Burning Woman

Author : Jörg Fisch
Publisher : Seagull Books
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 666 pages
Book Rating : 4.51/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Burning Women written by Jörg Fisch and published by Seagull Books. This book was released on 2006 with total page 666 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Burning Women', written by Joerg Fisch, reveals how the ongoing practice of 'widow-burning' is not exclusively Indian but is a global phenomenon. The book also presents a complete history of the practice up to the present day.

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 30 pages
Book Rating : 4.62/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Horrid Customs; Or, an Afflicting Narrative Relative to the Burning of Hindoo Widows on the Funeral Piles of Their Deceased Husband, Developing Numerous Instances of Dreadful Cruelty, and Female Devotion written by and published by . This book was released on 1830 with total page 30 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Robert Low
Publisher : Canelo
ISBN 13 : 1800320906
Total Pages : 393 pages
Book Rating : 4.01/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Burning the Water written by Robert Low and published by Canelo. This book was released on 2020-07-16 with total page 393 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bandits, soldiers, thieves, murderers: all thrive in the lawless hills . . . The author of A Dish of Spurs delivers a brutally violent historical thriller. The Borders are at war. Henry VIII, fat and pained with a diseased leg, wants to burn them all; to burn the very water if he has to. Batty Coalhouse is still haunted by Maramaldo, the warlord responsible for cutting off his arm. He’s given an intriguing offer: find some stray nuns and bring them to safety. In turn, that will lead him to his nemesis, now rampaging with an army not far away in the Cheviot hills. What seems a routine assignment becomes a living hell, for in the Debatable Lands, nothing is as it seems . . . Praise for the novels of Rob Low “A company of warriors, desperate battles, an enthralling read.” —Bernard Cornwell, New York Times–bestselling author “Low mixes history, archeology, mythology and nonstop, often-sanguinary action into a fast-moving adventure tale.” —Publishers Weekly “An epic tale of hardship, triumph, betrayal and brotherhood.” —S. J. A. Turney, author of Marius’ Mules XV: The Ides of March

Author : Larry Niven
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1416548718
Total Pages : 672 pages
Book Rating : 4.13/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Burning Tower written by Larry Niven and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2006-12-01 with total page 672 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Return to the "vivid and unusual" (Kirkus Reviews) world of Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle's The Burning City, where the fire god has retreated into myth, leaving the residents of Tep's Town unprotected for the first time in their history. Unfortunately, a fiery fate isn't the only danger the town is facing. From out of the desert come monsters -- great birds with blades instead of wings, driven by some unknown force. Although they can be killed, the threat these terror birds pose is worse than death. Danger on the roads means no trade. No trade means that Tep's Town will be no more. Sent by the Lords of Lordshills to discover the source of the terror birds, Lord Sandry and his beloved, Burning Tower, must travel into a world where magic is still strong -- and where someone or something waits to destroy them! Filled with the sweeping adventure, memorable characters, and imaginative world-building that have defined the novels of Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle, Burning Tower is another triumph.

Author : James E. Gunn
Publisher : Hachette UK
ISBN 13 : 0575125160
Total Pages : 95 pages
Book Rating : 4.62/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Burning written by James E. Gunn and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2012-06-02 with total page 95 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Scientist John Wilson cannot deny the accusations coming from the beautiful blonde girl with the burning eyes, nor can he refuse her offer. But in accepting her proposal, John must forego his first love, science, and resign himself to the will of a higher power - magic. Now the door to his past has slammed shut with terrifying finality, and his future holds a horror that no rational mind can fathom. Will The Burning separate John from the comfort of the reality he loves so dearly or will it open doors in his mind that had been locked...until she arrived?

Author : Jo Bannister
Publisher : Pan Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 1447243714
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.17/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Burning Desires written by Jo Bannister and published by Pan Macmillan. This book was released on 2013-05-09 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A town the size of Castlemere might expect to see one major fire a year. When a derelict warehouse burns down just days after a blaze destroys Rachid’s Eight-Till-Late, Detective Chief Inspector Frank Shapiro is worried. Either of the fires could have been accidental, but together they suggest an arsonist at work. A third, and fatal, episode confirms it. Helped by his enigmatic Irish sergeant, Cal Donovan, Shapiro investigates, well aware that any delay in making an arrest will invite further attacks. But before much progress can be made Shapiro is relieved of duty, accused of destroying vital evidence in an earlier investigation – evidence that would have spared an innocent man an eight-year prison sentence. Shapiro’s closest colleagues, Detective Inspector Liz Graham and Detective Sergeant Donovan, are incredulous: the allegation wars with everything they know about a man they have worked for and respected for years. And yet the evidence can’t be ignored. Liz and Donovan must embark on a race against time to clear Shapiro’s name – if they can – and to track down a pyromaniac before he brings his career to a truly horrifying climax.

Author : Frances Wilson
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1408893630
Total Pages : 512 pages
Book Rating : 4.30/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Burning Man written by Frances Wilson and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2021-05-27 with total page 512 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: **LONGLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE** **SHORTLISTED FOR THE DUFF COOPER PRIZE** PICKED AS A BOOK OF THE YEAR BY THE TIMES, GUARDIAN, SPECTATOR, DAILY TELEGRAPH, NEW STATESMAN, MAIL ON SUNDAY AND TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT 'Frances Wilson writes books that blow your hair back. She makes Lawrence live and breathe, annoy and captivate you ... she conjures the past with such clarity and wit and flair that it feels utterly present' Katherine Rundell 'A brilliantly unconventional biography, passionately researched and written with a wild, playful energy' Richard Holmes _____________________ D H Lawrence is no longer censored, but he is still on trial – and we are still unsure what the verdict should be, or even how to describe him. History has remembered him, and not always flatteringly, as a nostalgic modernist, a sexually liberator, a misogynist, a critic of genius, and a sceptic who told us not to look in his novels for 'the old stable ego', yet pioneered the genre we now celebrate as auto-fiction. But where is the real Lawrence in all of this, and how – one hundred years after the publication of Women in Love - can we hear his voice above the noise? Delving into the memoirs of those who both loved and hated him most, Burning Man follows Lawrence from the peninsular underworld of Cornwall in 1915 to post-war Italy to the mountains of New Mexico, and traces the author's footsteps through the pages of his lesser known work. Wilson's triptych of biographical tales present a complex, courageous and often comic fugitive, careering around a world in the grip of apocalypse, in search of utopia; and, in bringing the true Lawrence into sharp focus, shows how he speaks to us now more than ever. 'No biography of Lawrence that I have read comes close to Burning Man' Ferdinand Mount, author of Kiss Myself Goodbye 'The most original voice in life-writing today' Lucasta Miller, author of Keats

Author : Cathy A. Frierson
Publisher : University of Washington Press
ISBN 13 : 0295801468
Total Pages : 306 pages
Book Rating : 4.69/5 ( download)

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Download or read book All Russia Is Burning! written by Cathy A. Frierson and published by University of Washington Press. This book was released on 2012-11-10 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rural fires were an even more persistent scourge than famine in late imperial Russia, as Cathy Frierson shows in this first comprehensive study. Destroying almost three billion rubles� worth of property in European Russia between 1860 and 1904, accidental and arson fires acted as a brake on Russia�s economic development while subjecting peasants to perennial shocks to their physical and emotional condition. The fire question captured the attention of educated, progressive Russians, who came to perceived it as a key obstacle to Russia�s becoming a modern society in the European model. Using sources ranging from literary representations and newspaper articles to statistical tables and court records, Frierson demonstrates the many meanings fire held for both peasants and the educated elite. To peasants, it was an essential source of light and warmth as well as a destructive force that regularly ignited their cramped villages of wooden, thatch-roofed huts. Absent the rule of law, they often used arson to gain justice or revenge, or to exert social control over those who would violate village norms. Frierson shows that the vast majority of arson cases in European Russia were not peasant-against-gentry acts of protest but peasant-against-peasant acts of "self-help" law or plain spite. Both the state and individual progressives set out to resolve the fire question and to educate, cajole, or coerce the peasantry into the modern world. Fire insurance, building codes, "scientific" village layouts, and volunteer firefighting brigades reduced the average number of buildings consumed in each blaze, but none of these measures succeeded in curbing the number of fires each year. More than anything else, this history of fire and arson in rural European Russia is a history of their cultural meanings in the late imperial campaign for modernity. Frierson shows the special associations of women with fire in rural life and in elite understanding of fire in the Russian countryside. Her study of the fire question demonstrates both peasant agency in fighting fire and educated Russians' hardening conviction that peasants stood in the way of Russia's advent into the company of prosperous, rational, civilized nations.

Author : Lucy H. Pearce
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781910559239
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.37/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Burning Woman written by Lucy H. Pearce and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THE LONG-AWAITED new title from Amazon bestselling author Lucy H. Pearce. Burning Woman is a breath-taking and controversial woman's journey through history-- personal and cultural--on a quest to find and free her own power.Uncompromising and all-encompassing, Pearce uncovers the archetype of the Burning Women of days gone by--Joan of Arc and the witch trials, through to the way women are burned today in cyber bullying, acid attacks, shaming and burnout, fearlessly examining the roots of Feminine power--what it is, how it has been controlled, and why it needs to be unleashed on the world during our modern Burning Times.Burning Woman explores:* Burning from within: a woman's power--how to build it, engage it and not be destroyed by it.* Burning from without: the role of shame, and honour in the time-worn ways the dominant culture uses fire to control the Feminine.* The darkness: overcoming our fear of the dark, and discovering its importance in cultivating power.This incendiary text was written for women who burn with passion, have been burned with shame, and who at another time, in another place, would have been burned at the stake. With contributions from leading burning women of our era: Isabel Abbott, ALisa Starkweather, Shiloh Sophia McCloud, Molly Remer, Julie Daley, Bethany Webster ...

Author : Jerame Nelson
Publisher : Destiny Image Publishers
ISBN 13 : 0768489261
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.62/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Burning Ones written by Jerame Nelson and published by Destiny Image Publishers. This book was released on 2011-09-20 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Burning Ones is a call to action. Christians will be encouraged and motivated to consider seriously stepping in the role of “burning ones” and “dread champions” to spread the Kingdom of God in the earth. Vivid and detailed descriptions of these champions are given throughout the book, supported with biblical examples and modern-day personal experiences, including real-life healings worldwide. Each of the seven chapters concludes with “Burning Questions” designed to stimulate thought and action, followed by a space for the reader to record “Your Response.” A “Prayer to Get You There” connects the reader with the Lord in a genuine way that caps the vital issues covered in the chapter.