Author: Vicky Alvear Shecter
Publisher: Astra Publishing House
ISBN: 1590789954
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 118
Book Description
Who better than Anubis, the jackal-headed god of mummification, to serve as a guide through the dreaded Land of the Dead? In this fresh and imaginative approach to nonfiction, the first title in the Secrets of the Ancient Gods series, Anubis steers the reader through the Egyptian dark lands. Along the way, they meet fearsome gods and gruesome monsters. And they witness the battle of the gods against Apophis, the giant demon-snake trying to devour the world. With ghoulish humor and lots of attitude (he is a god, after all), Anubis introduces readers to ancient Egyptian beliefs and rituals—including the secrets of mummification—with panache and, if he does say so himself, drop-dead humor. Includes glossary, bibliography, and index.
Anubis Speaks!
Author: Vicky Alvear Shecter
Publisher: Astra Publishing House
ISBN: 1590789954
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 118
Book Description
Who better than Anubis, the jackal-headed god of mummification, to serve as a guide through the dreaded Land of the Dead? In this fresh and imaginative approach to nonfiction, the first title in the Secrets of the Ancient Gods series, Anubis steers the reader through the Egyptian dark lands. Along the way, they meet fearsome gods and gruesome monsters. And they witness the battle of the gods against Apophis, the giant demon-snake trying to devour the world. With ghoulish humor and lots of attitude (he is a god, after all), Anubis introduces readers to ancient Egyptian beliefs and rituals—including the secrets of mummification—with panache and, if he does say so himself, drop-dead humor. Includes glossary, bibliography, and index.
Publisher: Astra Publishing House
ISBN: 1590789954
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 118
Book Description
Who better than Anubis, the jackal-headed god of mummification, to serve as a guide through the dreaded Land of the Dead? In this fresh and imaginative approach to nonfiction, the first title in the Secrets of the Ancient Gods series, Anubis steers the reader through the Egyptian dark lands. Along the way, they meet fearsome gods and gruesome monsters. And they witness the battle of the gods against Apophis, the giant demon-snake trying to devour the world. With ghoulish humor and lots of attitude (he is a god, after all), Anubis introduces readers to ancient Egyptian beliefs and rituals—including the secrets of mummification—with panache and, if he does say so himself, drop-dead humor. Includes glossary, bibliography, and index.
Hades Speaks!
Author: Vicky Alvear Shecter
Publisher: Boyds Mills Press
ISBN: 1629792810
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 130
Book Description
Hades, god of the dead, welcomes readers on a dangerous tour of his underworld kingdom, filled with monsters, furies, giants, and vampire demons. Along the way, he reveals ancient death rites and sinister curses, tells hair-raising stories, and cracks jokes to die for. With his witty voice and ghoulish sense of humor, Hades is the perfect guide through this fresh and imaginative work of nonfiction that reads like a novel. Includes a glossary, bibliography, and index.
Publisher: Boyds Mills Press
ISBN: 1629792810
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 130
Book Description
Hades, god of the dead, welcomes readers on a dangerous tour of his underworld kingdom, filled with monsters, furies, giants, and vampire demons. Along the way, he reveals ancient death rites and sinister curses, tells hair-raising stories, and cracks jokes to die for. With his witty voice and ghoulish sense of humor, Hades is the perfect guide through this fresh and imaginative work of nonfiction that reads like a novel. Includes a glossary, bibliography, and index.
Cleopatra's Moon
Author: Vicky Alvear Shecter
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
ISBN: 0545389372
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 370
Book Description
Selene has grown up in a palace on the Nile with her parents, Cleopatra & Mark Antony--the most brilliant, powerful rulers on earth. But the jealous Roman Emperor Octavianus wants Egypt for himself, & when war finally comes, Selene faces the loss of all she's ever loved. Forced to build a new life in Octavianus's household in Rome, she finds herself torn between two young men and two possible destinies--until she reaches out to claim her own.This stunning novel brings to life the personalities & passions of one of the greatest dramas in history, & offers a wonderful new heroine in Selene.
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
ISBN: 0545389372
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 370
Book Description
Selene has grown up in a palace on the Nile with her parents, Cleopatra & Mark Antony--the most brilliant, powerful rulers on earth. But the jealous Roman Emperor Octavianus wants Egypt for himself, & when war finally comes, Selene faces the loss of all she's ever loved. Forced to build a new life in Octavianus's household in Rome, she finds herself torn between two young men and two possible destinies--until she reaches out to claim her own.This stunning novel brings to life the personalities & passions of one of the greatest dramas in history, & offers a wonderful new heroine in Selene.
The Cup of Ankh
Author:
Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers
ISBN: 0307931412
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 130
Book Description
A novelization of the second half of the first season of the Nickelodeon series follows the adventures of British boarding school students who work together to solve an ancient Egyptian mystery.
Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers
ISBN: 0307931412
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 130
Book Description
A novelization of the second half of the first season of the Nickelodeon series follows the adventures of British boarding school students who work together to solve an ancient Egyptian mystery.
Anubis
Author: Ibrahium Koni
Publisher: American Univ in Cairo Press
ISBN: 9789774248870
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 212
Book Description
A Tuareg youth ventures into trackless desert on a life-threatening quest to find the father he remembers only as a shadow from his childhood, but the spirit world frustrates and tests his resolve. For a time, he is rewarded with the Eden of a lost oasis, but eventually, as new settlers crowd in, its destiny mimics the rise of human civilization. Over the sands and the years, the hero is pursued by a lover who matures into a sibyl-like priestess. The Libyan Tuareg author Ibrahim al-Koni, who has earned a reputation as a major figure in Arabic literature with his many novels and collections of short stories, has used Tuareg folklore about Anubis, the ancient Egyptian god of the underworld, to craft a novel that is both a lyrical evocation of the desert's beauty and a chilling narrative in which thirst, incest, patricide, animal metamorphosis, and human sacrifice are more than plot devices. The novel concludes with Tuareg sayings collected by the author in his search for the historical Anubis from matriarchs and sages during trips to Tuareg encampments, and from inscriptions in the ancient Tifinagh script in caves and on tattered manuscripts. In this novel, fantastic mythology becomes universal, specific, and modern.
Publisher: American Univ in Cairo Press
ISBN: 9789774248870
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 212
Book Description
A Tuareg youth ventures into trackless desert on a life-threatening quest to find the father he remembers only as a shadow from his childhood, but the spirit world frustrates and tests his resolve. For a time, he is rewarded with the Eden of a lost oasis, but eventually, as new settlers crowd in, its destiny mimics the rise of human civilization. Over the sands and the years, the hero is pursued by a lover who matures into a sibyl-like priestess. The Libyan Tuareg author Ibrahim al-Koni, who has earned a reputation as a major figure in Arabic literature with his many novels and collections of short stories, has used Tuareg folklore about Anubis, the ancient Egyptian god of the underworld, to craft a novel that is both a lyrical evocation of the desert's beauty and a chilling narrative in which thirst, incest, patricide, animal metamorphosis, and human sacrifice are more than plot devices. The novel concludes with Tuareg sayings collected by the author in his search for the historical Anubis from matriarchs and sages during trips to Tuareg encampments, and from inscriptions in the ancient Tifinagh script in caves and on tattered manuscripts. In this novel, fantastic mythology becomes universal, specific, and modern.
The Ancient Gods Speak
Author: Donald B. Redford
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 9780195154016
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 405
Book Description
It is the guide for the student, the scholar, and the general reader."--BOOK JACKET.
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 9780195154016
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 405
Book Description
It is the guide for the student, the scholar, and the general reader."--BOOK JACKET.
Curses and Smoke: A Novel of Pompeii
Author: Vicky Alvear Shecter
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
ISBN: 0545509947
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 326
Book Description
When your world blows apart, what will you hold onto? TAG is a medical slave, doomed to spend his life healing his master's injured gladiators. But his warrior's heart yearns to fight in the gladiator ring himself and earn enough money to win his freedom.LUCIA is the daughter of Tag's owner, doomed by her father's greed to marry a much older Roman man. But she loves studying the natural world around her home in Pompeii, and lately she's been noticing some odd occurrences in the landscape: small lakes disappearing; a sulfurous smell in the air. . . . When the two childhood friends reconnect, each with their own longings, they fall passionately in love. But as they plot their escape from the city, a patrician fighter reveals his own plans for them -- to Lucia's father, who imprisons Tag as punishment. Then an earthquake shakes Pompeii, in the first sign of the chaos to come. Will they be able to find each other again before the volcano destroys their whole world?
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
ISBN: 0545509947
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 326
Book Description
When your world blows apart, what will you hold onto? TAG is a medical slave, doomed to spend his life healing his master's injured gladiators. But his warrior's heart yearns to fight in the gladiator ring himself and earn enough money to win his freedom.LUCIA is the daughter of Tag's owner, doomed by her father's greed to marry a much older Roman man. But she loves studying the natural world around her home in Pompeii, and lately she's been noticing some odd occurrences in the landscape: small lakes disappearing; a sulfurous smell in the air. . . . When the two childhood friends reconnect, each with their own longings, they fall passionately in love. But as they plot their escape from the city, a patrician fighter reveals his own plans for them -- to Lucia's father, who imprisons Tag as punishment. Then an earthquake shakes Pompeii, in the first sign of the chaos to come. Will they be able to find each other again before the volcano destroys their whole world?
Thor Speaks!
Author: Vicky Alvear Shecter
Publisher: Astra Publishing House
ISBN: 1620915995
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 129
Book Description
One day in the distant future, Thor, the Norse god of thunder, is destined to battle the giant snake that threatens to devour the world. Until then, mortals of Middle Earth look to Thor and his magic hammer for protection from evil. In this third volume of the Secrets of the Ancient Gods series, Thor takes time from his duties to lead readers through the mythological Norse realms, those mysterious worlds that are home to gods, giants, elves, and monsters. He also delves into the age of the Vikings and reveals how they lived and what they believed. Using Thor as her humorous narrator, author Vicky Alvear Shecter provides a well-researched and unconventional nonfiction introduction to Norse mythology. Includes a glossary, bibliography, and index.
Publisher: Astra Publishing House
ISBN: 1620915995
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 129
Book Description
One day in the distant future, Thor, the Norse god of thunder, is destined to battle the giant snake that threatens to devour the world. Until then, mortals of Middle Earth look to Thor and his magic hammer for protection from evil. In this third volume of the Secrets of the Ancient Gods series, Thor takes time from his duties to lead readers through the mythological Norse realms, those mysterious worlds that are home to gods, giants, elves, and monsters. He also delves into the age of the Vikings and reveals how they lived and what they believed. Using Thor as her humorous narrator, author Vicky Alvear Shecter provides a well-researched and unconventional nonfiction introduction to Norse mythology. Includes a glossary, bibliography, and index.
Animus
Author: Antoine Revoy
Publisher: First Second
ISBN: 125031710X
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 115
Book Description
The residents of a quiet Japanese neighborhood have slowly come to realize that inauspicious, paranormal forces are at play in the most unlikely of places: the local playground. Two friends, a young boy and girl, resolve to exorcise the evil that inhabit it, including a snaggle-toothed monster. In Animus, a beautiful but spooky young adult graphic novel of everyday hauntings, Antoine Revoy delivers an eerie tale inspired by the Japanese and French comics of his childhood.
Publisher: First Second
ISBN: 125031710X
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 115
Book Description
The residents of a quiet Japanese neighborhood have slowly come to realize that inauspicious, paranormal forces are at play in the most unlikely of places: the local playground. Two friends, a young boy and girl, resolve to exorcise the evil that inhabit it, including a snaggle-toothed monster. In Animus, a beautiful but spooky young adult graphic novel of everyday hauntings, Antoine Revoy delivers an eerie tale inspired by the Japanese and French comics of his childhood.
She Who Speaks Through Silence
Author: Chelsea Luellon Bolton
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781796836141
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 358
Book Description
The ancient Egyptian goddess Nephthys is the guardian of the palace, temple, home and tomb. She is associated with mourning, magic, healing, protection, the sun, the Nile flood and the star Sirius. She is the Mourner of Osiris. She is the Wife of Seth, the Mother of Anubis and the Sister of Isis. She is associated with the leopard, the black kite, the dog, and the donkey.In She Who Speaks Through Silence, you will find: -Essays about the Goddess -Rituals and Magic-Poetry and Oracles-Adorations and Hymns-Fiction Story
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781796836141
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 358
Book Description
The ancient Egyptian goddess Nephthys is the guardian of the palace, temple, home and tomb. She is associated with mourning, magic, healing, protection, the sun, the Nile flood and the star Sirius. She is the Mourner of Osiris. She is the Wife of Seth, the Mother of Anubis and the Sister of Isis. She is associated with the leopard, the black kite, the dog, and the donkey.In She Who Speaks Through Silence, you will find: -Essays about the Goddess -Rituals and Magic-Poetry and Oracles-Adorations and Hymns-Fiction Story