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Priestess of Isis Edouard Schure
Book Description1912. A novel which tells the story of the Priestess of Isis. Contents: Hymenaee; the elect couple; Ombricius, Memnones; the kingfisher; the prophetess; Anteros; the guardian of the threshold; the garden of Isis; in the temple; Hedonia Metalla; master and disciple; the Oath of Hecate; the kiss of Anteros; in the tepidarium; sorcery; black and white magic; the consul's return; the lotus flower; light in prison; the funeral pile; the dream of Memnoses; the Baroque of Isis....
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My Turf: Horses, Boxers, Blood Money, and the Sporting Life William Nack
Book DescriptionCollected for the first time, the remarkable profiles and investigative stories of William Nack, esteemed Sports Illustrated writer and author of Secretariat: The Making of a Champion . William Nack is widely acknowledged as one of the finest sports writers of the past half-century. He has won the prestigious Eclipse Award, given annually for the best magazine piece on horseracing, an unprecedented six times. Laura Hillenbrand, best-selling author of Seabiscuit, recently called his acclaimed biography Secretariat the "gold standard" of horse books. But Nack's "turf" goes far beyond the racetrack. In this, his first collection, Nack's finest horse racing journalism is coupled with his legendary, one-of-a-kind profiles ofathletes from Sonny Liston to Formula One driver Alex Zanardi, Rocky Marciano to Rick Pitino, and Keith Hernandez to Willie Shoemaker. And that is not all. From his compelling history of Yankee Stadium, to his inspiring account of Bob......
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Encyclopedia of Television (Encyclopedia of Television)
Book DescriptionFor nearly fifty years television has been at the center of world culture. The Encyclopedia of Television is the first major reference work to provide description, history, analysis, and information on more than 1100 subjects related to television in its international context. The focus of the materials is on television in the United States, Britain, Canada and Australia; twenty essays offer historical and descriptive discussions of television in other countries and regions around the world. More than 300 critics and scholars of television provide illustrated essays covering programs, people, and topics....
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Spain : A Traveler's Literary Companion (Traveler's Literary Companion) Daily Racing Form
Book Description Explore Spain's rich literary landscape with some of the country's best contemporary writers. Arranged geographically, these 18 stories-many of which appear in English for the first time-transport the reader through Spain's many enchanting regions: Experience the diversity of Juan Goytisolo's Almeria, join Berardo Atxaga in a Basque village, travel to the fjords of Galicia with Manuel Rivas, and revisit Julio Llamazares's Leon-a village now under the waters of a reservoir. ?? Peter Bush is Director of the British Centre for Literary Translation at the University of East Anglia. He edited The Voice of the Turtle , an anthology of Cuban Stories (Grove), and has translated numerous Spanish novels. ?? Lisa Dillman has translated biography, art history, and pedagogy in addition to Spanish, Catalan, Cuban, and Argentinian fiction....
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William Lilly's History of His Life and Times from the year 1602 to 1681 William Lilly
Book Description1822. Written by himself in the sixty-sixth year of his age, to his worthy friend, Elias Ashmole. Published from the original manuscript London, 1715. The author calculates nativities, casts figures, predicts events, and other appendages of astrology. He relates many anecdotes of the pretenders to foretell events, raise spirits, and other impostures, with such seeming candor, and with such an artless simplicity of style. Includes entertaining history of Doctor Dee, Doctor Forman, Booker, Winder, Kelly, Evans, the famous William Poole, and Captain Bubb Fiske, Sarah Shelborne, and many others. Illustrated....
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