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Author | : Roy Collins |
Publisher | : Xlibris Corporation |
Total Pages | : 248 |
Release | : 2001-05-03 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 9781469108056 |
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In Fire Over Heaven author/artist Roy Collins uncovers the ancient origins of the Chinese yin/yang dialectic and the I Ching (Book of Changes) and explains the complex debate over their meanings. Inspired by art historian Ernest Fenollosa’s early work on the exchange of cross-cultural art and design motifs, Collins has reasoned that a similar path of transmission had also heightened the barter of both ideas and languages. He further argues that due to the nature of cultural differences and individual perception, it often becomes obligatory for people to make slight adjustments in word sounds, art forms, and visual styles in order for new transitions to be acceptable. From Africa’s Rift Valley, across the sands of the “Silk Route” and into the heart of New York’s Greenwich Village, Collins cites examples of specific key words and ideas from well-known artists, philosophers, poets, physicists, historians, political officials, and scientists to show how their interpretations differ from the original usage. It is a literary/psychological journey that extends back over three million years in time and, according to Collins, is slated to continue as long as the human race evolves in time.
Author | : Mary Renault |
Publisher | : Open Road Media |
Total Pages | : 605 |
Release | : 2013-09-10 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 1480432873 |
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New York Times Bestseller and Man Booker Prize Finalist: A novel of ancient Greece by the author Hilary Mantel calls “a shining light.” Alexander the Great stands alone as a leader and strategist, and Fire from Heaven is Mary Renault’s unsurpassed dramatization of the formative years of his life. His parents fight for their precocious son’s love: On one side, his volatile father, Philip, and on the other, his overbearing mother, Olympias. The story tells of the conqueror’s two great bonds—to his horse, Oxhead, and to his dearest friend and eventual lover, Hephaistion—and of the army he commands when he is barely an adult. Coming of age during the battles for southern Greece, Alexander the Great appears in all of his colors—as the man who first takes someone’s life at age twelve and who swiftly eliminates his rivals as soon as he comes to power—and emerges as a captivating, complex, larger-than-life figure. Fire from Heaven is the first volume of the Novels of Alexander the Great trilogy, which continues with The Persian Boy and Funeral Games. This ebook features an illustrated biography of Mary Renault including rare images of the author. “Mary Renault is a shining light to both historical novelists and their readers. She does not pretend the past is like the present, or that the people of ancient Greece were just like us. She shows us their strangeness; discerning, sure-footed, challenging our values, piquing our curiosity, she leads us through an alien landscape that moves and delights us.” —Hilary Mantel
Author | : David Underdown |
Publisher | : Vintage |
Total Pages | : 308 |
Release | : 2003 |
Genre | : City and town life |
ISBN | : 9780712609159 |
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Two hundred years before Hardy disguised it as Casterbridge, Dorchester was a typical English county town, of middling size and unremarkable achievements. But on 6 August 1613 much of it was destroyed in a great conflagration, which its inhabitants regarded as a 'fire from heaven', the catalyst for the events described in this book. Over the next twenty years, a time of increasing political and religious turmoil all over Europe, Dorchester became the most religiously radical town in the kingdom. The tolerant, paternalist Elizabethan town oligarchy was quickly replaced by a group of men who had a vision of a godly community in which power was to be exercised according to religious commitment rather than wealth or rank. One of this book's most remarkable achievements is the re-creation, with an intimacy unique for an English community so distant from our own, of the lives of those who do not make it into history books. We glimpse the ordinary men and women of the town drinking and swearing, fornicating and repenting, triumphing over their neighbours or languishing in prison, striving to live up to the new ideals of their community or rejecting them with bitter anger and mocking laughter. In it subtle exploration of human motives and aspirations, in its brilliant and detailed reconstruction, this book shows how much of the past we can recover when in the hands of a master historian.
Author | : Hung Hin Cheong |
Publisher | : Joey Yap Research Group |
Total Pages | : 161 |
Release | : 2011-07-01 |
Genre | : Body, Mind & Spirit |
ISBN | : 9675395990 |
Download Ode to Mysticism Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Ancient Classics, Modern Revival One of the Four Poems of the ancient times, the classical text of Xuan Ji Fu is now translated with detailed line-by-line commentaries for easy absorption and reading. A definite must-have reference for any serious student or practitioner of Xuan Kong Feng Shui.
Author | : Robert Jordan |
Publisher | : Tor Books |
Total Pages | : 1008 |
Release | : 2010-02-16 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 142996037X |
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The Wheel of Time is now an original series on Prime Video, starring Rosamund Pike as Moiraine! In The Fires of Heaven, the fifth novel in Robert Jordan’s #1 New York Times bestselling epic fantasy series, The Wheel of Time®, four of the most powerful Forsaken band together against the Champion of Light, Rand al’Thor. Prophesized to defeat the Dark One, Rand al'Thor, the Dragon Reborn, has upset the balance of power across the land. Shaido Aiel are on the march, ravaging everything in their path. The White Tower's Amyrlin has been deposed, turning the Aes Sedai against one another. The forbidden city of Rhuidean is overrun by Shadowspawn. Despite the chaos swirling around him, Rand continues to learn how to harness his abilities, determined to wield the One Power--and ignoring the counsel of Moiraine Damodred at great cost. Since its debut in 1990, The Wheel of Time® by Robert Jordan has captivated millions of readers around the globe with its scope, originality, and compelling characters. The last six books in series were all instant #1 New York Times bestsellers, and The Eye of the World was named one of America's best-loved novels by PBS's The Great American Read. The Wheel of Time® New Spring: The Novel #1 The Eye of the World #2 The Great Hunt #3 The Dragon Reborn #4 The Shadow Rising #5 The Fires of Heaven #6 Lord of Chaos #7 A Crown of Swords #8 The Path of Daggers #9 Winter's Heart #10 Crossroads of Twilight #11 Knife of Dreams By Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson #12 The Gathering Storm #13 Towers of Midnight #14 A Memory of Light By Robert Jordan and Teresa Patterson The World of Robert Jordan's The Wheel of Time By Robert Jordan, Harriet McDougal, Alan Romanczuk, and Maria Simons The Wheel of Time Companion By Robert Jordan and Amy Romanczuk Patterns of the Wheel: Coloring Art Based on Robert Jordan's The Wheel of Time At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
Author | : Kiara Windrider |
Publisher | : New World Library |
Total Pages | : 286 |
Release | : 2009 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 1577317246 |
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Author | : Hung Hin Cheong |
Publisher | : Joey Yap Research Group |
Total Pages | : 97 |
Release | : 2011-07-01 |
Genre | : Body, Mind & Spirit |
ISBN | : 9675395958 |
Download Ode to Flying Stars Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Unlock The Hidden Codes of Flying Stars Closing the transliteration series of the Four Celebrated Poems of Xuan Kong is the Ode To Flying Stars, a translation of the much-discussed but yet arcane classical text of Flying Stars. An essential addition to the library of determined Feng Shui practitioners and students everywhere, this book presents knowledge in Xuan Kong Feng Shui in levels you never dreamt of before.
Author | : Roland Boer |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 231 |
Release | : 2012-10-12 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1134649711 |
Download Knockin' on Heaven's Door Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Knockin' On Heaven's Door offers a critically sophisticated and truly interdisciplinary analysis of the relationship between biblical studies and contemporary culture. Specific biblical texts are examined in the light of cultural criticism and areas of popular culture including pornography, heavy metal music and McDonald's hamburgers in the light of biblical criticism.
Author | : Stuart Alve Olson |
Publisher | : Inner Traditions / Bear & Co |
Total Pages | : 244 |
Release | : 2001-11-05 |
Genre | : Health & Fitness |
ISBN | : 9780892819447 |
Download T'ai Chi According to the I Ching Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Provides a step-by-step photographic guide to each posture in the Before Heaven T'ai Chi form and illustrates the 64 postures of the After Heaven T'ai Chi form. Also includes discussion of the universal principals of the pratice of T'ai Chi and the philosophy of the I Ching.
Author | : Jennifer Wynn |
Publisher | : Xlibris Corporation |
Total Pages | : 50 |
Release | : 2011-03-03 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 1456871617 |
Download Seven Things That Heaven and Hell Have in Common Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Has anyone ever taken the time to talk to you about Heaven and Hell? Have you studied them on your own? Do you realize you are a mortal? You will die. Someday. How does that make you feel? Where will you go once you take your fi nal breath on earth? Who will be there? Where’s there? And, most importantly, have you come to grips with the fact that YOU are in charge of your destiny? Yes. You heard me right. You decide where you will end up. So, with that being said, permit me to ask one more question. Are you going to Heaven or are you going to Hell?