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Medusa (Head and Neck only) (UEB Contracted)
by RnibThis is an image of Medusa. She was a Gorgon, a terrifying female creature with hair of live snakes on her head. Any person that looked at her turned to stone. There is a locator dot shown, which will be at the top left of the page when the image is the correct way up. This is a close-up of Medusas head and shoulders. She is facing you so all her facial features can be found. Medusa looked like a regular woman except, instead of hair; she had live snakes growing out of her head. Six snakes are shown from the side. On each one, an eye and a tongue can be found.
The Manasa Story (SEB Contracted)
by Rnib2005. Bengal. Scroll-painting by Gurupada Chitrakar, paint on paper. Size: 108 cm long and 56 cm wide, the whole scroll is 168 cm long and 56 cm wide. Museum number 2006. 2-9. 01. This scroll tells the story of the snake goddess Manasa, Lakhindar and his wife Behula. Manasa kills Lakhindar to punish his father, her sworn enemy. Here, Behula takes Lakhindar’s body down the river on a raft. After a number of narrow escapes with the fish of the deep and humans on the river banks, she arrives at the court of the gods. The gods are so enchanted by her devotion that they agree that Lakhindar should return to life. The cobra in the centre of the painting suggests the power of Manasa. This is a brightly coloured, busy picture in vivid pink, blue, green yellow with black, brown and white is surrounded by a decorated border of pink flowers with green foliage on a yellow background. The snake goddess Manasa, who is depicted as a huge cobra, dominates the picture. The cobra is shown on a background of a blue river and is looking directly at the viewer with its body twisted first to the right and then to the left of the picture. The patterning on the body of the cobra is brown with alternate black and white markings with a strip of bold black and white horizontal stripes running down the centre. The snake has two small eyes and two short fangs. In the river, several animals (a crab, a turtle, a prawn and several fish) are shown on either side of Manasa. Half way down on the left-hand side, Lakhindar is shown fishing on the river bank, In front of him, depicted in the river, is his wide Behula, who is kneeling with the skull of a twisted skeleton in her lap. In the first twist of the cobra, Behula is shown kneeing with the head of her dead husband in her lap. In the top right-hand corner, the faces of six people are shown on the river bank. These people are looking down on Behula with her dead husband. The tactile image concentrates on the cobra with some detail on the right-hand side of the picture ie Behula sitting with her dead husband Lakhindar and a turtle. The rest of the images have been omitted but a braille label has been added to the image to explain their position. A key at the bottom of the page explains the labelling. Two parallel lines showing the decorative border edge the tactile image. The river is shown as parallel wavy lines. The banks of the river are shown as plain areas. The snake is outlined with a thick line, the head is solid texture with hollows for the eyes, the fangs are thick lines, the brown patterning is a light texture and the black and white stripes are alternating solid texture with plain between. The turtle is shown as a solid texture. Behula and Lakhindar are shown in outline with a rough texture with solid texture for their hair and the arms and feet of Behula. Braille labels: see key at the bottom of the tactile image.
Witch on a Broomstick (UEB Contracted)
by RnibThis is an image of a witch on a broomstick and two bats flying high in the air with a full moon just above the horizon in the distance. There is a locator dot shown, which will be at the top left of the page when the image is the correct way up. The picture is surrounded be a dashed line image border. The witch can be found in the centre of the page, seen from the side and facing to the right. At the top centre of the page is the witch's pointed hat. Down the page is her hair with her face to the right with only one of her eyes visible. She has her mouth open and has a big nose with a wart on it. Further down the page she has one arm stretched out to the left and the other, to the right, holds the broomstick. The witch wears a long black dress and black shoes with high heels. The witch is sat on an old-fashioned broom called a besom. Its head, made from twigs, is in the bottom left of the page. Its handle stretches diagonally right up the page to the centre right. Part of the stick is hidden by the witch's legs and bottom. There is a bat to each side of the page, in the centre left and top right. They are seen from the front flying with their big ears pointing up, and their leathery wings outstretched. The circular shape of the full moon is in the centre right and top right of the page. Parts of it are hidden by the witch's hand, part of the broomstick and one of the bats.
Medusa (Head and Neck only) (UEB Uncontracted)
by RnibThis is an image of Medusa. She was a Gorgon, a terrifying female creature with hair of live snakes on her head. Any person that looked at her turned to stone. There is a locator dot shown, which will be at the top left of the page when the image is the correct way up. This is a close-up of Medusas head and shoulders. She is facing you so all her facial features can be found. Medusa looked like a regular woman except, instead of hair; she had live snakes growing out of her head. Six snakes are shown from the side. On each one, an eye and a tongue can be found.
Witch on a Broomstick (UEB Uncontracted)
by RnibThis is an image of a witch on a broomstick and two bats flying high in the air with a full moon just above the horizon in the distance. There is a locator dot shown, which will be at the top left of the page when the image is the correct way up. The picture is surrounded be a dashed line image border. The witch can be found in the centre of the page, seen from the side and facing to the right. At the top centre of the page is the witch's pointed hat. Down the page is her hair with her face to the right with only one of her eyes visible. She has her mouth open and has a big nose with a wart on it. Further down the page she has one arm stretched out to the left and the other, to the right, holds the broomstick. The witch wears a long black dress and black shoes with high heels. The witch is sat on an old-fashioned broom called a besom. Its head, made from twigs, is in the bottom left of the page. Its handle stretches diagonally right up the page to the centre right. Part of the stick is hidden by the witch's legs and bottom. There is a bat to each side of the page, in the centre left and top right. They are seen from the front flying with their big ears pointing up, and their leathery wings outstretched. The circular shape of the full moon is in the centre right and top right of the page. Parts of it are hidden by the witch's hand, part of the broomstick and one of the bats.
Ursa Major (Big Bear) (UEB Uncontracted)
by Adrian FarnsworthThis is an image of the star constellation Ursa Major (Big Bear). The stars are represented by dots. They are connected by lines to make an image vaguely resembling a bear.
Witch on a Broomstick (Large Print)
by RnibThis is an image of a witch on a broomstick and two bats flying high in the air with a full moon just above the horizon in the distance. There is a locator dot shown, which will be at the top left of the page when the image is the correct way up. The picture is surrounded be a dashed line image border. The witch can be found in the centre of the page, seen from the side and facing to the right. At the top centre of the page is the witch's pointed hat. Down the page is her hair with her face to the right with only one of her eyes visible. She has her mouth open and has a big nose with a wart on it. Further down the page she has one arm stretched out to the left and the other, to the right, holds the broomstick. The witch wears a long black dress and black shoes with high heels. The witch is sat on an old-fashioned broom called a besom. Its head, made from twigs, is in the bottom left of the page. Its handle stretches diagonally right up the page to the centre right. Part of the stick is hidden by the witch's legs and bottom. There is a bat to each side of the page, in the centre left and top right. They are seen from the front flying with their big ears pointing up, and their leathery wings outstretched. The circular shape of the full moon is in the centre right and top right of the page. Parts of it are hidden by the witch's hand, part of the broomstick and one of the bats.
For the Win
by Cory DoctorowA provocative and exhilarating tale of teen rebellion against global corporations from the New York Times bestselling author of Little Brother, a a call to arms for a new generation. Not far in the future, in the twenty-first century, it's not just capital that's globalized: labour is too. Workers in special economic zones are trapped in lives of poverty with no trade unions to represent their rights. But a group of teenagers from across the world are set to fight this injustice using the most surprising of tools - their online video games. In Industrial South China Matthew and his friends labour day and night as gold-farmers, amassing virtual wealth that's sold on to rich Western players, while in the slums of Mumbai 'General Robotwallah Mala Marshalls and her team of online thugs on behalf of the local gang-boss, who in turn works for the game-owners. They're all being exploited, as their friend Wei-Dong, all the way over in LA, knows, but can do little about. Until they begin to realize that their similarities outweigh their differences, and agree to work together to claim their rights to fair working conditions. Under the noses of the ruling elites in China and the rest of Asia, they fight their bosses, the owners of the games and rich speculators, outsmarting them all with their unbeatable gaming skills. But soon the battle will spill over from the virtual world to the real one, leaving Mala, Matthew and even Wei-Dong fighting not just for their rights, but for their lives.
Sylvie and Bruno
by Lewis CarrollSylvia and Bruno, first published in 1889, forms the last novel Lewis Carroll published during his lifetime. The novel has two main plots; one set in the real world at the time the book was published (the Victorian era), the other in a fantasy world.