[PDF] Where The World Begins eBook

Author : Arthur Dawson
Publisher : Sonoma Mountain Preservation
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 40,19 MB
Release : 2019-01-15
Category :
ISBN : 9780997276503

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Where the World Begins invites you to explore our natural treasure at the heart of southern Sonoma County. Approaching the Sonoma Mountain as a living presence, as a refuge for wildlife and natural systems, and as a source of inspiration, the book weaves together diverse local voices.

Author : Jeremy Popkin
Publisher : Basic Books
Page : 640 pages
File Size : 24,65 MB
Release : 2019-12-10
Category : History
ISBN : 0465096670

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From an award-winning historian, a “vivid” (Wall Street Journal) account of the revolution that created the modern world The French Revolution’s principles of liberty and equality still shape our ideas of a just society—even if, after more than two hundred years, their meaning is more contested than ever before. In A New World Begins, Jeremy D. Popkin offers a riveting account of the revolution that puts the reader in the thick of the debates and the violence that led to the overthrow of the monarchy and the establishment of a new society. We meet Mirabeau, Robespierre, and Danton, in all their brilliance and vengefulness; we witness the failed escape and execution of Louis XVI; we see women demanding equal rights and Black slaves wresting freedom from revolutionaries who hesitated to act on their own principles; and we follow the rise of Napoleon out of the ashes of the Reign of Terror. Based on decades of scholarship, A New World Begins will stand as the definitive treatment of the French Revolution.

Author : Ron Rosenbaum
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 24,80 MB
Release : 2012-02-21
Category : History
ISBN : 1416594221

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An alarming, deeply reported analysis of how close--and how often--the world has come to nuclear annihilation, and why we are once again on the brink.

Author : Yoko Tawada
Publisher : New Directions Publishing
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 44,80 MB
Release : 2007-05-17
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0811223515

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A gorgeous collection of fantastic and dreamlike tales by one of the world's most innovative contemporary writers. Chosen as a 2005 Times Literary Supplement Book of the Year, Where Europe Begins has been described by the Russian literary phenomenon Victor Pelevin as "a spectacular journey through a world of colliding languages and multiplying cities." In these stories' disparate settings—Japan, Siberia, Russia, and Germany—the reader becomes as much a foreigner as the author, or the figures that fill this book: the ghost of a burned woman, a traveler on the Trans-Siberian railroad, a mechanical doll, a tongue, a monk who leaps into his own reflection. Through the timeless art of storytelling, Yoko Tawada discloses the virtues of bewilderment, estrangement, and Hilaritas: the goddess of rejoicing.

Author : Douglas Wood
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 40 pages
File Size : 32,53 MB
Release : 2010-05-18
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 0689861729

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Reveals the part that each of us plays in the beginning of every day.

Author : Kung Li Sun
Publisher : AK Press
Page : 197 pages
File Size : 38,20 MB
Release : 2022-08-23
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1849354731

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Begin the World Over is a counterfactual novel about the Founders’ greatest fear—that Black and Indigenous people might join forces to undo the newly formed United States of America—coming true. In 1793, as revolutionaries in the West Indies take up arms, James Hemings has little interest in joining the fight for liberté—talented and favored, he is careful to protect his relative comforts as Thomas Jefferson’s enslaved chef. But when he meets Denmark Vesey, James is immediately smitten. The formidable first mate persuades James to board his ship, on its way to the revolt in Saint-Domingue. There and on the mainland they join forces with a diverse cast of characters, including a gender nonconforming prophetess, a formerly enslaved jockey, and a Muskogee horse trader. The resulting adventure masterfully mixes real historical figures and events with a riotous retelling of a possible history in which James must decide whether to return to his constrained but composed former life, or join the coalition of Black revolutionaries and Muskogee resistance to fight the American slavers and settlers.

Author : Jeremy D. Popkin
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 155 pages
File Size : 10,1 MB
Release : 2016-07-01
Category : History
ISBN : 1315508923

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This book attempts to introduce students to the major events that make up the story of the French Revolution and to the different ways in which historians have interpreted them. It covers the relationship between France and the United States.

Author : Eva Eland
Publisher : Random House Books for Young Readers
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 18,3 MB
Release : 2020-08-25
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 0593127714

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This follow-up to When Sadness Is at Your Door suggests that happiness can always be found by looking within. This helpful picture book is a great introduction to mindfulness and emotional literacy. A spare text and simple illustrations encourage readers to find happiness even if it feels far away. The book gives it a shape, turning this elusive emotion into something real while acknowledging that you can't be happy all the time. The thoughtful text reassures readers that when happiness is hard to find, they can look for it in many places. Sharing something with a friend or reaching out to someone who needs it can lead to happiness. Recognize and treasure it when you experience it, knowing that happiness begins with you. Perfect for kids and for adult readers tackling these feelings themselves!

Author : Alice Dalgliesh
Publisher :
Page : 72 pages
File Size : 21,55 MB
Release : 1958
Category : America
ISBN :

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A brief history of the sea exploration important to the discovery of America and her first settlements.

Author : Patricia Goedicke
Publisher :
Page : 152 pages
File Size : 32,47 MB
Release : 2000
Category : Poetry
ISBN :

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An examination of a deteriorating world, as viewed through the metaphor of an aging couple's dying love.