Author: Lord Dunsany
Publisher: Prabhat Prakashan
ISBN:
Category : Young Adult Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 92
Book Description
Step into the enchanting realm of mythology and fantasy with "Plays of Gods and Men" by Lord Dunsany, a captivating collection of plays that transport readers to distant worlds populated by gods, heroes, and mythical creatures. Join Lord Dunsany as he weaves a tapestry of vivid imagery and timeless storytelling, drawing upon the rich tapestry of world mythology to create a series of mesmerizing dramas. From the halls of Olympus to the depths of the underworld, Dunsany's plays explore the eternal themes of love, honor, destiny, and the clash between gods and mortals. As readers delve into the pages of "Plays of Gods and Men," they'll encounter a diverse array of characters and settings drawn from the myths and legends of cultures around the world. From the epic battles of Norse mythology to the tragic romances of Greek tragedy, Dunsany's plays offer a captivating glimpse into the human condition and the forces that shape our destinies. The overall tone of the collection is one of wonder and awe, as Dunsany invites readers to suspend disbelief and immerse themselves in the magical worlds he creates. With its blend of poetic language, vivid imagery, and profound insights into the human psyche, "Plays of Gods and Men" offers readers a theatrical experience like no other. Since its publication, "Plays of Gods and Men" has captivated audiences with its timeless themes, evocative language, and imaginative storytelling. Its enduring popularity speaks to its status as a classic work of fantasy literature, cherished by readers for its ability to transport them to realms of myth and legend. Whether you're a fan of mythology, fantasy, or simply enjoy a well-crafted tale of adventure and intrigue, "Plays of Gods and Men" is sure to captivate and inspire. Don't miss your chance to experience the magic of Lord Dunsany's imagination. Grab your copy now and embark on an unforgettable journey through the realms of gods and men.
Plays of Gods and Men
Author: Edward Plunkett
Publisher: Good Press
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 113
Book Description
"Plays of Gods and Men" by Edward Plunkett. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format.
Publisher: Good Press
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 113
Book Description
"Plays of Gods and Men" by Edward Plunkett. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format.
Plays of Gods and Men
Author: Lord Dunsany
Publisher: Prabhat Prakashan
ISBN:
Category : Young Adult Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 92
Book Description
Step into the enchanting realm of mythology and fantasy with "Plays of Gods and Men" by Lord Dunsany, a captivating collection of plays that transport readers to distant worlds populated by gods, heroes, and mythical creatures. Join Lord Dunsany as he weaves a tapestry of vivid imagery and timeless storytelling, drawing upon the rich tapestry of world mythology to create a series of mesmerizing dramas. From the halls of Olympus to the depths of the underworld, Dunsany's plays explore the eternal themes of love, honor, destiny, and the clash between gods and mortals. As readers delve into the pages of "Plays of Gods and Men," they'll encounter a diverse array of characters and settings drawn from the myths and legends of cultures around the world. From the epic battles of Norse mythology to the tragic romances of Greek tragedy, Dunsany's plays offer a captivating glimpse into the human condition and the forces that shape our destinies. The overall tone of the collection is one of wonder and awe, as Dunsany invites readers to suspend disbelief and immerse themselves in the magical worlds he creates. With its blend of poetic language, vivid imagery, and profound insights into the human psyche, "Plays of Gods and Men" offers readers a theatrical experience like no other. Since its publication, "Plays of Gods and Men" has captivated audiences with its timeless themes, evocative language, and imaginative storytelling. Its enduring popularity speaks to its status as a classic work of fantasy literature, cherished by readers for its ability to transport them to realms of myth and legend. Whether you're a fan of mythology, fantasy, or simply enjoy a well-crafted tale of adventure and intrigue, "Plays of Gods and Men" is sure to captivate and inspire. Don't miss your chance to experience the magic of Lord Dunsany's imagination. Grab your copy now and embark on an unforgettable journey through the realms of gods and men.
Publisher: Prabhat Prakashan
ISBN:
Category : Young Adult Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 92
Book Description
Step into the enchanting realm of mythology and fantasy with "Plays of Gods and Men" by Lord Dunsany, a captivating collection of plays that transport readers to distant worlds populated by gods, heroes, and mythical creatures. Join Lord Dunsany as he weaves a tapestry of vivid imagery and timeless storytelling, drawing upon the rich tapestry of world mythology to create a series of mesmerizing dramas. From the halls of Olympus to the depths of the underworld, Dunsany's plays explore the eternal themes of love, honor, destiny, and the clash between gods and mortals. As readers delve into the pages of "Plays of Gods and Men," they'll encounter a diverse array of characters and settings drawn from the myths and legends of cultures around the world. From the epic battles of Norse mythology to the tragic romances of Greek tragedy, Dunsany's plays offer a captivating glimpse into the human condition and the forces that shape our destinies. The overall tone of the collection is one of wonder and awe, as Dunsany invites readers to suspend disbelief and immerse themselves in the magical worlds he creates. With its blend of poetic language, vivid imagery, and profound insights into the human psyche, "Plays of Gods and Men" offers readers a theatrical experience like no other. Since its publication, "Plays of Gods and Men" has captivated audiences with its timeless themes, evocative language, and imaginative storytelling. Its enduring popularity speaks to its status as a classic work of fantasy literature, cherished by readers for its ability to transport them to realms of myth and legend. Whether you're a fan of mythology, fantasy, or simply enjoy a well-crafted tale of adventure and intrigue, "Plays of Gods and Men" is sure to captivate and inspire. Don't miss your chance to experience the magic of Lord Dunsany's imagination. Grab your copy now and embark on an unforgettable journey through the realms of gods and men.
The Gods of Men
Author: Barbara Kloss
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781087903422
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 450
Book Description
Top 10 Finalist in Mark Lawrence's SPFBO 2018 Sable hated the gods. She hated what men did in their name. Magic is forbidden throughout the Five Provinces; those born with it are hunted and killed. Sable doesn't know her music holds power over souls-not until, at age nine, she plays her flute before the desert court and accidentally stops her baby sister's heart, killing her. Horrified by what she's done and fearing for her life, she flees north, out of Provincial jurisdiction and into the frigid land of exiles and thieves, known as The Wilds. There, Sable lives in hiding, burdened by guilt, and survives as a healer. But now, ten years later, someone-or something-is hunting her. On the run again, Sable's best chance for survival is Jos, a lethal man from the Five Provinces, who claims to need her skills as a healer to save his dying father, and she needs the large sum of money he's offered. There's something about him Sable doesn't trust, but she doesn't have many options. A spirit of the dead is hunting her, summoned by a mysterious necromancer, and it's getting closer. Sable soon discovers she's just the start of the necromancer's plan to take over the Five Provinces, and she's the only one with the power to stop it. But harnessing her forbidden power means revealing it to the world, and the dangerous Provincial, Jos, she's beginning to fall for. Fans of Brandon Sanderson, Naomi Novik, and Victoria Schwab will love this dark and epic fantasy adventure.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781087903422
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 450
Book Description
Top 10 Finalist in Mark Lawrence's SPFBO 2018 Sable hated the gods. She hated what men did in their name. Magic is forbidden throughout the Five Provinces; those born with it are hunted and killed. Sable doesn't know her music holds power over souls-not until, at age nine, she plays her flute before the desert court and accidentally stops her baby sister's heart, killing her. Horrified by what she's done and fearing for her life, she flees north, out of Provincial jurisdiction and into the frigid land of exiles and thieves, known as The Wilds. There, Sable lives in hiding, burdened by guilt, and survives as a healer. But now, ten years later, someone-or something-is hunting her. On the run again, Sable's best chance for survival is Jos, a lethal man from the Five Provinces, who claims to need her skills as a healer to save his dying father, and she needs the large sum of money he's offered. There's something about him Sable doesn't trust, but she doesn't have many options. A spirit of the dead is hunting her, summoned by a mysterious necromancer, and it's getting closer. Sable soon discovers she's just the start of the necromancer's plan to take over the Five Provinces, and she's the only one with the power to stop it. But harnessing her forbidden power means revealing it to the world, and the dangerous Provincial, Jos, she's beginning to fall for. Fans of Brandon Sanderson, Naomi Novik, and Victoria Schwab will love this dark and epic fantasy adventure.
The Monks of Tibhirine
Author: John Kiser
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 9780312302948
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 368
Book Description
Details the true story of seven monks kidnapped from a Trappist monastery in war-torn Algeria to be used as negotiation tools to free imprisoned terrorists and whose severed heads were found in a tree two months later.
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 9780312302948
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 368
Book Description
Details the true story of seven monks kidnapped from a Trappist monastery in war-torn Algeria to be used as negotiation tools to free imprisoned terrorists and whose severed heads were found in a tree two months later.
Gods and Men (Ruins of the Earth Series Book 2)
Author: Christopher Hopper
Publisher: Ruins of the Earth
ISBN: 9781087945255
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 492
Book Description
Humans are herded like sheep for the slaughter. And their only hope for survival lies with a team who just left the planet. Following their successful mission to destroy the slaver ring in New York City, Wic and the members of Phantom Team pass through the Antarctic's origin ring and find themselves deep in the heart of the Androchidan Empire. But as the scope of the alien specie's operation becomes apparent, Phantom Team realizes they can't standby as humanity is culled into submission. Efforts must be made to slow the enemy's progress, if not stop it altogether. Under Wic's leadership, the team devises a plan to infiltrate and neutralize part of the Androchidan's operation. Allies are made, and resources are acquired. But when enemy spies find evidence of collusion, it is only a matter for time before the Phantoms' hopes of thwarting the enemy are dashed. Will Wic and his elite team of warriors succeed in reversing the tide of the Androchidan invasion? Or will they succumb to the unrelenting power of the most notorious slaver operation in the galaxy? Join bestselling authors Christopher Hopper and J.N. Chaney as the Ruins of the Earth hit series continues with Book 2: Gods and Men. Read what fans call "the best military sci-fi of the year," and "Galaxy's Edge meets Expeditionary Force."
Publisher: Ruins of the Earth
ISBN: 9781087945255
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 492
Book Description
Humans are herded like sheep for the slaughter. And their only hope for survival lies with a team who just left the planet. Following their successful mission to destroy the slaver ring in New York City, Wic and the members of Phantom Team pass through the Antarctic's origin ring and find themselves deep in the heart of the Androchidan Empire. But as the scope of the alien specie's operation becomes apparent, Phantom Team realizes they can't standby as humanity is culled into submission. Efforts must be made to slow the enemy's progress, if not stop it altogether. Under Wic's leadership, the team devises a plan to infiltrate and neutralize part of the Androchidan's operation. Allies are made, and resources are acquired. But when enemy spies find evidence of collusion, it is only a matter for time before the Phantoms' hopes of thwarting the enemy are dashed. Will Wic and his elite team of warriors succeed in reversing the tide of the Androchidan invasion? Or will they succumb to the unrelenting power of the most notorious slaver operation in the galaxy? Join bestselling authors Christopher Hopper and J.N. Chaney as the Ruins of the Earth hit series continues with Book 2: Gods and Men. Read what fans call "the best military sci-fi of the year," and "Galaxy's Edge meets Expeditionary Force."
Gods Without Men
Author: Hari Kunzru
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 0307957497
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 386
Book Description
In the desert, you see, there is everything and nothing . . . It is God without men. —Honoré de Balzac, Une passion dans le désert, 1830 Jaz and Lisa Matharu are plunged into a surreal public hell after their son, Raj, vanishes during a family vacation in the California desert. However, the Mojave is a place of strange power, and before Raj reappears inexplicably unharmed—but not unchanged—the fate of this young family will intersect with that of many others, echoing the stories of all those who have traveled before them. Driven by the energy and cunning of Coyote, the mythic, shape-shifting trickster, Gods Without Men is full of big ideas, but centered on flesh-and-blood characters who converge at an odd, remote town in the shadow of a rock formation called the Pinnacles. Viscerally gripping and intellectually engaging, it is, above all, a heartfelt exploration of the search for pattern and meaning in a chaotic universe. This eBook edition includes a Reading Group Guide.
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 0307957497
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 386
Book Description
In the desert, you see, there is everything and nothing . . . It is God without men. —Honoré de Balzac, Une passion dans le désert, 1830 Jaz and Lisa Matharu are plunged into a surreal public hell after their son, Raj, vanishes during a family vacation in the California desert. However, the Mojave is a place of strange power, and before Raj reappears inexplicably unharmed—but not unchanged—the fate of this young family will intersect with that of many others, echoing the stories of all those who have traveled before them. Driven by the energy and cunning of Coyote, the mythic, shape-shifting trickster, Gods Without Men is full of big ideas, but centered on flesh-and-blood characters who converge at an odd, remote town in the shadow of a rock formation called the Pinnacles. Viscerally gripping and intellectually engaging, it is, above all, a heartfelt exploration of the search for pattern and meaning in a chaotic universe. This eBook edition includes a Reading Group Guide.
Men Like Gods
Author: Herbert George Wells
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 344
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 344
Book Description
"When Gods Were Men"
Author: Esther J. Hamori
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter
ISBN: 3110206714
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 205
Book Description
In the texts of Genesis 18 and 32, God appears to a patriarch in person and is referred to by the narrator as a man, both times by the Hebrew word īsh. In both texts, God as īsh is described in graphically human terms. This type of divine appearance is identified here as the "īsh theophany". The phenomenon of God appearing in concrete human form is first distinguished from several other types of anthropomorphism, such as divine appearance in dreams. The īsh theophany is viewed in relation to appearances of angels and other divine beings in the Bible, and in relation to anthropomorphic appearances of deities in Near Eastern literature. The īsh theophany has implications for our understanding of Israelite concepts of divine-human contact and communication, and for the relationship to Ugaritic literature in particular. The book also includes discussion of philosophical approaches to anthropomorphism. The development of philosophical opposition to anthropomorphism can be traced from Greek philosophy and early Jewish and Christian writings through Avicenna, Averroes, Maimonides and Aquinas, and into the work of later philosophers such as Hume and Kant. However, the work of others can be applied fruitfully to the problem of divine anthropomorphism, such as Wittgenstein's language games.
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter
ISBN: 3110206714
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 205
Book Description
In the texts of Genesis 18 and 32, God appears to a patriarch in person and is referred to by the narrator as a man, both times by the Hebrew word īsh. In both texts, God as īsh is described in graphically human terms. This type of divine appearance is identified here as the "īsh theophany". The phenomenon of God appearing in concrete human form is first distinguished from several other types of anthropomorphism, such as divine appearance in dreams. The īsh theophany is viewed in relation to appearances of angels and other divine beings in the Bible, and in relation to anthropomorphic appearances of deities in Near Eastern literature. The īsh theophany has implications for our understanding of Israelite concepts of divine-human contact and communication, and for the relationship to Ugaritic literature in particular. The book also includes discussion of philosophical approaches to anthropomorphism. The development of philosophical opposition to anthropomorphism can be traced from Greek philosophy and early Jewish and Christian writings through Avicenna, Averroes, Maimonides and Aquinas, and into the work of later philosophers such as Hume and Kant. However, the work of others can be applied fruitfully to the problem of divine anthropomorphism, such as Wittgenstein's language games.
Ruins of the Earth (Ruins of the Earth Series Book 1)
Author: Christopher Hopper
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781087918754
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 648
Book Description
A secret buried in the Antarctic. A puzzle unsolved for thousands of years. And a Brooklyn-born Master Gunnery Sergeant who's royally pissed that he has to babysit the researchers sent to figure it all out. Patrick "Wic" Finnegan's last op as a Marine Raider before retirement sends him to the frozen Ellsworth Subglacial Highlands. The only reason he's here? He owes a favor to an old friend-but that doesn't mean he has to like it. When Wic finally sees what the team has uncovered, he can't believe his eyes, nor is he prepared for the violence to come. Soon, the portal opens and unleashes a storm of unbridled fury upon humanity. From the Antarctic tundra to the streets of Manhattan, Wic and his team will be pushed to their limits as they fight to hold back Earth's ultimate threat. The odds are against them. Governments are toppling. And the Earth is falling into ruin. Join bestselling authors Christopher Hopper and J.N. Chaney on what readers call a "non-stop, break-neck thrill ride into metaspace." For fans of District 9, Expeditionary Force, and Galaxy's Edge, this is one military sci-fi thriller you won't be able to put down, and the official prequel to the hit series Ruins of the Galaxy.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781087918754
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 648
Book Description
A secret buried in the Antarctic. A puzzle unsolved for thousands of years. And a Brooklyn-born Master Gunnery Sergeant who's royally pissed that he has to babysit the researchers sent to figure it all out. Patrick "Wic" Finnegan's last op as a Marine Raider before retirement sends him to the frozen Ellsworth Subglacial Highlands. The only reason he's here? He owes a favor to an old friend-but that doesn't mean he has to like it. When Wic finally sees what the team has uncovered, he can't believe his eyes, nor is he prepared for the violence to come. Soon, the portal opens and unleashes a storm of unbridled fury upon humanity. From the Antarctic tundra to the streets of Manhattan, Wic and his team will be pushed to their limits as they fight to hold back Earth's ultimate threat. The odds are against them. Governments are toppling. And the Earth is falling into ruin. Join bestselling authors Christopher Hopper and J.N. Chaney on what readers call a "non-stop, break-neck thrill ride into metaspace." For fans of District 9, Expeditionary Force, and Galaxy's Edge, this is one military sci-fi thriller you won't be able to put down, and the official prequel to the hit series Ruins of the Galaxy.
Plays of gods and men
Author: Edward John Moreton Drax Plunkett Baron Dunsany
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 207
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 207
Book Description