A Green And Ancient Light
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A Green And Ancient Light
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Author : Frederic S. Durbin
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2016-06-07
A Green And Ancient Light written by Frederic S. Durbin and has been published by Simon and Schuster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-06-07 with Fiction categories.
A gorgeous fantasy in the spirit of Pan’s Labyrinth “that will appeal to those who loved Neil Gaiman’s The Ocean at the End of the Lane and John Connolly’s The Book of Lost Things” (Library Journal, starred review). Set in a world similar to our own, during a war that parallels World War II, A Green and Ancient Light is the stunning story of a boy who is sent to stay with his grandmother for the summer in a serene fishing village. Their tranquility is shattered by the crash of a bullet-riddled enemy plane, the arrival of grandmother’s friend Mr. Girandole—a man who knows the true story of Cinderella’s slipper—and the discovery of a riddle in the sacred grove of ruins behind grandmother’s house. In a sumptuous idyllic setting and overshadowed by the threat of war, four unlikely allies learn the values of courage and sacrifice.
Ancient Light
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Author : John Banville
language : en
Publisher: Penguin UK
Release Date : 2012-07-02
Ancient Light written by John Banville and has been published by Penguin UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-07-02 with Fiction categories.
John Banville's Ancient Light is a story of obsessive young love and the power of grief 'Billy Gray was my best friend and I fell in love with his mother.' In a small town in 1950s Ireland a fifteen-year-old boy has illicit meetings with a thirty-five-year-old woman - in the back of her car on sunny mornings, and in a rundown cottage in the country on rain-soaked afternoons. Unsure why she has chosen him, he becomes obsessed and tormented by this first love. Half a century later, actor Alexander Cleave - grieving for the recent loss of his daughter - recalls these trysts, trying to make sense of the boy he was and of the needs and frailties of the human heart. Praise for Ancient Light: 'Brilliant. Banville excels in his brightly lit descriptions of self-absorbed teenage lust', Guardian 'Dazzling . . . captures a long-lost adolescent world of passion and desire', Independent 'Banville perfectly captures the spirit of adolescence ... This is a luminous breathtaking work', Independent on Sunday John Banville was born in Wexford, Ireland, in 1945. He is the author of fourteen previous novels including The Sea, which won the 2005 Man Booker Prize. He was recently awarded the Franz Kafka Prize. He lives in Dublin.
A Green And Ancient Light
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Author : Frederic S Durbin
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2016-06-06
A Green And Ancient Light written by Frederic S Durbin and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-06-06 with categories.
A gorgeous fantasy in the spirit of "Pan's Labyrinth" and John Connolly's "The Book of Lost Things." Set in a world similar to our own, during a war that parallels World War II, "A Green and Ancient Light" is the stunning story of a boy who is sent to stay with his grandmother for the summer in a serene fishing village. Their tranquility is shattered by the crash of a bullet-riddled enemy plane, the arrival of grandmother's friend Mr. Girandole--a man who knows the true story of Cinderella'-s slipper--and the discovery of a riddle in the sacred grove of ruins behind grandmother's house. In a sumptuous idyllic setting and overshadowed by the threat of war, four unlikely allies learn the values of courage and sacrifice.
The Star Shard
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Author : Frederic S. Durbin
language : en
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Release Date : 2012
The Star Shard written by Frederic S. Durbin and has been published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012 with Juvenile Fiction categories.
A 12-year-old slave on a gigantic, traveling "wagon city" joins forces with a new--and magical--slave, and as they plan their escape they encounter mystery, enchantment, and deadly monsters while their one chance for freedom draws ever nearer.
Orthe
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Author : Mary Gentle
language : en
Publisher: Gollancz
Release Date : 2002
Orthe written by Mary Gentle and has been published by Gollancz this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002 with Fantasy fiction categories.
The distant world of Orthe is littered with spectacular remnants of the Golden Empire, an ancient and technologically advanced civilisation extinct for two thousand years. Now their Orthean descendants have turned away from the technology which nearly destroyed them, and from their ancestors, the Golden Witchbreed. Then Earth envoy Lynne de Lisle Christie arrives and, all too quickly, finds herself the victim of intrigue and conspiracy, embroiled in a conflict that threatens to explode into war ¿ and which puts her own life in deadly peril . . .
Stand Out Of Our Light
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Author : James Williams
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2018-05-31
Stand Out Of Our Light written by James Williams and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-05-31 with Computers categories.
Argues that human freedom is threatened by systems of intelligent persuasion developed by tech giants who compete for our time and attention. This title is also available as Open Access.
The Ancient Guide To Modern Life
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Author : Natalie Haynes
language : en
Publisher: Profile Books
Release Date : 2010-11-04
The Ancient Guide To Modern Life written by Natalie Haynes and has been published by Profile Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-11-04 with History categories.
It's time for us to re-examine the past. Our lives are infinitely richer if we take the time to look at what the Greeks and Romans have given us in politics and law, religion and philosophy and education, and to learn how people really lived in Athens, Rome, Sparta and Alexandria. This is a book with a serious point to make but the author isn't simply a classicist but a comedian and broadcaster who has made television and radio documentaries about humour, education and Dorothy Parker. This is a book for us all. Whether political, cultural or social, there are endless parallels between the ancient and modern worlds. Whether it's the murder of Caesar or the political assassination of Thatcher; the narrative arc of the hit HBO series The Wire or that of Oedipus; the popular enthusiasm for the Emperor Titus or President Obama - over and over again we can be seen to be living very much like people did 2,000 or more years ago.
Green Mass
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Author : Michael Marder
language : en
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Release Date : 2021-09-07
Green Mass written by Michael Marder and has been published by Stanford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-09-07 with Philosophy categories.
Green Mass is a meditation on—and with—twelfth-century Christian mystic and polymath Saint Hildegard of Bingen. Attending to Hildegard's vegetal vision, which greens theological tradition and imbues plant life with spirit, philosopher Michael Marder uncovers a verdant mode of thinking. The book stages a fresh encounter between present-day and premodern concerns, ecology and theology, philosophy and mysticism, the material and the spiritual, in word and sound. Hildegard's lush notion of viriditas, the vegetal power of creation, is emblematic of her deeply entwined understanding of physical reality and spiritual elevation. From blossoming flora to burning desert, Marder plays with the symphonic multiplicity of meanings in her thought, listening to the resonances between the ardency of holy fire and the aridity of a world aflame. Across Hildegard's cosmos, we hear the anarchic proliferation of her ecological theology, in which both God and greening are circular, without beginning or end. Introduced with a foreword by philosopher Marcia Sá Cavalcante Schuback and accompanied by cellist Peter Schuback's musical movements, which echo both Hildegard's own compositions and key themes in each chapter of the book, this multifaceted work creates a resonance chamber, in which to discover the living world anew. The original compositions accompanying each chapter are available free for streaming and for download at www.sup.org/greenmass
Ancient Light
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Author : Alan P. Lightman
language : en
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Release Date : 1991
Ancient Light written by Alan P. Lightman and has been published by Harvard University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1991 with Science categories.
Tells the story of cosmology, including its history, the theories and the evidence, the new discoveries, the outstanding questions and controversies.
From Across The Ancient Waters
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Author : Michael R. Phillips
language : en
Publisher: Barbour Publishing
Release Date : 2012
From Across The Ancient Waters written by Michael R. Phillips and has been published by Barbour Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012 with Christian fiction categories.
Readers can journey to Wales where a young man and a mystifying young woman sort through mystery and rumor to discover love. But what will their future hold?