Search Results - "Nile"

Noscendi Nilum cupido imagining Egypt from Lucan to Philostratus / by Manolaraki, Eleni

Table of Contents: “…Egypt and the Nile in Julio-Claudian Rome: Lucan -- Pompey's Nile -- Beyond Pompey's Nile -- Acoreus -- Acoreus, author of the Nile -- Physics: the Nile between earth and sky -- Ethics: Lucan and Seneca on the Nile -- Poetics: the bard's song and the river of poetry -- The bard's song -- The river of poetry -- Flavian Rome: Egypt and the Nile in Flavian Rome -- Valerius Flaccus' Argonautica -- The Nile in Cyzicus -- The Nile in the Bosphorus -- The Nile in Aea -- The Nile on the Danube -- Statius' Thebaid -- The Nile on Perseus' hill -- The Nile on the Langia -- The Nile in Athens -- Statius' Siluae -- Producing Egypt, staging Isis -- Remapping the land: from Egypt to Rome and back again -- Relating to religion: Anubis, Phoenix, and Apis -- Revisiting history: Alexander and Cleopatra -- The Antonine and Severan periods: The Nile and Egypt in the Antonine and Severan periods -- The emperor's Nile: the younger Pliny and Fronto -- Plutarch's On Isis and Osiris -- Philostratus' Life of Apollonius of Tyana -- Sage and emperor on the Nile -- Reclaiming the Nile -- Imagining the Nile.…”
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A history of art in Africa / by Visonà, Monica Blackmun, 1953-

Table of Contents: “…Africa, Art, and History: An Introduction -- Pt. I: From the Nile to the Niger -- The Sahara and the Maghreb -- Lands of the Nile: Egypt, Nubia, and Ethiopia -- The Central Sudan -- Mande Worlds and the Upper Niger -- The Western Sudan -- Pt. …”
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A history of art in Africa / by Visonà, Monica Blackmun, 1953-

Table of Contents: “…Africa, Art, and History: An Introduction -- Pt. I: From the Nile to the Niger -- The Sahara and the Maghreb -- Lands of the Nile: Egypt, Nubia, and Ethiopia -- The Central Sudan -- Mande Worlds and the Upper Niger -- The Western Sudan -- Pt. …”
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A Journey to Inner Africa / by Kovalevskīĭ, E. P. (Egor Petrovich), 1811-1868

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A Journey to Inner Africa / by Kovalevskīĭ, E. P. (Egor Petrovich), 1811-1868

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The Africans: A triple heritage : Nature of the Continent / by Mazrui, Ali AlAmin

The Africans: A triple heritage : Nature of the Continent / by Mazrui, Ali AlAmin

Natural questions by Seneca, Lucius Annaeus, ca. 4 B.C.-65 A.D

Table of Contents: “…On terrestrial waters -- Book 4a. On the Nile -- Book 4b. On clouds (rain, hail, snow) -- Book 5. …”
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Natural questions by Seneca, Lucius Annaeus, ca. 4 B.C.-65 A.D

Table of Contents: “…On terrestrial waters -- Book 4a. On the Nile -- Book 4b. On clouds (rain, hail, snow) -- Book 5. …”
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A different shade of colonialism Egypt, Great Britain, and the mastery of the Sudan / by Powell, Eve Troutt

Table of Contents: “…Journeys from the fantastic to the colonial -- Black servants and saviors : the domestic empire of Egypt -- The lived experience of contradiction : Ibrahīm Fawzī's narrative of the Sudan -- The tools of the master : slavery, family, and the unity of the Nile Valley -- Egyptians in blackface : revolution and popular culture, World War I to 1925.…”
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A different shade of colonialism Egypt, Great Britain, and the mastery of the Sudan / by Powell, Eve Troutt

Table of Contents: “…Journeys from the fantastic to the colonial -- Black servants and saviors : the domestic empire of Egypt -- The lived experience of contradiction : Ibrahīm Fawzī's narrative of the Sudan -- The tools of the master : slavery, family, and the unity of the Nile Valley -- Egyptians in blackface : revolution and popular culture, World War I to 1925.…”
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Ignaz Friedman romantic master pianist / by Evans, Allan, 1956-

Table of Contents: “…Musical traditions that hide in shellac -- From Poland -- "Music begins where technique leaves off" -- 2,800 concerts -- From Old Russia -- Encroaching modernism -- From Beethoven to Hitler -- In safety, down under -- Exile -- Chopin on the Nile -- The piano according to Tiegerman -- The piano according to Friedman.…”
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Egyptian cultural icons in Midrash by Ulmer, Rivka

Table of Contents: “…The significance of Egypt in rabbinic texts -- Pharaohs Sheshonq, Necho, and Apries -- The Nile -- Egyptian festivals -- The Osiris myth and Egyptian magic -- History, the Roman emperor, and Egyptian funeral practices -- Alexandria -- Cleopatra, Isis and Serapis -- The Egyptian gods, language, and customs -- The divine eye -- The "finding of Moses" in art and text.…”
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Ignaz Friedman romantic master pianist / by Evans, Allan, 1956-

Table of Contents: “…Musical traditions that hide in shellac -- From Poland -- "Music begins where technique leaves off" -- 2,800 concerts -- From Old Russia -- Encroaching modernism -- From Beethoven to Hitler -- In safety, down under -- Exile -- Chopin on the Nile -- The piano according to Tiegerman -- The piano according to Friedman.…”
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Egyptian cultural icons in Midrash by Ulmer, Rivka

Table of Contents: “…The significance of Egypt in rabbinic texts -- Pharaohs Sheshonq, Necho, and Apries -- The Nile -- Egyptian festivals -- The Osiris myth and Egyptian magic -- History, the Roman emperor, and Egyptian funeral practices -- Alexandria -- Cleopatra, Isis and Serapis -- The Egyptian gods, language, and customs -- The divine eye -- The "finding of Moses" in art and text.…”
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River of dreams imagining the Mississippi before Mark Twain / by Smith, Thomas Ruys, 1979-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction : the American Nile : "ultima thule" -- Empire : Jefferson and "the Mississippi we must have" -- Frontier : Jackson and the "half-horse, half-alligators" -- Travel and tourism : Europeans on "this foul stream" -- Moving panoramas : the "useful illusion" of the visual Mississippi -- Crime and punishment : "extraordinary metaphysical scamps" in the Mississippi underworld -- Epilogue : the Civil War and Mark Twain.…”
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River of dreams imagining the Mississippi before Mark Twain / by Smith, Thomas Ruys, 1979-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction : the American Nile : "ultima thule" -- Empire : Jefferson and "the Mississippi we must have" -- Frontier : Jackson and the "half-horse, half-alligators" -- Travel and tourism : Europeans on "this foul stream" -- Moving panoramas : the "useful illusion" of the visual Mississippi -- Crime and punishment : "extraordinary metaphysical scamps" in the Mississippi underworld -- Epilogue : the Civil War and Mark Twain.…”
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Berenike and the ancient maritime spice route by Sidebotham, Steven E.

Table of Contents: “…Geography, climate, ancient authors, and modern visitors -- Pre-Roman infrastructure in the Eastern Desert -- Ptolemaic diplomatic-military-commercial activities -- Ptolemaic and early Roman Berenike and environs -- Inhabitants of Berenike in Roman times -- Water in the desert and the ports -- Nile/Red Sea roads -- Other emporia -- Merchant ships -- Commercial networks and trade costs -- Trade in Roman Berenike -- Late Roman Berenike and its demise.…”
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Berenike and the ancient maritime spice route by Sidebotham, Steven E.

Table of Contents: “…Geography, climate, ancient authors, and modern visitors -- Pre-Roman infrastructure in the Eastern Desert -- Ptolemaic diplomatic-military-commercial activities -- Ptolemaic and early Roman Berenike and environs -- Inhabitants of Berenike in Roman times -- Water in the desert and the ports -- Nile/Red Sea roads -- Other emporia -- Merchant ships -- Commercial networks and trade costs -- Trade in Roman Berenike -- Late Roman Berenike and its demise.…”
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Plasmid biopharmaceuticals basics, applications, and manufacturing / by Prazeres, Duarte Miguel F.

Table of Contents: “…Historical perspective -- Gene transfer with plasmid biopharmaceuticals -- Product and process development -- Structure -- Analytical characterization -- Delivery -- Ethical and safety issues -- Human and veterinary markets -- Human case studies : pandemic influenza and critical limb ischaemia -- Veterinary case studies : West Nile, infectious hematopoietic necrosis, and melanoma -- GMPS and validation -- Product specifications and quality control -- Cell culture -- An overview of downstream processing -- Primary isolation -- Intermediate recovery -- Final purification -- Process synthesis -- Concluding remarks and outlook.…”
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