Author: Various
Publisher: DigiCat
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 80
Book Description
'The Magic Bed' is a collection of famous Indian fairy tales of varied authorship. India is undoubtedly the home of the fairy-tale. Of those now in existence, probably one-third of such tales came from India. Gypsies, missionaries, travelers, and traders carried them to other countries where they were told and retold until much of their original form was obliterated, and many of their titles lost. The "Jatakas," or birth-stories of Buddha, form the earliest collection of fairy-tales in the world. It is from these, and from others told by native nurses, or ayahs, to children in India--where the belief in fairies, gnomes, ogres, and monsters is still widespread--that five stories most likely to interest young people have been selected to form this volume.
The Magic Image
Author: Cecil Beaton
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780316085977
Category : Photographers
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
"The Magic Image records the development of photography through the images and their makers, from the early pioneers ... to the great photographers today ... series of entries devoted to over 200 individual artists. Each entry consists of a key photograph, a comprehensive section of biographical and technical details ... and a personal assessment by Beaton of the photographer's contribution to his art ... A complete glossary of photographic processes and terminology is also included"--Cover.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780316085977
Category : Photographers
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
"The Magic Image records the development of photography through the images and their makers, from the early pioneers ... to the great photographers today ... series of entries devoted to over 200 individual artists. Each entry consists of a key photograph, a comprehensive section of biographical and technical details ... and a personal assessment by Beaton of the photographer's contribution to his art ... A complete glossary of photographic processes and terminology is also included"--Cover.
The Great Book of Magical Art, Hindu Magic and East Indian Occultism
Author: Lauron William De Laurence
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Occultism
Languages : en
Pages : 678
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Occultism
Languages : en
Pages : 678
Book Description
Aspects of Ancient Indian Polity
Author: Narendra Nath Law
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Administrative law
Languages : en
Pages : 258
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Administrative law
Languages : en
Pages : 258
Book Description
The Golden Bough: The Magic Art and the Evolution of Kings. The King of the Wood
Author: James George Frazer
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Magic
Languages : en
Pages : 474
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 : 474
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.
Hindu Magic
Author: Hereward Carrington
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Hindu magic
Languages : en
Pages : 72
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Hindu magic
Languages : en
Pages : 72
Book Description
The Civilization of the South Indian Americans
Author: Rafael Karsten
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1136217592
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 553
Book Description
First published in 2007. Deemed as an important contribution to the study of certain aspects of South American native civilisation, collated over five years, and includes personal observations as well as literature relating to the customs and beliefs of the native Indians in this vast area.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1136217592
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 553
Book Description
First published in 2007. Deemed as an important contribution to the study of certain aspects of South American native civilisation, collated over five years, and includes personal observations as well as literature relating to the customs and beliefs of the native Indians in this vast area.
The International Blue Book
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Biography
Languages : en
Pages : 1158
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Biography
Languages : en
Pages : 1158
Book Description
Image India
Author: Ram Dhamija
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Art, Indic
Languages : en
Pages : 100
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Art, Indic
Languages : en
Pages : 100
Book Description
The Wisteria Society of Lady Scoundrels
Author: India Holton
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0593200160
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 337
Book Description
A New York Times Notable Book of 2021 “The kind of book for which the word “rollicking” was invented.”—New York Times Book Review A prim and proper lady thief must save her aunt from a crazed pirate and his dangerously charming henchman in this fantastical historical romance. Cecilia Bassingwaite is the ideal Victorian lady. She's also a thief. Like the other members of the Wisteria Society crime sorority, she flies around England drinking tea, blackmailing friends, and acquiring treasure by interesting means. Sure, she has a dark and traumatic past and an overbearing aunt, but all things considered, it's a pleasant existence. Until the men show up. Ned Lightbourne is a sometimes assassin who is smitten with Cecilia from the moment they meet. Unfortunately, that happens to be while he's under direct orders to kill her. His employer, Captain Morvath, who possesses a gothic abbey bristling with cannons and an unbridled hate for the world, intends to rid England of all its presumptuous women, starting with the Wisteria Society. Ned has plans of his own. But both men have made one grave mistake. Never underestimate a woman. When Morvath imperils the Wisteria Society, Cecilia is forced to team up with her handsome would-be assassin to save the women who raised her--hopefully proving, once and for all, that she's as much of a scoundrel as the rest of them.
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0593200160
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 337
Book Description
A New York Times Notable Book of 2021 “The kind of book for which the word “rollicking” was invented.”—New York Times Book Review A prim and proper lady thief must save her aunt from a crazed pirate and his dangerously charming henchman in this fantastical historical romance. Cecilia Bassingwaite is the ideal Victorian lady. She's also a thief. Like the other members of the Wisteria Society crime sorority, she flies around England drinking tea, blackmailing friends, and acquiring treasure by interesting means. Sure, she has a dark and traumatic past and an overbearing aunt, but all things considered, it's a pleasant existence. Until the men show up. Ned Lightbourne is a sometimes assassin who is smitten with Cecilia from the moment they meet. Unfortunately, that happens to be while he's under direct orders to kill her. His employer, Captain Morvath, who possesses a gothic abbey bristling with cannons and an unbridled hate for the world, intends to rid England of all its presumptuous women, starting with the Wisteria Society. Ned has plans of his own. But both men have made one grave mistake. Never underestimate a woman. When Morvath imperils the Wisteria Society, Cecilia is forced to team up with her handsome would-be assassin to save the women who raised her--hopefully proving, once and for all, that she's as much of a scoundrel as the rest of them.
Bulletin
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Classified catalogs (Dewey decimal)
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Classified catalogs (Dewey decimal)
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description