Author: Dave Wolverton
Publisher: Skylark
ISBN: 9780553487565
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
Alex O'Connell finds adventure as well as trouble when he accidentally falls into the Nile and discovers ancient treasure and a djinn who promises to grant his wishes.
The Curse of the Nile
Author: Dave Wolverton
Publisher: Skylark
ISBN: 9780553487565
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
Alex O'Connell finds adventure as well as trouble when he accidentally falls into the Nile and discovers ancient treasure and a djinn who promises to grant his wishes.
Publisher: Skylark
ISBN: 9780553487565
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
Alex O'Connell finds adventure as well as trouble when he accidentally falls into the Nile and discovers ancient treasure and a djinn who promises to grant his wishes.
Walking the Nile
Author: Levison Wood
Publisher: Grove/Atlantic, Inc.
ISBN: 0802190685
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 455
Book Description
The explorer and author of Walking the Americas and Walking the Himalayas delivers “a bold travelogue, illuminating great swathes of modern Africa” (Kirkus Reviews). Starting in November 2013 in a forest in Rwanda—where a modest spring spouts a trickle of clear, cold water—writer, photographer, and explorer Levison Wood set forth on foot, aiming to become the first person to walk the entire length of the fabled river. He followed the Nile for nine months, over 4,000 miles, through six nations—Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, South Sudan, the Republic of Sudan, and Egypt—to the Mediterranean coast. Like his predecessors, Wood camped in the wild, foraged for food, and trudged through rainforest, swamp, savannah, and desert, enduring life-threatening conditions at every turn. He traversed sandstorms, flash floods, minefields, and more, becoming a local celebrity in Uganda, where a popular rap song was written about him, and a potential enemy of the state in South Sudan, where he found himself caught in a civil war and detained by the secret police. As well as recounting his triumphs, like escaping a charging hippo and staving off wild crocodiles, Wood’s gripping account recalls the loss of Matthew Power, a journalist who died suddenly from heat exhaustion during their trek. As Wood walks on, often joined by local guides who help him to navigate foreign languages and customs, Walking the Nile maps out African history and contemporary life. “Woods emerges as a dutiful and brave guide.”—Los Angeles Times “Many have attempted this holy grail of an expedition—so I admire Lev’s determination and courage to pull this off.”—Bear Grylls “A brilliant book.”—Financial Times
Publisher: Grove/Atlantic, Inc.
ISBN: 0802190685
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 455
Book Description
The explorer and author of Walking the Americas and Walking the Himalayas delivers “a bold travelogue, illuminating great swathes of modern Africa” (Kirkus Reviews). Starting in November 2013 in a forest in Rwanda—where a modest spring spouts a trickle of clear, cold water—writer, photographer, and explorer Levison Wood set forth on foot, aiming to become the first person to walk the entire length of the fabled river. He followed the Nile for nine months, over 4,000 miles, through six nations—Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, South Sudan, the Republic of Sudan, and Egypt—to the Mediterranean coast. Like his predecessors, Wood camped in the wild, foraged for food, and trudged through rainforest, swamp, savannah, and desert, enduring life-threatening conditions at every turn. He traversed sandstorms, flash floods, minefields, and more, becoming a local celebrity in Uganda, where a popular rap song was written about him, and a potential enemy of the state in South Sudan, where he found himself caught in a civil war and detained by the secret police. As well as recounting his triumphs, like escaping a charging hippo and staving off wild crocodiles, Wood’s gripping account recalls the loss of Matthew Power, a journalist who died suddenly from heat exhaustion during their trek. As Wood walks on, often joined by local guides who help him to navigate foreign languages and customs, Walking the Nile maps out African history and contemporary life. “Woods emerges as a dutiful and brave guide.”—Los Angeles Times “Many have attempted this holy grail of an expedition—so I admire Lev’s determination and courage to pull this off.”—Bear Grylls “A brilliant book.”—Financial Times
Adrift on the Nile
Author: Naguib Mahfouz
Publisher: Anchor
ISBN: 0385423330
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 177
Book Description
First published in 1966, Naguib Mahfouz’s Adrift on the Nile is an atmospheric novel that dramatizes the rootlessness of Egypt’s cosmopolitan middle class. Anis Zani is a bored and drug-addicted civil servant who is barely holding on to his job. Every evening he hosts a gathering on a houseboat on the Nile, where he and a motley group of cynical and aimless friends share a water pipe full of kif, a mixture of tobacco and marijuana. When a young female journalist—an “alarmingly serious person”—joins them and begins secretly documenting their activities, the group’s harmony starts disintegrating, culminating in a midnight joyride that ends in tragedy.
Publisher: Anchor
ISBN: 0385423330
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 177
Book Description
First published in 1966, Naguib Mahfouz’s Adrift on the Nile is an atmospheric novel that dramatizes the rootlessness of Egypt’s cosmopolitan middle class. Anis Zani is a bored and drug-addicted civil servant who is barely holding on to his job. Every evening he hosts a gathering on a houseboat on the Nile, where he and a motley group of cynical and aimless friends share a water pipe full of kif, a mixture of tobacco and marijuana. When a young female journalist—an “alarmingly serious person”—joins them and begins secretly documenting their activities, the group’s harmony starts disintegrating, culminating in a midnight joyride that ends in tragedy.
Hydropolitics of the Nile Valley
Author: John Waterbury
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 328
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 328
Book Description
Life Along the Ancient Nile
Author: Jim Whiting
Publisher: Referencepoint Press
ISBN: 9781601522528
Category : Egypt
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
his series provides a comprehensive overview of ancient Egyptian civilization. Each book is well-researched and includes quotes from experts and ancient texts which provide well-documented insight. The best book in the series is Life Along the Ancient Nile; the coverage of marriage, understanding to the written text. Each book contains a timeline, important facts highlighted in sidebars, and websites. After reading this series, students will clearly understand why the legacy of ancient Egypt stands out from other ancient cultures.
Publisher: Referencepoint Press
ISBN: 9781601522528
Category : Egypt
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
his series provides a comprehensive overview of ancient Egyptian civilization. Each book is well-researched and includes quotes from experts and ancient texts which provide well-documented insight. The best book in the series is Life Along the Ancient Nile; the coverage of marriage, understanding to the written text. Each book contains a timeline, important facts highlighted in sidebars, and websites. After reading this series, students will clearly understand why the legacy of ancient Egypt stands out from other ancient cultures.
The Mummy's Curse
Author: Jeremy Westphal
Publisher: Bellwether Media
ISBN: 1600146430
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 26
Book Description
"Engaging images accompany information about the Mummy's Curse. The combination of high-interest subject matter and light text is intended for students in grades 3 through 7"--Provided by publisher.
Publisher: Bellwether Media
ISBN: 1600146430
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 26
Book Description
"Engaging images accompany information about the Mummy's Curse. The combination of high-interest subject matter and light text is intended for students in grades 3 through 7"--Provided by publisher.
Egypt Land
Author: Scott Trafton
Publisher: Duke University Press
ISBN: 9780822333623
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 382
Book Description
DIVExplores the relation between nineteenth-century American interest in ancient Egypt in architecture, literature, and science, and the ways Egypt was deployed by advocates for slavery and by African American writers./div
Publisher: Duke University Press
ISBN: 9780822333623
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 382
Book Description
DIVExplores the relation between nineteenth-century American interest in ancient Egypt in architecture, literature, and science, and the ways Egypt was deployed by advocates for slavery and by African American writers./div
Death on the Nile
Author: Agatha Christie
Publisher: HarperCollins
ISBN: 9780007527557
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
"I'd like to put my dear little pistol against her head and just pull the trigger". A cruise down the Nile on a river steamer sounds like the perfect way to get away from it all - a civilized retreat miles from civilization ! But the tranquil warm darkness of an Egyptian evening can change fast when the air is thick with hot passions and cold malice. Temperatures rise when the first passenger is shot, and Hercule Poirot must abandon the mysteries of ancient Egypt and focus on altogether deadlier matters...
Publisher: HarperCollins
ISBN: 9780007527557
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
"I'd like to put my dear little pistol against her head and just pull the trigger". A cruise down the Nile on a river steamer sounds like the perfect way to get away from it all - a civilized retreat miles from civilization ! But the tranquil warm darkness of an Egyptian evening can change fast when the air is thick with hot passions and cold malice. Temperatures rise when the first passenger is shot, and Hercule Poirot must abandon the mysteries of ancient Egypt and focus on altogether deadlier matters...
Hippolyta and the Curse of the Amazons
Author: Jane Yolen
Publisher: Open Road Media
ISBN: 148042336X
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 254
Book Description
DIVDIVBefore she became Queen of the Amazons, young Hippolyta fought to break a goddess’s curse . . . /divDIV An ancient prophecy states that any Amazon who bears two sons must kill the second, lest he grow up to destroy all the Amazons. But Queen Otrere can’t bear to sacrifice her baby, so she gives him to her daughter, thirteen-year-old Hippolyta, begging her to take the child to his father, Laomedon, King of Troy. In order to save her baby brother’s life, Hippolyta must find a lost city and lift a goddess’s curse. Along the way, she will need help from an unexpected source: a newly discovered brother. But can Hippolyta bring herself to trust a boy in order to save the Amazons?/divDIV /divDIVThis ebook features personal histories by Jane Yolen and Robert J. Harris including rare images from the authors’ personal collections, as well as a timeline of the Heroic Age and a conversation between the two authors about the making of the series./div/div
Publisher: Open Road Media
ISBN: 148042336X
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 254
Book Description
DIVDIVBefore she became Queen of the Amazons, young Hippolyta fought to break a goddess’s curse . . . /divDIV An ancient prophecy states that any Amazon who bears two sons must kill the second, lest he grow up to destroy all the Amazons. But Queen Otrere can’t bear to sacrifice her baby, so she gives him to her daughter, thirteen-year-old Hippolyta, begging her to take the child to his father, Laomedon, King of Troy. In order to save her baby brother’s life, Hippolyta must find a lost city and lift a goddess’s curse. Along the way, she will need help from an unexpected source: a newly discovered brother. But can Hippolyta bring herself to trust a boy in order to save the Amazons?/divDIV /divDIVThis ebook features personal histories by Jane Yolen and Robert J. Harris including rare images from the authors’ personal collections, as well as a timeline of the Heroic Age and a conversation between the two authors about the making of the series./div/div
Academy and Literature
Author: Charles Edward Cutts Birch Appleton
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Literature
Languages : en
Pages : 852
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Literature
Languages : en
Pages : 852
Book Description