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Author : Gregorio C. Brillantes
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Chronicles of Interesting Times written by Gregorio C. Brillantes and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Eric Hobsbawm
Publisher : Pantheon
ISBN 13 : 0307426416
Total Pages : 482 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (74 download)
Download or read book Interesting Times written by Eric Hobsbawm and published by Pantheon. This book was released on 2007-12-18 with total page 482 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Eric Hobsbawm is considered by many to be our greatest living historian. Robert Heilbroner, writing about Hobsbawm’s The Age of Extremes 1914-1991 said, “I know of no other account that sheds as much light on what is now behind us, and thereby casts so much illumination on our possible futures.” Skeptical, endlessly curious, and almost contemporary with the terrible “short century” which is the subject of Age of Extremes, his most widely read book, Hobsbawm has, for eighty-five years, been committed to understanding the “interesting times” through which he has lived. Hitler came to power as Hobsbawm was on his way home from school in Berlin, and the Soviet Union fell while he was giving a seminar in New York. He was a member of the Apostles at King’s College, Cambridge, took E.M. Forster to hear Lenny Bruce, and demonstrated with Bertrand Russell against nuclear arms in Trafalgar Square. He translated for Che Guevara in Havana, had Christmas dinner with a Soviet master spy in Budapest and an evening at home with Mahalia Jackson in Chicago. He saw the body of Stalin, started the modern history of banditry and is probably the only Marxist asked to collaborate with the inventor of the Mars bar. Hobsbawm takes us from Britain to the countries and cultures of Europe, to America (which he appreciated first through movies and jazz), to Latin America, Chile, India and the Far East. With Interesting Times, we see the history of the twentieth century through the unforgiving eye of one of its most intensely engaged participants, the incisiveness of whose views we cannot afford to ignore in a world in which history has come to be increasingly forgotten.
Author : Zecharia Sitchin
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1591439159
Total Pages : 416 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (914 download)
Download or read book When Time Began written by Zecharia Sitchin and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 1994-03-01 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Night and day, month after month, year after year, our ancestors dutifully recorded the passage of time on clay tablets, watching the heavens from stage towers and pyramids and from megalithic monuments whose incredible size and precise architecture boggle the mind. . . . Who were the builders of these mysterious structures? What was their purpose? Whose signature is indelibly written on these timeless stones, and who was the Divine Architect? Why was Stonehenge and its likes built by ancient civilizations at the very same time--4,100 years ago? What is their message for our time? With these questions in mind, Zecharia Sitchin, renowned researcher of past ages, takes us on a journey through the records of time in this, the fifth book of his Earth Chronicles series. Drawing deeply on Sumerian and Egyptian writings, millenia-old artifacts, and sacred architecture ranging from ancient Mesopotamia to pre-Columbian civilizations in the Americas, this bestselling scholar provides astounding insights into the origins of the calendar, astronomy, and astrology. He takes readers to the climax circa 2100 b.c. when Marduk, the Babylonian national god, attained supremacy on Earth and proclaimed the New Age of Aries--after which society, religion, science, and the status of women were never the same.
Author : William B. Clark
Publisher : Trafford Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1490725342
Total Pages : 357 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (97 download)
Download or read book Interesting Times written by William B. Clark and published by Trafford Publishing. This book was released on 2014-02-05 with total page 357 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A team of archaeologists led by three Jesuits and an Israeli rabbi discover a sealed cave in the Sinai Desert. Hidden and unopened for millennia, the cave contains pre-Christian-era treasures, including a stone inscribed with the Prayer of Moses, offering a unique power to a priest who utters it with a request. The rabbi finds and conceals the stone, and later recites the prayer while requesting that modern Israel be transported in time to 1939 to deal as a nuclear power with the Nazi threat. The temporal transformation occurs, and the story recounts the impact on the government and citizens of Israel, the crew of the US Navy cruiser docked in Haifa at the fateful moment, and many others in Europe and the Middle East. The effects on people in 1939 who encounter visitors from the future, with all their technology, are engrossing, and are reported in a fashion that transports the reader to the center of events. A unifying theme revolves around the efforts of the Jesuits and the US naval command staff to find a way to undo the time-shift. The dramatic events leading to a startling climax will be etched in the readers memory.
Author : Jodi Taylor
Publisher : Headline
ISBN 13 : 1472264320
Total Pages : 222 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (722 download)
Download or read book No Time Like The Past written by Jodi Taylor and published by Headline. This book was released on 2019-01-01 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The fifth book in the bestselling Chronicles of St Mary's series which follows a group of tea-soaked disaster magnets as they hurtle their way around History. If you love Jasper Fforde or Ben Aaronovitch, you won't be able to resist Jodi Taylor. A Fete Worse Than Death... The St Mary's Institute of Historical Research has finally recovered from its wounds and it's business as usual for those rascals in the History Department. From being trapped in the Great Fire of London to an unfortunately timed comfort break at Thermopylae, which leaves the fate of the western world hanging in the balance, Max must struggle to get History back on track. But first, they must get through the St Mary's Fete - which is sure to end badly for everyone. Only one thing is certain, life at St Mary's is never dull! Readers love Jodi Taylor: 'Once in a while, I discover an author who changes everything... Jodi Taylor and her protagonista Madeleine "Max" Maxwell have seduced me' 'A great mix of British proper-ness and humour with a large dollop of historical fun' 'Addictive. I wish St Mary's was real and I was a part of it' 'Jodi Taylor has an imagination that gets me completely hooked' 'A tour de force'
Author : Jodi Taylor
Publisher : Headline
ISBN 13 : 1472264274
Total Pages : 324 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (722 download)
Download or read book Just One Damned Thing After Another written by Jodi Taylor and published by Headline. This book was released on 2019-01-01 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Jodi Taylor is quite simply the Queen of Time. Her books are a swashbuckling joyride through History' C. K. MCDONNELL 'A great mix of British properness and humour with a large dollop of historical fun' ***** Meet St Mary's - a group of tea-soaked disaster magnets who hurtle their way around History. - If the whole of History lay before you, where would you go? When Dr Madeleine Maxwell is recruited by the St Mary's Institute of Historical Research, she discovers the historians there don't just study the past - they revisit it. But one wrong move and History will fight back - to the death. And Max soon discovers it's not just History she's fighting... BOOK 1 IN THE INTERNATIONALLY BESTSELLING CHRONICLES OF ST MARY'S SERIES For fans of Jasper Fforde, Doctor Who, Genevieve Cogman and Richard Osman's Thursday Murder Club Readers love Jodi Taylor: 'Once in a while, I discover an author who changes everything... Jodi Taylor and her protagonista Madeleine "Max" Maxwell have seduced me' 'A great mix of British proper-ness and humour with a large dollop of historical fun' 'Addictive. I wish St Mary's was real and I was a part of it' 'Jodi Taylor has an imagination that gets me completely hooked' 'A tour de force'
Author : Judith R. Goodstein
Publisher : American Mathematical Soc.
ISBN 13 : 0821839691
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (218 download)
Download or read book The Volterra Chronicles written by Judith R. Goodstein and published by American Mathematical Soc.. This book was released on 2007 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The life of Vito Volterra, one of the finest scientists and mathematicians Italy ever produced, spans the period from the unification of the Italian peninsula in 1860 to the onset of the Second World War--an era of unparalleled progress and unprecedented turmoil in the history of Europe. Born into an Italian Jewish family in the year of the liberation of Italy's Jewish ghettos, Volterra was barely in his twenties when he made his name as a mathematician and took his place as aleading light in Italy's modern scientific renaissance. By his early forties, he was a world-renowned mathematician, a sought-after figure in European intellectual and social circles, the undisputed head of Italy's mathematics and physics school--and still living with his mother, who decided the time wasripe to arrange his marriage. When Italy entered World War I in 1915, the fifty-five-year-old Volterra served with distinction and verve as a lieutenant and did not put on civilian clothes again until the Armistice of 1918. By This book, based in part on unpublished personal letters and interviews, traces the extraordinary life and times of one of Europe's foremost scientists and mathematicians, from his teenage struggles to avoid the stifling life of a ``respectable'' bank clerk in Florence,to his seminal mathematical work--which today influences fields as diverse as economics, physics, and ecology--and from his spirited support of Italy's scientific and democratic institutions during his years as an Italian Senator, to his steadfast defiance of the Fascists and Mussolini. In recountingthe life of this outstanding scientist, European Jewish intellectual, committed Italian patriot, and devoted if frequently distracted family man, The Volterra Chronicles depicts a remarkable individual in a prodigious age and takes the reader on a vivid and splendidly detailed historical journey. Information for our distributors: Copublished with the London Mathematical Society beginning with Volume 4. Members of the LMS may order directly from the AMS at the AMS member price. The LMS isregistered with the Charity Commissioners.
Author : David Gerspach
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 1483463362
Total Pages : 476 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (834 download)
Download or read book Out of Time: Verdan Chronicles Volume 7 written by David Gerspach and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2016-12-30 with total page 476 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book picks up five years after Council's End. The world has settled into an uneasy peace and is still dealing with the results of previous battles. Celecia is abducted under mysterious circumstances, and Dakoran leads a party determined to find and rescue his wife even if that journey takes him to the pits of the Netherworld. Celecia, the most powerful wizard in Verdan, wakes up to find herself in a strange yet familiar world. But here she can barely sense the mystic energy field, the source of her power. Determined to return to Dakoran, she has a chance encounter with newfound friends and comes to discover that the world she now inhabits is two thousand years in the future. Dakoran will find a path to Celecia, but before the two can be reunited, he will need to contend with a past and present evil and lead a new band of heroes who fight for freedom. He will also learn the true nature of a powerful artifact bequeathed to the king of Izmira, one that may hold other secrets regarding Verdan's fate.
Author : Queen's University (Kingston, Ont.). School of Policy Studies
Publisher : Published for the School of Policy Studies, Queen's University by McGill-Queen's University Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (321 download)
Download or read book The Nonprofit Sector in Interesting Times written by Queen's University (Kingston, Ont.). School of Policy Studies and published by Published for the School of Policy Studies, Queen's University by McGill-Queen's University Press. This book was released on 2003 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Relying upon the traditional virtues of innovation and commitment, these organisations are redefining their relationship with governments, forging new intrasectoral alliances, learning new virtual realities, and altering their behaviour to suit shifting funding and policy imperatives. In The Nonprofit Sector in Interesting Times the authors capture this changing environment and evaluate its effects on voluntary organisations as they strive to serve Canadians better, whether at the federal level, across the provinces, or in rural communities. The cases explored here include internet regulation and privacy legislation, conservation efforts and biodiversity, the savings behaviour of NPOs, the breast cancer policy community, and voluntary sector-government compacts. Contributors include Kathy Brock, Philippe Barla (Universit Laval), Malcolm Grieve (Acadia), Femida Handy (York University), Alison Li (York University), Agnes Meinhard and Mary Foster (Ryerson University), and Susan Phillips (Carleton University).
Author : Jodi Taylor
Publisher : Headline
ISBN 13 : 1472264436
Total Pages : 337 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (722 download)
Download or read book A Trail Through Time written by Jodi Taylor and published by Headline. This book was released on 2019-01-01 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The fourth book in the bestselling Chronicles of St Mary's series which follows a group of tea-soaked disaster magnets as they hurtle their way around History. If you love Jasper Fforde or Ben Aaronovitch, you won't be able to resist Jodi Taylor. Sometimes, surviving is all you have left. Max and Leon are safe at last. Or so they think. Snatched from her own world and dumped into a new one, Max is soon running for her life. Again. From a 17th century Frost Fair to Ancient Egypt; from Pompeii to 8th century Scandinavia; Max and Leon are pursued up and down the timeline, playing a dangerous game of hide-and-seek, until finally they're forced to take refuge at St Mary's where a new danger awaits them. Max's happily ever after is going to have to wait a while... Readers love Jodi Taylor: 'Once in a while, I discover an author who changes everything... Jodi Taylor and her protagonista Madeleine "Max" Maxwell have seduced me' 'A great mix of British proper-ness and humour with a large dollop of historical fun' 'Addictive. I wish St Mary's was real and I was a part of it' 'Jodi Taylor has an imagination that gets me completely hooked' 'A tour de force'
Author : John Goldingay
Publisher : Presbyterian Publishing Corp
ISBN 13 : 1611641586
Total Pages : 216 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (116 download)
Download or read book 1 and 2 Chronicles for Everyone written by John Goldingay and published by Presbyterian Publishing Corp. This book was released on 2012-02-15 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this popular and ambitious series, John Goldingay covers Scripture from Genesis to Malachi and addresses the texts in such a way that even the most challenging passages are explained simply. Perfect for daily devotions, Sunday school preparation, or brief visits with the Bible, the Old Testament for Everyone series is an excellent resource for the modern reader.
Author : Shuzhen Sim
Publisher : Wildtype Books
ISBN 13 : 9811197164
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (111 download)
Download or read book Sydney Brenner's 10-on-10: The Chronicles Of Evolution written by Shuzhen Sim and published by Wildtype Books. This book was released on 2018-11-09 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Humans now wield a greater influence on the planet than any other species in history, and human-developed technologies like genetic engineering and artificial intelligence stand poised to overtake biological evolution. Just how did we arrive at this unique moment in human history, 14 billion years after the birth of the universe Sydney Brenner's 10-on-10: The Chronicles of Evolution brings together 24 prominent scientists and thinkers to trace the story of evolution through ten logarithmic scales of time. Through expert insights, this unique volume considers how humans found our place in the cosmos, and imagines what lies ahead.Published by Wildtype Books and distributed by World Scientific Publishing Co.
Author : Athalya Brenner-Idan
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 056767116X
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (676 download)
Download or read book Samuel, Kings and Chronicles I written by Athalya Brenner-Idan and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2016-12-01 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this volume scholarly voices from diverse contexts and social locations are gathered together to bring new or unfamiliar facets of biblical texts to light, focusing on issues of intertextuality. Samuel, Kings and Chronicles I sheds light from new perspectives on themes in these so-called historical books including Asian American and Chinese readings, issues of land, genealogy and maleness. The authors challenge us to consider how we deal with cultural distances between ourselves and these ancient writings - and between one another in the contemporary world. These goal of these essays is de-centre the often homogeneous first-world orientation of much biblical scholarship and open to up new possibilities for discovery of meaning and method.
Author : Lisandro E. Claudio
Publisher : NUS Press
ISBN 13 : 9814722529
Total Pages : 243 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (147 download)
Download or read book Liberalism and the Postcolony written by Lisandro E. Claudio and published by NUS Press. This book was released on 2017-03-24 with total page 243 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Extricating liberalism from the haze of anti-modernist and anti-European caricature, this book traces the role of liberal philosophy in the building of a new nation. It examines the role of toleration, rights, and mediation in the postcolony. Through the biographies of four Filipino scholar-bureaucrats—Camilo Osias, Salvador Araneta, Carlos P. Romulo, and Salvador P. Lopez—Lisandro E. Claudio argues that liberal thought served as the grammar of Filipino democracy in the 20th century. By looking at various articulations of liberalism in pedagogy, international affairs, economics, and literature, Claudio not only narrates an obscured history of the Philippine state, he also argues for a new liberalism rooted in the postcolonial experience, a timely intervention considering current developments in politics in Southeast Asia.
Author : Emerson Hough
Publisher : Good Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 977 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (596 download)
Download or read book The Chronicles of the Old West - 4 Historical Books Exploring the Wild Past of the American West written by Emerson Hough and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2024-01-15 with total page 977 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Way to the West" tells the story of the opening of the west, including the accounts of three early Americans Daniel Boone, Davy Crockett and Kit Carson. "The Story of the Cowboy" is a historical book about the cowboy in the American West close to the end of 19th century. "The Story of the Outlaw" is a study of the western desperado, with historical narratives of famous outlaws, the stories of noted border wars, vigilante movements, and armed conflicts on the frontier, including the profiles of Billy the Kid and Pat Garrett. "The Passing of the Frontier" explains the part of the frontier in history and what Lewis and Clark came up against when they passed it on their great expedition across the continent. Emerson Hough (1857–1923) was an American author best known for writing western stories, adventure tales and historical novels. His best known works include western novels The Mississippi Bubble and The Covered Wagon, The Young Alaskans series of adventure novels, and historical works The Way to the West and The Story of the Cowboy.
Author : ELIZABETH HIGHLAND
Publisher : AuthorHouse
ISBN 13 : 1491899646
Total Pages : 327 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (918 download)
Download or read book The Chronicles of Elizabeth Highland written by ELIZABETH HIGHLAND and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2014-03-31 with total page 327 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Journey Continues is Elizabeth Highlands second novel, her sequel to Life, Love, Soul Mate. Elizabeth Highland and Timothy Blumefield what does the universe have in store for them? In this story of fate, timing, and destiny, Elizabeth and Timothys roller-coaster cyberspace romance carries on much to the surprise and delight of Elizabeth. Timothy is aware that Elizabeth is writing their story to share with the world and gives his total support. He confides he would be most flattered to be romantically linked to her and slowly provokes her into writing Volume II. That was all the inspiration Elizabeth needed. She shares her story of how she became a published author, winding up in New York pitching to Hollywood executives. In this humorous portrayal of lovers, their relationship deepens by leaps and bounds and leads Elizabeth to Istanbul, Jerusalem, and Jordan, where she rides camels in the desert in her ongoing quest for spiritual guidance and inner peace. The Chronicles of Elizabeth Highland: The Journey Continues is a hilarious, romantic comedy of awakening consciousness that defies the laws of time.
Author : Jared Leys
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 1312744014
Total Pages : 104 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (127 download)
Download or read book Chronicles of Nowhere and a Half written by Jared Leys and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2015-01-20 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The half-sequel to The Chronicles of Nowhere: Part 1, this book contains several stories that help to flesh out the world within which Nowhere is located. Though not a direct sequel, these tales are important and fun chapters in the unfolding story.
