Gabriel's Palace
| Author | : |
| Publisher | : Oxford University Press, USA |
| Total Pages | : 433 |
| Release | : 1993 |
| Genre | : Literary Collections |
| ISBN | : 0195093887 |
Over 150 tales from the Talmud, the Zohar, Jewish folktales, and Hasidic lore.
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Ange-Jacques Gabriel 1698 - 1782 by H. Bartle Cox
| Author | : H. Bartle Cox |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 80 |
| Release | : 1926 |
| Genre | : Architects |
| ISBN | : |
A short biography of Ange-Jacques Gabriel, the 18th century French architect.
The Gabriel Hounds
| Author | : Mary Stewart |
| Publisher | : Hodder & Stoughton |
| Total Pages | : 217 |
| Release | : 2011-05-26 |
| Genre | : Fiction |
| ISBN | : 1444720554 |
'A comfortable chair and a Mary Stewart: total heaven. I'd rather read her than most other authors.' Harriet Evans Legend has it that when the Gabriel Hounds run howling over the crumbling palace of Dar Ibrahim, high in the Adonis Valley of Lebanon, death will follow on their heels. When rich, spoilt Christie Mansel arrives at the decaying palace to look after her eccentric Aunt Harriet, she arrives to the sound of howling dogs. The palace is riddled with hidden passages and the servants are unwilling to let anyone see Harriet during the day. It seems the palace hides an extraordinary secret . . . one that somebody is willing to kill to keep. The deep blue oblong of sky above the open court was pricking already with brilliant stars. No ugly diffusion of city light spoiled the deep velvet of that sky; even hanging as it was above the glittering and crowded richness of the Damascus oasis, it spoke of the desert and the vast empty silence beyond the last palm tree.
Daniel Silva Gabriel Allon Novels 5-8
| Author | : Daniel Silva |
| Publisher | : Penguin |
| Total Pages | : 198 |
| Release | : 2011-07-05 |
| Genre | : Fiction |
| ISBN | : 1101538899 |
Novels five through eight of the Gabriel Allon series from #1 New York Times bestselling author Daniel Silva. Prince of Fire Gabriel Allon is back in Venice, when a terrible explosion in Rome leads to a disturbing personal revelation: the existence of a dossier in terrorist hands that strips away his secrets and lays bare his history… The Messenger Gabriel Allon is about to face the greatest challenge of his life. An al-Qaeda suspect is killed in London, and photographs are found on his computer—photographs that lead Israeli intelligence to suspect that al-Qaeda is planning an attack aimed straight at the heart of the Vatican. The Secret Servant A terrorist plot in London leads Israeli spy Gabriel Allon on a desperate search for a kidnapped woman, in a race against time that will compromise Allon’s own conscience—and life... Moscow Rules The death of a journalist leads Israeli spy Gabriel Allon to Russia, where he finds that, in terms of spycraft, even he has something to learn if he wants to prevent a former KGB colonel from delivering Russia's most sophisticated weapons to al-Qaeda. Praise for the #1 New York Times bestselling author Daniel Silva and the Gabriel Allon series “Those in the know are calling him the new John Le Carré. Those who are reading him can't put him down."—Chicago Sun-Times "The enigmatic Gabriel Allon remains one of the most intriguing heroes of any thriller series."—The Philadelphia Inquirer "A writer who brings new life to the international thriller."—Newsday "Allon is Israel’s Jack Bauer…Thrill factor:*****."—USA Today "Nobody handles this kind of intrigue as well Silva. He gives Gabriel and the rest of his team the kind of depth seen only in spy novels by Robert Ludlum and Tom Clancy."—Richmond Times Dispatch "A terrific thriller…one of the best-drawn fictional assassins since The Day of the Jackal."—The San Francisco Examiner “Silva builds tension with breathtaking double and triple turns of plot.”—People
Gabriel Guevrekian
| Author | : Hamed Khosravi |
| Publisher | : Hatje Cantz Verlag |
| Total Pages | : 197 |
| Release | : 2020-01-01 |
| Genre | : Architecture |
| ISBN | : 3775744339 |
The Elusive Modernist setzt sich mit der Geschichte der Moderne auseinander und zwar basierend auf dem Vermächtnis eines ihrer Protagonisten, Gabriel Guevrekian (ca. 1900–1970). Der in Istanbul geborene Guevrekian wuchs in Teheran auf und zog als junger Erwachsener nach Wien, um an der Kunstgewerbeschule Architektur zu studieren. Später arbeitete er mit Oskar Strnad, Josef Hoffmann, Adolf Loos, Henri Sauvage und Robert Mallet-Stevens, und zu seinen bekanntesten Entwürfen gehören der kubistische Garten für die Villa Noailles in Frankreich und zwei Häuser für die Wiener Werkbund-Ausstellung. Mit nicht einmal dreißig Jahren galt Guevrekian als eine der bedeutendsten Persönlichkeiten der europäischen Avantgarde in Paris. Im Laufe der 1930er-Jahre verbrachte er einige Jahre im Iran, wo er öffentliche Bauten entwarf; nach Ende des Zweiten Weltkriegs lehrte er zunächst in Europa und schließlich in Amerika. Seine ganz unterschiedlichen Unternehmungen, sowie die Häuser und Nationalitäten, die er in Asien, Europa und Amerika besaß, führten zu einer Reihe sehr verschieden ausgeprägter Persönlichkeiten. Er füllte durch seine eigene, sehr unmittelbare Auseinandersetzung jede Disziplin mit Bedeutung aus, machte jede Stadt zum Zentrum und jede Ära epochal.
Gabriel García Moreno and Conservative State Formation in the Andes
| Author | : Peter V. N. Henderson |
| Publisher | : University of Texas Press |
| Total Pages | : 329 |
| Release | : 2009-09-15 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 0292779410 |
This book explores the life and times of Ecuador's most controversial politician within the broader context of the new political history, addressing five major themes of nineteenth-century Latin American history: the creation of political networks, the divisiveness of regionalism, the bitterness of the liberal-conservative ideological divide, the complicating problem of caudillismo, and the quest for progress and modernization. Two myths traditionally associated with García Moreno's rule are debunked. The first is that he created a theocracy in Ecuador. Instead, the book argues that he negotiated a concordat with the Papacy giving the national government control over the church's secular responsibilities, and subordinated the clergy, many of whom were highly critical of García Moreno, to the conservative state. A second, frequently repeated generalization is that he created a conservative dictatorship out of touch with the liberal age in which he lived. Instead, the book argues that moderates held sway during the first nine years of García Moreno's period of influence, and only during his final term did he achieve the type of conservative state he thought necessary to advance his progressive nation-building agenda. In sum, this book enriches our understanding of many of the notions of state formation by suggesting that conservatives like García Moreno envisioned a program of material progress and promoting national unity under a very different formula from that of nineteenth-century liberals.
Chronicles of Gabriel, In a quest for the truth
| Author | : Miquel Àngel Lopezosa Criado |
| Publisher | : Babelcube Inc. |
| Total Pages | : 317 |
| Release | : 2018-08-16 |
| Genre | : Fiction |
| ISBN | : 1547544899 |
After spending various centuries forming himself as a high sorcerer in a distant dimension and after the death of his teacher, Gabriel must return to Earth in search of a sign. That's how the prophecy dictated. In this return he must face the ghosts of his past and he will find himself involved in the eternal fight between Chaos and Order. Yet he won't be alone. His inseparable friend Hugo and a seasoned wizard named Alexa, will accompany him in a passionate adventure that will take them to get to know themselves. Mythical and legendary beings will complete the cast of characters that appear in this intriguing work of fiction, full of magic and unsolved enigmas. The Chronicles of Gabriel. In search of the truth is the first novel of an epic fantasy and historical trilogy, in which loyalty and conjures amalgamate, celestial dragons and ancient magic in a world stalked by Darkness. Egyptian gods, secret doors that lead you into remote worlds and the appearance of a lost manuscript will be the main ingredients of a novel that will keep the reader hooked on a fast-paced story from beginning to end. Will Gabriel finally discover the truth?
Bernard Shaw and Gabriel Pascal
| Author | : Bernard Shaw |
| Publisher | : University of Toronto Press |
| Total Pages | : 340 |
| Release | : 1996-01-01 |
| Genre | : Literary Criticism |
| ISBN | : 9780802030023 |
This volume of The Selected Correspondence of Bernard Shaw focuses on film: a behind-the-scenes view of the film industry's day-to-day workings from the unique perspectives of Shaw and his favourite director, Gabriel Pascal.
A Prison in the Woods
| Author | : Clarence Jefferson Hall |
| Publisher | : UMass + ORM |
| Total Pages | : 319 |
| Release | : 2020-11-27 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 1613767862 |
Since the mid-nineteenth century, Americans have known the Adirondack Mountains of upstate New York as a site of industrial production, a place to heal from disease, and a sprawling outdoor playground that must be preserved in its wild state. Less well known, however, has been the area's role in hosting a network of state and federal prisons. A Prison in the Woods traces the planning, construction, and operation of penitentiaries in five Adirondack Park communities from the 1840s through the early 2000s to demonstrate that the histories of mass incarceration and environmental consciousness are interconnected. Clarence Jefferson Hall Jr. reveals that the introduction of correctional facilities—especially in the last three decades of the twentieth century—unearthed long-standing conflicts over the proper uses of Adirondack nature, particularly since these sites have contributed to deforestation, pollution, and habitat decline, even as they've provided jobs and spurred economic growth. Additionally, prison plans have challenged individuals' commitment to environmental protection, tested the strength of environmental regulations, endangered environmental and public health, and exposed tensions around race, class, place, and belonging in the isolated prison towns of America's largest state park.
