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The ancient Chinese world / by Kleeman, Terry F.,1955-(CARDINAL)683501; Barrett, Tracy,1955-(CARDINAL)351162;
MARCIVE 03/01/06Includes bibliographical references (pages 161-164) and index.Introduction: the creation of the universe -- Peking man: early humans in China -- "Surprise and delight": the discovery of China's first culture -- Longshan: China's first civilization -- Everybody talks about the weather: agriculture and oracles -- Dragon bones and hidden treasures: the Shang court -- "Heaven is brightly awesome:" the western Zhou era and the mandate of heaven -- Who's in charge?: the rise of the hegemons -- The story of Shensheng: sacrifice and statehood -- From bronze to plastic: crafts in everyday life -- A wise man and his followers: Confucius and Confucianism -- The way: Laozi -- The art of war: warfare in ancient China -- China goes imperial: the rise of the unified state -- Kings and commoners: Liu Bang and the founding of the Han dynasty -- Who is Chinese?: ethnic groups and China -- Hard work and humility: women in ancient China -- New ways of doing things: inventions and technology -- Power and personality: Wang Mang -- A new relationship with the gods: the rise of Daoism -- "A golden man": Buddhism and the Silk Road -- "Someone with the talent to command": a general takes charge -- A "barbarian" leader: the three kingdoms and Liu Yuan -- A foreign god unites China: Buddhism after the Han.Ages 11-14.
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D-Day the total story. [videorecording] by Ambrose, Stephen E.(CARDINAL)148055; Beemer, Rob.; Beemer, Rob.pro; Horan, Don.drt(CARDINAL)739500; Jackson, Sammy.pro; Keegan, John.(CARDINAL)373545; Lihani, Rob.; Lihani, Rob.prodrt; McRaney, Gerald.(CARDINAL)857313; Sparer, Paul.; Stahl, Norman.aus(CARDINAL)718456; Zimmerman, Mort.pro; A & E Home Video (Firm)(CARDINAL)218747; Arts and Entertainment Network.(CARDINAL)225081; Greystone Communications.; History Channel (Television network)(CARDINAL)330875; Lou Reda Productions.; New Video Group.(CARDINAL)219113;
D-Day host, Gerald McRaney ; military historians, Stephen Ambrose, John Keegan ; Eisenhower narrator, Paul Sparer.D-Day, the total story: Chronicles the largest invasion in human history, in which Allied troops stormed the beaches of Normandy on the morning of June 6, 1944. Examines the evolution of the plans for Operation Overlord and the importance of the element of surprise. Shows the tense pre-attack hours and how the invasion was initially threatened by human error and inclement weather. Presents footage of harrowing, front-line fighting and the brutality of modern war.Eisenhower : supreme commander in chief: Tells the story of Eisenhower from his childhood in Kansas to his career in the military and as supreme commander of the Allies Forces in Europe during World War II, to his two terms as president of the United States during the beginning of the Cold War.DVD.
Subjects: Documentary television programs.; Documentary television programs.; Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David), 1890-1969; Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David), 1890-1969.; United States. Army. Airborne Division, 101st.; Generals; Presidents; Soldiers; World War, 1939-1945;
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The deluge / by Markley, Stephen,author.(CARDINAL)356672;
"In the first decades of the 21st century, the world is convulsing, its governments mired in gridlock while a patient but unrelenting ecological crisis looms. America is in upheaval, battered by violent weather and extreme politics. In California in 2013, Tony Pietrus, a scientist studying deposits of undersea methane, receives a death threat. His fate will become bound to a stunning cast of characters--a broken drug addict, a star advertising strategist, a neurodivergent mathematician, a cunning eco-terrorist, an actor turned religious zealot, and a brazen young activist named Kate Morris, who, in the mountains of Wyoming, begins a project that will alter the course of the decades to come. From the Gulf Coast to Los Angeles, the Midwest to Washington, DC, their intertwined odysseys unfold against a stark backdrop of accelerating chaos as they summon courage, galvanize a nation, fall to their own fear, and find wild hope in the face of staggering odds. As their stories hurtle toward a spectacular climax, each faces a reckoning: what will they sacrifice to salvage humanity's last chance at a future? A singular achievement, The Deluge is a once-in-a-generation novel that meets the moment as few works of art ever have."--
Subjects: Climate fiction.; Dystopian fiction.; Science fiction.; Climate change mitigation; Environmental disasters; Political activists; Climatic changes; Scientists;
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Mexico-Tenochtitlan : dynamism at the center of the world / by Pre-Columbian Studies Symposium "Tenochtitlan: Imperial Ideologies on Display"(2022 :Washington, D.C. ;Online)(CARDINAL)899805; Mundy, Barbara E.,editor,writer of introduction,contributor; López Luján, Leonardo,editor,writer of introduction,contributor(CARDINAL)852975; Boone, Elizabeth Hill,editor,writer of introduction,contributor(CARDINAL)162330; Vázquez Vallin, Lorena,contributor.; Barrera Rodríguez, Raúl,contributor.(CARDINAL)899732; Chávez Balderas, Ximena,contributor.(CARDINAL)899733; De Anda Rogel, Michelle,contributor.; Sugiyama, Saburo,contributor.(CARDINAL)852979; Velázquez Castro, Adrián,contributor.(CARDINAL)899734; Filloy Nadal, Laura,contributor.(CARDINAL)852972; Moreno Guzmán, María Olvido,contributor.(CARDINAL)888105; Caplan, Allison,contributor.; Rodríguez-Alegría, Enrique,contributor.(CARDINAL)899735; Ryu, Sara,contributor.; Ousterhout, Robert G.,contributor.(CARDINAL)899736; Dumbarton Oaks,publisher,host institution.(CARDINAL)152994;
Includes bibliographical references and index."Tenochtitlan enjoyed a meteoric rise to power beginning in the thirteenth century, when its leaders transformed it into the political, economic, and spiritual center of the Mexica. Even after its rulership was decapitated following the Spanish invasion of 1519-1521, the city (rechristened Mexico City) remained a dynamic urban center. Mexico-Tenochtitlan: Dynamism at the Center of the World looks anew at the reasons for the city's rapid consolidation and enduring status as an imperial capital. Commemorating the 500th anniversary of the fall of Tenochtitlan, the thirteen chapters of this volume highlight recent discoveries brought to light by archaeological and archival research; discuss excavations of offerings, burials, and skull racks as the physical residue of ephemeral performances; and examine sculptures, manuscripts, ritual objects, and luxury items as indices of artistic production and imperial ideologies. By highlighting continuities against the backdrop of regime change, particularly in the Indigenous sphere and among Indigenous actors, these chapters, written by archaeologists, art historians, object conservators, and a historian, enable us to see how phenomena forged in the pre-Hispanic period were carried across the sixteenth century. Tracing continuities across time allows us to capture a little of the early dynamism that continues to mark Mexico City"--
Subjects: Templo Mayor (Mexico City, Mexico); Excavations (Archaeology); Aztecs;
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Mao. [manga] by Takahashi, Rumiko,1957-author,artist.(CARDINAL)381585; Miyaki, Tetsuichiro,translator.(CARDINAL)350881; Roman, Annette,adapter.(CARDINAL)537984; Gaubatz, James,letterer.(CARDINAL)562858; VIZ Media,publisher.(CARDINAL)357335;
"Nanoka and Mao attempt to mediate a deadly dispute between curse-wielding sisters Kagari and Ayame. Then, our exorcist heroes are off to investigate villagers rumored to perform human sacrifices to a mysterious water god. Is Nanoka's sword, Akanemaru, up to the tasks that lie ahead...?"--Rated T+, for older teen.
Subjects: Historical comics.; Time-travel comics.; Paranormal comics.; Fantasy comics.; Action and adventure comics.; Comics (Graphic works); Graphic novels.; Shōnen manga.; Manga.; Time-travel fiction.; Historical fiction.; Paranormal fiction.; Young adult fiction.; Time travel; Demonology; Ability; Cursed objects; Manga (comic books);
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Mikhail and Margarita / by Himes, Julie Lekstrom,author.(CARDINAL)631780;
It is 1933 and Mikhail Bulgakov's enviable career is on the brink of being dismantled. His friend and mentor, the poet Osip Mandelstam, has been arrested, tortured, and sent into exile. Meanwhile, a mysterious agent of the secret police has developed a growing obsession with exposing Bulgakov as an enemy of the state. To make matters worse, Bulgakov has fallen in love with the dangerously candid Margarita. Facing imminent arrest, and infatuated with Margarita, he is inspired to write his masterpiece, The Master and Margarita, a scathing novel critical of both power and the powerful. Ranging between lively readings in the homes of Moscow's literary elite to the Siberian Gulag, Mikhail and Margarita recounts a passionate love triangle while painting a portrait of a country whose towering literary tradition is at odds with a dictatorship that does not tolerate dissent. Margarita is a strong, idealistic, seductive woman who is fiercely loved by two very different men, both of whom will fail in their attempts to shield her from the machinations of a regime hungry for human sacrifice. Debut novelist Julie Lekstrom Himes launches a rousing defense of art and the artist during a time of systematic deception, and she movingly portrays the ineluctable consequences of love for one of history's most enigmatic literary figures.
Subjects: Novels.; Historical fiction.; Biographical fiction.; Triangles (Interpersonal relations); Authors; Love triangles.;
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The girl from the other side : siúil, a rún. [manga] by Nagabe,author,artist.(CARDINAL)678363; Beck, Adrienne,translator.(CARDINAL)340183; Blakeslee, Lys,1985-letterer,illustrator.(CARDINAL)494095; MacFarlane, Ysabet Reinhardt,adapter.(CARDINAL)500188;
"For Shiva's sake, another life must be sacrificed. Teacher thought he had steeled himself to commit the deed, but perhaps some lingering trace of his humanity stilled his hand. Unable to harm others, he realizes the only recourse is to instead sacrifice himself. But what remains once the soul is gone?"--Provided by publisher.Rated: Teen.
Subjects: Young adult fiction.; Comics (Graphic works); Fantasy comics.; Graphic novels.; Fairy tales; Foundlings; Human-animal relationships; Imaginary places; Interpersonal relations; Magic; Monsters;
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Gutenberg, and the art of printing / by Pearson, Emily C.(Emily Clemens),1818-1900,author.; De Vinne, Theodore Low,1828-1914,former owner.(CARDINAL)505800; Frederic W. Goudy Collection (Library of Congress)(CARDINAL)370070; H.O. Houghton & Company,stereotyper,printer.; Noyes, Holmes, and Company,publisher.;
"This invaluable work talks about the early printing process and German inventor, printer, publisher, and goldsmith Johannes Gutenberg in detail. Gutenberg introduced printing to Europe with his mechanical movable-type printing press, starting the Printing Revolution in Europe. It is regarded as a milestone of the second millennium, marking the start of the modern period of human history. It played a vital role in developing the Renaissance, Reformation, Age of Enlightenment, and Scientific Revolution, laying the basis for the modern knowledge-based economy and spreading learning to the general public. It's a must read for anyone curious about how printing was done hundreds of years ago."--Amazon.com.
Subjects: Biographies.; Gutenberg, Johann, 1397?-1468; Printing;
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The art of divination in the ancient Near East : reading the signs of heaven and earth / by Maul, Stefan M.,author.; McNeil, Brian,translator.(CARDINAL)515051; Edmonds, Alexander Johannes,translator.;
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.Signs of Heaven and Earth -- Sacrifice and the Art of Divination -- Messages in Livers and Entrails: Extispicy's Essentials -- The Fine Art of Asking Questions -- An Option going cheap: The Inspection of Sacrificial Birds -- Divination "to Go" and Prognostication "on a Shoestring" -- From Meat Inspection to "Science": The Flourishing of the Babylonian Art of Extispicy -- New Constellations: The Inexorable Rise of Babylonian Astral Divination -- New Teachings on the Cosmos: The Interdisciplinarity of the Diviners -- At the Center of Power: Divination and Political Counseling -- On Prognostication as Sense and Nonsense.Discovering divine will was a part of everyday life for the people of the ancient Near East. Every state action and every military campaign was preceded by a king's meticulous ritual that petitioned the gods for a sure answer about the outcome of their endeavors. But royals were not alone in their quest. Wealthy merchants, simple craftsmen, poor widows--everyone wanted and needed certainty for future undertakings. Those who could afford it sacrificed a flawless sheep, whose liver was used by the diviner to determine the answer. Others sought guidance in oil and flour. The desire for certainty in the face of an unknown future unified all classes in the ancient world. Stefan M. Maul, a noted expert on ancient Near Eastern divination, offers an overview of this fascinating subject. Maul surveys the "art" of divination as it expanded from Sumerian roots to Babylonian mastery, cataloging its evolving methodology--from entrails to astrology--and the class of experts who performed it. He argues that the discernment of the will of the gods, though vital for political counsel, was far from a cynical ploy of the elite: at root this was a genuine attempt to unite Mesopotamian cultures under a common purpose. What seems to the post-Enlightenment world a mere superstition was, in its own way and to its own ends, a robust scholarly enterprise that lent these ancient peoples a sense of control over a world populated by fickle forces. These practices remind us that the desire to know the future is a part of what it means to be human, regardless of time or place.
Subjects: Divination; Divination; Divination;
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Seven ways to die [videorecording] by Togashi, Yoshihiro.;
Episode 19.; Suzaku, leader of the beasts --; Episode 20.; Seven ways to die --; Episode 21.; Yusuke's sacrifice.While Yusuke's team struggles through Maze Castle, another battle is being fought in Yusuke's city. Humans controlled by the Makai insects have been sent to murder Kayko. Yusuke must fight the final Saint Beast, who can multiply himself, and an exhausted Yusuke must surrender his life.Suggested age: 13+
Subjects: Heroes; Martial arts;
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