Author: Charles Frederick Holder
Publisher: Good Press
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 197
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This book is a very full and informative account of elephants; their natural lives and habitats. It also documents the history of the relationship between humans and elephants and how they have been used at work and in wars.
Author: Charles Frederick Holder
Publisher:
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Category : Elephants
Languages : en
Pages : 408
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Tells about the elephant and its relation to man in war, pageantry, sports and games, as faithful laborer and servant, comrade and friend, its forms, structure and anatomy.
Author: Nancy Marie Brown
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 1137279370
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 290
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In the early 1800's, on a Hebridean beach in Scotland, the sea exposed an ancient treasure cache: 93 chessmen carved from walrus ivory. Norse netsuke, each face individual, each full of quirks, the Lewis Chessmen are probably the most famous chess pieces in the world. Harry played Wizard's Chess with them in Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone. Housed at the British Museum, they are among its most visited and beloved objects. Questions abounded: Who carved them? Where? Nancy Marie Brown's Ivory Vikings explores these mysteries by connecting medieval Icelandic sagas with modern archaeology, art history, forensics, and the history of board games. In the process, Ivory Vikings presents a vivid history of the 400 years when the Vikings ruled the North Atlantic, and the sea-road connected countries and islands we think of as far apart and culturally distinct: Norway and Scotland, Ireland and Iceland, and Greenland and North America. The story of the Lewis chessmen explains the economic lure behind the Viking voyages to the west in the 800s and 900s. And finally, it brings from the shadows an extraordinarily talented woman artist of the twelfth century: Margret the Adroit of Iceland.
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Publisher: Urner Barry Publications
ISBN:
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Languages : en
Pages : 52
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Author: Arash Khazeni
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 0520964268
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 265
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The City and the Wilderness recounts the journeys and microhistories of Indo-Persian travelers across the Indian Ocean and their encounters with the Burmese Kingdom and its littoral at the turn of the nineteenth century. As Mughal sovereignty waned under British colonial rule, Indo-Persian travelers and intermediaries linked to the East India Company explored and surveyed the Burmese Empire, inscribing it as a forest landscape and Buddhist kingdom at the crossroads of South and Southeast Asia. Based on colonial Persian travel books and narratives in which Indo-Persian knowledge and perceptions of the wondrous edges of the Indian Ocean merged with Orientalist pursuits, The City and the Wilderness uncovers fading histories of inter-Asian crossings and exchanges at the ends of the Mughal world.
Author: William Maskell
Publisher:
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Category : Ivories
Languages : en
Pages : 140
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Languages : en
Pages : 716
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Author: Sabrina Flynn
Publisher: Ink & Sea Publishing
ISBN: 1955207267
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 1126
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Atticus Riot isn’t your average Victorian detective, but then neither is his new partner. Murder, mayhem, and a dash of romance in this binge-worthy mystery series! Atticus Riot wants to leave his tortured past behind, but his partner’s murder haunts his every step. Before he can find peace, the gunfighter turned detective needs to find the killer. But then a missing heiress draws him into a conspiracy of lies. A young woman’s life is at stake, so why won’t her rich, older husband tell the whole truth about her disappearance? The clock is ticking and Riot must unravel a twisted trail before an innocent life is lost. But deceit runs deeper than he imagined, and he’s soon thrown into the path of a fiercely independent woman who’s his match in every way. A suspenseful Victorian mystery with a strong female lead and a romantic detective duo in San Francisco’s lawless Barbary Coast. Fans of Laurie R. King, Deanna Raybourn, and C.S. Harris will love this thrilling historical mystery series. What Amazon reviewers are saying: ★★★★★ “It's been a while since I've been ADDICTED to a series…” ★★★★★ “I highly recommend this book to mystery lovers!” ★★★★★ “A story reminiscent of Sherlock Holmes meeting Nick and Nora Charles.” ★★★★★ “A must read. Couldn’t put this down!”
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 804
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Author: James Anthony Froude
Publisher:
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Category : Authors
Languages : en
Pages : 806
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Contains the first printing of Sartor resartus, as well as other works by Thomas Carlyle.
