Callanish
Author : William Horwood
Publisher :
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 45,38 MB
Release : 1984
Category : Fiction
ISBN :
Author : William Horwood
Publisher :
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 45,38 MB
Release : 1984
Category : Fiction
ISBN :
Author : William Horwood
Publisher :
Page : 543 pages
File Size : 19,40 MB
Release : 1980-01-01
Category : Moles (Animals)
ISBN : 9780600367949
Enter the magical, colourful, poignant world of Bracken and Rebecca, Mandrake the tyrant, Boswell the Scribe, Hulver, Comfrey ... and all the other moles of Duncton Wood. Set deep in the English countryside this enchanting story tells of an ancient community losing its soul - but saved by courage and love.
Author : Aubrey Burl
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 39,54 MB
Release : 1993-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780300055757
This book discusses the lines of standing stones that until now have been the neglected wonders of prehistoric Europe, rows that were foci of rituals in Britain, Ireland and Brittany for over two thousand years. Places such as Carnac in Brittany and Callanish in the Hebrides are visited by many visitors each year, but before now there has been no book that seriously explains the history, significance and background to these impressive sites. Aubrey Burl shows that the settings vary from pairs of isolated stones in the far south-west of Ireland to networks of long lines in Scotland, Dartmoor and Brittany, and describes the types in a sequence of architectural chapters that stress the increasing social and commercial connections between regions hundred of miles apart. He uses information from a wide variety of sources - excavation reports, megalithic art, astronomical analyses and legends - to provide explanations of why the rows were erected, when, and what they may have been used for.
Author : Kirsty Logan
Publisher : Crown
Page : 297 pages
File Size : 25,94 MB
Release : 2015-05-19
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0553446630
For readers of The Night Circus and Station Eleven, a lyrical and absorbing debut set in a world covered by water As a Gracekeeper, Callanish administers shoreside burials, laying the dead to their final resting place deep in the depths of the ocean. Alone on her island, she has exiled herself to a life of tending watery graves as penance for a long-ago mistake that still haunts her. Meanwhile, North works as a circus performer with the Excalibur, a floating troupe of acrobats, clowns, dancers, and trainers who sail from one archipelago to the next, entertaining in exchange for sustenance. In a world divided between those inhabiting the mainland ("landlockers") and those who float on the sea ("damplings"), loneliness has become a way of life for North and Callanish, until a sudden storm offshore brings change to both their lives--offering them a new understanding of the world they live in and the consequences of the past, while restoring hope in an unexpected future. Inspired in part by Scottish myths and fairytales, The Gracekeepers tells a modern story of an irreparably changed world: one that harbors the same isolation and sadness, but also joys and marvels of our own age. — Finalist, Lambda Literary Award
Author : Moyra Caldecott
Publisher : Bladud Books
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 24,71 MB
Release : 2005-04-12
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1843191202
The Eye of Callanish is set at the beginning of the twelfth century on the Island of Lewis in the Outer Hebrides, off the west coast of Scotland. It tells the story of a young girl, Mairi, who is persecuted for being in league with the Devil. She believes that she is able to communicate with the ancient people who built the temple of Tall Stones at Callanish. Mairi is aided in her escape from her persecutors by Neil and the hermit Brother Durston, who we first met in Weapons of the Wolfhound. On the way they face many dangers and frightening situations. But just who are these ancient people that Mairi is communicating with? Where did the beautiful white horse appear from? And whose is the dead body in the cleft? Neil is fascinated by the search for Truth ... and at the same time terrified of it...
Author : Fran Bagenal
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 736 pages
File Size : 36,82 MB
Release : 2006
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780521035453
Comprehensive volume that summarizes our understanding of the jovian system.
Author : Philip Coppens
Publisher : Adventures Unlimited Press
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 14,35 MB
Release : 2015-02-25
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781931882699
Land of the Gods is the historical, archeological story of the ancient inhabitants of Scotland, the Lothians and the Borders tribes, whom the Romans called the Goddodin. The Romans did not conquer these ancient inhabitants, though when they retreated from Britain, neighboring tribes tried to lay claim to their lands. Then a magnificent warrior emerged from these ancient Scottish tribes. Remembered as Arthur, he fought for the survival of his land and won, and his Camelot was the Lothians and Borders region. After his reign, the region was finally overrun and his people fled to Wales, where over time, the story of their magical kingdom to the north and their mythical hero coalesced into the myth of Camelot and King Arthur. Today, remnants of the spiritual architecture of these tribes are visible in Cairnpapple, Traprain Law and other ancient Scottish monuments. They accentuated their region's unique volcanic landscape to reflect their mythology, which spoke of gods descending to Earth from the sun god Loth.
Author : D. C. Heggie
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 47,4 MB
Release : 1982-08-05
Category : Science
ISBN : 0521247349
The papers in this book, summarising the proceedings of a conference at the University of Oxford in September 1981, are concerned with shedding light on a controversial aspect of European prehistory: was astronomy practised in the late Neolithic and bronze ages? This volume will be of interest to prehistorians, professionals with pure and applied sciences background and statisticians.
Author : Hilary H. Birks
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 544 pages
File Size : 20,92 MB
Release : 1988
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780521344357
The Cultural Landscape - Past, Present and Future considers different aspects of man's intervention with natural vegetation and the landscape resulting from a long equilibrium of co-existence. These landscapes are not stable, and the recent and ever accelerating changes in technology and life-style have increasingly affected many ancient landscapes, as old land-use practices are abandoned and traditions forgotten. The papers in this book describe and trace the development of cultural landscapes in different climatic and biogeographical regions in Europe. Remnants of traditional land-use still remaining are described, particularly from Western Norway, where traditions have lingered because the rugged topography of the region is inimicable to high-technology. Each chapter is by an expert in the field. The topics cover the documentation of present cultural landscapes, their maintenance and restoration, and the history of the development of cultural landscapes from the Stone Age onwards, linking the intensity of landscape utilization with population dynamics and technological attainments. The disciplines involved include vegetation science, vegetation history, ecology, palaeoecology, archaeology, sociology, geography and history.
Author : Court of International Trade (U S )
Publisher : Government Printing Office
Page : 2008 pages
File Size : 35,44 MB
Release : 2013-12-20
Category :
ISBN : 9780160906091
Volume 33 of the United States Court of International Trade Reports, this publication includes all cases adjudged in the United States Court of International Trade from January to December 2009.