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The Journeyer

The Journeyer

Autor: Gary Jennings

Número de Páginas: 802

“Jennings combines inexhaustible research with the yarn-spinner’s art, drawing indelible portraits of Marco [Polo] . . . on the long journey. Stunning.” —Los Angeles Times Book Review Marco Polo was nicknamed “Marco of the millions” because his Venetian countrymen took the grandiose stories of his travels to be exaggerated, if not outright lies. As he lay dying, his priest, family, and friends offered him a last chance to confess his mendacity, and Marco, it is said, replied “I have not told the half of what I saw and did.” Now, in his novel The Journeyer, New York Times–bestselling author Gary Jennings has imagined the half that Marco left unsaid as even more adventurous than the alleged tall tales. From the streets of medieval Venice to the sumptuous court of Kublai Khan, from the perfumed sexuality of the Levant to the dangers and rigors of travel along the Silk Road, Marco meets all manner of people, survives all manner of danger, and becomes an almost compulsive collector of customs, languages and women. Reimagined with all the splendor, the love of adventure, the zest for the rare and curious that are Jennings’s hallmarks, The Journeyer is the epic...

Novel History

Novel History

Autor: Mark C. Carnes

Número de Páginas: 356

Historical fiction is a contradiction in terms. History is what happened; fiction, what did not. Yet great novelists have often disregarded this logical difficulty, taking up the tools of the historian to explore the shadowy recesses of the past. Their labors have brought forth many literary treasures. But how accurately do these masterpieces of the imagination reflect the past? In Novel History, twenty accomplished historians consider this question in relation to some of our most important historical novels. Their essays are followed in most instances by a response from the novelist. These dialogues illuminate one of the most fascinating and perplexing issues of our time -- the relation between the "real" past and our finest imaginative renderings of it. Novel History includes essays by distinguished historians such as John Demos, Michael Kammen, Joan D. Hedrick, John Lukacs, Eugene D. Genovese, Richard White, and Tom Wicker, and responses from notable novelists, including Gore Vidal, John Updike, Russell Banks, Don DeLillo, Larry McMurtry, Jane Smiley, Madison Smartt Bell, William Styron, T. Coraghessan Boyle, William Kennedy, Charles Frazier, Thomas Fleming, and Tim O'Brien....

The Abduction

The Abduction

Autor: Mark Gimenez

Número de Páginas: 532

When hotshot lawyer Elizabeth Brice turns up to collect her daughter Grace from football practice, the coach tells her she needn't have bothered, as Grace's uncle has already picked her up. The only problem is - Grace has no uncles. And so begins a furious race against time to save Grace from unknown kidnappers. Grace's internet geek father John leads the search, forced to unite with his terrifying wife and even more terrifying father Ben, a battle-hardened Vietnam veteran. Somehow they must find Grace before it is too late. But secrets from the past make the little girl's survival more uncertain with every passing minute... A riveting, action-packed thriller, The Abduction will have you on the edge of your seat from the first page to the last.

Aztec Blood

Aztec Blood

Autor: Gary Jennings

Número de Páginas: 770

The third volume in Gary Jennings' historical epic that began with the Aztec and Aztec Autumn. Now comes the thrilling Aztec Blood. In this colorful and exciting era of swords and cloaks, upheaval and revolution, a young beggar boy, in whose blood runs that of both Spanish and Aztec royalty must claim his birthright. From the torrid streets of the City of the Dead along the Veracruz Coast to the ageless glory of Seville in Old Spain, Cristo the Bastardo connives fights, and loves as he seeks the truth—without knowing that he will be the founder of a proud new people. As we follow the loves and adventures of Cristo and experience the colorful splendor and barbarism of the era, a vanished culture is brought back to life in all its magnificence. “This exotic, sensuous novel works on many levels. It is at once history, mystery, and a coming-of-age novel all permeated by the teeming world of seventeenth century Mexico as seen through the eyes of a teenage boy.” -- Library Journal At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Azteca

Azteca

Autor: Gary Jennings

Número de Páginas: 761

Azteca raconte la légende colorée et puissante d'une civilisation qui s'épanouit pendant de longs siècles dans un isolement splendide. Ce monde éclatant, et pourtant condamné, c'est un homme, Mixtli, dit Nuage Sombre, qui le décrit, dans un récit bouleversant, mouvementé, riche de la beauté et de la violence qui caractérisaient le Mexique ancien. Ce grand roman historique plein de sang, d'amour et de sexe est aussi l'aventure et le destin exceptionnel d'un homme qui assiste à la disparition d'un monde fabuleux, traversé de secrets et de terreurs, et que parcourent des personnages inoubliables.

Aztec

Aztec

Autor: Gary Jennings

Número de Páginas: 774

Gary Jennings's Aztec is the extraordinary story of the last and greatest native civilization of North America. Told in the words of one of the most robust and memorable characters in modern fiction, Mixtli-Dark Cloud, Aztec reveals the very depths of Aztec civilization from the peak and feather-banner splendor of the Aztec Capital of Tenochtitlan to the arrival of Hernán Cortás and his conquistadores, and their destruction of the Aztec empire. The story of Mixtli is the story of the Aztecs themselves---a compelling, epic tale of heroic dignity and a colossal civilization's rise and fall. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Through the Eyes of Leon Jackson Boone

Through the Eyes of Leon Jackson Boone

Autor: Leon Jackson Boone

Número de Páginas: 233

As I look back over my life, it was a good ride. I experienced many potholes along the way. I'm not tired yet. The last thing I think about is death. I am not afraid of it. Why should I be? I can't do anything about it. It's just a sleep. I can't move as fast as I once did, but I can still dance. This may be surprising to some; I still have fun with my wife. Someone may ask, "How often?" I will say to them, "Stop hating." It would be foolish to ignore the bad, the good, and the ugly in my life. Those experiences caused my faith in Christ Jesus to be stronger. My faith in Jesus made it possible for me to be here seventy-five years as of January 17, 2014. I hear what I want to hear, see what I want to see, and remember what I want to remember. I realize that I am only important to myself. And to preserve whatever life I have left, I must be cooperative with matters of confrontation. Exhaustion will kill you before old age. I refuse to call myself old. I call myself blessed. To those people who think that they are too old to enjoy life and that they are walking through one of life's valleys: Perhaps you are trusting in your exhaustion, not in God. And you are thinking this is how you ...

De historiografía lingüística e historia de las lenguas

De historiografía lingüística e historia de las lenguas

Autor: Ignacio Guzmán Betancourt , Pilar Máynez , Ascensión H. De León-portilla

Número de Páginas: 514

A través de los ensayos contenidos en este volumen, se persigue mostrar, dentro de una dimensión diacrónica, algunos rasgos lingüísticos de las lenguas vernáculas de México y Brasil, siempre desde la perspectiva de lengua y cultura. Tales rasgos ayudan a comprender el pasado de los pueblos que se enfrentan a la globalización que tiende a imponer una homogeneidad lingüística y cultural.

Aztec Revenge

Aztec Revenge

Autor: Gary Jennings , Junius Podrug

Número de Páginas: 408

Juan is a "mestizo," of mixed Spanish and Indio heritage, sure to be doomed to a short, violent life begging on the streets. But Juan has a special gift for handling horses and an ability to defend himself at a time when a man's best friends are his horse and his sword. Only El Mestizo, the half-caste son of the conqueror Cortés, knows that the blood of kings flows in the young beggar. After killing a man for beating a horse, Juan becomes a highwayman and horse thief before disguising himself as a wealthy caballero. He is wined and dined by the richest and most powerful people in the colony—who don't realize that some of them had once stared down the barrel of Juan's pistola as he took their gold. Fighting, conniving, and loving in a colorful era of flashing swords and brave hearts, Juan must use all the tricks he learned as a beggar and a bandit to unlock the secret of his own heritage. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Literary Afterlife

Literary Afterlife

Autor: Bernard A. Drew

Número de Páginas: 421

This is an encyclopedic work, arranged by broad categories and then by original authors, of literary pastiches in which fictional characters have reappeared in new works after the deaths of the authors that created them. It includes book series that have continued under a deceased writer's real or pen name, undisguised offshoots issued under the new writer's name, posthumous collaborations in which a deceased author's unfinished manuscript is completed by another writer, unauthorized pastiches, and "biographies" of literary characters. The authors and works are entered under the following categories: Action and Adventure, Classics (18th Century and Earlier), Classics (19th Century), Classics (20th Century), Crime and Mystery, Espionage, Fantasy and Horror, Humor, Juveniles (19th Century), Juveniles (20th Century), Poets, Pulps, Romances, Science Fiction and Westerns. Each original author entry includes a short biography, a list of original works, and information on the pastiches based on the author's characters.

Catalog of Copyright Entries. Third Series

Catalog of Copyright Entries. Third Series

Autor: Library Of Congress. Copyright Office

Número de Páginas: 1260

Includes Part 1, Number 2: Books and Pamphlets, Including Serials and Contributions to Periodicals July - December)

Pushing the Limits

Pushing the Limits

Autor: Chic Scott

Número de Páginas: 444

Recipient of the Banff Mountain Book Festival's Canadian Rockies Award A book to be read and digested, then sampled, then read and dipped into often...a fine achievement for this dedicated author... Bruce Fairley, Canadian Alpine Journal HOLY SHIT WAAAAAAAAAT A FABBBBBULOUS TOME. Tami Knight, Illustrator/Mountaineer This important new book tells the story of Canada's 200-year mountaineering history. Through the use of stories and pictures, Chic Scott documents the evolution of climbing in Canada. He introduces us to the early mountain pioneers and the modern day climbing athletes; he takes us to the crags and the gyms, from the west coast to Quebec, and from the Yukon to the Rockies. But most importantly, Scott showcases Canadian climbers--the routes that challenged them, the peaks that inspired them, their insatiable desire to climber harder, to push the limits. Begin the trek through Canada's climbing history... Learn about Swiss guides hired by CPR hotels who ushered in the glory years of first ascents. Continue through to the turn of the twentieth century when British and American climbers of leisure found themselves hampered by the difficulties of travel through the Canadian...

The 2012 Codex

The 2012 Codex

Autor: Gary Jennings , Robert Gleason , Junius Podrug

Número de Páginas: 446

In the arid canyonlands of Mexico the race is on for the ultimate end-of-the-world codex—the final 1000-year-old prophesy of the god-king, Quetzalcoatl, who ruled Mexico 1000 years ago. Rita Critchlow and Cooper Jones hunt for that sacred codex in those scorching desert canyons, while 500 years ago, Pacal, a young slave-scholar, sets out on the same deadly quest. He too must find those apocalyptic writings, knowing that his era—the Age of the Aztecs—may well come to an end if he does not find them. For Pacal, the End-Time is at hand. Montezuma has built a vast empire based in what will one day be Mexico City. Now however he faces war, disastrous drought, death-cult priests, who rip the hearts out of thousands of people atop their pyramids . . . and the arrival of red-bearded horse-borne conquistador, bearing preternaturally powerful weapons and catastrophic plagues, sowing pandemic death wherever he goes. America's leaders are also staring into an apocalyptic abyss. Their own time mirrors that of Quetzacoatl's and the Aztec's in shocking detail. Convinced that Quetzalcoatl's codex holds the key to humanity's survival—that he is warning them of a global, planet-killing...

Apocalypse 2012

Apocalypse 2012

Autor: Gary Jennings , Robert Gleason , Junius Podrug

Número de Páginas: 283

In ancient Mexico, the "End-Time Codex"--prophesizing the world's end in 2012--is entombed. A young Aztec-Mayan slave tells us its story. Gifted in math and astronomy, Coyotl rises to king's counselor in Tula, a golden city of milk and honey ruled by the brilliant god-king, Quetzalcoatl, the Feathered Serpent of lore. Gathering artists, scientists and craftsmen, this legendary ruler builds a city that will awe humanity for one thousand years. But he also faces war, catastrophic drought, betrayal and the rise of an evil death-cult religion. Instituting the infamous "Blood Covenant," its priests drag thousands of people a year atop temple-pyramids and rip their hearts beating from their chests. To stop them Quetzalcoatl must defy the flames of bloody civil war. A thousand years later scientists discover the End-Time Codex. While struggling to decipher it, they realize their own age mirrors Tula's. Can they crack the 2012 code and save their world from Tula's deadly fate? At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

National Union Catalog

National Union Catalog

Número de Páginas: 624

Includes entries for maps and atlases.

Sunday School that Really Excels

Sunday School that Really Excels

Autor: Steven R. Parr

Número de Páginas: 86

Adult Sunday school can effectively increase the health of a church, and foster community and spiritual formation among its participants. Sunday Schools That Really Excel is a revealing look at actual churches with adult fellowships that not only survive but thrive. No matter the setting or challenges facing your church, this book is highly encouraging and practical. Various authors contribute chapters that blend an illustration of an excellent existing Sunday school ministry with scriptural support and leadership principles to enhance your own church's ministry. Chapters are devoted to particular situations faced by many churches, such as Sunday school in a rural setting; on the heels of a crisis; in a multicultural community; among transition to small groups; revitalizing a long-established ministry; and many others. Sunday school expert Steve Parr brings together lessons from the best of the best so that all Sunday school ministries can excel!

American Indians and the Fight for Equal Voting Rights

American Indians and the Fight for Equal Voting Rights

Autor: Laughlin Mcdonald

Número de Páginas: 365

The struggle for voting rights was not limited to African Americans in the South. American Indians also faced discrimination at the polls and still do today. This book explores their fight for equal voting rights and carefully documents how non-Indian officials have tried to maintain dominance over Native peoples despite the rights they are guaranteed as American citizens. Laughlin McDonald has participated in numerous lawsuits brought on behalf of Native Americans in Montana, Colorado, Nebraska, South Dakota, and Wyoming. This litigation challenged discriminatory election practices such as at-large elections, redistricting plans crafted to dilute voting strength, unfounded allegations of election fraud on reservations, burdensome identification and registration requirements, lack of language assistance, and noncompliance with the Voting Rights Act. McDonald devotes special attention to the VRA and its amendments, whose protections are central to realizing the goal of equal political participation. McDonald describes past and present-day discrimination against Indians, including land seizures, destruction of bison herds, attempts to eradicate Native language and culture, and...

Led By Beasts

Led By Beasts

Autor: Clark Roberts

Número de Páginas: 248

Led by Beasts is a terrifying collection of short stories and essays paying homage to the most powerful voices in horror from the past 50 years: Stephen King, Bentley Little, Peter Straub, Clive Barker, and Laird Barron. Featuring the Deadman's Tome Meatgrinder Contest winning story, "Craftsmanship for Food," Clark Roberts draws you near the campfire and spins his dark tales. A boy seeks cosmic revenge on the adults in his life. The darkest of carnivals rolls into the neighborhood. The Devil haunts a man's entire life in a possession story unlike anything you've ever read. A Nazi officer is tormented by time's most cursed seductress. The whole world is truly held in the hands of Gods-and much more. Take his hand and follow the beast into its lair, from where there is no escape.

Head for Mexico

Head for Mexico

Autor: Don Adams

Número de Páginas: 270

The only comprehensive source of information on how to retire in Mexico on a budget, this guide is filled with priceless tips and endless humor.

Catalogue of the Officers and Students ...

Catalogue of the Officers and Students ...

Autor: Meadville Theological School

Número de Páginas: 28
Sequels

Sequels

Autor: Janet G. Husband , Jonathan F. Husband

Número de Páginas: 793

A guide to series fiction lists popular series, identifies novels by character, and offers guidance on the order in which to read unnumbered series.

The Rotarian

The Rotarian

Número de Páginas: 64

Established in 1911, The Rotarian is the official magazine of Rotary International and is circulated worldwide. Each issue contains feature articles, columns, and departments about, or of interest to, Rotarians. Seventeen Nobel Prize winners and 19 Pulitzer Prize winners – from Mahatma Ghandi to Kurt Vonnegut Jr. – have written for the magazine.

Southwest Louisiana Records

Southwest Louisiana Records

Autor: Donald J. Hébert

Número de Páginas: 552
Catalog of Copyright Entries, Third Series

Catalog of Copyright Entries, Third Series

Autor: Library Of Congress. Copyright Office

Número de Páginas: 1624

The record of each copyright registration listed in the Catalog includes a description of the work copyrighted and data relating to the copyright claim (the name of the copyright claimant as given in the application for registration, the copyright date, the copyright registration number, etc.).

A Jennings Family Genealogy

A Jennings Family Genealogy

Número de Páginas: 628

A genealogy and a history of the Jennings family in America who are descendants of Charles Lawson Jinings born about 1752-55 and died 5 Sep 1835 probably in Wilkes County, North Carolina. He married Elizabeth Bonafield.

Quetzalcoatl - Tome 07

Quetzalcoatl - Tome 07

Autor: Jean-yves Mitton

Número de Páginas: 55

Le dénouement très attendu de la grande saga aztèque de Jean-Yves Mitton. 1525. Villa rica de la vera cruz. La révolte couve, et les prisonniers torturés par les Espagnols souffrent. Une jeune femme plus particulièrement : Maïana Xochitla, accusée d'hérésie, et dont l'Inquisition espère qu'elle lui révélera l'emplacement du formidable trésor de l'empereur aztèque Moctezuma, dont elle fut la maîtresse. Le courage chevillé à l'âme, Maïana résiste toujours, malgré les sévices. Et continue à raconter à son confesseur, l'Inquisiteur humaniste Segura, sa terrible histoire, rouge comme la guerre et le sang des hommes. Des hommes qu'elle séduisit pour survivre, et qui de Moctezuma au conquistador Cortes, firent d'elle une légende, à lafois sainte et putain, témoin privilégié et horrifié de la grande barbarie des années de “conquista”. Menée par la fougue légendaire du dessin de Jean-Yves Mitton, déjà auteur d' Attila mon amour et De Silence et de Sang, une grande saga épique va trouver sa conclusion dans le sang et l'aventure...

Aztec Autumn

Aztec Autumn

Autor: Gary Jennings

Número de Páginas: 390

Gary Jennings's Aztec Autumn recreates a forgotten chapter of history in all its splendor and unforgettable passion. The magnificent Aztec empire has fallen beneath the brutal heal of the Spaniards. But one proud Aztec, Tenamaxtli, refuses to bow to his despised conquerors. He dreams of restoring the lost glory of the Aztec empire, and recruits an army of rebels to mount an insurrection against the seemingly invincible power of mighty Spain. Tenamaxtli's courageous quest takes us through high adventure, passionate women, unlikely allies, bright hope, bitter tragedy, and the essence of 16th century Mexico. This incredible rebellion has been little remembered, perhaps because it shed no glory on the men who would write the history book, but on its outcome depended the future of all North America. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

The New York Times Biographical Service

The New York Times Biographical Service

Número de Páginas: 796

A compilation of current biographical information of general interest.

Aberdeen High Jinks

Aberdeen High Jinks

Autor: Steven Stoker

Número de Páginas: 370

More fun from the author of "Aberdeen Stories: Growing Up Right in Small-town America." When he entered high school, he was unsure of himself, looking for romance, broke, unemployed and had no direction in life-no goals whatsoever! Read and enjoy the sometimes joyous, sometimes sad, but always poignant look at the teenage antics of a student trying desperately to overcome his own insipid existence! Experience again the humorous and questionable recollections of high school through the eyes of a teenage boy in a small Idaho farming community. Share his wretchedness and despair as he endures unrequited love, contact sports, failing grades, ever-changing music departments and an ongoing battle with his own mediocrity! Watch him emerge onto the world stage after four long years of high school and a year of college! He was unsure of himself, looking for romance, broke, unemployed and had no direction in life-no goals whatsoever!

Aztec Fire

Aztec Fire

Autor: Gary Jennings , Robert Gleason , Junius Podrug

Número de Páginas: 516

The fascinating history of Mexico that began in the #1 New York Times bestselling novel Aztec continues Juan Rios comes from a long line of Aztec warriors. Slave to a Spanish gun-maker, he becomes the finest gunsmith and sharpshooter in colonial Mexico. But Juan has a secret life as the revolucion's #1 gun-runner. Juan falls for the beautiful Maria, a beautiful writer and fearless revolucionaria whose dream of freedom is a liability for them both. The hard-drinking, womanizing, con-man Luis becomes their last hope against the rack, the stake, and the blood-stained torture dungeons of the Inquisition. Aztec Fire sweeps readers on a perilous journey from the fabled ruins of ancient Tula to the slave-labor galleons of "the Manila Run" to a South Seas jungle island teeming with crocodiles, snakes, and blood-crazed cannibals. When Juan and his friends finally reach home, they find their country in flames, struggling against its hated Spanish oppressors. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Year Book of the City Council of Augusta, Ga

Year Book of the City Council of Augusta, Ga

Autor: Augusta. City Council

Número de Páginas: 172

Includes official reports, ordinances, and annual reports of the Dept. of Public Health.

General Catalogue of Printed Books

General Catalogue of Printed Books

Autor: British Museum. Dept. Of Printed Books

Número de Páginas: 424
General Catalogue of Printed Books

General Catalogue of Printed Books

Autor: British Museum. Department Of Printed Books

Número de Páginas: 424
Aztec Rage

Aztec Rage

Autor: Gary Jennings , Robert Gleason , Junius Podrug

Número de Páginas: 582

The fascinating history of Mexico that began in the #1 New York Times bestselling novel Aztec continues . . . . Don Juan de Zavala was the most skilled fighter in all of New Spain—as gifted with weapons and horses as he was with women. These pleasures were all he desired. But the magnificent Aztec empire, its grand cities and riches lay broken under the Spanish boot . . . Now valiant men and fearless women rise and battle their brutal overlords. As a warrior-priest leads an Aztec revolt, across the ocean in Spain courageous people battle Napoleon's invading armies. No one, including Juan de Zavala could stay neutral. Especially if a shocking secret from Zavala's lurid past is exposed—a secret so lethal to the Spanish Crown it threatens their very existence. Zavala will be swept from glittering Mexico City to snake-and-croc infested jungles, to lost Mayan civilizations to the torture chambers of the Inquisition, to beautiful Barcelona and the bloody carnage of Napoleon's war in Spain, to the bloodiest and most spectacular of New Spain's (colonial Mexico) revolutions. Everybody wants Don Juan de Zavala . . and many people want him dead: Isabella . . . Instinctively wicked,...

Index of Patents Issued from the United States Patent and Trademark Office

Index of Patents Issued from the United States Patent and Trademark Office

Número de Páginas: 1484
Catalog of Copyright Entries. Fourth Series

Catalog of Copyright Entries. Fourth Series

Autor: Library Of Congress. Copyright Office

Número de Páginas: 1130
Catalogue of Title-entries of Books and Other Articles Entered in the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington, Under the Copyright Law ... Wherein the Copyright Has Been Completed by the Deposit of Two Copies in the Office

Catalogue of Title-entries of Books and Other Articles Entered in the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington, Under the Copyright Law ... Wherein the Copyright Has Been Completed by the Deposit of Two Copies in the Office

Autor: Library Of Congress. Copyright Office

Número de Páginas: 1658

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