To The Edge Of Memory
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To The Edge Of Memory
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language : en
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Release Date : 1997
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The Edge Of Memory
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Author : Patrick Nunn
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2018-08-23
The Edge Of Memory written by Patrick Nunn and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-08-23 with Science categories.
In today's society it is generally the written word that holds the authority. We are more likely to trust the words found in a history textbook over the version of history retold by a friend – after all, human memory is unreliable, and how can you be sure your friend hasn't embellished the facts? But before humans were writing down their knowledge, they were telling it to each other in the form of stories. The Edge of Memory celebrates the predecessor of written information – the spoken word, tales from our ancestors that have been passed down, transmitting knowledge from one generation to the next. Among the most extensive and best-analysed of these stories are from native Australian cultures. These stories conveyed both practical information and recorded history, describing a lost landscape, often featuring tales of flooding and submergence. These folk traditions are increasingly supported by hard science. Geologists are starting to corroborate the tales through study of climatic data, sediments and land forms; the evidence was there in the stories, but until recently, nobody was listening. In this book, Patrick Nunn unravels the importance of these tales, exploring the science behind folk history from various places – including northwest Europe and India – and what it can tell us about environmental phenomena, from coastal drowning to volcanic eruptions. These stories of real events were passed across the generations, and over thousands of years, and they have broad implications for our understanding of how human societies have developed through the millennia, and ultimately how we respond collectively to changes in climate, our surroundings and the environment we live in.
At The Edge Of Memory
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Author : Michael King
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2009
At The Edge Of Memory written by Michael King and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009 with Jews, East European categories.
The author investigates a mystery that had engaged his extended family for over half a century. The answers he finds are astonishing and link that Irish-Catholic family back to Australia, the United States, England and ultimately to south-east Poland.
The Edge Of Memory
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Author : Patrick D. Nunn
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date :
The Edge Of Memory written by Patrick D. Nunn and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on with Aboriginal Australians categories.
"In today's society it is generally the written word that holds the authority. We are more likely to trust the words found in a history textbook over the version of history retold by a friend--after all, human memory is unreliable, and how can you be sure your friend hasn't embellished the facts? But before humans were writing down their knowledge, they were telling it to each other in the form of stories. "The Edge of Memory" celebrates the predecessor of written information--the spoken word, tales from our ancestors that have been passed down, transmitting knowledge from one generation to the next. Among the most extensive and best-analysed of these stories are from native Australian cultures. These stories conveyed both practical information and recorded history, describing a lost landscape, often featuring tales of flooding and submergence. These folk traditions are increasingly supported by hard science. Geologists are starting to corroborate the tales through study of climatic data, sediments and land forms; the evidence was there in the stories, but until recently, nobody was listening. In this book, Patrick Nunn unravels the importance of these tales, exploring the science behind folk history from various places--including northwest Europe and India--and what it can tell us about environmental phenomena, from coastal drowning to volcanic eruptions. These stories of real events were passed across the generations, and over thousands of years, and they have broad implications for our understanding of how human societies have developed through the millennia, and ultimately how we respond collectively to changes in climate, our surroundings and the environment we live in."--Dust jacket.
At The Edge Of Memory
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Author : Michael King
language : en
Publisher: Penguin Books
Release Date : 2002
At The Edge Of Memory written by Michael King and has been published by Penguin Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002 with Belgrave family categories.
A man turns up in New Zealand in the early years of the twentieth century as if out of nowhere. He admits to no past, only to a present and a future; and he reinvents himself as a Catholic businessman. But the pressure of keeping a secret, of having to live with a repressed truth, eventually becomes too great. He disintegrates, emotionally and physically, leaving his family sparse clues to his origins and identity. Michael King investigates a mystery that had engaged his extended family for over half a century. The answers he finds are astonishing and link that Irish-Catholic family back to Australia, the United States, England, and ultimately to south-east Poland. As King notes, most stories are based on one of only two plots: somebody goes on a journey, or a stranger comes to town. This one had its beginnings in both scenarios, a man setting out on a quest and the arrival of a stranger. It has the additional merit of being true.
On The Edge Of Memory
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Author : Lyman Hafen
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2000
On The Edge Of Memory written by Lyman Hafen and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000 with Mormons categories.
Lyman Hafen continues his quest to reveal in words what it meant to grow up in a small town like St. George, Utah, in the 1950s and 60s.-- cover.
The Edge Of Memory
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Author : Maura Beth Brennan
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2017-12-13
The Edge Of Memory written by Maura Beth Brennan and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-12-13 with Fiction categories.
Murder and treachery shattered Harriet's childhood. Guilt and regret have haunted her ever since. But now, a new life in Maine and a man named Eli give her hope for the future.
The Future Of Memory
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Author : Richard Crownshaw
language : en
Publisher: Berghahn Books
Release Date : 2010-11-30
The Future Of Memory written by Richard Crownshaw and has been published by Berghahn Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-11-30 with History categories.
Memory studies has become a rapidly growing area of scholarly as well as public interest. This volume brings together world experts to explore the current critical trends in this new academic field. It embraces work on diverse but interconnected phenomena, such as twenty-first century museums, shocking memorials in present-day Rwanda and the firsthand testimony of the victims of genocidal conflicts. The collection engages with pressing 'real world' issues, such as the furor around the recent 9/11 memorial, and what we really mean when we talk about 'trauma'.
The Hard Edge Of Memory
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Author : Fred Harris
language : en
Publisher: Rutledge Books
Release Date : 2001-03-21
The Hard Edge Of Memory written by Fred Harris and has been published by Rutledge Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001-03-21 with categories.
The Impossible Knife Of Memory
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Author : Laurie Halse Anderson
language : en
Publisher: Penguin
Release Date : 2014-01-07
The Impossible Knife Of Memory written by Laurie Halse Anderson and has been published by Penguin this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-01-07 with Young Adult Fiction categories.
For the past five years, Hayley Kincaid and her father, Andy, have been on the road, never staying long in one place as he struggles to escape the demons that have tortured him since his return from Iraq. Now they are back in the town where he grew up so Hayley can attend school. Perhaps, for the first time, Hayley can have a normal life, put aside her own painful memories, even have a relationship with Finn, the hot guy who obviously likes her but is hiding secrets of his own. Will being back home help Andy’s PTSD, or will his terrible memories drag him to the edge of hell, and drugs push him over? The Impossible Knife of Memory is Laurie Halse Anderson at her finest: compelling, surprising, and impossible to put down.