Photo Finish
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Sweetnam PollyЖанр:
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In the Land of Invented Languages
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Okrent ArikaЖанр:
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Here is the captivating story of humankind’s enduring quest to build a betterlanguage-and overcome the curse of Babel. Just about everyone has heard ofEsperanto, which was nothing less than one man’s attempt to bring about worldpeace by means of linguistic solidarity. And every Star Trek fan knows aboutKlingon. But few people have heard of Babm, Blissymbolics, Loglan (not to beconfused with Lojban), and the nearly nine hundred other invented languagesthat represent the hard work, high hopes, and full-blown delusions of so manymisguided souls over the centuries. With intelligence and humor, Arika Okrenthas written a truly original and enlightening book for all word freaks, grammargeeks, and plain old language...
100 пророчеств Великой Ванги
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Скоморохов АндрейЖанр:
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Дар ясновидения и необъяснимые с точки зрения современной медицины случаи исцеления, казалось бы, безнадежно больных людей сделали Вангу известной во всем мире. Однако самым бесценным даром Ванги была та бесконечная доброта, которая помогала ей исцелять не только тела, но и души своих пациентов. Ванга покинула этот мир в 1996 году, но благодарное человечество никогда не забудет этой удивительной женщины и тех благ, которыми она...
50 Weapons That Changed Warfare
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Weir WilliamЖанр:
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2013-11-18Язык книги:
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William Weir, author of New Page Book's 50 Battles That Changed the World, takes another look at the history of warfare, focusing on the hardware that served those famous battles, as well as others not as glorious. Included are: • Individual weapons-from spears to the submachine gun. • Crew-served weapons-from battering rams to 'Big Bertha'. • Unmanned weapons-from punji stakes to 'Bouncing Betty' landmines and trap guns. 50 Weapons That Changed Warfare even includes devices that, strictly speaking, are weapons carriers, such as tanks and bombers, but which have had enormous effects on the conduct of war. This book describes the effects of these weapons and how and why they changed warfare-from the bloody carnage produced by hand weapons throughout history to the...
8.4
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Hernon PeterЖанр:
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The New Madrid Seismic Zone is 140 miles, stretching across five states. In 1811 and 1812 enormous earthquakes erupted along this zone, affecting 24 states, creating lakes in Tennessee and causing the Mississippi River to run backward. In Peter Hernon’s 8.4 the New Madrid awakens, threatening the country with systematic collapse in a chillingly plausible case of history repeating itself. It’s up to a team of scientists to stop the impending destruction, working against nature, time and a horrifying, human-made...
A Book of Five Rings
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Musashi MiyamotoЖанр:
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2013-10-02Язык книги:
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The Classic Guide To...
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Leo Tolstoy wrote this short meditation on sadness and the meaning of life when he was middle aged. He had already completed his masterworks, Anna Karenina and War and Peace, reared fourteen children, and gained fame and acclaim in Russia as a man of letters. But despite having attained that success, he still found himself unhappy and always returning to the disturbing idea that all achievement is meaningless.
A Confession is his attempt to put these thoughts in words as he...
A General View of Positivism
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Auguste ComteЖанр:
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2022-03-18Язык книги:
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Auguste Comte, considered by some to be the first “philosopher of science,” was perhaps most famous for founding the theory of Positivism: a framework of thinking and living meant to engender unity across humanity, backed by love, science, and intellect.
Positivism itself is a combination philosophy and way of life. Here Comte lays down the various tenets of the philosophy, describing what he views as the six major characteristics of the system. Comte goes into surprising detail, going so far as to describe minutiae like how children should be educated, the structure of a unified global committee of nations, new flags, calendars, the role of the arts, and so on. He ends the...
A history of Russia
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RiazanovskyЖанр:
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A Modest Proposal for the Perfection of Nature
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McIntyre VondaСерия:
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A short history of nearly everything
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Bryson BillЖанр:
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A Short History of Nearly Everything (ISBN 0-7679-0817-1) is a general science book by Bill Bryson, which explains some areas of science in ordinary language. It was the bestselling popular science book of 2005 in the UK, selling over 300,000 copies.[1] A Short History deviates from Bryson's popular travel book genre, instead describing general sciences such as chemistry, paleontology, astronomy, and particle physics. In it, he explores time from the Big Bang to the discovery of quantum mechanics, via evolution and geology. Bryson tells the story of science through the stories of the people who made the discoveries, such as Edwin Hubble, Isaac Newton, and Albert Einstein. Bill Bryson wrote this book because he was dissatisfied with his scientific knowledge - that was, not much at all. He...
A Voyage to Arcturus
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David LindsayДата добавления:
2022-03-19Язык книги:
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On hearing the title A Voyage to Arcturus, one might picture an astronaut strapping themselves into a rocket and flying into space for a swashbuckling adventure. Nothing could be further from what this book actually is.
Voyage is in fact a fascinating, bizarre, bewildering, and thought-provoking sort of acid-fueled Pilgrim’s Progress: a philosophical allegory told through the frame of a psychedelic gender-bending journey to an alien planet.
After a terrifying séance, the protagonist, Maskull, is offered the chance of an adventure on a different world. He agrees, and the reader follows him on his blood-soaked path through...
Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Man
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Harvey SteveЖанр:
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Steve Harvey, the host of the nationally syndicated Steve Harvey Morning Show, can't count the number of impressive women he's met over the years, whether it's through the 'Strawberry Letters' segment of his program or while on tour for his comedy shows. These are women who can run a small business, keep a household with three kids in tiptop shape, and chair a church group all at the same time. Yet when it comes to relationships, they can't figure out what makes men tick. Why? According to Steve it's because they're asking other women for advice when no one but another man can tell them how to find and keep a man. In Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Man, Steve lets women inside the mindset of a man and sheds lights on concepts and questions such as:– The Ninety Day Rule: Ford requires it...
Afgantsy
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Braithwaite RodricЖанр:
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As former ambassador to Moscow, Rodric Braithwaite brings unique insights to the Soviet war in Afghanistan. The story has been distorted not only by Cold War propaganda but also by the myths of the nineteenth century Great Game. It moves from the high politics of the Kremlin to the lonely Russian conscripts in isolated mountain outposts. The parallels with Afghanistan today speak for themselves. ‘A superb achievement of narrative history, sensitive writing and exciting fresh research’: so wrote Simon Sebag Montefiore about Rodric Braithwaite’s bestseller Moscow 1941. But those words, and many others of praise that were given it, could equally apply to his new...
After America
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Birmingham JohnЖанр:
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Annoying
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Palca JoeЖанр:
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In ANNOYING: The Science of What Bugs Us, NPR science correspondent Joe Palca and Flora Lichtman, multimedia editor for NPR’s Science Friday, take readers on a scientific quest through psychology, evolutionary biology, anthropology, and other disciplines to uncover the truth about being annoyed. What is the recipe for annoyance? For starters, it should be temporary, unpleasant, and unpredictable, like a boring meeting or mosquito bites. For example, why is that guy talking on his cell phone over there so annoying? For one, it’s unpleasant and distracting. Second, we don’t know, and can’t control, when it will end. Third, we can’t not listen! Our brains are hardwired to pay close attention to people talking and follow the conversations. The loud chatter pulls our brains away...
As A Man Thinketh
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Allen JamesЖанр:
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2013-09-16Язык книги:
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This little volume (the result of meditation and experience) is not intended as an exhaustive treatise on the much-written upon subject of the power of thought. It is suggestive rather than explanatory, its object being to stimulate men and women to the discovery and perception of the truth that -
'They themselves are makers of themselves'
by virtue of the thoughts which they choose and encourage; that mind is the master weaver, both of the inner garment of character and the outer garment of circumstance, and that, as they may have hitherto woven in ignorance and pain they may now weave in enlightenment and happiness.
James...
Bachelor Girl
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Israel BetsyЖанр:
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In this lively and colorful book of popular history, journalist Betsy Israel shines a light on the old stereotypes that have stigmatized single women for years and celebrates their resourceful sense of spirit, enterprise, and unlimited success in a world where it is no longer unusual or unlikely to be unwed. Drawing extensively on primary sources, including private journals, newspaper stories, magazine articles, advertisements, films, and other materials from popular media, Israel paints remarkably vivid portraits of single women—and the way they were perceived—throughout the decades. From the nineteenth-century spinsters, of New England to the Bowery girls of New York City, from the 1920s flappers to the 1940s working women of the war years and the career girls of the 1950s and...
Bad Astronomy. Misconceptions and Misuses Revealed, from Astrology to the Moon Landing 'Hoax'
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Plait PhilipЖанр:
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2013-11-26Язык книги:
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Advance praise for Philip Plait s Bad Astronomy “Bad Astronomy is just plain good! Philip Plait clears up every misconception on astronomy and space you never knew you suffered from.” — Stephen Maran, Author of Astronomy for Dummies and editor of The Astronomy and Astrophysics Encyclopedia. “Thank the cosmos for the bundle of star stuff named Philip Plait, who is the world s leading consumer advocate for quality science in space and on Earth. This important contribution to science will rest firmly on my reference library shelf, ready for easy access the next time an astrologer calls.” — Dr. Michael Shermer, Publisher of Skeptic magazine, monthly columnist for Scientific American, and author of The Borderlands of Science. “Philip Plait has given us a readable,...
Beyond Good and Evil
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Friedrich NietzscheЖанр:
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2022-03-19Язык книги:
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Description
Beyond Good and Evil, one of Nietzsche’s four “late period” works, is a philosophical treatise organized into nine parts and 296 short individual sections. In it he explores the concept of morality as taken for granted by contemporary philosophers, and whether “good” and “evil” should be considered just two sides of the same...
