On Wings of a Lion

On Wings of a Lion

Author: Susan Wakeford Angard

Publisher:

Published: 2019-04-15

Total Pages:

ISBN-13: 9781733898409

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ON WINGS OF A LION is a whirlwind of international intrigue and passion set in the last days of the Shah of Iran's reign. In September 1978, daredevil film director Kathryn Whitney, having lost everything meaningful in her life, comes to Iran to shoot a Boeing Super Bowl commercial. Her goal-to save her damaged Hollywood career. She arrives in a country exploding with revolution, where survival demands courage.At the Bank of Teheran, arranging for film financing, Kathryn is drawn to a display case housing the Persian Glories, a priceless collection of canary diamond jewelry with a powerful legacy, owned by Sir Anthony Evans. A woman in black, Rena Ajani, stares into the case then rushes past Kathryn who has no idea how this woman or her son Mirdad and these legendary jewels will endanger her life.In Shiraz Kathryn meets Anthony Evans, world-renowned photographer and world-class playboy. He is hired to shoot the Boeing commercial stills. Talent aside, he is the type of man she can't stand. While working closely together, however, an attraction bonds Kathryn and Anthony. Anthony is not what he seems. He is torn between his Persian and British heritage. Anthony's own parents' unsolved murder haunts him. With the encroaching power of Iranian terrorism, Anthony risks his life saving innocent Persian families from brutal Black Glove terrorists, a covert splinter group of SAVAK, Iran's secret police. When a frightening encounter with the Black Glove endangers Kathryn's loyal film crew, she goes from terror to fury. She makes a courageous decision that threatens her shoot, her livelihood, and her life.


Atalanta Fugiens

Atalanta Fugiens

Author: Michael Maiers

Publisher:

Published: 2015-11-25

Total Pages: 234

ISBN-13: 9781781071854

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One of the finest alchemical emblem books and unique in its own right. Michael Maier's work is richly illustrated with original prints by M. Merian; each of the 50 emblems presented consists of a motto, print, epigram, and a three-part musical setting of the epigram, followed by an exposition of its meaning.


Last Day Events

Last Day Events

Author: Ellen Gould Harmon White

Publisher: Pacific PressPub Assn

Published: 1992

Total Pages: 330

ISBN-13: 9780816318797

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Creatures Real and Imaginary in Chinese and Japanese Art

Creatures Real and Imaginary in Chinese and Japanese Art

Author: Walther G. von Krenner

Publisher: McFarland

Published: 2015-07-24

Total Pages: 181

ISBN-13: 0786497289

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This guide to identifying lions, unicorns and other creatures real and fanciful in Chinese and Japanese artwork explains how these and other animal depictions were introduced to the East, and how their portrayals changed over time. Tracing the lion's early use in Mesopotamian art and its cultural symbolism in Greece and Rome, this study includes stylized foxes, tigers, badgers and cats, as well as fanciful creatures like dragons, humanoid birds, water imps, demons and other chimerical beasts. Stories and descriptions are provided along with numerous photographs and drawings, making this work an invaluable resource for art collectors and anyone interested in East Asian culture and history.