Flinders: 50 books

Interesting tale about a wealthy young heiress who, no Paris Hilton, marries when still a virgin. Her husband sets off to parlay her fortune into an enormous sum, but has an affair and realizes that he'd been missing out on quite a bit in life. Divorce on the way, he leaves, and she discovers her...

Egyptian Tales Second Series Flinders Petrie, english egyptologist (1853-1942) This ebook presents «Egyptian Tales Second Series», from Flinders Petrie. A dynamic table of contents enables to jump directly to the chapter selected. Table of Contents -01- About this book -02- PREFACE -03-...

Within this small book you will find six distinctive folk tales from the ancient land of Egypt translated and edited by that giant of Egyptology – W. M. Flinders Petrie (1853 – 1942). Petrie was a pioneer of systematic methodology in archaeology and preservation of artefacts, so we can be sure...

How do I stop my thoughts? And how does observing our thoughts enhance our spiritual growth? These questions along with many others are answered in a concise and effective way in The Seeking Soul. In this informative guide, author Brad Flinders addresses a myriad of topics relating to spiritual development...

When, in the end of 1880, I first started for Egypt, I had long been preparing for the expedition; during a couple of years before that measuring instruments, theodolites, rope-ladders, and all the impedimenta for scientific work, had been prepared and tested. To start work under circumstances so...

If the twentieth century witnessed the triumph of democracy then something appears to have gone seriously wrong. Citizens around the world have become distrustful of politicians, sceptical about democratic institutions, and disillusioned about the capacity of democratic politics to resolve pressing...

AMARNA—the name breathes mystery and romance. Called Akhet-Aten (horizon of the Aten) by its founder, 18th Dynasty Egyptian pharaoh, Akhenaten, it lies nearly forgotten today near a tiny village in Middle Egypt. First explored by Sir William Flinders Petrie in the last decade of the 19th century,...

Has there ever been a period in modern history when democratic politics seemed more unpredictable or unruly? The old rules by which politics was once both ordered and understood have waned, in the face of a set of global challenges almost beyond control or comprehension. In terms of understanding...

This title was first published in 2001: In this compelling work, Matthew Flinders examines how far alternative forms of accountability have evolved and the extent to which they remedy the current shortcomings of the parliamentary system. Adopting a pluralistic perspective, this exploration of the...

Janus in Modern Life written by W. M. Flinders Petrie who was an English Egyptologist and a pioneer of systematic methodology in archaeology and preservation of artifacts. This book is one of many works by him. Published in 1907. And now republish in ebook format. We believe this work is culturally...

Jud Elkov and his fabulous TWELVE INCHES were taking Europe by storm, until his non-stop series of adventures with whatever happened to be available landed him in the clutches of the Italian Family. There was only one way out: Jud was compelled to perform extraordinary service for them before he could...

Guy had broken a fraternity record by satisfying 15 girls in one evening, and as golf pro at the country club, the ladies found that his powers were hard to diminish! Of course, such a rampaging stud would never be found in bed with another man--or would he? That was a challenge Geraldine could never...

Once upon a mattress there was a wonderful, zingy research project in which the mattress proved to be so full of life and lust that it literally smothered the volunteers sent to test it... Karl Flinders' magic mattress belongs to the same family. Let it carry you away on wave after wave of orgiastic...

IT is strange that while literature occupies so much attention as at present, and while fiction is the largest division of our book-work, the oldest literature and fiction of the world should yet have remained unpresented to English readers. The tales of ancient Egypt have appeared collectively only...