Ziska: The Problem of a Wicked Soul
Ziska: The Problem of a Wicked Soul

Author: Marie Corelli

Publisher: Good Press

Published: 2021-05-19

Total Pages: 167

ISBN-13:

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A supernatural tale of reincarnation, seduction, and revenge. Ziska is a reincarnation of an ancient Egyptian woman who was killed by her lover when he grew tired of her. The mysterious woman seduces a troupe of aristocratic English tourists. One of them, a famous painter, develops an unbearable attraction to the lady, an obsession that might be the reason for his ruin.

Ziska
Ziska

Author: Marie Corelli

Publisher: Graphic Arts Books

Published: 2021-03-09

Total Pages: 137

ISBN-13: 1513278681

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Princess Ziska is a beautiful woman who captures the eye of an acclaimed painter who feels eerily connected to her through distant yet unexplained memories. He’s haunted by a shared history, love and betrayal that’s centuries old. Armand Gervase is a celebrated artist who’s living in the lap of luxury. His most popular work shows an Egyptian woman, who in a fit of rage, is about to kill her lover. When Armand meets the dynamic Princess Ziska, he is taken aback by her beauty and hypnotic charm. Their encounter triggers a series of strange memories indicating that they have met before. He soon discovers a striking resemblance between Princess Ziska and the subject of his famous painting. Is she a creation from his mind or a relic of his past? Ziska: The Problem of a Wicked Soul is a thrilling combination of romance, mystery and horror. It’s a story of calculated revenge a lifetime in the making. Corelli’s signature prose delivers an unforgettable tale of reincarnation and ultimate retribution. With an eye-catching new cover, and professionally typeset manuscript, this edition of Ziska: The Problem of a Wicked Soul is both modern and readable.

Mummies around the World
Mummies around the World

Author: Matt Cardin

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA

Published: 2014-11-17

Total Pages: 505

ISBN-13: 1610694201

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Perfect for school and public libraries, this is the only reference book to combine pop culture with science to uncover the mystery behind mummies and the mummification phenomena. Mortality and death have always fascinated humankind. Civilizations from all over the world have practiced mummification as a means of preserving life after death—a ritual which captures the imagination of scientists, artists, and laypeople alike. This comprehensive encyclopedia focuses on all aspects of mummies: their ancient and modern history; their scientific study; their occurrence around the world; the religious and cultural beliefs surrounding them; and their roles in literary and cinematic entertainment. Author and horror guru Matt Cardin brings together 130 original articles written by an international roster of leading scientists and scholars to examine the art, science, and religious rituals of mummification throughout history. Through a combination of factual articles and topical essays, this book reviews cultural beliefs about death; the afterlife; and the interment, entombment, and cremation of human corpses in places like Egypt, Europe, Asia, and Central and South America. Additionally, the book covers the phenomenon of natural mummification where environmental conditions result in the spontaneous preservation of human and animal remains.

The Craft of a Good Scribe
The Craft of a Good Scribe

Author: Steve Vinson

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2017-11-06

Total Pages: 370

ISBN-13: 9004353100

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In The Craft of a Good Scribe, Steve Vinson offers a comprehensive study of the Demotic Egyptian First Tale of Setne Khaemwas (Third Century BCE), the first to appear since 1900. "First Setne" is the most important extant Demotic literary text, and among the most important fictional compositions from any period of ancient Egypt. The tale, which is by turns lurid, tragic and ultimately comic, deals with Setne's theft of a magic book written by the god Thoth himself, and subsequently Setne's punishment through a hallucinatory encounter with the ghostly femme fatale Tabubue. Vinson provides a new textual edition and commentary, and explores the tale's cultural background, its modern reception, and approaches to its interpretation as a work of literature.

The History of British Women's Writing, 1880-1920
The History of British Women's Writing, 1880-1920

Author: Holly A. Laird

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2016-10-06

Total Pages: 335

ISBN-13: 1137393807

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The ranks of English women writers rose steeply in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, contributing to the era’s revolutionary social movements as well as to transforming literary genres in prose and poetry. The phenomena of ‘the new’ — ‘New Women’, ‘New Unionism’, ‘New Imperialism’, ‘New Ethics’, ‘New Critics’, ‘New Journalism’, ‘New Man’ — are this moment’s touchstones. This book tracks the period's new social phenomena and unfolds its distinctively modern modes of writing. It provides expert introductions amid new insights into women’s writing throughout the United Kingdom and around the globe.

Dialogues with the Dead
Dialogues with the Dead

Author: David Gange

Publisher: OUP Oxford

Published: 2013-06-13

Total Pages: 368

ISBN-13: 0199653100

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Egyptology in British Culture and Religion shows, for the first time, how Egyptology's development over the century that followed the decipherment of the hieroglyphic script in 1822 can only be understood through its intimate entanglement with the historical, scientific, and religious contentions which defined the era.