A Knight In The Silk Purse

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A Knight In The Silk Purse

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Author : Scott Taylor
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2014-07-04

A Knight In The Silk Purse written by Scott Taylor and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-07-04 with categories.

In Taux, the city of cursed stone, a new dark power stalks the dreams of the population with bloody footprints. Even among the celebrations of the Festival of a Thousand Blossoms, the hardy folk of the Black Gate must find a way to defeat this lurking menace before it consumes them all. A Knight in the Silk Purse blends the shared tales of twelve of fantasy's greatest modern storytellers into an epic weave of intrigue, murder, sorcery, death, and retribution like nothing else found on the shelves today.

The Silk Purse

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Author : Raquel Ortiz
language : en
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
Release Date : 2004-09-30

The Silk Purse written by Raquel Ortiz and has been published by Xlibris Corporation this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004-09-30 with Biography & Autobiography categories.

Memoir of a South Bronx Childhood The Silk Purse, a memoir set in the l950s tells of Raquels ingenuity, courage, and inner strength as she struggles to keep her dreams alive while living under the close supervision of at least a dozen pairs of vigilant loving eyes. Raquels early childhood was filled with strict rules, traditional expectations, and myriad household duties imposed by her Puerto Rican Cuban extended family. From age 3-18, she lived under the watchful gaze of her parents, maternal grandparents, a great aunt, her half-sister, their majestic collie Sabu, various tenants, and many of the residents of the South Bronx, New York, apartment building where they all lived. Some episodes are touching examples of growing up; others are painful and poignant passages in the life of this young girl and her family. The story themes are about friendship, loyalty, childhood pranks, her first job, first love, first separation and much more. In spite of the cramped quarters located in the midst of a neighborhood that is showing signs of devastation, decay, and danger the apartment and building were a sanctuary for Raquel and her family. Raquel Ortiz writes with such humor and vivid description, I felt I was eating a juicy mango too! The coming of age stories of this young Latina are written with simplicity, humility and such dulzura you cant help but journey with the author to bitter sweet places in your own heart. -Linda Soto-Harmon, First Book, (A national childrens literary organization) Buy Your Copy Now!! Call 1-888-795-4274 Ext. 479 or Visit us @ XLibris.com/bookstore (click search) Resellers, distributors and bookstores: call the above toll free number to place your order with the booksellers discount (40% soft cover / 20% hard cover) off the retail price.

The Pictorial Edition Of The Works Of Shakspere Edited By C Knight The Second Edition Revised

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Author : William Shakespeare
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1867

The Pictorial Edition Of The Works Of Shakspere Edited By C Knight The Second Edition Revised written by William Shakespeare and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1867 with categories.

Godey S Lady S Book

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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1874

Godey S Lady S Book written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1874 with Costume categories.

The Cornhill Magazine

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Author : George Smith
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1873

The Cornhill Magazine written by George Smith and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1873 with Electronic journals categories.

Chaucer Gower Hoccleve And The Commercial Practices Of Late Fourteenth Century London

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Author : Craig E. Bertolet
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2016-04-15

Chaucer Gower Hoccleve And The Commercial Practices Of Late Fourteenth Century London written by Craig E. Bertolet and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-04-15 with Literary Criticism categories.

As residents of fourteenth-century London, Geoffrey Chaucer, John Gower, and Thomas Hoccleve each day encountered aspects of commerce such as buying, selling, and worrying about being cheated. Many of Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales address how pervasive the market had become in personal relationships. Gower's writings include praises of the concept of trade and worries that widespread fraud has harmed it. Hoccleve's poetry examines the difficulty of living in London on a slender salary while at the same time being subject to all the temptations a rich market can provide. Each writer finds that principal tensions in London focused on commerce - how it worked, who controlled it, how it was organized, and who was excluded from it. Reading literary texts through the lens of archival documents and the sociological theories of Pierre Bourdieu, this book demonstrates how the practices of buying and selling in medieval London shaped the writings of Chaucer, Gower, and Hoccleve. Craig Bertolet constructs a framework that reads specific Canterbury tales and pilgrims associated with trade alongside Gower's Mirour de L'Omme and Confessio Amantis, and Hoccleve's Male Regle and Regiment of Princes. Together, these texts demonstrate how the inherent instability commerce produces also produces narratives about that commerce.

Knight S Penny Magazine

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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1846

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Sources And Analogues Of The Canterbury Tales

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Author : Robert M. Correale
language : en
Publisher: DS Brewer
Release Date : 2002

Sources And Analogues Of The Canterbury Tales written by Robert M. Correale and has been published by DS Brewer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002 with Literary Collections categories.

The publication of this volume completes the new edition of the sources and major analogues of all the Canterbury Tales prepared by members of the New Chaucer Society. This collection, the first to appear in over half a century, features such additions as a fresh interpretation of Chaucer's sources for the frame of the work, chapters on the sources of the General Prologue and Retractions, and modern English translations of all foreign language texts, with glosses for the Middle English. Chapters on the individual tales contain an updated survey of the present state of scholarship on their source materials. Several sources and analogues discovered during the past fifty years are found here together for the first time, and some other familiar sources are re-edited from manuscripts closer to Chaucer's copies. Besides the General Prologue and the Retractions, this volume includes chapters on the Miller, Summoner, Merchant, Physician, Shipman, Prioress, Sir Thopas, Canon's Yeoman, Manciple, the Knight and the prologues and tales of the Man of Law and Wife of Bath.Contributors: PETER BEIDLER, KENNETH A. BLEETH, LAUREL BROUGHTON, JOANNE CHARBONNEAU, WILLIAM E. COLEMAN, CAROLYN P. COLLETTE, VINCENT DI MARCO, PETER FIELD, TRAUGOTT LAWLER, ANITA OBERMEIER, ROBERT RAYMO, CHRISTINE RICHARDSON-HEY, JOHN SCATTERGOOD, NIGEL S. THOMPSON, EDWARD WHEATLEY, JOHN WITHRINGTON,

Classic British Poetry

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Author : Industrial Systems Research
language : en
Publisher: Industrial Systems Research
Release Date : 2023-09-05

Classic British Poetry written by Industrial Systems Research and has been published by Industrial Systems Research this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-09-05 with Literary Collections categories.

In the ISR Modernized Poetic Masterpieces series – beautifully readable modern prose translations of renowned verses from the 14th to the 19th centuries Classic poems are priceless cultural artifacts – on par with great books, paintings, musical compositions, and films. They help communicate the beliefs, values, and experiences of people from bygone eras. They provide insights into different times, places, and circumstances that resonate even today. Classic verses not only connect us to the general cultures of countries but also the diverse attitudes and opinions of individuals within those cultural contexts. Nonetheless, understanding such verses can be challenging because of archaic words, outdated grammar, or complex and unconventional syntax. This book presents around 800 significant British poems dating from the Middle Ages to late Victorian times modernized in prose format to improve their readability and understandability. By definition, classic poems have garnered much acclaim over the years. They may have excelled in capturing the essence of individual emotions or made observations and comments in remarkably vibrant ways. Overall, this anthology represents a diverse group of authors with some extraordinary abilities and insights into nature, individuals, society, politics, and a range of other matters. In the NATURE chapter, the collection includes outstanding poems from luminaries such as William Wordsworth, John Keats, and Percy Bysshe Shelley. It also features many less-known writers who have drawn inspiration from the awe-inspiring beauty, changing seasons, and landscapes of the natural world. After nature, LOVE AND ROMANCE has been another perennially important theme in British poetry. The anthology features poems by William Shakespeare, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, and many others on the intense yearnings, hopes, and sorrows of lovers. Relations with nature and experiences of love, rejection, health, and DEATH AND MORTALITY are major sources of human HAPPINESS AND SORROW. Many poets have explored these subjects – often connecting them with SPIRITUALITY AND RELIGION. From Chaucer and Milton to Wordsworth and Gray, writers have fearlessly confronted significant SOCIAL AND POLITICAL concerns. They have spoken about rights and freedoms, tyranny, justice and injustice, and the nature and causes of WAR AND CONFLICT. British poetry has featured many captivating stories about individual courage and moral problems, hope, love, and the triumphing of good over evil. Finally, poets have often found inspiration in MYTHOLOGY AND FOLKLORE. They have used ancient tales, legends, and folklore as foundations for fresh stories and commentaries on contemporary themes. Some verses blend multiple styles. Individual writers have developed new genres and experimented with novel lyric forms and content materials. Nonetheless, certain great themes and preoccupations have remained remarkably consistent in poetic literature over the centuries.

Joan Of Arc

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Author : Kathryn Harrison
language : en
Publisher: Anchor
Release Date : 2014-10-28

Joan Of Arc written by Kathryn Harrison and has been published by Anchor this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-10-28 with Biography & Autobiography categories.

The profoundly inspiring and fully documented saga of Joan of Arc, the young peasant girl whose "voices" moved her to rally the French nation and a reluctant king against British invaders in 1428, has fascinated artistic figures as diverse as William Shakespeare, Mark Twain, Voltaire, George Bernard Shaw, Bertolt Brecht, Carl Dreyer, and Robert Bresson. Was she a divinely inspired saint? A schizophrenic? A demonically possessed heretic, as her persecutors and captors tried to prove? Every era must retell and reimagine the Maid of Orleans's extraordinary story in its own way, and in Joan of Arc: A Life Transfigured, the superb novelist and memoirist Kathryn Harrison gives us a Joan for our time—a shining exemplar of unshakable faith, extraordinary courage, and self-confidence during a brutally rigged ecclesiastical inquisition and in the face of her death by burning. Deftly weaving historical fact, myth, folklore, artistic representations, and centuries of scholarly and critical interpretation into a compelling narrative, she restores Joan of Arc to her rightful position as one of the greatest heroines in all of human history.