Book Description
A flea proves who is really king of the mountain.
Author : Joy Cowley
Publisher : Learning Media Ltd
Page : 20 pages
File Size : 17,89 MB
Release : 1984
Category : Readers (Elementary)
ISBN : 9780478204780
A flea proves who is really king of the mountain.
Author : Joy Cowley
Publisher : Celebration Press
Page : pages
File Size : 13,59 MB
Release : 1999-03-01
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780673581037
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Page : pages
File Size : 20,57 MB
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ISBN : 9780174019862
Author : Pat Quinn
Publisher :
Page : 7 pages
File Size : 24,71 MB
Release : 1993
Category : Bumblebees
ISBN : 9780174017691
Author : Joy Cowley
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 13,12 MB
Release : 1984-06-01
Category :
ISBN : 9780913461341
Author : Arnold M. Ludwig
Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
Page : 496 pages
File Size : 12,64 MB
Release : 2013-07-24
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0813143306
People may choose to ignore their animal heritage by interpreting their behavior as divinely inspired, socially purposeful, or even self-serving, all of which they attribute to being human, but they masticate, fornicate, and procreate, much as chimps and apes do, so they should have little cause to get upset if they learn that they act like other primates when they politically agitate, debate, abdicate, placate, and administrate, too." -- from the book King of the Mountain presents the startling findings of Arnold M. Ludwig's eighteen-year investigation into why people want to rule. The answer may seem obvious -- power, privilege, and perks -- but any adequate answer also needs to explain why so many rulers cling to power even when they are miserable, trust nobody, feel besieged, and face almost certain death. Ludwig's results suggest that leaders of nations tend to act remarkably like monkeys and apes in the way they come to power, govern, and rule. Profiling every ruler of a recognized country in the twentieth century -- over 1,900 people in all, Ludwig establishes how rulers came to power, how they lost power, the dangers they faced, and the odds of their being assassinated, committing suicide, or dying a natural death. Then, concentrating on a smaller sub-set of 377 rulers for whom more extensive personal information was available, he compares six different kinds of leaders, examining their characteristics, their childhoods, and their mental stability or instability to identify the main predictors of later political success. Ludwig's penetrating observations, though presented in a lighthearted and entertaining way, offer important insight into why humans have engaged in war throughout recorded history as well as suggesting how they might live together in peace.
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Publisher : Celebration Press
Page : pages
File Size : 28,50 MB
Release : 1999-03-01
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780673581631
Author : Charles Crismier
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 16,92 MB
Release : 2013-09-20
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780971842878
FROM AGES PAST to the present, men, like boys before them, have sought to become "king of the mountain," "lord of the hill." And it is in this simple metaphor that the ultimate meaning and direction of history and prophecy is made manifest, revealing the mystery of the world's rapidly-approaching and greatest battle for KING of the Mountain. HERE IS THE HINGE OF HISTORY. All other issues and pursuits that consume the passions and purposes of mankind ultimately turn on the eternal question: "who will be king of the mountain?" This is the ultimate question of history which the power brokers and peoples of this planet must answer, both for time and eternity. HISTORY'S FINAL BATTLE for KING of the Mountain will be a no-holds-barred, winner-take-all, global conflagration. It is, and always has been, and will be The Eternal, Epic, End-Time Battle for the Temple Mount and for the souls of men. Who, then, will be KING of the Mountain? Join this amazing journey from the Tower of Babel to the Temple Mount and from Creation to the Coming of Messiah.
Author : Susan Hill
Publisher : Trafalgar Square Publishing
Page : 262 pages
File Size : 19,63 MB
Release : 1980
Category : Fiction in English
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Author : Sharyn McCrumb
Publisher : Macmillan
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 10,80 MB
Release : 2013-09-24
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 125001140X
"From the New York Times bestselling author--the first Ballad novel to feature the epic, and gorgeously-portrayed, American Revolution John Sevier had not taken much interest in the American Revolution, he was too busy fighting Indians in the Carolinas and taming the wilderness. But when an arrogant British officer threatened his settlement--promising to burn the farms and kill families--the war became personal. That arrogant officer is Patrick Ferguson of the British Army--who is both charmingly antagonistic and surprisingly endearing. Inventor of the Ferguson rifle, and the devoted lover to his mistress, Virginia Sal, Patrick becomes a delightful anti-hero under McCrumb's watchful eye. Through varying perspectives, King's Mountain is an elegant saga of the Carolina Overmountain Men--the militia organized by Sevier (who would later become the first governor of Tennessee) and their victory in 1780 against the Tories in a battle that Thomas Jefferson later called, "The turning point of the American Revolution." Peppered with lore and the authentic heart of the people in McCrumb's classic Ballads, this is an epic book that will build on the success of The Ballad of Tom Dooley and her recent return to the New York Times bestseller list. Featuring the American Revolution, this a huge draw to readers old and new, and special to McCrumb who can trace her lineage to the character John Sevier"--