Author : Chris Woodyard
Publisher : Kestrel Publications (OH)
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 33,69 MB
Release : 2014
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN : 9780988192522
Macabre tales of death and mourning in Victorian America.
Author : John H. Taylor
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 31,19 MB
Release : 2010
Category : Book of the dead
ISBN : 9780674057500
With contributions from leading scholars and detailed catalog entries that interpret the spells and painted scenes, this fascinating and important work affords a greater understanding of ancient Egyptian belief systems and poignantly reveals the hopes and fears about the world beyond death.
Author : Barry Kemp
Publisher : Granta Books
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 36,75 MB
Release : 2012-09-06
Category : History
ISBN : 1847087515
The Egyptians created a world of supernatural forces so vivid, powerful and inescapable that controlling one's destiny within it was a constant preoccupation. In life, supernatural forces manifested themselves through misfortune and illness,and after death were faced for eternity in the Otherworld, along with the divine gods who controlled the universe. The Book of the Dead empowered the reader to overcome the dangers lurking in the Otherworld and to become one with the gods who governed. Barry Kemp selects a number of spells to explore who and what the Egyptians feared and the kind of assistance that the Book offered them, revealing a relationship between the human individual and the divine quite unlike that found in the major faiths of the modern world.
Author : Ptolemy Tompkins
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 293 pages
File Size : 17,28 MB
Release : 2013-03-19
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 1451616538
A modern, all-encompassing exploration of what happens after death combines spirituality with philosophy, history, and science, all of which guide readers toward the timeless truth that human consciousness lives on after death.
Author : Foy Scalf
Publisher : Oriental Institute Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 10,53 MB
Release : 2017
Category : Book of the dead
ISBN : 9781614910381
Discover how the ancient Egyptians controlled their immortal destiny! This book, edited by Foy Scalf, explores what the Book of the Dead was believed to do, how it worked, how it was made, and what happened to it.
Author : John Skipp
Publisher : Bantam
Page : 390 pages
File Size : 40,10 MB
Release : 1989
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780553279986
Blood-draining tales by horror masters--including Stephen King, Robert McCammon, Ramsey Campbell, and David Schow--conjure the heinous deeds of the vengeful living dead, in a collection of Zombie stories
Author : John Mitchinson
Publisher : Crown Pub
Page : 434 pages
File Size : 45,52 MB
Release : 2010-09
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0307716406
A whimsical treasury of biographical profiles of famous and lesser-known individuals now dead includes hundreds of entries that reveal embarrassing-but-true details typically omitted by official biographers. Co-authored by the award-winning producer of Blackadder and the writer of QI.
Author : Charlie Higson
Publisher : Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Page : 484 pages
File Size : 32,67 MB
Release : 2011-06-14
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1423154517
Higson's terrifying, utterly compelling prequel to The Enemy introduces an all-new cast of characters and sets the stage for a dramatic third book in the series. The disease only affects people sixteen or older. It starts with the symptoms of a cold. Then the skin begins to itch, and spots appear—spots that soon turn into pus-filled boils. But the worst part is the headache, the inner voices that tell you that you need to eat them... the young ones. When the Disaster strikes, the world turns upside down for Ed, Jack, Bam, and the other students at Rowhurst School. The parents and older siblings they left back at home are dead—or worse. Once the teachers go on the attack, the kids know it's time to escape and make their way to the city. It's got to be better in London...or will it be worse?
Author : Kgebetli Moele
Publisher : Kwela Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 10,67 MB
Release : 2009
Category : Adultery
ISBN : 9780795702884
An explosive new novel from the author of Room 207
Author : Marion Winik
Publisher : Catapult
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 49,61 MB
Release : 2019-09-17
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1640092544
Marion Wink is esteemed for bringing humor and wit to that most unavoidable of subjects: death. At last, Winik's critically acclaimed, cult favorites, Glen Rock Book of the Dead and Baltimore Book of the Dead, have been carefully combined in their proper chronological order, revealing more clearly than ever before the character hidden throughout these stories: Winik herself. Featuring twelve additional vignettes along with a brand–new introduction, The Big Book of the Dead continues Winik's work as an empathetic, witty chronicler of life.
