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Hernando Colon's New World of Books

Author : Jose Maria Perez Fernandez

Publisher : Yale University Press

Page : 344 pages

File Size : 16,16 MB

Release : 2021-01-26

Category : Literary Criticism

ISBN : 0300256205

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The untold story of the greatest library of the Renaissance and its creator Hernando Colón This engaging book offers the first comprehensive account of the extraordinary projects of Hernando Colón, son of Christopher Columbus, which culminated in the creation of the greatest library of the Renaissance, with ambitions to be universal––that is, to bring together copies of every book, on every subject and in every language. Pérez Fernández and Wilson-Lee situate Hernando’s projects within the rapidly changing landscape of early modern knowledge, providing a concise history of the collection of information and the origins of public libraries, examining the challenges he faced and the solutions he devised. The two authors combine “meticulous research with deep and original thought,” shedding light on the history of libraries and the organization of knowledge. The result is an essential reference text for scholars of the early modern period, and for anyone interested in the expansion and dissemination of information and knowledge.



Adapting to a New World

Author : James Horn

Publisher : UNC Press Books

Page : 480 pages

File Size : 48,7 MB

Release : 2012-12-01

Category : History

ISBN : 0807838314

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Often compared unfavorably with colonial New England, the early Chesapeake has been portrayed as irreligious, unstable, and violent. In this important new study, James Horn challenges this conventional view and looks across the Atlantic to assess the enduring influence of English attitudes, values, and behavior on the social and cultural evolution of the early Chesapeake. Using detailed local and regional studies to compare everyday life in English provincial society and the emergent societies of the Chesapeake Bay, Horn provides a richly textured picture of the immigrants' Old World backgrounds and their adjustment to life in America. Until the end of the seventeenth century, most settlers in Virginia and Maryland were born and raised in England, a factor of enormous consequence for social development in the two colonies. By stressing the vital social and cultural connections between England and the Chesapeake during this period, Horn places the development of early America in the context of a vibrant Anglophone transatlantic world and suggests a fundamental reinterpretation of New World society.



The Negro in the New World

Author : Harry Hamilton Johnston

Publisher :

Page : 0 pages

File Size : 29,14 MB

Release : 2023-04-25

Category :

ISBN : 9781639238590

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In the year 1910, however, I have tried to tell in words as well as pictures the story of the negro IN the new world, as much for my own education as for that of others. For those who are too busy to do more than glance at the pictures, and perhaps read through this preface (which is as much as fifty per cent of modern reviewers are able to accomplish, amid the rain of books in the English language), I will here summarise the conclusions to be deduced from my Opinions and (i think) from my array of evidence.



The New World Fairy Book

Author : Howard Angus Kennedy

Publisher : Sagwan Press

Page : 372 pages

File Size : 29,20 MB

Release : 2018-02-08

Category : History

ISBN : 9781377025377

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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.



Old World Echoes (Copper Lodge Library)

Author : Classical Conversations MultiMedia

Publisher :

Page : pages

File Size : 35,35 MB

Release : 2019-05-20

Category :

ISBN : 9781732964013

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A beautifully illustrated compilation of classic stories and poems from around the world.



A New World

Author : Whitley Strieber

Publisher : Beyond Words

Page : 192 pages

File Size : 30,68 MB

Release : 2020

Category : Human-alien encounters

ISBN : 9781582708157

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In September of 2015 the visitors in Whitley Strieber's immortal bestseller Communion returned to his life. A New World details their powerful message: A new world is coming...if we can take it. In 2018, the US Navy admitted that videos taken off the carrier Nimitz by pilots using ultra-sophisticated cameras were of unknown objects with incredible flight characteristics. Add to this the past seventy years of UFO evidence, and it is now undeniable that something unknown is flying around in our skies. But why are they here? There are millions of close encounter witnesses who would say that they are here for us, and have already been in contact with us for two generations, while the official world and the media have been in denial. In 1987, author Whitley Strieber published Communion about his own close encounter. It was met with brutal skepticism...but not from other close encounter witnesses, who wrote him in the hundreds of thousands, telling of their own experiences. With these overwhelming accounts of alien encounters, Rice University in Houston, Texas, has archived these letters as a testimony that we are not alone. After thirty-three years of having them in his life, and an entirely new group of encounters starting in 2015, Whitley Strieber returns with a new vision of contact that will shatter all of our previous theories and beliefs and reveal the experience for what it is: the strangest, most powerful, and potentially most important thing that has ever happened to mankind.



The World Book Complete Word Power Library

Author : World Book Encyclopedia, inc

Publisher : World Book

Page : 424 pages

File Size : 20,69 MB

Release : 1981

Category : Juvenile Nonfiction

ISBN : 9780716631101

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These volumes have been developed specifically to help you increase your overall ability to use words. "Word Power", the collection of skills and techniques that enable a person to communicate effectively, is perhaps the most vital area for personal growth that you will ever encounter.



Christopher Columbus Book of Privileges

Author : John W. Hessler

Publisher :

Page : 173 pages

File Size : 48,85 MB

Release : 2014-07-01

Category : America

ISBN : 9781929154531

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"An interpretive examination of the legal documents that granted Columbus rights in and to the New World, with a facsimile of the original copy of the Book of Privileges that is housed in the Library of Congress"--Provided by publisher.



New World, New Words

Author : Thomas Christensen

Publisher : Two Lines Press

Page : 284 pages

File Size : 38,78 MB

Release : 2007

Category : Fiction

ISBN :

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This fully bilingual (Spanish/English) anthology of Latin American literature showcases the region's enormous vitality and variety of writing. New World/New Words includes selections by widely celebrated writers such as Gabriel Garca Mrquez, Julio Cortzar, and Senel Paz, as well as work by emerging authors just beginning to make their mark in the English-speaking world. The collection features many of today's leading translators, several of whom are also distinguished poets and writiers. New World/New Words makes the literature of Latin America available to those who want to sample its scope and depth, and includes works published for the first time in English. With original introductions by the translators that focus on voice, tone, rhythm, context, and the role of the translator, New World / New Words offers a unique window on the translator's art while presenting an exciting cross-section of the latest Latin American writing. This book is the initial volume in a new series, Two Lines World Library, which will spotlight literature of different regions around the globe. These authors are still being discovered by readers outside their linguistic realm and in so many cases they are offereing something really new. . . . Let the reader turn his or her mind loose on these pieces--the best and the new that has come out of Latin America.--from the Foreword by Gregory Rabassa Thomas Christensen's translations include works by Alejo Carpentier, Louis-Ferdinand Cline, Julio Cortzar, Laura Esquivel, a nd Carlos Fuentes. Formerly the director of Mercury House and a seinor editor at North Point Press, he is now director of publications at the Asian Art Museum in San Francisco. Featuring ClassicAuthors and New Voices Manlio Argueta Sigfredo Ariel Ran Ariza Edgar Brau Pura Lpez Colom Julio Cortzar Estela Davis Fernando del Paso Luisa Futoransky Francisco Hernndez David Huerta Guillermo Cabrera Infante Brbara Jacobs Mirko Lauer Mnica Lavn Gabriel Garca Mrquez Pablo Neruda Senel Paz Christina Peri Rossi Luisa Valenzuela Jorge Volpi



The Founding of a New World

Author : George Herbert Dryer

Publisher :

Page : 444 pages

File Size : 11,35 MB

Release : 1898

Category : Church history

ISBN :

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