Author : Charles Romyn Dake
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 11,19 MB
Release : 2024-03-11
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 3387319835
Reproduction of the original. The publishing house Megali specialises in reproducing historical works in large print to make reading easier for people with impaired vision.
Author : Charles Romyn Dake
Publisher : 1st World Publishing
Page : 198 pages
File Size : 16,84 MB
Release : 2006-07
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1421821753
It was once my good fortune to assist in a discovery of some importance to lovers of literature, and to searchers after the new and wonderful. As nearly a quarter of a century has since elapsed, and as two others shared in the discovery, it may seem to the reader strange that the general public has been kept in ignorance of an event apparently so full of interest. Yet this silence is quite explicable; for of the three participants none has heretofore written for publication; and of my two associates, one is a quiet, retiring man, the other is erratic and forgetful. It is also possible that the discovery did not at the time impress either my companions or myself as having that importance and widespread interest which I have at last come to believe it really possesses. In any view of the case, there are reasons, personal to myself, why it was less my duty than that of either of the others to place on record the facts of the discovery. Had either of them, in all these years, in ever so brief a manner, done so, I should have remained forever silent.
Author : Mike Morwood
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 13,59 MB
Release : 2016-12-05
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1315435632
In the most revolutionary archaeological find of the new century, an international team of archaeologists led by Mike Morwood discovered a new, diminutive species of human on the remote Indonesian island of Flores. Nicknamed the “Hobbit,” this was no creation of Tolkien's fantasy. The three foot tall skeleton with a brain the size of a chimpanzee’s was a tool-using, fire-making, cooperatively hunting person who inhabited Flores alongside modern humans as recently as 13,000 years ago. This book is Morwood’s description of this monumental discovery and the intense study that has been undertaken to validate his view of its relationship to our species. He chronicles the bitter debates over Homo Floresiensis, the objections (some spiteful) of colleagues, the theft and damage of some of the specimens, and the endless battle against government and academic bureaucracies that hindered his research. This updated paperback edition contains an epilogue that reports on the most recent debates, findings, and analyses of this amazing discovery.
Author : George Griffith
Publisher : Xulon Press
Page : 146 pages
File Size : 49,95 MB
Release : 2003-11
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1594671737
Author : Richard Anthony Proctor
Publisher :
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 23,49 MB
Release : 1871
Category : Auroras
ISBN :
Author : Goran Stanivukovic
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Page : pages
File Size : 28,30 MB
Release : 2017-11-13
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0773552588
From the fourteenth-century Sir Gawain and the Green Knight to In Parenthesis – an epic poem written in 1937 by painter and poet David Jones – English writers have looked to romance as a resource and a strategy to expand the imaginary reach of their writing. Rethinking the resilience, purpose, and place of romance in English literature, Timely Voices discusses moments that have altered how we read and interpret this ever-changing form. Addressing the various ways in which romance has absorbed and been absorbed by drama, prose, and poetry, contributors to this volume demonstrate that romance texts do not produce something defined or confined by a static genre, but rather express a repository of creative possibilities. Covering writers including the anonymous author of Sir Orfeo, Jane Austen, Geoffrey of Monmouth, Lucy Hutchinson, William Morris, Philip Sidney, William Shakespeare, and Edmund Spenser, essays explore the magic and wonder of romance, Irish and Gaelic lore, how woodcuts in early books complement and extend printed text, how romance was dramatized, how it gives language to feminist politics and ideology, and how it becomes a counterpoint to finance in the fiction of the early Romantic period. A nuanced reinterpretation of romance in its own terms, Timely Voices inspires new appreciation of this form as a solution to textual, aesthetic, structural, ideological, and political problems in literature.
Author : Douglas R. Hofstadter
Publisher : Basic Books (AZ)
Page : 544 pages
File Size : 19,20 MB
Release : 2007-03-27
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0465030785
Argues that the key to understanding ourselves and consciousness is the "strange loop," a special kind of abstract feedback loop that inhabits the brain.
Author : Rev. Francis M. Peter
Publisher : Ratna Sagar
Page : 124 pages
File Size : 46,82 MB
Release :
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ISBN : 9788183324755
These books can be used with any English Reader and serve as workbooks or grammar practice books. The exercises are varied and well-graded. They are structured in such a way that the children progress from easy exercises to slightly more complex tasks. They consist of crosswords, wordsearches, word ladders, picture-based drills and other interesting activities. The Composition section includes descriptive and picture compositions. Also available Teacher s Handbooks and web support www.ratnasagar.co.in
Author : Fr. Francis M Peter
Publisher : Ratna Sagar
Page : 148 pages
File Size : 36,47 MB
Release :
Category :
ISBN : 9788183324601
Grammar & More gives students a clear understanding of the basic rules of grammar. Exercises after each topic reinforce the students understanding of the topic and develop critical thinking and problem solving through speculating and analyzing. The comprehension section enables students to activate four strategies predicting, questioning, clarifying and summarizing. Composition section is designed for students to use the language appropriately. Also available Teacher s Handbooks and web support at www.ratnasagar.co.in
Author : Emma Carroll
Publisher : Delacorte Press
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 27,13 MB
Release : 2018-03-20
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 0399556079
From the critically acclaimed author of In Darkling Wood comes a spine-tingling novel inspired by Frankenstein with more than a hint of mystery and suspense. One stormy June evening, five friends meet at Villa Diodati, the summer home of Lord Byron. After dinner is served, they challenge each other to tell ghost stories that will freeze the blood. But one of the guests--Mary Shelley--is stuck for a story to share. Then there's an unexpected knock at the front door. Collapsed on the doorstep is a girl with strange scars on her face. She has traveled a long way with her own tale to tell, and now they all must listen. Hers is no ordinary ghost story, though. What starts as a simple tale of village life soon turns to tragedy and the darkest, most dangerous of secrets. Sometimes the truth is far more terrifying than fiction . . . and the consequences are even more devastating. Praise for Emma Carroll's In Darkling Wood: "A haunting and poignant exploration of family, loss, and redemption." --Booklist, Starred "A tale brimming with emotion and atmosphere. . . . [In Darkling Wood] is absorbing and well written. Hand this to readers who enjoy fantasy, fairy tales, and magical realism."--School Library Journal, Starred "Magic and mystery adds appeal to this already compelling family drama...and Carroll manages to wrap all of the threads into a wholly satisfying ending."--Bulletin
