Grant, Joan 1907-1989

Winged Pharaoh by Joan Grant( Book )

76 editions published between 1900 and 2009 in 4 languages and held by 515 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

"In Winged Pharaoh, Joan Grant tells the story of Sekeeta, the Pharaoh's daughter. The ancient Egyptians reserved the title of "Winged Pharaoh" for ruler-priests who possessed extra-sensory powers. When Sekeeta demonstrates psychic abilities, she is sent to the temple and trained to recall past lives. Upon the death of her father, she becomes a "Winged Pharaoh" - both priestess and Pharaoh - and leads her country with enlightenment. The most famous of Joan Grant's "Far Memory" novels, this book brings the grandeur, beauty, and mystery of ancient Egypt to life."--Goodreads

Many lifetimes [by] Denys Kelsey and Joan Grant by Denys Kelsey( Book )

22 editions published between 1967 and 2010 in English and Undetermined and held by 314 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Selected papers by Else Frenkel-Brunswik( Book )

3 editions published in 1974 in English and held by 291 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The monster that grew small : an Egyptian folktale by Joan Grant( Book )

5 editions published between 1987 and 2015 in English and held by 285 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

A retelling of an Egyptian folktale in which a timid boy finds courage by going after a monster that seems to shrink when confronted

Life as Carola by Joan Grant( Book )

35 editions published between 1939 and 2020 in English and Dutch and held by 173 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

HISTORICAL NOVEL? OR ONE OF THE MOST ASTOUNDING AUTOBIOGRAPHIES EVER WRITTEN? The memories of a wanderer in the stormy and licentious era of Renaissance Italy ... Carola, the illegitimate child of an Italian nobleman, spent her childhood in a castle near Perugia until the day Fortune cast her into the hostile outer-world of 16th-century Italy. As a member of a group of strolling players, Carola was to gather both harsh experience and gentle wisdom from the strong man Bernard, from the harlot Lucia, from the hunchback-jester Petruchio, and from Sofia, who would be burned as a witch. Finally, when she finds her long-sought peace in love, the freedom she has won carries her triumphantly beyond the barrier of death and from her Life As Carola.?Here is an unusual book that shines with fire ... that is packed with incident, that is vivid, dramatic and skillfully put together--and yet one that this reviewer finds harder to value correctly than any that has ever fallen into his hands.????????New York Times?During the last twenty years, seven books of mine have been published as historical novels which to me are biographies of previous lives I have known.????????Joan Grant, from her autobiography Far Memory

Scarlet feather by Joan Grant( Book )

20 editions published between 1945 and 2009 in English and Undetermined and held by 153 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

More information to be announced soon on this forthcoming title from Penguin USA

Eyes of Horus by Joan Grant( Book )

22 editions published between 1942 and 2009 in 3 languages and held by 138 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The third of Joan Grant's "Far Memory" novels, Eyes of Horus, set in Egypt at the close of the dark XIth Dynasty, is a profound commentary on the power of fear and the unlimited ability of light to shatter it. Eyes of Horus is the story, told in the first person, of Ra-ab, heir to the Nomarch of the Oryx, one of eighteen provinces in Egypt. He comes to learn that the Oryx is different than the rest of Egypt-it is still in touch with the light. The rest of Egypt is plagued by fear and ruled by corruption. Pharaoh is an ineffectual ruler. The priests have replaced the worship of Ptah with the worship of Set. Only the Oryx has cast off these shackles-and it is from the Oryx that a silent brotherhood of the 'eyes of Horus'-the Watchers of the Horizon-arises, to work and wait for the dawn of a new age in Egypt. 'Send Fear into Exile', is the Watchers' password, and when the time is ripe, Ra-ab leads the Oryx and its followers to victory-and a new Egypt. As a child growing up in Edwardian England, Joan Grant became aware of an astonishing ability to remember previous lifetimes, and as an author professed her seven novels to be based on her personal recollections of other incarnations, male and female, in ancient civilisations. "Ra-ab, the Warrior, heir of the Peace of God... speaks with a voice that those who today are seeking illumination may welcome as the voice of a friend."

The blue faience hippopotamus by Joan Grant( Book )

3 editions published between 1984 and 1991 in English and held by 137 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Having fallen in love with a human princess, a hippopotamus goes to a magician to be turned into something that the princess could love in return

Lord of the horizon by Joan Grant( Book )

21 editions published between 1943 and 2009 in 3 languages and held by 134 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

"The story of Ra-ab, heir to the Nomarch of the Oryx. Ra-ab is twenty-one as the story begins. The dawn for which Ra-ab and the Watchers of the Horizon fought in Eyes of Horus has come, but to 'send fear into exile', as the Watchers' password promised, proves difficult. The new Pharaoh, Amenemhet, marries the daughter of the Pharaoh he deposed, thereby enabling her mohter, a Babylonian by birth, to retain influence. Like a spider, she spins a web of intrigue and manipulation which threatens to plunge Egypt back into darkness. Her prize is Amenemhet's son Senusert, who will one day be Pharaoh himself. Finally, Pharaoh realizes what has occurred, and calls on his friend Ra-ab Hotep, hero of the revolution, to take Senusert to his home in the Oryx and help him grow up properly, so he will be ready to fulfill his duties as Pharaoh. But the Babylonian is not yet defeated. She continues to challenge Amenemhet's rule and authority, leading inexorably to the final showdown."--Good Reads

So Moses was born by Joan Grant( Book )

15 editions published between 1952 and 2009 in English and held by 118 WorldCat member libraries worldwide