A Bridge to the Sky

A Bridge to the Sky
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Publisher : Oxford University Press
Total Pages : 249
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9780190913243
ISBN-13 : 019091324X
Rating : 4/5 (43 Downloads)

Synopsis A Bridge to the Sky by : Glaire Anderson

A Bridge to the Sky explores the close connections between science, arts, and visual culture as they developed in the medieval Islamic lands. It presents a significant study of the career of 'Abbas Ibn Firnas, (d. 887), the most celebrated 'scientist' and polymath of early Islamic Spain, best known for conducting an experiment that has been celebrated as a milestone in the history of human flight.

A Bridge to the Sky

A Bridge to the Sky
Author :
Publisher : Domain
Total Pages : 596
Release :
ISBN-10 : 0553281372
ISBN-13 : 9780553281378
Rating : 4/5 (72 Downloads)

Synopsis A Bridge to the Sky by : Margaret Ball

For the audience of Ken Follett's Pillars of the Earth, comes a stunningly researched, mesmerizing historical novel set in 13th century England, tracing the rise of a young architect from a simple stone carver to master builder of a magnificent cathedral.

Sky Bridge

Sky Bridge
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Publisher : Milkweed Editions
Total Pages : 236
Release :
ISBN-10 : 1571310541
ISBN-13 : 9781571310545
Rating : 4/5 (41 Downloads)

Synopsis Sky Bridge by : Laura Pritchett

A supermarket clerk in a small dusty town, 22-year-old Libby is full of dreams but lacks the means to pursue them. When her younger sister Tess becomes pregnant, Libby convinces her not to have an abortion by promising to raise the child herself. But then Tess takes off after the baby is born and Libby finds that her new role puts her dreams that much further away. Her already haphazard life becomes ever more chaotic. The baby's father, a Christian rodeo rider, suddenly demands custody. Libby loses her job, her boyfriend abandons her, and her own mother harps on how stupid she was to make that promise to Tess. More than a story of a single mother overcoming obstacles, Sky Bridge is a painfully honest, complex novel that leaves readers with a fresh understanding of what it means to inhabit a world in which dreams die, and are sometimes reborn.

The Bridge of San Luis Rey

The Bridge of San Luis Rey
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Publisher : Aegitas
Total Pages : 75
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ISBN-10 : 9780369408884
ISBN-13 : 0369408888
Rating : 4/5 (84 Downloads)

Synopsis The Bridge of San Luis Rey by : Thornton Niven Wilder

The story is based on a fictional disaster that occurred in Peru on July 20, 1714. A rope bridge woven by the Incas on the road between Lima and Cuzco collapsed when five people were crossing it. They all fell into the river from a great height and were killed. Brother Juniper, a Franciscan friar who was about to cross the bridge himself, witnessed the tragedy. Being deeply pious, he saw in what happened a possible divine providence. Did the dead deserve to have their lives cut short in such a terrible way? The monk tries to learn as much as he can about the five victims, finding and questioning people who knew them. As a result of years of investigation, he compiles a voluminous book with all the evidence he has gathered that the beginning and end of human life are part of God's plan... The Bridge of San Luis Rey won the 1928 Pulitzer Prize for the Novel, and remains widely acclaimed as Wilder's most famous work. In 1998, the book was rated number 37 by the editorial board of the American Modern Library on the list of the 100 best 20th-century novels. Time magazine included the novel in its TIME 100 Best English-language Novels from 1923 to 2005.

Korean Fairy Tales

Korean Fairy Tales
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Publisher : Alpha Edition
Total Pages : 0
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9356574529
ISBN-13 : 9789356574526
Rating : 4/5 (29 Downloads)

Synopsis Korean Fairy Tales by : William Elliot Griffis

This Book "Korean Fairy Tales" has been considered important throughout the human history, and so that this work is never forgotten we have made efforts in its preservation by republishing this book in a modern format for present and future generations. This whole book has been reformatted, retyped and designed. These books are not made of scanned copies of their original work and hence the text is clear and readable.

City in the Sky

City in the Sky
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Publisher : Macmillan
Total Pages : 444
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9780805074284
ISBN-13 : 0805074287
Rating : 4/5 (84 Downloads)

Synopsis City in the Sky by : James Glanz

Like David McCullough's "The Great Bridge, City in the Sky" is a riveting story of New York City itself, of architectural daring, human frailty, and a lost American icon.

Bridge to Haven

Bridge to Haven
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Publisher : Tyndale House Pub
Total Pages : 481
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9781414368184
ISBN-13 : 1414368186
Rating : 4/5 (84 Downloads)

Synopsis Bridge to Haven by : Francine Rivers

Having been abandoned as a newborn and found and raised by Pastor Ezekiel Freeman in the small California town of Haven, Abra Matthews feels like she doesn't belong and at the age of seventeen runs off to Hollywood, becoming starlet Lena Scott.

The Sky is Yours

The Sky is Yours
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Publisher : Hogarth
Total Pages : 466
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9780451496263
ISBN-13 : 0451496264
Rating : 4/5 (63 Downloads)

Synopsis The Sky is Yours by : Chandler Klang Smith

Navigating their burned-out, futuristic city home under constant threat from a pair of dragons circling the skies, three young people are forced to flee and confront challenges ranging from fire and conspiracies to taboo drugs and dragon-worshippers.