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Release : 2004
Genre : Juvenile Fiction
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Book Synopsis Merlin and the Making of the King by :
Download or read book Merlin and the Making of the King written by . This book was released on 2004. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A retelling of three Arthurian legends, "The Sword in the Stone," "Excalibur," and "The Lady of the Lake," which feature Merlin, King Arthur, and other familiar figures.
Author : George E. Turner
Release : 2018-09-22
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Book Synopsis The Making of King Kong by : George E. Turner
Download or read book The Making of King Kong written by George E. Turner. This book was released on 2018-09-22. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Definitive King Kong. In this updated and expanded edition, the story of Universal's 1933 classic film *King Kong* is fully told, from the biographies of its creators and the challenges in its production, to the many "gorilla" films that followed. With over 100 photos.
Author : Robin Waterfield
Release : 2021-04-06
Genre : Biography & Autobiography
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Book Rating : 37X/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis The Making of a King by : Robin Waterfield
Download or read book The Making of a King written by Robin Waterfield. This book was released on 2021-04-06. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Our volume tells the story of Macedon's complex relations with Greece, Egypt, and the Near East in the "middle period" of the post-Alexander era. It opens about forty years after Alexander died, when the massive wars of the Successors were winding to a close and the next generation of kings continued the squabble over the Macedonian Empire and its relations with Greece. Waterfield has used his deep understanding of Greek history to construct the story of life and war and politics in a complicated, splintered empire. He highlights the singular accomplishments of the Macedonian king Antigonus Gonatas, who has never received his due until now. What Waterfield shows is that Antigonus was an exceptional politician and an artful strategist who protected Macedon and its Greek territories against aggressors coming from every direction: the Gauls storming the northern border, Ptolemy meddling in the Peloponnese, and Antiochus stirring mischief in the Near East. It was Antigonus who stabilized Macedonian fortunes after years of chaos fomented by the death of Alexander"--
Author : Troy Jackson
Release : 2008-11-01
Genre : Biography & Autobiography
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Book Rating : 671/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Becoming King by : Troy Jackson
Download or read book Becoming King written by Troy Jackson. This book was released on 2008-11-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This biography sheds new light on King’s development as a civil rights leader in Montgomery among activists such as Rosa Parks, E.D. Nixon, and others. In Becoming King, Troy Jackson demonstrates how Martin Luther King's early years as a pastor and activist in Montgomery, Alabama, helped shape his identity as a civil rights leader. Using the sharp lens of Montgomery's struggle for racial equality to investigate King's burgeoning leadership, Jackson explores King's ability to connect with people across racial and class divides. In particular, Jackson highlights King's alliances with Jo Ann Robinson, a young English professor at Alabama State University; E. D. Nixon, a middle-aged Pullman porter and head of the local NAACP chapter; and Virginia Durr, a courageous white woman who bailed Rosa Parks out of jail. Drawing on countless interviews and archival sources, Jackson offers a comprehensive analysis of King’s speeches before, during, and after the Montgomery bus boycott. He demonstrates how King's voice and message evolved to reflect the shared struggles, challenges, experiences, and hopes of the people with whom he worked. Jackson also reveals the internal discord that threatened the movement's hard-won momentum and compelled King to position himself as a national figure, rising above the quarrels to focus on greater goals.
Author : Adam Nicolson
Release : 2009-10-13
Genre : Biography & Autobiography
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Book Rating : 029/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis God's Secretaries by : Adam Nicolson
Download or read book God's Secretaries written by Adam Nicolson. This book was released on 2009-10-13. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK “This scrupulously elegant account of the creation of what four centuries of history has confirmed is the finest English-language work of all time, is entirely true to its subject: Adam Nicolson’s lapidary prose is masterly, his measured account both as readable as the curious demand and as dignified as the story deserves.” — Simon Winchester, author of Krakatoa In God's Secretaries, Adam Nicolson gives a fascinating and dramatic account of the era of the King James Bible and its translation, immersing us in an age whose greatest monument is not a painting or a building but a book. A network of complex currents flowed across Jacobean England. This was the England of Shakespeare, Jonson, and Bacon; the era of the Gunpowder Plot and the worst outbreak of the plague. Jacobean England was both more godly and less godly than the country had ever been, and the entire culture was drawn taut between these polarities. This was the world that created the King James Bible. It is the greatest work of English prose ever written, and it is no coincidence that the translation was made at the moment "Englishness," specifically the English language itself, had come into its first passionate maturity. The English of Jacobean England has a more encompassing idea of its own scope than any form of the language before or since. It drips with potency and sensitivity. The age, with all its conflicts, explains the book. This P.S. edition features an extra 16 pages of insights into the book, including author interviews, recommended reading, and more.
