Zahhak the Legend of the Serpent King
Title | Zahhak the Legend of the Serpent King PDF eBook |
Author | Ahmad Sadri |
Publisher | |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2018-10-02 |
Genre | Pop-up books |
ISBN | 9781606998892 |
For the first time ever, a tale from the Persian Book of Kings springs to life in this stunningly produced and ingeniously crafted pop up book. Zahhak: The Legend of the Serpent King retells the myth of the misguided Prince Zahhak who is easily swayed by the devil to murder his father and usurp the thrown. Cursed with monstrous snakes that grow out of the king's shoulders, the Serpent King grows infamous throughout the land for his treachery and oppression. He rules for one thousand years before a noble and valiant Feraydun gains the strength and army to defeat the unjust King. The fantastic world of Zahhak: The Legend of the Serpent King literally pops off the page with intricately crafted spreads, two pop-up folds per page, and complex construction that will delight readers young and old with every turn of the page.
Zahhak
Title | Zahhak PDF eBook |
Author | Hamid Rahmanian |
Publisher | |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2023-10-15 |
Genre | |
ISBN |
As the legend goes , the foreign Prince Zahhak is swayed by the devil to murder his crowned father and usurp the thrown. Soon after, the crowned Zahhak is duped again by the devil whose seemingly respectful kisses turn into monstrous snakes that grow out of the king's shoulders. The Serpent King grows infamous through out the land for his treachery and oppression of the known world. He rules for one thousand years before a noble and valiant young Iranian man named Feraydun gains the strength and army to defeat the unjust King.
The Epic of Kings, Hero Tales of Ancient Persia
Title | The Epic of Kings, Hero Tales of Ancient Persia PDF eBook |
Author | Firdausi |
Publisher | Phoemixx Classics Ebooks |
Pages | 231 |
Release | 2021-11-16 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 3986778160 |
The Epic of Kings, Hero Tales of Ancient Persia Firdausi - The Epic of Kings, Hero Tales of Ancient Persia (The Shahnameh) is an epic poem by the Persian poet Firdausi, written between 966 and 1010 AD. Telling the past of the Persian empire, using a mix of the mythical and historical, it is regarded as a literary masterpiece. Not only important to the Persian culture, it is also important to modern day followers of the Zoroastrianism religion. It is said that the poem was Firdausi's efforts to preserve the memory of Persia's golden days, following the fall of the Sassanid empire. The poem contains, among others, mentions of the romance of Zal and Rudba, Alexander the Great, the wars with Afrsyb, and the romance of Bijan and Manijeh.
Yoga
Title | Yoga PDF eBook |
Author | Debra Diamond |
Publisher | Smithsonian Books |
Pages | 332 |
Release | 2013 |
Genre | Art |
ISBN | 1588344592 |
"Published by the Freer Gallery of Art and the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery on the occasion of the exhibition Yoga: The Art of Transformation, October 19, 2013 - January 26, 2014. Organized by the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, the exhibition travels to the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, February 22-May 18, 2014, and the Cleveland Museum of Art, June 22-September 7, 2014."
Shahnameh
Title | Shahnameh PDF eBook |
Author | Abolqasem Ferdowsi |
Publisher | Penguin |
Pages | 1041 |
Release | 2016-03-08 |
Genre | Poetry |
ISBN | 1101993235 |
The definitive translation by Dick Davis of the great national epic of Iran—now newly revised and expanded to be the most complete English-language edition A Penguin Classic Dick Davis—“our pre-eminent translator from the Persian” (The Washington Post)—has revised and expanded his acclaimed translation of Ferdowsi’s masterpiece, adding more than 100 pages of newly translated text. Davis’s elegant combination of prose and verse allows the poetry of the Shahnameh to sing its own tales directly, interspersed sparingly with clearly marked explanations to ease along modern readers. Originally composed for the Samanid princes of Khorasan in the tenth century, the Shahnameh is among the greatest works of world literature. This prodigious narrative tells the story of pre-Islamic Persia, from the mythical creation of the world and the dawn of Persian civilization through the seventh-century Arab conquest. The stories of the Shahnameh are deeply embedded in Persian culture and beyond, as attested by their appearance in such works as The Kite Runner and the love poems of Rumi and Hafez. For more than sixty-five years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,500 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.
The Original Sources of the Qur'ân
Title | The Original Sources of the Qur'ân PDF eBook |
Author | William St. Clair Tisdall |
Publisher | |
Pages | 296 |
Release | 1911 |
Genre | Koran |
ISBN |
Play Strindberg: "The Dance of Death" Choreographed
Title | Play Strindberg: "The Dance of Death" Choreographed PDF eBook |
Author | Friedrich Dürrenmatt |
Publisher | London : Cape |
Pages | 88 |
Release | 1972 |
Genre | Drama |
ISBN |
Adaptation of Strindberg's play 'Dance of death', depicting a marital struggle for power restructured as a black comedy.