Download or read book Magnetic Mountain written by Stephen Kotkin and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 1997-02-27 with total page 726 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study is the first of its kind: a street-level inside account of what Stalinism meant to the masses of ordinary people who lived it. Stephen Kotkin was the first American in 45 years to be allowed into Magnitogorsk, a city built in response to Stalin's decision to transform the predominantly agricultural nation into a "country of metal." With unique access to previously untapped archives and interviews, Kotkin forges a vivid and compelling account of the impact of industrialization on a single urban community. Kotkin argues that Stalinism offered itself as an opportunity for enlightenment. The utopia it proffered, socialism, would be a new civilization based on the repudiation of capitalism. The extent to which the citizenry participated in this scheme and the relationship of the state's ambitions to the dreams of ordinary people form the substance of this fascinating story. Kotkin tells it deftly, with a remarkable understanding of the social and political system, as well as a keen instinct for the details of everyday life. Kotkin depicts a whole range of life: from the blast furnace workers who labored in the enormous iron and steel plant, to the families who struggled with the shortage of housing and services. Thematically organized and closely focused, Magnetic Mountain signals the beginning of a new stage in the writing of Soviet social history.
Download or read book The Magnetic Mountain written by AQEEL AHMED and published by AQEEL AHMED. This book was released on 2024-02-06 with total page 31 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Summary: In a place where strange things happen all the time, the Magnetic Mountain is a place of magic and wonder. Not just any peak—this one is a natural wonder with magnetic power so strong that it can pull or push anything near it, from the tiniest pebble to the strongest hearts. As the story goes on, Lily, a brave and curious little girl, goes into the unknown with her friends to find out what the secrets are behind this amazing work of art. They start a trip to find out more about themselves and the strong bonds of friendship that hold them together as they learn about the hidden treasures on top of the mountain. They have to be strong because the mountain's magnetic field throws off their compasses as they go through woods, rivers, and up steep peaks. Still, they keep going, each step bringing them closer to the mountain's core and the secrets it holds. Their strong friendship and insatiable curiosity drive them on. At the base of Magnetic Mountain, they find a cave that goes deep underground and has an opening filled with minerals that give off an ethereal glow. Oliver, the clever old owl guardian of the mountain, leads them to find the magical magnetite stone that makes the mountain magnetic. Oliver gives them a challenge: to get to the top of the mountain, they have to complete three tests that are meant to see how brave, smart, and friendly they are. They show how brave, smart, and bonded they are by walking a trail while blinded, crossing a narrow bridge over a steep gorge, and figuring out a puzzle involving the placement of magnetic stones. They learn important things about themselves and what friendship really means through these experiences, which also help them reach their goal. When they reach the top of the mountain, they are rewarded with views of the beautiful magnetite stone. Pieces of the stone are given to them as a reminder of their victory, their trip, and the hard times they have been through. When they get back to their hamlet, they tell everyone about their amazing journey. Their bravery and knowledge serve as an example for others. There is no end to the stories that Lily and her friends tell about their journey to the Magnetic Mountain. They show how powerful friendship, curiosity, bravery, and knowledge can be. People who hear it are drawn into the story and want to go on adventures and explore and discover new things. Chapter 1: What They Found Lily was a brave and curious girl who lived in the middle of Willow Creek, a lush, green town where every house seemed to hide a story from the past. On a rainy afternoon, Lily chose to check out her grandmother's attic. The raindrops were making a soothing sound on the windows and roofs. The attic was full of old trunks, worn-out books, and jewels that had been forgotten for a long time. She carefully opened a wooden trunk that was shaking, and as she did so, she saw something strangely sparkling: an old, faded map that looked like it could lead her on journeys. This wasn't just any map; it had been carefully made, with tiny details and symbols that seemed to move around on the page. Lily was especially interested in a drawing of a certain kind of mountain that was marked with a magnet and was on what the map called "the edge of the world." Looking at this picture made Lily's heart race with excitement. She had heard that the Magnetic Mountain was an amazing place where nature's forces behaved in strange ways, using their unseen power to pull and push things and even people. You could compare finding the map to finding the key that opens a locked door that hides secrets. Lily had a lot of ideas and questions about the Magnetic Mountain in her head. Why did a magnet mark it? What secrets did it hide? She liked going into the unknown because it made her feel brave, and she knew that Max and Sara would be great company on their trip. Max was known for being brave and wanting to see new things. Sara was a great trip companion because she could notice a lot of things and loved puzzles. As Lily told them about what she had found, she showed them the map and the interesting mountain. Their eyes shone with excitement and wonder as they thought about the exciting journey that lay ahead of them. The mountain was said to have a magnetic pull on them, but they were also pulled to it by the thrill of discovery and the chance that an experience there would make their friendship stronger. The trip to Magnetic Mountain was being planned by Sara, Max, and Lily. They talked about what gear they would need, different routes, and problems that might come up. As their excitement grew, long stories about the kids hiking into unknown territory spread through Willow Creek. The map, which was hidden and forgotten in a closet, made them want to go on an adventure. That piece of paper wasn't just any old piece of paper; it was a key to a world full of secrets and surprises waiting to be found. Lily held the map like a prize as they got ready to leave. It was a guide that would show them places and help them make memories that would last a lifetime. The trip to Magnetic Mountain was about more than just getting there. It was also about regaining the fun of adventure, the strength of friendship, and the courage to go where no one has gone before.
Download or read book The Mountain World written by Gregory McNamee and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An extraordinary collection of mountain writing, spanning five continents, 2,500 years, and numerous genres - including poetry, myth, folktale, and short story.
Download or read book Magnetic Mountain Stalinism as a Civilization written by Stephen Kotkin and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 728 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study is the first of its kind: a street-level inside account of what Stalinism meant to the masses of ordinary people who lived it. Stephen Kotkin was the first American in 45 years to be allowed into Magnitogorsk, a city built in response to Stalin's decision to transform the predominantly agricultural nation into a ""country of metal."" With unique access to previously untapped archives and interviews, Kotkin forges a vivid and compelling account of the impact of industrialization on a single urban community. Kotkin argues that Stalinism offered itself as an opportunity for.
Download or read book Steeltown USSR written by Stephen Kotkin and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 1991-03-11 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: No one, not even Mikhail Gorbachev, anticipated what was in store when the Soviet Union embarked in the 1980s on a radical course of long-overdue structural reform. The consequences of that momentous decision, which set in motion a transformation eventually affecting the entire postwar world order, are here chronicled from inside a previously forbidden Soviet city, Magnitogorsk. Built under Stalin and championed by him as a showcase of socialism, the city remained closed to Western scrutiny until four years ago, when Stephen Kotkin became the first American to live there in nearly half a century. An uncommonly perceptive observer, a gifted writer, and a first-rate social scientist, Kotkin offers the reader an unsurpassed portrait of daily life in the Gorbachev era. From the formation of "informal" political groups to the start-up of fledgling businesses in the new cooperative sector, from the no-holds-barred investigative reporting of a former Communist party mouthpiece to a freewheeling multicandidate election campaign, the author conveys the texture of contemporary Soviet society in the throes of an upheaval not seen since the 1930s. Magnitogorsk, a planned "garden city" in the Ural Mountains, serves as Kotkin's laboratory for observing the revolutionary changes occurring in the Soviet Union today. Dominated by a self-perpetuating Communist party machine, choked by industrial pollution, and haunted by a suppressed past, this once-proud city now faces an uncertain future, as do the more than one thousand other industrial cities throughout the Soviet Union. Kotkin made his remarkable first visit in 1987 and returned in 1989. On both occasions, steelworkers and schoolteachers, bus drivers and housewives, intellectuals and former victims of oppression—all willingly stepped forward to voice long-suppressed grievances and aspirations. Their words animate this moving narrative, the first to examine the impact and contradictions of perestroika in a single community. Like no other Soviet city, Magnitogorsk provides a window onto the desperate struggle to overcome the heavy burden of Stalin's legacy.
Download or read book The Magnetic Mountain written by Cecil Day Lewis and published by . This book was released on 1933 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Magnetic City written by Justin Davidson and published by Random House. This book was released on 2017-04-18 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From New York magazine’s architecture critic, a walking and reading guide to New York City—a historical, cultural, architectural, and personal approach to seven neighborhoods throughout Manhattan, Brooklyn, and the Bronx, including six essays that help us understand the evolution of the city For nearly a decade, Pulitzer Prize–winning critic Justin Davidson has explained the ever-changing city of New York to his readers at New York magazine, introducing new buildings, interviewing architects, tracking the way the transforming urban landscape shapes who New Yorkers are. Now, his extensive, inspiring knowledge will be available to a wide audience. An insider’s guide to the architecture and planning of New York that includes maps, photographs, and original insights from the men and women who built the city and lived in it—its designers, visionaries, artists, writers—Magnetic City offers first-time visitors and lifelong residents a new way to see New York. Includes walking tours throughout Manhattan, Brooklyn, and the Bronx • the Financial District • the World Trade Center • the Seaport and the Brooklyn waterfront • Chelsea and the High Line • 42nd Street • the Upper West Side • the South Bronx and Sugar Hill Praise for Magnetic City “An intimate, seductive guidebook.”—The New York Times “An enthralling new book makes clear that I’m not alone in my home-town infatuation . . . lends nuance, texture and historical perspective to my impression that New York City has never been so appealing or life-affirming as it is today.”—New York Post “[Davidson] combines a keen intelligence, experience, observational skills, expertise (especially but not solely architectural), and an elegant writing style to make this beautifully produced book indispensable.”—Booklist (starred review) “A street-level celebration of New York City in all ‘its perpetual complexity and contradiction’ . . . a worthy companion to Alfred Kazin’s A Walker in the City and the American Institute of Architects guides to the architecture of New York as well as a treat for fans of the metropolis.”—Kirkus Reviews (starred review) “Justin Davidson does more than direct our feet to New York’s hidden monuments. He explains the structure of the city with a clarity that would be bracing even for a Gotham habitué, but more than that, he finds the meaning in every building and byway.”—Andrew Solomon, National Book Award-winning author of Far from the Tree “Mr. Davidson’s exceptional knowledge of our beloved city is inspiring. Magnetic City is now my official chaperone.”—Patti LuPone “Justin Davidson has a mind alive to every signal, and his brilliant prose style transmits that electricity in black-and-white type. He is thus born to the task of capturing the chaotic splendor of New York City on the page.”—Alex Ross, author of Listen to This “Justin Davidson’s beautiful tours of New York City invoke and redouble our love of the metropolis.”—Jerry Saltz, senior art critic, New York
Download or read book A Tale of The Ragged Mountains written by Edgar Allan Poe and published by SAMPI Books. This book was released on 2024-02-05 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In "A Tale of the Ragged Mountains", Edgar Allan Poe tells the story of Augustus Bedloe, who, during a walk in the Ragged Mountains, experiences a series of supernatural events and a visible temporal overlap, culminating in an intriguing revelation about his own identity and destiny.
Download or read book Mountain Lines written by Jonathan Arlan and published by Skyhorse. This book was released on 2017-02-14 with total page 245 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A New York Times best summer travel book recommendation A nonfiction debut about an American’s solo, month-long, 400-mile walk from Lake Geneva to Nice. In the summer of 2015, Jonathan Arlan was nearing thirty. Restless, bored, and daydreaming of adventure, he comes across an image on the Internet one day: a map of the southeast corner of France with a single red line snaking south from Lake Geneva, through the jagged brown and white peaks of the Alps to the Mediterranean sea—a route more than four hundred miles long. He decides then and there to walk the whole trail solo. Lacking any outdoor experience, completely ignorant of mountains, sorely out of shape, and fighting last-minute nerves and bad weather, things get off to a rocky start. But Arlan eventually finds his mountain legs—along with a staggering variety of aches and pains—as he tramps a narrow thread of grass, dirt, and rock between cloud-collared, ice-capped peaks in the High Alps, through ancient hamlets built into hillsides, across sheep-dotted mountain pastures, and over countless cols on his way to the sea. In time, this simple, repetitive act of walking for hours each day in the remote beauty of the mountains becomes as exhilarating as it is exhausting. Mountain Lines is the stirring account of a month-long journey on foot through the French Alps and a passionate and intimate book laced with humor, wonder, and curiosity. In the tradition of trekking classics like A Short Walk in the Hindu Kush, The Snow Leopard, and Tracks, the book is a meditation on movement, solitude, adventure, and the magnetic power of the natural world.
Download or read book Jonas and the Mountain written by Janis Harper and published by Sacred Stories Publishing. This book was released on 2021-10-20 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: More than an unusual love story, Jonas and the Mountain offers startling insights into the nature of reality. An enlightened eastern mystic. A western psychic who knows everything. And a broken man who falls in love with them both at a holy, magnetic mountain in India. This is a journey into the heart of it all.Jonas has been living a half-life since he lost his marriage, his college English teaching position, and his best friend all at once. Then he hears a voice in his head, and strange poems start to just come to him. These events lead him away from his home in Vancouver, Canada, to the holy mountain of Arunachala in India, where Jonas meets the American guru D whose master was the sage of nondualism, Ramana Maharshi. From D he learns about silence and waking up from the dream. After Jonas's retreat with D ends, he meets an oddly familiar woman and discovers a connection with her that explains the voice and poems and opens up yet another reality. Anamika's unique metaphysical teachings differ from D's-multiple dimensions, partner selves, creativity-and she offers simple expressive arts exercises to bring them home to the characters in the novel and to you, the reader. Jonas seeks to reconcile D's and Anamika's knowledge to find what is true with a capital "T," as he struggles to resolve the pain in his past and the surprising ways it appears in his present.You are invited to journey with Jonas and find your own answers.
Download or read book Building a Magnetic Culture How to Attract and Retain Top Talent to Create an Engaged Productive Workforce written by Kevin Sheridan and published by McGraw Hill Professional. This book was released on 2011-12-16 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Attract top talent and energize your workforce with a MAGNETIC CULTURE “Sheridan outlines simple but powerful steps to take in creating and maintaining an organization that fosters an environment with similar attraction.” —Marshall Goldsmith, Ph.D., international bestselling author of MOJO and What Got You Here Won’t Get You There “A compelling case for and guide to the creation of a high engagement/high performance workforce.” —Douglas R. Conant, retired president and CEO, Campbell Soup Company; New York Times bestselling author of TouchPoints “It’s impossible for any company to have a monopoly on talent. But it is possible to have the best culture. Sheridan shares insights and best practices for creating an engaging culture where associates can grow and thrive.” —Frits van Paassche n, president and CEO, Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. “A long time ago I discovered that when employees are passionate about their work, customers are passionate about the company. Kevin Sheridan knows that secret too. His insights on finding the right people and getting them engaged can change your culture forever.” —Quint Studer, founder of Studer Group, 2010 Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award recipient “This book is filled with practical ideas, illuminating case stories, and fresh perspectives to stir employee engagement in any organization.” —Pamela Meyer, Ph.D., author of From Workplace to Playspace: Innovating, Learning and Changing through Dynamic Engagement About the Book: The perils of a disengaged workforce are well known—low productivity, high employee turnover, and failure to meet organization-wide goals. Less well known is what to do about it. How do you create a workforce that is always ready, able, and eager to take the organization to the next level? You have to create a MAGNETIC CULTURE. As CEO of leading employee survey and HR consulting firm HR Solutions, Inc., Kevin Sheridan knows how it’s done—and in Building a Magnetic Culture, he shares all his secrets. Building a Magnetic Culture explains what engages and motivates employees and how to create an environment in which employees can thrive. Drawing on years of research and real-world examples from his consulting experience, Sheridan gives you the strategies and tactics you need to transform your company by creating and sustaining a Magnetic Culture. Providing benchmarking and best practices, as well as interviews with executives and HR professionals at companies that boast the highest levels of employee engagement, Sheridan outlines an easy-to-follow plan that: Attracts the most talented people—and retains them Makes employees feel they are part of the value that their organization creates Increases Employee Engagement and drives productivity Boosts creativity and problem solving According to HR Solutions’ own employee survey results, actively engaged employees show four times more satisfaction in their work and are four times less likely to leave than disengaged employees are. Is there a reason not to make building a Magnetic Culture your top priority? Simply put, organizations that place a high value on actively cultivating a culture of engagement stand apart from their competition and enjoy superior business results.
Download or read book Magnetic Mansion written by Forrest Haskell and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2011-08-29 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the story of a majestic old mansion built high up in the Irish Hills of Southern Michigan. It was purchased from the state when the builder, who had lived there in seculsion for over sixty years died without a will. As soon as the new owners, Zack and Peggy Sue Heikel moved in, they experienced strange happenings that would eventually lead them to discover a huge old safe hidden in a room in the basement. In the safe were many wierd and fasinating items, fifty-seven canvas bags containing thousands of greenbacks, old weapons, jewerly and a jar containing nine severed human fingers, three with strange rings still attached to the bony ditits. The Heikel's would go on for nine years trying to find the meaning of these things found in the safe and when they do they have life changing events that send them fleeing for their very lives. This tale of terror is based on a TRUE story which in the end of the series results in an untimely death. Only the author knows which of the events are TRUE and which are not, but surprisingly, MOST ARE TRUE.
Download or read book North Pole South Pole written by Gillian M. Turner and published by The Experiment. This book was released on 2011-01-11 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discusses the issues of geomagnetism, including why the Earth's magnetic north differs from its geographic north, how animals use geomagnetism for migration purposes, and the source of the magnetic field.
Download or read book Black Sabbath s Master of Reality written by John Darnielle and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2008-04-15 with total page 110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: John Darnielle describesMaster of Reality in the voice of a fifteen-year-old boy being held in an adolescent psychiatric center in southern California in 1985. The narrator explains Black Sabbath like an emissary from an alien race describing his culture to his captors: passionately, patiently, and lovingly.
Download or read book Flatlantis written by Eric DuBay and published by . This book was released on 2020-07-21 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Flatlantis is an exploration into the history of Flat Earth, the mythology of Atlantis, and the mystery of Mount Meru, the alleged magnetic mountain ancient cultures worldwide believed existed at the North Pole. Beginning with a complete history of the geocentric flat Earth cosmology and subsequent gradual adoption of the heliocentric globe Earth model, Flatlantis then delves into ancient polar mythologies, early polar history/cartography, modern polar expeditions, and the myriad problems with claims made by Cook, Peary, Byrd, Scott, Amundsen, and other explorers. Finally, in a metaphysical twist, the book ends with research into Freemasonry, Christian esotericism, the Atlantean legend, Kundalini Yoga, ancient advanced civilizations and how they are all intimately connected to the North Pole.
Download or read book The Magnetic Declination written by Mioara Mandea and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2022-09-08 with total page 118 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book aims then to describe in a comprehensible way efforts made over centuries of measuring and understanding the magnetic declination. The book also highlights some important characteristics of the Earth’s magnetic field thanks to the declination measurements. Some applications and societal implications are also underlined. Anyone living in the 21st century knows the best way to navigate is by using a smartphone App. Decades and centuries ago, in order to find the same way a magnificent instrument was used: the compass. Despite many being aware of the compass, not everyone appreciates that throughout the ages of exploration, sailors and explorers linked their lives and great discoveries to the magnetic needle. Furthermore, is there an awareness of the Earth’s physical mechanism behind the changes in time and space of the direction indicated by the compass? The magnetic declination is at the center of this book and it helps the reader to understand how to navigate in time and space. The book provides the history of the compass and magnetic declination leading the reader to the understanding of our magnetic planet. This book is designed for those who are fascinated by the long history of geomagnetism. This book relies on reader’s knowledge of elementary scientific concepts, and introduces the geomagnetism concepts as they evaluated in time. The focus is on some basic concepts and physical processes in order to understand the evolution of a specific element of the geomagnetic field, the declination. The primary audience may have just started an interest in the geomagnetism and history of science, as students and researchers. Some readers may have an interest that only touches the geomagnetism, as navigators, geophysicists, historians.
Download or read book The Great Canadian Prairies Bucket List written by Robin Esrock and published by Dundurn. This book was released on 2016-02-06 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Renowned travel writer and TV host Robin Esrock has explored every inch of Canada’s Prairies to craft the definitive Bucket List. From food and culture to nature and adrenaline rushes, Robin has the inspiration and information you’ll need to follow in his footsteps and discover everything Manitoba and Saskatchewan have to offer.
