Author: RONALD & PHILIP KINSELLA
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 0244803382
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 158
Book Description
Princess Athena has a birthday surprise she?ll never forget! Living in the mid-21st Century, she ? along with her mechanical sidekick ?Magnus the Micro-Mutt? ? take a trip to Egypt where it is rumoured an archaeological team are unearthing the apparent remains of a creature ? a creature not of this world! Determined to seek out the elusive dig, Athena and Magnus find more than they bargained for upon locating the tomb and quickly realise that the infamous alien is not dead, rather ? suspended in hibernation. Carelessly interrupting the extra-terrestrial's slumber, Lord Sakkara is resurrected and his dreadful presence casts a shadow over the land. It is up to Athena, Magnus and their handsome bodyguard, Captain Scott, to confront the beast and to stop him from resuming command over planet Earth.
MAGNUS THE MICRO-MUTT & THE SPACE GOD
Author: RONALD & PHILIP KINSELLA
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 0244803382
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 158
Book Description
Princess Athena has a birthday surprise she?ll never forget! Living in the mid-21st Century, she ? along with her mechanical sidekick ?Magnus the Micro-Mutt? ? take a trip to Egypt where it is rumoured an archaeological team are unearthing the apparent remains of a creature ? a creature not of this world! Determined to seek out the elusive dig, Athena and Magnus find more than they bargained for upon locating the tomb and quickly realise that the infamous alien is not dead, rather ? suspended in hibernation. Carelessly interrupting the extra-terrestrial's slumber, Lord Sakkara is resurrected and his dreadful presence casts a shadow over the land. It is up to Athena, Magnus and their handsome bodyguard, Captain Scott, to confront the beast and to stop him from resuming command over planet Earth.
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 0244803382
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 158
Book Description
Princess Athena has a birthday surprise she?ll never forget! Living in the mid-21st Century, she ? along with her mechanical sidekick ?Magnus the Micro-Mutt? ? take a trip to Egypt where it is rumoured an archaeological team are unearthing the apparent remains of a creature ? a creature not of this world! Determined to seek out the elusive dig, Athena and Magnus find more than they bargained for upon locating the tomb and quickly realise that the infamous alien is not dead, rather ? suspended in hibernation. Carelessly interrupting the extra-terrestrial's slumber, Lord Sakkara is resurrected and his dreadful presence casts a shadow over the land. It is up to Athena, Magnus and their handsome bodyguard, Captain Scott, to confront the beast and to stop him from resuming command over planet Earth.
Magnus the Micro-Mutt and the Pharaoh’s Curse
Author:
Publisher: E-Books Publisher
ISBN: 1780690908
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 128
Book Description
Publisher: E-Books Publisher
ISBN: 1780690908
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 128
Book Description
James Joyce and the Burden of Disease
Author: Kathleen Ferris
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
ISBN: 0813184533
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 181
Book Description
James Joyce's near blindness, his peculiar gait, and his death from perforated ulcers are commonplace knowledge to most of his readers. But until now, most Joyce scholars have not recognized that these symptoms point to a diagnosis of syphilis. Kathleen Ferris traces Joyce's medical history as described in his correspondence, in the diaries of his brother Stanislaus, and in the memoirs of his acquaintances, to show that many of his symptoms match those of tabes dorsalis, a form of neurosyphilis which, untreated, eventually leads to paralysis. Combining literary analysis and medical detection, Ferris builds a convincing case that this dread disease is the subject of much of Joyce's autobiographical writing. Many of this characters, most notably Stephen Dedalus and Leopold Bloom, exhibit the same symptoms as their creator: stiffness of gait, digestive problems, hallucinations, and impaired vision. Ferris also demonstrates that the themes of sin, guilt, and retribution so prevalent in Joyce's works are almost certainly a consequence of his having contracted venereal disease as a young man while frequenting the brothels of Dublin and Paris. By tracing the images, puns, and metaphors in Ulysses and Finnegans Wake, and by demonstrating their relationship to Joyce's experiences, Ferris shows the extent to which, for Joyce, art did indeed mirror life.
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
ISBN: 0813184533
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 181
Book Description
James Joyce's near blindness, his peculiar gait, and his death from perforated ulcers are commonplace knowledge to most of his readers. But until now, most Joyce scholars have not recognized that these symptoms point to a diagnosis of syphilis. Kathleen Ferris traces Joyce's medical history as described in his correspondence, in the diaries of his brother Stanislaus, and in the memoirs of his acquaintances, to show that many of his symptoms match those of tabes dorsalis, a form of neurosyphilis which, untreated, eventually leads to paralysis. Combining literary analysis and medical detection, Ferris builds a convincing case that this dread disease is the subject of much of Joyce's autobiographical writing. Many of this characters, most notably Stephen Dedalus and Leopold Bloom, exhibit the same symptoms as their creator: stiffness of gait, digestive problems, hallucinations, and impaired vision. Ferris also demonstrates that the themes of sin, guilt, and retribution so prevalent in Joyce's works are almost certainly a consequence of his having contracted venereal disease as a young man while frequenting the brothels of Dublin and Paris. By tracing the images, puns, and metaphors in Ulysses and Finnegans Wake, and by demonstrating their relationship to Joyce's experiences, Ferris shows the extent to which, for Joyce, art did indeed mirror life.
Entangled Life
Author: Merlin Sheldrake
Publisher: Random House Trade Paperbacks
ISBN: 052551032X
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 385
Book Description
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A “brilliant [and] entrancing” (The Guardian) journey into the hidden lives of fungi—the great connectors of the living world—and their astonishing and intimate roles in human life, with the power to heal our bodies, expand our minds, and help us address our most urgent environmental problems. “Grand and dizzying in how thoroughly it recalibrates our understanding of the natural world.”—Ed Yong, author of An Immense World ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR—Time, BBC Science Focus, The Daily Mail, Geographical, The Times, The Telegraph, New Statesman, London Evening Standard, Science Friday When we think of fungi, we likely think of mushrooms. But mushrooms are only fruiting bodies, analogous to apples on a tree. Most fungi live out of sight, yet make up a massively diverse kingdom of organisms that supports and sustains nearly all living systems. Fungi provide a key to understanding the planet on which we live, and the ways we think, feel, and behave. In the first edition of this mind-bending book, Sheldrake introduced us to this mysterious but massively diverse kingdom of life. This exquisitely designed volume, abridged from the original, features more than one hundred full-color images that bring the spectacular variety, strangeness, and beauty of fungi to life as never before. Fungi throw our concepts of individuality and even intelligence into question. They are metabolic masters, earth makers, and key players in most of life’s processes. They can change our minds, heal our bodies, and even help us remediate environmental disaster. By examining fungi on their own terms, Sheldrake reveals how these extraordinary organisms—and our relationships with them—are changing our understanding of how life works. Winner of the Wainwright Prize, the Royal Society Science Book Prize, and the Guild of Food Writers Award • Shortlisted for the British Book Award • Longlisted for the Rathbones Folio Prize
Publisher: Random House Trade Paperbacks
ISBN: 052551032X
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 385
Book Description
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A “brilliant [and] entrancing” (The Guardian) journey into the hidden lives of fungi—the great connectors of the living world—and their astonishing and intimate roles in human life, with the power to heal our bodies, expand our minds, and help us address our most urgent environmental problems. “Grand and dizzying in how thoroughly it recalibrates our understanding of the natural world.”—Ed Yong, author of An Immense World ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR—Time, BBC Science Focus, The Daily Mail, Geographical, The Times, The Telegraph, New Statesman, London Evening Standard, Science Friday When we think of fungi, we likely think of mushrooms. But mushrooms are only fruiting bodies, analogous to apples on a tree. Most fungi live out of sight, yet make up a massively diverse kingdom of organisms that supports and sustains nearly all living systems. Fungi provide a key to understanding the planet on which we live, and the ways we think, feel, and behave. In the first edition of this mind-bending book, Sheldrake introduced us to this mysterious but massively diverse kingdom of life. This exquisitely designed volume, abridged from the original, features more than one hundred full-color images that bring the spectacular variety, strangeness, and beauty of fungi to life as never before. Fungi throw our concepts of individuality and even intelligence into question. They are metabolic masters, earth makers, and key players in most of life’s processes. They can change our minds, heal our bodies, and even help us remediate environmental disaster. By examining fungi on their own terms, Sheldrake reveals how these extraordinary organisms—and our relationships with them—are changing our understanding of how life works. Winner of the Wainwright Prize, the Royal Society Science Book Prize, and the Guild of Food Writers Award • Shortlisted for the British Book Award • Longlisted for the Rathbones Folio Prize
A Fragile Inheritance
Author: Saloni Mathur
Publisher: Duke University Press
ISBN: 1478003383
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 156
Book Description
In A Fragile Inheritance Saloni Mathur investigates the work of two seminal figures from the global South: the New Delhi-based critic and curator Geeta Kapur and contemporary multimedia artist Vivan Sundaram. Examining their written and visual works over the past fifty years, Mathur illuminates how her protagonists’ political and aesthetic commitments intersect and foreground uncertainty, difficulty, conflict, and contradiction. This book presents new understandings of the culture and politics of decolonization and the role of non-Western aesthetic avant-gardes within the discourses of contemporary art. Through skillful interpretation of Sundaram's and Kapur’s practices, Mathur demonstrates how received notions of mainstream art history may be investigated and subjected to creative redefinition. Her scholarly methodology offers an impassioned model of critical aesthetics and advances a radical understanding of art and politics in our time.
Publisher: Duke University Press
ISBN: 1478003383
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 156
Book Description
In A Fragile Inheritance Saloni Mathur investigates the work of two seminal figures from the global South: the New Delhi-based critic and curator Geeta Kapur and contemporary multimedia artist Vivan Sundaram. Examining their written and visual works over the past fifty years, Mathur illuminates how her protagonists’ political and aesthetic commitments intersect and foreground uncertainty, difficulty, conflict, and contradiction. This book presents new understandings of the culture and politics of decolonization and the role of non-Western aesthetic avant-gardes within the discourses of contemporary art. Through skillful interpretation of Sundaram's and Kapur’s practices, Mathur demonstrates how received notions of mainstream art history may be investigated and subjected to creative redefinition. Her scholarly methodology offers an impassioned model of critical aesthetics and advances a radical understanding of art and politics in our time.
Modern Paganism in World Cultures
Author: Michael Strmiska
Publisher: ABC-CLIO
ISBN: 1851096086
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
A study of Neopagan religious movements in North America, the United Kingdom, and Europe where people increasingly turn to ancestral religions, not as amusement or matters of passing interest, but in an effort to practice those religions as they were before the advent of Christianity.
Publisher: ABC-CLIO
ISBN: 1851096086
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
A study of Neopagan religious movements in North America, the United Kingdom, and Europe where people increasingly turn to ancestral religions, not as amusement or matters of passing interest, but in an effort to practice those religions as they were before the advent of Christianity.
The rock-bottom twins
Author: Ronald Kinsella
Publisher: Pegasus Elliot MacKenzie Publishers
ISBN: 9781903491461
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 104
Book Description
Publisher: Pegasus Elliot MacKenzie Publishers
ISBN: 9781903491461
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 104
Book Description
The Rise of Ramshack
Author: Ronald Kinsella
Publisher: Vanguard Press
ISBN: 9781784650308
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 177
Book Description
Ramshack the Robot has been built to make twins, Boogle and Buff Kings-Million, a lot of money. Unfortunately things don't go quite the way they were intended, and his creation causes quite a stir. Unbeknownst to the twins, when building Ramshack they had made a glaring error in the electrics. One that they wonder, at times, if they will live to regret... Titan and Tinker have been created to rule over those lazy, fat twins. Keep them in order. Keep them working. Keep them oblivious. At a secret location, Ramshack is now 'The Emperor', demanding respect and admiration among his multiplying minions. The Rise of Ramshack is an intriguing, edge-of-your-seat sequel to Ronald and Philip Kinsella's The Rock Bottom Twins and the Nakkubatty Misson. Is Ramshack's cold, hard reasoning a fitting match for Boogle and Buff's sentimental logic?
Publisher: Vanguard Press
ISBN: 9781784650308
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 177
Book Description
Ramshack the Robot has been built to make twins, Boogle and Buff Kings-Million, a lot of money. Unfortunately things don't go quite the way they were intended, and his creation causes quite a stir. Unbeknownst to the twins, when building Ramshack they had made a glaring error in the electrics. One that they wonder, at times, if they will live to regret... Titan and Tinker have been created to rule over those lazy, fat twins. Keep them in order. Keep them working. Keep them oblivious. At a secret location, Ramshack is now 'The Emperor', demanding respect and admiration among his multiplying minions. The Rise of Ramshack is an intriguing, edge-of-your-seat sequel to Ronald and Philip Kinsella's The Rock Bottom Twins and the Nakkubatty Misson. Is Ramshack's cold, hard reasoning a fitting match for Boogle and Buff's sentimental logic?
Critical Terms for Media Studies
Author: W. J. T. Mitchell
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 0226532666
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 378
Book Description
Communications, philosophy, film and video, digital culture: media studies straddles an astounding array of fields and disciplines and produces a vocabulary that is in equal parts rigorous and intuitive. Critical Terms for Media Studies defines, and at times, redefines, what this new and hybrid area aims to do, illuminating the key concepts behind its liveliest debates and most dynamic topics. Part of a larger conversation that engages culture, technology, and politics, this exciting collection of essays explores our most critical language for dealing with the qualities and modes of contemporary media. Edited by two outstanding scholars in the field, W. J. T. Mitchell and Mark B. N. Hansen, the volume features works by a team of distinguished contributors. These essays, commissioned expressly for this volume, are organized into three interrelated groups: “Aesthetics” engages with terms that describe sensory experiences and judgments, “Technology” offers entry into a broad array of technological concepts, and “Society” opens up language describing the systems that allow a medium to function. A compelling reference work for the twenty-first century and the media that form our experience within it, Critical Terms for Media Studies will engage and deepen any reader’s knowledge of one of our most important new fields.
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 0226532666
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 378
Book Description
Communications, philosophy, film and video, digital culture: media studies straddles an astounding array of fields and disciplines and produces a vocabulary that is in equal parts rigorous and intuitive. Critical Terms for Media Studies defines, and at times, redefines, what this new and hybrid area aims to do, illuminating the key concepts behind its liveliest debates and most dynamic topics. Part of a larger conversation that engages culture, technology, and politics, this exciting collection of essays explores our most critical language for dealing with the qualities and modes of contemporary media. Edited by two outstanding scholars in the field, W. J. T. Mitchell and Mark B. N. Hansen, the volume features works by a team of distinguished contributors. These essays, commissioned expressly for this volume, are organized into three interrelated groups: “Aesthetics” engages with terms that describe sensory experiences and judgments, “Technology” offers entry into a broad array of technological concepts, and “Society” opens up language describing the systems that allow a medium to function. A compelling reference work for the twenty-first century and the media that form our experience within it, Critical Terms for Media Studies will engage and deepen any reader’s knowledge of one of our most important new fields.
Batman Beyond: Hush Beyond
Author: Adam Beechen
Publisher: DC Comics
ISBN: 1401244726
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 148
Book Description
A new graphic novel inspired by the fan-favorite animated TV series Batman Beyond! Terry McGinnis--the Batman of the future--and an elderly Bruce Wayne--the original Batman--are the sworn protectors of Neo-Gotham. But when someonetargets The Dark Knight's old foes, the new Batman must begin a case that reaches back into Bruce Wayne's past and puts Terry's future directly in danger.
Publisher: DC Comics
ISBN: 1401244726
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 148
Book Description
A new graphic novel inspired by the fan-favorite animated TV series Batman Beyond! Terry McGinnis--the Batman of the future--and an elderly Bruce Wayne--the original Batman--are the sworn protectors of Neo-Gotham. But when someonetargets The Dark Knight's old foes, the new Batman must begin a case that reaches back into Bruce Wayne's past and puts Terry's future directly in danger.