The Invention of Yesterday

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Publisher : PublicAffairs
ISBN 13 : 1610397975
Total Pages : 501 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (13 download)

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Book Synopsis The Invention of Yesterday by : Tamim Ansary

Download or read book The Invention of Yesterday written by Tamim Ansary and published by PublicAffairs. This book was released on 2019-10-01 with total page 501 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From language to culture to cultural collision: the story of how humans invented history, from the Stone Age to the Virtual Age Traveling across millennia, weaving the experiences and world views of cultures both extinct and extant, The Invention of Yesterday shows that the engine of history is not so much heroic (battles won), geographic (farmers thrive), or anthropogenic (humans change the planet) as it is narrative. Many thousands of years ago, when we existed only as countless small autonomous bands of hunter-gatherers widely distributed through the wilderness, we began inventing stories--to organize for survival, to find purpose and meaning, to explain the unfathomable. Ultimately these became the basis for empires, civilizations, and cultures. And when various narratives began to collide and overlap, the encounters produced everything from confusion, chaos, and war to cultural efflorescence, religious awakenings, and intellectual breakthroughs. Through vivid stories studded with insights, Tamim Ansary illuminates the world-historical consequences of the unique human capacity to invent and communicate abstract ideas. In doing so, he also explains our ever-more-intertwined present: the narratives now shaping us, the reasons we still battle one another, and the future we may yet create.

In Search of Yesterday

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Publisher : Trafford Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1466945117
Total Pages : 348 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (669 download)

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Book Synopsis In Search of Yesterday by : Rudolf Becher

Download or read book In Search of Yesterday written by Rudolf Becher and published by Trafford Publishing. This book was released on 2012-08 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: IN SEARCH OF YESTERDAY Death of a Culture This is the true story of a little boy searching for his identity for his biological father. It is the story of a boy born into a world of turmoil and havoc a world where not all was well, where war, starvation and bombs, confusion, lies, and deceit were the rule; and food, safety, and happiness were the exception. It is the story of a little boy's fears and anxieties in a country far, far away where life was an uncertainty and death a looming promise where the world was upside down. It is the true story of a little boy that found himself trapped in a country at war with itself, where human life was at the mercy of the Nazis during the Jewish holocaust (before 1945) in Czechoslovakia and at the mercy of the Czech Bolsheviks (after 1945) during the Sudetenland holocaust that drove untold millions of women and children across Europe's wasteland like cattle. But it is also the true story of a little boy that, with the help of his family, and the generosity of the American people, rose above the devastation suffered and inflicted upon him as a child and became a man loved and respected by others. It is not a story of failure! It is, really, when you think about it, a story of success and triumph!

Search for Yesterday

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Publisher : Tate Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1617397261
Total Pages : 332 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (173 download)

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Book Synopsis Search for Yesterday by : Quinn O. Heder

Download or read book Search for Yesterday written by Quinn O. Heder and published by Tate Publishing. This book was released on 2011-04 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A young boy wakes in front of a smoldering house. He has no memory of who he is or how he got there. Threatened by wild beasts drawn to the ruin by the smell of death, he sets out in search of his past. He soon finds friendship and love with the Halladays, a family just beginning a journey west. Kid, as he is called by his new family; the Halladays; and the Harrisons, family friends of the Halladays, battle the unforgiving pitfalls of a wild and uncharted country, fighting Indians, outlaws, and bitter elements along the way. Kid continues his Search for Yesterday, piecing together fleeting glimpses of his forgotten past as they appear to him in dreams. In the process he finds much more than hoped for. The unexpected discovery of treasure left behind by a forgotten people spins his world out of control. When greed gives birth to betrayal, it threatens to destroy everything he and his new family have fought to build, forcing Kid to choose between life and love. Join Kid on his adventure-filled, heartwarming Search for Yesterday, and you too will realize that home truly is where the heart is.

Flying Into Yesterday

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ISBN 13 : 9780972470315
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (73 download)

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Book Synopsis Flying Into Yesterday by : Jean-Vi Lenthe

Download or read book Flying Into Yesterday written by Jean-Vi Lenthe and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Yesterday Is History

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Publisher : Sourcebooks, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 1492694355
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (926 download)

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Book Synopsis Yesterday Is History by : Kosoko Jackson

Download or read book Yesterday Is History written by Kosoko Jackson and published by Sourcebooks, Inc.. This book was released on 2021-02-02 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of PopSugar's Best New YA Novels of 2021 A Buzzfeed Top LGBTQ+ YA Book A Lambda Literary YA Book to Add to Your TBR Pile A Goodreads Pride Month Pick An epic, heartfelt romance about a boy torn between two loves, one in his present ... and one in the past. A story of Black queer history, love, loss, and learning to stay in the moment before it passes you by. Weeks ago, Andre Cobb received a much-needed liver transplant. He's ready for his life to finally begin, until one night, when he passes out and wakes up somewhere totally unexpected...in 1969, where he connects with a magnetic boy named Michael. And then, just as suddenly as he arrived, he slips back to present-day Boston, where the family of his donor is waiting to explain that his new liver came with a side effect—the ability to time travel. And they've tasked their youngest son, Blake, with teaching Andre how to use his unexpected new gift. Andre splits his time bouncing between the past and future. Between Michael and Blake. Michael is everything Andre wishes he could be, and Blake, still reeling from the death of his brother, Andre's donor, keeps him at arm's length despite their obvious attraction to each other. Torn between two boys, one in the past and one in the present, Andre has to figure out where he belongs—and more importantly who he wants to be—before the consequences of jumping in time catch up to him and change his future for good. "Fast-paced, fun, and perfect."—Laurie Halse Anderson, NYT bestselling author of Speak "This book was absolutely incredible."—Creya, Goodreads reviewer "Tears, man. So. Many. Tears."—Marci, Goodreads reviewer "Oh my goodness. This book y'all. I'm a mess."—Netgalley reviewer * A Junior Library Guild Selection! "A stellar novel that today's teens needed yesterday."—Booklist, STARRED review "Charming and captivating."—Phil Stamper, bestselling author of The Gravity of Us "A clever and honestly brilliant novel."—Julian Winters, award-winning author of Running With Lions "A skillful and engrossing time-travel adventure."—Kirkus Reviews "Compelling and memorable...[a] gem of a novel."—The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books "In his YA debut, Jackson has a great gimmick as well as a likeable protagonist who faces sociocultural realities across time."—Publishers Weekly

So Yesterday

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Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1101119136
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (11 download)

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Book Synopsis So Yesterday by : Scott Westerfeld

Download or read book So Yesterday written by Scott Westerfeld and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2005-09-08 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ever wonder who was the first kid to keep a wallet on a big chunky chain, or wear way-too-big pants on purpose? What about the mythical first guy who wore his baseball cap backwards? These are the Innovators, the people on the very cusp of cool. Seventeen-year-old Hunter Braque's job is finding them for the retail market. But when a big-money client disappears, Hunter must use all his cool-hunting talents to find her. Along the way he's drawn into a web of brand-name intrigue- a missing cargo of the coolest shoes he's ever seen, ads for products that don't exist, and a shadowy group dedicated to the downfall of consumerism as we know it.

Yesterday's Children

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Publisher : Piatkus Books
ISBN 13 : 9780749912468
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (124 download)

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Book Synopsis Yesterday's Children by : Jenny Cockell

Download or read book Yesterday's Children written by Jenny Cockell and published by Piatkus Books. This book was released on 1993 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the extraordinary story of Jenny Cockell, a young woman from Northamptonshire, who has always known that she has lived before. In her previous life her name was Mary. She was an Irishwoman who died 21 years before Jenny was born leaving several very young children without a mother or a stable, happy home. Yesterday's Children describes the trauma and worry of this continual pastlife memory, and Jenny's decision to search for her lost children. The book follows her progress through her dreams and memories, the revelations of hypnotism, her searches through maps, through local groups in Ireland, and her trip to the village where Mary had lived. Finally, she details her painstaking search for the children (now in their sixties and seventies) who had been split up after Mary's death, and the extraordinary reunions that took place. This is a fascinating book. In many ways it is a real life detective story, as we learn about Jenny, about Mary, her difficult life and finally, with great joy and trepidation, discover what happened to her children.

Seeds of Yesterday

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Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1451636989
Total Pages : 385 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (516 download)

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Book Synopsis Seeds of Yesterday by : V.C. Andrews

Download or read book Seeds of Yesterday written by V.C. Andrews and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2011-02-08 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Now a major Lifetime movie event—Book Four of the Dollanganger series that began with Flowers in the Attic—the novel of forbidden love that captured the world’s imagination and earned V.C. Andrews a fiercely devoted fanbase. They escaped their mother’s hellish trap years ago, but a cruel history of lies and deceit has come full circle… The forbidden love that blossomed when Cathy and Christopher were held captive in Foxworth Hall is one the Dollanganger family’s darkest secrets. Now, with three grown children and even a new last name, the pair seem to have outlived a twisted legacy. But on their son Bart’s twenty-fifth birthday, when the spiteful and disturbed young man claims his rightful inheritance, the full, shattering truth of their tainted past will be revealed at Foxworth Hall—the place where the nightmare began, and where Christopher and Cathy were once just innocent flowers in the attic…

See You Yesterday

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Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1665901934
Total Pages : 432 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (659 download)

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Book Synopsis See You Yesterday by : Rachel Lynn Solomon

Download or read book See You Yesterday written by Rachel Lynn Solomon and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2023-06-06 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After reliving the same day for months, eighteen-year-old Barrett reluctantly teams up with her nemesis Miles to escape the time loop, and soon finds herself falling for him, but what she does not know is what they will mean to each other if they finally make it to tomorrow.

Born Yesterday

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Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1101587644
Total Pages : 32 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (15 download)

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Book Synopsis Born Yesterday by : James Solheim

Download or read book Born Yesterday written by James Solheim and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2010-03-18 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: July 8 Imagine! A day ago I?d never even heard of the world, and suddenly here I am in it. There?s so much to write about?macaroni, Fun World, and a big sister who has it all figured out. Which is why boys adore her. I need to get her attention back on me? and quick. But how? Should I take up sumo wrestling? Stunt flying? All I know how to do is write. But don?t tell anyone. This diary you?re looking at is TOP SECRET? just for you and me! Renowned illustrator Simon James brings sweetness and charm to James Solheim?s hilarious diary of a baby?and the result is a one-of-a-kind picture book no one will be expecting!

Shadows of Yesterday

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Publisher : Hachette UK
ISBN 13 : 1455546356
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (555 download)

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Book Synopsis Shadows of Yesterday by : Sandra Brown

Download or read book Shadows of Yesterday written by Sandra Brown and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2015-05-05 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A young mother stranded on a Texas highway is rescued by a handsome hero in a pickup truck . . . and now, she must face the fears of the past or risk losing the greatest love she's ever known. Leigh is terrifyingly alone on a Texas road about to deliver her first child when a rugged stranger in a pickup truck stops to help her. Eight months ago, she lost her husband when he was tragically killed on the job. This fateful meeting on a lonesome highway has brought a new man into her life . . . but he's a man with secrets and the power to break her heart again. Chad is in a dangerous business and hides the mysteries of his past. He is determined to make Leigh care for him, but there are no guarantees that his love can protect her from disaster. Together, this young mother and mysterious stranger will discover the depths of their love . . . and face their worst fears.

The World of Yesterday

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ISBN 13 : 9781805331155
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (311 download)

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Book Synopsis The World of Yesterday by : Stefan Zweig

Download or read book The World of Yesterday written by Stefan Zweig and published by . This book was released on 2024-03 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Austrian writer Stefan Zweig's final work, posted to his publisher the day before his tragic death, brings the destruction of a war-torn Europe vividly to life. Written as both a recollection of the past and a warning for future generations, The World of Yesterday recalls the golden age of literary Vienna; its seeming permanence, its promise, and its devastating fall. A truthful and passionate acc[Bokinfo].

House of Yesterday

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Publisher : Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)
ISBN 13 : 0374388717
Total Pages : 199 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (743 download)

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Book Synopsis House of Yesterday by : Deeba Zargarpur

Download or read book House of Yesterday written by Deeba Zargarpur and published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR). This book was released on 2022-11-29 with total page 199 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Taking inspiration from the author's own Afghan-Uzbek heritage, this contemporary YA debut is a breathtaking journey into the grief that lingers through generations of immigrant families, and what it means to confront the ghosts of your past. Struggling to deal with the pain of her parents’ impending divorce, fifteen-year-old Sara is facing a world of unknowns and uncertainties. Unfortunately, the one person she could always lean on when things got hard, her beloved Bibi Jan, has become a mere echo of the grandmother she once was. And so Sara retreats into the family business, hoping a summer working on her mom’s latest home renovation project will provide a distraction from her fracturing world. But the house holds more than plaster and stone. It holds secrets that have her clinging desperately to the memories of her old life. Secrets that only her Bibi Jan could have untangled. Secrets Sara is powerless to ignore as the dark truths of her family’s history rise in ghostly apparitions -- and with it, the realization that as much as she wants to hold onto her old life, nothing will ever be the same. Told in lush, sweeping prose, this story of secrets, summer, and family sacrifice will chill you to the bone as the house that wraps Sara in warmth of her past becomes the one thing she cannot escape...

Only Yesterday: An Informal History of the 1920's

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Publisher : DigiCat
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 345 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (596 download)

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Book Synopsis Only Yesterday: An Informal History of the 1920's by : Frederick Lewis Allen

Download or read book Only Yesterday: An Informal History of the 1920's written by Frederick Lewis Allen and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2022-11-22 with total page 345 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Only Yesterday: An Informal History of the 1920s by Frederick Lewis Allen is a history textbook about the lively gloriousness of Roaring 20s America. Contents: "II. BACK TO NORMALCY III. THE BIG RED SCARE IV. AMERICA CONVALESCENT V. THE REVOLUTION IN MANNERS AND MORALS VI. HARDING AND THE SCANDALS VII. COOLIDGE PROSPERITY VIII. THE BALLYHOO YEARS IX. THE REVOLT OF THE HIGHBROWS X. ALCOHOL AND AL CAPONE XI. HOME, SWEET FLORIDA."

The World Until Yesterday

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Publisher : Penguin UK
ISBN 13 : 1846148154
Total Pages : 409 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (461 download)

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Book Synopsis The World Until Yesterday by : Jared Diamond

Download or read book The World Until Yesterday written by Jared Diamond and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2013-01-10 with total page 409 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the author of No.1 international bestseller Collapse, a mesmerizing portrait of the human past that offers profound lessons for how we can live today Visionary, prize-winning author Jared Diamond changed the way we think about the rise and fall of human civilizations with his previous international bestsellers Guns, Germs and Steel and Collapse. Now he returns with another epic - and groundbreaking - journey into our rapidly receding past. In The World Until Yesterday, Diamond reveals how traditional societies around the world offer an extraordinary window onto how our ancestors lived for the majority of human history - until virtually yesterday, in evolutionary terms - and provide unique, often overlooked insights into human nature. Drawing extensively on his decades working in the jungles of Papua New Guinea, Diamond explores how tribal societies approach essential human problems, from childrearing to conflict resolution to health, and discovers we have much to learn from traditional ways of life. He unearths remarkable findings - from the reason why modern afflictions like diabetes, obesity and Alzheimer's are virtually non-existent in tribal societies to the surprising benefits of multilingualism. Panoramic in scope and thrillingly original, The World Until Yesterday provides an enthralling first-hand picture of the human past that also suggests profound lessons for how to live well today. Jared Diamond is the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of the seminal million-copy-bestseller Guns, Germs, and Steel, which was named one of TIME's best non-fiction books of all time, and Collapse, a #1 international bestseller. A professor of geography at UCLA and noted polymath, Diamond's work has been influential in the fields of anthropology, biology, ornithology, ecology and history, among others.

Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow

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Publisher : Harvard Education Press
ISBN 13 : 1612507581
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (125 download)

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Book Synopsis Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow by : Roslyn Arlin Mickelson

Download or read book Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow written by Roslyn Arlin Mickelson and published by Harvard Education Press. This book was released on 2017-11-14 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow provides a compelling analysis of the forces and choices that have shaped the trend toward the resegregation of public schools. By assembling a wide range of contributors—historians, sociologists, economists, and education scholars—the editors provide a comprehensive view of a community’s experience with desegregation and economic development. Here we see resegregation through the lens of Charlotte, North Carolina, once a national model of successful desegregation, and home of the landmark Swann desegregation case, which gave rise to school busing. This book recounts the last forty years of Charlotte’s desegregation and resegregation, putting education reform in political and economic context. Within a decade of the Swanncase, the district had developed one of the nation’s most successful desegregation plans, measured by racial balance and improved academic outcomes for both black and white students. However, beginning in the 1990s, this plan was gradually dismantled. Today, the level of resegregation in Charlotte has almost returned to what it was prior to 1971. At the core of Charlotte’s story is the relationship between social structure and human agency, with an emphasis on how yesterday’s decisions and actions define today’s choices.

In Search of Yesterday

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ISBN 13 : 9780263057249
Total Pages : 188 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (572 download)

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Book Synopsis In Search of Yesterday by : Anne Lorraine

Download or read book In Search of Yesterday written by Anne Lorraine and published by . This book was released on 1974 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: