Storming the Gates of Paradise

Author: Rebecca Solnit
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 9780520256569
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 436

Book Description
This anthology of Solnits essential essays from the past ten years takes the reader from the Pyrenees to the U.S.-Mexican border, from open sky to the deepest mines and offers a panoramic world view enriched by the authors characteristically provocative, inspiring, and hopeful observations.

Storming the Gates of Paradise

Author: Rebecca Solnit
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 0520251091
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 430

Gates of Paradise

Author: Melissa de la Cruz
Publisher: Disney Electronic Content
ISBN: 1423179129
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 357

Book Description
Schuyler Van Alen is running out of time. The Dark Prince of Hell is storming the Gates of Paradise, intent on winning the heavenly throne for good. Will Bliss and the wolves she has recruited to join her win the battle for the vampires? Is Schuyler prepared to make the ultimate sacrifice? Love and vengeance, duty and and loyalty, life and death, are all at odds in the gripping, heartbreaking finale of the Blue Bloods series.

The Christian Soldier, Or Heaven Taken by Storm

Author: Thomas Watson, Sir
Publisher: Literary Licensing, LLC
ISBN: 9781498186926
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 178

Book Description
This Is A New Release Of The Original 1810 Edition.

Paradise Lost, Book 3

Author: John Milton
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 68

Book Description

Lorenzo Ghiberti's Gates of Paradise

Author: Amy R. Bloch
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 131640465X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 874

Book Description
This book examines the heretofore unsuspected complexity of Lorenzo Ghiberti's sculpted representations of Old Testament narratives in his Gates of Paradise (1425–52), the second set of doors he made for the Florence Baptistery and a masterpiece of Italian Renaissance sculpture. One of the most intellectually engaged and well-read artists of his age, Ghiberti found inspiration in ancient and medieval texts, many of which he and his contacts in Florence's humanist community shared, read, and discussed. He was fascinated by the science of vision, by the functioning of nature, and, above all, by the origins and history of art. These unusually well-defined intellectual interests, reflected in his famous Commentaries, shaped his approach in the Gates. Through the selection, imaginative interpretation, and arrangement of biblical episodes, Ghiberti fashioned multi-textured narratives that explore the human condition and express his ideas on a range of social, political, artistic, and philosophical issues.

Gates of Fire

Author: Steven Pressfield
Publisher: Bantam
ISBN: 0553904051
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 402

Book Description
NATIONAL BESTSELLER • “Steven Pressfield brings the battle of Thermopylae to brilliant life.”—Pat Conroy At Thermopylae, a rocky mountain pass in northern Greece, the feared and admired Spartan soldiers stood three hundred strong. Theirs was a suicide mission, to hold the pass against the invading millions of the mighty Persian army. Day after bloody day they withstood the terrible onslaught, buying time for the Greeks to rally their forces. Born into a cult of spiritual courage, physical endurance, and unmatched battle skill, the Spartans would be remembered for the greatest military stand in history—one that would not end until the rocks were awash with blood, leaving only one gravely injured Spartan squire to tell the tale. . . .

Infinite City

Author: Rebecca Solnit
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 0520262492
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 172

Book Description
What makes a place? Rebecca Solnit reinvents the traditional atlas, searching for layers of meaning & connections of experience across San Francisco.

Keepers of the Gate

Author: Steven G. Spruill
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780440144410
Category : Bionics
Languages : en
Pages : 239

Book Description
Eridani III ... An ancient garden of perfection, dwelling place of the Proteps. For years, the Earth had coveted this lush Eden far beyond their reach in the stellar vastness. But now the Terran starcruisers could make the eleven-light years' journey within a mortal lifetime ... and now the superior Proteps coldly prepare to annihilate the Earth-before the invaders can approach the legendary planet ... It is up to one man, Earth's bionic-powered Jared Hiller-to stave off the horror of interplanetary war. Alone, he dares to storm the gates of paradise, to discover the ancient and terrible secrets of an immortal race ... and to win a beautiful and intriguing woman whose love could change the destiny of two mighty worlds.

Paradise Lost in Plain and Simple English (A Modern Translation and the Original Version)

Author: BookCaps
Publisher: BookCaps Study Guides
ISBN: 1621072126
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 1596

Book Description
John Milton put a twist on the story of Adam and Eve--in the process he created what some have called one of the greatest literary works in the English Language. It has inspired music, art, film, and even video games. But it's hundreds of years old and reading it today sometimes is a little tough. BookCaps is here to help! BookCaps puts a fresh spin on Milton’s classic by using language modern readers won't struggle to make sense of. The original English text is also presented in the book, along with a comparable version of both text. We all need refreshers every now and then. Whether you are a student trying to cram for that big final, or someone just trying to understand a book more, BookCapsTM can help. We are a small, but growing company, and are adding titles every month.