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Impossible Histories

Author : Hal Johnson
Publisher : Odd Dot
ISBN 13 : 125090580X
Total Pages : 419 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (59 download)

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Download or read book Impossible Histories written by Hal Johnson and published by Odd Dot. This book was released on 2023-02-07 with total page 419 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Across 1400 years and six continents (sorry, Australia), Impossible Histories examines pivotal moments in history from both sides—what happened and what would have happened had things gone differently. The results are by turns strange, hilarious, tragic...and always fascinating. Imagine a world in which... - Hitler builds a thousand-year Reich - Columbus gets driven from the Americas by mounted knights - Robespierre decapitates Caesar Augustus - The Inca Empire has an air force - Jimmy Carter presses the Button These brave new worlds are merely our own, familiar world—if something small had happened differently. We're all one elephant away from peace in the Middle East, one knife thrust away from nuclear Armageddon. This book examines twenty pivotal moments in history, asks what if?...,and drags the answers kicking and screaming into the light. History--factual and counterfactual has never been so entertaining. A whirlwind ride through history as it never happened--but could have.

William Blake and the Impossible History of the 1790s

Author : Saree Makdisi
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 0226502619
Total Pages : 421 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (265 download)

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Download or read book William Blake and the Impossible History of the 1790s written by Saree Makdisi and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2007-11-01 with total page 421 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Modern scholars often find it difficult to account for the profound eccentricities in the work of William Blake, dismissing them as either ahistorical or simply meaningless. But with this pioneering study, Saree Makdisi develops a reliable and comprehensive framework for understanding these peculiarities. According to Makdisi, Blake's poetry and drawings should compel us to reconsider the history of the 1790s. Tracing for the first time the many links among economics, politics, and religion in his work, Makdisi shows how Blake questioned and even subverted the commercial, consumerist, and political liberties that his contemporaries championed, all while developing his own radical aesthetic.

Small Beginnings

Author : Sara Thurman
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781734156003
Total Pages : 144 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (56 download)

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Download or read book Small Beginnings written by Sara Thurman and published by . This book was released on 2019-07 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Small Beginnings is Sara Thurman's story of how she became an artist. Follow along with her journey as she tells of the adventures of her youth, her passion for global missions and the process of becoming an artist. Her testimonies of God's goodness will surely inspire the inner artist in you.Take a step forward. Enjoy the process. Dare to hope for the impossible.

Impossible

Author : Cole Louison
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 0762768002
Total Pages : 305 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (627 download)

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Download or read book Impossible written by Cole Louison and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2011-07-19 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Skateboarding: the background, technicality, culture, rebellion, marketing, conflict, and future of the global sport as seen through two of its most influential geniuses Since it all began half a century ago, skateboarding has come to mystify some and to mesmerize many, including its tens of millions of adherents throughout America and the world. And yet, as ubiquitous as it is today, its origins, manners, and methods are little understood. The Impossible aims to get skateboarding right. Journalist Cole Louison gets inside the history, culture, and major personalities of skating. He does solargely by recounting the careers of the sport’s Yoda—Rodney Mullen, who, in his mid-forties, remains the greatest skateboarder in the world, the godfather of all modern skateboarding tricks—and its Luke Skywalker—Ryan Sheckler, who became its youngest pro athlete and a celebrity at thirteen. The story begins in the 1960s, when the first boards made their way to land in the form of off-season surfing in southern California. It then follows the sport’s spikes, plateaus, and drops—including its billion-dollar apparel industry and its connection with art, fashion, and music. In The Impossible, we come to know intimately not only skateboarding, but also two very different, equally fascinating geniuses who have shaped the sport more than anyone else.

We Specialize in the Wholly Impossible

Author : Darlene Clark Hine
Publisher : NYU Press
ISBN 13 : 0926019813
Total Pages : 635 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (26 download)

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Download or read book We Specialize in the Wholly Impossible written by Darlene Clark Hine and published by NYU Press. This book was released on 1995-04 with total page 635 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Essays by 30 authors attempt to reclaim and to create heightened awareness about individuals, contributions, and struggles that have made African American women's survival and progress possible.

Golf: The Impossible Collection

Author : George Peper
Publisher : Assouline Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1614286531
Total Pages : 5 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (142 download)

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Download or read book Golf: The Impossible Collection written by George Peper and published by Assouline Publishing. This book was released on 2017-10-01 with total page 5 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this most recent addition to Assouline’s highly covetable and lauded Ultimate Collection, George Peper, former editor in chief of Golf magazine and 2016 PGA Lifetime Achievement Award winner for Journalism, takes readers on an incomparable golf journey as he travels the world detailing the 100 most significant, historically noteworthy, and architecturally paramount courses. Describing intricate holes that have confounded the game’s best, revisiting tournaments that have made and broken champions, and elucidating the unique and truly special characteristics of each course makes Peper the perfect golf partner as he walks readers through the clubhouses, fairways, and bunkers. From greens as old and hallowed as St Andrews to courses celebrating their first anniversary such as Nova Scotia’s Cabot Cliffs, from the island mountain course of China’s Shanqin Bay to the Hamptons’ Maidstone Club, Golf: The Impossible Collection is an unequivocal sensory treat for the golf fanatic, or the perfect feast to feed the wanderlust simmering in all of us.

The Impossible Presidency

Author : Jeremi Suri
Publisher : Basic Books
ISBN 13 : 0465093906
Total Pages : 402 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (65 download)

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Download or read book The Impossible Presidency written by Jeremi Suri and published by Basic Books. This book was released on 2017-09-12 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A bold new history of the American presidency, arguing that the successful presidents of the past created unrealistic expectations for every president since JFK, with enormously problematic implications for American politics In The Impossible Presidency, celebrated historian Jeremi Suri charts the rise and fall of the American presidency, from the limited role envisaged by the Founding Fathers to its current status as the most powerful job in the world. He argues that the presidency is a victim of its own success-the vastness of the job makes it almost impossible to fulfill the expectations placed upon it. As managers of the world's largest economy and military, contemporary presidents must react to a truly globalized world in a twenty-four-hour news cycle. There is little room left for bold vision. Suri traces America's disenchantment with our recent presidents to the inevitable mismatch between presidential promises and the structural limitations of the office. A masterful reassessment of presidential history, this book is essential reading for anyone trying to understand America's fraught political climate.

The Impossible Collection of Cars

Author : Dan Neil
Publisher : Assouline Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1614280150
Total Pages : 6 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (142 download)

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Download or read book The Impossible Collection of Cars written by Dan Neil and published by Assouline Publishing. This book was released on 2011-11-01 with total page 6 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is the dream of many to own the world’s most beautifully designed automobiles, but most often only a handful of collectors ever come close. Now, The Impossible Collection of Cars makes that dream come true, showcasing the one hundred most exceptional cars of the twentieth century in ASSOULINE's third volume in the Impossible Collection series. Each luxury automobile—from the 1909 Blitzen Benz to a 1996 McLaren F1—was chosen for its revolutionary engineering, magnificent lines, and head-turning capabilities. Assouline is pleased to announce this exquisite tome, which features cars owned by celebrities like Marlene Dietrich, Ralph Lauren, Greta Garbo, Pablo Picasso, and Elvis Presley. This Impossible Collection volume is presented on cotton paper in a beautiful black rubber clamshell box with a cutout metal plate.

Failure is Impossible!

Author : Martha E. Kendall
Publisher : Twenty-First Century Books
ISBN 13 : 9780822517443
Total Pages : 108 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (174 download)

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Download or read book Failure is Impossible! written by Martha E. Kendall and published by Twenty-First Century Books. This book was released on 2001-01-01 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chronicles the development of feminist ideas and women's rights in America from the Salem witchcraft trials of the seventeenth century through the appointment of the first woman secretary of state in the late twentieth century.

Impossible Peace

Author : Mark Levine
Publisher : Zed Books Ltd.
ISBN 13 : 1848137036
Total Pages : 273 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (481 download)

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Download or read book Impossible Peace written by Mark Levine and published by Zed Books Ltd.. This book was released on 2013-04-04 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1993 luminaries from around the world signed the 'Oslo Accords' - a pledge to achieve lasting peace in the Holy Land - on the lawn of the White House. Yet things didn't turn out quite as planned. With over 1, 000 Israelis and close to four times that number of Palestinians killed since 2000, the Oslo process is now considered 'history'. Impossible Peace provides one of the first comprehensive analyses of that history. Mark LeVine argues that Oslo was never going to bring peace or justice to Palestinians or Israelis. He claims that the accords collapsed not because of a failure to live up to the agreements; but precisely because of the terms of and ideologies underlying the agreements. Today more than ever before, it's crucial to understand why these failures happened and how they will impact on future negotiations towards the 'final status agreement'. This fresh and honest account of the peace process in the Middle East shows how by learning from history it may be possible to avoid the errors that have long doomed peace in the region.

The Impossible Collection of Fashion

Author : Valerie Steele
Publisher : Assouline Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1614280169
Total Pages : 6 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (142 download)

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Download or read book The Impossible Collection of Fashion written by Valerie Steele and published by Assouline Publishing. This book was released on 2011-08-01 with total page 6 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this limited edition, Ultimate Collection format linen clamshell and handmade oversized book, Valerie Steele flexes her curatorial muscle by showcasing the most iconic dresses of the twentieth century. From Poiret to Pucci, Doucet to Dior, Vionnet to Valentino, Steele selects one hundred dresses that caused a stir either on the runway or entering a room and ultimately inspired new directions in fashion. Steele’s selections include Paul Poiret's figure-liberating 1907 gown, Madame Grès’s sublimely draped goddess creation from 1938, Jean Paul Gaultier's shockingly exaggerated cone-bust corset dress circa 1984, and Hussein Chalayan’s awe-inspiring remote-control fiberglass Airplane dress from 2000. The compilation, while certainly subjective, is sure to receive nods of recognition along with a gasp or two of surprise.

Pablo Picasso: The Impossible Collection

Author : Diana Widmaier Picasso
Publisher : Assouline Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1614288615
Total Pages : 6 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (142 download)

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Download or read book Pablo Picasso: The Impossible Collection written by Diana Widmaier Picasso and published by Assouline Publishing. This book was released on 2019-10-01 with total page 6 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pablo Picasso redefined artwork throughout his extraordinary career, becoming indisputably one of the most influential artists of the twentieth century. In this evocative volume, the artist’s granddaughter, Diana Widmaier Picasso, curates the 100 quintessential, unique works that define the evolution of this illustrious artist, creating a stunning compendium of pieces that simply could never all be acquired by a single collector. Casual art lovers know his Cubist work and the Guernica, but Picasso: The Impossible Collection manages to go deeper, revealing and revisiting some less ubiquitous yet equally powerful paintings, prints, sculptures and photographs from Picasso’s astonishing oeuvre.

Six Impossible Things Before Breakfast

Author : Lewis Wolpert
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN 13 : 9780393064490
Total Pages : 268 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (644 download)

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Download or read book Six Impossible Things Before Breakfast written by Lewis Wolpert and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2007 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A unique, scientific look into why we are all believers.

Chinese Art: The Impossible Collection

Author : Adrian Cheng
Publisher : Assouline Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1614288844
Total Pages : 6 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (142 download)

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Download or read book Chinese Art: The Impossible Collection written by Adrian Cheng and published by Assouline Publishing. This book was released on 2021-05-01 with total page 6 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While readers will come away from Chinese Art with a nuanced understanding of Chinese culture, the volume is also a work of art in its own right—a must-have collectible for any devotee of Chinese art and culture. Assouline’s Ultimate Collection is an homage to the art of luxury bookmaking—the oversized volume is hand-bound using traditional techniques, with several of the plates hand-tipped on art-quality paper and housed in a luxury silk clamshell.

All the Impossible Things

Author : Lindsay Lackey
Publisher : Roaring Brook Press
ISBN 13 : 125020285X
Total Pages : 265 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (52 download)

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Download or read book All the Impossible Things written by Lindsay Lackey and published by Roaring Brook Press. This book was released on 2019-09-03 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A bit of magic, a sprinkling of adventure, and a whole lot of heart collide in All the Impossible Things, Lindsay Lackey's extraordinary middle-grade novel about a young girl navigating the foster care system in search of where she belongs. "Wise and wondrous, this is truly a novel to cherish.” —Katherine Applegate, New York Times–bestselling author of Wishtree An Indies Introduce Selection Red’s inexplicable power over the wind comes from her mother. Whenever Ruby “Red” Byrd is scared or angry, the wind picks up. And being placed in foster care, moving from family to family, tends to keep her skies stormy. Red knows she has to learn to control it, but can’t figure out how. This time, the wind blows Red into the home of the Grooves, a quirky couple who run a petting zoo, complete with a dancing donkey and a giant tortoise. With their own curious gifts, Celine and Jackson Groove seem to fit like a puzzle piece into Red’s heart. But just when Red starts to settle into her new life, a fresh storm rolls in, one she knows all too well: her mother. For so long, Red has longed to have her mom back in her life, and she’s quickly swept up in the vortex of her mother’s chaos. Now Red must discover the possible in the impossible if she wants to overcome her own tornadoes and find the family she needs.

Violent Beginnings

Author : Lucie Knight-Santos
Publisher : Lexington Books
ISBN 13 : 0739171658
Total Pages : 129 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (391 download)

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Download or read book Violent Beginnings written by Lucie Knight-Santos and published by Lexington Books. This book was released on 2014-10-24 with total page 129 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From a colonial campaign that was envisioned by France as the redemption of its Algerian “children" through Western civilization to Algerian Independence that was lived by both parties as a bloody divorce; recent Algerian history has been imagined and represented in terms of the family. Prominent authors such as Kateb Yacine and Mouloud Mammeri pondered their own fate during the War of Independence as the “mixed” children of a failed colonial marriage. Contemporary postcolonial authors such as Rachid Boudjedra, Yasmina Salah, and Arezki Mellal have filled their narratives with orphaned children searching for ideal parents as a civil war ripped Algeria apart in the 1990s. Violent Beginnings: Literary Representations of Postcolonial Algeria explores how violence, during the War of Independence (1954–1962) to the more recent civil war (1991–2002), has shaped literary representations of both family and nation in contemporary literature. For example, discussions of the struggle for independence in Assia Djebar’s La femme sans sépulture and Ahlam Mostaghanemi’s Memory of the Flesh, represent sexual torture associated with this earlier war period as having a negative impact on victims’ ability to have children and contribute to the development of the Algerian nation. Texts examining the more recent civil war such as Rachid Boudjedra’s La vie à l’endroit and Yasmina Salah’s Glass Nation establish a link between the earlier violence of the independence struggle and contemporary events. Additionally, these texts proceed todemonstrate how violence has shaped familial and national structures, more specifically causing distorted familial bonds and political chaos in contemporary Algerian society.

Demanding the Impossible

Author : Peter Marshall
Publisher : HarperCollins UK
ISBN 13 : 0007375832
Total Pages : 1013 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (73 download)

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Download or read book Demanding the Impossible written by Peter Marshall and published by HarperCollins UK. This book was released on 2012-07-10 with total page 1013 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fascinating and comprehensive history, 'Demanding the Impossible' is a challenging and thought-provoking exploration of anarchist ideas and actions from ancient times to the present day.