Death Masks

• Author : Kim Richards
• Publisher : Eternal Press
• Release : 27 January 2023

• Author : Jim Butcher
• Publisher : Hachette UK
• Release : 04 March 2010

Meet Harry Dresden, Chicago's first (and only) Wizard P.I. Turns out the 'everyday' world is full of strange and magical things - and most of them don't play well with humans. That's where Harry comes in. Harry Dresden should be happy that business is good - makes a change. But now he's getting more than he bargained for: a duel with the Red Court of Vampires' champion, who must kill Harry to end the war between vampires and wizards;

• Author : Yesenia Barragan
• Publisher : John Hunt Publishing
• Release : 12 December 2014

A radical historical ethnography on the meaning of a fundamentally new physical landscape of our age of austerity: cash-for-gold shops that numerically exploded in the wake of the worst economic crisis of our times.

• Author : Harriet I. Flower
• Publisher : Oxford University Press
• Release : 27 January 1996

In the first comprehensive study of Roman ancestor masks in English, Harriet Flower explains the reasons behind the use of wax masks in the commemoration of politically prominent family members by the elite society of Rome. Flower traces the functional evolution of ancestor masks, from their first attested appearance in the third century BC to their last mention in the sixth century AD, through the examination of literary sources in both prose and verse, legal texts, epigraphy, archaeology, numismatics, and

• Author : Christine Quigley
• Publisher : McFarland
• Release : 13 October 2005

Throughout the centuries, different cultures have established a variety of procedures for handling and disposing of corpses. Often the methods are directly associated with the deceased's position in life, such as a pharaoh's mummification in Egypt or the cremation of a Buddhist. Treatment by the living of the dead over time and across cultures is the focus of this study. Burial arrangements and preparations are detailed, including embalming, the funeral service, storage and transport of the body, and forms of

• Author : Alex Archer
• Publisher : Harlequin
• Release : 01 January 2015

The face of evil. And the face of greed… The video showed a nearly naked man bloodied and beaten. Even as archaeologist and TV presenter Annja Creed watched, the clock on his suicide vest ticked down, and precious seconds were lost. But this was no stranger. Garin was her friend. Their fates had been bound by the secrets of Joan of Arc's sword. And Annja had less than twenty-four hours to save his life…. The price for Garin's life was

• Author : Murdoch Hughes
• Publisher : Hard Shell Word Factory
• Release : 01 December 2004

A Rick Sage Mystery: Harley-riding PI, Rick Sage, follows his heart into darkness once again when he meets up with ten-year-old Pedro, a Mexican-American kid lost on the streets of Tijuana. Pedro hires Rick, with the two dollars and thirty-five cents he has left in his pocket, to find the gang of antiquities thieves who murdered his parents. Shadowed by a jaguar spirit Rick begins to believe is real, his promise to help the boy takes them on a trail

• Author : Ralph E. Giesey
• Publisher : Librairie Droz
• Release : 27 January 1960

• Author : Mark B. Sandberg
• Publisher : Princeton University Press
• Release : 27 January 2023

Sandberg examines the practice of effigy at the wax and folk museums of the late 19th century. This study of modern visual culture on the periphery of Europe presents a context in which the idea of material mobility dominated more familiar forms of simulative media.

• Author : Clifton D. Bryant,Dennis L. Peck
• Publisher : SAGE Publications
• Release : 15 July 2009

Death and dying and death-related behavior involve the causes of death and the nature of the actions and emotions surrounding death among the living. Interest in the varied dimensions of death and dying has led to the development of death studies that move beyond medical research to include behavioral science disciplines and practitioner-oriented fields. As a result of this interdisciplinary interest, the literature in the field has proliferated. This two-volume resource addresses the traditional death and dying–related topics but

• Author : Peter T. Markman,Roberta H. Markman
• Publisher : Univ of California Press
• Release : 01 January 1989

Drawing on secondary works in archaeology, art history, folklore, ethnohistory, ethnography, and literature, the authors maintain that the mask is the central metaphor for the Mesoamerican concept of spiritual reality. Covers the long history of the use of the ritual mask by the peoples who created and developed the mythological tradition of Mesoamerica. Chapters: (1) the metaphor of the mask in Pre-Columbian Mesoamerica: the mask as the God, in ritual, and as metaphor; (II) metaphoric reflections of the cosmic order; and (

• Author : Lewis R. Aiken
• Publisher : Taylor & Francis
• Release : 27 January 2023

Textbook for Death & Dying courses in psych, soc, soc work, nursing, development, and counseling depts.

• Author : Charles Henry Hart
• Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
• Release : 27 July 2020

Reproduction of the original: Browere's Life Masks of Great Americans by Charles Henry Hart

• Author : Joseph Parker Norris
• Publisher : Unknown
• Release : 27 January 1884

• Author : D.R. Clark
• Publisher : eBook Partnership
• Release : 06 December 2017

This story takes place ten years from now. The British government's control over the people is at its all time high. Armed guards are on the streets suppressing our lives, and our will to fight back. Protests and free speech are treated with contempt, and are managed by brute force. CCTV and phone surveillance have been increased to the maximum. Prime Minister Michael Ramsbottom is still in power, despite never winning a general election. But what Prime Minister Michael Ramsbottom