A History of Chess
Author: Harold James Ruthven Murray
Publisher:
Published: 1913
Total Pages: 966
ISBN-13:
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A World of Chess
Author: Jean-Louis Cazaux
Publisher: McFarland
Published: 2017-09-19
Total Pages: 407
ISBN-13: 1476629013
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWith more than 400 illustrations, and detailed maps, this immense and deeply researched account of the history of chess covers not only the modern international game, derived from Persian and Arab roots, but a broad spectrum of variants going back 1500 years, some of which are still played in various parts of the world. The evolution of strategic board games, especially in India, China and Japan, is discussed in detail. Many more recent chess variants (board sizes, new pieces, 3-D, etc.) are fully covered. Instructions for play are provided, with historical context, for every game presented.
Rebirth: Game of the World
Author: Bei Haishenfeng
Publisher: Funstory
Published: 2020-01-04
Total Pages: 955
ISBN-13: 1648149170
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIf I want to become a Buddha or a Dragon Elephant, I'll have to become an ox or a horse, a mortal at the ninth level, and be reborn; I'll take the Nine Transformation of Spirit and fight for my life with the heavens; if I step into the Spirit Sea, then I can transcend the five elements of heaven and earth. A chess piece could point to the rivers and mountains, a chess piece could contain the heavens of all worlds, a chess piece could bring down countless stars, and within the chess board, there would be a chess game, and within the chess piece, there would be heaven and earth.
Space!
Author: DK
Publisher: Penguin
Published: 2015-09-01
Total Pages: 210
ISBN-13: 1465449116
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFrom the publishers of the award-winning Knowledge Encyclopedia comes Space! Truly encyclopedic in scope and fully up-to-date in covering the stars and planets, space exploration, and the night sky, Space! is packed with amazing facts and NASA images revealing the wonders of the cosmos--from black holes to the big bang to the planets. Using computer-generated 3D models to explore and open up the most amazing objects in the universe, showing each object in incredible detail, Space! is bursting with facts, infographics, and data boxes. Every topic is covered in depth and detail while remaining easy to understand at a glance. With fresh content, up-to-date images, and crystal-clear, hi-tech design, Space! is a bold new approach to family reference.
Pie
Author: Ken Haedrich
Publisher: Harvard Common Press
Published: 2011-09-13
Total Pages: 680
ISBN-13: 9781558322547
DOWNLOAD EBOOKPie is the most comprehensive and accessible book ever written on the subject of American pie.
Celestial Chess
Author: Thomas Bontly
Publisher:
Published: 2019-11-19
Total Pages: 358
ISBN-13: 9780998706597
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAmerican scholar and lettered medievalist, David Fairchild, swings a plum sabbatical at Cambridge University, where he is given full access to a rare manuscript written by a mad monk of shameful repute-Geoffrey Gervaise. The Westchurch Manuscript has lain neglected in the University vaults for centuries . . . or has it? A shadowy nefarious cabal has had an interest in the manuscript for a very long time and sharpens its claws anytime anyone probes its secrets. Expecting a pleasant year pursuing his passion for medieval literature, Fairchild quickly finds himself entangled in the centuries old curse that surrounds the manuscript and its mysterious author. Murders ensue, the Supernatural stirs and old haunting grounds are disturbed. Fairchild must make some hard decisions if he is to save a family that has lived under the Gervaise curse for generations. Buoyant with humor, and electrified by suspense and shuddering frights, Thomas Bontly's Celestial Chess is at long last available again. In his new introduction to the novel, Thomas Kent Miller reveals everything he loves about this sadly neglected novel and relates his decades-long quest to see it back in print. Bravo! With a pace that sizzles like a five-minute blitz match, Celestial Chess is on the board, so what do you say to a quick game? Your move . . .
Love and Existence
Author: Kamal Mirawdeli
Publisher: AuthorHouse
Published: 2012-09-28
Total Pages: 667
ISBN-13: 1477231188
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis work is a scholarly study of Ahmadi Khanis Mem Zn, the most famous and the most important text of Kurdish classical literature. The study is totally original and is based on methodical in-depth textual analysis of the work with original translations. The author defines the work as an Aristotlean tragedy revealing its unique dramatic elements, scenes, events, structures and characters. It also delves deeper into the Sufist and philosophical levels of the text revealing the astonishing modernist nature and mode of the work as Zoroastrian Existentialism. Dr Mirawdeli offers a line-by-line translation and textual analysis of Khanis prologues in which he has presented his nationalist discourse offering an original interpretation that establishes Khanis ideas as a complete theory of Kurdish nationalism.
On the Persian Game of Chess
Author: N. Bland
Publisher:
Published: 1851
Total Pages: 306
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Demon's Guide to the Apocalypse
Author: Karen Frost
Publisher: Bella Books
Published: 2023-08-01
Total Pages: 358
ISBN-13: 1642475475
DOWNLOAD EBOOKRevoking unruly demons back to Hell is a rough job, but for Theodora, Annabeth, and Harriet, the three half-human women who do it on behalf of the Daemonium, it pays the bills. Plus, demons are jerks, so they’re kind of doing everyone a favor. But when an angel appears with the shocking news that someone has started opening the seven seals of the Apocalypse, setting in motion the end of the world, they find themselves facing a seemingly impossible problem: how do you find and stop someone who scares even angels…and you work for demons? It’s a dangerous mission with terrible odds. Already, Pestilence—the first Horseman of the Apocalypse—has been released, and the longer it takes them to find the culprit, the more Horsemen will be freed. As the women crisscross the city, desperately trying to piece together the clues that could help them save humanity, they discover that a secret kept from them since birth holds the key to stopping the Apocalypse…or completing it.
