The Tower Struck by Lightning
Author : Fernando Arrabal
Publisher : Penguin Mass Market
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 29,29 MB
Release : 1991
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780140130218
The Tower Struck by Lightning
Author : Fernando Arrabal
Publisher : Viking Adult
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 29,73 MB
Release : 1988
Category : Fiction
ISBN :
Book Description
"The final, definitive match in the competition for the World Chess Championship is about to begin. Contenders Elias Tarsis and Marc Amary take their places at the board. The judges' implacable clock begins to tick, and a hush falls over the capacity crowd in Paris's Beaubourg Center Theater. But before the players can make their first moves, they are distracted by news of the kidnapping of a high-ranking Soviet diplomat. Tarsis--an artist and an intuitive genius--is convinced that his despised opponent--a world-renowned physicist--is behind the kidnapping. So begins the game, and so begins this darkly comic, metaphysical mystery novel ..."--Jckt.
Ask Tom Why
Author : Tom Skilling
Publisher : Agate Digital
Page : 179 pages
File Size : 18,20 MB
Release : 2014-10-07
Category : Nature
ISBN : 1572844914
Book Description
Ask Tom Why is a collection of articles originally written by Tom Skilling for his Chicago Tribune column of the same name. Skilling, who is WGN-TV's chief meteorologist, answers questions covering all topics pertaining to weather, the sky, and our environment. Split into three sections, the book covers storms and inclement weather; the sun, moon, and sky; and temperature — all expressed with the authority and accuracy of Chicago's favorite meteorologist. Skilling's nearly forty years in the meteorology field make him one of the most trusted voices in a city known for its erratic weather. From the mundane to the anomalous, Skilling explains all things weather in a way that is easy for readers of any age to understand. Ask Tom Why is the first collection of its kind, and a fantastic read for weather enthusiasts, and anyone who grew up reading, listening, and watching Tom Skilling.
A Dictionary of Symbols
Author : J. E. Cirlot
Publisher : Open Road Media
Page : 700 pages
File Size : 42,41 MB
Release : 2023-07-11
Category : Reference
ISBN : 1504085655
Book Description
This classic encyclopedia of symbols by the renowned Spanish poet illuminates the imagery of myth, modern psychology, literature, and art. J. E. Cirlot’s A Dictionary of Symbols is a feat of scholarship, an act of the imagination, and a tool for contemplation, as well as a work of literature—a reference book that is as indispensable as it is brilliant and learned. Cirlot was a composer, poet, critic, and champion of modern art whose interest in surrealism helped introduce him to the study of symbolism. This volume explores the space between the world at large and the world within, where nothing is meaningless, and everything is in some way related to something else. Running from “abandonment” to “zone” by way of “flute” and “whip,” spanning the cultures of the world, and including a wealth of visual images to further bring the reality of the symbol home, A Dictionary of Symbols is a luminous and illuminating investigation of the works of eternity in time.
The Lightning-struck Tower
Author : Sheila Shannon
Publisher :
Page : 72 pages
File Size : 24,8 MB
Release : 1947
Category :
ISBN :
Book Description
The Fool's Journey: the History, Art, and Symbolism of the Tarot
Author : Robert M. Place
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 129 pages
File Size : 34,57 MB
Release : 2010
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0557533503
Book Description
This is one of the best resources for understanding the Tarot's mystical symbolism. It includes an updated history based on Place's The Tarot: History Symbolism and Divination, which "Booklist" said " may be the best book ever written on ...the tarot." This edition adds color illustrations of key works and comparative illustrations from the Renaissance, from alchemical texts, from ancient Egypt, and from occult sources. It views the Tarot as a 500-year visual conversation between artists, mystics, and occultists. The work is based on the 2010 Tarot exhibition at the LA Craft and Folk Art Museum, curated by Place, and includes the Visconti-Sforza Tarot, the 1st Italian printed deck, the oldest Tarot of Marseille, The 1st occult reference, the 1st occult Tarot, the 1st modern Tarot, the 1st New Age Tarot, and examples from popular modern decks including the Twilight Tarot, the Legacy Tarot, the Deviant Moon Tarot, the Annotated Tarot of the Sevenfold Mystery, and Place's Alchemical Tarot.
Power System Transients
Author : Akihiro Ametani
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 540 pages
File Size : 43,70 MB
Release : 2016-11-18
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 1315349434
Book Description
This new edition covers a wide area from transients in power systems—including the basic theory, analytical calculations, EMTP simulations, computations by numerical electromagnetic analysis methods, and field test results—to electromagnetic disturbances in the field on EMC and control engineering. Not only does it show how a transient on a single-phase line can be explained from a physical viewpoint, but it then explains how it can be solved analytically by an electric circuit theory. Approximate formulas, which can be calculated by a pocket calculator, are presented so that a transient can be analytically evaluated by a simple hand calculation. Since a real power line is three-phase, this book includes a theory that deals with a multi-phase line for practical application. In addition, methods for tackling a real transient in a power system are introduced. This new edition contains three completely revised and updated chapters, as well as two new chapters on grounding and numerical methods.
The Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London from Their Commencement in 1665 to the Year 1800, Abridged with Notes and Biographic Illustr. by Charles Hutton, George Shaw, Richard Pearson
Author : Charles Hutton
Publisher :
Page : 788 pages
File Size : 25,39 MB
Release : 1809
Category :
ISBN :
Book Description
The Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, from Their Commencement, in 1665, to the Year 1800; Abridged, with Notes and Biographic Illustrations, by Charles Hutton ... George Shaw ... Richard Pearson ...: 1770-1776
Author : Royal Society (Great Britain)
Publisher :
Page : 800 pages
File Size : 32,94 MB
Release : 1809
Category : Philosophical transaction (Royal Society (Great Britain))
ISBN :
Book Description
The Kabbalah Tree
Author : Rachel Pollack
Publisher : Llewellyn Worldwide
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 11,92 MB
Release : 2004
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780738705071
Book Description
2005 Coalition of Visionary Resources (COVR) 2nd Runner Up in Non-Fiction category! Kabbalah's most famous symbol, the Tree of Life, has become the organizing principle behind our human efforts to understand the world. Using Hermann Haindl's lush depiction of the Tree of Life, Rachel Pollack examines the message behind this ancient symbol. She takes a non-denominational approach - drawing upon unusual sources such as tribal and shamanic traditions, modern science, contemporary Kabbalists, tarot interpreters, and a comic book writer - to explore the Tree's meaning. Along the way, we learn more about Kabbalah's history, texts, mystical concepts, and why this esoteric tradition has sprung up again in the twenty-first century.
