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A World Lit Only by Fire

Author : William Manchester
Publisher : Back Bay Books
ISBN 13 : 0316082791
Total Pages : 367 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (16 download)

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Download or read book A World Lit Only by Fire written by William Manchester and published by Back Bay Books. This book was released on 2009-09-26 with total page 367 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A "lively and engaging" history of the Middle Ages (Dallas Morning News) from the acclaimed historian William Manchester, author of The Last Lion. From tales of chivalrous knights to the barbarity of trial by ordeal, no era has been a greater source of awe, horror, and wonder than the Middle Ages. In handsomely crafted prose, and with the grace and authority of his extraordinary gift for narrative history, William Manchester leads us from a civilization tottering on the brink of collapse to the grandeur of its rebirth: the dense explosion of energy that spawned some of history's greatest poets, philosophers, painters, adventurers, and reformers, as well as some of its most spectacular villains. "Manchester provides easy access to a fascinating age when our modern mentality was just being born." --Chicago Tribune

Brilliant

Author : Jane Brox
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN 13 : 0547487150
Total Pages : 382 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (474 download)

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Download or read book Brilliant written by Jane Brox and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2010-06-29 with total page 382 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This “superb history” of artificial light traces the evolution of society—“invariably fascinating and often original . . . [it] amply lives up to its title” (Publishers Weekly, starred review). In Brilliant, Jane Brox explores humankind’s ever-changing relationship to artificial light, from the stone lamps of the Pleistocene to the LEDs embedded in fabrics of the future. More than a survey of technological development, this sweeping history reveals how artificial light changed our world, and how those social and cultural changes in turn led to the pursuit of more ways of spreading, maintaining, and controlling light. Brox plumbs the class implications of light—who had it, who didn’t—through the centuries when crude lamps and tallow candles constricted waking hours. She identifies the pursuit of whale oil as the first time the need for light thrust us toward an environmental tipping point. Only decades later, gas street lights opened up the evening hours to leisure, which changed the ways we live and sleep and the world’s ecosystems. Edison’s bulbs produced a light that seemed to its users all but divorced from human effort or cost. And yet, as Brox’s informative portrait of our current grid system shows, the cost is ever with us. Brilliant is infused with human voices, startling insights, and timely questions about how our future lives will be shaped by light

Empires of Light

Author : Jill Jonnes
Publisher : Random House Trade Paperbacks
ISBN 13 : 0375758844
Total Pages : 466 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (757 download)

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Download or read book Empires of Light written by Jill Jonnes and published by Random House Trade Paperbacks. This book was released on 2004-10-12 with total page 466 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The gripping history of electricity and how the fateful collision of Thomas Edison, Nikola Tesla, and George Westinghouse left the world utterly transformed. In the final decades of the nineteenth century, three brilliant and visionary titans of America’s Gilded Age—Thomas Edison, Nikola Tesla, and George Westinghouse—battled bitterly as each vied to create a vast and powerful electrical empire. In Empires of Light, historian Jill Jonnes portrays this extraordinary trio and their riveting and ruthless world of cutting-edge science, invention, intrigue, money, death, and hard-eyed Wall Street millionaires. At the heart of the story are Thomas Alva Edison, the nation’s most famous and folksy inventor, creator of the incandescent light bulb and mastermind of the world’s first direct current electrical light networks; the Serbian wizard of invention Nikola Tesla, elegant, highly eccentric, a dreamer who revolutionized the generation and delivery of electricity; and the charismatic George Westinghouse, Pittsburgh inventor and tough corporate entrepreneur, an industrial idealist who in the era of gaslight imagined a world powered by cheap and plentiful electricity and worked heart and soul to create it. Edison struggled to introduce his radical new direct current (DC) technology into the hurly-burly of New York City as Tesla and Westinghouse challenged his dominance with their alternating current (AC), thus setting the stage for one of the eeriest feuds in American corporate history, the War of the Electric Currents. The battlegrounds: Wall Street, the 1893 Chicago World’s Fair, Niagara Falls, and, finally, the death chamber—Jonnes takes us on the tense walk down a prison hallway and into the sunlit room where William Kemmler, convicted ax murderer, became the first man to die in the electric chair.

The World's History Illuminated

Author : Israel Smith Clare
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 546 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book The World's History Illuminated written by Israel Smith Clare and published by . This book was released on 1897 with total page 546 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Light of the World

Author : Herbert Dickinson Ward
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 80 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book The Light of the World written by Herbert Dickinson Ward and published by . This book was released on 1901 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Light of the World

Author : St. Clair Adams
Publisher : Ryerson Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 328 pages
Book Rating : 4.X/5 (3 download)

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Download or read book The Light of the World written by St. Clair Adams and published by Ryerson Press. This book was released on 1928 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The World's Work

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 878 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book The World's Work written by and published by . This book was released on 1917 with total page 878 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A history of our time.

The Lighted Way

Author : E. Phillips Oppenheim
Publisher : DigiCat
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 270 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (596 download)

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Download or read book The Lighted Way written by E. Phillips Oppenheim and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2022-09-16 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "The Lighted Way" by E. Phillips Oppenheim. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.

Peloubet's Select Notes on the International Bible Lessons for Christian Living

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 412 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (5 download)

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Download or read book Peloubet's Select Notes on the International Bible Lessons for Christian Living written by and published by . This book was released on 1890 with total page 412 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Complete Works

Author : George MacDonald
Publisher : DigiCat
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 14077 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (596 download)

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Download or read book The Complete Works written by George MacDonald and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2022-11-13 with total page 14077 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: George MacDonald (1824-1905) was a Scottish author, poet, and Christian minister. He was a pioneering figure in the field of fantasy literature and the mentor of fellow writer Lewis Carroll. This edition includes: George MacDonald by Annie Matheson Fantasy Fiction: The Princess and the Goblin The Princess and Curdie Phantastes At the Back of the North Wind The Lost Princess: A Double Story The Day Boy and the Night Girl The Flight of the Shadow Lilith: A Romance Adela Cathcart The Portent and Other Stories Dealings with the Fairies Stephen Archer and Other Tales Realistic Fiction: David Elginbrod (The Tutor's First Love) Alec-Forbes of Howglen (The Maiden's Bequest) Robert Falconer (The Musician's Quest) Ranald Bannerman's Boyhood Wilfrid Cumbermede Gutta Percha Willie St. George and St. Michael Mary Marston (A Daughter's Devotion) Warlock o' Glenwarlock (The Laird's Inheritance) Weighed and Wanting (A Gentlewoman's Choice) What's Mine's Mine (The Highlander's Last Song) Home Again (The Poet's Homecoming) The Elect Lady (The Landlady's Master) A Rough Shaking Heather and Snow (The Peasant Girl's Dream) Salted with Fire (The Minister's Restoration) Far Above Rubies Malcolm The Marquis of Lossie (The Marquis' Secret) Sir Gibbie (The Baronet's Song) Donal Grant (The Shepherd's Castle) Annals of a Quiet Neighbourhood The Seaboard Parish The Vicar's Daughter Thomas Wingfold, Curate (The Curate's Awakening) Paul Faber, Surgeon (The Lady's Confession) There and Back (The Baron's Apprenticeship) The Poetical Works of George MacDonald A Hidden Life and Other Poems A Book of Strife, in the Form of the Diary of an Old Soul Rampolli: Growths from a Long-planted Root Theological Writings: Unspoken Sermons The Miracles of Our Lord The Hope of the Gospel ...

The Lighted Window

Author : Peter Davidson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781851245147
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (451 download)

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Download or read book The Lighted Window written by Peter Davidson and published by . This book was released on 2021-11 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Homecoming, haunting, nostalgia, desire: these are some of the themes evoked by the beguiling motif of the lighted window in literature and art. In this innovative combination of place-writing, memoir and cultural study, Peter Davidson takes us on atmospheric walks through nocturnal cities in Britain, Europe and North America, and revisits the field paths of rural England.Surveying a wide range of material, the book extends, chronologically, from early romantic painting to contemporary fiction, and geographically, from the Low Countries to Japan. It features familiar lighted windows in English literature (in the works of poets such as Thomas Hardy and Matthew Arnold and in the novels of Virginia Woolf, Arthur Conan Doyle and Kenneth Grahame) and examines the painted nocturnes of James Whistler, John Atkinson Grimshaw and the ruralist Samuel Palmer. It also considers Japanese prints of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries; German romanticism in painting, poetry and music; Proust and the painters of the French belle époque; René Magritte's 'L'Empire des Lumières'; and North American painters such as Edward Hopper and Linden Frederick. By interpreting the interactions of art, literature and geography around this evocative motif, Peter Davidson shows how it has inspired an extraordinary variety of moods and ideas, from the romantic period to the present day.

National Geographic Kids Beginner's World Atlas, 4th Edition

Author : National Geographic Kids
Publisher : Atlas
ISBN 13 : 1426335520
Total Pages : 72 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (263 download)

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Download or read book National Geographic Kids Beginner's World Atlas, 4th Edition written by National Geographic Kids and published by Atlas. This book was released on 2019 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Our world is constantly changing and this refreshed atlas from the map experts at National Geographic captures the state of the planet with colorful maps, easy-to-grasp stats, and lots of fun facts--the perfect reference for young kids and students. Learn all about the people, places, animals, and environments of our world in the fourth edition of this engaging atlas. It's got a fresh, kid-friendly design; fun, lively photos; and all the latest, greatest geographic and political information that make this such a valuable resource. It's the perfect reference for kids to learn about lands close to home or oceans away--ideal for classroom use, homework help, and armchair exploration.

The Light of the World, Or, The Great Consummation

Author : Sir Edwin Arnold
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 268 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book The Light of the World, Or, The Great Consummation written by Sir Edwin Arnold and published by . This book was released on 1893 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Yellow-Lighted Bookshop

Author : Lewis Buzbee
Publisher : ReadHowYouWant.com
ISBN 13 : 1458758346
Total Pages : 250 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (587 download)

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Download or read book The Yellow-Lighted Bookshop written by Lewis Buzbee and published by ReadHowYouWant.com. This book was released on 2010-10-19 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In The Yellow-Lighted Bookshop, Buzbee, a former bookseller and sales representative, celebrates the unique experience of the bookstore - the smell and touch of books, the joy of getting lost in the deep canyons of shelves, and the silent community of readers. He shares his passion for books, which began with ordering through the Weekly Reader i...

The World's Advance

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 838 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (334 download)

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Download or read book The World's Advance written by and published by . This book was released on 1914 with total page 838 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Theosophical Quarterly

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 416 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (28 download)

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Download or read book Theosophical Quarterly written by and published by . This book was released on 1913 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Natural Elements

Author : Richard Mason
Publisher : Vintage
ISBN 13 : 0307271420
Total Pages : 417 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (72 download)

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Download or read book Natural Elements written by Richard Mason and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2009-03-17 with total page 417 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this moving, layered novel of memory and family, celebrated author Richard Mason tells the story of a mother and daughter, one caught in the past, one racing toward the future. Joan is eighty years old, a gifted amateur pianist who can no longer play because of her arthritic hands. Joan’s daughter, Eloise, is an ambitious hedge fund manager who has decided to move her mother to an assisted-living facility. As a last hurrah, Eloise plans a trip to Joan’s childhood home in South Africa. What Joan discovers there summons long-buried secrets and opens up an entirely new world. Natural Elements is a dazzling tale of history and longing, and the high-stakes, full-tilt embrace of life.