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A Significant Year

Author : Abdallah Saaf
Publisher : Arab List
ISBN 13 : 9780857425430
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (254 download)

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Download or read book A Significant Year written by Abdallah Saaf and published by Arab List. This book was released on 2019 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On the eve of the 2007 general elections in Morocco, writer, academic, and former cabinet minister Abdallah Saaf embarked on several road trips across the country to get a feel for how its citizens had fared since Mohammed VI's accession to the throne. A Significant Year is the result: an analysis of the political and sociological state of the Moroccan nation on the eve of a crucial moment in the post-Hassan II period, but also a travelogue that describes what the author saw and heard on his travels in the summer months leading up to the epochal vote. Through Saaf's eyes, we see the country's varied regions and its urban and rural landscapes. We meet Moroccans from all walks of life, such as a waiter at a favorite cafe, a car-park attendant who recognizes the author from TV, and fellow writer and intellectual Abdelkabir Khatibi. Behind the deceptive simplicity of the book's narrative structure, readers will find in A Significant Year an insightful and nuanced portrayal of modern Morocco's many complexities.

366

Author : W. B. Marsh
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781848310056
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (1 download)

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Download or read book 366 written by W. B. Marsh and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On every day of the year, something momentous happened in history, whether it was a rainy 25 February, a sweltering 2 July, or your father's birthday. New York-born W.B. Marsh and Bruce Carrick present a leap year of historical stories by turns amazing, horrifying, touching and tearful. Spanning the history of man's life in earth and every corner of the inhabited world, they paint a picture of infinite richness and minute, enthralling detail. Read about the birth of the national anthem 'The Star-Spangled Banner', Napoleon Bonaparte's rise to power in France, the story of the Statue of Liberty, the Atlanta premiere of Gone With The wind and much, much more. It's the ideal book for anyone hooked on history.

The Big Year

Author : Mark Obmascik
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 145164860X
Total Pages : 290 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (516 download)

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Download or read book The Big Year written by Mark Obmascik and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2011-09-27 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Follows the 1998 Big Year competition between Sandy Komito, Al Levantin, and Greg Miller, during which the three rivals risked their lives to set a new North American birding record.

The Ministry for the Future

Author : Kim Stanley Robinson
Publisher : Hachette UK
ISBN 13 : 0356508854
Total Pages : 578 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (565 download)

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Download or read book The Ministry for the Future written by Kim Stanley Robinson and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2020-10-06 with total page 578 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ONE OF BARACK OBAMA'S FAVOURITE READS OF THE YEAR 'If I could get policymakers and citizens everywhere to read just one book this year, it would be Kim Stanley Robinson's The Ministry for the Future' Ezra Klein, Vox 'A great read' Bill Gates The Ministry for the Future is a masterpiece of the imagination, using fictional eyewitness accounts to tell the story of how climate change will affect us all. Its setting is not a desolate, postapocalyptic world, but a future that is almost upon us. Chosen by Barack Obama as one of his favorite books of the year, this extraordinary novel from visionary writer Kim Stanley Robinson will change the way you think about the climate crisis. 'A novel that presents a rousing vision of how we might unite to overcome the greatest challenge of our time' TED.com 'A breathtaking look at the challenges that face our planet in all their sprawling magnitude and also in their intimate, individual moments of humanity' Booklist (starred review) 'Gutsy, humane . . . a must-read for anyone worried about the future of the planet' Publishers Weekly (starred review) 'A sweeping epic about climate change and humanity's efforts to try and turn the tide before it's too late' Polygon (Best of the Year) 'Steely, visionary optimism' Guardian

History Year by Year

Author : DK
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0744020816
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (44 download)

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Download or read book History Year by Year written by DK and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2019-07-23 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Journey through a mammoth timeline, richly illustrated with over 1,500 photos, maps, and illustrations. Written in association with the esteemed Smithsonian Institution. A beautiful visual reference book with key events of world history, written in an elementary language for budding historians. Take chronological steps through human history, starting long before we even began to write. Learn about significant global events like the rise of different societies, revolutions, invasions, and new discoveries. Meet the most memorable people from the history books. The charismatic leaders, brutal dictators, influential thinkers, and innovative scientists from all around the globe. Written with kids ages 9 to 12 in mind, this book uses unpretentious language and gives straightforward fun facts. The "Child Of The Time" feature encourages young people to imagine themselves in the past and lets them know that children had a place in history. Older readers will love this engaging educational book too! Dive in and discover the parts of the past you haven't yet discovered. The multitude of photos, maps, and graphics make reading about history simple and enjoyable. This visual reference guide provides the reader with an overview of the most fascinating events in history, with concise and bite-sized information. Follow the timeline from our most distant past, all the way through to recent events that you may still remember happening! The History Of The World, From The Stone Age To The Digital Age Go beyond American history and explore the world in this modern twist on an old-fashioned history book. It is easier to follow, organized along a timeline with photos of archaeological artifacts, old maps, and exciting pictures. You won't just read about world history. You'll see it too, right from your armchair. Take a step back in time! - 6.5 MYA - 3000 BCE Before History Began - 3000 BCE - 700 BCE Really Ancient History - 700 BCE - 500 CE Much More Civilization - 500 - 1450 The Marvelous Middle Ages - 1450 - 1750 Exploring and Reforming - 1750 - 1850 Time for Change - 1850 - 1945 Empires and World Wars - 1945 - Present Fast Forward

No Man's Land

Author : John Toland
Publisher : Vintage
ISBN 13 : 0525563261
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (255 download)

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Download or read book No Man's Land written by John Toland and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2017-11-22 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 1918: The end of the war to end all wars. The end of an era for victors and vanquished alike. When Germany launched the Ludendorf Offensives—the most massive military bombardment of World War I—they seemed certain to win. But when American troops began arriving in droves, the Allies' certain defeat became a decisive victory. No Man's Land takes us into the trenches, behind enemy lines, into military strategy sessions and through the corridors of power in London, Paris, Berlin, and Washington in a brilliant account of one of the most fateful years in Western history. Drawing on new sources—diaries, memoirs, vivid personal experiences—here is a book that for sheer excitement, drama, vigor, and emotional impact rivals the greatest novels, history marvelously told by the incomparable John Toland. "A compelling human picture...a marvelous job by a master of the big-canvas history." Business Week

The Most Important Year

Author : Suzanne Bouffard
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0399184945
Total Pages : 274 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (991 download)

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Download or read book The Most Important Year written by Suzanne Bouffard and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2017-09-05 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An eye-opening look inside pre-K in America and what it will take to give all children the best start in school possible. At the heart of this groundbreaking book are two urgent questions: What do our young children need in the earliest years of school, and how do we ensure that they all get it? Cutting-edge research has proven that early childhood education is crucial for all children to gain the academic and emotional skills they need to succeed later in life. Children who attend quality pre-K programs have a host of positive outcomes including better language, literacy, problem-solving and math skills down the line, and they have a leg up on what appears to be the most essential skill to develop at age four: strong self-control. But even with this overwhelming evidence, early childhood education is at a crossroads in America. We know that children can and do benefit, but we also know that too many of our littlest learners don’t get that chance—millions of parents can’t find spots for their children, or their preschoolers end up in poor quality programs. With engrossing storytelling, journalist Suzanne Bouffard takes us inside some of the country’s best pre-K classrooms to reveal the sometimes surprising ingredients that make them work—and to understand why some programs are doing the opposite of what is best for children. It also chronicles the stories of families and teachers from many backgrounds as they struggle to give their children a good start in school. This book is a call to arms when we are at a crucial moment, and perhaps on the verge of a missed opportunity: We now have the means and the will to have universal pre-kindergarten, but we are also in grave danger of not getting it right.

The One Year Great Songs of Faith

Author : Robert Brown
Publisher : Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 1414306997
Total Pages : 401 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (143 download)

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Download or read book The One Year Great Songs of Faith written by Robert Brown and published by Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.. This book was released on 2005 with total page 401 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Experience daily the timeless truths contained in the many celebrated songs of the Christian faith. Each day's devotional includes the text of a classic hymn or song, the inside story about the author or origin of the song, and a related Scripture passage. Be refreshed and strengthened each day by the mighty words that have uplifted God's people through the ages.

Have a Great Year Every Year

Author : Dave Yoho
Publisher : OakHill Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 290 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Have a Great Year Every Year written by Dave Yoho and published by OakHill Press. This book was released on 2005 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is the human side of business that can make or break a company or career. I have found that no matter what kind of success you're seeking, it will be profoundly affected by your understanding of the value of human resources. Think of all of the aspects of business life that involve human resources: 1 Interaction between individuals and departments, 2 Communication between personnel, customers and vendors, 3 Business policies, 4 How a company's staff, its customers, and the community are regarded. Have A Great Year Every Year is dedicated to these principles.

A Good Year to Die

Author : Charles M. Robinson, III
Publisher : Random House
ISBN 13 : 0307823377
Total Pages : 526 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (78 download)

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Download or read book A Good Year to Die written by Charles M. Robinson, III and published by Random House. This book was released on 2012-09-12 with total page 526 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the dramatic story of the most crucial year in the history of the American West, 1876, when the wars between the United States Government and the Indian Nations reached a peak. Telling a great deal about Indian cultures, history, beliefs and personality, this is the first book to cover the whole year, rather than simply its components. NOTE: This edition does not include photographs.

The Scholastic Big Book of Holidays Around the Year

Author : Susan Dillon
Publisher : Teaching Resources
ISBN 13 : 9780439488099
Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (88 download)

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Download or read book The Scholastic Big Book of Holidays Around the Year written by Susan Dillon and published by Teaching Resources. This book was released on 2003-08-01 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contains activities, read-aloud fast facts, book links, and other resources to teach students in grades one through six about different holidays.

1929

Author : William K. Klingaman
Publisher : HarperCollins Publishers
ISBN 13 : 9780060160814
Total Pages : 432 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (68 download)

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Download or read book 1929 written by William K. Klingaman and published by HarperCollins Publishers. This book was released on 1989 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author captures all the drama of the economic events and shows how the entire world was experiencing a year of crisis.

1877

Author : Michael A. Bellesiles
Publisher : New Press, The
ISBN 13 : 159558594X
Total Pages : 401 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (955 download)

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Download or read book 1877 written by Michael A. Bellesiles and published by New Press, The. This book was released on 2010-08-10 with total page 401 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “[A] powerful examination of a nation trying to make sense of the complex changes and challenges of the post–Civil War era.” —Carol Berkin, author of A Brilliant Solution: Inventing the American Constitution In 1877—a decade after the Civil War—not only was the United States gripped by a deep depression, but the country was also in the throes of nearly unimaginable violence and upheaval, marking the end of the brief period known as Reconstruction and reestablishing white rule across the South. In the wake of the contested presidential election of 1876, white supremacist mobs swept across the South, killing and driving out the last of the Reconstruction state governments. A strike involving millions of railroad workers turned violent as it spread from coast to coast, and for a moment seemed close to toppling the nation’s economic structure. Celebrated historian Michael A. Bellesiles reveals that the fires of that fated year also fueled a hothouse of cultural and intellectual innovation. He relates the story of 1877 not just through dramatic events, but also through the lives of famous and little-known Americans alike. “A superb and troubling book about the soul of Modern America.” —William Deverell, director of the Huntington-USC Institute on California and the West “A bold, insightful book, richly researched, and fast paced . . . Bellesiles vividly portrays on a single canvas the violent confrontations in 1877.” —Alfred F. Young, coeditor of Revolutionary Founders: Rebels, Radicals, and Reformers in the Making of the Nation “[A] wonderful read that is sure to appeal to those interested in the challenges of creating a post–Civil War society.” —Choice

Little Big Year

Author : Richard Wayne MacDonald
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780578820095
Total Pages : 474 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (2 download)

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Download or read book Little Big Year written by Richard Wayne MacDonald and published by . This book was released on 2020-12-08 with total page 474 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Join field biologist Richard MacDonald on a year-long journey to document the birds of Acadia National Park and Downeast Maine. As you read this book, you'll feel as though you are sitting in Richard's living room as he shares his adventures in an easy-to-read story-telling style. With each bird, he relates finding the species while weaving in fun facts and stories from his 40+ years of study, birding, and travel from Newfoundland to Antarctica. Richard relates his introduction to birds through banding ducks as a ten-year-old. The year is bookended with Black-capped Chickadees on a New Year's Day Schoodic Christmas Bird Count and at the end with Boreal Chickadees. You will go out on research vessels into the Gulf of Maine to look for seabirds, hike the mountains of Acadia to observe Snowy Owls, take a night-time bicycle ride into Great Pond Mountain Wildlands to look for the rare Chuck-will's-widow, and view shorebirds from the cockpit of a sea kayak. Through it all, you feel as though you are right there with him. Although the book is about birds, it is not just for birders. Anyone with an interest in nature should read this book.

Knowledge Encyclopedia

Author : DK
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0593845889
Total Pages : 362 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (938 download)

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Download or read book Knowledge Encyclopedia written by DK and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2023-10-10 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The fully updated edition of DK's bestselling Knowledge Encyclopedia Change the way you see the world with a groundbreaking visual approach to the wonders of our planet. This fully updated third edition of Knowledge Encyclopedia will continue to fascinate young readers with its microscopic detail and amazing facts on a huge range of topics. You'll find yourself totally absorbed in complex subjects, made clear through engaging explanations, intricate illustrations, stunning photographs, and awe-inspiring 3D images. Explore the universe, from the inside of an atom to black holes, then discover the explosive science behind a fireworks display. Look at what makes the human brain so special and find out how the body's cells make energy. Journey through history from the earliest life forms right up to our world today. From Viking raiders and Samurai warriors to robotics and chemical reactions, amazing animals, the human body, the marvels of history, and more are visualized in incredible detail, inside and out, providing a mind-blowing introduction to every aspect of human knowledge.

The Year I Was Peter the Great

Author : Marvin Kalb
Publisher : Brookings Institution Press
ISBN 13 : 0815731620
Total Pages : 308 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (157 download)

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Download or read book The Year I Was Peter the Great written by Marvin Kalb and published by Brookings Institution Press. This book was released on 2017-10-10 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: " A chronicle of the year that changed Soviet Russia—and molded the future path of one of America's pre-eminent diplomatic correspondents 1956 was an extraordinary year in modern Russian history. It was called “the year of the thaw”—a time when Stalin’s dark legacy of dictatorship died in February only to be reborn later that December. This historic arc from rising hope to crushing despair opened with a speech by Nikita Khrushchev, then the unpredictable leader of the Soviet Union. He astounded everyone by denouncing the one figure who, up to that time, had been hailed as a “genius,” a wizard of communism—Josef Stalin himself. Now, suddenly, this once unassailable god was being portrayed as a “madman” whose idiosyncratic rule had seriously undermined communism and endangered the Soviet state. This amazing switch from hero to villain lifted a heavy overcoat of fear from the backs of ordinary Russians. It also quickly led to anti-communist uprisings in Eastern Europe, none more bloody and challenging than the one in Hungary, which Soviet troops crushed at year’s end. Marvin Kalb, then a young diplomatic attaché at the U.S. Embassy in Moscow, observed this tumultuous year that foretold the end of Soviet communism three decades later. Fluent in Russian, a doctoral candidate at Harvard, he went where few other foreigners would dare go, listening to Russian students secretly attack communism and threaten rebellion against the Soviet system, traveling from one end of a changing country to the other and, thanks to his diplomatic position, meeting and talking with Khrushchev, who playfully nicknamed him Peter the Great. In this, his fifteenth book, Kalb writes a fascinating eyewitness account of a superpower in upheaval and of a people yearning for an end to dictatorship. "

IFYGL--the International Field Year for the Great Lakes

Author : Eugene James Aubert
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 432 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (31 download)

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Download or read book IFYGL--the International Field Year for the Great Lakes written by Eugene James Aubert and published by . This book was released on 1981 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: