Book Description
Relates facts and information about a host of ordinary things ranging from safety pins to negligees.
Author : Charles Panati
Publisher : Chartwell Books
Page : 480 pages
File Size : 45,47 MB
Release : 2016-08-15
Category : History
ISBN : 0785834370
Relates facts and information about a host of ordinary things ranging from safety pins to negligees.
Author : Charles Panati
Publisher :
Page : 478 pages
File Size : 21,19 MB
Release : 1989
Category : Curiosities and wonders
ISBN : 9781567316179
Author : Charles Panati
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 609 pages
File Size : 48,56 MB
Release : 1996-12-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1101656077
In this enlightening and entertaining work, Charles Panati explores the origins of hundreds of religious rituals, customs, and practices in many faiths, the reasons for religious holidays and sacred symbols, and the meanings of vestments, sacraments, devotions, and prayers. Its many revelations include: * Why the Star of David became the Jewish counterpart of the Christian cross * What mortal remains of the Buddha are venerated today * How the diamond engagement ring became a standard * That the first pope was a happily married man * How Hindu thinkers arrived at their concept of reincarnation * Why Jews don't eat pork, why some Muslims don't eat certain vegetables, and how some Christians came to observe meatless Fridays Sacred Origins of Profound Things is an indispensable resource for all those interested in the history of religion and the history of ideas--and an inspiring guide to those seeking to understand their faith.
Author : Mike Pearl
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 38,65 MB
Release : 2019-09-17
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1501194151
From a VICE magazine columnist, “a deeply entertaining—if occasionally horrifying” (Joshua Piven, coauthor of The Worst-Case Scenario Survival Handbook) look at how humanity is likely to weather such happenings as nuclear war, a global internet collapse, antibiotics shortages, and even immortality. If you live on planet Earth you’re probably scared of the future. How could you not be? Some of the world’s most stable democracies are looking pretty shaky. Technology is invading personal relationships and taking over jobs. Relations among the three superpowers—the US, China, and Russia—are growing more complicated and dangerous. A person watching the news has to wonder: is it safe to go out there or not? Taking inspiration from his virally popular VICE column “How Scared Should I Be?,” Mike Pearl games out many of the “could it really happen?” scenarios we’ve all speculated about, assigning a probability rating, and taking us through how it would unfold. He explores what would likely occur in dozens of possible scenarios—among them the final failure of antibiotics, the loss of the world’s marine life, a complete ban on guns in the US, and even contact with extraterrestrial life—and reports back from the future, providing a clear picture of how the world would look, feel, and even smell in each of these instances. For fans of such bestsellers as What If? and The Worst Case Scenario Survival Handbook, The Day It Finally Happens is about taking future events that we don’t really understand and getting to know them in close detail. Pearl’s “well-researched speculations induce daydreams and nightmares and mark [him] as one of his generation’s most interesting writers” (Alec Ross, New York Times bestselling author).
Author : Charles Panati
Publisher : Harpercollins
Page : 491 pages
File Size : 38,23 MB
Release : 1991
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780060964771
A look at the last one hundred years of American pop culture includes discussions of pop songs, books, and media
Author : Charles Panati
Publisher : HarperPerennial
Page : 470 pages
File Size : 40,46 MB
Release : 1989-01-01
Category : Curiosities and wonders
ISBN : 9780060159207
A compendium of facts and anecdotes about the demise of (practically) everthing and everybody.
Author : Kate Hosford
Publisher : Carolrhoda Books ®
Page : 40 pages
File Size : 37,96 MB
Release : 2013-11-01
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1467737917
When I looked up, I shivered. How many stars were in the sky? A million? A billion? Maybe the number was as big as infinity. I started to feel very, very small. How could I even think about something as big as infinity? Uma can't help feeling small when she peers up at the night sky. She begins to wonder about infinity. Is infinity a number that grows forever? Is it an endless racetrack? Could infinity be in an ice cream cone? Uma soon finds that the ways to think about this big idea may just be . . . infinite.
Author : Fareed Zakaria
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Page : 93 pages
File Size : 11,17 MB
Release : 2015-03-30
Category : Education
ISBN : 0393247694
CNN host and best-selling author Fareed Zakaria argues for a renewed commitment to the world’s most valuable educational tradition. The liberal arts are under attack. The governors of Florida, Texas, and North Carolina have all pledged that they will not spend taxpayer money subsidizing the liberal arts, and they seem to have an unlikely ally in President Obama. While at a General Electric plant in early 2014, Obama remarked, "I promise you, folks can make a lot more, potentially, with skilled manufacturing or the trades than they might with an art history degree." These messages are hitting home: majors like English and history, once very popular and highly respected, are in steep decline. "I get it," writes Fareed Zakaria, recalling the atmosphere in India where he grew up, which was even more obsessed with getting a skills-based education. However, the CNN host and best-selling author explains why this widely held view is mistaken and shortsighted. Zakaria eloquently expounds on the virtues of a liberal arts education—how to write clearly, how to express yourself convincingly, and how to think analytically. He turns our leaders' vocational argument on its head. American routine manufacturing jobs continue to get automated or outsourced, and specific vocational knowledge is often outdated within a few years. Engineering is a great profession, but key value-added skills you will also need are creativity, lateral thinking, design, communication, storytelling, and, more than anything, the ability to continually learn and enjoy learning—precisely the gifts of a liberal education. Zakaria argues that technology is transforming education, opening up access to the best courses and classes in a vast variety of subjects for millions around the world. We are at the dawn of the greatest expansion of the idea of a liberal education in human history.
Author : Louis A. Meyer
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 43,15 MB
Release : 2002
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 0152167315
"While disguised as a boy, Jacky Faber experiences adventure and romance on the high seas"--
Author : Charles Panati
Publisher : Penguin Group
Page : 500 pages
File Size : 50,23 MB
Release : 1999
Category : Curiosities and wonders
ISBN :
A witty & comprehensive look at the world's endings.