: Scholastic UK ISBN: 140719495X Category : Juvenile Fiction Languages : en Pages : 1224
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MORTAL ENGINES launched Philip Reeve's brilliantly-imagined creation, the world of the Traction Era, where mobile cities fight for survival in a post-apocalyptic future. Now, in time for the film debut, the critically acclaimed MORTAL ENGINES quartet is repackaged in a boxset with fantastic and eye-catching covers featuring new artwork.
Author: Guy De La Bedoyere Publisher: Yale University Press ISBN: 0300275528 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 396
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A compelling history of the Ptolemies, the decline of Egypt, and the rising power of the Roman Empire The Ptolemaic era, Egypt's last and one of its longest dynasties, was in many ways a gilded age. Its early rulers restored and even expanded Egyptian power. Over a span of 300 years the period was witness to intellectual enlightenment, imaginative state-building, and some of the most memorable characters in ancient history, including Alexander the Great and Cleopatra VII. But these Macedonian Greek pharaohs embarked on ruinous warfare, faced rebellion, and descended into murderous family feuds. Increasingly reliant on the dizzying rise of Roman power, Ptolemaic Egypt was finally annexed by Augustus in 30 BCE. How did such an ancient civilization come to this? Exploring the lives of the Ptolemaic pharaohs, de la Bédoyère reveals the jealousy, greed, and murderous ambition in their Egypt and the legendary city of Alexandria, their capital. This is a lively, accessible account of Ancient Egypt's last days--and of the new power rising in its place.
Author: James Stewart
Author: James Stewart
Author: Richard A. Lobban Jr.
Author: Richard A. Lobban Jr.
Author: Charles Norris Williamson
Author: Richard A. Lobban
Author: Philip Reeve
Author: Philip Reeve
Author: Philip Reeve
Author: Carl F. Petry
Author: Guy De La Bedoyere