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Uncharted Realms: Prelude to Infinity

Author : Dan Bune
Publisher : Cadeus Solutions LLC
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 84 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Uncharted Realms: Prelude to Infinity written by Dan Bune and published by Cadeus Solutions LLC. This book was released on with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Embark on an Epic Journey into the Unknown… In the luminous city of Lumina on the world of Elysium, Alex, a visitor from another realm, discovers more than just a dazzling metropolis. Amidst the crystalline spires and iridescent inhabitants known as the Xylo, Alex stumbles upon ancient secrets buried deep within the Archivum—Elysium's repository of forgotten knowledge. Guided by Melodia, a scholar of Elysian lore, Alex delves into the mysteries of a civilization long lost to time, uncovering echoes of a bygone age that hold both promise and peril. A Cosmic Threat Unveiled… Beneath the serene surface of Elysium lies the Chasm—a dimensional tear safeguarded by an enigmatic entity. What initially appears as a dormant relic soon reveals itself to be a critical bulwark holding back cataclysmic forces from beyond. As Alex and Melodia decipher the ancient texts and confront the truth, they realize that the Chasm is more than just a barrier—it's a gateway with the potential to unleash unimaginable chaos upon their world. Power, Knowledge, and Responsibility… Armed with newfound understanding and the enigmatic Core—a mystical artifact of immense power—Alex and Melodia must navigate a treacherous path. They harness the Core's energies to protect Elysium while wrestling with ethical dilemmas and the consequences of wielding such formidable technology. Their journey is fraught with challenges, from stabilizing rifts in the fabric of reality to fending off those who seek to exploit the Core for their own ends. A Quest for Balance… As tensions rise and the fragile peace of Elysium hangs in the balance, Alex and Melodia form alliances with the Xylo and other denizens of this vibrant world. Together, they embark on a quest to uncover the truth behind the Core's origins, the nature of the ancient entity within the Chasm, and the greater cosmic conflicts that threaten to engulf them all. Every revelation deepens their bond and strengthens their resolve to protect Elysium from the shadows of its own history. Will They Save Elysium's Future? In "Uncharted Realms: Prelude to Infinity," author [Author's Name] weaves a tapestry of intrigue, adventure, and philosophical exploration against the backdrop of a richly imagined world. Readers will be captivated by the blend of science fiction and fantasy elements, the intricate relationships between characters, and the ethical quandaries that challenge the protagonists at every turn. As Alex and Melodia confront the echoes of a forgotten age and strive to secure a future free from ancient threats, they embark on a journey that explores the boundaries of knowledge, the consequences of ambition, and the resilience of the human spirit. Discover a World Beyond Imagination… Perfect for fans of epic science fantasy and intricate world-building, "Uncharted Realms: Prelude to Infinity" invites readers to immerse themselves in a universe where mysteries abound, alliances are tested, and the fate of an entire world rests in the hands of unlikely heroes. Prepare to embark on an unforgettable adventure where every step forward brings new revelations and every choice carries the weight of the cosmos itself.

Uncharted Realms

Author : Dan Bune
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (32 download)

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Download or read book Uncharted Realms written by Dan Bune and published by . This book was released on 2024-07-10 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Embark on an Epic Journey into the Unknown... In the luminous city of Lumina on the world of Elysium, Alex, a visitor from another realm, discovers more than just a dazzling metropolis. Amidst the crystalline spires and iridescent inhabitants known as the Xylo, Alex stumbles upon ancient secrets buried deep within the Archivum-Elysium's repository of forgotten knowledge. Guided by Melodia, a scholar of Elysian lore, Alex delves into the mysteries of a civilization long lost to time, uncovering echoes of a bygone age that hold both promise and peril. A Cosmic Threat Unveiled... Beneath the serene surface of Elysium lies the Chasm-a dimensional tear safeguarded by an enigmatic entity. What initially appears as a dormant relic soon reveals itself to be a critical bulwark holding back cataclysmic forces from beyond. As Alex and Melodia decipher the ancient texts and confront the truth, they realize that the Chasm is more than just a barrier-it's a gateway with the potential to unleash unimaginable chaos upon their world. Power, Knowledge, and Responsibility... Armed with newfound understanding and the enigmatic Core-a mystical artifact of immense power-Alex and Melodia must navigate a treacherous path. They harness the Core's energies to protect Elysium while wrestling with ethical dilemmas and the consequences of wielding such formidable technology. Their journey is fraught with challenges, from stabilizing rifts in the fabric of reality to fending off those who seek to exploit the Core for their own ends. A Quest for Balance... As tensions rise and the fragile peace of Elysium hangs in the balance, Alex and Melodia form alliances with the Xylo and other denizens of this vibrant world. Together, they embark on a quest to uncover the truth behind the Core's origins, the nature of the ancient entity within the Chasm, and the greater cosmic conflicts that threaten to engulf them all. Every revelation deepens their bond and strengthens their resolve to protect Elysium from the shadows of its own history. Will They Save Elysium's Future? In "Uncharted Realms: Prelude to Infinity," author [Author's Name] weaves a tapestry of intrigue, adventure, and philosophical exploration against the backdrop of a richly imagined world. Readers will be captivated by the blend of science fiction and fantasy elements, the intricate relationships between characters, and the ethical quandaries that challenge the protagonists at every turn. As Alex and Melodia confront the echoes of a forgotten age and strive to secure a future free from ancient threats, they embark on a journey that explores the boundaries of knowledge, the consequences of ambition, and the resilience of the human spirit. Discover a World Beyond Imagination... Perfect for fans of epic science fantasy and intricate world-building, "Uncharted Realms: Prelude to Infinity" invites readers to immerse themselves in a universe where mysteries abound, alliances are tested, and the fate of an entire world rests in the hands of unlikely heroes. Prepare to embark on an unforgettable adventure where every step forward brings new revelations and every choice carries the weight of the cosmos itself.

Cosmic Chronicles

Author : JB Malatji
Publisher : XinXii
ISBN 13 : 3989118129
Total Pages : 152 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (891 download)

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Download or read book Cosmic Chronicles written by JB Malatji and published by XinXii. This book was released on 2024-05-17 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Cosmic Chronicles: Journeys Beyond the Stars" unveils a tapestry of interconnected science fiction and fantasy stories, each a gateway to the infinite stories of the universe and the elusive boundaries of reality. This collection embarks on a fantastical journey into space, inviting readers to explore the cosmic wonders and embark on a space exploration fantasy like no other. Through a series of captivating narratives, this anthology traverses the vastness of the cosmos, unveiling the marvels and mysteries that dwell in the furthest reaches of space and beyond. At the core of these tales lies the Astral Gateway, a beacon of cosmic wonder, guiding readers through a cosmic odyssey that defies imagination. It stands as a testament to the boundless curiosity and ambition that propel humanity-and other beings-across the uncharted territories of the galaxy. Each story in "Cosmic Chronicles: Journeys Beyond the Stars" weaves a unique thread in the grand tapestry of the cosmos, exploring the interconnectedness of the universe, the wonders that lie in the void, and the fantastical realms that exist just beyond the limits of our understanding. As adventurers of the mind and spirit, readers are invited to step through this portal of imagination, embarking on an odyssey that spans the spectrum of the human experience within the cosmic theatre. From ancient civilizations that whisper secrets of the universe, to enigmatic forces that shape the fabric of reality, each narrative unfurls the mysteries of the cosmos, inviting a deeper contemplation of what lies beyond. This collection is not just an assemblage of stories; it is an odyssey-a cosmic odyssey-that challenges the very notion of what is possible. Through the eyes of astronomers, explorers, and dreamers, we set sail on a fantastical journey into space, navigating the cosmic wonders that stretch across the celestial canvas of the universe. "Cosmic Chronicles: Journeys Beyond the Stars" is an ode to the spirit of discovery, a celebration of the interconnected science fiction and fantasy stories that dare to explore the final frontier and the infinite possibilities that await.

Black Utopias

Author : Jayna Brown
Publisher : Duke University Press
ISBN 13 : 1478021233
Total Pages : 127 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (78 download)

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Download or read book Black Utopias written by Jayna Brown and published by Duke University Press. This book was released on 2021-01-11 with total page 127 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Black Utopias Jayna Brown takes up the concept of utopia as a way of exploring alternative states of being, doing, and imagining in Black culture. Musical, literary, and mystic practices become utopian enclaves in which Black people engage in modes of creative worldmaking. Brown explores the lives and work of Black women mystics Sojourner Truth and Rebecca Cox Jackson, musicians Alice Coltrane and Sun Ra, and the work of speculative fiction writers Samuel Delany and Octavia Butler as they decenter and destabilize the human, radically refusing liberal humanist ideas of subjectivity and species. Brown demonstrates that engaging in utopian practices Black subjects imagine and manifest new genres of existence and forms of collectivity. For Brown, utopia consists of those moments in the here and now when those excluded from the category human jump into other onto-epistemological realms. Black people—untethered from the hope of rights, recognition, or redress—celebrate themselves as elements in a cosmic effluvium.

The Emperor of All Maladies

Author : Siddhartha Mukherjee
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1439170916
Total Pages : 624 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (391 download)

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Download or read book The Emperor of All Maladies written by Siddhartha Mukherjee and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2011-08-09 with total page 624 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of the Pulitzer Prize and a documentary from Ken Burns on PBS, this New York Times bestseller is “an extraordinary achievement” (The New Yorker)—a magnificent, profoundly humane “biography” of cancer—from its first documented appearances thousands of years ago through the epic battles in the twentieth century to cure, control, and conquer it to a radical new understanding of its essence. Physician, researcher, and award-winning science writer, Siddhartha Mukherjee examines cancer with a cellular biologist’s precision, a historian’s perspective, and a biographer’s passion. The result is an astonishingly lucid and eloquent chronicle of a disease humans have lived with—and perished from—for more than five thousand years. The story of cancer is a story of human ingenuity, resilience, and perseverance, but also of hubris, paternalism, and misperception. Mukherjee recounts centuries of discoveries, setbacks, victories, and deaths, told through the eyes of his predecessors and peers, training their wits against an infinitely resourceful adversary that, just three decades ago, was thought to be easily vanquished in an all-out “war against cancer.” The book reads like a literary thriller with cancer as the protagonist. Riveting, urgent, and surprising, The Emperor of All Maladies provides a fascinating glimpse into the future of cancer treatments. It is an illuminating book that provides hope and clarity to those seeking to demystify cancer.

The Last River

Author : Todd Balf
Publisher : Crown
ISBN 13 : 9780609606254
Total Pages : 293 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (62 download)

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Download or read book The Last River written by Todd Balf and published by Crown. This book was released on 2000 with total page 293 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A chronicle of a kayak team's quest to make the first descent through the dangerous Tsangpo Gorge describes how the four expert members of the team took on an adventure that ended in tragedy.

Capitalism and Desire

Author : Todd McGowan
Publisher : Columbia University Press
ISBN 13 : 0231542216
Total Pages : 305 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (315 download)

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Download or read book Capitalism and Desire written by Todd McGowan and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 2016-09-20 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Despite creating vast inequalities and propping up reactionary world regimes, capitalism has many passionate defenders—but not because of what it withholds from some and gives to others. Capitalism dominates, Todd McGowan argues, because it mimics the structure of our desire while hiding the trauma that the system inflicts upon it. People from all backgrounds enjoy what capitalism provides, but at the same time are told more and better is yet to come. Capitalism traps us through an incomplete satisfaction that compels us after the new, the better, and the more. Capitalism's parasitic relationship to our desires gives it the illusion of corresponding to our natural impulses, which is how capitalism's defenders characterize it. By understanding this psychic strategy, McGowan hopes to divest us of our addiction to capitalist enrichment and help us rediscover enjoyment as we actually experienced it. By locating it in the present, McGowan frees us from our attachment to a better future and the belief that capitalism is an essential outgrowth of human nature. From this perspective, our economic, social, and political worlds open up to real political change. Eloquent and enlivened by examples from film, television, consumer culture, and everyday life, Capitalism and Desire brings a new, psychoanalytically grounded approach to political and social theory.

Introduction to Modernity

Author : Henri Lefebvre
Publisher : Verso Books
ISBN 13 : 1844677834
Total Pages : 417 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (446 download)

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Download or read book Introduction to Modernity written by Henri Lefebvre and published by Verso Books. This book was released on 2012-01-16 with total page 417 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published in 1962, when Lefebvre was beginning his career as a lecturer in sociology at the University of Strasbourg, it established his position in the vanguard of a movement which was to culminate in the events of May 1968. A classic analysis of the modern world using Marxist dialectic, it is a book which supersedes the conventional divisions between academic disciplines. With dazzling skill, Lefebvre moves from philosophy to sociology, from literature to history, to present a profound analysis of the social, political and cultural forces at work in France and the world in the aftermath of Stalin’s death—an analysis in which the contours of our own “postmodernity” appear with startling clarity.

The Interstellar Age

Author : Jim Bell
Publisher : Dutton
ISBN 13 : 1101983892
Total Pages : 338 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (19 download)

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Download or read book The Interstellar Age written by Jim Bell and published by Dutton. This book was released on 2016-01-19 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of the men and women who drove the Voyager spacecraft mission— told by a scientist who was there from the beginning. --Publisher

In What Style Should We Build?

Author : Heinrich Hubsch
Publisher : Getty Publications
ISBN 13 : 0892361999
Total Pages : 216 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (923 download)

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Download or read book In What Style Should We Build? written by Heinrich Hubsch and published by Getty Publications. This book was released on 1996-07-11 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hubsch's argument that the technical progress and changed living habits of the nineteenth century rendered neoclassical principles antiquated is presented here along with responses to his essay by architects, historians, and critics over two decades.

The Uninhabitable Earth

Author : David Wallace-Wells
Publisher : Crown
ISBN 13 : 052557672X
Total Pages : 386 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (255 download)

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Download or read book The Uninhabitable Earth written by David Wallace-Wells and published by Crown. This book was released on 2019-02-19 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “The Uninhabitable Earth hits you like a comet, with an overflow of insanely lyrical prose about our pending Armageddon.”—Andrew Solomon, author of The Noonday Demon NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY The New Yorker • The New York Times Book Review • Time • NPR • The Economist • The Paris Review • Toronto Star • GQ • The Times Literary Supplement • The New York Public Library • Kirkus Reviews It is worse, much worse, than you think. If your anxiety about global warming is dominated by fears of sea-level rise, you are barely scratching the surface of what terrors are possible—food shortages, refugee emergencies, climate wars and economic devastation. An “epoch-defining book” (The Guardian) and “this generation’s Silent Spring” (The Washington Post), The Uninhabitable Earth is both a travelogue of the near future and a meditation on how that future will look to those living through it—the ways that warming promises to transform global politics, the meaning of technology and nature in the modern world, the sustainability of capitalism and the trajectory of human progress. The Uninhabitable Earth is also an impassioned call to action. For just as the world was brought to the brink of catastrophe within the span of a lifetime, the responsibility to avoid it now belongs to a single generation—today’s. LONGLISTED FOR THE PEN/E.O. WILSON LITERARY SCIENCE WRITING AWARD “The Uninhabitable Earth is the most terrifying book I have ever read. Its subject is climate change, and its method is scientific, but its mode is Old Testament. The book is a meticulously documented, white-knuckled tour through the cascading catastrophes that will soon engulf our warming planet.”—Farhad Manjoo, The New York Times “Riveting. . . . Some readers will find Mr. Wallace-Wells’s outline of possible futures alarmist. He is indeed alarmed. You should be, too.”—The Economist “Potent and evocative. . . . Wallace-Wells has resolved to offer something other than the standard narrative of climate change. . . . He avoids the ‘eerily banal language of climatology’ in favor of lush, rolling prose.”—Jennifer Szalai, The New York Times “The book has potential to be this generation’s Silent Spring.”—The Washington Post “The Uninhabitable Earth, which has become a best seller, taps into the underlying emotion of the day: fear. . . . I encourage people to read this book.”—Alan Weisman, The New York Review of Books

Liquid Modernity

Author : Zygmunt Bauman
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 074565701X
Total Pages : 183 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (456 download)

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Download or read book Liquid Modernity written by Zygmunt Bauman and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2013-07-10 with total page 183 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this new book, Bauman examines how we have moved away from a 'heavy' and 'solid', hardware-focused modernity to a 'light' and 'liquid', software-based modernity. This passage, he argues, has brought profound change to all aspects of the human condition. The new remoteness and un-reachability of global systemic structure coupled with the unstructured and under-defined, fluid state of the immediate setting of life-politics and human togetherness, call for the rethinking of the concepts and cognitive frames used to narrate human individual experience and their joint history. This book is dedicated to this task. Bauman selects five of the basic concepts which have served to make sense of shared human life - emancipation, individuality, time/space, work and community - and traces their successive incarnations and changes of meaning. Liquid Modernity concludes the analysis undertaken in Bauman's two previous books Globalization: The Human Consequences and In Search of Politics. Together these volumes form a brilliant analysis of the changing conditions of social and political life by one of the most original thinkers writing today.

Evil Media

Author : Matthew Fuller
Publisher : MIT Press
ISBN 13 : 0262304406
Total Pages : 245 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (623 download)

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Download or read book Evil Media written by Matthew Fuller and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2012-08-17 with total page 245 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A philosophical manual of media power for the network age. Evil Media develops a philosophy of media power that extends the concept of media beyond its tried and trusted use in the games of meaning, symbolism, and truth. It addresses the gray zones in which media exist as corporate work systems, algorithms and data structures, twenty-first century self-improvement manuals, and pharmaceutical techniques. Evil Media invites the reader to explore and understand the abstract infrastructure of the present day. From search engines to flirting strategies, from the value of institutional stupidity to the malicious minutiae of databases, this book shows how the devil is in the details. The title takes the imperative “Don't be evil” and asks, what would be done any differently in contemporary computational and networked media were that maxim reversed. Media here are about much more and much less than symbols, stories, information, or communication: media do things. They incite and provoke, twist and bend, leak and manage. In a series of provocative stratagems designed to be used, Evil Media sets its reader an ethical challenge: either remain a transparent intermediary in the networks and chains of communicative power or become oneself an active, transformative medium.

Consilience

Author : E. O. Wilson
Publisher : Vintage
ISBN 13 : 0804154066
Total Pages : 485 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (41 download)

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Download or read book Consilience written by E. O. Wilson and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2014-11-26 with total page 485 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NATIONAL BESTSELLER • "A dazzling journey across the sciences and humanities in search of deep laws to unite them." —The Wall Street Journal One of our greatest scientists—and the winner of two Pulitzer Prizes for On Human Nature and The Ants—gives us a work of visionary importance that may be the crowning achievement of his career. In Consilience (a word that originally meant "jumping together"), Edward O. Wilson renews the Enlightenment's search for a unified theory of knowledge in disciplines that range from physics to biology, the social sciences and the humanities. Using the natural sciences as his model, Wilson forges dramatic links between fields. He explores the chemistry of the mind and the genetic bases of culture. He postulates the biological principles underlying works of art from cave-drawings to Lolita. Presenting the latest findings in prose of wonderful clarity and oratorical eloquence, and synthesizing it into a dazzling whole, Consilience is science in the path-clearing traditions of Newton, Einstein, and Richard Feynman.

Seven Pillars of Wisdom

Author : Thomas Edward Lawrence
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781873141137
Total Pages : 433 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (411 download)

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Download or read book Seven Pillars of Wisdom written by Thomas Edward Lawrence and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 433 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Holy War

Author : Nigel Cliff
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 0061735124
Total Pages : 564 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (617 download)

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Download or read book Holy War written by Nigel Cliff and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2011-09-06 with total page 564 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A sweeping historical epic and a radical new interpretation of Vasco da Gama’s groundbreaking voyages, seen as a turning point in the struggle between Christianity and Islam In 1498 a young captain sailed from Portugal, circumnavigated Africa, crossed the Indian Ocean, and discovered the sea route to the Indies and, with it, access to the fabled wealth of the East. It was the longest voyage known to history. The little ships were pushed beyond their limits, and their crews were racked by storms and devastated by disease. However, their greatest enemy was neither nature nor even the sheer dread of venturing into unknown worlds that existed on maps populated by coiled, toothy sea monsters. With bloodred Crusader crosses emblazoned on their sails, the explorers arrived in the heart of the Muslim East at a time when the old hostilities between Christianity and Islam had risen to a new level of intensity. In two voyages that spanned six years, Vasco da Gama would fight a running sea battle that would ultimately change the fate of three continents. An epic tale of spies, intrigue, and treachery; of bravado, brinkmanship, and confused and often comical collisions between cultures encountering one another for the first time; Holy War also offers a surprising new interpretation of the broad sweep of history. Identifying Vasco da Gama’s arrival in the East as a turning point in the centuries-old struggle between Islam and Christianity—one that continues to shape our world—Holy War reveals the unexpected truth that both Vasco da Gama and his archrival, Christopher Columbus, set sail with the clear purpose of launching a Crusade whose objective was to reach the Indies; seize control of its markets in spices, silks, and precious gems from Muslim traders; and claim for Portugal or Spain, respectively, all the territories they discovered. Vasco da Gama triumphed in his mission and drew a dividing line between the Muslim and Christian eras of history—what we in the West call the medieval and the modern ages. Now that the world is once again tipping back East, Holy War offers a key to understanding age-old religious and cultural rivalries resurgent today.

The Onion Book of Known Knowledge

Author : The Onion
Publisher : Little, Brown
ISBN 13 : 031613323X
Total Pages : 259 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (161 download)

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Download or read book The Onion Book of Known Knowledge written by The Onion and published by Little, Brown. This book was released on 2012-10-23 with total page 259 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Are you a witless cretin with no reason to live? Would you like to know more about every piece of knowledge ever? Do you have cash? Then congratulations, because just in time for the death of the print industry as we know it comes the final book ever published, and the only one you will ever need: The Onion's compendium of all things known. Replete with an astonishing assemblage of facts, illustrations, maps, charts, threats, blood, and additional fees to edify even the most simple-minded book-buyer, The Onion Book of Known Knowledge is packed with valuable information -- such as the life stages of an Aunt; places to kill one's self in Utica, New York; and the dimensions of a female bucket, or "pail." With hundreds of entries for all 27 letters of the alphabet, The Onion Book of Known Knowledge must be purchased immediately to avoid the sting of eternal ignorance.