Bøger af Austin Torney

The absurdity of religious beliefs is pointed out directly, as it must be, but there is also grace, humor, insight, style and the urge to fully live, unfettered by superstition. Long ago, people were thrown out of the tribe for not believing in the moon god, but that god is long gone, along wth the gods of Mt. Olympus and others who had to be relocated so far away as to become invisible. Is our present day God any more real? Is He a leader? Is He a good role model. Should we follow his ways? Was God made in Man's image? Is it all just a myth? What do other insights have to offer? Lavishy illustrated in color.

Last Knight's Almanac celebrates life, love, and adventure, in the years following the death of King Arthur. But it also serves as a backdrop on which I can draw literary portraits of many of man's favorite things such as nature, astronomy, emotion, poetry, travel, history, fantasy, art, and so on. Arthurian legend is the main thread of the story and is also one of my favorite things, so this is important, too. What really happened inth Dark Ages? And yes, it's true, but only if you wish to believe it, that I unearthed these Chronicles from an iron box that was buried 1400 years ago under the Abbey of Glastonbury.

6x9 hardcover, grayscale, 144 pages. This is an expansion of The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam. In this expanded Rubaiyat, new Omaresque quatrains have been inserted, many by Omar, and many through Omar's spirit in Austin. Many splendid quatrains are buried deep In the manuscripts of Bodleian's keep And in Calcutta's tome lost, long entombed, Herein given life by enhancement's leap. Expanding The Rubaiyat was quite the ambitious undertaking and so only the best extensions would do: The best versions from FitzGerald's Rubaiyat five editions have been chosen. I've inserted section titles. Nine quatrains that FitzGerald removed have been restored and five quatrains from his notes have been added, making for a new total of 115 quatrains. Quatrains from the Bodleian and Calcutta manuscripts were improved or rewritten and were inserted at the appropriate places. Many of my own best omaresque quatrains were improved and inserted at the appropriate places. Several Rubaiyat-related background themes are presented at the end, many of them containing quatrains: The Find of the Rubaiyat Edition Known as the 'Great Omar'; The Secret Life of Omar's Rubaiyat Poems; On Poetry; Extra Quatrains; The Transmogrification From the Farsi Arabic; Omar's Other Works; Austin's New Calendar; The Answers to Everything.6x9 hardcover, grayscale, 144 pages. This is an expansion of The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam. In this expanded Rubaiyat, new Omaresque quatrains have been inserted, many by Omar, and many through Omar's spirit in Austin. Many splendid quatrains are buried deep In the manuscripts of Bodleian's keep And in Calcutta's tome lost, long entombed, Herein given life by enhancement's leap. Expanding The Rubaiyat was quite the ambitious undertaking and so only the best extensions would do: The best versions from FitzGerald's Rubaiyat five editions have been chosen. I've inserted section titles. Nine quatrains that FitzGerald removed have been restored and five quatrains from his notes have been added, making for a new total of 115 quatrains. Quatrains from the Bodleian and Calcutta manuscripts were improved or rewritten and were inserted at the appropriate places. Many of my own best omaresque quatrains were improved and inserted at the appropriate places. Several Rubaiyat-related background themes are presented at the end, many of them containing quatrains: The Find of the Rubaiyat Edition Known as the 'Great Omar'; The Secret Life of Omar's Rubaiyat Poems; On Poetry; ...

6x9 hardcover, 166 pages, greatly illustrated. These are the quatrains paralleling 'The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam' that were merged into it to produce 'The Extended Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam Via Its Equal Interspersed. The colored lettering here is portrait-oriented full page and many of the Bodleian-derived text and images are also.

The 'Great Omar' Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam. (15 pages added of the Sandorski & Sutcliff Rubaiyat.)The book had 1,051 semiprecious stones,Set in 18-carat gold, many in the cover alone,5,000 separate pieces of collared leathers,And 100 square feet of 22-carat featheredGold leaf in the tooling and the edges weathered.It went down, down, the sounds whirling around,When the ice broke through the Titanic's crown.Vivid illustrations by Elihu Vedder's artistry adorn the passages of metaphysical poetry. Images have been improved by colorization and detail and brightness added. Also used Gigapixel.

Omar and his beloved continue adventuring, romancing, pondering while answering more of the Big Questions. Colorful lettering has been added.

8.5x11 hardcover, 92 pages. Omar's adventures continue in. my quatrains. We have Omar's projected doings in philosophical discussions in taverns on the Big Questions, interleaved with his adventures with his beloved. There is new and colorful lettering for the quatrains.