Author: Gavin MaxwellPublisher: Eland & Sickle Moon Books
ISBN: 9780907871149
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 316
Book Description
Tells the extraordinary story of a feudal fiefdom in southern Morocco in the early twentieth century.
Author: Walter HarrisLords of the Atlas
Author: Gavin MaxwellPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : France
Languages : en
Pages : 376
Book Description
Lords of the Atlas is a classic story of Morocco and the rise and spectacular fall of the House of Glaoua. Madani and T'hami El Glaoui, sons of a Moroccan Caid by an Ethiopian concubine, rose meteorically to power in the almost medieval state of Morocco at the end of the nineteenth Century. This is the epic story of the more than fifty years in which they governed the country in barbaric, ostentatious splendor, until their spectacular downfall in 1956. Out of the intriguing and dramatic lives of Madair and T'hami, Gavin Maxwell has fashioned an epic story set against the superb background of Marrakesh and the pinnacled castles of the High Atlas, still magnificent as crumbling ruins. A dramatic history of intrigue, action, and exotic places, and illustrated with over one hundred color illustrations and photographs, Lords of the Atlas is a stunning look at the rise and fall of one of the twentieth century's most fascinating rulers.
Lords and Towns in Medieval Europe
Author: Howard B. ClarkePublisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 1351921290
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 575
Book Description
This volume is the first publication to draw upon the mass of information provided by the Historic Towns Atlases in order to explore comparative questions in medieval urban history. The volume addresses the wider question of comparative urban studies, the processes that determined the morphological formation of towns, and the symbolic meaning of large-scale town plans in their cultural context.
Doctor Who Atlas
Author: Doctor WhoPublisher: Random House
ISBN: 1405955945
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 76
Book Description
Travel through time and space like never before in this stunning guide to the worlds of Doctor Who! *With a foreword by renowned Doctor Who director, Rachel Talalay* Journey from Gallifray to Skaro to Mondas and everything in between in this beautifully illustrated Atlas. With full colour maps, take in epic stories, the glorious history of the many faces of the Doctor and magnificent views of the entire saga. Complete with 30 maps, character profiles of companions and monsters, this stunning collection is perfect for new and old fans of Doctor Who covering everything from well-known stories to little known facts.
Author: Jerome TharaudThe Atlas of Unusual Languages: An exploration of language, people and geography
Author: Zoran NikolicPublisher: HarperCollins UK
ISBN: 0008524041
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 274
Book Description
We communicate through the spoken and written word and language has evolved over the centuries. Many languages have survived although only in small pockets throughout the world. This book explores a selection of those languages.
The Darkest Lie
Author: Gena ShowalterPublisher: HQN Books
ISBN: 1460399625
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 322
Book Description
In this riveting new installment of New York Times bestselling author Gena Showalter’s Lords of the Underworld series, Gideon, keeper of the Demon of Lies, fights to uncover the truth… Forced to his knees in agony whenever he speaks the truth, Gideon can recognize any lie—until he captures Scarlet, a demon-possessed immortal who claims to be his long-lost wife. He doesn’t remember the beautiful female, much less wedding—or bedding—her. But he wants to...almost as much as he wants her. But Scarlet is keeper of Nightmares, too dangerous to roam free. A future with her might mean ultimate ruin. Especially as Gideon’s enemies draw closer—and the truth threatens to destroy all he’s come to love....
Lord of the Atlas
Author: Colin FalconerPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 472
Book Description
London 1893: Two former Royal Artillery officers are offered a small fortune to go to Morocco to help the Sultan quell a rebel uprising in the south. Purely an advisory role, they are told. Harry Delhaze is on a lonely path to self-destruction; George Marriott has promises to keep. It seems to them like the easiest money they'll ever make. They couldn't be more wrong. They are forced to battle frostbite in the Atlas Mountains and endure the baking deserts of the sub-Sahara; they are traded, kidnapped, and used as pawns in high-stakes political rivalries; they encounter women who worship cannons for fertility and magician-warlords who talk to the dead and play bloody games of chess with living slaves; and the three muzzle-loading cannon the Sultan has hired them to command are antiques that could explode in their faces at any moment. Then there is the Lord of the Atlas himself, Amastan el-Karim, who harbors a shocking secret that could cost them both their lives - or give one of them a reason to live again. An epic historical adventure evoking the beautiful and the barbaric of nineteenth-century Morocco, transporting the reader to a now-lost world. From the grimy streets of Victorian London to the high Atlas Mountains and sub-Saharan deserts of Morocco, this is adventure on a breath-taking scale.
Ring of Bright Water
Author: Gavin MaxwellPublisher: David R. Godine Publisher
ISBN: 1567924840
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 346
Book Description
This volume weaves together the Scottish otter stories from Gavin Maxwell's three non-fiction books, Ring of Bright Water (1960), The Rocks Remain (1963), and Raven Meet Thy Brother (1969). Maxwell was both an extraordinarily evocative writer and a highly unusual man. While touring the Iraqi marshes, he was captivated by an otter and became a devoted advocate of and spokesman for the species. He moved to a remote house in the Scottish highlands, co-habiting there with three otters and living an idyllic and isolated life – at least for a while. Fate, fame, and fire conspired against this paradise, and it, too, came to an end, though the journey was filled with incident and wonder. Maxwell was also talented as an artist, and his sinuous line drawings of these amphibious and engaging creatures, and the homes they occupied, illustrate his story. This book stands as a lasting tribute to a man, his work, and his passion. It was received and has endured as a classic for its portrait not only of otters but also of a man who endured heartaches and disappointments, whose life embodied both greatness and tragedy. He writes with rare eloquence about his birth, his devotion to the beloved Scottish highlands, and the wildlife he loved, while refusing to ignore the darker aspects of his nature and of nature in its larger sense.
