Breaking Stones

Author : Herman Alves
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2011-04-15
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 9781462008001

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Breaking Stones by Herman Alves Pdf

Breaking Stones is a book about hope, about over-coming all odds, about coming to terms with ones self, and, above all, about the joy of giving back. Alves was born in a rural mountainous region of Portugal. The setting may have been mid-20th century, but the living conditions were Stone Age - no electricity, no running water, no creature comforts of any variety. Breaking Stones follows Alves odyssey from a boyhood spent with his best friend, Burro the donkey, in Portugal to the social alienation he experienced in Germany to the culture shock he felt in Montreal, where his family moved when he was a teen. The adventure continues as Alves tries to find himself as everything from a wannabe rock star to a worm picker, a club-owner to a calche-driver, a landlord to a political activist, a steel-worker to a high-tech consultant, a restaurateur to a philanthropist. In the midst of everything, Alves experiences the euphoria and heartbreak and tragedy of marriage and fatherhood. And ultimately, the kid from the Stone Age emerges intact and wiser in the Internet Age.

Author : Kruno Čudina
Publisher : Austin Macauley Publishers
Page : 227 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2023-03-03
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781398404304

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Breaking Stones by Kruno Čudina Pdf

The phenomenon of human potential is never beyond our sight. An opportunity is always offered to people. Sometimes in a mysterious way. Whoever ignores or rejects it will never truly experience life’s journey. Staying on the same path is to constantly relive the same day. That’s why exploration embodies mankind’s natural need to deal with the secrets below the surface. Although the facts about us as human beings speak in an understandable language, this doesn’t mean we’re not an enigma to ourselves. Understanding oneself is a very demanding process, similar to an autopsy. Not a physical autopsy, but a spiritual one. Discovering the anatomy of one’s soul cannot be done abruptly. Moments of inspiration will make the realization of whether we are controlled by our consciousness or our subconsciousness easier. Hiding behind a heavy veil until the very end is not truly living. Sometimes a mere piece of paper under a windshield wiper with just three words and a phone number can change your life instantly. The hero of this novel who only refers to himself as “The Recorder” dared to call a number left on a piece of paper beneath his windscreen wiper. He sensed an opportunity. A few weeks later, a telegram arrived: IT’S TIME. IT’S YOUR TURN NOW. MOVE NOW! A trip to an unknown estate marks the beginning of an adventure, and he begins writing the history of his life.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 584 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 1827
Category : Electronic
ISBN : NYPL:33433075948509

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Report of the Committee by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 970 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 1875
Category : Agriculture
ISBN : UCAL:B3239191

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The Country Gentleman's Magazine ... by Anonim Pdf

Author : John I Knight
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 524 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 1864
Category : Electronic
ISBN : ONB:+Z136963909

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Mechanics Magazine by John I Knight Pdf

Author : Abraham Verghese
Publisher : Random House India
Page : 391 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2012-05-17
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9788184001754

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Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese Pdf

Marion and Shiva Stone are twin brothers born of a secret union between a beautiful Indian nun and a brash British surgeon. Orphaned by their mother’s death and their father’s disappearance and bound together by a preternatural connection and a shared fascination with medicine, the twins come of age as Ethiopia hovers on the brink of revolution. Moving from Addis Ababa to New York City and back again, Cutting for Stone is an unforgettable story of love and betrayal, medicine and ordinary miracles—and two brothers whose fates are forever intertwined.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 476 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 1871
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OXFORD:555016239

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The Quarterly journal of education and scholastic advertiser by Anonim Pdf

Author : Scotland. Court of Session
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1444 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 1896
Category : Law reports, digests, etc
ISBN : OSU:32437012071185

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Cases Decided in the Court of Session, Teind Court, Court of Exchequer and House of Lords by Scotland. Court of Session Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 666 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 1893
Category : Building stones
ISBN : PRNC:32101076792447

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Stone by Anonim Pdf

Author : James Roberton
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 1872
Category : Electronic
ISBN : NLS:V000662679

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Miscellaneous Contributions Upon Subjects Relating to Agriculture by James Roberton Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 814 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 1893
Category : Building stones
ISBN : NYPL:33433069066086

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Stone; an Illustrated Magazine by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 482 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 1871
Category : Electronic
ISBN : DMM:057002677520

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English Patents of Inventions, Specifications by Anonim Pdf

Author : Nicole Boivin,Owic
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2013-07-04
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781134057429

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Soils Stones and Symbols Cultural Perceptions of the Mineral World by Nicole Boivin,Owic Pdf

Ethnographic and archaeological records feature a rich body of data suggesting that understandings of the mineral world are in fact both culturally variable and highly diverse. Soils, Stones and Symbols highlights studies from the fields of anthropology, archaeology and philosophy that demonstrate that not all individuals and societies view minerals as commodities to be exploited for economic gain, or as passive objects of disembodied scientific enquiry. In visiting such diverse contexts as contemporary India, colonial-period Australia and prehistoric Europe and the Americas, the papers in this volume demonstrate that in pre-industrial societies, minerals are often symbolically meaningful, ritually powerful, and deeply interwoven into not just economic and material, but also social, cosmological, mythical, spiritual and philosophical aspects of life. In addressing the theme of the mineral world, this book is not only unique within the social and geo-sciences, but also at the forefront of recent attempts to demonstrate the importance of materiality to processes of human cognition and sociality. It draws upon theoretical developments relating to meaning, experience, the body, and material culture to demonstrate that studies of rock art, landscapes, architecture, technology and resource use are all linked through the minerals that constantly surround us and are the focus of our never-ending attempts to understand and transform them.

Author : Cally Oldershaw
Publisher : Reaktion Books
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2023-08-25
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781789148183

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Stones by Cally Oldershaw Pdf

The story of our deep and multifaceted connections to geological matter—the very bedrock of our lives. From small beach pebbles to huge megaliths, stones have been revered, collected, enhanced, sculpted, or engraved for practical and artistic purposes throughout the ages. They have been used to delineate boundaries and to build homes and shelters and utilized for cooking, games, and competitions. This surprising and fascinating compendium of stone facts, myths, and stories reveals the impact and importance of stones in our history and culture. Cally Oldershaw introduces the science in an accessible way and covers the aesthetic appeal of stones, their practical uses, and metaphysical properties. With an eclectic mix of examples from the Stone Age to the present, Stones engagingly excavates the story of this essential matter.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 628 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 1880
Category : Technology
ISBN : UCAL:C2631560

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English Mechanic and Mirror of Science by Anonim Pdf