An illustrated edition of Flatland. Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions is a satirical novel by the famous author Edwin A. Abbot. Odin's Library Classics is dedicated to bringing the world the best of humankind's literature from throughout the ages. Car
Language: English, Binding: Paperback, Number of pages: 360, Publishers: Independently Published, Author: Andrew Aziz,Ardi Aaziznia, ISBN-13: 9798695850321, Date of issue: 2020
" A] superb history.... In these thrilling, highly readable pages, we meet Rasputin, the shaggy, lecherous mystic...; we visit the gilded ballrooms of the doomed aristocracy; and we pause in the sickroom of little Alexei, the hemophiliac heir who, with his
The complete guide to survival in the concrete jungle. The modern urban environment is rife with dangers. Crime, violence, natural disasters, wars, and terrorism are real life possibilities for which few people are prepared. The Art of Urban Survival offer
Where did Italo-Hungarian sabre fencing come from? It's not JUST Barbasetti...The Hungarians dominated Olympic sabre fencing for the majority of the 20th century. It is well-known that Radaelli's northern-Italian lineage became dominant in Austro-Hungarian fencing, under the immensely skilled tutelage of Barbasetti (and later, the Santellis). But little has been said about the Hungarian fencing-masters themselves and how they adapted the Radaellian sabre lineage to fit their own ideas. For the first time, the sabre fencing manual of Károly Leszák, primary sabre instructor at the prestigious Ludovica Military Academy, is made available in English. A must-read for historical fencers wishing to understand the evolution of Italo-Hungarian fencing, and for modern Olympic fencers curious where their methods come from.
PULITZER PRIZE WINNERIn Invisible Child, Pulitzer Prize winner Andrea Elliott follows eight dramatic years in the life of Dasani, a girl whose imagination is as soaring as the skyscrapers near her Brooklyn shelter.In this sweeping narrative, Elliott weaves the story of Dasani’s childhood with the history of her ancestors, tracing their passage from slavery to the Great Migration north. As Dasani comes of age, New York City’s homeless crisis has exploded, deepening the chasm between rich and poor. She must guide her siblings through a world riddled by hunger, violence, racism, drug addiction, and the threat of foster care. Out on the street, Dasani becomes a fierce fighter "to protect those who I love.” When she finally escapes city life to enroll in a boarding school, she faces an impossible question: What if leaving poverty means abandoning your family, and yourself?A work of luminous and riveting prose, Elliott’s Invisible Child reads like a page-turning novel. It is an astonishing story about the power of resilience, the importance of family and the cost of inequality - told through the crucible of one remarkable girl.
This three-in-one guide is the perfect addition to any professional or amateur writer's bookshelf. Aimed at those who use language in their day-to-day lives, it is divided into three parts. The Grammar Guide provides clear, comprehensive guidance on sentence structure, parts of speech and punctuation; the Vocabulary Builder helps you choose the right word by listing commonly confused, misused and cliched words; the dictionary of Literary Terms provides concise definitions of linguistic forms. The budding writer can use this guide to quickly enhance their style and improve their word power. The rules and advice provided are accompanied by usage examples throughout.
Over the past 50 years, the way we value what is "good" and "right" has changed dramatically. Behavior that to our grandparents' generation might have seemed stupid, harmful or simply wicked now seems rational, natural, woven into the very logic of things. And, asserts Jonathan Aldred in this revelatory new book, it's economics that's to blame. Licence to be Bad tells the story of how a group of economics theorists changed our world, and how a handful of key ideas, from free-riding to Nudge, seeped into our decision-making and, indeed, almost all aspects of our lives. Aldred reveals the extraordinary hold of economics on our morals and values. Economics has corrupted us. But if this hidden transformation is so recent, it can be reversed. Licence to be Bad shows us where to begin. 'It is going to change the way in which we understand many modern debates about economics, politics, and society' Ha Joon Chang, author of 23 Things They Don't Tell You About CapitalismOver the past fifty years, the way we value what is 'good' and 'right' has changed dramatically. Behaviour that to our grandparents' generation might have seemed stupid, harmful or simply wicked now seems rational, natural, woven into the very logic of things. And, asserts Jonathan Aldred in this revelatory new book, it's economics that's to blame.Licence to be Bad tells the story of how a group of economics theorists changed our world, and how a handful of key ideas, from free-riding to Nudge, seeped into our decision-making and, indeed, almost all aspects of our lives. Aldred reveals the extraordinary hold of economics on our morals and values. Economics has corrupted us. But if this hidden transformation is so recent, it can be reversed. Licence to be Bad shows us where to begin.Over the past fifty years, the way we value what is 'good' and 'right' has changed dramatically. Behaviour that to our grandparents' generation might have seemed stupid, harmful or simply wicked now seems rational, natural, woven into the very logic of things. And, asserts Jonathan Aldred in this revelatory new book, it's economics that's to blame.Licence to be Bad tells the story of how a group of economics theorists changed our world, and how a handful of key ideas, from free-riding to Nudge, seeped into our decision-making and, indeed, almost all aspects of our lives. Aldred reveals the extraordinary hold of economics on our morals and values. Economics has corrupted us. But if this hidden transformation is so recent, it can be reversed. Licence to be Bad shows us where to begin. Autorid: Jonathan Aldred
All the baseball stats for every level of the game in one bookThe only definitive baseball annual on the market, the Baseball America Almanac is a book whose value only grows year to year. It includes statistics and award winners for all levels of professional baseball with summaries and stats from the majors, minors, partner leagues, college baseball, foreign leagues and international competition. It covers what happened in baseball all around the globe in 2022. Autorid: The Editors of Baseball America
Harrogate began as a tiny hamlet in the Royal Forest of Knaresborough and owes its rise to prominence almost entirely to the exploitation of its mineral springs. Doctors recommended their patients to drink the sulphur-laden water and the first English watering place distinguished by the name spa became a fashionable retreat for the nobility and gentry. In the Season, in addition to the many private carriages of the well-to-do, no less than 19 coaches ran daily from all parts of the land. The numbers arriving to take the cure rose from 20,000 in 1848, when the railway came, to 60,000 a year by the end of the century. The enclosure of the Royal Forest in the 18th century and the gain of 200 acres of open ground, known as the Stray, gave perpetual access to the famous springs and ensured that Harrogate would have space as well as style. The Victorians added many fine buildings to impress their visitors, including the Royal Baths Assembly Room, Opera House and the Kursaal the name of which was hastily changed to Royal Hall at the outbreak of the First World War. The town enjoyed its social heyday in Edwardian times but, with changes in medical practice, the spa declined. However, the trains that had boosted visitor numbers in the 19th century also brought better-off commuters from the industrial West Riding, to enjoy its strong cultural life and up-market image. Harrogate re-invented itself as a floral resort and conference centre. The publicity manager in 1953 had the bright idea of twinning the town with Luchon in the French Pyrenees, which was the start of the now widespread town-twinning scheme, and Harrogate became the permanent home of the Great Yorkshire Show. In this well-researched and very readable book, a well-known local historian provides a chronological account of Harrogates past. Autorid: W R Mitchell
In that split second, perhaps the first sobering thoughts I have had in months become so obvious and apparent, and when that officer returns after having checked the cans and found cocaine I know that, from that moment, everything is going to change. Crazy Chris Lewis played in thirty-two Test Matches and fifty-three One-Day Internationals for England. At one point he was regarded as one of the best all-round cricketers the country has ever produced. However, feeling at odds with the middle-class nature of the sport, he regularly courted controversy off the field and the tabloids happily lapped it up. His naming of England players involved in a match-fixing scandal led to his early retirement at the age of just 30. After this, he withdrew from the limelight until, in 2008, he was arrested for importing cocaine from the Caribbean and sentenced to thirteen years in prison. From his arrival in England from Guyana with his parents, through his colourful cricketing career, his arrest and subsequent trial, his time in prison and how he finally put his life back together, here Lewis recounts his remarkable, redemptive story. Autorid: Chris Lewis
Winner, 2021 Ray and Pat Browne Edited Collection Award, given by the Popular Culture Association How popular culture is engaged by activists to effect emancipatory political change One cannot change the world unless one can imagine what a better world might look like. Civic imagination is the capacity to conceptualize alternatives to current cultural, social, political, or economic conditions; it also requires the ability to see oneself as a civic agent capable of making change, as a participant in a larger democratic culture. Popular Culture and the Civic Imagination represents a call for greater clarity about what we're fighting fornot just what we're fighting against. Across more than thirty examples from social movements around the world, this casebook proposes "civic imagination" as a framework that can help us identify, support, and practice new kinds of communal participation. As the contributors demonstrate, young people, in particular, are turning to popular culturefrom Beyoncé to Bollywood, from Smokey Bear to Hamilton, from comic books to VRfor the vernacular through which they can express their discontent with current conditions. A young activist uses YouTube to speak back against J. K. Rowling in the voice of Cho Chang in order to challenge the superficial representation of Asian Americans in children's literature. Murals in Los Angeles are employed to construct a mythic imagination of Chicano identity. Twitter users have turned to #BlackGirlMagic to highlight the black radical imagination and construct new visions of female empowerment. In each instance, activists demonstrate what happens when the creative energies of fans are infused with deep political commitment, mobilizing new visions of what a better democracy might look like. Autorid: Henry Jenkins, Gabriel Peters-Lazaro, Sangita Shresthova
Este libro relata de manera cronológica, día a día, las expediciones del monitor Huáscar, la actuación de su comandante Miguel Grau y la disciplina de su tripulación durante la campaña naval de la Guerra del Pacífico entre Perú y Chile en 1879. La intención es difundir la descollante actuación del Huáscar, su comandante y su tripulación, dignas de reconocimiento, admiración y respeto; como ejemplo de amor a la patria, coraje y valentía; modelo del honor y el deber.
This guide to using cannabis to enhance creative thinking is based on interviews with artists, including photographers, writers, sculptors, painters and actors, as well as covering the basics of cannabis strains and use. In Cannabis for Creatives, photographer and cannabis advocate Jordana Wright provides what you need to know to take full advantage of cannabiss potential in your creative work. She begins with the basics how cannabis grows, how it is ingested, and the nuances of variety hen works through both the history of cannabis usage and all the pertinent details of the plant itself lineage, strains, appearance, flavor, terpenes, and the types of high you can experience. Jordana also discusses the neuroscience of cannabis use, including how it affects the brain and how science measures creativity. Then, Jordana reveals her findings after conducting more than 30 interviews with artists... The book also features a series of creative prompts that you can use as guided creative experiences in your own creative work. Back cover. Learn how cannabis can help spark your creativity!Cannabis has long been used and revered for its many benefits, from its widely acknowledged medical applications to its commonly accepted ability to help people relax. And now, with the list of states and countries legalizing marijuana usage for all purposes growing rapidly, weve finally reached a tipping point where cannabis is achieving a level of mainstream acceptance and usage, especially among artists. Many established and aspiring artists are looking to cannabis use to aid in their creativitywhether thats to expand the imagination, connect disparate ideas, take artistic risks, or myriad other ways to create and generate work.In Cannabis for Creatives, photographer and cannabis advocate Jordana Wright provides what you need to know to take full advantage of cannabiss potential in your creative work. She begins with the basicshow cannabis grows, how it is ingested, and the nuances of varietythen works through both the history of cannabis usage and all the pertinent details of the plant itselflineage, strains, appearance, flavor, terpenes, and the types of high you can experience. Jordana also discusses the neuroscience of cannabis use, including how it affects the brain and how science measures creativity.Then, Jordana reveals her findings after conducting more than 30 interviews with artists, including photographers, writers, sculptors, painters, actors, comedians, and musicians as she investigates how these artists use cannabis in their workincluding what strains work best for themand how it has helped them become more creative, increase their artistic output, and have creative breakthroughs. The book also features a series of creative prompts that you can use as guided creative experiences in your own creative work.Table of ContentsIntroduction: Uncovering the Relationship Between Creativity and CannabisChapter 1: Cannabis Use Through HistoryChapter 2: Studying CreativityChapter 3: Cannabis and the BrainChapter 4: Understanding the PlantChapter 5: Cannabis and Creativity: The InterviewsChapter 6: Exploring Your Own Creativity with CannabisConclusionGlossary Autorid: Jordana Wright
Learn to write the Hebrew Alphabet in a simple and fast way! For kids and beginners!Here's the perfect workbook to practice the Alef Bet by tracing the letters in the manual print version. Ideal for kids and beginners.Inside, you'll find tracing exercises, a word to learn for each letter and some games and pictures to color to make the learning experience more fun!You'll learn how to write the 22 letters of the Alef Bet in the manual print version- plus the 5 sofit letters- in NO TIME!WHAT'S INSIDEintroductory pages with some theory and tips2 tracing pages for each of the 27 letters (including the 5 sofit characters)an illustration to color and a word to learn for each letter7 additional pages for practicing the alphabet10 pages with easy games to memorize some wordsPRODUCT DETAILSBig size 8.5 x 11 inches pages, perfect for little handsGlossy Soft Cover77 pages (including theory, practice and games pages)Great gift for kids and students of all ages, who are starting to learn HebrewGrab this fun and easy workbook for your kid or a beginner so they can start practicing their Hebrew handwriting!
Each design available in this book was studied carefully in detail to provide a wonderful coloring experience while your stress fades away. A lot of time and effort put in this book to meet your expectations and ours! because we don’t settle for just "Good”. This coloring book ranged in complexity with three different levels (Easy, Intermediate, and Challenging) to provide you with all the options to enjoy the coloring experience in any mood. Why You Will Love this Book? Single-sided Pages Every image is placed on its own page to reduce the bleed-through problem found in other coloring books.Stress Relieving Designs Great for Relaxation. Each coloring page is designed to provide calmness and relaxation as you channelize your energies for creative expression.Different Skill Levels each lion has three difficulty levels that make this coloring book suitable for everyone and anytime. Just remember there is no right or wrong way to color.Beautiful Designs We’ve created over 50 unique designs with mixed art of Mandala, paisley patterns and geometric.Makes a Wonderful Gift Know someone who loves lions, Mandala or coloring in general? Make them smile by getting them a copy. You should probably get a copy too, pamper yourself. You deserve it.
