Book Of Ages

Author : Jill Lepore
Publisher : Vintage
ISBN 13 : 0307948838
Total Pages : 466 pages
Book Rating : 4.30/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Book of Ages written by Jill Lepore and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2014-07-01 with total page 466 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR NPR • Time Magazine • The Washington Post • Entertainment Weekly • The Boston Globe A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK From one of our most accomplished and widely admired historians—a revelatory portrait of Benjamin Franklin's youngest sister, Jane, whose obscurity and poverty were matched only by her brother’s fame and wealth but who, like him, was a passionate reader, a gifted writer, and an astonishingly shrewd political commentator. Making use of an astonishing cache of little-studied material, including documents, objects, and portraits only just discovered, Jill Lepore brings Jane Franklin to life in a way that illuminates not only this one extraordinary woman but an entire world.

Author : Desmond Morris
Publisher : Viking Adult
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.35/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Book of Ages written by Desmond Morris and published by Viking Adult. This book was released on 1984 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The ever-changing life cycles of man revealed by the famous (and infamous) throughout history"--Jacket subtitle.

Author : Stephen Jay Gould
Publisher : Ballantine Books
ISBN 13 : 0307801411
Total Pages : 258 pages
Book Rating : 4.18/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Rocks of Ages written by Stephen Jay Gould and published by Ballantine Books. This book was released on 2011-07-20 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "People of good will wish to see science and religion at peace. . . . I do not see how science and religion could be unified, or even synthesized, under any common scheme of explanation or analysis; but I also do not understand why the two enterprises should experience any conflict." So states internationally renowned evolutionist and bestselling author Stephen Jay Gould in the simple yet profound thesis of his brilliant new book. Writing with bracing intelligence and elegant clarity, Gould sheds new light on a dilemma that has plagued thinking people since the Renaissance. Instead of choosing between science and religion, Gould asks, why not opt for a golden mean that accords dignity and distinction to each realm? At the heart of Gould's penetrating argument is a lucid, contemporary principle he calls NOMA (for nonoverlapping magisteria)--a "blessedly simple and entirely conventional resolution" that allows science and religion to coexist peacefully in a position of respectful noninterference. Science defines the natural world; religion, our moral world, in recognition of their separate spheres of influence. In elaborating and exploring this thought-provoking concept, Gould delves into the history of science, sketching affecting portraits of scientists and moral leaders wrestling with matters of faith and reason. Stories of seminal figures such as Galileo, Darwin, and Thomas Henry Huxley make vivid his argument that individuals and cultures must cultivate both a life of the spirit and a life of rational inquiry in order to experience the fullness of being human. In his bestselling books Wonderful Life, The Mismeasure of Man, and Questioning the Millennium, Gould has written on the abundance of marvels in human history and the natural world. In Rocks of Ages, Gould's passionate humanism, ethical discernment, and erudition are fused to create a dazzling gem of contemporary cultural philosophy. As the world's preeminent Darwinian theorist writes, "I believe, with all my heart, in a respectful, even loving concordat between . . . science and religion."

Author : Joshua Albertson
Publisher : Crown Archetype
ISBN 13 : 9781400050130
Total Pages : 200 pages
Book Rating : 4.38/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Book of Ages 30 written by Joshua Albertson and published by Crown Archetype. This book was released on 2003 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This rollicking hybrid of "If" and "The Secret Language of Birthdays" examines in hilarious detail just who people really are at 30, and how they stack up against everyone else of that age. Two-color text & illustrations.

Author : Anthony Sampson
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 9780192822444
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.46/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Oxford Book of Ages written by Anthony Sampson and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1988 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This ingenious anthology of quotations compiles the wit and wisdom of some of the more remarkable figures of the past and present, as they reflect on their achievements, aspirations--and what it means to be a certain age.

Author : Jill Lepore
Publisher : Knopf
ISBN 13 : 0307958345
Total Pages : 465 pages
Book Rating : 4.41/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Book of Ages written by Jill Lepore and published by Knopf. This book was released on 2013 with total page 465 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A revelatory portrait of Benjamin Franklin's youngest sister and a wholly different account of the founding of the United States.

Author : Jill Lepore
Publisher : Vintage
ISBN 13 : 0307958353
Total Pages : 464 pages
Book Rating : 4.58/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Book of Ages written by Jill Lepore and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2013-10-01 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: National Book Award Finalist From one of our most accomplished and widely admired historians, a revelatory portrait of Benjamin Franklin’s youngest sister and a history of history itself. Like her brother, Jane Franklin was a passionate reader, a gifted writer, and an astonishingly shrewd political commentator. Unlike him, she was a mother of twelve. Benjamin Franklin, who wrote more letters to his sister than he wrote to anyone else, was the original American self-made man; his sister spent her life caring for her children. They left very different traces behind. Making use of an amazing cache of little-studied material, including documents, objects, and portraits only just discovered, Jill Lepore brings Jane Franklin to life in a way that illuminates not only this one woman but an entire world—a world usually lost to history. Lepore’s life of Jane Franklin, with its strikingly original vantage on her remarkable brother, is at once a wholly different account of the founding of the United States and one of the great untold stories of American history and letters: a life unknown.

Author : Kori Valley
Publisher : Author House
ISBN 13 : 1463401922
Total Pages : 394 pages
Book Rating : 4.24/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Book of Ages written by Kori Valley and published by Author House. This book was released on 2011-05-20 with total page 394 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An Empire Lost They say that just before the darkness there will be a final judgment. Many have claimed to already have seen it. But for those that have not shall prepare themselves fully. For in darkness there can be no light. Abasa Snerich, the King of the Druids is no more, left to search for his meaning in life. Visara the Witch Queen has seen the vision, and now must fulfill it, or death may come for her. Gurliche, the Lead Advisor to the Council of the Seven Lands and the World of Serst must now lead them on a journey that is sure to have an end . . . or does it? Will the Legendary Shelter Lord show his face once more to the people of the Seven Lands? Or are they all too late for the opening act that Mishrak Cu Ra has already begun? There are Legends, but they are just that. Perhaps, before the end of our time, we can find answer. By chance, possibly the pieces of the puzzle will come together. Each piece could be another answer that is sought out. Are you willing to chance life? My answer is simple. I am.

Author : Anon E. Mouse
Publisher : Abela Publishing Ltd
ISBN 13 : 8828311312
Total Pages : 410 pages
Book Rating : 4.17/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A BOOK OF GIANTS - 25 stories about giants through the ages written by Anon E. Mouse and published by Abela Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2018-09-15 with total page 410 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mankind has ever been fascinated by extraordinary aspects of humanity, but none so much as giants. Many ancient gods, and indeed kings and emperors, were said to be vast in size: witness, for instance, the colossal statues of Egypt, China or the South Seas. But the palm for bigness must go to those giant beings whom we find amid the chaos in the East: like that Tiamat from whom the Babylonian god Bel formed heavens and earth; and Purushu of the Hindu Vedas, whose severed head was sufficient for making the sky, his feet for the earth, his eye for the sun, and his mind for the moon. Herein are 25 stories of giants from the annuls of fact and fiction around the world compiled and retold by Henry Wysham Lanier. Lanier has categorised the stories into four parts being: I Giants Of The Morning Of The World II From The Days Of Romance III Nursery Tales of Giants from Many Lands IV Real Giants The stories in these four sections are: I. How Zeus Fought With Titans And Giants II. The Giant Who Shines In The Sky III. The Outwitting Of Polyphemus IV. When Thor Went To Jotunheim V. The Giant Pyramid-Builder VI. The Fatal Pride Of Vukub VII. Og, King Of Bashan VIII. A Son Of Anak IX. Ferragus, Who Owned The Brazen Head X. The Giant Of St. Michael's Mount XI. Sir Launcelot And Tarquin XII. The Adventures Of Yvain XIII. The Turke And Gawain XIV. Amadis Among The Giants XV. Gogmagog XVI. The Giant Behind The Waterfall XVII. The One Good Giant: St. Christopher XVIII. The Giant Hand (Irish) XIX. The Giant Who Had No Heart In His Body (Norse) XX. The Biter Bit (Serbian) XXI. The Peach's Son (Japanese) XXII. The Man Who Lost His Legs (Korean) XXIII. The Stone Giantess (North American Indian) XXIV. Some Real Giants XXV. What Science Has Learned About Giants 10% of the profit from the sale of this book will be donated to charities. YESTERDAYS BOOKS raising funds for TODAYS CHARITIES ============== KEYWORDS/TAGS: Folklore, fairy tales, myths, legends, folk tales, children’s stories, bedtime, fables, culture, cultural, virtues, action, adventure, lessons, morals, teach, learn, Zeus, Fought, fight, Titans, Giants, Shine, In The Sky, Outwitting, Polyphemus, Thor, Jotunheim, Giant Pyramid-Builder, Fatal Pride, Vukub, Og, King Of Bashan, Son Of Anak, Ferragus, Brazen Head, St. Michael's Mount, Sir Launcelot, Tarquin, Yvain, Turke, Gawain, Amadis, Gogmagog, Gog, Magog, Behind The Waterfall, One Good Giant, St. Christopher, Giant Hand, Ireland, Irish, No Heart In His Body, Norse, Biter Bit, Serbia, Peach's Son, Japanese, Japan, Man Who Lost His Legs, Korea, Stone Giantess, North American Indian, Real Giants, What Science Has Learned About Giants

Author : Lorene Bryant Epps
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 0970758820
Total Pages : 57 pages
Book Rating : 4.28/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Trip To Mexico - A Book for Children of All Ages written by Lorene Bryant Epps and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2001 with total page 57 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: