|
|
|
1.
|
|
Between the ninth and seventh centuries BC, the small kingdom of Assyria in northern Iraq expanded to dominate the region from Egypt to Iran. The power of the Assyrian kings was reflected in a series of magnificent palaces in which the walls of principal rooms and courtyards were lined with huge panels of alabaster carved with images of the monarch as priest, victorious warrior, and hunter. These sculptures constitute some of the most impressive witnesses of the ancient Middle East, and this book serves as a superb visual introduction to what are undoubtedly some of the greatest carvings from the ancient world. The book showcases a series of specially taken photographs of the British Museum's unrivaled collection of Assyrian sculptures. The images capture the majesty of the Assyrian king, as well as his magnificent court and its protecting divinities. An introduction sets the sculptures in their cultural and art historical context. A brief history of Assyria and the royal palaces is followed by an overview of the subject matter and meaning of the sculptures together with a discussion of their relationship with the artistic traditions of ancient Iraq and the wider region. There is also an exploration of the sculptures as the earliest examples of complex narrative art that developed from summary or symbolic scenes of royal achievements into images with multilayered meanings that occupied entire rooms and captured the raw emotion and energy of animals and humans with remarkable vitality. ...
|
|
2.
|
|
The first popular narrative history of Shakespeare’s First Folio, the world’s most obsessively pursued book. One book above all others has transfixed connoisseurs for four centuries—a book sold for shillings in the streets of London, whisked to Manhattan for millions, and stored deep within the vaults of Tokyo. The book: William Shakespeare’s First Folio of 1623. Paul Collins, lover of odd books and author of the national bestseller Sixpence House, takes up the strange quest for this white whale of precious books. Broken down into five acts, each tied to a different location and century, The Book of William’s travelogue follows the trail of the Folio’s curious rise: a dizzying S otheby’s auction on a pristine copy preserved since the seventeenth century, the Fleet Street machinations of the eighteenth century, the nineteenth century quests for lost Folios, obsessive acquisitions by twentieth century oilmen, and the high-tech hoards of twenty-first century Japan. Finally, Collins speculates on Shakespeare’s cross-cultural future as Asian buyers enter their Folios into the electronic ether, and recounts the book’s remarkable journey as it is found in attics, gets lost in oceans and fires, is bought and sold, and ultimately becomes immortal. ...
|
|
3.
|
|
Discover how easy it is to achieve a slimmer body and trimmer waistline with this revolutionary 3-step weight loss program combining diet, exercise and lifestyle planning and motivation guidance that's so advanced, it's actually simple. "The Waistline Workout" works like magic as The Body Coach[registered] Paul Collins, Australia's Personal Trainer[trademark], takes the guesswork out of dieting and exercise and guides you through his revolutionary 3-step weight loss system for achieving a slimmer and trimmer body. You will discover this in 3-easy steps: establishing a healthy eating diet plan; participating in regular daily exercise; and successful lifestyle planning and motivation. In a nutshell, the "Waistline Workout", is a simple, easy-to-follow roadmap to healthy eating, proper exercise and increasing your energy levels with a 12-week workout plan....
|
|
4.
|
|
This title provides readers with an invaluable guide to conditioning your body for improved power, agility, and overall fitness. This superb new volume - for men and women - from award-winning personal fitness trainer Paul Collins, presents readers with practical, easy-to-follow exercises to condition your body for athletic and sports performance. "Functional Fitness" provides step-by-step coaching advice and workouts utilizing body weight, fitness balls, medicine balls, plyometrics, resistance bands, stability and speed training equipment - all of which have been specifically designed to coordinate your muscular framework for improved dynamic agility and power. This is a must-have volume for anyone interested in dramatically improving their sporting and athletic performance....
|
|
5.
|
|
?[A] quixotic, mischievous and often hilarious work?Part travelogue, part memoir and part historical mystery, this book reads like a wry, witty novel and offers a delicious twist at the end.??Publishers Weekly Paul Collins takes us on a strange odyssey down the forgotten roads of history as he hunts for the bones of Tom Paine?exhumed and then lost, and now scattered around the globe. Crossing the paths of everyone from Walt Whitman and Charles Darwin to sex reformers and feral monkeys, this colorful search for a founding father?s body simultaneously excavates the very soul of democracy. ...
|
|
6.
|
|
"Power Training" is a superbly illustrated, easy-to-follow guide to drills, test, and training routines - used by Olympic and other world-class athletes - that will help improve power and performance.Packed with more than 80 exercises, this superb volume will become an invaluable tool enabling readers to develop training programmes that will keep them fit, strong, and powerful all year round and increase their jumping, sprinting, and explosive power....
|
|
7.
|
|
"Strength Training for Men" adds a new dimension to muscular development with its revolutionary 'Core-Power' Conversion Training System that takes the guesswork out of training and offers a unique learning experience for achieving the ultimate athletic body. "Strength Training for Men" conditions your body for muscular gains and increasing athletic performance. "The Body Coach[registered]", includes practical, easy-to-follow strength training routines that help guide you through basic lifting techniques to more advanced Olympic-lifting power progressions. The book is loaded with relevant information for any athlete, coach or trainer at any level. It contains all the fundamentals for building a safe, efficient strength training program, whilst sequencing exercises towards the development of explosive power through Paul's breakthrough Core-Strength to Power Conversion Training System. Best of all, each exercise and program is clearly and simply explained....
|
|
8.
|
|
Wardragon is the culmination of The Jelindel Chronicles in a soaring saga. Finally Jelindel, with her allies, Zimak and Daretor, has tracked the alien mailshirt across two radically different worlds. But the journey is perilous when each step is lined with flying beasts, metal wasps, mercenaries and assassins . . . and the mailshirt linked up with the evil Preceptor to create a deadly enemy. All Jelindel has is a little magic, Zimak's wit and Daretor's sword to scrape through and that is not enough. Collins captures a terrifying, tense world with a touch of humour and holds it to the last shattering battle....
|
|
9.
|
|
Calamity has befallen the city of Quentaris! Due to a vengeful plot by warlike Tolrush (which backfires), Quentaris is uprooted city, cliff-face, harbour and all and hurled into the uncharted rift-maze. Lost and adrift in this endless labyrinth of parallel universes, encountering both friend and foe and facing unknown dangers, Quentaris must somehow forge a new identity and find its way home....
|
|
