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Author: Jeffrey Lee
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Published: 2017-05
Total Pages: 320
ISBN-13: 9781782399285
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe sweeping story of one of the most notorious crusader knights, Reynald de Chatillon - a great Christian hero of the Second Crusade and one of the most hated figures in Islamic history.
Author: Dan Davis
Publisher:
Published: 2020-05-16
Total Pages: 134
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKA young chief. An escaped demon. A quest for immortality. The Eurasian Steppe, 3000 BC. As Perseyus leads his clan across the plains, the mighty wolf god Kolnos appears on the horizon. The death serpent Medohis has escaped from the immortal mountain to bring chaos to the world. And of all the men of the clans only Perseyus has strength enough to defeat her. For Perseyus is godborn. Born to a mortal mother, his father is the lord of the gods. But now Perseyus must sacrifice everything he has fought for and journey south across the plains to the mountain lair of the serpent demon. Standing in his way are treacherous clan chiefs, wealthy lords of the settled peoples, and the corrupted acolytes of the serpent demon. Will Perseyus merely walk the path of men or will he fulfil his destiny as one who is godborn and choose to walk the path of the gods? This novella takes place in the world of the new mythological fantasy series Gods of Bronze from the bestselling author of the Immortal Knight Chronicles. Gods of Bronze explores the world of the 3rd millennium BC where gods and demons battle for power over the peoples of early bronze age Europe, Asia and the Middle East. Watch out for the upcoming novel Godborn which begins the legend of the immortal hero, demigod, and monster slayer Herkulos.
Author: Ai Tenkawa
Publisher: Wolf God
Published: 2010
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781569700808
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn Wolf God, the leader of the Inugami pack is dying from old age, and it's up to Kyonousuke to find the next Alpha, his long lost brother. The wolf blood in his veins gives him heightened senses and strength, but he gets stuck when he makes it to the city. Then comes Koyuki, a high school girl that carries his brother's scent. Can she help Kyonousuke find his brother?
Author: Charles King
Publisher: Anchor
Published: 2020-07-14
Total Pages: 482
ISBN-13: 0525432329
DOWNLOAD EBOOK2020 Anisfield-Wolf Book Award Winner Finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award From an award-winning historian comes a dazzling history of the birth of cultural anthropology and the adventurous scientists who pioneered it—a sweeping chronicle of discovery and the fascinating origin story of our multicultural world. A century ago, everyone knew that people were fated by their race, sex, and nationality to be more or less intelligent, nurturing, or warlike. But Columbia University professor Franz Boas looked at the data and decided everyone was wrong. Racial categories, he insisted, were biological fictions. Cultures did not come in neat packages labeled "primitive" or "advanced." What counted as a family, a good meal, or even common sense was a product of history and circumstance, not of nature. In Gods of the Upper Air, a masterful narrative history of radical ideas and passionate lives, Charles King shows how these intuitions led to a fundamental reimagining of human diversity. Boas's students were some of the century's most colorful figures and unsung visionaries: Margaret Mead, the outspoken field researcher whose Coming of Age in Samoa is among the most widely read works of social science of all time; Ruth Benedict, the great love of Mead's life, whose research shaped post-Second World War Japan; Ella Deloria, the Dakota Sioux activist who preserved the traditions of Native Americans on the Great Plains; and Zora Neale Hurston, whose studies under Boas fed directly into her now classic novel, Their Eyes Were Watching God. Together, they mapped civilizations from the American South to the South Pacific and from Caribbean islands to Manhattan's city streets, and unearthed an essential fact buried by centuries of prejudice: that humanity is an undivided whole. Their revolutionary findings would go on to inspire the fluid conceptions of identity we know today. Rich in drama, conflict, friendship, and love, Gods of the Upper Air is a brilliant and groundbreaking history of American progress and the opening of the modern mind.
Author: Allan Cole
Publisher: Allan Cole
Published: 1998
Total Pages: 393
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKSafar Timura thinks he is safe: Iraj Protarus is dead and his kingdom in ruins. He begins a life in exile in the Valley of the Clouds with his adopted child Palimak, but his mountain paradise is invaded by giant wolves, intent on murdering him, and Iraj is back from the dead, with powerful magic.
Author: Jordanna Max Brodsky
Publisher: Redhook
Published: 2019-01-29
Total Pages: 496
ISBN-13: 0316417149
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"If you liked American Gods by Neil Gaiman or Circe by Madeline Miller, be sure to pick this one up." -- Timeworn A sweeping tale of forbidden love and warring gods, where a young Inuit shaman and a Viking warrior become unwilling allies in a war that will determine the fate of the new world. There is a very old story, rarely told, of a wolf that runs into the ocean and becomes a whale. . . Born with the soul of a hunter and the spirit of the Wolf, Omat is destined to follow in her grandfather's footsteps-invoking the spirits of the land, sea, and sky to protect her people. But the gods have stopped listening and Omat's family is starving. Desperate to save them, Omat journeys across the icy wastes, fighting for survival with every step. When she encounters Brandr, a wounded Viking warrior, they set in motion a conflict that could shatter her world. . .or save it.
Author: Philip Gregorie
Publisher:
Published: 2021-12
Total Pages:
ISBN-13: 9781736610602
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Story of God with Us is a fully illustrated book that tracks through the Bible following the primary storyline of God's relentless pursuit to be with his people. The story moves from Genesis all the way to Revelation by featuring various mountains that appear throughout the Bible.
Author: Lady Wolf
Publisher: Green Magic
Published: 2022-09-14
Total Pages: 208
ISBN-13: 9781916014060
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAn exploration of shapeshifting through animistic and totemistic witchcraft.
Author: Brett L. Walker
Publisher: University of Washington Press
Published: 2009-11-23
Total Pages: 355
ISBN-13: 0295989939
DOWNLOAD EBOOKMany Japanese once revered the wolf as Oguchi no Magami, or Large-Mouthed Pure God, but as Japan began its modern transformation wolves lost their otherworldly status and became noxious animals that needed to be killed. By 1905 they had disappeared from the country. In this spirited and absorbing narrative, Brett Walker takes a deep look at the scientific, cultural, and environmental dimensions of wolf extinction in Japan and tracks changing attitudes toward nature through Japan's long history. Grain farmers once worshiped wolves at shrines and left food offerings near their dens, beseeching the elusive canine to protect their crops from the sharp hooves and voracious appetites of wild boars and deer. Talismans and charms adorned with images of wolves protected against fire, disease, and other calamities and brought fertility to agrarian communities and to couples hoping to have children. The Ainu people believed that they were born from the union of a wolflike creature and a goddess. In the eighteenth century, wolves were seen as rabid man-killers in many parts of Japan. Highly ritualized wolf hunts were instigated to cleanse the landscape of what many considered as demons. By the nineteenth century, however, the destruction of wolves had become decidedly unceremonious, as seen on the island of Hokkaido. Through poisoning, hired hunters, and a bounty system, one of the archipelago's largest carnivores was systematically erased. The story of wolf extinction exposes the underside of Japan's modernization. Certain wolf scientists still camp out in Japan to listen for any trace of the elusive canines. The quiet they experience reminds us of the profound silence that awaits all humanity when, as the Japanese priest Kenko taught almost seven centuries ago, we "look on fellow sentient creatures without feeling compassion."
Author: Tamora Pierce
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Published: 2009-12-08
Total Pages: 352
ISBN-13: 1439132097
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDuring a dire battle against the fearsome Skinners, Daine and her mage teacher Numair are swept into the Divine Realms. Though happy to be alive, they are not where they want to be. They are desperately needed back home, where their old enemy, Ozorne, and his army of strange creatures are waging war against Tortall. Trapped in the mystical realms Daine discovers her mysterious parentage. And as these secrets of her past are revealed so is the treacherous way back to Tortall. So they embark on an extraordinary journey home, where the fate of all Tortall rests with Daine and her wild magic.
