Download or read A Book of Heroes PDF, written by Simon Barnes and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2010-09-30 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Simon Barnes brings together his 50 sporting heroes of the last 50 years and looks at what it is that elevates them to a state of grace and greatness.

Download or read The Mammoth Book of Heroes PDF, written by Jon E. Lewis and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2012-03-01 with total page 512 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: True courage is a hugely valued aspect of humanity. Many of the accounts in this volume are in the words of those who were there, of men and women who showed real courage, often with their own lives on the line. The tales include: the death of Sir Thomas More; George Washington at Valley Forge; Nelson losing his arm at Santa Cruz; Oscar Schindler saving the lives of Polish Jews; SOE heroine Violette Szabo in occupied France; the protesters in Tiananmen Square; and the New York firefighters and the airline passengers of flight UA49 on September 11th, 2001.

Download or read BakaKaiser Book of Heroes PDF, written by Rowan Lake Jr. and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2016-07-07 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Quinton is a Fallen angel and a teacher at an online school, who partnered with the military school, Youth Military Academy. The year is 2018 and life is mundane for Quinton. One day, he protects his students from mole-like creatures that appeared three years ago and were defeated by a fighting force called Heaven Fighter Angelon. Days pass and everything seems normal again. Then, while leaving his favorite hangout spot, Driger's Den, Quinton meets a female angel with a mission to reset The Lamb, a powerful stone that can convert sin into spiritual energy. On top of that, Quinton must also retrieve the Book of Heroes, a living book that records all of the heroes from the time of Christ's Ascension. Quinton takes on these two tasks, but has no clue who this mysterious female angel is, or even his true purpose for accepting this epic mission.

Download or read The Red Book Of Heroes Illustrated Annotated Edition PDF, written by Andrew Lang and published by Jazzybee Verlag. This book was released on 2012 with total page 355 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Heretofore Mr. Lang and his wife have dealt largely with folk-lore and legendary romance; now they find it necessary to turn to reality. As a trade-mark, they adhere to the rainbow nomenclature, but ' The red book of heroes ' claims to be history, wherein the lives represented are marked by two dominant characteristics, honor and courage.Accounts of such heroes as Florence Nightingale. John Howard the philanthropist, Hannibal, Father Damien, the apostle of the lepers, the Marquis of Montrose, the little Abbess, and others. "It would surely be an abnormal child who would not welcome ' The red book of heroes ' among his Christmas gifts." - N.Y. Times "Mrs. Lang has a very pretty story-telling gift of her own. while Mr. Lang does his part in giving the books a background of scholarship." - The Outlook. This book is fully illustrated and annotated with a rare extensive biographical sketch of the author, Andrew Lang, written by Sir Edmund Gosse, CB, a contemporary poet and writer.

Download or read The Red Book of Heroes PDF, written by Mrs. Lang and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2022-09-04 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "The Red Book of Heroes" by Mrs. Lang. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.

Download or read The Book of Missionary Heroes PDF, written by Basil Mathews and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2019-11-26 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Book of Missionary Heroes" by Basil Mathews. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format.

Download or read On Heroes Hero Worship and the Heroic in History PDF, written by Thomas Carlyle and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2013-08-20 with total page 359 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Carlyle’s classic exploration of heroes and heroic leadership is accompanied by essays that reevaluate the spiritual, rather than the authoritarian, roots of his thought.

Download or read The Red Book of Heroes PDF, written by Leonora Blanche Lang and published by IndyPublish.com. This book was released on 2007-01-01 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read Epic Traditions of Africa PDF, written by Stephen Belcher and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 1999-10-22 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Belcher's volume contains a much needed and extremely well-integrated overview and discussion of a vast inter-related West African culture complex that deserves and requires the kind of original, insightful treatment it receives here." —David Conrad Epic Traditions of Africa crosses boundaries of language, distance, and time to gather material from diverse African oral epic traditions. Stephen Belcher explores the rich past and poetic force of African epics and places them in historical and social, as well as artistic contexts. Colorful narratives from Central and West African traditions are illuminated along with texts that are more widely available to Western readers—the Mande Sunjata and the Bamana Segou. Belcher also takes up questions about European influences on African epic poetry and the possibility of mutual influence through out the genre. This lively and informative volume will inspire an appreciation for the distinctive qualities of this uniquely African form of verbal art.

Download or read Popular Epics of the Middle Ages of the Norse German and Carlovingian Cycles PDF, written by John Malcolm Forbes Ludlow and published by . This book was released on 1865 with total page 450 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read Tales of Heroes PDF, written by Pleasant DeSpain and published by august house. This book was released on 2002 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of nine hero folktales includes "William Tell" from Switzerland, "The Hero of Budapest" from Hungary, and "Burning the Rice Fields" from Japan.

Download or read The Children s Treasury of Virtues PDF, written by William John Bennett and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2000 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A timeless celebration of the virtues of courage, perseverance, responsibility, faith, honesty, and compassion, this beautifully illustrated single volume combines the wisdom of Bennett's three bestselling children's classics. 375 watercolor illustrations throughout.

Download or read True Stories of Heroes Usborne True Stories PDF, written by Paul Dowswell and published by Usborne Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2012-08-01 with total page 79 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thirteen thrilling true stories of courage and heroism. From firefighters battling a blazing nuclear reactor, to a helicopter rescue team on board a fast sinking ship and one housewife's brave defiance of the Gestapo, this book contains inspiring tales of extraordinary courage from everyday people. A gripping and engaging collection of amazing real life stories, perfect for readers who prefer fact to fiction.

Download or read Sartor resartus on heroes hero worship and the heroic in history PDF, written by Thomas Carlyle and published by . This book was released on 1891 with total page 456 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read The Red Book of Heroes PDF, written by Blanche Leonora Lang and published by IndyPublish.com. This book was released on 2009-01-01 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read Thomas Carlyle s Works Sartor Resartus Lectures on heroes and hero worship PDF, written by Thomas Carlyle and published by . This book was released on 1891 with total page 460 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read Judith PDF, written by Lawrence M. Wills and published by Fortress Press. This book was released on 2019-11-05 with total page 530 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Judith tells the story of a beautiful Jewish woman who enters the tent of an invading general, gets him drunk, and then slices off his head, thus saving her village and Jerusalem. This short novella was somewhat surprisingly included in the early Christian versions of the Old Testament and has played an important role in the Western tradition ever since. This commentary provides a detailed analysis of the text's composition and its meaning in its original historical context, and thoroughly surveys the history of Judith scholarship. Lawrence M. Wills not only considers Judith's relation to earlier biblical texts--how the author played upon previous biblical motifs and interpreted important biblical passages--but also addresses the rise of Judith and other Jewish novellas in the context of ancient Near Eastern and Greek literature, as well as their relation to cross-cultural folk motifs. Because of the popularity of Judith in art and culture, this volume also addresses the book's history of interpretation in paintings, sculpture, music, drama, and literature. A number of images of artistic depictions of Judith are included and discussed in detail.