![]() AUTHOR: Jonathan Keates is an author, critic and a teacher of history. Images of special events and processions, as well as architectural details, reinforce the notion of the Cathedral as a living community and evoke the essential spirit of this magnificent building. ![]() The use of plans and colour coding also helps orientate the visitor easily through the Cathedral complex. The guide presents accessible information about the Cathedral, by means of a walking guide divided into small sections, which highlight such features as the West Door, the Nave and Crypt. This is reinforced by highlighted text and illustration spreads on historic figures associated with the Cathedral, such as The Black Prince, Chaucer and Saint Augustine. of text and images, the guide conveys the sense of the Cathedral as a working institution and brings to life dynamically the history of the Cathedral. ![]() ![]() ![]() This publication incorporates a radically new presentation of the cathedral and its history. Canterbury Cathedral 96 (Trade Paperback / Paperback, 2nd Revised edition)Ĭanterbury Cathedral is a major centre of Christianity and a place of pilgrimage to the shrine of one of England's most important saints, Thomas Becket. ![]()
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Drizzt was the third male child of Malice, and by all drow laws should have been sacrificed to appease Lolth, the Spider Queen, the evil goddess of the dark elves. On the night in 1297 DR that Drizzt Do'Urden was born to Matron Mother Malice Do'Urden and the weapons master Zaknafein, House Do'Urden was in the process of eradicating House DeVir to become the ninth House in the hierarchy of the underground drow city of Menzoberranzan. ![]() ![]() You don't want to miss the uplift you'll find in this remarkable tale of hope and overcoming!" DeAnna Murphy, CEO of People Acuity, Author, Keynote Speaker, Top 100 Global Coaching Leader "Eva Doherty Gremmert's emotional and poignant story about her son's journey with Lennox-Gastaut Syndrome (LGS) was written from her heart and soul. This story reframed my own adversities in new ways and gave me strength to be different in the midst of them. 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In the minutes between bear-crush and death, Vada recalls his youth, son of a wildlife agent father and a homemaker with the moxie to use a ballpoint pen in an emergency tracheotomy. Vada too loves Darla, which adds to the fun. Vada, not quite 30 and "waiting … for his life to start," was helping his neighbor and best friend, Wyatt Yancey, slip one final trophy into his house before Yancey's marriage to his taxidermy-hating fiancée, Darla. With word play sparkling and crackling across the pages, Griffith cuts and polishes his story with esoteric Bob Dylan–like references and Stephen Wright's sometimes piquant and sardonic observations. ![]() Vada Prickett is dying, pinned under a stupendous stuffed bear, thinking about his short life and a fond-of-puns God enjoying the "Moon over My Hammy" breakfast at the local Denny's. ![]() ![]() Each is a different struggle though the motive is the same. 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From an early age, it became clear that Andre Agassi was destined to become a tennis legend. ![]() ![]() In finally losing her lands to the Borgia family, she put up a resistance that inspired all of Europe and set the stage for her progeny-including Cosimo de' Medici-to follow her example to greatness.Ī rich evocation the Renaissance, The Tigress of Forlì reveals Caterina Riario Sforza as a brilliant and fearless ruler, and a tragic but unbowed figure. Following her husband’s assassination, she ruled Italy’s crossroads with iron will, martial strength, political savvy-and an icon’s fashion sense. After turbulent years in Rome’s papal court, she moved to the Romagnol province of Forlì. Raised in the court of Milan and wed at age ten to the pope’s corrupt nephew, Caterina was ensnared in Italy’s political intrigues early in life. In this glittering biography, Elizabeth Lev reexamines her extraordinary life and accomplishments. 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