Download or read book Different Shades of the Past written by Mateusz Kamionka and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2023-01-30 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In his book 21 Lessons for the 21st Century the historian Yuval Noah Harrari wrote that man had the possibility to conquer the world precisely because he could create fictional stories and believe in them. People created more and more complex stories about themselves that served and continue to serve, according to the professor of the University of Jerusalem, building unity, social harmony and gaining power. A narrative about past, in which memory fragmentation and victimisation play a large role, may be a temptation to instrumentalise the past. This is especially true in relation to the events of the twentieth century, when a series of bloody war conflicts occurred. As shown in the following post-conference volume, today the wars of the past (World War I and World War II, Indian-Pakistani war) and current conflicts (Russo-Ukrainian war, war in Sudan or Nagorno-Karabakh) are also a catalyst for the process of instrumentalisation. This process can be analysed both at the level of the evolution of the language of conflict, including the erosion of the values of democratic dialogue, and the use of specific means of commemorating the past (monuments, museums, the Internet).

Download or read book Shades of the Past written by Kathleen Kirkwood and published by Anita Gordon. This book was released on 2012-03-09 with total page 171 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A widowed Victorian Lady . . . A mysterious Viscount . . . A remote and ancient castle . . . Where ghostly residents stir anew . . .

Download or read book Shades of the Past written by Harold S. Williams and published by Tuttle Publishing. This book was released on 2012-02-14 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Prowling among these stories about Japan one finds riffraff and gentlemen, pirates and warriors, saints and sinners, smugglers and legitimate businessmen. All those, in fact, who made up the foreign communities of Japan in the early days. Harold S. Williams tells about them with the same inimitable humor, irony, drama and whimsy that made his earlier Tales of the Foreign Settlements such a popular success. With due regard for historical accuracy he recreates those fantastic days and the furor and fun with which they were filled. Here you can enjoy the privileged social status of belonging to the Victorian Volunteer Steam Fire Engine Company of Yokohama; you can join those Japanese pirates who were the first to meet Englishmen; arbitrate Japan's first labor dispute, involving foreigners, of course; witness the massacre of forty thousand Japanese Christians; revel in Nagasaki when it was the Paris of the Far East; travel over the Tokaido when it was the most picturesque and colorful of the world's highways; watch at close range each gruesome detail of an act of harakiri; dive for sunken treasures; watch the world's largest wooden vessel burn to the water line; marvel at one of the greatest advertising feats of all time.

Download or read book Popular Art Deco Lighting written by Herb Millman and published by Schiffer Book for Collectors. This book was released on 2004 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Art Deco lighting from homes and public spaces presented in over 590 color photos, including accent and figural radio lamps, boudoir lamps, table and desk lamps, overhead and wall lighting, and floor lighting produced by Consolidated Glass, Lightolier, Lincoln, Moe Bridges, Williamson, Frankart, Nuart, and Chase. The text provides values in the captions for the lighting displayed.

Download or read book Shades of Grey written by Jasper Fforde and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2009-12-29 with total page 419 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the New York Times bestselling author of the Thursday Next series comes a “laugh-out-loud funny” (Los Angeles Times) and “brilliantly original” (Booklist, starred review) novel of a man attempting to navigate a color-coded world. “A rich brew of dystopic fantasy and deadpan goofiness.”—The Washington Post Welcome to Chromatacia, where the Colortocracy rules society through a social hierarchy based on one’s limited color perception. In this world, you are what you can see. Eddie Russet wants to move up. When he and his father relocate to the backwater village of East Carmine, his carefully cultivated plans to leverage his better-than-average red perception and marry into a powerful family are quickly upended. Eddie must content with lethal swans, sneaky Yellows, inviolable rules, an enforced marriage to the hideous Violet deMauve, and a risky friendship with an intriguing Grey named Jane who shows Eddie that the apparent peace of his world is as much an illusion as color itself. Will Eddie be able to tread the fine line between total conformity—accepting the path, partner, and career delineated by his hue—and his instinctive curiosity that is bound to get him into trouble?

Download or read book Different Shades Of Love written by Jaya Mishra and published by The World Of Hidden Thoughts. This book was released on 2020-12-13 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: I never expected myself to become a writer neither I was an avid reader. But one thing that triggered me to write this book was my disposition towards sexuality when I was in the first year of my graduation. So, I decided to explore more about this unexplored arena, unaware of the fact that I was entering the grey shade that existed in the world centuries ago but hardly people talked about it. Even now too most people avoid talking about sexuality. Well, the more I probed into this, the deeper I dived into it. I came across many factors that I thought to put into words and let the world know about the darker side of this arena called “sexuality”. So, what now you are holding in your hand is something not filled with several colors but it definitely has some shades. And I urge you not to judge the characters without keeping yourself in their shoes. This book will take you to the world which you might have heard about it but have not observed it yet. Remember! Love is love and it needs not any validation about your attributes or your professed sexuality.

Download or read book Different Shades of Gray written by Sand Q. Perry and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2011-03-26 with total page 201 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The words that you read in this book will force you to use your imagination beyond what you already do. Diction that creates smiles, frowns, laughs, feelings that create something of a real world only with a writers touch. Words that will move you, words that will make you read this book over and over again. The diction challenges your mind to uncover not only what is being said, but also what is being lived. Challenge yourself to understand it, and then relate to it. Take something from it and continue to live your life, but live your life for you, and no one else. It’s your freedom.... now LIVE.

Download or read book Interaction of Color written by Josef Albers and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2013-06-28 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An experimental approach to the study and teaching of color is comprised of exercises in seeing color action and feeling color relatedness before arriving at color theory.

Download or read book Different Shades of the Same Color written by Mima and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2016-01-04 with total page 299 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It all started when Natasha Parsons hit her head - in a very undignified manner- at her uncles political fundraiser. Suddenly, she finds herself exiled to the country and discovers some surprising truths about both her family and her own life. In a world of prejudice and judgment, Natasha quickly learns that we are all different shades of the same color, but is she ready to accept the darkness that lurks around the corner?

Download or read book My Different Shades of Black written by Nicolle Golding and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2021-12-09 with total page 723 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: My Different Shades of Black- The Beginning is the introduction of a three-part fictional trilogy. It sets an extensive foundation for an astonishing adventure. As readers journey through this fantastic voyage, they learn early on that this story has several dimensions. The book is about an African princess named Anyalla who travels through time. Leaping from one body to the next, she experiences life from a remarkable lens. At a very tender age and learning on the go. She becomes a student in the school of life. Her first leap almost kills her, but her last leap became the most historical event of the century. As a former president of the United States, Anyalla Kaiko Mugabe tells the story of her triumphant years. How an ancient tribal princess from Zimbabwe transforms into the first female black president of the United States. The Queen of the south gave up her thrown and went on to become one of the most influential women that ever lived. Her eight-year reign as president was not only a monumental elevation for mankind, but the decisions that she makes in this significant place of power changed the entire world as we know it. The missing key is only revealed in book three (My different Shades of Black-The Color of Purpose). However, book one sets the tone for an unbelievable and extraordinary ride. Due to her humble beginnings as a warrior princess, her innate ability to fight for what is right surfaced every time she was faced with adversity. She never gave up on life, love, or people. Overcoming trauma became her strong suit, and God gave her the strength she needed to keep going when times got hard. As she repeatedly discovers that love is truly the cure for all things, her superpowers are distinctively revealed over time. Embracing the spiritual aspects made each voyage unique with breath taking pivotal moments. My Different Shades of Black-True Colors (Book #2) Coming soon.

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Download or read book Seeing the Past with Computers written by Kevin Kee and published by University of Michigan Press. This book was released on 2019-01-24 with total page 255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Recent developments in computer technology are providing historians with new ways to see—and seek to hear, touch, or smell—traces of the past. Place-based augmented reality applications are an increasingly common feature at heritage sites and museums, allowing historians to create immersive, multifaceted learning experiences. Now that computer vision can be directed at the past, research involving thousands of images can recreate lost or destroyed objects or environments, and discern patterns in vast datasets that could not be perceived by the naked eye. Seeing the Past with Computers is a collection of twelve thought-pieces on the current and potential uses of augmented reality and computer vision in historical research, teaching, and presentation. The experts gathered here reflect upon their experiences working with new technologies, share their ideas for best practices, and assess the implications of—and imagine future possibilities for—new methods of historical study. Among the experimental topics they explore are the use of augmented reality that empowers students to challenge the presentation of historical material in their textbooks; the application of seeing computers to unlock unusual cultural knowledge, such as the secrets of vaudevillian stage magic; hacking facial recognition technology to reveal victims of racism in a century-old Australian archive; and rebuilding the soundscape of an Iron Age village with aural augmented reality. This volume is a valuable resource for scholars and students of history and the digital humanities more broadly. It will inspire them to apply innovative methods to open new paths for conducting and sharing their own research.

Download or read book A Different Shade of Justice written by Stephanie Hinnershitz and published by UNC Press Books. This book was released on 2017-08-10 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the Jim Crow South, Chinese, Filipino, Japanese, and, later, Vietnamese and Indian Americans faced obstacles similar to those experienced by African Americans in their fight for civil and human rights. Although they were not black, Asian Americans generally were not considered white and thus were subject to school segregation, antimiscegenation laws, and discriminatory business practices. As Asian Americans attempted to establish themselves in the South, they found that institutionalized racism thwarted their efforts time and again. However, this book tells the story of their resistance and documents how Asian American political actors and civil rights activists challenged existing definitions of rights and justice in the South. From the formation of Chinese and Japanese communities in the early twentieth century through Indian hotel owners' battles against business discrimination in the 1980s and '90s, Stephanie Hinnershitz shows how Asian Americans organized carefully constructed legal battles that often traveled to the state and federal supreme courts. Drawing from legislative and legal records as well as oral histories, memoirs, and newspapers, Hinnershitz describes a movement that ran alongside and at times intersected with the African American fight for justice, and she restores Asian Americans to the fraught legacy of civil rights in the South.

Download or read book Different Shades of Love written by Dhriti Agarwal and published by Verses Kindler Publication. This book was released on 2022-04-22 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “There is only one happiness in this life, to love and be loved.” ~ George Sand Love has no boundaries, no meaning, no logic and no limit. It is boundless, endless, unconditional, and free. It has the power to change people for the good, to live life for real. And that is maybe because love doesn’t have to be perfect, it just must be true. With this idea of love, we have a compendium of 25 minds from across India, who have expressed themselves on love in their own ways and perceptions. This book presents to you love in its most original form: with both its ups and downs. But more importantly, it gives you all the different shades of love put together.

Download or read book Four and a Half Shades of Fantasy written by W.J. May and published by W.J. May. This book was released on with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From USA Today bestselling author W.J. May, comes a boxset of first books in her international bestselling series! RAE OF HOPE – THE CHRONICLES OF KERRIGAN How hard do you have to shake the family tree to find the truth about the past? Fifteen year-old Rae Kerrigan never really knew her family's history. Her mother and father died when she was young and it is only when she accepts a scholarship to the prestigious Guilder Boarding School in England that a mysterious family secret is revealed. Will the sins of the father be the sins of the daughter? As Rae struggles with new friends, a new school and a star-struck forbidden love, she must also face the ultimate challenge: receive a tattoo on her sixteenth birthday with specific powers that may bind her to an unspeakable darkness. It's up to Rae to undo the dark evil in her family's past and have a ray of hope for her future. SEVENTH MARK Part 1&2 – THE HIDDEN SECRETS SAGA Like most teenagers, Rouge is trying to figure out who she is and what she wants to be. Everything changes when she befriends a strangely intoxicating family. Siblings Grace and Michael, appear to have secrets which seem connected to Rouge. Her hunch is confirmed when a horrible incident occurs at an outdoor party. Rouge may be the only one who can find the answer. An ancient journal, a Sioghra necklace and a special mark force life-altering decisions for a girl who grew up unprepared to fight for her life or others. Eternal - the Queen's Alpha Series When the king is murdered, his only daughter, Katerina, must flee for her life. She finds herself on a strange and dangerous path. Alone for the first time she's forced to rely on her wits and the kindness of strangers, while protecting her secret at the same time. Because she alone knows the truth. It was her brother who killed the king. And he's coming for her next. With her brother's hired assassins closing in at every turn, Katerina must unlock a secret that's hidden deep inside her. It's the only thing strong enough to keep the darkness at bay. Can she find the answers she needs? Will she ever take her rightful place on the throne? Only one thing is certain…she's running out of time. RADIUM HALOS – THE SENSELESS CHRONICLES Everyone needs to be a hero at one point in their life. The small town of Elliot Lake will never be the same again. Caught in a sudden thunderstorm, Zoe, a high school senior from Elliot Lake, and five of her friends take shelter in an abandoned uranium mine. Over the next few days, Zoe's hearing sharpens drastically, beyond what any normal human being can detect. All four develop similar traits. Their senses develop into stronger, supernatural powers. Fashioning themselves into superheroes, the group tries to stop the strange occurrences happening in their little town. Muggings, break-ins, disappearances, and murder begin to hit too close to home. It leads the team to think someone knows about their secret – someone who wants them all dead. An incredulous group of heroes. A traitor in their midst. Some dreams are written in blood. COURAGE RUNS RED – The BLOOD RED SERIES What if courage was your only option? When a raging blood feud between vampire & shifter spills into her home, Kallie is caught in the middle. Torn between love and family loyalty she must find the courage to fight, even if it means risking her own life in the process.

Download or read book Shades of Sheol written by Philip Johnston and published by InterVarsity Press. This book was released on 2002-08-14 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Philip S. Johnston examines Israelite views on death and afterlife as reflected in the Hebrew Bible and in material remains, and sets them in their cultural, literary and theological contexts.

Download or read book The Benefits of Being an Octopus written by Ann Braden and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2018-09-18 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Edutopia's "25 Essential Middle School Reads from the Last Decade," NPR Best Book of 2018, Bank Street List for Best Children's Books of 2019, Named to the Vermont Dorothy Canfield Fisher List, Maine's Student Book Award List, Louisiana Young Reader's Choice Award List, Rhode Island Middle School Book Award 2020 List, 2020 Oklahoma Sequoyah Book Award Nominee, 2021 South Carolina Junior Book Award Nominee, 2020-2021 Truman Award​ (Missouri) Nominee, Middle School Virginia Readers’ Choice Titles for 2020–2021​, Charlie May Simon Award 2020–2021 List, South Carolina Book Awards Nominee, 2020–2021, and 2023 Rebecca Caudill Young Readers Book Award nominee​. Some people can do their homework. Some people get to have crushes on boys. Some people have other things they've got to do. Seventh-grader Zoey has her hands full as she takes care of her much younger siblings after school every day while her mom works her shift at the pizza parlor. Not that her mom seems to appreciate it. At least there's Lenny, her mom's boyfriend—they all get to live in his nice, clean trailer. At school, Zoey tries to stay under the radar. Her only friend Fuchsia has her own issues, and since they're in an entirely different world than the rich kids, it's best if no one notices them. Zoey thinks how much easier everything would be if she were an octopus: eight arms to do eight things at once. Incredible camouflage ability and steady, unblinking vision. Powerful protective defenses. Unfortunately, she's not totally invisible, and one of her teachers forces her to join the debate club. Even though Zoey resists participating, debate ultimately leads her to see things in a new way: her mom’s relationship with Lenny, Fuchsia's situation, and her own place in this town of people who think they're better than her. Can Zoey find the courage to speak up, even if it means risking the most stable home she's ever had? This moving debut novel explores the cultural divides around class and the gun debate through the eyes of one girl, living on the edges of society, trying to find her way forward.