Views From The Edge Of The World
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Views From The Edge Of The World
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Author : Ian Conrich
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1997
Views From The Edge Of The World written by Ian Conrich and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1997 with Motion pictures categories.
New Zealand Filmmakers
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Author : Ian Conrich
language : en
Publisher: Wayne State University Press
Release Date : 2007
New Zealand Filmmakers written by Ian Conrich and has been published by Wayne State University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007 with Business & Economics categories.
The most thorough study on the filmmakers who have defined New Zealand cinema from its origins to its current successes.
The Edge Of The World
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Author : Michael Pye
language : en
Publisher: National Geographic Books
Release Date : 2015-10-15
The Edge Of The World written by Michael Pye and has been published by National Geographic Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-10-15 with History categories.
An epic adventure: from the Vikings to the Enlightenment, from barbaric outpost to global hub, this book tells the dazzling history of northern Europe's transformation by sea. 'Pye writes like a dream. Magnificent' Jerry Brotton, author of A History of the World in Twelve Maps ______________ This is a story of saints and spies, of anglers and pirates, traders and marauders - and of how their wild and daring journeys across the North Sea built the world we know. When the Roman Empire retreated, northern Europe was a barbarian outpost at the very edge of everything. A thousand years later, it was the heart of global empires and the home of science, art, enlightenment and money. We owe this transformation to the tides and storms of the North Sea. Boats carried food and raw materials, but also new ideas and information. The seafarers raided, ruined and killed, but they also settled and coupled. With them they brought new tastes and technologies - books, science, clothes, paintings and machines. Drawing on an astonishing breadth of learning and packed with human stories and revelations, this is the epic drama of how we came to be who we are. ______________ 'A closely-researched and fascinating characterisation of the richness of life and the underestimated interconnections of the peoples all around the medieval and early modern North Sea' Chris Wickham, author of The Inheritance of Rome: A History of Europe from 400 to 1000 'Elegant writing and extraordinary scholarship . . . Miraculous' Hugh Aldersey-Williams, author of Periodic Tales and Anatomies 'Bristling, wide-ranged and big-themed . . . at its most meaningful, history involves a good deal of art and storytelling. Pye's book is full of both' Russell Shorto, New York Times 'For anyone, like this reviewer, who is tired of medieval history as a chronicle of kings and kingdoms, knights and ladies, monks and heretics, The Edge of the World provides a welcome respite' Prof Patrick J Geary, Wall Street Journal
The Edge Of The Sky
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Author : Roberto Trotta
language : en
Publisher: Basic Books
Release Date : 2014-09-23
The Edge Of The Sky written by Roberto Trotta and has been published by Basic Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-09-23 with Science categories.
From the big bang to black holes, from dark matter to dark energy, from the origins of the universe to its ultimate destiny, The Edge of the Sky tells the story of the most important discoveries and mysteries in modern cosmology—with a twist. The book's lexicon is limited to the thousand most common words in the English language, excluding physics, energy, galaxy, or even universe. Through the eyes of a fictional scientist (Student-People) hunting for dark matter with one of the biggest telescopes (Big-Seers) on Earth (Home-World), cosmologist Roberto Trotta explores the most important ideas about our universe (All-there-is) in language simple enough for anyone to understand. A unique blend of literary experimentation and science popularization, this delightful book is a perfect gift for any aspiring astronomer. The Edge of the Sky tells the story of the universe on a human scale, and the result is out of this world.
Views Form The Edge Of The Earth
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Author : Wendie Donabie
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2024
Views Form The Edge Of The Earth written by Wendie Donabie and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024 with categories.
The Zoo At The Edge Of The World
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Author : Eric Kahn Gale
language : en
Publisher: Harper Collins
Release Date : 2014-08-26
The Zoo At The Edge Of The World written by Eric Kahn Gale and has been published by Harper Collins this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-08-26 with Juvenile Fiction categories.
From the author of The Bully Book comes a timeless story about a young boy, his father, and the world that comes between them, which New York Times–bestselling author Peter Lerangis called "magical, mysterious, fresh, original, and full of heart." Marlin is not slow, or mute; what he is is a stutterer, and that makes it impossible for him to convince people otherwise. What he is also is a Rackham: the younger son of the world-famous explorer Ronan Rackham, the owner and proprietor of the Zoo at the Edge of the World, a resort where the well-to-do from all over the globe can come to experience the last bit of the wild left at the end of the nineteenth century. In order to impress a powerful duke who comes to visit the zoo, Marlin's father ventures into the jungle and brings back a mysterious black jaguar, the only one in captivity. Everyone is terrified of it, including Marlin—until one night, when the jaguar confers upon him a powerful gift. Soon, Marlin finds himself with a difficult choice to make and, finally, something to say. If only he can figure out how to say it.
Views From The Edge
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Author : Neguin Yavari
language : en
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Release Date : 2004-11-24
Views From The Edge written by Neguin Yavari and has been published by Columbia University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004-11-24 with History categories.
These essays were written by colleagues and former students of Richard Bulliet, the preeminent Middle East scholar whose "most important contribution remains his extraordinary imagination in the service of history." The hallmark of the book, then, is innovative scholarship in all periods of Islamic history. Its authors share a commitment to asking original historiographical questions, with an overall orientation toward issues in social history.
House At The Edge Of The World
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Author : Tim Haynes
language : en
Publisher: Jacana Media
Release Date : 2005-04
House At The Edge Of The World written by Tim Haynes and has been published by Jacana Media this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005-04 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Drunken wakes, mistaken corpses, strongman competitions with mountain goats, and salmon poaching at midnight by the light of a torch while hiding from the police, are among the poignant and comic anecdotes littered throughout this honest, funny story. Such hilarious events are inevitable for the South African family that spends four years living in rural Ireland, rebuilding their dream stone cottage from scratch, dealing with meddling locals, and learning to appreciate the country folk's very strange antics.
A Crack In The Edge Of The World
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Author : Simon Winchester
language : en
Publisher: Harper Collins
Release Date : 2013-02-05
A Crack In The Edge Of The World written by Simon Winchester and has been published by Harper Collins this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-02-05 with History categories.
The international bestselling author of The Professor and the Madman and Krakatoa vividly brings to life the 1906San Francisco Earthquake that leveled a city symbolic of America's relentless western expansion. Simon Winchester has also fashioned an enthralling and informative informative look at the tumultuous subterranean world that produces earthquakes, the planet's most sudden and destructive force. In the early morning hours of April 18, 1906, San Francisco and a string of towns to its north-northwest and the south-southeast were overcome by an enormous shaking that was compounded by the violent shocks of an earthquake, registering 8.25 on the Richter scale. The quake resulted from a rupture in a part of the San Andreas fault, which lies underneath the earth's surface along the northern coast of California. Lasting little more than a minute, the earthquake wrecked 490 blocks, toppled a total of 25,000 buildings, broke open gas mains, cut off electric power lines throughout the Bay area, and effectively destroyed the gold rush capital that had stood there for a half century. Perhaps more significant than the tremors and rumbling, which affected a swatch of California more than 200 miles long, were the fires that took over the city for three days, leaving chaos and horror in its wake. The human tragedy included the deaths of upwards of 700 people, with more than 250,000 left homeless. It was perhaps the worst natural disaster in the history of the United States. Simon Winchester brings his inimitable storytelling abilities -- as well as his unique understanding of geology -- to this extraordinary event, exploring not only what happened in northern California in 1906 but what we have learned since about the geological underpinnings that caused the earthquake in the first place. But his achievement is even greater: he positions the quake's significance along the earth's geological timeline and shows the effect it had on the rest of twentieth-century California and American history. A Crack in the Edge of the World is the definitive account of the San Francisco earthquake. It is also a fascinating exploration of a legendary event that changed the way we look at the planet on which we live.
On The Edge Of The World
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Author : Richard W. Longstreth
language : en
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Release Date : 1998-05-18
On The Edge Of The World written by Richard W. Longstreth and has been published by Univ of California Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998-05-18 with Architecture categories.
Richard Longstreth provides a detailed picture of the early careers of four architects—Bernard Maybeck, Willis Polk, Ernest Coxhead, and A.C. Schweinfurth—who had a decisive impact on the course of design in the San Francisco Bay Area and who stand as significant contributors to American architecture.
