Beauty and the Beast of Paradise Lost Tome 5
Extraits
Shojo/fille
Beauty and the Beast of Paradise Lost Tome 5
Pour mettre fin au conflit qui l'oppose à la Médium, la Bête se rend à la capitale royale, théâtre des plus abjectes machinations, en compagnie de Belle la couturière. Au terme d'un cruel affrontement qui révèle la nature profonde de nos héros, le Prince Cyril doit enfin choisir celle qui sera sa Belle... Ecoutera-t-il son coeur ou sa raison ?
11/2023
Shojo/fille
Beauty and the Beast of Paradise Lost Tome 2
Pour éclaircir le mystère de sa naissance et tenter de retrouver sa mère, Belle accepte de travailler comme couturière au château de la Bête, le Prince Cyril, qui lui a sauvé la vie. Mais sa curiosité la pousse à ouvrir une porte interdite, derrière laquelle elle découvre le secret du Prince... De son côté, la Médium, cette cruelle sorcière, essaie de retrouver la trace de son ennemi juré : la Bête !
06/2023
Shojo/fille
Beauty and the Beast of Paradise Lost Tome 4
Belle, la fiancée de la Bête, se réveille enfin de son long sommeil. Belle la couturière se résout donc à enfouir définitivement ses sentiments pour le Prince Cyril mais voilà que l'autre Belle les révèle au grand jour ! De son côté, la Médium convainc le Roi de prendre une décision qui lui permettra de mettre la touche finale à sa vengeance...
10/2023
Shojo/fille
Beauty and the Beast of Paradise Lost Tome 1
Les cheveux mauves de Belle ne ressemblent ni à ceux de sa mère ni à ceux de son père. Lorsque cettejeune fille à part brise l'interdit et s'aventure dans la forêt, elle croise le chemin d'une Bête qui a la réputation d'enlever les femmes d'une beauté rare pour les enfermer dans son château. La mère de Belle se sacrifie alors pour sauver sa fille, qui s'attire ainsi les foudres de son père. Dévoré par la rancoeur et le chagrin, celui-ci la retient prisonnière de leur maison. Les années passent puis un jour, la Bête croise à nouveau le chemin de Belle...
04/2023
Littérature française
Beast of the East
Antonin Rasmussen, jeune financier européen au service d'un prince arabe milliardaire, convainc ce dernier d'investir dans la réhabilitation d'un site sidérurgique américain à l'abandon. Les profits attendus seront à la mesure du projet : vastes. Pendant près d'un siècle, la " Bête de l'Est " , comme on la surnomme là-bas, fut l'âme et l'histoire de la vallée nord de l'Ohio. Désormais propriété du leader mondial de l'acier, le site moribond attend un avenir qui ne vient pas. Mais une fois sur place, rien ne se passe comme prévu pour Antonin : en butte au cynisme, à la cupidité et à la corruption rampante, il dérange... Roman noir, western contemporain au réalisme captivant, Beast of the East raconte les bouleversements, les errances et les renoncements d'un monde occidental en proie au doute. Jean-Noël Odier plonge dans l'ambiance ténébreuse d'une fin d'ère industrielle, au coeur du Midwest qui portera Donald Trump à la présidence des Etats-Unis. Implacable autopsie du rêve américain, Beast of the East interpelle sur la liberté, la révolte et sur la possibilité pour l'individu de peser, encore, sur les destinées collectives.
05/2019
Seinen/Homme
The Witch and the Beast Tome 3
Les corps mutilés de plusieurs victimes auraient été découverts sur les terres éloignées du Troisième continent. Pour Guido et Ashaf, c'était enfin l'occasion d'affronter une sorcière, mais dès leur arrivée, ils sont confrontés au Cercle des Chevaliers sacrés, un corps armé passé expert dans la traque des sorcières. Une lutte féroce pour capturer cette ensorceleuse s'engage alors entre les deux organisations !
09/2021
Seinen/Homme
The Witch and the Beast Tome 4
La sorcière est désormais aux griffes du bourreau. Malgré sa tentative de libération ratée, Guido réussit à récupérer l'épée maudite de justesse et compte bien répliquer, tandis qu'Ashaf est immobilisé de force par une magie spirituelle et que le colonel Cooger des Chevaliers sacrés est sévèrement blessé suite à la trahison de son bras droit. Parviendront-ils à freiner la folie destructrice du bourreau qui veut briser le sceau retenant l'épée maudite ?
11/2021
Seinen/Homme
The Witch and the Beast Tome 2
"Même sans lever la malédiction... nous sommes plutôt redoutables." La ville de Haiden est secouée par une série de tueries qu'une sorcière semble perpétuer par frivolité, au point que les journaux surnomment cette affaire "le jeu de la sorcière". Un jour, le commissariat central reçoit un préavis de massacre, comme pour ridiculiser l'incapacité de la police à mettre un terme à ces violences répétées. Pour Guido et Ashaf, dépêchés spécialement pour résoudre l'affaire, c'est une véritable déclaration de guerre ! Parviendront-ils à arrêter la folie meurtrière de cette sorcière d'une effroyable cruauté ?
07/2021
Seinen/Homme
The Witch and the Beast Tome 9
Guido et Ashaf quittent Horrencia Seth après avoir terrassé la Reine de la Nuit ! Ils s'offrent un répit de courte durée en visitant une cité reconnue pour l'artisanat occulte. Toupies qui virevoltent éternellement, billes qui reviennent toujours à l'envoyeur... Mais leur insouciance s'estompe vite lorsque Guido perçoit quelque chose d'étrange se dégager d'un magasin d'antiquités reculé. Y trouveront-ils un indice pouvant les mener jusqu'à Angela ?
02/2023
Seinen/Homme
The Witch and the Beast Tome 10
Dix jours ont passé depuis l'assaut d'Angela et de sa coalition de sorcières pour récupérer l'artefact défendu au fort des Chevaliers sacrés... Ashaf a alors confié à Guido la charge de cette graine devenue enfant ; isoler cette étrange petite créature est vitale pour la stabiliser car elle absorbe et se nourrit de toutes les énergies occultes... Pendant ce temps, Oakleave invite le colonel Matt Cooger à rencontrer le dirigeant des Bourreaux, la faction souterraine de la congrégation internationale des Saintes Eglises...
05/2023
Seinen/Homme
The Witch and the Beast Tome 1
Dans ce monde où des événements surnaturels entraînent parfois des ravages, Ashaf et Guido sont tous deux envoyés par l'Ordre de l'Echo Noir, dont la mission est d'éviter les débordements causés par la sorcellerie. Si Ashaf, magicien affable et chevronné, accomplit ses tâches de bonne grâce, Guido semble nourrir un dessein plus personnel lié à une sorcière en particulier... Avec la vengeance pour moteur, cette bête enragée ne pourra être entravée dans sa chasse !
05/2021
Seinen/Homme
The Witch and the Beast Tome 6
En remontant la piste laissée par la sorcière Angela, Ashaf et Guido se rendent dans un univers parallèle des "Abysses" ! Mais ce quatrième sous-sol baptisé Horrencia Seth est peuplé de vampires, des créatures plus que jamais attachées à l'étiquette de leur caste et qui abhorrent tout ce qui s'y soustrait. Des renforts envoyés par l'Ordre interviennent pour les aider dans ce nouveau monde. Mais ces émissaires versés dans les coutumes des buveurs de sang vont les mêler sans tarder à un incident diplomatique...
05/2022
Seinen/Homme
The Witch and the Beast T05
La créature qui apparaît devant les yeux de Guido n'est autre qu'Angela, la sorcière qui lui est liée par le destin ! Déjà surpris par la tournure des événements, sa colère monte en flèche quand celle qui lui a jeté la malédiction vient ajouter son grain de sel ! Guido sombre alors dans une colère bestiale poussant Ashaf, acculé, à se remémorer leur toute première rencontre...
02/2022
Seinen/Homme
The Witch and the Beast T08
Après l'attaque de la Reine de la Nuit, les deux héros sont séparés. Guido est en captivité mais réussit à s'évader et s'empare d'une arme particulièrement efficace contre les vampires. Pendant ce temps, après avoir échappé de justesse à la mort, Ashaf est résolu à retrouver son partenaire et tente d'obtenir une audience auprès de la Reine aux côtés de Danword. Ce dernier parviendra-t-il à maîtriser ses ardeurs, alors qu'il ne rêve que de vengeance depuis de longues années ? Une rivalité de près d'un siècle s'apprête à resurgir entre la cruelle Reine de Gunir et l'ancien Roi de la Nuit !
11/2022
Littérature française
Saint Shuddhananda Bharati A visionary
Foreword To my friend, to my guide, to the mahatma of my heart, to the visionary of a united world living in peace and harmony in the earthly paradise that God has given us. Life and destiny is like an iceberg ; most of us is hidden, and for some, this is the start of the long path of questioning... For souls that are searching, the time then comes when the seeker finds what is being sought : the precursor, the one that has opened the path, cleared it out and illuminated the way. Thus in the deepest part of our Selves, at the centre of our soul, Joythi, the Divine Light is revealed and works on meeting all those who seek it. Kavi Yogi Maharshi Shuddhananda Bharati was a scholar, linguist, scientist, seer poet, saint and the sage of the Cosmic Age. He was ever agile and active, writing, singing, doing good and observed silence for 30 continuous years. He was a universalist, who was not bound to caste, religion, colour and race or geographic bounds. He was an apostle of Sama Yoga, which seeks for a synthesis of science and yoga, West and East, the actual and the ideal in life. Dr. Shuddhananda Bharati is the author of creative and literary works with diverse writing styles : epic and lyric writings, melodramas, operas, comedies, pastoral theologies, novels, short stories, biographies, notes on famous works, essays. Bharata Shakti Kavi Malayam is his magnum opus. Editions ASSA, Christianananda Bharati
11/2013
Beaux arts
New worlds
"New Worlds" presents a selection of five outstanding nautical atlases known as portolan charts, or "portalans".These historic documents are the work of eminent scholars from Majorca, Lisbon, Le Havre, and Amsterdam. Cartographers by trade, and sometimes also skilled illuminators, they mapped what was the most probable imago mundi for their time, each exemplar crafting a fascinating visual chronicle. Jean-Yves Sarazin, head of Charts and Maps at the Bibliothèque Nationale de France, scrutinizes thèse charts or atlases, and situates them in the great history of European discoveries and voyages from the early 14th to the late 17th century, from the Portuguese reconnaissance of the coasts of Africa, through the adventures of Columbus,Vespucci, and Magellan, to the Dutch voyages in the Pacific and Australia.The book's many colour reproductions are alive with picturesque details: camel caravans in the heart ofAsia, Portuguese andArab ships sailing in the Indian Ocean, wild beasts or chimaera, countless exotic plants, naval battles, and not least the frequent strangeness of the indigenous people.
10/2012
Manga
GTO Paradise Lost Tome 5
Uchiyamada retrouve enfin Shizuku, la petite amie que le musicien Ashura a abandonnée en forêt. Ils doivent échapper aux racailles que le manager d'Ashura a envoyé à leurs trousses et aux ours, mais le directeur-adjoint se rend compte que la jeune fille doit également se libérer de l'emprise de son petit ami. Il va avoir besoin d'un coup de main (et des poings) d'Onizuka !
12/2016
Archéologie
Fantastic Beasts in Antiquity. Looking for the monster, discovering the Human, Textes en français et anglais
Not satisfied with what nature offered, human beings wanted to go beyond reality and invented mysterious and intriguing creatures populating their world. During Antiquity, every culture had its own strange creatures, that mixed the forms of one or more animal, plant and human species in an infinite number of more-or-less fanciful combinations. Griffins, sphinxes, mermaids, centaurs, satyrs, pygmies, werewolves, winged monsters and unspeakable hybrids, fantastic beasts abound in the imagination of many populations throughout Antiquity. Most of them continue to live, sometimes transformed, through fairy tales, literature, movies and videogames. Faced with the abundance and variety of the ancient fantastic bestiary, the questions that come to mind are : Where do fantastic beasts come from ? How do they appear in different cultures ? What is their history, how did they survive until now ? And above all, what are fantastic beasts ? This book will explore these questions through the lens of archaeology, art history, philology and philosophy. The result is a hybrid book, precisely like the fantastic animals that constitute its object, a book which offers different approaches of analysis while being aware that our means are often vain to capture these elusive figures, which ultimately are more like us than they seem. Man, like Oedipus, will often prove to be more monstrous than the Sphinx...
02/2021
Seinen/Homme
GTO Paradise Lost Tome 18 : GTO Paradise Lost T18
Araragi et ses hommes ont récupéré Nana, et grâce aux indications de Fumiya, elle enquête de l'intérieur. Sur la base des informations qu'elle a collectées, Onizuka et ses amis font irruption au siège en l'absence d'Araragi ! Ryûji et Onizuka mènent une bataille sanglante contre les Vice Brothers. Qu'a trouvé Kirishima à l'intérieur des locaux ? !
03/2023
Monographies
Arts du Nigéria Central revisités. Mumuye et peuples environnants
In previous studies, Jan Strybol pointed out that sculpture in Northern Nigeria - contrary to what is generally assumed - flourished. Wood sculptures could be found just about everywhere, with the exception of a part of the Far North. In this study, the author first examines the sculptural traditions of a number of peoples in Central Nigeria, in particular from the Jos Plateau and from the valley of the Middle Benue to the source area of the Taraba River. These peoples can be described as non-centralized communities where mainly art in perishable materials was produced by part-time specialists, in contrast to the centralized empires in the South (Ife, Benin) where full-time specialists created complex works of art in durable materials (stone, bronze, iron). Perhaps the most well-known ethnic group in the Middle Benue region among aficionados of African art are the Mumuye. Since the end of the last century, the traditional rites of the Mumuye have rapidly disappeared as a result of the advance of the world religions and with them the Mumuye sculpture so much admired in Europe and America. In addition to wood sculpture, Jan Strybol also pays attention to objects in bronze, iron, terracotta and other materials. Until now, these art forms have been very underexposed and have now almost completely disappeared. Finally, the author also elaborates on some artistic achievements of a number of little-known residual groups within the Mumuye territory, which can boast a rich art tradition.
05/2023
Monographies
Venice. A Private Invitation
Venice of a thousand reflections ; Venice of mirror and glass, of silk and gold ; Venice of light and lace, of transparency and porcelain. With her expert knowledge and insight, Servane Giol takes us to the heart of the Venetian art de vivre, a warm and private invitation to meet some of the most creative people living in the city today. Accompanying us into historic private palazzi as well as more recently restored houses and apartments, she introduces us to a new generation of artists and designers who are attracted by the radiant beauty, energy, and lifestyle of the Serenissima-a charmed circle of talented friends who are bringing a fresh dynamism and elegance to the city, shining a new light on some of its rarest and most exquisite traditional crafts, and lovingly safeguarding them for future generations. This love letter to the hidden beauties of Venice and to the skills for which the city is famed is brilliantly complemented by the photography of Mattia Aquila. It offers both a revelation and an everlasting memory for all those who will never forget their dazzling first sight of the domes, the campaniles, and the shimmering golden silence of this legendary city that floats between sea and sky.
09/2022
Guides étrangers
Northern Tanzania. Safari Guide. Serengeti - Kilimanjaro - Zanzibar
Home to some of the continent's finest national parks, northern Tanzania is the Africa you have always dreamed about. Head into the spectacular Ngorongoro Crater in search of the endangered black rhino, look for tree-climbing lions in the Serengeti and marvel at a host of dazzlingly colourful birds at Lake Manyara. Yet northern Tanzania is so much more than just a wildlife destination. It is also home to cultural wonders such as the mysterious Kondoa Rock Art and the region's last paractising hunter-gatherers, as well as Africa's most active volcano, fiery Ol Doinyo Lengai. Fully updated for this fourth edition, Bradt's Northern Tanzania is an invaluable travel companiion. Join Africa experts Philip Briggs and Chris McIntyre on an unforgettable journey across the vast plains and breathless peaks of this wonderful region.
07/2017
Monographies
Gustave Moreau. The Fables
Gustave Moreau (1826-1898) is one of the most brilliant and enigmatic artists associated with the French Symbolist movement. This book accompanies an exhibition of some of the most extraordinary works he ever made, unseen in public for over a century. Moreau's watercolours of the Fables of Jean de La Fontaine (1621-1695) were created between 1879 and 1885 for the art collector Antony Roux and their stylistic range encompasses historicism and the picturesque, orientalist fantasies and near-abstract chromatic experiments. They were exhibited to great acclaim in Paris in the 1880s and in London in 1886, where critics compared the artist to Edward Burne-Jones. One critic commented on Moreau's ' keen apprehension of the weird. ' There were originally 64 works in the series, which was subsequently acquired by Miriam Alexandrine de Rothschild (1884-1965), but nearly half were lost during the Nazi era. The surviving works have not been exhibited since 1906 and they have only ever been published in black and white. This book is the first to reproduce them in colour - many shown actual size. Created at the height of the French 19th-century revival of watercolour, the variety of subject matter and technique, their colouristic effects and the sophistication of Moreau's storytelling, will be a revelation to readers. Preparatory drawings for the Fables, including animal studies made from life in the Jardin des Plantes demonstrate the wide-ranging research that informed Moreau's visions. Prints after Moreau's Fables by Félix Bracquemond (1833-1914) translate the jewel-like colours into monochrome in some of the most innovative etchings of the age, while the most delicate effects of the watercolours were also transformed into vitreous enamels. In-depth accounts of each watercolour, explaining the story and exploring Moreau's response to it. The introduction will place the series in the long history of illustrations of La Fontaine's canonical work, whose sources include Aesop's fables and traditional European and Asian tales, as well as considering Moreau in the context of his own, turbulent, times.
08/2021
Romance sexy
The Ugliness of Beauty
Luxure. Beauté. Superficialité. Trois mots qui régissent la vie d'America. Trois mots qu'elle déteste. Trois mots qui l'effraient. Fille unique du Directeur de l'agence de mannequinat la plus réputée de New York, son père, Tom Walder, est déterminé à ce qu'elle reprenne les rênes de l'empire qu'il a forgé. Cela, dès la fin de ses études. Suite à une énième dispute à ce sujet, America doit se rendre à l'évidence : adieu, sa passion pour l'art ; bonjour, le diplôme de management. Bien décidée à noyer sa colère dans l'alcool - et pourquoi pas dans les bras d'un parfait inconnu -, elle rejoint le Stout, un bar huppé du centre-ville. Elle y croise l'homme idéal, Elijah : regard électrique, sourire à tomber, un brin sarcastique... Quoi demander de mieux pour une histoire sans lendemain ? Seulement, Elijah sait à qui il a affaire. Pour rien au monde, il ne raterait cette occasion en or de démarrer sa carrière. Luxure. Beauté. Superficialité. Trois mots qui sont siens. Trois mots qu'il s'est approprié. Trois mots qu'il s'est promis d'ériger au sommet de ses ambitions. Pour y parvenir, tous les coups sont permis.
03/2021
Sciences de la terre et de la
Cuckoos, Cowbirds and Other Cheats
Cuckoos and cowbirds are amongst the select bird groups renowned as professional parasites, who always lay their eggs in the nests of other species. Occasional parasitic laying is also widespread in many other birds, who gladly parasitise the nests of their own kind when the opportunity arises.
In this fascinating new book, Nick Davies describes the natural histories of all the brood parasites and examines the exciting questions they raise about the evolution of cheating and the arms race between parasites and their hosts. Brood parasites fill their armoury with adaptations including exquisite egg mimicry, rapid laying, ejection of host eggs, murder of host young, chick mimicry and manipulative begging behaviour: ploys shown by recent research to have evolved in response to host defence behaviour or through competition among the parasites themselves. While many host species appear defenceless, accepting parasite eggs quite unlike their own, others are more discriminating against odd-looking eggs and some have evolved the ability to discriminate against odd-looking chicks as well. How does this arms race proceed? Will defenceless hosts improve their armoury in time, or are there sometimes constraints on hosts which allow the parasites to gain the upper hand? And why are so few species obliged only to lay eggs in host nests? Have host defences limited the success of brood parasitism, or is it in fact much commoner than we suspect, but occurring mainly when birds parasitise the nests of their own kind?
All of these puzzles are examined in descriptions of the natural history of each of the groups of parasites in turn. Here is a book with wide appeal, both to amateur naturalists fascinated by this most singular and macabre of behaviours and to ornithologists and ecologists interested in the evolution of ecology and behaviour. The story takes us from the strange tales of folklore to the classic field work earlier this century by pioneer ornithologists such as Edgar Chance, Stuart Baker, Herbert Friedmann and others, through to the recent experimental field work and molecular techniques of today's leading scientists. We visit brood parasites in Europe, Asia, Japan, Africa, Australasia, and North and South America, to look at some of the world's most interesting birds and sortie of biology's most interesting questions, many of which still beg answers from ornithologists in the future.
Brilliant illustrations by David Quinn depict many behaviours for the first time and convey the thrill of watching these astonishing birds in the wild.
04/2000
Bijouterie, horlogerie
Le Guide de la joaillerie. Pour les vrais amateurs
With the promise of eternity, jewels bestow gifts of adornment and beauty on those who wear them. Their value is multifaceted : intrinsic, sentimental, magical, human. Since the dawn of time, these few grams of precious metals and gems have acted as distillations of the highest sentiments and catalysts of the lowest passions. Through its power and grandeur, jewelry has mirrored the human journey through the centuries, and French author and editor Fabienne Reybaud walks readers through all its facets while highlighting the world's most mythical stones and magnificent pieces, from the Hope Diamond to Elizabeth Taylor's La Peregrina pearl. Extensively illustrated with atelier images, original sketches and colorful photography, this volume covers everything jewelry enthusiasts need to know, including the club of five and the four Cs. It is accompanied by an essential glossary, the best museum collections to visit around the world as well as the budding designers to follow and a buyer's guide to investing in antique and vintage pieces.
11/2022
Religion
Legal Friction
Legal Friction : Law, Narrative, and Identity Politics in Biblical Israel tracks the mystery of narratives in the Hebrew Bible and their allusions to Sinai laws by highlighting intertextual allusions created by verbal resonances. While the second and the third parts of the volume illustrate allusions to Sinai narratives made by some narratives occurring in the post-Sinaitic era, twenty-three Genesis narratives are analyzed to show that the protagonists were bound by Sinai Laws before God supposedly gave them to Moses, anticipating the Book of Jubilees. Legal Friction suggests that most of Genesis was composed during or after the Babylonian exile, after the codification of most Sinai laws, which Genesis protagonists consistently violate. The fact that they are not punished for these violations implies to the exiles that the Sinai Covenant was unconditional. In addition, the author proposes that Genesis contains a hidden polemic, encouraging the Judean exiles to follow the revisions of laws of the Covenant Code by the Holiness Code and Deuteronomy. Genesis narratives, like those describing post-Sinai events, often cannot be understood properly without recognition of their allusions to biblical laws.
05/2010
Asie
Hong Kong. 8th edition
Lonely Planet : Pocket guides for quick, easy and accessible information for a short break Lonely Planet's Pocket Hong Kong is your guide to the city's best experiences and local life - neighbourhood by neighbourhood. Behold Victoria Peak vista, explore the famous night market and feast on dim sum ; all with your trusted travel companion. Uncover the best of Hong Kong and make the most of your trip ! Inside Lonely Planet's Pocket Hong Kong : Up-to-date information - all businesses were rechecked before publication to ensure they are still open after 2020's COVID-19 outbreak Full-colour maps and travel photography throughout Highlightsand itineraries help you tailor your trip to your personal needs and interests Insider tips to save time and money and get around like a local, avoiding crowds and trouble spots Essential infoat your fingertips - hours of operation, phone numbers, websites, transit tips, prices Honest reviews for all budgets - eating, sightseeing, going out, shopping, hidden gems that most guidebooks miss Convenient pull-out Hong Kong map (included in print version), plus over 18 colour neighbourhood maps User-friendly layout with helpful icons, and organised by neighbourhood to help you pick the best spots to spend your time Covers Hong Kong Island, Central, Sheung Wan, Lan Kwai Fong, Soho, Admiralty, Kowloon, the New Territories, Macau and more The Perfect Choice : Lonely Planet's Pocket Hong Kong, an easy-to-use guide filled with top experiences - neighbourhood by neighbourhood - that literally fits in your pocket. Make the most of a quick trip to Hong Kong with trusted travel advice to get you straight to the heart of the city.
06/2022
Décoration
The New Tattoo
Tattoos are everywhere-especially where they are least expected. Once the specialty of bikers and sailors, they now are frequently spotted in art galleries, fashion shows, and even corporate boardrooms. "Mom-in-a-heart" has been replaced by striking monochromatic patterns; intricate reproductions of famous artworks; elaborate mythical beasts and deities; and the oddly unclassifiable (the innards of a video camera, a monolithic black wedge). This sophisticated look at the latest high-style skin decorations, created by the most creative contemporary tattoo artists, is divided into five chapters: Tribal; Paintings, Prints, and Portraits; Imagination and Fantasy; Neotraditional; and All the Rest. A lively introduction provides a cogent history of tattooing through the ages, making clear that the compulsion to personalize the body has characterized humanity throughout recorded history. Concluding the introduction is an informative evaluation of how the tattoo scene has changed since the "tattoo renaissance" that began in the 1960s and has culminated in today's heady mix of inventive old masters and young artschool-trained hotshots. An invaluable appendix gives answers to the questions anyone should ask before getting a tattoo, including: How Is a Tattoo Made? Is It Safe? How Do I Find the Right Tattoo Artist? How Do I Pick the Right Design? How Much Will It Cost? How Long Does It Take? What Maintenance Does a Tattoo Require? Can 1 Get Rid of It?
01/1994
Religion
Tracing the Evidence
Tracing the Evidence : Dinah in Post-Hebrew Bible Literature examines the post-biblical literary developments of Dinah, the daughter of Leah and Jacob. According to Genesis 34, Dinah was sexually violated by Shechem ; however, there are gaps in the biblical narrative and little written about what happened to her after the fateful time. Tracing the Evidence considers how post-Hebrew Bible traditions have filled in some of those gaps. Some traditions give more information about her day-to-day life, how old she was when Shechem met her, and various details about her subsequent marriage(s) and children.
04/2008
