Book of the Sphinx

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Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
ISBN 13 : 9780803205260
Total Pages : 330 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (52 download)

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Book Synopsis Book of the Sphinx by : Willis Goth Regier

Download or read book Book of the Sphinx written by Willis Goth Regier and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 2004-12-01 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sought, the Sphinx seems everywhere, whether the guardian of the pyramids on Egypt's Giza plateau or the beautiful man-eater with a deadly riddle, to be approached with awful caution. The Sphinx, that icon painted, sculpted, engraved, and exalted in poetry, fiction, and music, so impressed the philosopher Hegel that he pronounced the creature “the symbol of the symbolic itself.” With a wealth of illustrations, Book of the Sphinx confirms Hegel's lofty judgment, finding the Sphinx everywhere: in tragedies, paintings, opera, murder mysteries, brothels, bars, and advertisements. Pursuing the Sphinx through kaleidoscopic sightings and encyclopedic observations, Willis Goth Regier plumbs the symbol's mysteries, conducting the reader down ever more perplexing and intriguing paths. Wonderfully readable, his highly idiosyncratic tour of the ages and the arts leads at last to a conception of the Sphinx that embraces nothing less than all that is unknowable—proving once again that confronting a Sphinx is one of the most dangerous and exhilarating adventures of the imagination.

Come

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Publisher : Page Publishing Inc
ISBN 13 : 1681394138
Total Pages : 141 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (813 download)

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Book Synopsis Come by : Carolann C. McGrath

Download or read book Come written by Carolann C. McGrath and published by Page Publishing Inc. This book was released on 2015-06-17 with total page 141 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Twelve men from different religions and walks of life receive a plain white envelope that contains just one word: COME. Each must respond immediately to the request and give up their way of life. They are a Wall Street broker, a British lord, a homeless person, a poor taxi driver from India, an oil tycoon from South America, a doctor, an archeologist, an engineer, a rock star, a prince from Saudi Arabia, a jeweler from Israel, and a priest from Italy. Their beliefs are in several different gods. There is a Buddhist, one who believes in Allah, some who believe in the one God, and an agnostic, who believes in nothing. Each of these men do not know where they are going. They just go because they are called. They are taken to a monastery where their journey begins. When they arrive at the monastery, they find that they have been called to search for some of the rarest artifacts known to man. Each is given a task that they must complete within one month. They are sent to different parts of the world in search of these artifacts. Among some of the places they will travel to are Brazil, Turkey, India, Egypt, and China. Each man or team of men searches the world over to bring the artifacts back to the monastery. When they find the artifact and touch it, they are forever changed. They cannot believe what they have found. Many will be brought to tears. All will find inner peace. They have been called at a time of complete turmoil in the world, and what they find will bring about peace. This is a story that may make you cry, may make the unbeliever believe. Hopefully, it will bring joy and inner peace to those who read it. Please join with me on the journey of these twelve very special men.

The Long Tomorrow

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Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0195179390
Total Pages : 189 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (951 download)

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Book Synopsis The Long Tomorrow by : Michael R. Rose

Download or read book The Long Tomorrow written by Michael R. Rose and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2005-09-15 with total page 189 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Equally important, Rose surveys the entire field, offering colorful portraits of many leading scientists and shedding light on research findings from around the world. We learn that rodents given fifteen to forty percent fewer calories live about that much longer, and that volunteers in Biosphere II, who lived on reduced caloric intake for two years, all had improved vital signs. Perhaps most interesting, we discover that aging hits a plateau and stops - at least, it does so in fruit flies."--Jacket.

The Seer

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 146 pages
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Book Synopsis The Seer by : Henry Johnson

Download or read book The Seer written by Henry Johnson and published by . This book was released on 1910 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Tomorrow's Troopers

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Publisher : Baen Books
ISBN 13 : 1625799721
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (257 download)

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Book Synopsis Tomorrow's Troopers by : Hank Davis

Download or read book Tomorrow's Troopers written by Hank Davis and published by Baen Books. This book was released on 2024-08-06 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Classic stories of science fiction featuring powered armor: Tales from the Golden Age through the current era featuring military, police, and civilians utilizing powered armor. Stories by Joe Haldeman, Christopher Ruocchio, Jason Cordova, and more! MEN, MACHINES, AND TOMORROW’S BATTLEFIELDS War is planned violence . . . or, at least, it starts out that way. And even if plans go awry, the violence is indispensable. Today’s soldiers have far more firepower on a per-man basis than the doughboys of a century ago, and there is no reason to believe that this trend will not extend into the future. Imagine a revival of suits of armor, but with structural strength undreamed of by medieval knights, and powered by built-in motors, giving each soldier the invulnerability of a tank, but even more mobility, and mechanical muscle strong enough to carry light artillery, rocket launchers, laser cannon, and weapons not even on the drawing boards yet. Add on the ability to fly, or at least jump for a kilometer at a time, using rocket boosters, or even powerful leg motors, or a combination of both. The stuff that superheroes are made of, hanging in every fighting man or woman’s closet, ready to wear. If it’s possible, history teaches us, it will be done. But don’t expect a nation or planet possessing such battalions of super-powered soldiers to not worry about attack by an enemy . . . there’s no reason why the enemy won’t have its own armored infantry. Keep the midnight oil burning and the R&D rolling. In the meantime, here’s a sneak peek by expert dreamers putting the battle-hardened reader at the sharp end of tomorrow. At the publisher’s request, this title is sold without DRM (Digital Rights Management). Praise for anthologies edited by Hank Davis and David Afsharirad: “This intriguing anthology explores the human race’s violent potential [but] also bends toward exploration and the triumph of the human spirit, with brave tales [that] take the reader on a fascinating, thoughtprovoking, enjoyable journey . . . ” —Publishers Weekly on The Year’s Best Military SF and Space Opera, starred review

Ratha's Creature

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Publisher : ReadHowYouWant.com
ISBN 13 : 1459613546
Total Pages : 318 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (596 download)

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Book Synopsis Ratha's Creature by : Clare Bell

Download or read book Ratha's Creature written by Clare Bell and published by ReadHowYouWant.com. This book was released on 2011-05-14 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ratha is a young herder of the Named, a clan of intelligent prehistoric wild cats who keep deer and horses. The Named fight for survival against Un-Named cats, enemies who raid clan herds. Meoran, leader of the Named, claims that the Un-Named are no more intelligent than herd animals, and Ratha believes him, until a clash with an Un-Named raider who taunts her in Named speech forces her to question everything. Then Ratha tames a power that could upset everything. Threatened by her discovery, the tyrannical clan leader banishes her from the clan. Can a young clan herder who doesn't know hunting, use her new "creature" to survive in exile?

Archaeology for Today and Tomorrow

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Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1003819788
Total Pages : 227 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (38 download)

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Book Synopsis Archaeology for Today and Tomorrow by : Craig N. Cipolla

Download or read book Archaeology for Today and Tomorrow written by Craig N. Cipolla and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2023-12-04 with total page 227 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Archaeology for Today and Tomorrow explores how cutting-edge archaeological theories have implications not only for how we study the past but also how we think about and prepare for the future. Ranging from how we understand migration or political leadership to how we think about violence or ecological crisis, the book argues that archaeology should embrace a “future-oriented” attitude. Behind the traditional archaeological gaze on the past is a unique and useful collection of skills, tools, and orientations for rethinking the present and future. Further, it asserts that archaeological theory is not only vital for how we conduct our work as archaeologists and how we create narratives about the past but also for how we think about the broader world in the present and, crucially, how we envision and shape the future. Each of the chapters in the book links theoretical approaches and global archaeological case studies to a specific contemporary issue. It examines such issues as human movement, violence, human and non-human relations, the Anthropocene, and fake news to showcase the critical contributions that archaeology, and archaeological theory, can make to shaping the world of tomorrow. An ideal book for courses on archaeology in the modern world and public archaeology, it will also appeal to archaeology students and researchers in general and all those in related disciplines interested in areas of critical contemporary concern.

Ratha's Challenge

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Publisher : ReadHowYouWant.com
ISBN 13 : 1459624270
Total Pages : 266 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (596 download)

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Book Synopsis Ratha's Challenge by : Clare Bell

Download or read book Ratha's Challenge written by Clare Bell and published by ReadHowYouWant.com. This book was released on 2011-07-14 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Named believe that they are the only cats who can think and speak, so they are shocked and intrigued to discover a mammoth-hunting tribe of cats who also speak. The other tribe, united in a kind of group mind, is so different that understanding them appears impossible, and conflict threatens. Should Ratha increase her efforts to talk to these strange cats, or should she destroy them with the Red Tongue so the Named can take their mammoths? Ratha's daughter Thistle-chaser, has strange gifts that could lead to a solution, but she can't do it alone. Mother and daughter must challenge the darkness of their shared past before they can work together.

Tomorrow Magazine

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 848 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (334 download)

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Tomorrow's Tangle

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Publisher : Good Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 341 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (64 download)

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Book Synopsis Tomorrow's Tangle by : Geraldine Bonner

Download or read book Tomorrow's Tangle written by Geraldine Bonner and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2022-08-21 with total page 341 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Tomorrow's Tangle" by Geraldine Bonner. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format.

Tomorrow's Eve

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Publisher : University of Illinois Press
ISBN 13 : 9780252069550
Total Pages : 252 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (695 download)

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Book Synopsis Tomorrow's Eve by : Auguste comte de Villiers de L'Isle-Adam

Download or read book Tomorrow's Eve written by Auguste comte de Villiers de L'Isle-Adam and published by University of Illinois Press. This book was released on 1982 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Take one inventive genius indebted to the friend who saved his life; add an English aristocrat hopelessly consumed with a selfish and spiritually bankrupt woman; stir together with a Faustian pact to create the perfect woman--and voilà! Tomorrow's Eve is served. Robert Martin Adams's graceful translation is the first to bring to English readers this captivating fable of a Thomas Edison-like inventor and his creation, the radiant and tragic android Hadaly. Adams's introduction sketches the uncompromising idealism of the proud but penurious aristocrat Jean Marie Mathias Philippe Auguste, Count Villiers de l'Isle-Adam, a friend and admired colleague of Charles Baudelaire, Stèphane Mallarmé, and Richard Wagner. Villiers dazzles us with a gallery of electronic wonders while unsettling us with the implications of his (and our) increasingly mechanized and mechanical society. A witty and acerbic tale in which human nature, spiritual values, and scientific possibilities collide, Tomorrow's Eve retains an enduring freshness and edge." --Descripción del editor.

Tomorrow's Tourist: Scenarios & Trends

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Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136354883
Total Pages : 385 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (363 download)

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Book Synopsis Tomorrow's Tourist: Scenarios & Trends by : Ian Yeoman

Download or read book Tomorrow's Tourist: Scenarios & Trends written by Ian Yeoman and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2009-06-04 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: By 2030, China will be the world’s largest tourism destination, holidays in Outer Space will be the ultimate luxury experience, extreme Swedish ironing will be an Olympic Sport, embedded technologies will be the norm in future tourists and skiing in the Alps will be no more. These are some of the changes that will occur between now and 2030 that will change world tourism. Tomorrows Tourist: Scenarios & Trends enables readers to imagine what a future tourist might be, where they will go and what they will do. This is the most comprehensive analysis of how world tourism is changing and what it means for destinations. Each chapter consists of a scenario about a future tourist, which is then is backed up with evidence and trends plus a number of assumptions about the future. The book is accompanied by its own website at http://www.tomorrowstourist.com which is owned and regularly updated by the author.

Tomorrow's Kin

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Publisher : Macmillan + ORM
ISBN 13 : 0765390310
Total Pages : 361 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (653 download)

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Book Synopsis Tomorrow's Kin by : Nancy Kress

Download or read book Tomorrow's Kin written by Nancy Kress and published by Macmillan + ORM. This book was released on 2017-07-11 with total page 361 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Nancy Kress at her very best!” First in the hard science fiction trilogy based on the Nebula Award-winning novella Yesterday’s Kin (Greg Bear, New York Times–bestselling author). Locus 2017 Recommended Reading List The aliens have arrived . . . they’ve landed their Embassy ship on a platform in New York Harbor, and will only speak with the United Nations. They say that their world is so different from Earth, in terms of gravity and atmosphere, that they cannot leave their ship. The population of Earth has erupted in fear and speculation. One day Dr. Marianne Jenner, an obscure scientist working with the human genome, receives an invitation that she cannot refuse. The Secret Service arrives at her college to escort her to New York, for she has been invited, along with the Secretary General of the UN and a few other ambassadors, to visit the alien Embassy. The truth is about to be revealed. Earth’s most elite scientists have ten months to prevent a disaster—and not everyone is willing to wait. At the Publisher’s request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied. “Sparely constructed and cleverly resolved, [it] provides everything readers need for an immersive plunge into a frightening, fascinating, and inescapable predicament.” —The Seattle Times “Kress mixes contemporary issues of isolationism and refugee status with classic SF first-contact tropes, threaded neatly with solid scientific theory and speculation.” —Publishers Weekly (starred review) “Most inviting introduction to science fiction for new readers.” —Chicago Tribune

Tomorrow's Vengeance

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Publisher : Severn House/ORIM
ISBN 13 : 1780105495
Total Pages : 204 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (81 download)

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Download or read book Tomorrow's Vengeance written by Marcia Talley and published by Severn House/ORIM. This book was released on 2014-09-01 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hannah learns that old wounds never die, especially in a retirement community full of vengeful murderers. When Hannah Ivy visits her friend Nadine Smith Gray at the Calvert Colony retirement community, she didn’t expect to be introduced to such a wide range of characters. Nor did she expect to become a volunteer in the memory care unit. Even more surprising is her discovery of the dead body of one of the residents. As it’s clearly not a victim of old age, Hannah helps the local detective sift through a disturbingly large cast of suspects. Seems old grudges never retire, but Hannah is determined to put a murderer on ice forever. “This is the thirteenth Hannah Ives mystery, and the series feels as fresh as the day it was born.” —Booklist

Tomorrow's Tangle

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 490 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (321 download)

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Book Synopsis Tomorrow's Tangle by : Geraldine Bonner

Download or read book Tomorrow's Tangle written by Geraldine Bonner and published by . This book was released on 1903 with total page 490 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Picture of San Francisco life in the 1860s and 1870s with the action of the story set 25 years afterward.

Inventing Tomorrow

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Publisher : Columbia University Press
ISBN 13 : 0231550162
Total Pages : 455 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (315 download)

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Book Synopsis Inventing Tomorrow by : Sarah Cole

Download or read book Inventing Tomorrow written by Sarah Cole and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 2019-10-22 with total page 455 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: H. G. Wells played a central role in defining the intellectual, political, and literary character of the twentieth century. A prolific literary innovator, he coined such concepts as “time machine,” “war of the worlds,” and “atomic bomb,” exerting vast influence on popular ideas of time and futurity, progress and decline, and humanity’s place in the universe. Wells was a public intellectual with a worldwide readership. He met with world leaders, including Roosevelt, Lenin, Stalin, and Churchill, and his books were international best-sellers. Yet critics and scholars have largely forgotten his accomplishments or relegated them to genre fiction, overlooking their breadth and diversity. In Inventing Tomorrow, Sarah Cole provides a definitive account of Wells’s work and ideas. She contends that Wells casts new light on modernism and its values: on topics from warfare to science to time, his work resonates both thematically and aesthetically with some of the most ambitious modernists. At the same time, unlike many modernists, Wells believed that literature had a pressing place in public life, and his works reached a wide range of readers. While recognizing Wells’s limitations, Cole offers a new account of his distinctive style as well as his interventions into social and political thought. She illuminates how Wells embodies twentieth-century literature at its most expansive and engaged. An ambitious rethinking of Wells as both writer and thinker, Inventing Tomorrow suggests that he offers a timely model for literature’s moral responsibility to imagine a better global future.

The Stairway to Heaven (Book II)

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Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1591439183
Total Pages : 529 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (914 download)

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Book Synopsis The Stairway to Heaven (Book II) by : Zecharia Sitchin

Download or read book The Stairway to Heaven (Book II) written by Zecharia Sitchin and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 1992-11-01 with total page 529 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since earliest times, humanity has pondered the incomprehensible mysteries of the universe, life...and the afterlife. In The Stairway to Heaven, the second book of Zecharia Sitchin's Earth Chronicles series, the author answers these fundamental questions: Was there somewhere on Earth where, after death, mortal man could join the immortal Gods? Where was this place? By whom was it established? And does it still exist today? After years of painstaking research--combining recent archaeological discoveries with ancient texts and artifacts--Sitchin has identified the legendary Land of the Gods, and provided astounding new revelations about the Great Pyramids, the Sphinx, and other mysterious monuments whose true meanings and purposes have been lost for eons. The Earth Chronicles deal with the history and prehistory of Earth and humankind. Each book in the series is based upon information written on clay tablets by the ancient civilizations of the Near East. For the first time, the entire Earth Chronicles series is now available in a hardcover collector's edition.