The Puppet, the Professor and the Prophet
Title | The Puppet, the Professor and the Prophet PDF eBook |
Author | J. M. DeMatteis |
Publisher | HarperCollins UK |
Pages | 178 |
Release | 2007 |
Genre | Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | 000723340X |
A groundbreaking mix of fiction and full-colour comic strip that follows a headstrong girl's journey into the bizarre fictional world of Abadazad to rescue her younger brother.
Picture-Book Professors
Title | Picture-Book Professors PDF eBook |
Author | Melissa Terras |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | |
Release | 2018-10-31 |
Genre | Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | 1108540325 |
How is academia portrayed in children's literature? This Element ambitiously surveys fictional professors in texts marketed towards children, who are overwhelmingly white and male, tending to be elderly scientists. Professors fall into three stereotypes: the vehicle to explain scientific facts, the baffled genius, and the evil madman. By the late twentieth century, the stereotype of the male, mad, muddlehead, called Professor SomethingDumb, is formed in humorous yet pejorative fashion. This Element provides a publishing history of the role of academics in children's literature, questioning the book culture which promotes the enforcement of stereotypes regarding intellectual expertise in children's media. This title is also available, with additional material, as Open Access.
The Dream Thief
Title | The Dream Thief PDF eBook |
Author | Shana Abé |
Publisher | Bantam |
Pages | 288 |
Release | 2006-09-26 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 0553903004 |
In the remote hills of northern England lives a powerful clan with a centuries-old secret. They are the drákon, shape-shifters who possess the ability to Turn—changing from human to smoke to dragon. And from the very stones of the earth, they hear hypnotic songs of beauty and wonder. But there is one stone they fear.... Buried deep within the bowels of the Carpathian Mountains lies the legendary dreaming diamond known as Draumr, the only gem with the power to enslave the drákon. Since childhood, Lady Amalia Langford, daughter of the clan’s Alpha, has heard its haunting ballad but kept it secret, along with another rare Gift.... Lia can hear the future, much in the way she hears the call of Draumr. And in that future, she realizes that the diamond—along with the fate of the drákon—rests in the hands of a human man, one who straddles two worlds. Ruthlessly clever, Zane has risen through London’s criminal underworld to become its ruler. Once a street urchin saved by Lia’s mother, Zane is also privy to the secrets of the clan—and is the only human they trust to bring them Draumr. But he does nothing selflessly. Zane’s hunt for the gem takes him to Hungary, where he is shocked to encounter a bold, beautiful young noblewoman: Lia. She has broken every rule of the drákon to join him, driven by the urgent song of Draumr—and her visions of Zane. In one future, he is her ally. In another, her overlord. In both, he is her lover. Now, to protect her tribe, Lia must tie her fate to Zane’s, to the one man capable of stealing her future—and destroying her heart....
Prophet's Manual
Title | Prophet's Manual PDF eBook |
Author | Daniel Srsa |
Publisher | iUniverse |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2003 |
Genre | Body, Mind & Spirit |
ISBN | 0595291252 |
Prophet's Manual reveals the one true nature of reality in all its different forms. Fractal supersymmetry unifies all physical theories, including relativity and quantum uncertainty, into one interpretation, just as it brings together spiritual and physical aspects of the one reality. This book is an introductory course in space/time fractality, the unveiling of original prophetic knowledge in order to prepare for a quantum leap. It confirms through supersymmetry of double helix that the Mayan end date is the same event as announced in apocalyptic passages and in the texts and monuments of ancient civilizations. It is the return of Zep Tepi when skies fall and when a new heaven and earth are created from the old. It's the rising of phoenix from its ashes.
Muslim Extremism in Egypt
Title | Muslim Extremism in Egypt PDF eBook |
Author | Gilles Kepel |
Publisher | Univ of California Press |
Pages | 304 |
Release | 2003-05 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9780520239340 |
"Perhaps more than any other, this book gives the background necessary to understand the purpose and mindset of today’s religious radicals. In this classic study of the roots of Islamic extremism, Gilles Kepel demonstrates the pivotal role of the Egyptian connection. He skillfully traces the story of Islamic anti-modernism in Egypt from the early part of the 20th century to its tragic involvement in some of the most violent incidents in recent years, including the terrifying attacks on the World Trade Center in 1993 and 2001. Kepel’s treatment is even-handed and sensitive, though the world he uncovers is the dark side of today’s global culture."—Mark Juergensmeyer, author of Terror in the Mind of God: The Global Rise of Religious Violence
Abadazad: The Road to Inconceivable - Book #1
Title | Abadazad: The Road to Inconceivable - Book #1 PDF eBook |
Author | J. M. DeMatteis |
Publisher | Hyperion Books for Children |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2006-05-30 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 9781423100621 |
Kate's little brother Matt is missing, and Kate thinks she will never see him again. But then she finds out that Matt is trapped in the world of Abadazad. Will Kate have the courage to look for her brother? And if she leaves home--will she ever return?
The Book of King Solomon
Title | The Book of King Solomon PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 446 |
Release | 2005-08-01 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 9780912509099 |
The story of King Solomon, as told by his court historian.