Author : Martin W. Bowman
Publisher :
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 23,66 MB
Release : 2006
Category : History
ISBN :
An illustrated collection of anecdotes, poems, songs, memories, stories and diary extracts drawn together from the airmen and the people living near the Air Force bases who shared their communities with them.
Author : Heather Dubrow
Publisher : Cornell University Press
Page : 435 pages
File Size : 19,47 MB
Release : 2018-03-15
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 1501722859
Echoes of Desire variously invokes and interrogates a number of historicist and feminist premises about Tudor and Stuart literature by examining the connections between the anti-Petrarchan tradition and mainstream Petrarchan poetry. It also addresses some of the broader implications of contemporary critical methodologies. Heather Dubrow offers an alternative to the two predominant models used in previous treatments of Petrarchism: the all-powerful poet and silenced mistress on the one hand and the poet as subservient patron on the other.
Author : Glenn Povey
Publisher : Mind Head Publishing
Page : 358 pages
File Size : 44,17 MB
Release : 2007
Category : Rock groups
ISBN : 9780955462405
From their gigs in tiny church halls to multimillion-selling albums--"The Dark Side" "of the Moon," "Wish You Were Here," and the rock opera "The Wall"--and elaborate stadium shows, this tome celebrates legendary rock band Pink Floyd. Lavishly illustrated with previously unpublished photographs and rare graphic memorabilia, including posters, advertisements, handbills, and tickets from every era of the band's remarkable history, this survey provides a comprehensive overview of the group, its members, and the times. In addition to a biographical account of the band's collective and individual careers--from their pre-Floyd times in the early 1960s to the present day and their music's evolution from psychedelic and space rock to progressive rock genres--this definitive reference presents a meticulously researched chronological listing of every Pink Floyd and solo concert with set lists, radio and television appearances, and a UK and U.S. discography.
Author : Henrik Gottlieb
Publisher : Peter Lang Gmbh, Internationaler Verlag Der Wissenschaften
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 25,85 MB
Release : 2020-04-30
Category :
ISBN : 9783631783795
Echoes of English, also known as Anglicisms, are now heard all over the world. They encompass a wide range of linguistic phenomena, all of which are discussed in this book. Against a backdrop of corpus-based studies of Anglicisms in Danish, the present English influence in Scandinavia is compared with that regarding Afrikaans in South Africa.
Author : Rosanna Amaka
Publisher : Random House
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 39,26 MB
Release : 2020-02-27
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1473569591
SHORTLISTED FOR THE AUTHOR'S CLUB FIRST NOVEL AWARD, THE RSL CHRISTOPHER BLAND PRIZE and THE HWA DEBUT CROWN AWARD 'A new classic' SARA COLLINS, author of THE CONFESSIONS OF FRANNIE LANGTON 'Impassioned. Lyrical and affecting' GUARDIAN _____________ Brixton 1981. Sixteen-year-old Michael is already on the wrong side of the law. In in his community, where job opportunities are low and drug-running is high, this is nothing new. But when Michael falls for Ngozi, a vibrant young immigrant from the Nigerian village of Obowi, their startling connection runs far deeper than they realise. Narrated by the spirit of an African woman who lost her life on a slave ship two centuries earlier, her powerful story reveals how Michael and Ngozi's struggle for happiness began many lifetimes ago. Through haunting, lyrical words, one unforgettable message resonates: love, hope and unity will heal us all. _____________ 'A searing, rhapsodic novel. Filled with beauty, devastation and the power of ancestral connections that ripple through the ages' IRENOSEN OKOJIE, author of NUDIBRANCH 'A gorgeous book' ALEX WHEATLE, author of BRIXTON ROCK _____________ Readers love THE BOOK OF ECHOES: 'A powerful and honest debut which is going to stay with me for a long time' ***** 'You can feel Amaka's passion rising off the page' ***** 'BRILLIANT, thoughtful and masterfully crafted' ***** 'Oh my goodness, the book itself is even more beautiful and haunting than the cover' *****
Author : Philip C. Quaintrell
Publisher :
Page : 592 pages
File Size : 38,47 MB
Release : 2019-05-08
Category :
ISBN : 9781096684251
The brand new trilogy in The Echoes Saga continues! The world has fallen into ruin. Myth and legend have proven true. Monsters have returned to Illian. Orcs, an ancient fiend thought lost to history, have risen from The Under Realm. Their hunger for total dominance has plunged Illian into war, pushing the survivors to Namdhor, the last refuge of man at the top of the world.For those who stand up to this foe, they do so in darkness. Ash clouds smother the skies, blocking out the sun as the orcs rampage across the land.Behind it all, manipulating from the shadows, The Black Hand fuels the war on both sides. The Crow, the one who was promised, has seen the future and works in the depths of The Bastion to forge a new weapon, a weapon that can stand against the dark at all costs.Gideon Thorn is adrift, his order decimated, and his oath to protect the realm meaningless. The Master Dragorn faces his greatest test yet, balancing his duty to the people and his duty to his order.Inara Galfrey has a choice to make as the realm's darkest hour approaches. Malliath and Asher cannot be ignored, but holding fast to her courage could save the world. It could also spell her end.Doran Heavybelly finds himself at the throne of his father. There are realms of hell he would rather visit than the halls of his ancestors. Shackled and bound, however, the dwarf has no choice but to face his past...
Author : Peter Rimmer
Publisher : Kamba Publishing
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 50,14 MB
Release : 2015-01-23
Category : Fiction
ISBN :
The Boer War. Two best friends. Divided by war. Banished by his father, Sebastian Brigandshaw arrives at the Cape of Good Hope and upon arrival is welcomed by a Boer hunter, Tinus Oosthuizen. The pair forms an unlikely friendship, spending many days in the vast wilderness, carving out a future from a savage land. But their days of peace are numbered. War is looming. What was so peaceful now becomes volatile and unsettled. Both of them now find themselves fighting on different sides. Would you kill your best friend for queen and country? Read this unforgettable, historical series that begins with the Boer War and how their families were dragged through some of Africa’s most aggressive and remarkable days... Ready for the journey? Then buckle up. For fans of Wilbur Smith’s Courtney Series, Ken Follett’s Kingsbridge novels, Jeffrey Archer’s Clifton Chronicles and books from Tony Park, comes an electrifying series with a family you won’t want to forget. Thousands of copies sold WORLDWIDE. Discover what all the fuss is about. “Very balanced view on the Boer War. I could feel real emotions.” “As my grandkids would say, it got betterer and betterer. Worth all five stars.” “One of the most amazing reads I have had for a long time, it takes one back to the day, you can smell the African bush.” “What a wonderful book! Full of history and philosophy. A book that I will read again after a while.” “Superb! All Rimmer’s books are such great reading!” “Excellent African history. Wilbur Smith fans will be pleased.” NEW EDITION - MARCH 2019 Go on, scroll up and get your copy today.
Author : Maureen Barry McCann Boulton
Publisher : Papers in Mediaeval Studies
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 32,51 MB
Release : 2019
Category : History
ISBN : 9780888448316
"The thirteenth-century blossoming of religious literature aimed at the laity has traditionally been attributed to the Fourth Lateran Council and the canons it issued in 1215, but the Council, while a momentous event, took place during a long period of reform. This volume of nine essays aims to nuance the impact of the Council's doctrinal definitions and disciplinary rules on lay people, with a focus on England, where bishops enacted the Council's reforms with particular enthusiasm, and France, where the earliest instructional literature appeared. The first section of the volume treats either individual canons or events at the Council itself; the second section is devoted to literary texts and manuscripts."--
Author : Cheryl Campbell
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 47,21 MB
Release : 2019-09-10
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 168463007X
Decades of war started by a genocidal faction of aliens threatens the existence of any human or alien resisting their rule on Earth. Dani survives by scavenging enough supplies to live another day while avoiding the local military and human-hunting Wardens. But then she learns that she is part of the nearly immortal alien race of Echoes—not the human she’s always thought herself to be—and suddenly nothing in her life seems certain. Following her discovery of her alien roots, Dani risks her well-being to save a boy from becoming a slave—a move that only serves to make her already-tenuous existence on the fringes of society in Maine even more unstable, and which forces her to revisit events and people from past lives she can’t remember. Dani believes the only way to defeat the Wardens and end their dominance is to unite the Commonwealth’s military and civilians, and she becomes resolved to play her part in this battle. Her attempts to change the bleak future facing the humans and Echoes living on Earth suffering under the Wardens will lead her to clash with a tyrant determined to kill her and all humankind—a confrontation that even her near-immortal heritage may not be able to help her survive.
Author : Simon Brighton
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 10,8 MB
Release : 2010
Category : Christianity and other religions
ISBN : 9780711034198
PRE-CHRISTIAN EUROPEAN & MEDITERRANEAN RELIGIONS. In pre-Christian Britain the Great Goddess was worshipped either as an equal to the Gods or as an individual deity. From the Palaeolithic 'Earth Mother' to the Celtic goddesses of Boadicea and the Brigantes, this land once revered the divine feminine. Investigations into the history of the Great Goddess presents many questions. Over the past five years Simon Brighton and Terry Welbourn set out to discover what happened to the Goddess after she was evicted from her elevated position. Travelling throughout Britain, they have uncovered traces of the divine feminine: from holy wells and shrines, lost underground chambers to folklore, legends and fairy tales. Between them they have researched and photographed hundreds of sites.
