Author : Harry Doherty
Publisher : Welbeck Publishing
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 28,6 MB
Release : 2019-09-05
Category : Rock groups
ISBN : 9781787393196
Celebrates the band, its members, recordings and concerts through images and the written word, as well as through the unique pieces of memorabilia that are from the private collections of Queen's members
Author : Tim Ewart
Publisher : Carlton Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 32,12 MB
Release : 2012
Category : Great Britain
ISBN : 9781780970066
Includes inserts (pictures, document facsimiles, etc.).
Author : St John Simpson
Publisher :
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 50,22 MB
Release : 2002
Category : Art, Yemen
ISBN :
The Queen of Sheba is a famous legendary figure, first referred to in the Old Testament as bringing great riches to the court of Solomon. Later Jewish, Islamic, Ethiopian and Christian traditions dwell on different attributes, giving rise to a rich artistic vein, particularly but not exclusively in Renaissance and later art. The truth is that the Queen of Sheba remains an anonymous figure of legend associated with the land of Saba', one of the great early kingdoms of southern Arabia (present-day Yemen). The ancient caravan kingdoms of this region have fascinated travellers and scholars since the nineteenth century but our understanding of the history and culture of this region has been fundamentally revised as a result of new archaeological discoveries made in recent decades. This exhibition catalogue charts the story from the Queen of Sheba in art and legend to the archaeological evidence for the historic kingdoms that gave rise to the legend. It contains twelve essays by leading scholars from Britain, USA, Canada and Europe. Over 300 items are described and illustrated in colour, ranging from little-known artworks in UK collections to antiquities from Yemen, mostly never previously exhibited in Britain and providing a magnificent record of the riches of southern Arabia. Book jacket.
Author : Rebecca Rushforth
Publisher : Bodleian Library
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 21,37 MB
Release : 2007
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN :
A beautiful little manuscript in the Bodleian Library, which was purchased for £6 at auction in 1887, was discovered afterwards to belong to none other than Margaret, Queen of Scotland and was, according to her biographer, her favourite book. The story of the book is as romantic as the story of Margaret herself.Born in Hungary, St Margaret was briefly sister of the King of England then exiled to Scotland after the Norman Conquest where she married King Malcolm. Despite many political upheavals, she adapted to an unwelcome public role to become famous for her piety, dignity and compassion. She helped her husband to make Scotland a European power, and her children ruled over both Scotland and England. After her death she was invoked as a force for stability and reconciliation, even as late as the Restoration of Charles II.Although Margaret was later revered as a saint, her Latin biographer recounts only a single miracle, an occasion on which this very book fell in a stream but was later found undamaged. A Latin poem added to the beginning of the Bodleian gospel-book describes the same events. It was only after the Library purchased the book that the connection was made by the 22-year-old-scholar, Lucy Hill, making it clear that we have the very book St Margaret owned and diligently studied.Saint Margaret's Gospel Book will explain this beautiful manuscript, exploring its making and its meaning for Margaret, looking at how it became associated with her sanctity; and setting this against the background of historical events which made Margaret a significant figure both then and now.
Author : Queen Ashi Dorji Wangmo Wangchuck (Consort of Jigme Singye Wangchuck, King of Bhutan)
Publisher : Penguin Books India
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 41,39 MB
Release : 2006
Category : Bhutan
ISBN : 9780670999019
Author's personal memoirs, travelogue, history and folklore of Bhutan.
Author : Royal Academy of Arts (Great Britain)
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 167 pages
File Size : 27,13 MB
Release : 1999
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780300079975
Published to accompany the exhibition organised by the Royal Academy of Arts, London and toured with the assistance of the Denver Art Museum from May 1999 to September 2000 to Denver, Seattle, West Palm Beach, New York City, and Cincinnati.
Author : University of Pennsylvania. Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
Publisher : UPenn Museum of Archaeology
Page : 222 pages
File Size : 32,98 MB
Release : 1998
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780924171550
This stunning catalogue includes color photographs of more than 230 objects, excavated in the 1930s by renowned British archaeologist Sir Leonard Woolley, from the third-millennium-B.C. Sumerian city of Ur. Learn the fascinating story of the excavation and preservation of these magnificent artifacts. Many of the objects are published in color and fully described for the first time—jewelry of gold and semiprecious stones, engraved seal stones, spectacular gold and lapis lazuli statuettes and musical instruments; and vessels of gold, silver, and alabaster. Curator Richard Zettler sets the stage with a history of Ur in the third millennium and the details of the actual excavations. Art historians Donald Hansen and Holly Pittman discuss the historical importance and significance of the many motifs on the most spectacular finds from the tombs.
Author : Jenny Tinghui Zhang
Publisher : Flatiron Books
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 14,40 MB
Release : 2022-04-05
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1250811791
A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK · A NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW EDITOR'S CHOICE · REVIEWED ON THE FRONT COVER · INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER “Zhang’s blend of history and magical realism will appeal to fans of Ta-Nehisi Coates’ The Water Dancer as well as Amy Tan's The Valley of Amazement.” —Booklist (starred review) "Engrossing...Epic" (The New York Times Book Review) · "Transporting" (Washington Post) · "Propulsive" (Oprah Daily) · "Surreal and sprawling" (NPR) · "An absolute must-read" (BuzzFeed) · "Radiant" (BookPage) A dazzling debut novel set against the backdrop of the Chinese Exclusion Act, about a Chinese girl fighting to claim her place in the 1880s American West Daiyu never wanted to be like the tragic heroine for whom she was named, revered for her beauty and cursed with heartbreak. But when she is kidnapped and smuggled across an ocean from China to America, Daiyu must relinquish the home and future she imagined for herself. Over the years that follow, she is forced to keep reinventing herself to survive. From a calligraphy school, to a San Francisco brothel, to a shop tucked into the Idaho mountains, we follow Daiyu on a desperate quest to outrun the tragedy that chases her. As anti-Chinese sentiment sweeps across the country in a wave of unimaginable violence, Daiyu must draw on each of the selves she has been—including the ones she most wants to leave behind—in order to finally claim her own name and story. At once a literary tour de force and a groundbreaking work of historical fiction, Four Treasures of the Sky announces Jenny Tinghui Zhang as an indelible new voice. Steeped in untold history and Chinese folklore, this novel is a spellbinding feat.
Author : Fanny Crosby
Publisher : Barbour Publishing
Page : 100 pages
File Size : 14,4 MB
Release : 2003
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781586607340
Topically-arranged wisdom from the beloved hymn writer.
Author : Kimberly Morris
Publisher : HarperCollins Children's Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 21,11 MB
Release : 2007-04
Category : Children's stories
ISBN : 9780007223091
Another charming story from Tinkerbell and the fairies of Never Land.
