Eyes On The Horizon

Author : Richard Myers,Malcolm McConnell
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 354 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2009-03-17
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781416560128

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Eyes on the Horizon by Richard Myers,Malcolm McConnell Pdf

Even centuries later, the final decades of the twentieth century are still regarded as one of the darkest and most perilous chapters in the history of humanity Now, as an ancient and forbidden technology tempts mankind once more, Captain James T. Kirk of the "Starship Enterprise(TM)" must probe deep into the secrets of the past, to discover the true origins of the dreaded Eugenics Wars -- and of perhaps the greatest foe he has ever faced. 1974 A.D. An international consortium of the world's top scientists have conspired to create the Chrysalis Project, a top-secret experiment in human genetic engineering. The project's goal is the creation of a new super-race to take command of the entire planet. Gary Seven, an undercover operative for an advanced alien species, is alarmed by the project's objectives; he knows too well the apocalyptic consequences of genetic manipulation. But he may already be too late. One generation of super-humans has already been conceived. Seven watches as the children of Chrysalis-in particular, a brilliant youth named Khan Noonien Singh -- grow to adulthood. Can Khan's dark destiny be averted -- or is Earth doomed to fight Singh a global battle for supremacy? "The Eugenics Wars: Volume One" is a fast-paced thriller that explores the rise of the conqueror known as Khan.

Author : Antonio Tabucchi
Publisher : New Directions Publishing
Page : 96 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2015-08-27
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780811224529

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The Edge of the Horizon by Antonio Tabucchi Pdf

New Directions is proud to be the publisher of the the distinguished Italian novelist Antonio Tabucchi, whose works include The Edge of the Horizon, a story of an “unimportant death,” now available for the first time in a paperback edition. Late on night, the body of a young man is delivered to the morgue of an Italian town. The next day's newspapers report that he was killed in a police raid, and that went by the obviously false name "Carlo Nobodi." Spino, the morgue attendant on duty at the time, becomes obsessed with tracing the identity of the corpse. "Why do you want to know about him?" asks a local priest. "Because he is dead and I'm alive," replies Spino. In this spare yet densely packed cautionary tale, Tabucchi reminds us that it is impossible to reach the edge of the horizon since it always recedes before us, but suggests that some people "carry the horizon with them in their eyes."

Author : Zora Neale Hurston
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 159 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 1937
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0800074149

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Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston Pdf

Author : Barry Lopez
Publisher : Random House Canada
Page : 357 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2019-03-19
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780735277465

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Horizon by Barry Lopez Pdf

From the National Book Award-winning writer, humanitarian, environmentalist and author of the now-classic Arctic Dreams: a vivid, poetic, capacious work that recollects the travels around the world and the encounters--human, animal, and natural--that have shaped his extraordinary life. Poignantly, powerfully, it also asks "How do we move forward?" Taking us nearly from pole to pole--from modern megacities to some of the most remote regions on the earth--Barry Lopez, hailed by the Los Angeles Times Book Review as "one of our finest writers," gives us his most far-ranging yet personal work to date, in a book that moves through decades of his life as it describes his travels to six regions of the world: from the Oregon coast where he lives to the northernmost reaches of Canada; to the Galapagos; to the Kenyan desert; to Botany Bay in Australia; and in the resounding last section of this magisterial book, unforgettably to the ice shelves of Antarctica. As he revisits his growing up and these myriad travels, Lopez also probes the long history of humanity's quests and explorations, including the prehistoric peoples who trekked across Skraeling Island in northern Canada; the colonialists who plundered Central Africa; an Enlightenment-era Englishman who sailed the Pacific and a Native American emissary who arrived in Japan before it opened to the West. He confronts today's ecotourism in the tropics and visits the haunting remnants of a French colonial prison on Île du Diable in French Guiana. Through these journeys, and friendships forged along the way with scientists, archeologists, artists and local residents, Lopez searches for meaning and purpose in a broken world. With tenderness and intimacy, Horizon evokes the stillness and the silence of the hottest, the coldest and the most desolate places on the globe. It speaks with beauty and urgency to the invisible ties that unite us; voices concern and frustration alongside humanity and hope; and looks forward to our shared future as much as it looks back at a single life. Revelatory, powerful, profound, this is an epic work of nonfiction that makes you see the world differently: a crowning achievement by one of our most humane voices--one needed now more than ever.

Author : Lois Lowry
Publisher : HMH Books For Young Readers
Page : 85 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2020
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780358129400

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On the Horizon by Lois Lowry Pdf

From two-time Newbery medalist and living legend Lois Lowry comes a moving account of the lives lost in two of WWII's most infamous events: Pearl Harbor and Hiroshima. With evocative black-and-white illustrations by SCBWI Golden Kite Award winner Kenard Pak. Lois Lowry looks back at history through a personal lens as she draws from her own memories as a child in Hawaii and Japan, as well as from historical research, in this stunning work in verse for young readers. On the Horizon tells the story of people whose lives were lost or forever altered by the twin tragedies of Pearl Harbor and Hiroshima. Based on the lives of soldiers at Pearl Harbor and civilians in Hiroshima,On the Horizon contemplates humanity and war through verse that sings with pain, truth, and the importance of bridging cultural divides. This masterful work emphasizes empathy and understanding in search of commonality and friendship, vital lessons for students as well as citizens of today's world. Kenard Pak's stunning illustrations depict real-life people, places, and events, making for an incredibly vivid return to our collective past. In turns haunting, heartbreaking, and uplifting,On the Horizonwill remind readers of the horrors and heroism in our past, as well as offer hope for our future.

Author : Eleanor G. Bowman,Susan F. Titus
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 0840772351

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Eyes Beyond the Horizon by Eleanor G. Bowman,Susan F. Titus Pdf

Author & husband - SCBC alumnus.

Author : Joan Grant
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 1980
Category : Electronic
ISBN : STANFORD:36105035901276

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Lord of the Horizon by Joan Grant Pdf

A sequel to Eyes of Horus. The story of Ra-ab continues, as does the effort to rid Egypt of corruption.

Author : David Penney
Publisher : Smithsonian Institution
Page : 129 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2013-09-10
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781588344526

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Before and after the Horizon by David Penney Pdf

This companion volume to an exhibition at the National Museum of the American Indian in New York reveals how Anishinaabe (also known in the United States as Ojibwe or Chippewa) artists have expressed the deeply rooted spiritual and social dimensions of their relations with the Great Lakes region. Featuring 70 color images of visually powerful historical and contemporary works, Before and After the Horizon is the only book to consider the work of Anishinaabe artists overall and to discuss 500 years of Anishinaabe art history.

Author : Peter H. Koehn,James N. Rosenau
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2015-11-17
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781317250173

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Transnational Competence by Peter H. Koehn,James N. Rosenau Pdf

In this timely new contribution, Koehn and Rosenau develop their transnational-competence framework and demonstrate the promise of its application across six critical professions: teacher education, engineering, business management, social work, sustainable-development (encompassing agricultural sciences, public administration, and natural-resources management), and medicine/health. Transnational Competence offers higher-education leaders around the world useful ideas for enhancing and transforming professional programs so that graduating practitioners will be prepared with the skills needed to manage horizon-rising challenges that connect populations, ecosystems, and fields of study. Aimed principally at higher-education leaders and graduating professionals throughout the world, Transnational Competence focuses on the skills that tomorrow's practitioners will need to deal with what the authors term horizon-rising transboundary challenges.

Author : Ady Van den Stock
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 412 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2016-06-10
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9789004301108

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The Horizon of Modernity by Ady Van den Stock Pdf

The Horizon of Modernity provides a historicized account of New Confucian philosophy in relation to the contemporary revival of Confucianism and explores the nexus between subjectivity and social structure in the works of Mou Zongsan, Tang Junyi, and Xiong Shili.

Author : Carolina Celas
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 40 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2020-02-04
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 3899558405

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So Beyond the Horizon by Carolina Celas Pdf

Just like the ungraspable horizon, each of us is limitless. Uncover the infinite potential of your imagination with Beyond the Horizon.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 968 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 1887
Category : Health
ISBN : RUTGERS:39030033837016

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The Herald of Health by Anonim Pdf

Author : Didier Maleuvre
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 387 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2011-02-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9780520947115

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The Horizon by Didier Maleuvre Pdf

What is a horizon? A line where land meets sky? The end of the world or the beginning of perception? In this brilliant, engaging, and stimulating history, Didier Maleuvre journeys to the outer reaches of human experience and explores philosophy, religion, and art to understand our struggle and fascination with limits—of life, knowledge, existence, and death. Maleuvre sweeps us through a vast cultural landscape, enabling us to experience each stopping place as the cusp of a limitless journey, whether he is discussing the works of Picasso, Gothic architecture, Beethoven, or General Relativity. If, as Aristotle said, philosophy begins in wonder, then this remarkable book shows us how wonder—the urge to know beyond the conceivable—is itself the engine of culture.

Author : Laurie Notaro
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 464 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2016-10-04
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781451659405

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Crossing the Horizon by Laurie Notaro Pdf

In 1927, three women, including the daughter of an earl, a former cigar girl-turned-society darling, and a beauty pageant contestant, all vie to be the first woman to fly across the Atlantic.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 414 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 1883
Category : Science
ISBN : PRNC:32101064487893

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Knowledge by Anonim Pdf