Download or read book Mask of the Sun The Science History and Forgotten Lore of Eclipses written by John Dvorak and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2017-03-07 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: They have been thought of as harbingers of evil as well as a sign of the divine. Eclipses—one of the rarest and most stunning celestial events we can witness here on Earth—have shaped the course of human history and thought since humans first turned their eyes to the sky. What do Virginia Woolf, the rotation of hurricanes, Babylonian kings and Einstein’s General Theory Relativity all have in common? Eclipses. Always spectacular and, today, precisely predicable, eclipses have allowed us to know when the first Olympic games were played and, long before the first space probe, that the Moon was covered by dust. Eclipses have stunned, frightened, emboldened and mesmerized people for thousands of years. They were recorded on ancient turtle shells discovered in the Wastes of Yin in China, on clay tablets from Mesopotamia and on the Mayan “Dresden Codex." They are mentioned in Homer’s Iliad and Odyssey and at least eight times in the Bible. Columbus used them to trick people, while Renaissance painter Taddeo Gaddi was blinded by one. Sorcery was banished within the Catholic Church after astrologers used an eclipse to predict a pope’s death. In Mask of the Sun, acclaimed writer John Dvorak the importance of the number 177 and why the ancient Romans thought it was bad to have sexual intercourse during an eclipse (whereas other cultures thought it would be good luck). Even today, pregnant women in Mexico wear safety pins on their underwear during an eclipse. Eclipses are an amazing phenomena—unique to Earth—that have provided the key to much of what we now know and understand about the sun, our moon, gravity, and the workings of the universe. Both entertaining and authoritative, Mask of the Sun reveals the humanism behind the science of both lunar and solar eclipses. With insightful detail and vividly accessible prose, Dvorak provides explanations as to how and why eclipses occur—as well as insight into the forthcoming eclipse of 2017 that will be visible across North America.
Download or read book The Neglected Sun written by Fritz Vahrenholt and published by Stacey International Publishers. This book was released on 2013 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this momentous book, Professor Fritz Vahrenholt and Dr Sebastian Luning demonstrate that the critical cause of global temperature change has been, and continues to be, the sun's activity.
Download or read book The Forgotten written by Patrick C. Pagnano and published by Dorrance Publishing. This book was released on 2023-08-14 with total page 425 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: About the Book The Forgotten is a thrilling story of a boy thrust into the cruel reality of the world. This world is full of monsters and magic. It is also where the gods play with the lives of mortals for their own entertainment and satisfaction. The young boy stumbles through his life, desperate to find a way home. With each unfathomable turn of event comes another wave of chaos unyielding in its efforts to uproot what little he has left. About the Author Patrick C. Pagnano was born in Auburn, Nebraska. He currently resides in Citrus Heights, California. He worked multiple jobs throughout college while maintaining his relationships with his family and friends. He is happily married and has a career in the engineering field. He enjoys writing as a way to express his creative side and escape the stress of everyday life.
Download or read book Forgotten Fifteenth written by Barrett Tillman and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2014-06-02 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: November 1943—May 1945—The U.S. Army Air Forces waged an unprecedentedly dogged and violent campaign against Hitler’s vital oil production and industrial plants on the Third Reich’s southern flank. Flying from southern Italy, far from the limelight enjoyed by the Eighth Air Force in England, the Fifteenth Air Force engaged in high-risk missions spanning most of the European continent. The story of the Fifteenth Air Force deserves a prideful place in the annals of American gallantry. In his new book, Forgotten Fifteenth: The Daring Airmen Who Crippled Hitler’s War Machine, Tillman brings into focus a seldom-seen multinational cast of characters, including pilots from Axis nations Romania, Hungary, and Bulgaria and many more remarkable individuals. They were the first generation of fliers—few of them professionals—to conduct a strategic bombing campaign against a major industrial nation. They suffered steady attrition and occasionally spectacular losses. In so doing, they contributed to the end of the most destructive war in history. Forgotten Fifteenth is the first-ever detailed account of the Fifteenth Air Force in World War II and the brave men that the history books have abandoned until now. Tillman proves this book is a must-read for military history enthusiasts, veterans, and current servicemen.
Download or read book The Gone and the Forgotten written by Clare Whitfield and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2022-06-09 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Part psychological thriller, part coming-of-age novel from the author of People of Abandoned Character. An absent father. A missing girl. Buried family secrets. Is the truth worth searching for? Sixteen-year-old Prue has grown up around secrets. Her gran's stern silence, her mother's teary breakdowns, her aunt's whispered assurances. But now, in the aftermath of her mum's latest 'episode', Prue's decided she's old enough for the truth. She wants to know what it is that makes the adults around her turn tight-lipped and distracted. She wants to know why her mum can't cope. Most of all, she wants to know who her dad is. Forced to spend the summer in the Shetlands with her aunt, Ruth, and new uncle, Archie, Prue arrives determined to find some answers. But she soon finds herself caught up in a web of family secrets, betrayals and – perhaps – even murder... Set during one long summer in Shetland, this is a beautifully drawn, psychologically astute novel about a young woman's search for truth, even as she realises the lies that surround her have been keeping her safe. Praise for The Gone and the Forgotten: 'What a beautiful, absorbing, emotional book. I was on that remote island with these characters, lost in their unfolding dramas and the barren landscape and long-past secrets. I was with young Prue on her quest to disperse the shadows of her past, and certainly identified with many of the things she had been through. A stunning read' Louise Beech
Download or read book Clothed with the Sun written by Anna Bonus Kingsford and published by . This book was released on 1889 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Forgotten Ones written by Tionne Rogers and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2015-04-29 with total page 434 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Even high-class prostitute is better than this dullness I live in," thought Julian before he left everything behind. Poor, uneducated, low class, the youth had all odds against him but his beauty and determination to get his way were his greatest capital. A simple job for an eccentric and aloof man could prove to be mankind's greatest challenge."
Download or read book The Day the Sun Wouldn t Get Out of Bed written by Ewain Black and published by . This book was released on 2021-04-09 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We can all have mornings when we don't feel like getting out of our beds. But what if its the Sun that doesn't want to get up? And how angry will this make the Moon? This charming story tells a tale of two old friends who have been rising and falling for a very long time. The Day the Sun Wouldn't Get Out of Bed, looks at the idea of friendship and consolation as well as how to keep going when things get a bit tough. It will bring comfort to children and parents alike.The amusing storyline, with beautiful illustrations, is written in rhyme, which is helpful for young ones that are just starting out on their reading journey.The first in its series, all of Deep Breath Publications books are designed to create a chance to reflect and open up conversations about relationships, looking out for one another and looking after yourself.
Download or read book Forgotten written by Brown Wolf and published by Dorrance Publishing. This book was released on 2016-10-17 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Forgotten Book One: Revelations By Brown Wolf Forgotten Book One: Revelations was written to portray the author’s own feelings about the world as he sees it. Brown Wolf had many dreams that characterize the effects of God’s black tear, as he calls it, and has turned it into a harrowing tale of survival for one family. The main characters go through many trials in order to fulfill their destinies: the three chosen ones must listen to God and save humanity from themselves. This book is about their plight and the growing threat of demons and suffering that will plague the human race after the end of days is upon us. Miguel, the main character, has a haunted past that he must come to terms with before he will be able to fulfill his destiny as God’s chosen one.
Download or read book The Forgotten Explorer written by Samuel Prescott Fay and published by Rocky Mountain Books Ltd. This book was released on 2009 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: North of Jasper, in the Canadian Rockies, is a large, spectacular wilderness of alpine flower meadows, glaciated peaks, canyons, waterfalls and abundant wildlife. Compared to the millions each year who visit Banff and Jasper national parks immediately to the south, this northern area sees few visitors. Fewer still have ever attempted to travel through this wilderness in one continuous trip. The first to do so was Samuel Prescott Fay in 1914. To this day, his exact route has never been duplicated. During his expedition (commissioned by the U.S. government to go up to Alberta to count sheep because they wanted to see what was going on in the interior), Fay kept a detailed journal (currently held at the Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC), which he provided to the US Biological Survey (now known as the US Fish & Wildlife Service) and to various Canadian government authorities. However, the journal in its entirety has never been published. Brought together for the first time in book form, both maps and journal entries provide an early and dynamic record of an area that remains little known to this day.
Download or read book The Sun Dance and Other Ceremonies of the Oglala Division of the Teton Dakota written by James R. Walker and published by . This book was released on 1917 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As agency physician on the Pine Ridge Reservation from 1896 to 1914, Dr. James R. Walker recorded a wealth of information on the traditional lifeways of the Oglala Sioux.
Download or read book Theater Stories and Scenes of a Forgotten People written by Mariano Morillo B.PhD. and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2019-10-21 with total page 86 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This presentation of this second edition on English, Corresponds to the first edition in Spanish published by the autonomous University of Santo Domingo (UASD) during the dean of Dr. Luciano Castillo in the faculty of Humanities, who referred to the author in the following terms: Mariano Morillo B., recently published and essay on universal theater. Now dares to venture into the theme of stories and plays and publish them. We have used the verb “dare,” on purpose because the young Mariano Morillo B. he has determined to do something difficult and Risky when penetrating into such delicate literary genres. It is rare in our days to find a young who dedicates himself to socio cultural tasks that seem no to interest contemporary youth, and that when he dedicates himself to enter the literary aspects in our environment, he inclines towards the easiest thing to deal with. In this book, Mariano Morillo B; does what many young people disdain, introducing themselves in the storyteller and in the theater, very difficult and delicate aspects in their handling and treatment in literature.
Download or read book Neverforgotten written by Alejandra Algorta and published by Chronicle Books. This book was released on 2021-10-26 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A New York Times Best Book of the Year A Kids' Indie Next List An Indies Introduce Selection New York Public Library's Best of the Year ABC Group Best Books for Young Readers "A transformative, noteworthy debut. A philosophical read, begging discussion and interpretation."—Pam Muñoz Ryan, New York Times ★ "Algorta's narrative glides with skillful pacing and poetic yet accessible language; Rickenmann's soft, detail-rich illustrations tonally match the refined internal rhythm of the prose."—Publishers Weekly (starred) ★ "Poetic...lyrical and moving novel with a melancholic ode to coming of age."—Foreword Reviews (starred) ★ "An unmissable tale about loss and reclamation."—Kirkus (starred) "A memorable and meaningful ride."—Horn Book Fabio flies through the streets of Bogotá on his bicycle, the children of his neighborhood trailing behind him. It is there that life feels right—where the world of adults, and their lies, fades away. But then one day, he simply forgets. Forgets how to ride his bicycle. And Fabio will never be the same again. From Colombia comes a special debut talent, Alejandra Algorta, and a first novel of discovery and heartbreak. Algorta's distinct and poetic prose has been translated by award-winning author Aida Salazar, and presented in English and Spanish.
Download or read book Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors written by Carl Sagan and published by Ballantine Books. This book was released on 2011-07-06 with total page 528 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NATIONAL BESTSELLER • “Exciting and provocative . . . A tour de force of a book that begs to be seen as well as to be read.”—The Washington Post Book World World renowned scientist Carl Sagan and acclaimed author Ann Druyan have written a Roots for the human species, a lucid and riveting account of how humans got to be the way we are. Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors is a thrilling saga that starts with the origin of the Earth. It shows with humor and drama that many of our key traits—self-awareness, technology, family ties, submission to authority, hatred for those a little different from ourselves, reason, and ethics—are rooted in the deep past, and illuminated by our kinship with other animals. Sagan and Druyan conduct a breathtaking journey through space and time, zeroing in on critical turning points in evolutionary history, and tracing the origins of sex, altruism, violence, rape, and dominance. Their book culminates in a stunningly original examination of the connection between primate and human traits. Astonishing in its scope, brilliant in its insights, and an absolutely compelling read, Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors is a triumph of popular science.
Download or read book The Forgotten Bible written by Philip Schaff and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2017-10-02 with total page 500 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of texts written in the first couple centuries after the death of Christ. These texts, while not raising new theological issues are interesting documents to go over in an attempt to study and understand the early years of Christianity and those struggles that the church had to overcome to thrive during the martyrdom started by the Roman emperor Nero and continued by many of his predecessors throughout the years until Constantine. Included in this volume are the Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs, the various versions of the Gospel of Thomas, the collection of additional Gospels of Peter and the Revelations of many first church founders such as Peter, John, Paul, Moses and Esdras. Within the book are many other books.
Download or read book Invisible Sun written by Monte Cook and published by . This book was released on 2017-11-30 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Spectrum of a Forgotten Sun written by E. C. Tubb and published by Arrow. This book was released on 1976 with total page 157 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
