Story of the bayeux tapestry

Story of the Bayeux Tapestry

The definitive guide to the Bayeux Tapestry and its legacy, exploring the rich narrative behind its stitches and the turbulent times in which it was c

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Story of the Bayeux Tapestry

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Bayeux Tapestry

The vivid scenes on the Bayeux Tapestry depict the events leading up to the Battle of Hastings in 1066. Hicks shows us this world and the miracle of t

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Bayeux Tapestry

The Bayeaux Tapestry is unique both as a historical document and as a work of art. It was made soon after the Battle of Hastings in 1066, and it tells

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Decoding the Bayeux Tapestry

Unique examination of this famous artefact. Challenges many of the accepted interpretations. Highly illustrated throughout, including images of panels

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Archaeological Study of the Bayeux Tapestry

The only book to analyse the historical geography and archaeology of the Tapestry.

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Great Tapestry of Scotland

This book tells the story of this unique undertaking - one of the biggest community arts projects ever to take place in Scotland - and reproduces in f

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Story of Scotland

This humorous yet informative book features details of the acclaimed Great Tapestry of Scotland in a history book for young readers aged 8-12.

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A Declaration of the Rights of Magicians - Parry H. G.

Anotace: `A rich, sprawling epic full of history and magic.` Alix E. Harrow, Hugo award-winning authorA sweeping tale of revolution and wonder in a world not quite like our own, A Declaration of the Rights of Magicians is a genre-defying story of magic, war, and the struggle for freedom.It is the Age of Enlightenment -- of new and magical political movements, from the ne...

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A Declaration of the Rights of Magicians - H. G. Parry

<p>'A rich, sprawling epic full of history and magic.' Alix E. Harrow, Hugo award-winning author A sweeping tale of revolution and wonder in a world not quite like our own, A Declaration of the Rights of Magicians is a genre-defying story of magic, war, and the struggle for freedom. It is the Age of Enlightenment -- of new and magical political movements, from the...

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The Last Tale of the Flower Bride: the haunting, atmospheric gothic page-turner - Roshani Chokshiová

<p>'LINGERS LIKE A FEVER DREAM' V.E. SCHWAB'INTOXICATING' EMILY HENRYEvery fairy tale must come to an end.In the tradition of sumptuous gothic novels like The Cloisters and The Bloody Chambers comes a dark fairy tale-infused story about a cursed friendship and a marriage steeped in secrets - from New York Times bestselling author Roshani Chokshi.Once, a man who beli...

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The King of Elfland´s Daughter - Lord Dunsany

Anotace: `He contrasted the mortal world, in wonder, with the deep calm of his home, where the moment moved more slowly than the shadows of the houses here, and did not pass until all the content with which a moment is stored had been drawn from it by every creature in Elfland...`The poetic style and sweeping grandeur of The King of Elfland`s Daughter has made it one of ...

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The King of Elfland´s Daughter - Dunsany Lord

<p>'He contrasted the mortal world, in wonder, with the deep calm of his home, where the moment moved more slowly than the shadows of the houses here, and did not pass until all the content with which a moment is stored had been drawn from it by every creature in Elfland...'The poetic style and sweeping grandeur of The King of Elfland's Daughter has made it one of t...

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The Gift - Vladimir Nabokov

<p>The Gift is the phantasmal autobiography of Fyodor Godunov-Cherdynstev, a writer living in the closed world of Russian intellectuals in Berlin shortly after the First World War. This gorgeous tapestry of literature and butterflies tells the story of Fyodor's pursuits as a writer. Its heroine is not Fyodor's elusive and beloved Zina, however, but Russian prose and...

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Courage to Dream: Tales of Hope in the Holocaust - Neal Shusterman

<p>National Book Award winner Neal Shusterman presents a graphic novel exploring the Holocaust through surreal visions and a textured canvas of heroism and hope.</p> <p>Courage to Dream plunges readers into the darkest time of human history - the Holocaust. This graphic novel explores one of the greatest atrocities in modern memory, delving into the core...

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Alone in the Dark

Alone in the Dark weaves a chilling tapestry of psychological horror and Southern Gothic charm, reimagining the iconic game that set the benchmark for the genre. We invite you to join us on a journey into madness, where each encounter could be your last. With each step you take closer to unravelling Derceto's mystery, the eyes that watch from the darkness grow hungrier. E...

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City of Laughter - Fruchter Temim

Anotace: A rich and riveting debut spanning four generations of Eastern European Jewish women bound by blood, half-hidden secrets and the fantastical visitation of a shapeshifting stranger over the course of 100 years.The City of Laughter follows a young queer woman stuck in a thicket of generational secrets back to her family`s origins, where ancestral clues begin to re...

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Alone in the Dark (PC)

Alone in the Dark weaves a chilling tapestry of psychological horror and Southern Gothic charm, reimagining the iconic game that set the benchmark for the genre. We invite you to join us on a journey into madness, where each encounter could be your last. With each step you take closer to unravelling Derceto's mystery, the eyes that watch from the darkness grow hungri...

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Normans in Ireland

The Norman invasion of Britain, as depicted in the Bayeux Tapestry, is well known, but the later invasion of Ireland is much less well documented. Thi

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Alone in the Dark Deluxe Edition

A Love Letter to Horror Fans Alone in the Dark: Digital Deluxe Edition is a treasure chest of carefully curated experiences designed to thrill. Whether you're revisiting the twisted atmosphere of the 1992 classic or stepping into Derceto Manor for the first time, this edition is packed with features that promise to captivate. From switching up character models for a taste...

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Alone in the Dark Deluxe Edition (PC)

A Love Letter to Horror FansAlone in the Dark: Digital Deluxe Edition is a treasure chest of carefully curated experiences designed to thrill. Whether you're revisiting the twisted atmosphere of the 1992 classic or stepping into Derceto Manor for the first time, this edition is packed with features that promise to captivate. From switching up character models for a t...

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Empathic Civilization - The Race to Global Consciousness in a World in Crisis

In this sweeping new interpretation of the history of civilization, bestselling author Jeremy Rifkin looks at the evolution of empathy and the profound ways that it has shaped our development-and is likely to determine our fate as a species. Today we face unparalleled challenges in an energy-intensive and interconnected world that will demand an unprecedented level of mut...

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Darling : New and Selected Poems - Kay Jackie

Anotace: Humour, Gender, Sexuality, Sensuality, Identity, Racism, and Cultural Difference. When do any of these things ever come together to equal poetry? When Jackie Kay`s part of the equation. "Darling" brings together into a vibrant new book many favourite poems from her four Bloodaxe collections, "The Adoption Papers", "Other Lovers", "Off Colour" and "Life Mask", as...

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Wanderers - Wendig Chuck

The Biggest Thriller of The Year Has Arrived, The story is an epic tapestry of humanity, told in a chorus of disparate voices, including Shana, a young girl who wakes up one morning to discover her sister in the grip of a strange malady. She appears to be sleepwalking. She cannot talk and cannot be woken up. And she is heading with inexorable determination to a destinat...

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Turkiye: Cycling Through a Country´s First Century - Julian Sayarer

<p>"The complex story of modern Turkiye, is a deeply thoughtful, gripping and scrupulous book told in Sayarer's trademark style from the saddle and the roadside" CAROLINE EDENBy a winner of the Stanford Dolman Award for Travel Writing"Sayarer is a precise and passionate writer . . . We need writers who will go all the way for a story, and tell it with...

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Scorn

Scorn is an atmospheric first-person horror adventure game set in a nightmarish universe of odd forms and somber tapestry. It is designed around the idea of "being thrown into the world". Isolated and lost inside this dream-like world, you will explore different interconnected regions in a non-linear fashion. The unsettling environment is a character itself. Every lo...

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Scorn (PC)

Scorn&nbsp;is an atmospheric first-person horror adventure game set in a nightmarish universe of odd forms and somber tapestry.It is designed around the idea of "being thrown into the world". Isolated and lost inside this dream-like world, you will explore different interconnected regions in a non-linear fashion. The unsettling environment is a character its...

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Adama - Lavie Tidhar

<p>THERE IS NO LAND WITHOUT BLOOD, AND I WATER THIS LAND WITH THE BLOOD OF MY MEN. Ruth's family were in Budapest when the Nazis came. Now Ruth is in Palestine, amid the bare hills inland from Haifa, breaking the rocky soil of an unyielding land before it breaks her. With her comrades, her fellow kibbutzniks, she will build a better world. There will be green gra...

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Scorn Deluxe Edition

The Deluxe Edition includes the official digital soundtrack of the game, composed by Aethek & Lustmord, and a 192-page digital artbook including a massive amount of exclusive artwork and research designs from the nightmarish universe of Scorn. Scorn is an atmospheric first-person horror adventure game set in a nightmarish universe of odd forms and somber tapestry...

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Scorn Deluxe Edition (PC)

The Deluxe Edition includes the official digital soundtrack of the game, composed by Aethek &amp; Lustmord, and a 192-page digital artbook including a massive amount of exclusive artwork and research designs from the nightmarish universe of Scorn.Scorn&nbsp;is an atmospheric first-person horror adventure game set in a nightmarish universe of odd forms and somber t...

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