Before They Changed The World
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Before They Changed The World
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language : en
Publisher: Fair Winds
Release Date : 2009
Before They Changed The World written by and has been published by Fair Winds this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009 with Heads of state categories.
Teen Trailblazers
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Author : Jennifer Calvert
language : en
Publisher: Macmillan + ORM
Release Date : 2018-10-02
Teen Trailblazers written by Jennifer Calvert and has been published by Macmillan + ORM this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-10-02 with Young Adult Nonfiction categories.
True stories of young women who made a big difference! From authors to activists, painters to politicians, inventors to icons, these inspiring teenagers are proof that girls can change the world. Joan of Arc. Anne Frank. Cleopatra. Pocahontas. Mary Shelley. Many of these heroines are well-known. But have you heard of Sybil Ludington, a 16-year-old daughter of an American colonel who rode twice as far as the far better-remembered Paul Revere to warn the militia that the British army was invading? This fascinating book, Teen Trailblazers, features 30 young women who accomplished remarkable things before their twentieth birthdays. Visually compelling with original illustrations, this book will inspire the next generation of strong, fearless women.
A History Of Just About Everything
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Author : Elizabeth MacLeod
language : en
Publisher: Kids Can Press Ltd
Release Date : 2013-08-01
A History Of Just About Everything written by Elizabeth MacLeod and has been published by Kids Can Press Ltd this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-08-01 with Juvenile Nonfiction categories.
From Buddha and Muhammad to King and Mandela, from the discovery of fire to the invention of the World Wide Web, and from Romeo and Juliet to Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, this is a thorough and thoroughly entertaining compendium of important people and events.
100 Books That Changed The World
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Author : Scott Christianson
language : en
Publisher: Batsford Books
Release Date : 2018-10-26
100 Books That Changed The World written by Scott Christianson and has been published by Batsford Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-10-26 with Literary Criticism categories.
A thought-provoking chronological journey through the world's most influential books. Many books have become classics, must-reads or overnight publishing sensations, but how many can genuinely claim to have changed the way we see and think? In 100 Books that Changed the World, authors Scott Christianson and Colin Salter bring together an exceptional collection of truly groundbreaking books – from scriptures that founded religions, to scientific treatises that challenged beliefs, to novels that kick-started literary genres. This elegantly designed book, first published in 2018 but updated with an exciting new cover, offers a chronological timeline of three millennia of human thought distilled in print, from the earliest illuminated manuscripts to the age of ebooks and audiobooks. Entries include: • The Iliad and The Odyssey, Homer (750 BC) • Shakespeare's First Folio (1623) • A Vindication of the Rights of Woman, Mary Wollstonecraft (1792) • Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass (1845) • The Diary of a Young Girl, Anne Frank (1947) • Things Fall Apart, Chinua Achebe (1958) • A Brief History of Time, Stephen Hawking (1988) For literary lovers and rebellious readers, this book offers a fascinating overview of world history through the books that influenced and changed it.
30 People Who Changed The World
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Author : Jean Reynolds
language : en
Publisher: Seagrass Press
Release Date : 2017-10-10
30 People Who Changed The World written by Jean Reynolds and has been published by Seagrass Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-10-10 with Juvenile Nonfiction categories.
Profiles thirty notable figures throughout history, including Julius Caesar, Rosa Parks, Vincent Van Gogh, and Malala Yousafzai.
12 Books That Changed The World
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Author : Melvyn Bragg
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2012-01-19
12 Books That Changed The World written by Melvyn Bragg and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-01-19 with History categories.
When we think of great events in the history of the world, we tend to think of war, revolution, political upheaval or natural catastrophe. But throughout history there have been moments of vital importance that have taken place not on the battlefield, or in the palaces of power, or even in the violence of nature, but between the pages of a book. In our digitised age of instant information it is easy to underestimate the power of the printed word. In his fascinating book, Melvyn Bragg presents a vivid reminder of the book as agent of social, political and personal revolution. 12 Books that Changed the World presents a rich variety of human endeavour and a great diversity of characters. There are also surprises. Here are famous books by Darwin, Newton and Shakespeare - but we also discover the stories behind some less well-known works, such as Marie Stopes' Married Love, the original radical feminist Mary Wollstonecraft's A Vindication of the Rights of Woman - and even the rules to an obscure ball game that became the most popular sport in the world . . .
Genius Anxiety
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Author : Norman Lebrecht
language : en
Publisher: Scribner
Release Date : 2020-12-08
Genius Anxiety written by Norman Lebrecht and has been published by Scribner this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-12-08 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
This lively chronicle of the years 1847–1947—the century when the Jewish people changed how we see the world—is “[a] thrilling and tragic history…especially good on the ironies and chain-reaction intimacies that make a people and a past” (The Wall Street Journal). In a hundred-year period, a handful of men and women changed the world. Many of them are well known—Marx, Freud, Proust, Einstein, Kafka. Others have vanished from collective memory despite their enduring importance in our daily lives. Without Karl Landsteiner, for instance, there would be no blood transfusions or major surgery. Without Paul Ehrlich, no chemotherapy. Without Siegfried Marcus, no motor car. Without Rosalind Franklin, genetic science would look very different. Without Fritz Haber, there would not be enough food to sustain life on earth. What do these visionaries have in common? They all had Jewish origins. They all had a gift for thinking in wholly original, even earth-shattering ways. In 1847, the Jewish people made up less than 0.25% of the world’s population, and yet they saw what others could not. How? Why? Norman Lebrecht has devoted half of his life to pondering and researching the mindset of the Jewish intellectuals, writers, scientists, and thinkers who turned the tides of history and shaped the world today as we know it. In Genius & Anxiety, Lebrecht begins with the Communist Manifesto in 1847 and ends in 1947, when Israel was founded. This robust, magnificent, beautifully designed volume is “an urgent and moving history” (The Spectator, UK) and a celebration of Jewish genius and contribution.
1968 Today S Authors Explore A Year Of Rebellion Revolution And Change
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Author : Marc Aronson
language : en
Publisher: Candlewick Press
Release Date : 2018-09-11
1968 Today S Authors Explore A Year Of Rebellion Revolution And Change written by Marc Aronson and has been published by Candlewick Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-09-11 with Juvenile Nonfiction categories.
Welcome to 1968 — a revolution in a book. Essays, memoirs, and more by fourteen award-winning authors offer unique perspectives on one of the world’s most tumultuous years. Nineteen sixty-eight was a pivotal year that grew more intense with each day. As thousands of Vietnamese and Americans were killed in war, students across four continents took over colleges and city streets. Assassins murdered Dr. King and Robert F. Kennedy. Demonstrators turned out in Prague and Chicago, and in Mexico City, young people and Olympic athletes protested. In those intense months, generations battled and the world wobbled on the edge of some vast change that was exhilarating one day and terrifying the next. To capture that extraordinary year, editors Marc Aronson and Susan Campbell Bartoletti created an anthology that showcases many genres of nonfiction. Some contributors use a broad canvas, others take a close look at a moment, and matched essays examine the same experience from different points of view. As we face our own moments of crisis and division, 1968 reminds us that we’ve clashed before and found a way forward — and that looking back can help map a way ahead. With contributions by: Jennifer Anthony Marc Aronson Susan Campbell Bartoletti Loree Griffin Burns Paul Fleischman Omar Figueras Laban Carrick Hill Mark Kurlansky Lenore Look David Lubar Kate MacMillan Kekla Magoon Jim Murphy Elizabeth Partridge
Environmental Change And The World S Futures
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Author : Jonathan Paul Marshall
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2015-08-27
Environmental Change And The World S Futures written by Jonathan Paul Marshall and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-08-27 with Business & Economics categories.
Climate change and ecological instability have the potential to disrupt human societies and their futures. Cultural, social and ethical life in all societies is directed towards a future that can never be observed, and never be directly acted upon, and yet is always interacting with us. Thinking and acting towards the future involves efforts of imagination that are linked to our sense of being in the world and the ecological pressures we experience. The three key ideas of this book – ecologies, ontologies and mythologies – help us understand the ways people in many different societies attempt to predict and shape their futures. Each chapter places a different emphasis on the linked domains of environmental change, embodied experience, myth and fantasy, politics, technology and intellectual reflection, in relation to imagined futures. The diverse geographic scope of the chapters includes rural Nepal, the islands of the Pacific Ocean, Sweden, coastal Scotland, North America, and remote, rural and urban Australia. This book will appeal to researchers and students in anthropology, sociology, environmental studies, cultural studies, psychology and politics.
The Killer Whale Who Changed The World
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Author : Mark Leiren-Young
language : en
Publisher: Greystone Books
Release Date : 2016-09-13
The Killer Whale Who Changed The World written by Mark Leiren-Young and has been published by Greystone Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-09-13 with Nature categories.
The fascinating and heartbreaking account of the first publicly exhibited captive killer whale — a story that forever changed the way we see orcas and sparked the movement to save them Killer whales had always been seen as bloodthirsty sea monsters. That all changed when a young killer whale was captured off the west coast of North America and displayed to the public in 1964. Moby Doll — as the whale became known — was an instant celebrity, drawing 20,000 visitors on the one and only day he was exhibited. He died within a few months, but his famous gentleness sparked a worldwide crusade that transformed how people understood and appreciated orcas. Because of Moby Doll, we stopped fearing “killers” and grew to love and respect “orcas.”