Lost Star of Myth and Time
Author | : Walter Cruttenden |
Publisher | : St. Lynn's Press |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2005 |
Genre | : Double stars |
ISBN | : 9780976763116 |
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Author | : Walter Cruttenden |
Publisher | : St. Lynn's Press |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2005 |
Genre | : Double stars |
ISBN | : 9780976763116 |
Author | : John C. Barentine |
Publisher | : Springer |
Total Pages | : 506 |
Release | : 2015-10-23 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 3319227955 |
Casual stargazers are familiar with many classical figures and asterisms composed of bright stars (e.g., Orion and the Plough), but this book reveals not just the constellations of today but those of yesteryear. The history of the human identification of constellations among the stars is explored through the stories of some influential celestial cartographers whose works determined whether new inventions survived. The history of how the modern set of 88 constellations was defined by the professional astronomy community is recounted, explaining how the constellations described in the book became permanently “extinct.” Dr. Barentine addresses why some figures were tried and discarded, and also directs observers to how those figures can still be picked out on a clear night if one knows where to look. These lost constellations are described in great detail using historical references, enabling observers to rediscover them on their own surveys of the sky. Treatment of the obsolete constellations as extant features of the night sky adds a new dimension to stargazing that merges history with the accessibility and immediacy of the night sky.
Author | : Robert Asprin |
Publisher | : Ace |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2005 |
Genre | : Demonology |
ISBN | : 9780441013463 |
A magician's apprentice teams up with the demon Aahz and experiences a variety of adventures with many strange, other-worldy characters.
Author | : Giorgio De Santillana |
Publisher | : Gambit, Incorporated, Publishers |
Total Pages | : 586 |
Release | : 1969 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Kate McMullan |
Publisher | : Capstone |
Total Pages | : 208 |
Release | : 2012 |
Genre | : Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | : 1434246795 |
In Greek mythology, Medusa was a Gorgon a winged monster with snakes for hair. Anyone who looked at her was instantly turned to stone. But she wasn't born that way. Not even close. Athena was so jealous of Medusa's beauty that she cursed her. Zeus changed the story to make his son, Perseus, look good. Hades is here to set the record straight on Perseus, Medusa, and everything in between.
Author | : John Connolly |
Publisher | : Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages | : 353 |
Release | : 2006-11-07 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 0743298853 |
A 12-year-old boy, mourning the death of his mother, takes refuge in the myths and fairytales she always loved--and finds that his reality and a fantasy world start to meld.
Author | : Kazuo Ishiguro |
Publisher | : Vintage |
Total Pages | : 283 |
Release | : 2015-03-03 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 0385353227 |
NATIONAL BESTSELLER • From the winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature and author of Never Let Me Go and the Booker Prize–winning novel The Remains of the Day comes a luminous meditation on the act of forgetting and the power of memory. In post-Arthurian Britain, the wars that once raged between the Saxons and the Britons have finally ceased. Axl and Beatrice, an elderly British couple, set off to visit their son, whom they haven't seen in years. And, because a strange mist has caused mass amnesia throughout the land, they can scarcely remember anything about him. As they are joined on their journey by a Saxon warrior, his orphan charge, and an illustrious knight, Axl and Beatrice slowly begin to remember the dark and troubled past they all share. By turns savage, suspenseful, and intensely moving, The Buried Giant is a luminous meditation on the act of forgetting and the power of memory.
Author | : Howard Phillips Lovecraft |
Publisher | : Hyweb Technology Co. Ltd. |
Total Pages | : 689 |
Release | : 2011-09-15 |
Genre | : Foreign Language Study |
ISBN | : |
One of the feature stories of the Cthulhu Mythos, "The Shadow Out of Time" is the tale of a professor of political economics that is thrown into a mind-shattering journey through time and space, while his body is held hostage by an alien mind. Horrified and panic-stricken by the implications of his experiences, he hopes against all reason and evidence that he has merely lost his mind.
Author | : Philip José Farmer |
Publisher | : Open Road Media |
Total Pages | : 131 |
Release | : 2024-01-09 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 1504090152 |
Twenty-first-century scientists make shocking discoveries on an expedition to the prehistoric age in the Hugo Award–winner’s “mystery within a mystery” (Wired). In 2070 AD, anthropologist John Gribardsun assembles a team of scientists to travel back in time to the prehistoric world of 12,000 BC. Their unprecedented mission—one that could never be repeated—is to learn about the primitive Magdalenian culture. They are willing to risk anything to finally uncover the origins of human civilization. But they could never have imagined what their findings reveal . . . or the effects they will have on the future. After emerging from their timeship, the other members of the crew begin to suspect something out of the ordinary about their enigmatic leader. As Gribardsun adapts to their primitive surroundings with remarkable ease, it is almost as if he belongs . . . Time’s Last Gift is set in Philip José Farmer’s expansive fantasy world that interweaves the lives of Sherlock Holmes, Jack the Ripper, James Bond, Flash Gordon, and other larger-than-life characters.
Author | : Scarlett St. Clair |
Publisher | : Sourcebooks, Inc. |
Total Pages | : 289 |
Release | : 2022-07-26 |
Genre | : Young Adult Fiction |
ISBN | : 0991132351 |
From the brilliant mind of A Touch of Darkness's bestselling author Scarlett St. Clair comes a YA crossover in a darkly unique fantasy world. Anora Silby can see the dead and turn spirits into gold coins, two things she would prefer to keep secret as she tries to lead a normal life at her new school. After all, she didn't change her identity for nothing. Hiding her weirdness is just one of many challenges. By the end of her first day, she's claimed the soul of a dead girl on campus and lost the coin. Turns out, the coin gives others the ability to steal souls, and when a classmate ends up dead, there's no mistaking the murder weapon. Navigating the loss of her Poppa, the mistrust of her mother, the attention of gorgeous and enigmatic Shy, and Roundtable, an anonymous student gossip app threatening to expose her, are hard enough. Now she must find the person who stole her coin before more lives are lost, but that means making herself a target for the Order, an organization that governs the dead on Earth—and they want Anora and her powers for themselves.