Alexandria
Author: Edmund Richardson
Publisher:
Published: 2022-05-12
Total Pages: 352
ISBN-13: 9781526603821
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Guardian Cats and the Lost Books of Alexandria
Author: Rahma Krambo
Publisher: Rahma Krambo
Published: 2011-08
Total Pages: 282
ISBN-13: 9780983705413
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn the wrong hands, some books can be dangerous-and some libraries can be positively deadly. Marco, a young tabby, has been perfectly happy as a small town library cat and newly appointed Guardian of an ancient mystical book. However, when otherworldly creatures begin roaming the stacks after hours, and his mentor, the elder Guardian, is killed, Marco's innocent world is shattered. The young tabby cat is on his own, ill-prepared for the daunting task of safekeeping the magical book of power-and the very heart and soul of the library. Time and space are no barriers for Marco's shape shifting friends and enemies as he learns that the library is the most dangerous place worth saving. Guardian Cats is the classic hero's journey with cats as the guardians of an ancient mystical book of power.
The Lost City of Alexandria
Author: George Foster Leal
Publisher:
Published: 2015-03-13
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781480815995
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDon Robeson is an ex-Navy Seal and archaeologist with the Egyptian Antiquities Council searching for the Lost City of Alexandria. He hits pay dirt when they discover an ancient diadem that may lead to the tomb of Cleopatra. That's when his troubles begin. Don and his crew become targets of antiquity pirates, the secret police, and even corrupt officials, and these people will stop at nothing to claim the discovery of one of Egypt's greatest treasures. When Don's friend Professor Abdul-Clatta is kidnapped along with the diadem, Don knows he must do whatever it takes to get them both back. His dangerous quest leads him from the depths of the Mediterranean to the Catacombs of Alexandria to the great Western Desert. The locals aren't any help, and Don realizes he can trust no one in this foreign land. Accompanied by his beautiful companion Kathleen Caulder, Don vows to regain the diadem for the Egyptian people--the only ones who deserve ownership of Cleopatra's tomb. But time is running out. In order to save the life of his friend, Don uses his Navy Seal training to outsmart and out muscle his greedy enemies. Now, only he can rescue the professor and a priceless ancient relic.
The Lost Library of Alexandria
Author: Malcom Massey
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Published: 2018-06-12
Total Pages: 248
ISBN-13: 9781979370554
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWhen the trail of clues summons the IAF to the Middle East, Martin Culver faces his most crucial challenge: To stand down as his colleagues are picked off one by one, or to fan the flames of world tensions.While the secrets of the Library of Alexandria threaten to revive Ancient Babylon, a vengeful tyrant has built a sinister army, seeking retribution on all who oppose him. Will the evil conjured by the wisdom of the remote past bring about a hellish vision for the future? Or will Culver rally the remnants of his team to end this nightmare before it's too late?
Books on Fire
Author: Lucien X. Polastron
Publisher: Lucien X. POLASTRON
Published: 2007-08-13
Total Pages: 396
ISBN-13: 9781594771675
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAlmost as old as the idea of the library is the urge to destroy it. Author Lucien X. Polastron traces the history of this destruction, examining the causes for these disasters, the treasures that have been lost, and where the surviving books, if any, have ended up. Books on Fire received the 2004 Societe des Gens de Lettres Prize for Nonfiction/History in Paris.
The Alexandria You Are Losing
Author: Yasser El-Sayed
Publisher:
Published: 2019-11-11
Total Pages: 286
ISBN-13: 9781647132606
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Alexandria You Are Losing and Other Stories explores universal themes of dislocation and uprooting; American and Arab characters yearning for a home they have forsaken, or for a more palpable sense of identity and belonging. The stories also illuminate the common threads that connect us as human beings, the bridges we form one to the other despite conflict and misperceptions. We see an American experience, whether one is a recent immigrant or not, infused with migration, transience and displacement. The stories in this collection capture in a genuinely universal manner that sense of not belonging, of being "un-housed" in some way, and searching for a place in the world.
Libraries in the Ancient World
Author: Lionel Casson
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 2001-01-01
Total Pages: 191
ISBN-13: 0300088094
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe unexpected murder in the little Cotswolds town of Colombury has everyone guessing. Before the answers are found more lives are threatened.
The Vanished Library
Author: Luciano Canfora
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Published: 1990-08-29
Total Pages: 220
ISBN-13: 9780520072558
DOWNLOAD EBOOKRecreates the world of ancient Egypt, describes how the Library of Alexandria was created, and speculates on its destruction.
Visualizing the invisible with the human body
Author: J. Cale Johnson
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Published: 2019-11-05
Total Pages: 504
ISBN-13: 3110642689
DOWNLOAD EBOOKPhysiognomy and ekphrasis are two of the most important modes of description in antiquity and represent the necessary precursors of scientific description. The primary way of divining the characteristics and fate of an individual, whether inborn or acquired, was to observe the patient’s external characteristics and behaviour. This volume focuses initially on two types of descriptive literature in Mesopotamia: physiognomic omens and what we might call ekphrastic description. These modalities are traced through ancient India, Ugaritic and the Hebrew Bible, before arriving at the physiognomic features of famous historical figures such as Themistocles, Socrates or Augustus in the Graeco-Roman world, where physiognomic discussions become intertwined with typological analyses of human characters. The Arabic compendial culture absorbed and remade these different physiognomic and ekphrastic traditions, incorporating both Mesopotamian links between physiognomy and medicine and the interest in characterological ‘types’ that had emerged in the Hellenistic period. This volume offer the first wide-ranging picture of these modalities of description in antiquity.
The Lost Book of Alexander the Great
Author: Andrew Young
Publisher:
Published: 2014
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781594161971
DOWNLOAD EBOOKRecounts the "History of Alexander's Conquests" of Ptolemy Lagides, a Macedonian officer who accompanied Alexander the Great during his conquests and who was later to lead the city of Alexandria in its triumph after Alexander's death.
