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Terra Incognita

Author : Ian Goldin
Publisher : Random House
ISBN 13 : 1473570123
Total Pages : 512 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (735 download)

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Download or read book Terra Incognita written by Ian Goldin and published by Random House. This book was released on 2020-08-27 with total page 512 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Amazing. It would be my desert island choice' Martin Rees 'Fascinating, beautiful, alarming and revelatory use of mapping and infographics' Stephen Fry on EarthTime maps 'An indispensable read' Arianna Huffington From the global impact of the Coronavirus to exploring the vast spread of the Australian bushfires, join authors Ian Goldin and Robert Muggah as they trace the ways in which our world has changed and the ways in which it will continue to change over the next hundred years. Map-making is an ancient impulse. From the moment homo sapiens learnt to communicate we have used them to make sense of our surroundings. But as Albert Einstein once said, 'you can't use old maps to explore a new world.' And now, when the world is changing faster than ever before, our old maps are no longer fit for purpose. Welcome to Terra Incognita. Based on decades of research, and combining mesmerising, state-of-the-art satellite maps with enlightening and passionately argued analysis, Ian and Robert chart humanity's impact on the planet, and the ways in which we can make a real impact to save it, and to thrive as a species. Learn about: fires in the arctic; the impact of sea level rise on cities around the world; the truth about immigration - and why fears in the West are a myth; the counter-intuitive future of population rise; the miracles of health and education that are waiting around the corner, and the reality about inequality, and how we end it. The book traces the paths of peoples, cities, wars, climates and technologies, all on a global scale. Full of facts that will confound you, inform you, and ultimately empower you, Terra Incognita guides readers to a new place of understanding, rather than to a physical location.

Terra Incognita

Author : Sara Wheeler
Publisher : Modern Library
ISBN 13 : 080415242X
Total Pages : 385 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (41 download)

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Download or read book Terra Incognita written by Sara Wheeler and published by Modern Library. This book was released on 2014-10-01 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is the coldest, windiest, driest place on earth, an icy desert of unearthly beauty and stubborn impenetrability. For centuries, Antarctica has captured the imagination of our greatest scientists and explorers, lingering in the spirit long after their return. Shackleton called it "the last great journey"; for Apsley Cherry-Garrard it was the worst journey in the world. This is a book about the call of the wild and the response of the spirit to a country that exists perhaps most vividly in the mind. Sara Wheeler spent seven months in Antarctica, living with its scientists and dreamers. No book is more true to the spirit of that continent--beguiling, enchanted and vast beyond the furthest reaches of our imagination. Chosen by Beryl Bainbridge and John Major as one of the best books of the year, recommended by the editors of Entertainment Weekly and the Chicago Tribune, one of the Seattle Times's top ten travel books of the year, Terra Incognita is a classic of polar literature.

Terra Incognita

Author : Ruth Downie
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 1596919663
Total Pages : 401 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (969 download)

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Download or read book Terra Incognita written by Ruth Downie and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2010-08-01 with total page 401 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is spring in the year of 118, and Hadrian has been Emperor of Rome for less than a year. After getting involved with the murders of local prostitutes in the town of Deva, Doctor Gaius Petreius Ruso needs to get out of town, so has volunteered for a posting with the Army on the volatile border where the Roman-controlled half of Britannia meets the independent tribes of the North. Not only is he going to the hinterlands of the hinterlands, but it his slave Tilla's homeland and she has some scores to settle there. Soon they find that Tilla's tribespeople are being encouraged to rebel against Roman control by a mysterious leader known as the Stag Man, and her former lover is implicated in the grisly murder of a soldier. Ruso, unwillingly involved in the investigation of the murder, is appalled to find that Tilla is still spending time with the lover. Worse, he is honour bound to try to prove the man innocent - and the Army wrong - by finding another suspect. Soon both Ruso's and Tilla's lives are in jeopardy, as is the future of their burgeoning romantic relationship.

Tabula Rasa

Author : Kristen Lippert-Martin
Publisher : Carolrhoda Lab ®
ISBN 13 : 1606845195
Total Pages : 266 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (68 download)

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Download or read book Tabula Rasa written by Kristen Lippert-Martin and published by Carolrhoda Lab ®. This book was released on 2014-08-01 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Bourne Identity meets Divergent in this action-packed debut thriller with a Katniss-esque heroine fighting to regain her memories and stay alive, set against a dystopian hospital background. Sarah finds herself in a battle for her life within the walls of her hospital-turned-prison. A procedure to eliminate her memory goes awry, and she starts to remember snatches of her past. Was she an urban terrorist or vigilante? Has the procedure been her salvation or her destruction? The answers lie trapped within her mind. To access them, she'll need the help of the teen computer hacker who's trying to bring the hospital down for his own reasons, and she'll need to evade an army of mercenary soldiers poised to eliminate her for good. If only she knew why . . .

Terra Incognita

Author : Connie Willis
Publisher : Del Rey
ISBN 13 : 1524796875
Total Pages : 327 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (247 download)

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Download or read book Terra Incognita written by Connie Willis and published by Del Rey. This book was released on 2018-08-21 with total page 327 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THREE CLASSIC SCI-FI NOVELLAS IN ONE VOLUME—from a Hugo and Nebula award-winning author In Terra Incognita, Connie Willis explores themes of love and mortality while brilliantly illuminating the human condition through biting satire. Uncharted Territory Findriddy and Carson are explorers, dispatched to a distant planet to survey its canyons, ridges, and scrub-covered hills. Teamed with a profit-hungry indigenous guide of indeterminate gender and an enthusiastic newcomer whose specialty is mating customs, the group battles hostile terrain as they set out for unexplored regions. Along the way, they face dangers, discover treasures, and soon find themselves in an alien territory of another kind: exploring the paths and precipices of sex—and love. Remake In the Hollywood of the future, live-action movies are a thing of the past. Old films are computerized and ruthlessly dissected, actors digitally ripped from one film and thrust into another. Humphrey Bogart and Marilyn Monroe in A Star Is Born? No problem. Hate the ending? Change it with the stroke of a key. Technology makes anything possible. But a starry-eyed young woman wants only one thing: to dance on the big screen. With a little magic and a lot of luck, she just may get her happy ending. D.A. Theodora Baumgarten is baffled and furious: Why was she selected to be part of a highly competitive interstellar cadet program? After all, she never even applied. But that hasn’t stopped the powers that be from whisking her onto a spaceship bound for the prestigious Academy. With her protests ignored, Theodora takes matters into her own hands, aided by her hacker best friend, to escape the Academy and return to Earth—only to uncover a conspiracy that runs deeper than she could have imagined. Praise for Terra Incognita “Willis’s lively, funny forays into futuristic territory shine as brightly today as when originally released. . . . In all three stories, the protagonists find their narrow concepts of life challenged and expanded by possibilities created through technology. As a collection, these smart, accessible shorts make for an entertaining initiation or reintroduction into the world of one of sci-fi's greatest treasures.”—Shelf Awareness “A master of fantasy playfully combines science fiction with other genres in three antic novellas. . . . Clever, funny, thought-provoking, and sweet, these stories are classic Willis.”—Kirkus Reviews

Incognita

Author : William Congreve
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 108 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Incognita written by William Congreve and published by . This book was released on 1922 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Atmosphaera Incognita

Author : Neal Stephenson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781596069190
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (691 download)

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Download or read book Atmosphaera Incognita written by Neal Stephenson and published by . This book was released on 2019-07-31 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Dust jacket and interior illustrations ... by Patrick Arrasmith"--Copyright page.

The Key to Creation

Author : Kevin J. Anderson
Publisher : Orbit
ISBN 13 : 0316126144
Total Pages : 430 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (161 download)

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Download or read book The Key to Creation written by Kevin J. Anderson and published by Orbit. This book was released on 2011-07-20 with total page 430 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Brave explorers and mortal enemies across the world clash at a mysterious lost continent. After long voyages, encountering hurricanes and sea monsters, Criston Vora and Saan race to Terravitae, the legendary promised land. Saan's quest is to find the Key to Creation, a weapon that may defeat Uraba's enemies, and Criston wants vengeance against the monstrous Leviathan that ruined his life long ago. Back home, two opposing continents and religions clash for the remnants of a sacred city, unleashing their hatred in a war that could end both civilizations. Queen Anjine and Soldan-Shah Omra are driven by mutual hatred, heaping atrocity upon atrocity in an escalating conflict that only their gods can end. Meanwhile, the secretive Saedrans. manipulating both sides, come ever closer to their ultimate goal: to complete the Map of All Things and bring about the return of God.

Terra Incognita

Author : Richard Sexton
Publisher : Chronicle Books
ISBN 13 : 9780811858540
Total Pages : 142 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (585 download)

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Download or read book Terra Incognita written by Richard Sexton and published by Chronicle Books. This book was released on 2007-08-09 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Until recent catastrophic events, little attention was paid to the landscape and ecology of the American Gulf Coast. Acclaimed photographer Richard Sexton's evocative black-and-white images capture this often-overlooked terrainthrowing into haunting relief the marshes, forests, and bayous from the Mississippi River to the Florida Panhandle. Sexton focuses on the intersection between human culture and natural phenomena, creating a body of work attuned to the passage of time, loss, and renewal. Essays by museum directors J. Richard Gruber and John Lawrence place the images in the context of southern photography, while horticulturist Randy Harelson illuminates the environmental challenges unique to the region. Terra Incognita is the first book to so strikingly illustrate the vulnerability, resilience, and splendor of America's third coast.

Terra Incognita

Author : Alain Corbin
Publisher : Polity
ISBN 13 : 9781509546251
Total Pages : 188 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (462 download)

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Download or read book Terra Incognita written by Alain Corbin and published by Polity. This book was released on 2021-08-30 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Identifying gaps in knowledge is the first duty of any historian who sets out to understand the past. It is impossible fully to understand our forebears without some idea of what they did not know: the history of ignorance is an indispensable part of history itself. To write a comprehensive history of ignorance would be an impossibly vast undertaking – it is necessary to limit oneself to a specific field. Here Alain Corbin focuses on our planet, exploring its mysteries past and present, and the intensity and eventual decline of the modes of terror and wonder it aroused. For thousands of years, we humans knew nearly nothing about the Earth. Our horizons were limited to our territories, villages and locales. Certain locations on the map simply read ‘Terra Incognita’. Corbin recounts the many errors and uncertainties that littered the paths we followed in the attempt to discover the secrets of our blue planet, with a particular focus on the 18th and 19th centuries. At the beginning of the 19th century, meteorology was pitted with uncertainties. In 1840, the depths of the ocean were a total mystery. In 1870, the majority of experts believed that a sea spanned the two poles. In 1900, the stratosphere remained an unknown. While ignorance stimulated our ancestors’ imagination, Corbin’s history of ignorance reawakens our thirst for knowledge and changes our view of the world. This highly original book by one of the most creative historians writing today opens up a new terrain for historians. It will be of great interest to students and scholars of history, especially cultural history and the history of science, and to anyone interested in the nature and limits of human knowledge.

Terra Incognita

Author : Sara Henning
Publisher : Ohio University Press
ISBN 13 : 0821447734
Total Pages : 76 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (214 download)

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Download or read book Terra Incognita written by Sara Henning and published by Ohio University Press. This book was released on 2022-03-25 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: These masterful elegies follow the contours of a troubled mother-daughter relationship, explore the paradoxes of mourning, and relish the complicated joys of perseverance to map not only how one makes sense of the world but also how one reenters it after experiencing a transformative loss. Divided into four sections, this poignant collection begins with “Terra Inferna,” which chronicles a single mother’s attempt to raise her daughter in 1980s rural Georgia. “Terra Incognita” follows the daughter’s journey across states, out of devastating poverty, and into a loving marriage, as her mother loses her battle with colon cancer. In “Terra Nova,” the speaker meditates on her mother’s passing, her crisis of meaning turning to revelation of legacy’s love. “Terra Firma” brings closure, as the speaker reconciles her grief while rediscovering how to find joy in life’s small moments.

Meta Incognita: a discourse of discovery - volume 1

Author : Thomas H. B. Symons
Publisher : University of Ottawa Press
ISBN 13 : 177282433X
Total Pages : 362 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (728 download)

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Download or read book Meta Incognita: a discourse of discovery - volume 1 written by Thomas H. B. Symons and published by University of Ottawa Press. This book was released on 1999-01-01 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Meta Incognita Project was initiated to cast new light on the Arctic voyages of Martin Frobisher and their significance for the histories of North America and Britain. Although the Elizabethan venture failed to discover a northwest passage to mines and precious metals, and to establish a colony in the future Canadian Arctic, it left valuable legacies.

Letters to an Incognita

Author : Prosper Mérimée
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 362 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Letters to an Incognita written by Prosper Mérimée and published by . This book was released on 1889 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Introduction. Letters. Incognita. The old batchelour

Author : William Congreve
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 280 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (35 download)

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Download or read book Introduction. Letters. Incognita. The old batchelour written by William Congreve and published by . This book was released on 1923 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Meta Incognita project

Author : Stephen Alsford
Publisher : University of Ottawa Press
ISBN 13 : 1772824291
Total Pages : 229 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (728 download)

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Download or read book Meta Incognita project written by Stephen Alsford and published by University of Ottawa Press. This book was released on 1993-01-01 with total page 229 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Meta Incognita Project investigates Martin Frobisher’s Arctic expeditions of 1576-1578 (which included the first English attempt to establish a colony in Canada and mine its mineral resources) and their effects on the culture of the Inuit he encountered. This report focuses mainly on the field investigations conducted in 1991 by a number of Canadian and American archaeologists, anthropologists and geologists and includes papers on their preliminary findings as well as on the historical context and the issues of the project.

Incognita

Author : Kristen Lippert-Martin
Publisher : Carolrhoda Books
ISBN 13 : 1512405779
Total Pages : 276 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (124 download)

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Download or read book Incognita written by Kristen Lippert-Martin and published by Carolrhoda Books. This book was released on 2016 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Angel discovers that the memory-altering program she was part of may still be active--and her life may in more danger than ever."--

Terra Incognita

Author : Simon Turney
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 180454034X
Total Pages : 410 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (45 download)

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Download or read book Terra Incognita written by Simon Turney and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2024-09-12 with total page 410 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An empire on the edge. A scheme for glory. A plan to control the greatest river in the world. 61 AD. Under Emperor Nero, Rome is rich and powerful, but dissatisfaction is rife. The emperor himself schemes avidly to increase his wealth and indulge his pleasures - and slaughter his many enemies - but also seeks glory. The great River Nile, life-giver to the Egyptians, the Kushites, and many other kingdoms through the African continent. Nobody from the Roman Empire has ever tracked the Nile to its source... but if it can be done, mastery of the greatest waterway in the known world - and with it, the control of friend and foe alike - may be possible. But the price of obtaining such knowledge will be terrible. Those soldiers selected to command and serve on the mission will be at risk the moment they pass beyond the Roman borders of Egypt. Kingdoms and tribes hostile to Rome, vast swathes of desert, fierce beasts... and the price of failure hanging over their heads, for Nero is not an easy man to please. A gripping historical adventure featuring many historical figures from the classical era, Terra Incognita is perfect for fans of Simon Scarrow and Ben Kane.