The Frank Book
Title | The Frank Book PDF eBook |
Author | Jim Woodring |
Publisher | Fantagraphics Books |
Pages | 353 |
Release | 2011-10-17 |
Genre | Comics & Graphic Novels |
ISBN | 1606995006 |
In honor of Frank’s 20th anniversary Fantagraphics is re-releasing the massive, long out of print Frank Book omnibus, which collected all the Frank material up to the mid-aughts, including several jaw-droppingly beautiful full-color stories, literally dozens of lushly-delineated black-and-white stories, and a treasure trove of covers and illustrations. The Frank Book also features an introduction by one of Frank’s biggest fans (himself a Frank, or almost): Francis Ford Coppola.
In the Manner of the Franks
Title | In the Manner of the Franks PDF eBook |
Author | Eric J. Goldberg |
Publisher | University of Pennsylvania Press |
Pages | 348 |
Release | 2020-10-16 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 0812252357 |
Eric J. Goldberg traces the long history of early medieval hunting from the late Roman Empire to the death of the last Carolingian king, Louis V, in a hunting accident in 987. He focuses chiefly on elite men and the changing role that hunting played in articulating kingship, status, and manhood in the post-Roman world. While hunting was central to elite lifestyles throughout these centuries, the Carolingians significantly altered this aristocratic activity in the later eighth and ninth centuries by making it a key symbol of Frankish kingship and political identity. This new connection emerged under Charlemagne, reached its high point under his son and heir Louis the Pious, and continued under Louis's immediate successors. Indeed, the emphasis on hunting as a badge of royal power and Frankishness would prove to be among the Carolingians' most significant and lasting legacies. Goldberg draws on written sources such as chronicles, law codes, charters, hagiography, and poetry as well as artistic and archaeological evidence to explore the changing nature of early medieval hunting and its connections to politics and society. Featuring more than sixty illustrations of hunting imagery found in mosaics, stone sculpture, metalwork, and illuminated manuscripts, In the Manner of the Franks portrays a vibrant and dynamic culture that encompassed red deer and wild boar hunting, falconry, ritualized behavior, female spectatorship, and complex forms of specialized knowledge that united kings and nobles in a shared political culture, thus locating the origins of courtly hunting in the early Middle Ages.
The Frank Family that Survived
Title | The Frank Family that Survived PDF eBook |
Author | Gordon F. Sander |
Publisher | Cornell University Press |
Pages | 340 |
Release | 2007 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 9780801473722 |
In 1945, after many adventures and appalling vicissitudes, they finally emerged to face the uncertainties of postwar Holland and the promise of the New World. Both a history and a memoir, [the book gives an] account of the war in Holland, the occupation, and the resistance (including the Jewish resistance) to be published for several years. Despite that resistance, and the help of the Dutch citizens who sheltered their Jewish neighbors, most of Dutch Jewry was destroyed.-Back cover.
The Deeds of the Franks and Other Jerusalem-Bound Pilgrims
Title | The Deeds of the Franks and Other Jerusalem-Bound Pilgrims PDF eBook |
Author | Nirmal Dass |
Publisher | Rowman & Littlefield Publishers |
Pages | 163 |
Release | 2011-09-16 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1442204990 |
This new translation offers a faithful yet accessible English-language rendering of the twelfth-century Gesta Francorum et aliorum Hierosolomitanorum, the earliest known Latin account of the First Crusade. Although an anonymous work, it has become the exemplar for all later histories and retellings of the First Crusade. As such, it is filled with vivid descriptions of the hardships suffered by the crusaders, with deeds of personal heroism, with courtly intrigues, with betrayal and cowardice, and with a relentless faith that would see the attainment of the desired goal: the capture of Jerusalem by the crusaders in 1099. There is a great deal of mystery surrounding this anonymous account, especially in regard to its authorship; place, date, and purpose of composition; narrative methodology; and point of view. It is also a sweeping tale that swiftly moves from the first preaching of the crusade by Pope Urban II, to the ragtag and ultimately doomed effort of the popular People's Crusade, and then the more disciplined and concerted campaign by the French and Norman nobility that led to the conquest of the Holy Land by the crusaders. Based on the latest scholarly research, including a substantive introduction that explores the questions surrounding the Gesta and its historical context, this definitive translation will bring the First Crusade and its era to life for all readers.
The Carolingian World
Title | The Carolingian World PDF eBook |
Author | Marios Costambeys |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 529 |
Release | 2011-05-12 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 0521563666 |
A comprehensive and accessible survey of the great Carolingian empire, which dominated western Europe in the eighth and ninth centuries.
The Mighty Franks
Title | The Mighty Franks PDF eBook |
Author | Michael Frank |
Publisher | HarperCollins |
Pages | 254 |
Release | 2017-05-16 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 1443452017 |
**One of the Telegraph's 50 best books of the year!**Longlisted for the Jewish Quarterly Wingate Prize** The boundaries of family life are upended in this memoir, which turns on the author’s lifelong relationship with his enthralling yet deeply possessive aunt, a powerhouse Hollywood screenwriter whose turbulent nature slowly reveals itself. All his life Michael Frank has been fawned over by his aunt, who was a Hollywood screenwriter in the 1970s. She loves him more than life itself. At first, when he is a young boy, this is a very good thing. He takes refuge in her adoration and attention. But soon things turn bad and her hold on the entire family begins to spiral out of control in increasingly unpredictable and volatile ways.
Anne Frank's Tales from the Secret Annexe
Title | Anne Frank's Tales from the Secret Annexe PDF eBook |
Author | Anne Frank |
Publisher | Halban Publishers |
Pages | 236 |
Release | 2010 |
Genre | Fiction |
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"In these tales the reader can observe Anne's writing prowess grow from that of a young girl's into the observations of a perceptive, edgy, witty and compassionate woman"--Jacket flaps.