Treasures Of Canada - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Treasures Of Canada write by Alan Samuel. This book was released on 1998-11-01. Treasures Of Canada available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This tome is an extensive record of Canadas treasures including art, architecture, historical sites, and spots of natural beauty.
Treasures from the Canadian Museum of Civilization and the Canadian War Museum
Treasures from the Canadian Museum of Civilization and the Canadian War Museum - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Treasures from the Canadian Museum of Civilization and the Canadian War Museum write by Canadian Museum of Civilization. This book was released on 2011. Treasures from the Canadian Museum of Civilization and the Canadian War Museum available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The "ancestors" of the Museum of Civilization and the War Museum began collecting precious objects more than 150 years ago. Now, with some 4,000,000 artifacts and specimens to choose from it is not surprising that the several hundred selected for this book will resonate with many readers. These great objects are a window on our world: the last Red Ensign that flew over Parliament Hill while a fiery debate raged below; the revolver found in the pocket of a man later hanged for the assassination of one of the Fathers of Confederation; a gift that Charles De Gaulle never got; or medals and memorabilia from Canada's military heroes in various theatres of war. Among the artifacts featured are outstanding examples of ethnographic regalia, archaeological specimens, as well as objects fashioned from gold, silver, bronze and ivory that would be standouts in any national collection. All of these come from Canada's largest and most popular museum. The artifacts are beautifully photographed and vividly explained in brief articles. The life work of these two great museums are also described in the introductory narrative.
The Secret
The Secret - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Secret write by Byron Preiss. This book was released on 2016-10-05. The Secret available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The tale begins over three-hundred years ago, when the Fair People—the goblins, fairies, dragons, and other fabled and fantastic creatures of a dozen lands—fled the Old World for the New, seeking haven from the ways of Man. With them came their precious jewels: diamonds, rubies, emeralds, pearls... But then the Fair People vanished, taking with them their twelve fabulous treasures. And they remained hidden until now... Across North America, these twelve treasures, over ten-thousand dollars in precious jewels, are buried. The key to finding each can be found within the twelve full color paintings and verses of The Secret. Yet The Secret is much more than that. At long last, you can learn not only the whereabouts of the Fair People's treasure, but also the modern forms and hiding places of their descendants: the Toll Trolls, Maitre D'eamons, Elf Alphas, Tupperwerewolves, Freudian Sylphs, Culture Vultures, West Ghosts and other delightful creatures in the world around us. The Secret is a field guide to them all. Many "armchair treasure hunt" books have been published over the years, most notably Masquerade (1979) by British artist Kit Williams. Masquerade promised a jewel-encrusted golden hare to the first person to unravel the riddle that Williams cleverly hid in his art. In 1982, while everyone in Britain was still madly digging up hedgerows and pastures in search of the golden hare, The Secret: A Treasure Hunt was published in America. The previous year, author and publisher Byron Preiss had traveled to 12 locations in the continental U.S. (and possibly Canada) to secretly bury a dozen ceramic casques. Each casque contained a small key that could be redeemed for one of 12 jewels Preiss kept in a safe deposit box in New York. The key to finding the casques was to match one of 12 paintings to one of 12 poetic verses, solve the resulting riddle, and start digging. Since 1982, only two of the 12 casques have been recovered. The first was located in Grant Park, Chicago, in 1984 by a group of students. The second was unearthed in 2004 in Cleveland by two members of the Quest4Treasure forum. Preiss was killed in an auto accident in the summer of 2005, but the hunt for his casques continues.
Treasures of the National Gallery of Canada
Treasures of the National Gallery of Canada - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Treasures of the National Gallery of Canada write by National Gallery of Canada. Ottawa. This book was released on 2003-01-01. Treasures of the National Gallery of Canada available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This handsomely produced volume, featuring 128 full-page color illustrations, showcases a wide-ranging selection of the most outstanding works from Canada's largest art museum. Each of the pieces chosen for inclusion is introduced by a curatorial specialist, who sets it in its historical context and comments on its meaning and its place in the artist's oeuvre. Pride of place is given to the Gallery's unparalleled holdings in Canadian art, but European art--paintings, sculptures, prints, and drawings--is equally well represented. Masterworks from the Inuit art collection are also included, as well as examples from the Gallery's small but distinguished Asian collection. In recent decades, photographs have become an increasingly important part of the Gallery's collecting mandate, both through its own collection and that of its affiliate the Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photography, and this emphasis too is amply reflected here.
Canada
Canada - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Canada write by Desmond Morton. This book was released on 1999-11-30. Canada available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Morton, one of Canadas most respected historians has given us a short celebration of Canada with a depth of insight that truly helps us to know one another and all the regions of the country.
