Despite its reputation for religious intolerance, the Middle East has long sheltered many distinctive & strange faiths: one regards the Greek prophets as incarnations of God, another reveres Lucifer in the form of a peacock, & yet another believes that their followers are reincarnated beings who have existed in various forms for thousands of years. These religions represent the last vestiges of the magnificent civilizations in ancient history: Persia, Babylon, Egypt in the time of the Pharaohs. Their followers have learned how to survive foreign attacks & the perils of assimilation. But today, with the Middle East in turmoil, they face greater challenges than ever before. In Heirs to Forgotten Kingdoms, former diplomat Gerard Russell ventures to the distant, nearly impassable regions where these mysterious religions still cling to survival. He lives alongside the Mandaeans & Ezidis of Iraq, the Zoroastrians of Iran, the Copts of Egypt, & others. He learns their histories, participates in their rituals, & comes to understand the threats to their communities. Historically a tolerant faith, Islam has, since the early 20th century, witnessed the rise of militant, extremist sects. This development, along with the rippling effects of Western invasion, now pose existential threats to these minority faiths. & as more & more of their youth flee to the West in search of greater freedoms & job prospects, these religions face the dire possibility of extinction. Drawing on his extensive travels & archival research, Russell provides an essential record of the past, present, & perilous future of these remarkable religions. ...

Despite its reputation for religious intolerance, the Middle East has long sheltered many distinctive & strange faiths: one regards the Greek prophets as incarnations of God, another reveres Lucifer in the form of a peacock, & yet another believes that their followers are reincarnated beings who have existed in various forms for thousands of years. These religions represent the last vestiges of the magnificent civilizations in ancient history: Persia, Babylon, Egypt in the time of the Pharaohs. Their followers have learned how to survive foreign attacks & the perils of assimilation. But today, with the Middle East in turmoil, they face greater challenges than ever before. In Heirs to Forgotten Kingdoms, former diplomat Gerard Russell ventures to the distant, nearly impassable regions where these mysterious religions still cling to survival. He lives alongside the Mandaeans & Ezidis of Iraq, the Zoroastrians of Iran, the Copts of Egypt, & others. He learns their histories, participates in their rituals, & comes to understand the threats to their communities. Historically a tolerant faith, Islam has, since the early 20th century, witnessed the rise of militant, extremist sects. This development, along with the rippling effects of Western invasion, now pose existential threats to these minority faiths. & as more & more of their youth flee to the West in search of greater freedoms & job prospects, these religions face the dire possibility of extinction. Drawing on his extensive travels & research, Russell provides an essential record of the past, present, & perilous future of these remarkable religions. ...

One of the maps in the topographic survey of Iceland at 1:100, 000. The series was last revised in the early eighties. Contour interval is 20 meters. In addition to the usual features shown on survey mapping, the maps also include a large amount of information indicating the type of the terrain & land use (block or smooth surfaced lava, clay, boulders, sand & dunes, cultivated area, meadows, pastures, bogs, wetlands, etc.) & details not often found on maps: physicians` residences, parsonages, etc. Each map covers an area of 44 x 40 km / 27 x 25 miles. Margin ticks give latitude & longitude in steps of 6`. Map legend

Includes:: English.

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Mountain areas of central & northern Sweden on waterproof & tear-resistant, GPS compatible topographic “ Fjällkartan” maps at 1:100, 000 & 1:50, 000 from Lantmäteriet
- the country’s national survey organization, with hiking & ski routes, campsites & youth hostels, etc. Relief is shown by contours at 20m intervals & enhanced by relief shading, plus colouring and/or graphics to indicate different types of vegetation or land use. An overprint shows trails for hiking & cross-country skiing, indicating waymarked or unmarked & summer or winter only routes. Also shown are mandatory & recommended trails for snowmobiles & areas prohibited for cross-country vehicles. Symbols indicate locations of campsites, youth hostels, huts & wind shelters, mountain lodges & other types of tourist accommodation, emergency telephones, etc. The maps have both a 1-km UTM grid & a latitude/longitude grid in steps of 10`. Map legend

Includes:: English. On the reverse there are descriptions of the area in Swedish only, GPS coordinates for selected locations, etc. Most sheets also include a brief note in English on public access regulations. To see the list of titles in this series please click on the series link.


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Helambu
- Langtang region at 1:100, 000 in a series of detailed topographic maps of selected trekking areas of Nepal originally
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As soon as men began to write, they made Helen of Troy their subject; for close on three thousand years she has been both the embodiment of absolute female beauty & a reminder of the terrible power that beauty can wield. Because of her double marriage to the Greek King Menelaus & the Trojan Prince Paris, Helen was held responsible for an enduring enmity between East & West. For millennia she has been viewed as an exquisite agent of extermination. But who was she? Helen exists in many guises: a matriarch from the Age of Heroes who ruled over one of the most fertile areas of the Mycenaean world; Helen of Sparta, the focus of a cult which conflated Helen the heroine with a pre-Greek fertility goddess; the home-wrecker of the Iliad; the bitch-whore of Greek tragedy; the pin-up of Romantic artists. Focusing on the `real` Helen
- a flesh-&-blood aristocrat from the Greek Bronze Age
- acclaimed historian Bettany Hughes reconstructs the context of life for this elusive pre-historic princess. Through the eyes of a young Mycenaean woman, Hughes examines the physical, historical & cultural traces that Helen has left on locations in Greece, North Africa & Asia Minor. Vivid & compelling, this remarkable book brilliantly unpacks the facts & myths surrounding one of the most enigmatic & notorious figures of all time.

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Pictura is a stunning range of black-&-white artworks to collect & colour, for ages 9 to 90. In Hedgerow Year, the beautiful ...

Everybody has heard of Helen of Troy, & knows that she was the most beautiful woman in the world. Most people know that she was married bur ran off with somebody which caused the Trojan War. But who, in fact, was she? Whose daughter was she, & who was she married to? What exactly happened to cause her to act as she did, & how does her story end? The answers to all these questions are here in this Put it in Your Pocket booklet ...

Helensburgh street map from Nicolson Maps; coverage

Includes:: Cardross & Rhu. Nicolson Maps, Scotland’s premier

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Helga Weiss was born in Prague in 1929. Her father Otto was employed in the state bank in Prague & her mother Irena was a dressmaker. Of the 15, 000 children brought to Terezin & later deported to Auschwitz, only 100 survived the Holocaust. Helga was one of them. On her return to Prague she studied art & has become well known for her paintings. The drawings & paintings that Helga made during her time in Terezin, which accompany this diary, were published in 1998 in the book Draw What You See (Zeichne, was Du siehst). Her father's novel & God saw that it was bad, written during his time in Terezin & which she illustrated, was published in 2010. In 1954 Helga married the musician Jiri Hosek. She has two children, three grandchildren & lives to this day in the flat where she was born. ...