Author: Linda Schele
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 0684852098
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 438
Book Description
This highly informative tour of a lost civilization discusses Mayan history and culture and focuses on seven sites that exemplify the Mayan tradition of using public places to record their history and belief system. Maps, drawings & photos.
The Code of Kings
Author: Linda Schele
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 0684852098
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 438
Book Description
This highly informative tour of a lost civilization discusses Mayan history and culture and focuses on seven sites that exemplify the Mayan tradition of using public places to record their history and belief system. Maps, drawings & photos.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 0684852098
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 438
Book Description
This highly informative tour of a lost civilization discusses Mayan history and culture and focuses on seven sites that exemplify the Mayan tradition of using public places to record their history and belief system. Maps, drawings & photos.
Travels with a Mexican Circus
Author: Katie Hickman
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1408853620
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 383
Book Description
_______________ 'A wonderful writer ... An adventure hard to beat in terms of sheer exotic allure' - Guardian 'Mexico will not have been portrayed more vividly since Graham Greene's The Lawless Roads ... Enchanting' - Daily Telegraph 'Magic is at the heart of Hickman's narrative, not just in the fabulous illusions of the acts themselves or the superstitions of the circus people, but in the fantastic stories of the characters she presents' - Sunday Times _______________ The delightfully beguiling account of novelist Katie Hickman's adventures with a Mexican circus Katie Hickman went to Mexico looking for magic. She found it in the circus – Big Top, clowns, elephants and all – where cheap, torn materials and tarnished sequins are transformed into nights of glittering illusion. Gradually adjusting to the harsh ways of the circus's nomadic lifestyle, she soon became absorbed into this hypnotic new world, at first as a foreigner but later as 'La Gringa Estrella', a performer in her own right. Travels with a Mexican Circus is an unforgettable account of a year-long journey through an extraordinary and bizarrely beautiful country. _______________ 'A delight... The stories of the cirqueros themselves read like tales by Gabriel Garcia Marquez' - Harpers & Queen 'The most ambitiously imaginative sort of travel writing' - Patrick Skene Catling
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1408853620
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 383
Book Description
_______________ 'A wonderful writer ... An adventure hard to beat in terms of sheer exotic allure' - Guardian 'Mexico will not have been portrayed more vividly since Graham Greene's The Lawless Roads ... Enchanting' - Daily Telegraph 'Magic is at the heart of Hickman's narrative, not just in the fabulous illusions of the acts themselves or the superstitions of the circus people, but in the fantastic stories of the characters she presents' - Sunday Times _______________ The delightfully beguiling account of novelist Katie Hickman's adventures with a Mexican circus Katie Hickman went to Mexico looking for magic. She found it in the circus – Big Top, clowns, elephants and all – where cheap, torn materials and tarnished sequins are transformed into nights of glittering illusion. Gradually adjusting to the harsh ways of the circus's nomadic lifestyle, she soon became absorbed into this hypnotic new world, at first as a foreigner but later as 'La Gringa Estrella', a performer in her own right. Travels with a Mexican Circus is an unforgettable account of a year-long journey through an extraordinary and bizarrely beautiful country. _______________ 'A delight... The stories of the cirqueros themselves read like tales by Gabriel Garcia Marquez' - Harpers & Queen 'The most ambitiously imaginative sort of travel writing' - Patrick Skene Catling
Love in the Elephant Tent
Author: Kathleen Cremonesi
Publisher: ECW Press
ISBN: 1770907319
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 327
Book Description
If you live life without a net, what happens when you fall? Kathleen Cremonesi knew early on she wanted to be different. Determined to avoid following in her mother's footsteps to an ill-fated marriage, Kathleen left Oregon in her early 20s to travel across Europe. On a whim, this former administrative assistant with wanderlust took a job as a dancer in a circus and, working her way up, became an ostrich-riding, shark-taming showgirl. Kathleen bonds with the exotic animals that could strike and kill at any moment, but instead bring her a peace she has never known. And when she stumbles into the arms of Stefano, the sexy elephant keeper, she finds a man who understands her wild spirit. With thrilling prose and vivid descriptions, Kathleen takes the reader around the Mediterranean, where she discovers unexpected friends and learns how to cook, forgive, and love - across language barriers.
Publisher: ECW Press
ISBN: 1770907319
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 327
Book Description
If you live life without a net, what happens when you fall? Kathleen Cremonesi knew early on she wanted to be different. Determined to avoid following in her mother's footsteps to an ill-fated marriage, Kathleen left Oregon in her early 20s to travel across Europe. On a whim, this former administrative assistant with wanderlust took a job as a dancer in a circus and, working her way up, became an ostrich-riding, shark-taming showgirl. Kathleen bonds with the exotic animals that could strike and kill at any moment, but instead bring her a peace she has never known. And when she stumbles into the arms of Stefano, the sexy elephant keeper, she finds a man who understands her wild spirit. With thrilling prose and vivid descriptions, Kathleen takes the reader around the Mediterranean, where she discovers unexpected friends and learns how to cook, forgive, and love - across language barriers.
Bambalinas
Author: Erwin Flores
Publisher: Page Publishing Inc
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
Bambalinas de Erwin Flores es una compilacion de 12 cuentos de ficcion que cubren desde el hombre de Cromanon a la civilizacion actual y mas alla en el futuro. Tambien contiene dos ensayos, incluyendo uno acerca de Jorge Luis Borges, y un muy breve recuento de su carrera como interprete de rock con el grupo Los Saicos.
Publisher: Page Publishing Inc
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
Bambalinas de Erwin Flores es una compilacion de 12 cuentos de ficcion que cubren desde el hombre de Cromanon a la civilizacion actual y mas alla en el futuro. Tambien contiene dos ensayos, incluyendo uno acerca de Jorge Luis Borges, y un muy breve recuento de su carrera como interprete de rock con el grupo Los Saicos.
Peter Salmon: The Tales of a Relentless Entrepreneur
Author: Victor Perez Centeno
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1304706494
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 210
Book Description
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1304706494
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 210
Book Description
The Girl with the Botticelli Eyes
Author: Herbert Lieberman
Publisher: Open Road Media
ISBN: 1480432652
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 452
Book Description
DIVDIVWhen a madman begins using the work of Botticelli as inspiration for his gruesome tableaus, a New York museum curator is the only man who can stop him/divDIV Mike Manship is an up-and-coming curator at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. With a Botticelli retrospective fast approaching, Manship is poised to become the Met’s director if he can secure three final drawings from Italy. Standing in his way is Ludovico Borghini, a neo-fascist count with a fanatical devotion to his Italian heritage and a deadly obsession with the Renaissance master’s work. Between them are the three masterpieces and the alluring Isobel Cattaneo, a direct descendant of Botticelli’s greatest muse, Simonetta. Borghini is determined to maintain possession of the drawings, and in the grips of his mania, he kidnaps Cattaneo, whom he suspects of aiding Manship. As the search for Cattaneo reaches a fever pitch, Manship discovers that Borghini is a much more twisted nemesis than he could ever have anticipated—one whose depravity reaches chilling depths./div/div
Publisher: Open Road Media
ISBN: 1480432652
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 452
Book Description
DIVDIVWhen a madman begins using the work of Botticelli as inspiration for his gruesome tableaus, a New York museum curator is the only man who can stop him/divDIV Mike Manship is an up-and-coming curator at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. With a Botticelli retrospective fast approaching, Manship is poised to become the Met’s director if he can secure three final drawings from Italy. Standing in his way is Ludovico Borghini, a neo-fascist count with a fanatical devotion to his Italian heritage and a deadly obsession with the Renaissance master’s work. Between them are the three masterpieces and the alluring Isobel Cattaneo, a direct descendant of Botticelli’s greatest muse, Simonetta. Borghini is determined to maintain possession of the drawings, and in the grips of his mania, he kidnaps Cattaneo, whom he suspects of aiding Manship. As the search for Cattaneo reaches a fever pitch, Manship discovers that Borghini is a much more twisted nemesis than he could ever have anticipated—one whose depravity reaches chilling depths./div/div
The Modern Maya
Author: Macduff Everton
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
One hundred and ninety-five fascinating bandw photographs by Everton, and an equally interesting text, present a richly preserved and colorfully varied culture. Includes essays by Ulrich Keller and Dorie Reents-Budet. The volume accompanies a traveling exhibit of the same name (at Lehigh U. Art Galleries through 1 January 1992, then at the Art Galleries of California State U., Northridge, 24 February-28 March 1992). Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
One hundred and ninety-five fascinating bandw photographs by Everton, and an equally interesting text, present a richly preserved and colorfully varied culture. Includes essays by Ulrich Keller and Dorie Reents-Budet. The volume accompanies a traveling exhibit of the same name (at Lehigh U. Art Galleries through 1 January 1992, then at the Art Galleries of California State U., Northridge, 24 February-28 March 1992). Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Andean Air Mail & Peruvian Times
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Andes Region
Languages : en
Pages : 690
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Andes Region
Languages : en
Pages : 690
Book Description
The Publishers Weekly
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 892
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 892
Book Description
Five Artists
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 40
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 40
Book Description