Cassell's Book of Sports and Pastimes

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Category : Amusements
Languages : en
Pages : 1048

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Cassell's Book of Sports and Pastimes

Cassell's Book of Sports and Pastimes PDF Author:
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Category : Amusements
Languages : en
Pages : 1048

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The Elementary English Review

The Elementary English Review PDF Author:
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Category : Activity programs in education
Languages : en
Pages : 324

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Elementary English Review

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Category : English language
Languages : en
Pages : 672

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The Ring of Truth

The Ring of Truth PDF Author: Roger Scruton
Publisher: Abrams
ISBN: 1468315501
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 260

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“Nothing in opera is grander than The Ring, no work more suited to the deep reading the writer gives here.” —Opera News Richard Wagner’s Ring of the Nibelung is one of the greatest works of art created in modern times, and has fascinated both critics and devotees for over a century and a half. No recent study has examined the meaning of Wagner’s masterpiece with the attention to detail and intellectual power that Roger Scruton brings to it in this inspiring account. The Ring of Truth is an exploration of the drama, music, symbolism, and philosophy of The Ring from a writer whose knowledge and understanding of the Western musical tradition are the equal of his capacities as a philosopher. Scruton shows how, through musical connections and brilliant dramatic strokes, Wagner is able to express truths about the human condition which few other creative artists have been able to convey so convincingly. For Wagner, writes Scruton, the task of art is to “show us freedom in its immediate, contingent, human form, reminding us of what it means to us. Even if we live in a world from which gods and heroes have disappeared we can, by imagining them, dramatize the deep truths of our condition and renew our faith in what we are.” Love, death, sacrifice and the liberation that we win through sacrifice—these are the great themes of The Ring, as they are of this book. Scruton’s passionate and moving interpretation allows us to understand more fully than ever how Wagner conveys his ideas about who we are, and why TheRing continues to be such a hypnotically absorbing work. “Scruton’s presentation is grounded throughout in a deep understanding of the culture of Wagner’s era . . . the writing is clear and persuasive.” —Library Journal (starred review) “A fascinating and valuable study.” —Sunday Times

Scribner's Magazine

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Languages : en
Pages : 796

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Champion of Mars

Champion of Mars PDF Author: Guy Haley
Publisher: Solaris
ISBN: 1849979804
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 448

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For Fans of The Martian and the Mars Trilogy In the near future Dr. Holland, a scientist running from a painful past, joins the Mars colonisation effort, cataloguing the remnants of Mars' biosphere before it is swept away by the terraforming programme. When an artefact is discovered deep in the caverns of the red planet, Holland's employers interfere, leading to tragedy. The consequences ripple throughout time, affecting Holland's present, and the destiny of the red planet. For in the far future, Mars is dying a second time. The Final War of men and spirits is beginning. In a last bid for peace, the disgraced Champion Val Mora and his "spirit" lover are set free from the Arena to find the long-missing Librarian of Mars, the only hope to save mankind. Holland's and the Champion's lives intertwine, across the millennia, in a breathtaking story of vast ambition.

Wildfire - Burning Behemoths

Wildfire - Burning Behemoths PDF Author: Benjahman Henry
Publisher: Pencil
ISBN: 9362631644
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 46

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In "Wildfire - Burning Behemoths," Asha's world is a battlefield where towering giants threaten the peace she holds dear. As she fights against both external behemoths and inner struggles, the flames of her resolve burn brighter than the wildfires that rage around her. This gripping tale of courage and resilience explores the power of the human spirit in the face of overwhelming odds. Join Asha on a heart-pounding journey through a land where chaos and beauty intertwine, where she must confront her fears to protect what she loves. Brace yourself for an epic story of heroism and sacrifice that will leave you breathless and inspired.

Cassell's Complete Book of Sports and Pastimes

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Category : Amusements
Languages : en
Pages : 1000

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The Ring of the Nibelung

The Ring of the Nibelung PDF Author: T. Darren
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 0595354254
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 222

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A treasure is taken by force. The Rhine-gold has been fashioned into a ring of dominion! Thereafter, crime after crime is committed in vain attempts by gods and mortals alike to possess its power of influence. However, each attempt must be paid for by crushing personal loss that serves only, to drive the pursuer ever more fiercely to possess the cursed artifact. In the heart of this web of tragedy, a god struggles with the destiny that he himself had wrought for his kind. Having touched the Rhine-gold, no peace is possible for him until he has won the weapon that he hopes to wield in the struggle to avert ultimate disaster to the gods. As his schemes to regain the lost treasure become ever more complex, his losses become ever more terrible. Unheeding of the price revealed to him, he rages on until he has to ask: is the prize worth the loss of his mortal son and his immortal daughter?

Daily Wings

Daily Wings PDF Author: J. Sidlow Baxter
Publisher: Zondervan Academic
ISBN: 0310537363
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 383

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Devotionals That Make the Spirits Soar J. Sidlow Baxter has endeared himself to thousands in the United States and Great Britain through his Bible expositions in the pulpit and in countless books. His last devotional, Awake, My Heart, was published in 1960. Now we are happy to present a new devotional from the pen of this much-loved pastor - a book of exposition and poetry that will hold a distinctive place in the Baxter literature. Drawing on his rich heritage in the British tradition of hymnody, Dr. Baxter has provided a poem or hymn for each devotional meditation. These hymns “all came to me more or less spontaneously during my own times of communing with our risen Lord," he writes in his Preface to Daily Wings. They will inspire his readers, even as they have given him “wings to my own spirit.” There is a devotional meditation for each day of the year. These are to be read, in his words, “unhurriedly,” for “to read any book of daily expositions hastily is fatal to its intended ministry.”