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The Tomb's Secret

By: Robert E. Howard

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This early work by Robert E. Howard was originally published in the 1934 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography. 'The Tomb's Secret' is one of Howard's stories featuring police detective Steve Harrison. Robert Ervin Howard was born in Peaster, Texas in 1906. During his youth, his family moved between a variety of Texan boomtowns, and Howard - a bookish and somewhat introverted child - was steeped in the violent myths and legends of the Old South. At fifteen Howard began to read the pulp magazines of the day, and to write more seriously. The December 1922 issue of his high school newspaper featured two of his stories, 'Golden Hope Christmas' and 'West is West'. In 1924 he sold his first piece - a short caveman tale titled 'Spear and Fang' - for $16 to the not-yet-famous Weird Tales magazine. Howard's most famous character, Conan the Cimmerian, was a barbarian-turned-King during the Hyborian Age, a mythical period of some 12,000 years ago. Conan featured in seventeen Weird Tales stories between 1933 and 1936 which is why Howard is now regarded as having spawned the 'sword and sorcery' genre. The Conan stories have since been adapted many times, most famously in the series of films starring Arnold Schwarzenegger.

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Read Books Ltd

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1473398266

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9781473398269

Chinese Sculpture

By: Angela Falco Howard,Wu Hung,Li Song,Yang Hong

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Chinese Sculpture

By: Angela Falco Howard,Wu Hung,Li Song,Yang Hong

Spanning some 7000 years, 'Chinese Sculpture' explores a beautiful and diverse world of objects, many of which have only come to light in the later half of the 20th century. The authors analyse and present, mostly in colour, some 500 examples of Chinese sculpture.

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Yale University Press

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0300100655

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9780300100655

Sinan's Autobiographies

Five Sixteenth-Century Texts

By: Howard Crane,Esra Akin

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Sinan's Autobiographies

Five Sixteenth-Century Texts

By: Howard Crane,Esra Akin

The sixteenth century Ottoman architect Sinan is today universally recognized as the defining figure in the development of the classical Ottoman style. In addition to his vast oeuvre, he left five remarkable autobiographical accounts, the so-called "Adsiz Risale", the "Risaletu'l-Mi'mariyye", "Tuhfetu'l-Mi'marin", "Tezkiretu'l-Mi'mariyye" and "Tezkiretu'l-Bunyan" that provide details of his life and works. Based on information dictated by Sinan to his poet friend Mustafa Sa'i Celebi shortly before his death, they exist in multiple manuscript versions in libraries in Istanbul, Ankara, and Cairo. The present volume contains critical editions of all five texts, along with transcriptions, annotated translations, facsimiles of the most important variant versions, and an introductory essay that analyzes the various surviving manuscripts, reconstructs their histories, and establishes the relationships between them.

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BRILL

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9047406664

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9789047406662

Nelson's New Illustrated Bible Manners and Customs

How the People of the Bible Really Lived

By: Ronald F. Youngblood,Howard Vos

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Nelson's New Illustrated Bible Manners and Customs

How the People of the Bible Really Lived

By: Ronald F. Youngblood,Howard Vos

The most comprehensive, up-to-date, accurate information on life in Bible times available in one volume for the general reader.

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Thomas Nelson

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1418585688

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9781418585686

Architecture and the After-life

By: Howard Colvin,Emeritus Fellow St John's College Howard Colvin

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Architecture and the After-life

By: Howard Colvin,Emeritus Fellow St John's College Howard Colvin

The Pyramids and the Taj Mahal are witness to the extravagant architectural tributes that, throughout human history, the great and the wealthy have paid to their dead. In this book, a well-known architectural historian provides a history of funerary architecture in western Europe from the earliest megalithic tombs of prehistory to the establishment of public cemeteries in the nineteenth century. With sensitivity and wit, Howard Colvin traces the ways in which these structures represent changing ideas about the after-life as well as changes in architectural style.

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Yale University Press

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0300050984

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9780300050981

After Easter

How Christ's Resurrection Changed Everything

By: Jeremy Royal Howard,Doug Powell

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After Easter

How Christ's Resurrection Changed Everything

By: Jeremy Royal Howard,Doug Powell

After Easter provides a brief case for the historical reality of the resurrection of Jesus Christ and describes the impact of His rising from the dead. Each chapter ends with a few simple thought-provoking questions for individual reflection or small group discussion. The full Gospel of John is also included, making this the perfect leave-behind tool for personal evangelism. After Easter, everything changed.

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B&H Publishing Group

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1433608138

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9781433608131

Coming of Age in Ancient Greece

Images of Childhood from the Classical Past

By: Stephen John Morewitz,Jenifer Neils,John Howard Oakley,Katherine Hart,Lesley A. Beaumont

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Coming of Age in Ancient Greece

Images of Childhood from the Classical Past

By: Stephen John Morewitz,Jenifer Neils,John Howard Oakley,Katherine Hart,Lesley A. Beaumont

What was childhood like in ancient Greece? What activities and games did Greek children embrace? How were they schooled and what religious and ceremonial rites of passage were key to their development? These fascinating questions and many more are answered in this groundbreaking book--the first English-language study to feature and discuss imagery and artifacts relating to childhood in ancient Greece.Coming of Age in Ancient Greece shows that the Greeks were the first culture to represent children and their activities naturalistically in their art. Here we learn about depictions of children in myth as well as life, from infancy to adolescence. This beautifully illustrated book features such archaeological artifacts as toys and gaming pieces alongside images of them in use by children on ancient vases, coins, terracotta figurines, bronze and stone sculpture, and marble grave monuments. Essays by eminent scholars in the fields of Greek social history, literature, archaeology, anthropology, and art history discuss a wide range of topics, including the burgeoning role of childhood studies in interdisciplinary studies; the status of children in Greek culture; the evolution of attitudes toward children from the Bronze Age to the Hellenistic period as documented by literature and art; the relationships of fathers and sons and mothers and daughters; and the roles of cult practice and death in a child's existence.This delightful book illuminates what is most universal and specific about childhood in ancient Greece and examines childhood's effects on Greek life and culture, the foundation on which Western civilization has been based.

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Yale University Press

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0300099606

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9780300099607

Las Varas

Ritual and Ethnicity in the Ancient Andes

By: Howard Tsai

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Las Varas

Ritual and Ethnicity in the Ancient Andes

By: Howard Tsai

Archaeological data from Las Varas, Peru, that establish the importance of ritual in constructing ethnic boundaries Recent popular discourse on nationalism and ethnicity assumes that humans by nature prefer “tribalism,” as if people cannot help but divide themselves along lines of social and ethnic difference. Research from anthropology, history, and archaeology, however, shows that individuals actively construct cultural and social ideologies to fabricate the stereotypes, myths, and beliefs that separate “us” from “them.” Archaeologist Howard Tsai and his team uncovered a thousand-year-old village in northern Peru where rituals were performed to recognize and reinforce ethnic identities. This site—Las Varas—is located near the coast of Peru in a valley leading into the Andes. Excavations revealed a western entrance to Las Varas for those arriving from the coast and an eastern entryway for those coming from the highlands. Rituals were performed at both of these entrances, indicating that the community was open to exchange and interaction, yet at the same time controlled the flow of people and goods through ceremonial protocols. Using these checkpoints and associated rituals, the villagers of Las Varas were able to maintain ethnic differences between themselves and visitors from foreign lands. Las Varas: Ritual and Ethnicity in the Ancient Andes reveals a rare case of finding ethnicity relying solely on archaeological remains. In this monograph, data from the excavation of Las Varas are analyzed within a theoretical framework based on current understandings of ethnicity. Tsai’s method, approach, and inference demonstrate the potential for archaeologists to discover how ethnic identities were constructed in the past, ultimately making us question the supposed naturalness of tribal divisions in human antiquity.

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University Alabama Press

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0817320687

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9780817320683

After Christmas

How Christ's Birth Changed Everything

By: Jeremy Royal Howard,Doug Powell

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After Christmas

How Christ's Birth Changed Everything

By: Jeremy Royal Howard,Doug Powell

After Christmas is a powerful book for unbelievers who need an introduction to the birth of Christ and its implications, and believers who need further tutoring on the same points. The full Gospel of Luke is also included, making this the perfect leave-behind tool for personal evangelism.

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B&H Publishing Group

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143364665X

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9781433646652

Foundations of Faith

By: Alton H. Howard

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Foundations of Faith

By: Alton H. Howard

From the origin of the Bible to the patriarchs of the Old Testament through the basic Christian doctrines, this study of the Christian faith will bolster the faith of longtime believers and provide answers and understanding for new Christians.

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Simon and Schuster

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1878990241

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9781878990242

Archaeology and Bible History

By: Joseph P. Free,Howard Frederic Vos

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Archaeology and Bible History

By: Joseph P. Free,Howard Frederic Vos

Using Bible history as the unifying element rather than a topical approach, this book shows how archaeological discoveries in Bible lands have helped to confirm the accuracy of Scripture. The authors also deal with issues of Biblical interpretation and criticism not strictly archaeological in nature. Free's text has been updated and revised by Vos.

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Zondervan

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0310479614

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9780310479611

The Discovery of the Tomb of Tutankhamen

By: Howard Carter,A. C. Mace

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The Discovery of the Tomb of Tutankhamen

By: Howard Carter,A. C. Mace

This book captures the painstaking, step-by-step process of excavation, and the wonders of the treasure-filled inner chamber. 106 on-the-spot photographs depict the phases of the discovery and the scrupulous cataloging of the treasures.

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Courier Corporation

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0486141829

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9780486141824

The Tomb of Tut-Ankh-Amen

Discovered by the Late Earl of Carnarvon and Howard Carter

By: Howard Carter

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The Tomb of Tut-Ankh-Amen

Discovered by the Late Earl of Carnarvon and Howard Carter

By: Howard Carter

The definitive account of the discovery, recording and clearance of the tomb of Tutankhamun, originally published between 1923 and 1933.

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Cambridge University Press

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1108018157

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9781108018159

A Treasure Hard to Attain

Images of Archaeology in Popular Film, with a Filmography

By: David Howard Day

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A Treasure Hard to Attain

Images of Archaeology in Popular Film, with a Filmography

By: David Howard Day

Covers the archaeological content of approximately 120 popular films, most of which have been produced in the United States since 1912. A unique feature is the inclusion of archaeologically significant dialogue from films that reveal how the industry portrays archaeology. Key words at the top of each page in the filmography allow readers to locate a particular film by title. Extensive commentaries appear for the newer pictures while briefer remarks are found for older films.

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Scarecrow Press

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0810831716

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9780810831711

A Child Sees God

Children Talk About Bible Stories

By: Howard Worsley

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A Child Sees God

Children Talk About Bible Stories

By: Howard Worsley

In A Child Sees God, Howard Worsley explores how we can all learn from a child's perspective of the world and shows how a child's eye view of the Bible reveals many interesting ideas about ethics and morality, and provides new ways of understanding these ancient stories. By asking families to read Bible stories to their children and discuss these stories with them, recording the ensuing conversations, Howard Worsley offers not only fresh insights into the meaning and significance of these stories but also reflections on how adults can use the Biblical text in the company of children at different stages of development. Following the theory that all stories ever written fall into one of seven categories, this book shows that the themes of the Bible are no different, dividing stories into sections containing texts of wonder, adventure and leadership, terror, justice and judgement, comfort and hope, comedy, and mercy and forgiveness. This fresh look at the Bible through the eyes of children will be a fascinating read for parents, teachers, ministers, and anyone with an interest in child spirituality or ethics.

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Jessica Kingsley Publishers

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1846429374

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9781846429378

Becoming Children of God

John's Radical Gospel and Radical Discipleship

By: Wes Howard-Brook

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Becoming Children of God

John's Radical Gospel and Radical Discipleship

By: Wes Howard-Brook

Becoming Children of God' offers a fresh and original commentary on the Gospel of John as a narrative inviting readers -- both in the evangelist's time and our own -- to a radical commitment to follow Jesus from within a spirit-filled community. This reading is grounded in a "poetics of biblical narrative" that balances attention to historical, ideological, and aesthetic aspects of John's Gospel while highlighting its relevance for today. By committing himself to a close analysis of the text as "symbolic action" Howard-Brook makes it clear how John's Gospel fairly bristles with references to societal conditions that demand a direct response. Throughout the commentary, his close attention to literary structure as well as social background yields new insights into the often-obscure message of the Fourth Gospel.

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Wipf and Stock Publishers

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1592444016

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9781592444014

The Codex Magdalene

By: W. Howard Reed

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The Codex Magdalene

By: W. Howard Reed

The story starts with Jesus and Mary Magdalene marrying, bonding and beginning a family. Thirteen years later, he finds what God had in mind for him. She follows him on the road. She learns the Gospel. Then comes the day Jesus is arrested, trialed and crucified. Afterwards she becomes Apostle to the Apostles teaching them thing Jesus did not tell them. She and Jesus brother, James, found the Jesus Movement, the Way. Eventually she is forced to leave her homeland. She continues to teach across the Roman Empire from Ephesus, Athens to Rome. After a year teaching she is called before a 17 year old Nero. She escapes his persecution with the aid of a Praetorian Officer. They all escape to southern France. There she continues to preach and convert Jews and Gentiles in there until her own death.

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Xlibris Corporation

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1453542329

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9781453542323

The Tomb of Tutankhamun: Volume 1

Search, Discovery and Clearance of the Antechamber

By: Howard Carter

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The Tomb of Tutankhamun: Volume 1

Search, Discovery and Clearance of the Antechamber

By: Howard Carter

The discovery of the resting place of the great Egyptian King Tutankhamun [Tut.ankh.Amen] in November 1922 by Howard Carter and the fifth Earl of Carnarvon was the greatest archaeological find the world had ever seen. Despite its plundering by thieves in antiquity, the burial of the king lay intact with its nest of coffins and funerary shrines, surrounded by a mass of burial equipment arranged in three peripheral chambers. Published in 1923, this is the first volume of Carter's trilogy, describing the years of frustration in search of the burial site, the triumph of its eventual discovery and the long, painstaking process of exploring and cataloguing its treasures. Containing over 100 images from the site itself, this volume also includes Carter's short article, 'The Tomb of the Bird,' which inadvertently spawned the legend of the great curse of Tutankhamun's tomb.

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147257687X

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9781472576873

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