beyond the city ebook

„Beyond the City” explores the relationships between the residents of three adjoining homes. The cast of characters includes a widowed doctor with two daughters, a retired admiral with a wife and son, and a feminist living with her nephew. Destiny brings these three peculiar households together in the placid English countryside. The desire for money and romance drive these Victorians beyond the natural...

Thrice hath the Fast of Ramadan come and gone since the Granter of Requests last allowed my eyes to behold the well-remembered landscape, scarcely visible in the pale light of dawn. Hills, covered with tall feathery palms, rose abruptly from the barren, sun-scorched plain, and, at their foot, stood the dazzlingly-white city of Omdurman, the impregnable and mysterious headquarters of Mahdiism, while...

„Beyond the City” explores the relationships between the residents of three adjoining homes. The cast of characters includes a widowed doctor with two daughters, a retired admiral with a wife and son, and a feminist living with her nephew. Destiny brings these three peculiar households together in the placid English countryside. The desire for money and romance drive these Victorians beyond the natural...

Teksty zawarte w tomie okolicznościowym dedykowanym prof. Piotrowi Bielińskiemu na siedemdziesięciolecie urodzin dotyczą archeologii, ikonografii i kultu, ceramiki oraz innych aspektów kultury materialnej starożytnego Bliskiego Wschodu. Chronologiczne i geograficzne spektrum poruszanych w nich zagadnień odzwierciedla zainteresowania badawcze Jubilata związane przede wszystkim z epoką brązu na Bliskim...