Download or read book The Delhi Almanac and Souvenir for the Year 1850 Classic Reprint written by and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-10-17 with total page 54 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Delhi Almanac and Souvenir for the Year 1850 The Persian, Arabic, and Hindustani names are used by Mahometans and, will be found under the era of the Hegira. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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Download or read book The Farmers Almanac for 1850 Classic Reprint written by and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-10-22 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Farmers Almanac for 1850 The lst cloudy, snow; 2, 3 coldest days 4, 6 clear and cold 7, 8 snow; 9, 10 cloudy; 11, 12, 13 mostly clear; 14, 15 changeable; 16 rain; 17 to 20 clear, north-west wind; 21, 22, 23 cloudy, rain; 24, 25 pleasant; 26 cloudy and rain; 27, 28 moderate, pleasant. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book Home Almanac written by and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-01 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Home Almanac: A Souvenir Christopher Columbus, the great navigator, I was probably born in Genoa, and even the house of his birth has, it is thought, been identified. The date of his birth has been conjecturally established as between March, 1446, and March, 1447. Though virtually the greatest man of his era, there is little definite information about his family and his early life. He was the son of a wool comber, and attended the then great school of learning in Pavia, where he evinced a taste for astronomy and cosmography. He early went to sea, and made several voyages in the Mediterra. nean. In Lisbon, in 1470, he married the daughter of an Italian named Perestrello, an eminent navigator in the Portuguese service, and with her obtained many valuable charts, journals and memoranda. Here Columbus first appears to have imbibed the idea of land to the westward, which he was destined to establish as a fact. After long, disheartening years, on the third of August, 1492, Columbus set sail from the Bar of Saltes, near Palos. On the twelfth of October he sighted land, which proved to be one of the Bahama Islands. After discovering several other of the West India Islands, Columbus set sail again for Spain, where he arrived on March 15th, 1493, and was received with every demonstration of joy and admiration, as well by the people as the court. Within the next twelve years Columbus made several other voyages, adding to his valuable discoveries the Caribbee Islands, Jamaica, Trinidad, and Paria, on the coast of South America. On May 20th, 1506, this the noblest navigator the world has ever seen, died at Valladolid, and King Ferdinand erected a magnificent monument to his memory. Biography furnishes no parallel to the life of Christopher Columbus. Great men there have been who have met with disappointment and injustice, but there is perhaps no other instance of a great man whom disappointments and injustice did not dishearten and disgust; who had his greatness recognized in his lifetime, and yet was robbed of the emoluments it entitled him to, and who, after death, had the honor he had so hardly won conferred upon another. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book Poor Richard s Almanac for 1850 written by Benjamin Franklin and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-11-15 with total page 70 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Poor Richard's Almanac for 1850: As Written by Benjamin Franklin, for the Years 1733, 1734, 1735 It would be a curious thing, were it possible, to trace the influence of the sound common sense - the homely wisdom, of the frugal maxims of poor richard upon the easly inhabitants of these States. Running along down the carefully-scanned weather-columns' of the Almanac, and intermingling with Apogee, ' Expect much min about these days, ' and the like, came unexp'ectedly upon the reader, these lessons of wisdom sinking 'directly into the mind or the heart, remaining there indelibly, and associated, perhaps, in the minds of thousands, with the very days of the month along which they ran, and the especial seasons when the Almanac was consulted. Who can tell how many thou sands have been brought to a keen sense and appreciation of the necessity of personal exertion in the little couplet. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book Environment and Tourism written by Andrew Holden and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 2000 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For many people, holidays are an increasingly central feature of contemporary western society. The tourism industry has expanded rapidly since 1950, but this book poses the significant question of consequent environmental impacts: are environments being benefited or damaged, by the tourist who visit them? A well-balanced introductory text, this topical book on the relationships between tourism, society and the environment, examines 'tourism' and 'environment' in detail, and gives a historical overview of the growth of the tourism industry. It discusses how the tourism industry markets physical and cultural environments to be consumed by the tourist, and the consequences of the tourism they then attract. It explores: * how the economics of tourism can be adopted in a positive way to aid conservation * whether the concept of sustainability can be applied to tourism * provides a critique of the 'new' forms of tourism, that have developed in recent years. An extensive range of international case studies from both the developed and developing world are used to illustrate the theoretical ideas presented, and to aid the student, it includes end of chapter summaries, further reading guides and boxed vignettes focusing on contemporary environmental issues and debates.
Download or read book Sharp Corners written by Roger J. Spiller and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book New Keywords written by Tony Bennett and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2013-05-29 with total page 470 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over 25 years ago, Raymond Williams’ Keywords: A Vocabulary of Culture and Society set the standard for how we understand and use the language of culture and society. Now, three luminaries in the field of cultural studies have assembled a volume that builds on and updates Williams’ classic, reflecting the transformation in culture and society since its publication. New Keywords: A Revised Vocabulary of Culture and Society is a state-of-the-art reference for students, teachers and culture vultures everywhere. Assembles a stellar team of internationally renowned and interdisciplinary social thinkers and theorists Showcases 142 signed entries – from art, commodity, and fundamentalism to youth, utopia, the virtual, and the West – that capture the practices, institutions, and debates of contemporary society Builds on and updates Raymond Williams’s classic Keywords: A Vocabulary of Culture and Society, by reflecting the transformation in culture and society over the last 25 years Includes a bibliographic resource to guide research and cross-referencing The book is supported by a website: www.blackwellpublishing.com/newkeywords.
Download or read book Albrecht D rer and His Legacy written by Giulia Bartrum and published by British Museum Press. This book was released on 2002 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Albrecht Durer (1471-1528) was in a sense the first truly international artist. The collection of his work in the British Museum is one of the best in the world. This book shows how his sophisticated development of the techniques of woodcut and engraving introduced the idea of multiple images into fine art and thereby altered the history of printmaking. The chronology of his career is traced from his early work in the medieval tradition of Martin Schongauer, through the experience he acquired while living in Italy, to his major print projects for the Holy Roman Emperor, Maximilian I." "The book also examines Durer's influence at later periods, from the obsessive interest in his work by collectors and artists during the late sixteenth century to the virtually iconic status he acquired amid the rise of German nationalism during the nineteenth century. The Nobel-winning German novelist Gunter Grass, himself a printmaker, contributes a subjective view of Durer's images from a twentieth-century standpoint, while other introductory essays by Guilia Bartrum, Joseph Koerner and Ute Kuhlemann consider aspects of Durer's legacy through history. The illustrations include all Durer's best-known prints as well as numerous drawings and watercolours."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved
Download or read book Compact Cities written by Rod Burgess and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2002-09-11 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection of edited papers forms part of the Compact City Series, creating a companion volume to The Compact City (1996) and Achieving Sustainable Urban Form (2000) and extends the debate to developing countries. This book examines and evaluates the merits and defects of compact city approaches in the context of developing countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America. Issues of theory, policy and practice relating to sustainability of urban form are examined by a wide range of international academics and practitioners.
Download or read book The American Quarterly Register written by and published by . This book was released on 1843 with total page 536 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Includes section with title: Journal of the American Education Society, which was also issued separately.
Download or read book City of Light written by Jeff Hecht and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2004 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This text presents the history of the development of fibre optic technology, explaining the scientific challenges that needed to be overcome, the range of applications and future potential for this fundamental communications technology.
Download or read book The Female Thermometer written by Terry Castle and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1995 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of the author's essays on the history and development of female identity from the 18th to the early 20th centuries. Throughout the book are woven themes which are constant in Castle's work: fantasy, hallucination, travesty, transgression and sexual ambiguity.
Download or read book Dispositions written by McKenzie Wark and published by Salt Publishing. This book was released on 2002-01 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Armed with only a notebook and a handheld global positioning device, Wark tracks the secret passage free time and free thought through the spaces of an everyday life.
Download or read book Descriptive Cataloging of Rare Materials books written by Association of College and Research Libraries. Rare Books and Manuscripts Section. Bibliographic Standards Committee and published by Library of Congress. This book was released on 2007 with total page 239 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Third in direct descent from Bibliographic Description of Rare Books (BDRB) -- from preface.
Download or read book The Areas of My Expertise written by John Hodgman and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2012-10-02 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the great tradition of the American almanac, The Areas of My Expertise is a brilliant and hilarious compendium of handy reference tables, fascinating trivia, and sage wisdom on all topics large and small. Although bestsellers such as Poor Richard’s Almanack and The Book of Lists were certainly valuable, they also were largely true. Here is a different kind of handy desk reference, one in which all of the historical oddities and amazing true facts are sifted through the singular, illuminating imagination of John Hodgman—which is the nice way of saying: He made it all up. John Hodgman brings his considerable expertise to bear in answering all of the questions book buyers have been asking: -What are the mottoes of the 51 United States? THE ANSWER IS PROVIDED -Who were the U.S. presidents who had hooks for hands? THE ANSWER IS PROVIDED -What role does the Yale secret society “Skull and Bones” play in the secret world government? THERE IS NO SECRET WORLD GOVERNMENT -What was the menu at the first Thanksgiving, and did it include eels? Technically, that is two questions, but do not apologize, for John Hodgman shall answer them both . . . LATER. -Aside from a compendium of fake trivia, what is the best kind of book to write? A SIMPLE TABLE OF THE 55 MOST DRAMATIC LITERARY SITUATIONS PROVIDES THE ANSWER, and John Hodgman is the author of that table. Imagine if The Book of Lists had been rewritten by Peter Cook and Jorge Luis Borges under the pseudonym of “John Hodgman” and then renamed The Areas of My Expertise, and you will only begin to have a sense of the dizzying, uproarious, sublimely weird, and strangely wise journey that is contained within this book (along with all the pages and words). Perfect for anyone who thirsts for knowledge, and especially for collectors of books of fake trivia, The Areas of My Expertise offers through absurdity a better understanding of the world we share—and recognizes that while the truth may be stranger than fiction, it is never as strange as lies . . . or as true. Look out for John Hodgman's latest book, Vacationland, available from Viking in Fall 2017.
Download or read book Teaching Geography written by Phil Gersmehl and published by Guilford Press. This book was released on 2005-04-06 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents a complete conceptual framework with hands-on ideas for succcessful middle and secondary geography instruction. CD contains exteneded activities, geography standards, and more.
