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Series
Publisher
Raja Sharma
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
1 online resource.
Language
English
Description
The most powerful and interesting story in the collection is "Distant View of a Minaret." As the story begins, there is a sex scene of a husband and wife in their house. This story has been presented through the perspective and point of view of the wife. Although she is involved in the act of sex, she seems to be uninterested because she has always failed to express her desires for sexual satisfaction. This particular story conveys the passive female...
Publisher
Raja Sharma
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
1 online resource.
Language
English
Description
The story of the novel is set in mid 19th century Paris. The story revolves around an unmarried middle-aged woman. She has an extended family, but she is the one who plans the destruction of her family. Valerie Marneffe happens to be an unhappy married young lady. Bette connives with her to seduce and torment several men. One of the tormented men is Baron Hector Hulot. He is the husband of Bette's cousin Adeline. To make Valerie happy, Hector Hulot...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
An engrossing look at the cultural consequences of technological change and globalization
Space radar, infrared photography, carbon dating, DNA analysis, microfilm, digital data bases-we have better technology than ever for studying and preserving the past. And yet the by-products of technology threaten to destroy-in one or two generations-monuments, works of art, and ways of life that have survived thousands of years of hardship and war. This paradox...
Author
Publisher
Lyons Press, an imprint of Rowman & Littlefield
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
1 online resource (vii, 247 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations
Language
English
Description
"After taking an assignment as a supervisor for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, agent Lucinda Schroeder felt chafed by the restrictions of her desk job. She'd spent her career making cases against wildlife poachers, smugglers, and people who exploited wildlife for huge sums of money. As a supervisor she wasn't allowed to carry a case load. Her responsibility was to oversee the work of five other agents as they investigated wildlife crimes. But...
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 8.9 - AR Pts: 11
Lexile measure
1200L
Language
English
Formats
Description
"As the most destructive war in history ravaged Europe, many of the world's most cherished cultural objects were in harm's way. The Greatest Treasure Hunt in History recounts the astonishing true story of eleven men and one woman who risked their lives amidst the bloodshed of World War II to preserve churches, libraries, monuments, and works of art that for centuries defined the heritage of Western civilization. As the war raged, these American and...
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2008]
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (591 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Architectural historian Dan Cruickshank embarks on a five-month, 34-country world tour visiting his selection of the 80 greatest buildings, artworks, and other man-made treasures that define human civilization.
Publisher
Walt Disney Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2005]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (131 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Since his childhood, Benjamin Franklin Gates has known that he is a decendant of a long line of people whose job it has been to guard a treasure hidden by the Founding Fathers. They hid clues to its whereabouts in the country's currency and on the back of the Declaration of Independence. Now, Ben has learned of a plot to steal the Declaration, and has only one option: he had to steal it himself. Even if he pulls off this monumental task, keeping the...
Series
Publisher
Gaiam
Pub. Date
2009
Physical Desc
1 DVD (63 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
1700 years ago, key elements of our ancient heritage were lost to the west, relegated to hidden libraries and elite priesthoods. Recently translated manuscripts from the ancient Essenes, the mysterious authors of the Dead Sea Scrolls, offer new insight into our lost texts with surprising implications, ranging from personal health and relationships to conditions of global weather and social unrest. In addition to describing the "unified theory" of...
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Formats
Description
An unlikely World War II platoon has been tasked by FDR with going into Germany to rescue artistic masterpieces from Nazi thieves and returning them to their rightful owners. With the art trapped behind enemy lines, and with the German army under orders to destroy everything as the Reich fell, how could they possibly succeed? But as the Monuments Men, as they were called, found themselves in a race against time, they would risk their lives to protect...
91) Antelope Woman
Author
Publisher
Harper Collins Publishers
Pub. Date
2022
Edition
Unabridged.
Physical Desc
9 CDs : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
When Klaus Shawano abducts Sweetheart Calico, the seductive Indian woman who has stolen his heart, and takes her far from her native Montana plains to his own Minneapolis home, he cannot begin to imagine the eventual ramifications his brazen act will entail. Shawano’s mysterious Antelope Woman has utterly mesmerized him, and soon proves to be a bewitching agent of chaos whose effect on others is disturbing and irresistible, as she alters the shape...
Author
Series
Conservation and cultural heritage volume 8th v
Publisher
Getty Conservation Institute
Pub. Date
©2009
Physical Desc
273 p. : ill. (some col.), col. maps ; 28 cm.
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
2011
Physical Desc
viii, 375 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Drawing on a trove of confidential museum records and frank interviews, Felch and Frammolino give a fly-on-the-wall account of the inner workings of a world-class museum and tell the story of the Getty's dealings in the illegal antiquities trade. Fast-paced and compelling, "Chasing Aphrodite" exposes the layer of dirt beneath the polished facade of the museum business.
Author
Series
Her Majesty the Queen investigates volume 1
Publisher
William Morrow
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
274 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
It is the early spring of 2016 and Queen Elizabeth is at Windsor Castle in advance of her 90th birthday celebrations. But the preparations are interrupted when a guest is found dead in one of the Castle bedrooms. The scene suggests the young Russian pianist strangled himself, but a badly tied knot leads MI5 to suspect foul play was involved. The Queen leaves the investigation to the professionals-until their suspicions point them in the wrong direction....
Author
Series
Publisher
Raintree
Pub. Date
c2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
32 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), col. maps ; 27 cm.
Language
English
Description
Looks at ten of the most distinctive monuments in the world, from the Devils Tower natural monument in Wyoming to the massive Motherland statue in Volgograd, Russia.
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Co
Pub. Date
c2010
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
x, 274 p. ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Beyond what most people think about archaeology--with its cleanly numbered dates, and discoveries--lies a vibrant and controversial realm of scientists, thieves, and contested land claims. Here, naturalist and adventurer Childs explores the field's transgressions against the cultures it tries to preserve, and pauses to ask: To whom does the past belong? Written in his trademark lyrical style, this book carries readers directly into his adventures...
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