Download or read book The Casting of a Pebble written by Elsie Grey Turner and published by Newcastle upon Tyne : A. Reid ; London : Simpkin Marshall. This book was released on 1934 with total page 378 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Spear the Scroll and the Pebble written by Richard A. Billows and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2023-01-12 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents a powerful new argument for how and why the Greek city-states, including their distinctive society and culture, came to be - and why they had the highly unusual and influential form they took. After reviewing early city-state formation, and the economic underpinnings of city-state society, three key chapters examine the way the Greeks developed their unique society. The spear, scroll and pebble encapsulate the book's core ideas. The Spear: city-state Greeks developed a citizen-militia military system that gave relatively equal importance to each citizen-warrior, thereby emboldening the citizen-warriors to demand political rights. The Pebble: the resultant growth of collective political systems of oligarchy and democracy led to thousands of citizens forming the sovereign element of the state; they made political decisions through communal debate and voting. The Scroll: in order for such systems to function, a shared information base had to be created, and this was done by setting up public notices of laws, proposed policies, public meeting agendas, and a host of other information. To access this information, these military and political citizens had to be able to read. Billows examines the spread of schools and literacy throughout the Greek world, showing that the male city-state Greeks formed the world's first-known mass literate society. He concludes by showing that it was the mass-literate nature of the Greek city-state society that explains the remarkable and influential culture the classical Greeks produced.
Download or read book Pebble in the Sky written by Isaac Asimov and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2010-04-27 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One moment Joseph Schwartz is a happily retired tailor in Chicago, 1949. The next he's a helpless stranger on Earth during the heyday of the first Galactic Empire. Earth, as he soon learns, is a backwater, just a pebble in the sky, despised by all the other 200 million planets of the Empire because its people dare to claim it's the original home of man. And Earth is poor, with great areas of radioactivity ruining much of its soil--so poor that everyone is sentenced to death at the age of sixty. Joseph Schwartz is sixty-two. This is young Isaac Asimov's first novel, full of wonders and ideas, the book that launched the novels of the Galactic Empire, culminating in the Foundation series. This is Golden Age SF at its finest. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
Download or read book Elements of Zion s polity written by William Kennedy MACKAY and published by . This book was released on 1832 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles written by James Augustus Henry Murray and published by . This book was released on 1909 with total page 902 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Published Writings of George Newbold Lawrence 1844 1891 written by Lyman Spalding Foster and published by . This book was released on 1892 with total page 666 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The beneficial influence of the labors of Mr. Lawrence on the progress of American ornithology has been great and undisputed, but it was particularly among the avifauna of the West Indies, Mexico, Central and South America that his most strenuous efforts were exerted. A scrutiny of the titles of his numerous papers will fully indicate the wide scope and excellent character of the work of this veteran ornithologist.
Download or read book Bulletin written by United States National Museum and published by . This book was released on 1892 with total page 968 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book A Preliminary Descriptive Catalogue of the Systematic Collections in Economic Geology and Metallurgy in the United States National Museum written by Frederic Perkins Dewey and published by . This book was released on 1891 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The systematic collections in economic geology and metallurgy are designed to show the actual occurrence of each metal and the processes used in their extraction; to these are added illustrations of the occurrences of non-metallic ores and their utilization. The systematic collections should be carefully distinguished from the geographical collection.
Download or read book Casting for Crafters written by Marie Browning and published by Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.. This book was released on 2006 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides a comprehensive introduction to every aspect of the craft, with a wide range of techniques, stunning projects to make, and beauty shots of every item.
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Download or read book THE APPROACH OF THE MUSLIM written by أبي بكر جابر/الجزائري and published by Dar Al Kotob Al Ilmiyah دار الكتب العلمية. This book was released on 2016-01-01 with total page 788 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Stolen Crown written by Dennis L. McKiernan and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2015-03-03 with total page 546 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The saga of Mithgar continues from the national bestselling author of City of Jade and Dragondoom... For more than a hundred years, a bitter dispute over how the High King had been selected simmered in the dark halls of the royal family whose line had not been chosen. They held fast to their anger and bitterness through generations. Finally one of their sons, Arkov of Garia, seized the throne through treachery and by force of arms, claiming it as rightfully his. But in his haste to see the king and queen slain, Arkov failed to confirm the death of the young prince, Reyer, who was spirited away to safety. On a distant and mysterious island ruled by Elves, where he was raised and trained by a trusted Captain of the slain High King, Reyer has now come of age and learned of his lineage. With those loyal to the bloodline of the true High King rallied to his side, Reyer will lead an army against the Usurper—to gain back the crown and kingdom stolen from him and to restore Mithgar to its rightful rule.
Download or read book Vines Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words Volume 2 written by W.E Vine and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2015-11-26 with total page 618 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: W.E Vine's greatest contribution to the Church of God was his Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words. W. E. Vine has put all English-speaking Bible students in his debt. The English reader with little or no knowledge of Greek has, of course, concordances and lexicons. These provide a skeleton: Vine clothes it with the flesh and sinews of living exposition, and in so doing makes available for the ordinary reader the expert knowledge contained in the more advanced works. In a preface to the dictionary, W. E. Vine wrote: "In any work in which we engage as servants of Christ, His word ever applies, 'When ye shall have done all those things that are commanded you, say, We are unprofitable servants; we have done that which was our duty to do.
Download or read book Returning to Silence written by Dainin Katagiri and published by Shambhala Publications. This book was released on 1988-04-12 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A renowned Zen teacher and contemporary of Shunryu Suzuki explores the many pillars of Zen spirituality, explaining how we can bring these practices into our daily lives For twenty-five hundred years Buddhism has taught that everyone is Buddha—already enlightened, lacking nothing. But still there is the question of how we can experience that truth in our lives. In this book, Dainin Katagiri points to the manifestation of enlightenment right here, right now, in our everyday routine. Genuineness of practice lies in “just living” our lives wholeheartedly. The Zen practice of sitting meditation (zazen) is not a means to an end but the activity of enlightenment itself. That is why Katagiri Roshi says, “Don't expect enlightenment—just sit down!” Based on the author's talks to his American students, Returning to Silence contains the basic teachings of the Buddha, with special emphasis on the meaning of faith and on meditation. It also offers a commentary on “The Bodhisattva's Four Methods of Guidance” from Dogen Zenji's Shobogenzo, which speaks in depth about the appropriate actions of those who guide others in the practice of the Buddha Way. Throughout these pages, Katagiri Roshi energetically brings to life the message that “Buddha is your daily life.”
