Author: Eve Dew Crook
Publisher: The Wild Rose Press Inc
ISBN: 1509202439
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 242
Book Description
Pursuit and passion, bullets and blowguns, arousing art and sublime satisfaction—welcome to Peru. When her husband walks out leaving their final divorce papers unsigned, bilingual editor Jill Flanders hops on a plane to Peru to find him. She’s waited a long time to be rid of the lying coward and refuses to lose her chance at a fulfilling life. In Peru, she meets Dex Conroy, a ceramics specialist hot on her ex-husband’s trail after precious artifacts go missing. Jill is disturbed by her instant attraction to Dex. Nevertheless, she joins him in search of the missing man and vanished treasure. As the hunt heats up, the hesitant relationship between Jill and Dex blossoms. Can the newly awakened lovers find what their hearts seek while accidents accrue and poisoned blowgun darts start flying?
Peril, Passion, Peru
Author: Eve Dew Crook
Publisher: The Wild Rose Press Inc
ISBN: 1509202439
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 242
Book Description
Pursuit and passion, bullets and blowguns, arousing art and sublime satisfaction—welcome to Peru. When her husband walks out leaving their final divorce papers unsigned, bilingual editor Jill Flanders hops on a plane to Peru to find him. She’s waited a long time to be rid of the lying coward and refuses to lose her chance at a fulfilling life. In Peru, she meets Dex Conroy, a ceramics specialist hot on her ex-husband’s trail after precious artifacts go missing. Jill is disturbed by her instant attraction to Dex. Nevertheless, she joins him in search of the missing man and vanished treasure. As the hunt heats up, the hesitant relationship between Jill and Dex blossoms. Can the newly awakened lovers find what their hearts seek while accidents accrue and poisoned blowgun darts start flying?
Publisher: The Wild Rose Press Inc
ISBN: 1509202439
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 242
Book Description
Pursuit and passion, bullets and blowguns, arousing art and sublime satisfaction—welcome to Peru. When her husband walks out leaving their final divorce papers unsigned, bilingual editor Jill Flanders hops on a plane to Peru to find him. She’s waited a long time to be rid of the lying coward and refuses to lose her chance at a fulfilling life. In Peru, she meets Dex Conroy, a ceramics specialist hot on her ex-husband’s trail after precious artifacts go missing. Jill is disturbed by her instant attraction to Dex. Nevertheless, she joins him in search of the missing man and vanished treasure. As the hunt heats up, the hesitant relationship between Jill and Dex blossoms. Can the newly awakened lovers find what their hearts seek while accidents accrue and poisoned blowgun darts start flying?
The Forest Exiles: The Perils of a Peruvian Family in the Wilds of the Amazon
Author: Mayne Reid
Publisher: DigiCat
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "The Forest Exiles: The Perils of a Peruvian Family in the Wilds of the Amazon" by Mayne Reid. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.
Publisher: DigiCat
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "The Forest Exiles: The Perils of a Peruvian Family in the Wilds of the Amazon" by Mayne Reid. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.
The Perils of the One
Author: Stathis Gourgouris
Publisher: Columbia University Press
ISBN: 0231550022
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description
From the earliest times, societies have been seduced by the temptation of unitary thinking. Recognizing the vulnerability of existence, people and cultures privilege regimes that confer authority on a single entity, a sovereign ruler, a transcendental deity, or an Event, which they embrace with unquestioned devotion. Such obsessions precipitate contempt for the worldliness of real bodies in real time and refusal of responsibility and agency. In The Perils of the One, Stathis Gourgouris offers a philosophical anthropology that confronts the legacy of “monarchical thinking”: the desire to subjugate oneself to unitary principles and structures, whether political, moral, theological, or secular. In wide-ranging essays that are at once poetic and polemical, intellectual and passionate, Gourgouris reads across politics and theology, literary and art criticism, psychoanalysis and feminism in a critique of both political theology and the metaphysics of secularism. He engages with a range of figures from the Apostle Paul and Trinitarian theologians, to La Boétie, Schmitt, and Freud, to contemporary thinkers such as Clastres, Said, Castoriadis, Žižek, Butler, and Irigaray. At once a broad perspective on human history and a detailed examination of our present moment, The Perils of the One offers glimpses of what a counterpolitics of autonomy would look like from anarchic subjectivities that refuse external ideals, resist the allure of command and obedience, and embrace otherness.
Publisher: Columbia University Press
ISBN: 0231550022
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description
From the earliest times, societies have been seduced by the temptation of unitary thinking. Recognizing the vulnerability of existence, people and cultures privilege regimes that confer authority on a single entity, a sovereign ruler, a transcendental deity, or an Event, which they embrace with unquestioned devotion. Such obsessions precipitate contempt for the worldliness of real bodies in real time and refusal of responsibility and agency. In The Perils of the One, Stathis Gourgouris offers a philosophical anthropology that confronts the legacy of “monarchical thinking”: the desire to subjugate oneself to unitary principles and structures, whether political, moral, theological, or secular. In wide-ranging essays that are at once poetic and polemical, intellectual and passionate, Gourgouris reads across politics and theology, literary and art criticism, psychoanalysis and feminism in a critique of both political theology and the metaphysics of secularism. He engages with a range of figures from the Apostle Paul and Trinitarian theologians, to La Boétie, Schmitt, and Freud, to contemporary thinkers such as Clastres, Said, Castoriadis, Žižek, Butler, and Irigaray. At once a broad perspective on human history and a detailed examination of our present moment, The Perils of the One offers glimpses of what a counterpolitics of autonomy would look like from anarchic subjectivities that refuse external ideals, resist the allure of command and obedience, and embrace otherness.
Families in Peril
Author: Marian Wright Edelman
Publisher: Harvard University Press
ISBN: 9780674292291
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 150
Book Description
Too many American families are in serious peril, and both the reality of the situation and the myths obscuring that reality call for attention and swift action. In this incisive analysis, Edelman, President of the Children's Defense Fund, charts what is happening, exposes myths, and sets a bold agenda to strengthen families and protect children.
Publisher: Harvard University Press
ISBN: 9780674292291
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 150
Book Description
Too many American families are in serious peril, and both the reality of the situation and the myths obscuring that reality call for attention and swift action. In this incisive analysis, Edelman, President of the Children's Defense Fund, charts what is happening, exposes myths, and sets a bold agenda to strengthen families and protect children.
A Bean, a Pea, and a Mammoth Tusk
Author: Eve Dew Crook
Publisher: The Wild Rose Press Inc
ISBN: 1509226877
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
They would never have met without the mammoth tusk. Middle school principal Stephen Lathrop loves winning marathons. Rookie deputy Megan Snow delights in her Criminal Justice certificate. But when the 12,000-year-old tusk is found buried in Vermont, everything changes. Reporters and TV crews take over the town. To celebrate, the Deerbourne Inn plans a Twelfth Night feast and festival. Included in the events are slicing the fabulous King cake and crowning the King and Queen of Mischief. Though mischief does follow, romance, too, is in the air. Rookie Megan is added to the sheriff's crew. Principal Stephen gets involved at the Inn. Notorious TV chef Pierre Chasse arrives with Celine, his "hostess." She and Megan form an unusual friendship. Then, mysterious strangers appear. A child goes missing. Teens try to steal the tusk. Clamor and mischief ensue. Is this the time to plan a wedding?
Publisher: The Wild Rose Press Inc
ISBN: 1509226877
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
They would never have met without the mammoth tusk. Middle school principal Stephen Lathrop loves winning marathons. Rookie deputy Megan Snow delights in her Criminal Justice certificate. But when the 12,000-year-old tusk is found buried in Vermont, everything changes. Reporters and TV crews take over the town. To celebrate, the Deerbourne Inn plans a Twelfth Night feast and festival. Included in the events are slicing the fabulous King cake and crowning the King and Queen of Mischief. Though mischief does follow, romance, too, is in the air. Rookie Megan is added to the sheriff's crew. Principal Stephen gets involved at the Inn. Notorious TV chef Pierre Chasse arrives with Celine, his "hostess." She and Megan form an unusual friendship. Then, mysterious strangers appear. A child goes missing. Teens try to steal the tusk. Clamor and mischief ensue. Is this the time to plan a wedding?
Rainforest: A Tale of Discovery, Intrigue & Passion
Author: Donna Sherry Boggins
Publisher: BookLocker.com
ISBN: 1614345783
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 272
Book Description
Rainforest... A Tale of Discovery, Intrigue and Passion chronicles the daring exploits of Dr. Kate Jenkins, a beautiful and brilliant archeologist, who is lured by her equally brilliant, yet obsessed professor/mentor, Dr. Raymond Morrissey, into the dark underbelly of ancient Peru in search of a rare and valuable artifact. Does the ancient artifact exist or is it a ruse to draw Kate into Professor Morrissey's bizarre web of deception? Kate fails to heed the dire warnings of William Shepherd, CIA Operative, who struggles to come to her aid when she falls into the hands of a violent drug cartel, FARC,an unstable government and the ever-present professor's bizarre fantasies. The perilous journey takes Kate and her protector from steamy jungles to high mountain enclaves, to virgin archeological dig sites, and finally, to the opposite end of the world, Washington DC, and into the embrace of America's fawning royalty. What happens along the way will amaze, shock and draw the reader into a wild and titillating adventure. Come join Dr. Kate Jenkins as she challenges convention in pursuit of the elusive truth. To make a lasting point, the weary archeologist boldly carries her razor-sharp machete wherever she ventures. Fooled once. Never again.
Publisher: BookLocker.com
ISBN: 1614345783
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 272
Book Description
Rainforest... A Tale of Discovery, Intrigue and Passion chronicles the daring exploits of Dr. Kate Jenkins, a beautiful and brilliant archeologist, who is lured by her equally brilliant, yet obsessed professor/mentor, Dr. Raymond Morrissey, into the dark underbelly of ancient Peru in search of a rare and valuable artifact. Does the ancient artifact exist or is it a ruse to draw Kate into Professor Morrissey's bizarre web of deception? Kate fails to heed the dire warnings of William Shepherd, CIA Operative, who struggles to come to her aid when she falls into the hands of a violent drug cartel, FARC,an unstable government and the ever-present professor's bizarre fantasies. The perilous journey takes Kate and her protector from steamy jungles to high mountain enclaves, to virgin archeological dig sites, and finally, to the opposite end of the world, Washington DC, and into the embrace of America's fawning royalty. What happens along the way will amaze, shock and draw the reader into a wild and titillating adventure. Come join Dr. Kate Jenkins as she challenges convention in pursuit of the elusive truth. To make a lasting point, the weary archeologist boldly carries her razor-sharp machete wherever she ventures. Fooled once. Never again.
The Golden Bough: Taboo and the Perils of the Soul. The Burden of Royalty
Author: James George Frazer
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Magic
Languages : en
Pages : 444
Book Description
Frazer's series which attempted to define the shared elements of religious belief and scientific thought, discussing fertility rites, human sacrifice, the dying god, the scapegoat, and many other symbols and practices whose influences had extended into 20th-century culture. His thesis is that old religions were fertility cults that revolved around the worship and periodic sacrifice of a sacred king. Frazer proposed that mankind progresses from magic through religious belief to scientific thought.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Magic
Languages : en
Pages : 444
Book Description
Frazer's series which attempted to define the shared elements of religious belief and scientific thought, discussing fertility rites, human sacrifice, the dying god, the scapegoat, and many other symbols and practices whose influences had extended into 20th-century culture. His thesis is that old religions were fertility cults that revolved around the worship and periodic sacrifice of a sacred king. Frazer proposed that mankind progresses from magic through religious belief to scientific thought.
Cultural Heritage Ethics
Author: Constantine Sandis
Publisher: Open Book Publishers
ISBN: 1783740671
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 230
Book Description
Theory without practice is empty, practice without theory is blind, to adapt a phrase from Immanuel Kant. The sentiment could not be truer of cultural heritage ethics. This intra-disciplinary book bridges the gap between theory and practice by bringing together a stellar cast of academics, activists, consultants, journalists, lawyers, and museum practitioners, each contributing their own expertise to the wider debate of what cultural heritage means in the twenty-first century. Cultural Heritage Ethics provides cutting-edge arguments built on case studies of cultural heritage and its management in a range of geographical and cultural contexts. Moreover, the volume feels the pulse of the debate on heritage ethics by discussing timely issues such as access, acquisition, archaeological practice, curatorship, education, ethnology, historiography, integrity, legislation, memory, museum management, ownership, preservation, protection, public trust, restitution, human rights, stewardship, and tourism. This volume is neither a textbook nor a manifesto for any particular approach to heritage ethics, but a snapshot of different positions and approaches that will inspire both thought and action. Cultural Heritage Ethics provides invaluable reading for students and teachers of philosophy of archaeology, history and moral philosophy – and for anyone interested in the theory and practice of cultural preservation.
Publisher: Open Book Publishers
ISBN: 1783740671
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 230
Book Description
Theory without practice is empty, practice without theory is blind, to adapt a phrase from Immanuel Kant. The sentiment could not be truer of cultural heritage ethics. This intra-disciplinary book bridges the gap between theory and practice by bringing together a stellar cast of academics, activists, consultants, journalists, lawyers, and museum practitioners, each contributing their own expertise to the wider debate of what cultural heritage means in the twenty-first century. Cultural Heritage Ethics provides cutting-edge arguments built on case studies of cultural heritage and its management in a range of geographical and cultural contexts. Moreover, the volume feels the pulse of the debate on heritage ethics by discussing timely issues such as access, acquisition, archaeological practice, curatorship, education, ethnology, historiography, integrity, legislation, memory, museum management, ownership, preservation, protection, public trust, restitution, human rights, stewardship, and tourism. This volume is neither a textbook nor a manifesto for any particular approach to heritage ethics, but a snapshot of different positions and approaches that will inspire both thought and action. Cultural Heritage Ethics provides invaluable reading for students and teachers of philosophy of archaeology, history and moral philosophy – and for anyone interested in the theory and practice of cultural preservation.
Ocean Scenes, Or The Perils and Beauties of the Deep Being Interesting, Instructive, and Graphic Accounts of the Most Popular Voyages on Record ..
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Voyages and travels
Languages : en
Pages : 504
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Voyages and travels
Languages : en
Pages : 504
Book Description
Ocean Scenes, Or, The Perils and Beauties of the Deep
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Sea stories
Languages : en
Pages : 518
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Sea stories
Languages : en
Pages : 518
Book Description