Author: Ryan M. Wilshusen
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1684714664
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 384
Book Description
Xeile Taeris has just one goal before his encroaching illness claims his life: to find his mother's killer and forgive him. Armed with nothing but wits and the ability to interact with spirits, Xeile soon finds himself entangled in a murder case where only the dead can lead him to the culprit. Torn between his agenda and empathy for the victims, Xeile delves into a twisted string of events that force him to help his mother's executors-law enforcers known as Guardians-to catch a serial killer. The stakes are high. If Xeile is caught helping, he will be executed. Unfortunately the dead have many tales to tell. As Xeile learns far more about himself and dangerous magic than is safe for him to know, now only time will tell if he will be able to hold onto his humanity or lose himself in his desire for vengeance. Citadel of the Dead is the exciting tale of a young hero as he embarks on a dangerous journey to find his mother's killer and forgive him.
Citadel of the Dead: The First Case of Exile Idolon
Author: Ryan M. Wilshusen
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1684714664
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 384
Book Description
Xeile Taeris has just one goal before his encroaching illness claims his life: to find his mother's killer and forgive him. Armed with nothing but wits and the ability to interact with spirits, Xeile soon finds himself entangled in a murder case where only the dead can lead him to the culprit. Torn between his agenda and empathy for the victims, Xeile delves into a twisted string of events that force him to help his mother's executors-law enforcers known as Guardians-to catch a serial killer. The stakes are high. If Xeile is caught helping, he will be executed. Unfortunately the dead have many tales to tell. As Xeile learns far more about himself and dangerous magic than is safe for him to know, now only time will tell if he will be able to hold onto his humanity or lose himself in his desire for vengeance. Citadel of the Dead is the exciting tale of a young hero as he embarks on a dangerous journey to find his mother's killer and forgive him.
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1684714664
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 384
Book Description
Xeile Taeris has just one goal before his encroaching illness claims his life: to find his mother's killer and forgive him. Armed with nothing but wits and the ability to interact with spirits, Xeile soon finds himself entangled in a murder case where only the dead can lead him to the culprit. Torn between his agenda and empathy for the victims, Xeile delves into a twisted string of events that force him to help his mother's executors-law enforcers known as Guardians-to catch a serial killer. The stakes are high. If Xeile is caught helping, he will be executed. Unfortunately the dead have many tales to tell. As Xeile learns far more about himself and dangerous magic than is safe for him to know, now only time will tell if he will be able to hold onto his humanity or lose himself in his desire for vengeance. Citadel of the Dead is the exciting tale of a young hero as he embarks on a dangerous journey to find his mother's killer and forgive him.
Citadel of the Dead: The First Case of Exile Idolon
Author: Ryan M. Wilshusen
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1684714680
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 383
Book Description
Xeile Taeris has just one goal before his encroaching illness claims his life: to find his mother's killer and forgive him. Armed with nothing but wits and the ability to interact with spirits, Xeile soon finds himself entangled in a murder case where only the dead can lead him to the culprit. Torn between his agenda and empathy for the victims, Xeile delves into a twisted string of events that force him to help his mother's executors-law enforcers known as Guardians-to catch a serial killer. The stakes are high. If Xeile is caught helping, he will be executed. Unfortunately the dead have many tales to tell. As Xeile learns far more about himself and dangerous magic than is safe for him to know, now only time will tell if he will be able to hold onto his humanity or lose himself in his desire for vengeance. Citadel of the Dead is the exciting tale of a young hero as he embarks on a dangerous journey to find his mother's killer and forgive him.
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1684714680
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 383
Book Description
Xeile Taeris has just one goal before his encroaching illness claims his life: to find his mother's killer and forgive him. Armed with nothing but wits and the ability to interact with spirits, Xeile soon finds himself entangled in a murder case where only the dead can lead him to the culprit. Torn between his agenda and empathy for the victims, Xeile delves into a twisted string of events that force him to help his mother's executors-law enforcers known as Guardians-to catch a serial killer. The stakes are high. If Xeile is caught helping, he will be executed. Unfortunately the dead have many tales to tell. As Xeile learns far more about himself and dangerous magic than is safe for him to know, now only time will tell if he will be able to hold onto his humanity or lose himself in his desire for vengeance. Citadel of the Dead is the exciting tale of a young hero as he embarks on a dangerous journey to find his mother's killer and forgive him.
Ancient Mesopotamia
Author: A. Leo Oppenheim
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 022617767X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 494
Book Description
"This splendid work of scholarship . . . sums up with economy and power all that the written record so far deciphered has to tell about the ancient and complementary civilizations of Babylon and Assyria."—Edward B. Garside, New York Times Book Review Ancient Mesopotamia—the area now called Iraq—has received less attention than ancient Egypt and other long-extinct and more spectacular civilizations. But numerous small clay tablets buried in the desert soil for thousands of years make it possible for us to know more about the people of ancient Mesopotamia than any other land in the early Near East. Professor Oppenheim, who studied these tablets for more than thirty years, used his intimate knowledge of long-dead languages to put together a distinctively personal picture of the Mesopotamians of some three thousand years ago. Following Oppenheim's death, Erica Reiner used the author's outline to complete the revisions he had begun. "To any serious student of Mesopotamian civilization, this is one of the most valuable books ever written."—Leonard Cottrell, Book Week "Leo Oppenheim has made a bold, brave, pioneering attempt to present a synthesis of the vast mass of philological and archaeological data that have accumulated over the past hundred years in the field of Assyriological research."—Samuel Noah Kramer, Archaeology A. Leo Oppenheim, one of the most distinguished Assyriologists of our time, was editor in charge of the Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute and John A. Wilson Professor of Oriental Studies at the University of Chicago.
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 022617767X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 494
Book Description
"This splendid work of scholarship . . . sums up with economy and power all that the written record so far deciphered has to tell about the ancient and complementary civilizations of Babylon and Assyria."—Edward B. Garside, New York Times Book Review Ancient Mesopotamia—the area now called Iraq—has received less attention than ancient Egypt and other long-extinct and more spectacular civilizations. But numerous small clay tablets buried in the desert soil for thousands of years make it possible for us to know more about the people of ancient Mesopotamia than any other land in the early Near East. Professor Oppenheim, who studied these tablets for more than thirty years, used his intimate knowledge of long-dead languages to put together a distinctively personal picture of the Mesopotamians of some three thousand years ago. Following Oppenheim's death, Erica Reiner used the author's outline to complete the revisions he had begun. "To any serious student of Mesopotamian civilization, this is one of the most valuable books ever written."—Leonard Cottrell, Book Week "Leo Oppenheim has made a bold, brave, pioneering attempt to present a synthesis of the vast mass of philological and archaeological data that have accumulated over the past hundred years in the field of Assyriological research."—Samuel Noah Kramer, Archaeology A. Leo Oppenheim, one of the most distinguished Assyriologists of our time, was editor in charge of the Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute and John A. Wilson Professor of Oriental Studies at the University of Chicago.
Leaves of Grass
Early Greek Portraiture
Author: Catherine M. Keesling
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108211275
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 329
Book Description
In this book, Catherine M. Keesling lends new insight into the origins of civic honorific portraits that emerged at the end of the fifth century BC in ancient Greece. Surveying the subjects, motives and display contexts of Archaic and Classical portrait sculpture, she demonstrates that the phenomenon of portrait representation in Greek culture is complex and without a single, unifying history. Bringing a multi-disciplinary approach to the topic, Keesling grounds her study in contemporary texts such as Herodotus' Histories and situates portrait representation within the context of contemporary debates about the nature of arete (excellence), the value of historical commemoration and the relationship between the human individual and the gods and heroes. She argues that often the goal of Classical portraiture was to link the individual to divine or heroic models. Offering an overview of the role of portraits in Archaic and Classical Greece, her study includes local histories of the development of Greek portraiture in sanctuaries such as Olympia, Delphi and the Athenian Acropolis.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108211275
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 329
Book Description
In this book, Catherine M. Keesling lends new insight into the origins of civic honorific portraits that emerged at the end of the fifth century BC in ancient Greece. Surveying the subjects, motives and display contexts of Archaic and Classical portrait sculpture, she demonstrates that the phenomenon of portrait representation in Greek culture is complex and without a single, unifying history. Bringing a multi-disciplinary approach to the topic, Keesling grounds her study in contemporary texts such as Herodotus' Histories and situates portrait representation within the context of contemporary debates about the nature of arete (excellence), the value of historical commemoration and the relationship between the human individual and the gods and heroes. She argues that often the goal of Classical portraiture was to link the individual to divine or heroic models. Offering an overview of the role of portraits in Archaic and Classical Greece, her study includes local histories of the development of Greek portraiture in sanctuaries such as Olympia, Delphi and the Athenian Acropolis.
Queen of Air and Darkness
Author: Cassandra Clare
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1442468459
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 912
Book Description
Dark secrets and forbidden love threaten the very survival of the Shadowhunters in Cassandra Clare’s Queen of Air and Darkness, the final novel in the New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling The Dark Artifices trilogy. Queen of Air and Darkness is a Shadowhunters novel. What if damnation is the price of true love? Innocent blood has been spilled on the steps of the Council Hall, the sacred stronghold of the Shadowhunters. Their society now teeters on the brink of civil war. One fragment of the Blackthorn family flees to Los Angeles, seeking to discover the source of the disease that is destroying the race of warlocks. Meanwhile, Julian and Emma take desperate measures to put their forbidden love aside and undertake a perilous mission to Faerie to retrieve the Black Volume of the Dead. What they find there is a secret that may tear the Shadow World asunder and open a dark path into a future they could never have imagined. Caught in a race against time, Emma and Julian must save the world of the Shadowhunters before a deadly curse destroys them and everyone they love.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1442468459
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 912
Book Description
Dark secrets and forbidden love threaten the very survival of the Shadowhunters in Cassandra Clare’s Queen of Air and Darkness, the final novel in the New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling The Dark Artifices trilogy. Queen of Air and Darkness is a Shadowhunters novel. What if damnation is the price of true love? Innocent blood has been spilled on the steps of the Council Hall, the sacred stronghold of the Shadowhunters. Their society now teeters on the brink of civil war. One fragment of the Blackthorn family flees to Los Angeles, seeking to discover the source of the disease that is destroying the race of warlocks. Meanwhile, Julian and Emma take desperate measures to put their forbidden love aside and undertake a perilous mission to Faerie to retrieve the Black Volume of the Dead. What they find there is a secret that may tear the Shadow World asunder and open a dark path into a future they could never have imagined. Caught in a race against time, Emma and Julian must save the world of the Shadowhunters before a deadly curse destroys them and everyone they love.
Ancient Kingdoms
Author: Morten Braten
Publisher: White Wolf Publishing
ISBN: 9781588469946
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Publisher: White Wolf Publishing
ISBN: 9781588469946
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Ancient Theatre and Performance Culture around the Black Sea
Author: David Braund
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107170591
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 583
Book Description
Presents a landmark study combining key specialists around the region with well-established international scholars, from a wide range of disciplines.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107170591
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 583
Book Description
Presents a landmark study combining key specialists around the region with well-established international scholars, from a wide range of disciplines.
On Prophecy, Dreams and Human Imagination
Author: Donald A. Russell
Publisher: Mohr Siebeck
ISBN: 9783161524196
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 226
Book Description
Synesius' essay De insomniis ('On Dreams') inquires into the meaning and importance of dreams for human beings and treats themes - most of all the relationship of humans to higher spheres -, which for religiously- and philosophically-minded people are still important today.
Publisher: Mohr Siebeck
ISBN: 9783161524196
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 226
Book Description
Synesius' essay De insomniis ('On Dreams') inquires into the meaning and importance of dreams for human beings and treats themes - most of all the relationship of humans to higher spheres -, which for religiously- and philosophically-minded people are still important today.
Stesichorus
Author: Stesichorus
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9781107078345
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 706
Book Description
Stesichorus' lyric poetry vividly recreates the most dramatic episodes of Greek myth: the labours of Heracles, the sack of Troy, the vengeance of Orestes, and more besides. It can be appreciated today as never before, thanks to the recent discovery of ancient manuscripts buried for some two millennia in the sands of Egypt. This fresh edition of Stesichorus' poems presents the first full-scale analysis of all his surviving works. The detailed introduction and commentary investigate a wide range of key issues, such as Stesichorus' imagery and style, his narrative technique, and his mythological innovations. The controversial question of how Stesichorus' poems were originally performed receives careful scrutiny; particular attention is paid to the fascinating story of the transmission, disappearance, and recovery of his work. A translation integrated with the commentary renders this book accessible to all readers with an interest in early Greek poetry and its legacy.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9781107078345
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 706
Book Description
Stesichorus' lyric poetry vividly recreates the most dramatic episodes of Greek myth: the labours of Heracles, the sack of Troy, the vengeance of Orestes, and more besides. It can be appreciated today as never before, thanks to the recent discovery of ancient manuscripts buried for some two millennia in the sands of Egypt. This fresh edition of Stesichorus' poems presents the first full-scale analysis of all his surviving works. The detailed introduction and commentary investigate a wide range of key issues, such as Stesichorus' imagery and style, his narrative technique, and his mythological innovations. The controversial question of how Stesichorus' poems were originally performed receives careful scrutiny; particular attention is paid to the fascinating story of the transmission, disappearance, and recovery of his work. A translation integrated with the commentary renders this book accessible to all readers with an interest in early Greek poetry and its legacy.