The Fall of Arthur
Title | The Fall of Arthur PDF eBook |
Author | John Ronald Reuel Tolkien |
Publisher | Houghton Mifflin Harcourt |
Total Pages | 239 |
Release | 2013 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 0544115899 |
Presents the legend of King Arthur in an epic, but unfinished, poem written in Old English alliterative meter.
The Legends of King Arthur: The Sword in the Stone
Title | The Legends of King Arthur: The Sword in the Stone PDF eBook |
Author | Tracey Mayhew |
Publisher | Legends of King Arthur: Merlin |
Total Pages | 0 |
Release | 2020-11-03 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 9781782267348 |
When two boys save an old man from robbers, they learn of a competition in Londinium to decide the next king of Britain. The elder, Kay, is determined to prove himself worthy as a knight or a king. The younger is Arthur, a farm boy through and through - until he sees the sword in the stone.
The Story of the Grail and the Passing of Arthur
Title | The Story of the Grail and the Passing of Arthur PDF eBook |
Author | Howard Pyle |
Publisher | Courier Corporation |
Total Pages | 272 |
Release | 2012-11-21 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 0486173127 |
Splendid retelling of the adventures of Sir Galahad and the pursuit of the Holy Grail; last days of King Arthur, more. Rich medieval flavor enhanced with 39 of Pyle's atmospheric illustrations.
The King Arthur Conspiracy
Title | The King Arthur Conspiracy PDF eBook |
Author | Simon Andrew Stirling |
Publisher | The History Press |
Total Pages | 447 |
Release | 2012-02-29 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 0752483455 |
Arthur led the Britons to the brink of victory but was cut down by treachery and betrayal. Arthurian legends have since been corrupted, leading to popular but false assumptions about the king and the belief that his grave could never be found. Drawing on a vast range of sources and new translations of early British and Gaelic poetry, Arthur explodes these myths and exposes the shocking truth. In this, the first full biography of Arthur, Simon Andrew Stirling provides a range of proofs that Artuir mac Aedain was the original King Arthur; he identifies the original Camelot, the site of Arthur's last battle and his precise burial location. For the first time ever, the role played by the early Church in Arthur's downfall and the fall of North Britain is also revealed. This includes the Church's contribution to fabricated Arthurian history, the unusual circumstances of his burial and the extraordinary history of the sacred isle on which he was buried.
Final Accounting
Title | Final Accounting PDF eBook |
Author | Barbara Ley Toffler |
Publisher | Currency |
Total Pages | 290 |
Release | 2004-04-13 |
Genre | Business & Economics |
ISBN | 0767913833 |
A withering exposé of the unethical practices that triggered the indictment and collapse of the legendary accounting firm. Arthur Andersen's conviction on obstruction of justice charges related to the Enron debacle spelled the abrupt end of the 88-year-old accounting firm. Until recently, the venerable firm had been regarded as the accounting profession's conscience. In Final Accounting, Barbara Ley Toffler, former Andersen partner-in-charge of Andersen's Ethics & Responsible Business Practices consulting services, reveals that the symptoms of Andersen's fatal disease were evident long before Enron. Drawing on her expertise as a social scientist and her experience as an Andersen insider, Toffler chronicles how a culture of arrogance and greed infected her company and led to enormous lapses in judgment among her peers. Final Accounting exposes the slow deterioration of values that led not only to Enron but also to the earlier financial scandals of other Andersen clients, including Sunbeam and Waste Management, and illustrates the practices that paved the way for the accounting fiascos at WorldCom and other major companies. Chronicling the inner workings of Andersen at the height of its success, Toffler reveals "the making of an Android," the peculiar process of employee indoctrination into the Andersen culture; how Androids—both accountants and consultants--lived the mantra "keep the client happy"; and how internal infighting and "billing your brains out" rather than quality work became the all-important goals. Toffler was in a position to know when something was wrong. In her earlier role as ethics consultant, she worked with over 60 major companies and was an internationally renowned expert at spotting and correcting ethical lapses. Toffler traces the roots of Andersen's ethical missteps, and shows the gradual decay of a once-proud culture. Uniquely qualified to discuss the personalities and principles behind one of the greatest shake-ups in United States history, Toffler delivers a chilling report with important ramifications for CEOs and individual investors alike.
The Book of Mordred
Title | The Book of Mordred PDF eBook |
Author | Vivian Vande Velde |
Publisher | Houghton Mifflin Harcourt |
Total Pages | 356 |
Release | 2007-06-18 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 0618809163 |
As the peaceful King Arthur reigns, the five-year-old daughter of Lady Alayna, newly widowed of the village-wizard Toland, is abducted by knights who leave their barn burning and their only servant dead.
After the Fall
Title | After the Fall PDF eBook |
Author | Arthur Miller |
Publisher | Penguin UK |
Total Pages | 128 |
Release | 2011-10-06 |
Genre | Drama |
ISBN | 0241960134 |
Quentin is a successful lawyer in New York, but inside his head he is struggling with his own sense of guilt and the shadows of his past relationships. One of these an ill-fated marriage to the charming and beautiful Maggie, who went from operating a switchboard to become a self-destructive star - a singer everyone wanted a piece of. After the Fall is often seen as the most explicitly autobiographical of Arthur Miller's plays, and Maggie as an unflinching portrait of Miller's ex-wife Marilyn Monroe, only two years after her suicide. But in its psychological acuity and depth, and its brilliant, dreamlike structure, it is a literary, and not just biographical, masterpiece.