Harald

Author : Harald Voetmann
Publisher : New Directions Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0811230821
Total Pages : 98 pages
Book Rating : 4.27/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Awake written by Harald Voetmann and published by New Directions Publishing. This book was released on 2021-09-21 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Harald Voetmann’s eye-opening English debut, Awake, is the first book of his erudite, grotesque, and absurdist trilogy about mankind’s inhuman will to conquer nature In a shuttered bedroom in ancient Italy, the sleepless Pliny the Elder lies in bed obsessively dictating new chapters of his Natural History to his slave Diocles. Fat, wheezing, imperious, and prone to nosebleeds, Pliny does not believe in spending his evenings in repose: No—to be awake is to be alive. There’s no time to waste if he is to classify every element of the natural world in a single work. By day Pliny the Elder carries out his many civic duties and gives the occasional disastrous public reading. But despite his astonishing ambition to catalog everything from precious metals to the moon, as well as a collection of exotic plants sourced from the farthest reaches of the world, Pliny the Elder still takes immense pleasure in the common rose. After he rushes to an erupting Mount Vesuvius and perishes in the ash, his nephew, Pliny the Younger, becomes custodian of his life’s work. But where Pliny the Elder saw starlight, Pliny the Younger only sees fireflies. In masterfully honed prose, Voetmann brings the formidable Pliny the Elder (and his pompous nephew) to life. Awake is a comic delight about one of history’s great minds and the not-so-great human body it was housed in.

Author : David Friedman
Publisher : Baen Publishing Enterprises
ISBN 13 : 1618245228
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.29/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Harald written by David Friedman and published by Baen Publishing Enterprises. This book was released on 2006-04-01 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: He Didn't Get the Surrender Memo! It's the perfect storm for conquest: a dysfunctional kingdom reels under a weak monarch. A powerful order of warrior maidens turns to infighting after suddenly losing its charismatic leader. Worst of all, a disciplined and blooded imperial army stands ready to invade and dominate. If ever a moment called for grit, competence, and an utter lack of wishful thinking it is now. Enter Harald of the Vales. Family man and teller of tales. Warrior's warrior. It's time the Empire got one thing straight: the land of Kaerlia will never be its for the taking. An intricate and thrilling debut fantasy novel from libertarian prof (and son of economist Milton Friedman) and Society for Creative Anachronism grandee, David D. Friedman. At the publisher's request, this title is sold without DRM (Digital Rights Management).

Author : John Marsden
Publisher : The History Press
ISBN 13 : 0752474448
Total Pages : 215 pages
Book Rating : 4.41/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Harald Hardrada written by John Marsden and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2011-10-24 with total page 215 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the greatest medieval warriors Harald Sigurdsson, nicknamed Hardrada (Harold the Ruthless or hard ruler) fell in battle in an attempt to snatch the crown of England. The spectacular and heroic career which ended at Stamford Bridge in Yorkshire on 25 September 1066 had taken Harald from Norway to Russia and Constantinople and saw him gain a kingdom by force and determination rather than right or inheritance. He was one of the most feared rulers in Europe and was first and foremost a professional soldier, who acquired great wealth by plunder and showed no mercy to those he conquered. 'Harald Hardrada: The Warrior's Way' reconstructs a military career spanning three and a half decades and involving encounters with an extraordinary range of allies and enemies in sea-fights and land battles, sieges and viking raids across a varity of theatres of war. John Marsden's superbly researched and powerfully written account takes us from the lands of the Norsemen to Byzantium and the Crusades and makes clear how England moved decisively from three hundred years of exposure to the Scandinavian orbit to a stronger identification with continental Europe following the Norman invasion.

Author : Snorri Sturluson
Publisher : Penguin UK
ISBN 13 : 0141915072
Total Pages : 253 pages
Book Rating : 4.74/5 ( download)

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Download or read book King Harald's Saga written by Snorri Sturluson and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2005-04-28 with total page 253 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This compelling Icelandic history describes the life of King Harald Hardradi, from his battles across Europe and Russia to his final assault on England in 1066, less than three weeks before the invasion of William the Conqueror. It was a battle that led to his death and marked the end of an era in which Europe had been dominated by the threat of Scandinavian forces. Despite England's triumph, it also played a crucial part in fatally weakening the English army immediately prior to the Norman Conquest, changing the course of history. Taken from the Heimskringla - Snorri Sturluson's complete account of Norway from prehistoric times to 1177 - this is a brilliantly human depiction of the turbulent life and savage death of the last great Norse warrior-king.

Author : D.G. Redd
Publisher : D.G. Redd
ISBN 13 : 0645315931
Total Pages : 31 pages
Book Rating : 4.36/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Harald's Adventure Wares written by D.G. Redd and published by D.G. Redd. This book was released on 2022-02-19 with total page 31 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Harald has been in the business of selling adventuring gear for years. It doesn't pay well, but first time heroes are naive and easily swindled, so Harald manages to get by just fine. If only he could finish his first magic weapon, he could set himself on a trajectory to get out of this two-bit town.But a goblin has set up camp in the cave he sources his magical ingredients from, and none of the adventurers who pass through his shop will help him out. Maybe it's time he settled it for himself?

Author : Al Bas
Publisher : Strategic Book Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1606935399
Total Pages : 498 pages
Book Rating : 4.92/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Harald and the Holy Cross written by Al Bas and published by Strategic Book Publishing. This book was released on 2008-10 with total page 498 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Prince Harald Hardrada, the exiled heir to the Norwegian throne, arrives in Constantinople in 1033 and becomes caught up in the cross-currents of palace intrigue, secret sects, and the search for religious relics.

Author : Snorri Sturluson
Publisher : DigiCat
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 196 pages
Book Rating : 4.85/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Sagas of Olaf Tryggvason and of Harald The Tyrant (Harald Haardraade) written by Snorri Sturluson and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2022-05-28 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is about a great and rousing story of the last of the Viking kings, with truly incredible adventures. The highlight is not the language with flowery flourishes, but with jolting, abrupt changes in plot. There is no inner-dialogue, and the dialogue between characters is direct but halting, with little fluidity. It is obvious that this is an ancient text and a translation.

Author : Harald Gilbers
Publisher : Macmillan + ORM
ISBN 13 : 1250246946
Total Pages : 371 pages
Book Rating : 4.43/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Germania written by Harald Gilbers and published by Macmillan + ORM. This book was released on 2020-12-01 with total page 371 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From international bestselling author Harald Gilbers comes the heart-pounding story of Jewish detective Richard Oppenheimer as he hunts for a serial killer through war-torn Nazi Berlin in Germania. Berlin 1944: a serial killer stalks the bombed-out capital of the Reich, preying on women and laying their mutilated bodies in front of war memorials. All of the victims are linked to the Nazi party. But according to one eyewitness account, the perpetrator is not an opponent of Hitler's regime, but rather a loyal Nazi. Jewish detective Richard Oppenheimer, once a successful investigator for the Berlin police, is reactivated by the Gestapo and forced onto the case. Oppenheimer is not just concerned with catching the killer and helping others survive, but also his own survival. Worst of all, solving this case is what will certainly put him in the most jeopardy. With no other choice but to futher his investigation, he feverishly searches for answers, and a way out of this dangerous game.

Author : Don Hollway
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1472846508
Total Pages : 377 pages
Book Rating : 4.01/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Last Viking written by Don Hollway and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2023-02-07 with total page 377 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Now available in paperback, this is a rich and compelling account of the life of King Harald Hardrada of Norway, one of the greatest Viking warriors to have ever lived.

Author : Maria Gripe
Publisher : New York Review of Books
ISBN 13 : 1681373785
Total Pages : 177 pages
Book Rating : 4.82/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Glassblower's Children written by Maria Gripe and published by New York Review of Books. This book was released on 2019-08-13 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: By the Winner of the Hans Christian Andersen Medal for Lifetime Achievement in Children's Literature Albert the glassblower and Sofia are the loving parents of little Klas and Klara. Albert makes the most beautiful glass bowls and vases (unfortunately they are so impractical that no one will buy them), while Sofia supports the family by working in the fields. Every year Albert goes to the fair to try to sell his wares, and sometimes Sofia and the children go too. At the fair the family meets Flutter Mildweather, a weaver of magical rugs that foretell the future, and Klas and Klara come the attention of the splendid Lord and Lady of All Wishes Town, who have everything they want except for one: children. Full of curious and vivid characters—like the one-eyed raven Wise Wit, who can only see the bright side of life, and the monstrous governess Nana, whose piercing song can shatter glass—The Glassblower’s Children also ponders such serious matters as what it means to find meaningful work and the difference between what you want and what you need. In The Glassblower’s Children Maria Gripe has drawn on fairy tales and Norse myths to tell a thrilling story with a very modern sensibility.