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An essential guide for the discerning time-traveller: take a trip to ancient Egypt at the height of its power and prosperity in the reign of Ramesses II. More reliable than Herodotus and more upbeat than The Book of the Dead, this popular book in Thames & Hudson¿s successful Time Travel series takes the reader to Ancient Egypt in the time of Ramesses II (1250BC). Egyptologist Donald Ryan guides the time-travelling tourist on a journey up the N...

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Zeek found the first piece of eggshell in his High Country omelette. Don Bronco's more concerned about this than he is. Don Bronco's (Working Title) Shell explores the roots of creativity and inspiration. A triptych of sorts. As if Italo Calvino had written Stranger Than Fiction. Familiar and unique, funny and maddening. You'll come away questioning your day to day, seeing your own story in a whole new light.

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Egypt's ancient pyramids, temples, and tombs along the Nile, which have inspired artists and writers for centuries, have also inspired poets-and particularly in the nineteenth century when romanticism was at its height. Egyptologist Donald Ryan here collects a wide variety of English verse composed by British, Irish, and North American poets fired up by the magic, the splendor, or the desolation of the pharaonic ruins and their echoes of a dis...

Spend a year in the company of the ancient Egyptians, during the twenty-sixth and final year of the reign of Amenhotep II (c.1400 BC), which saw a royal transition will take place bringing Thutmose IV to the throne of Upper and Lower Egypt.

Have you ever wondered what it was like to live and work in Egypt, the most powerful kingdom of the ancient world? Spend a day with 24 Egyptians to see Egypt through their eyes.

Os princípios básicos de liderança são os mesmos em qualquer lugar. As pessoas são pessoas, e liderá-las é uma arte que se pode aprender (e se tornar bom). Essas lentes com as quais estamos acostumados nos cega da verdade. Agora é a hora de tirar essas lentes e ver o verdadeiro mundo lá fora e colher as oportunidades abundantes que você não acredita que podem ser suas.Pode ser que você eteja em uma posição de liderança por um longo tempo, seja...

During the course of a day in the ancient city of Thebes, we meet 24 Egyptians from all strata of society. We encounter a different one of these characters every hour and in every chapter, and through their eyes see what an average day in ancient Egypt was really like.

Have you ever wondered what it was like to live and work in Egypt, the most powerful kingdom of the ancient world? Spend a day with 24 Egyptians to see Egypt through their eyes - the sights, the smells, the struggles and the conflicts.

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A new addition to the Time Travel series, this takes the reader to Ancient Egypt in the time of Ramesses II (1250 BC). Draws on contemporary sources and 30 years of experience excavating in the Valley of the Kings. 60 illustrations.

Ancient Egypt: The Basics offers an accessible and comprehensive introduction to the history, archaeology and influence of this fascinating civilization. Coverage includes:A survey of Egyptian history from its earliest origins to the coming of IslamLife and death in ancient EgyptKey archaeological discoveries and important charactersEgypt's impact and reception through to the modern dayLively and engaging, this is an indispensable resource for...

This paper asserts there exists a dangerous GAP in US strategic intertheater transportation capabilities, propounds a model describing the GAP, and proposes a solution to the problem.Logistics requirements fall into three broad, overlapping categories: Immediate, Mid-Term, and Sustainment requirements. These categories commence and terminate at different times depending on the theater of operations, with Immediate being the most time sensitive...

The airship is recommended as a suitable solution to the mid-term strategic transportation dilemma. The fundamentals of airship operation are described, its history in both war and peace discussed, and some current private and military airship activities mentioned. Recent technological breakthroughs in materials technology are discussed and the potential for government-sponsored research and development yielding equally great propulsion and ca...

This book is a major (indeed the only) anthology of 19th century poetry about Ancient Egypt, edited by Egyptologist Professor Donald P. Ryan. It brings together, in a series of themed sections, verses by well-known poets - such as Shelley, Keats, Byron and Longfellow - with those by less-famous but no less fascinating writers. The editor provides a series of commentaries that set the poems in their archaeological and historical context and giv...

A time-traveler's guideto sightseeing andsurvival in the landof the pharaohs.