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A boldly complex, intelligently articulated romance
Kay s brilliant and complex portrayal of good and evil... will draw readers to this consuming epic
** condition - Book is pretty battered about cover with creased spine and some edges curling on spine but still holding together - it s been a favorite for years you see, and well read! Photo shows problem accurately **
From Library JournalIn a desperate attempt to revive the memory of a land banished from existence and to restore freedom to a battered world, a wandering musician and his small band of compatriots traverse a countryside bowed under the weight of its sorcerer-conquerors. The author of The Fionavar Tapestry trilogy creates a brilliant single-volume epic fantasy, rich in intrigue and subtlety. Memorable characters and cultures add depth to a gracefully plotted story. Highly recommended.
From Publishers WeeklyKay ( The Fionavar Tapestry ) brings to life a layered, pragmatic world of magic and difficult choices, where brutality and beauty coexist. Eight of the nine provinces of the Peninsula of the Palm, on a world with two moons, have fallen to the warrior sorcerers Brandin of Ygrath and Alberico of Barbadior. Brandin s younger son is slain in a battle with the principality of Tigana, which the grief-stricken sorcerer then destroys. Years later, a small band of survivors, led by Alessan, last prince of Tigana s royal house, wages psychological warfare, planting seeds for the overthrow of the two tyrants. At th ...
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Culture and Development A Critical Introduction
- Authors: Susanne Schech and Jane Haggis (from Flinders University of South Australia)
- Publisher: Blackwell Publishing
- Anthoropology/Sociology/Development Studies university textbook
- Used with some highlighter and pen markings
- RRP $61.54
The authors use the themes of gender, tradition and idenity, human rights and new communication technologies to explore the challenges that processes of cultural change pose to conventional understandings of development. The book concludes by considering the move beyond development to a post-development paradigm.
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