In 1001, the young child, Thorgils Leiffson, son of Leif the Lucky and Thorgunna, arrives on the shores of Greenland to be brought up by a young womanGudrid. Thorgils is a rootless character of quicksilver intelligence and adaptability. He has inherited his mother s ability of second sight, and his mentors teach him the ancient ways and warn him of the invasion of the White Christ into the land of the Old Gods. Guided by a restless quest for adventure and the wanderlust of his favored god, Odinn, Thorgils fortunes will take him into worlds of unimaginable danger and discovery."
In 1001, the young child, Thorgils Leiffson, son of Leif the Lucky and Thorgunna, arrives on the shores of Greenland to be brought up by a young woman...
In London in 1019, a few months have passed since Thorgils escaped the clutches of the Irish Church, only to find himself at the center of a capricious love affair with Aelfgifuwife of Knut the Great, ruler of England, and one of the most powerful men of the Viking empire. As this passionate relationship between the two begins to unfold, it forebodesinevitable consequences. When Thorgils is finally on the run again, he meets Grettir, an outlaw feared for his volatility, and the two become travel companions and sworn brothers. At the gates of Byzantium, Thorgils loyalty is put to the ultimate...
In London in 1019, a few months have passed since Thorgils escaped the clutches of the Irish Church, only to find himself at the center of a capriciou...
It is Constantinople in 1035, and Thorgils has become a member of the Varangian lifeguard, where he witnesses the glories of the richest city on earth.He embarks on a campaign launched to recover Sicily from the Saracens. After years of traveling, Thorgils retreats to Sweden, but is eventually summoned again to assist in coordinating William the Conqueror s invasion of England. In September 1066, a Norse fleet of three hundred ships sails towards England and the battle begins. It is a prophetic dream that makes Thorgils warn the troops of the impending disaster at Stamford Bridge, but even he...
It is Constantinople in 1035, and Thorgils has become a member of the Varangian lifeguard, where he witnesses the glories of the richest city on earth...
It has been described as the greatest epic voyage in modern Irish history.
Tim Severin and his companions built a boat using only techniques and materials available in the sixth-century A.D., when St Brendan was supposed to have sailed to America. The vessel comprised forty-nine ox hides stitched together in a patchwork and stretched over a wooden frame. This leather skin was only a quarter of an inch thick. Yet Severin and his crew sailed Brendan from Brandon Creek in Dingle to Newfoundland, surviving storms and a puncture from pack ice. The Brendan Voyage is Tim Severin's dramatic...
It has been described as the greatest epic voyage in modern Irish history.
Tim Severin and his companions built a boat using only techniques...
The first book in a brand new historical adventure series Frankia 780AD: Sigwulf, a minor Saxon prince, is saved from execution after his family is slaughtered by the ruthless King Offa of Mercia. Sigwulf is exiled to the Frankish court of King Carolus, the future Charlemagne. He gains the friendship of some--Count Hroudland, Carolus's powerful and ambitious nephew but--mysteriously--several attempts are made on Sigwulf's life. When he obtains a Book of Dreams, a rare text giving understanding to their meaning, he attracts the attention of Carolus himself. But the Book proves to...
The first book in a brand new historical adventure series Frankia 780AD: Sigwulf, a minor Saxon prince, is saved from execution after his ...
The second book in Tim Severin's thrilling historical adventure series set in Saxon times Sigwulf, a Saxon prince exiled to the court of Carolus, King of the Franks, is summoned by the royal advisor Alcuin of York. Carolus has received magnificent gifts from the Caliph of Baghdad and is determined to send back presents that will be equally sensational. White is the royal color of Baghdad so the most important gifts will be rare white animals from the Northlands. Sigwulf, having proved himself as a royal agent to Moorish Spain, has been selected to obtain the creatures, then take them...
The second book in Tim Severin's thrilling historical adventure series set in Saxon times Sigwulf, a Saxon prince exiled to the court of Carol...
Gilbert Durand, jeden z nejvýznamnějších Bachelardových žáků a autor mnoha knih věnovaných imaginaci a symbolice (mezi ty nejznámější patří Antropologické struktury imaginace. Úvod do obecné archetypologie a Symbolická imaginace), se v tomto souboru statí s bachelardovským podtitulem zabývá hermovským a hermetickým návratem ve vědách o člověku a ohledává cesty vedoucí ze slepé uličky scientisticky znetvořených perspektiv západního člověka znovuoživením jeho tradičního obrazu.
Gilbert Durand, jeden z nejvýznamnějších Bachelardových žáků a autor mnoha knih věnovaných imaginaci a symbolice (mezi ty nejznámější pa...
Monografie brněnské architektonické kanceláře knesl + kynčl architekti je ohlédnutím za více než deseti lety práce ateliéru a navazuje tak na výstavu Mezi městem a domem v Galerii Jaroslava Fragnera v Praze. Kniha představuje výběr 61 realizací a projektů prezentovaných prostřednictvím fotografií, vizualizací, plánů a textů, doplněných o několik krátkých úvah reagujících na vybraná témata.
Monografie brněnské architektonické kanceláře knesl + kynčl architekti je ohlédnutím za více než deseti lety práce ateliéru a navazuje tak...
1677. Seventeen-year-old Hector Lynch wakes to the sound of a pistol shot as the Barbary corsairs raid his Irish village, and he and his sister are snatched. Hector is sold at auction in Algiers, and thrown into a bewildering world where life is cheap and only the quick-witted survive. In North Africa, Hector befriends fellow captive Dan, a Miskito Indian from the Caribbean. Desperate to find his sister, Hector finally stumbles on the chilling truth of her fate when he and Dan are shipwrecked on the coast of Morocco.
1677. Seventeen-year-old Hector Lynch wakes to the sound of a pistol shot as the Barbary corsairs raid his Irish village, and he and his sister are sn...
