Класическите изображения на картите Таро са пречупени в тази колода карти през митологията на Викингите. Хората от Севера, народ от пътешественици, колонизатори и воини, храбри мъже, чиято съдба е ръководил бог Один и е била белязана от богинята Руна, очакващи неизбежния Рагнарьок. Чрез тези карти ще преоткриете света на символите. Броя на картите е 78. Размера на една карта е 6.6 x 12 cm. ... |
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Умален модел на викингски кораб - дракар. Дракарът е изключително бърз и маневрен кораб, който използва не само вятъра, но и силата на викингските гребци. Корпусът му е дълъг и тесен. Името му идва от норвежкото „drakkar“, което означава „кораб-дракон“. Тези плавателни съдове са били използвани главно за военни цели. Поради малкото газене на водата, те са можели да се приближават изключително близо до брега, да избягват подводните скали и да изненадват противниците с неочаквани нападения. На носа и кърмата дракарите имали специфична украса – най-често глава на дракон или на друго митично същество, което пазело кораба от ... |
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Illustrated by Jeffrey Alan Love. ... "Kevin Crossley-Holland is the master." Neil Gaiman The gods of the Vikings come to life as never before in this extraordinary illustrated anthology by Carnegie Medal-winning author Kevin Crossley-Holland and artist Jeffrey Alan Love. These dramatic, enthralling and atmospheric tales are based on the Scandinavian myth cycle - one of the greatest and most culturally significant stories in the world - and tell of Odin with his one eye, Thor with his mighty hammer and Loki, the red-haired, shape-shifting trickster. In this stunning collection of myths, the strange world of ... |
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Our amazing evolution, what race really is and what makes us human. Who do you think you are? Have you ever thought about who you might be related to? What if we told you that you were related to extraordinary emperors, great kings and magnificent queens? Well, your majesty, you are. In fact, everyone is. And geneticist Adam Rutherford is here to tell you how. Come on an extraordinary adventure through millions of years of human history where you will learn the story of our species from evolution to dinosaurs to you! You will meet kings and queens, pharaohs and vikings, and see just how far and wide humans have migrated ... |
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Part Wonder Woman, part Vikings - and all heart. Raised to be a warrior, seventeen-year-old Eelyn fights alongside her Aska clansmen in an ancient, god-decreed rivalry against the Riki clan. Her life is brutal but simple: train to fight and fight to survive. Until the day she sees the impossible on the battlefield - her brother, fighting with the enemy - the brother she watched die five years ago. Eelyn loses her focus and is captured. Now, she must survive the winter in the mountains with the Riki, in a village where every neighbour is an enemy, every battle scar possibly one she delivered. But when the Riki village is ... |
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Witness our incredible human story unfold - from the very first people in Africa to the collapse of Communism and beyond - exquisitely charted map by map. Come on a journey through global history, told in more than 130 specially made maps that each offer a window on a key event. Step into the action and follow Ghengis Khan sweeping through China, Napoleon conquering Europe, or two world wars raging across the globe. See empires rise and fall - from the Egyptians and the Aztecs to the British Empire and the Soviet Union. History of the World Map by Map also explains how elements of civilization, such as writing, printing, ... |
