The Sword of Imagination

The Sword of Imagination

Author: Russell Kirk

Publisher:

Published: 2002

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780802839541

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Now available for the first time in a paperback edition, "The Swordof Imagination represents the capstone on the career of one ofAmerica's most influential conservative thinkers, Russell Kirk. This highly praised memoir, written dispassionately in thethird person, vividly portrays Kirk's intellectual life. Characterizedby verve, insight, and wit, the book ranges fully over the last halfof the twentieth century, pausing on such themes as Kirk's mentorsand opponents, the day's political figures, and those aspects of themodern world that he loved or despised. Throughout, readers find-- and are challenged by -- the conservative values, the "permanentthings, " for which Kirk became America's ardent champion.


The Sword of Imagination

The Sword of Imagination

Author: Russell Kirk

Publisher: Isi Conservative Classics

Published: 1995

Total Pages: 544

ISBN-13:

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"Russell Kirk (1918-1994) was an active participant in the intellectual, social, and political contests of our era. This memoir, written dispassionately in the third person, is a lively account of the literary and political controversies of more than half a century." "This book is as much a chronicle of the confusion and perplexities of the twentieth century as it is an autobiography. Philosophical insights and religious observations abound. Its portraits of Henry Ford, the Earl of Crawford, Flannery O'Connor, the Archduke Otto von Habsburg, T. S. Eliot, Wyndham Lewis, Donald Davidson, Richard Nixon, Ronald Reagan, and other notables are unparalleled."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved


Sword of Fire and Sea

Sword of Fire and Sea

Author: Erin Hoffman

Publisher: Pyr

Published: 2011-06-28

Total Pages: 321

ISBN-13: 1616143746

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Captain Vidarian Rulorat's great-grandfather gave up an imperial commission to commit social catastrophe by marrying a fire priestess. For love, he unwittingly doomed his family to generations of a rare genetic disease that follows families who cross elemental boundaries. Now Vidarian, the last surviving member of the Rulorat family, struggles to uphold his family legacy, and finds himself chained to a task as a result of the bride price his great-grandfather paid: The priestess Endera has called upon Vidarian to fulfill his family's obligation by transporting a young fire priestess named Ariadel to a water temple far to the south, through dangerous pirate-controlled territory. Vidarian finds himself at the intersection not only of the world's most volatile elements, but of the ancient and alien powers that lurk between them...


Voyage with the Vikings

Voyage with the Vikings

Author: Paul McCusker

Publisher: Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.

Published: 2012-01-11

Total Pages: 130

ISBN-13: 1604828552

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Over 1 million sold in series! While visiting Mr. Whittaker at Whit’s Soda Shoppe, Beth and Patrick find a mysterious letter in the Imagination Station requesting a Viking sunstone. The letter is old and says that someone named Albert will be imprisoned if the sunstone isn’t found. Mr. Whittaker sends cousins Patrick and Beth to Greenland circa 1000. On their quest for the sunstone, the cousins meet Vikings Erik the Red and Leif Eriksson—and find the sunstone as they join Leif on his first voyage to North America. But the adventure is just beginning, for when they return to Mr. Whittaker’s workshop with the sunstone, there is another note waiting for them, requesting a silver goblet. Join Patrick and Beth as they continue their travel to various lands and time in the Imagination Station book series.


Fantasy

Fantasy

Author: Richard Mathews

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2016-01-29

Total Pages: 245

ISBN-13: 113678554X

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Using a broad definition of fantasy to include myth, folklore, legend and fairy tale, this survey of the genre will entice as well as inform any student interested in the mysterious, mystical or magical. Beloved authors like J. R. R. Tolkien, Ursula K. Le Guin, William Morris and Robert E. Howard are examined closely.


Sword & Citadel

Sword & Citadel

Author: Gene Wolfe

Publisher: Macmillan

Published: 1994-10-15

Total Pages: 415

ISBN-13: 0312890184

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A Major work of twentieth-century American Literature.


Empires of the Imagination

Empires of the Imagination

Author: Alec Worley

Publisher: McFarland

Published: 2021-01-05

Total Pages: 698

ISBN-13: 1476611831

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The warlocks and ghosts of fantasy film haunt our popular culture, but the genre has too long been ignored by critics. This comprehensive critical survey of fantasy cinema demonstrates that the fantasy genre amounts to more than escapism. Through a meticulously researched analysis of more than a century of fantasy pictures--from the seminal work of Georges Melies to Peter Jackson's recent tours of Middle-earth--the work identifies narrative strategies and their recurring components and studies patterns of challenge and return, setting and character. First addressing the difficult task of defining the genre, the work examines fantasy as a cultural force in both film and literature and explores its relation to science fiction, horror, and fairy tales. Fantasy's development is traced from the first days of film, with emphasis on how the evolving genre reflected such events as economic depression and war. Also considered is fantasy's expression of politics, as either the subject of satire or fuel for the fires of propaganda. Discussion ventures into the subgenres, from stories of invented lands inhabited by fantastic creatures to magical adventures set in the familiar world, and addresses clashes between fantasy and faith, such as the religious opposition to the Harry Potter phenomenon. From the money-making classics to little-known arthouse films, this richly illustrated work covers every aspect of fantasy film.


Ruby's Sword

Ruby's Sword

Author: Jacqueline Veissid

Publisher: Chronicle Books LLC

Published: 2019-04-09

Total Pages: 41

ISBN-13: 1452163936

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Ruby is always racing after her big brothers. But no matter how hard she tries, she can never catch up. Then one day, she discovers some sticks in the grass. Not just any sticks—swords! And suddenly the world is her kingdom. Readers will cheer on Ruby's perseverance and creativity as they delight in the antics of the adorable animals that join her along the way. Anyone who has ever imagined themselves the star of their own swashbuckling adventure will find this sweet book irresistible.


The Restorer

The Restorer

Author: Sharon Hinck

Publisher: NavPress Publishing Group

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781600061318

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When Susan stumbles into an alternate universe, she must overcome tremendous odds to deliver a desperate people and restore hope to a world far from her own.


The Sunflower Sword

The Sunflower Sword

Author: Mark Sperring

Publisher: Andersen Press USA

Published: 2014-01-01

Total Pages: 32

ISBN-13: 1467744352

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In a land filled with fire and smoke and endless fighting, where knights fight dragons, there lives a little knight who wants to be big like the others, and fight like the others, and have a sword like the others. But his mother won’t let him. Instead of a sword, she gives him a sunflower, which, as it turns out, can be mightier than a sword.