For Two Thousand Years

Author : Mihail Sebastian
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2016-02-25
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780241189627

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For Two Thousand Years by Mihail Sebastian Pdf

'Absolutely, definitively alone', a young Jewish student in Romania tries to make sense of a world that has decided he doesn't belong. Spending his days walking the streets and his nights drinking and gambling, meeting revolutionaries, zealots, lovers and libertines, he adjusts his eyes to the darkness that falls over Europe, and threatens to destroy him. Mihail Sebastian's 1934 masterpiece, now translated into English for the first time, was written amid the anti-Semitism which would, by the end of the decade, force him out of his career and turn his friends and colleagues against him. For Two Thousand Years is a prescient, heart-wrenching chronicle of resilience and despair, broken layers of memory and the terrible forces of history.

Author : George Sylvester Viereck,Paul Eldridge
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 518 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 1984
Category : Compulsive behavior
ISBN : STANFORD:36105039783480

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My First Two Thousand Years by George Sylvester Viereck,Paul Eldridge Pdf

This monumental work has been called a novelized story of civilization. The Wandering Jew is a cosmic symbol-he is a man, he is a woman, he is sex, he is history, he is life itself.

Author : George Sylvester Viereck,Paul Eldridge
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 502 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 1928
Category : American fiction
ISBN : UCAL:$B312733

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My First Two Thousand Years by George Sylvester Viereck,Paul Eldridge Pdf

Author : Charles A. Frazee
Publisher : Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : History
ISBN : 0802848052

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Two Thousand Years Ago by Charles A. Frazee Pdf

The story of Jesus dominates the history of the first century AD in the Near East, but what was happening elsewhere at this time? This book puts the life of Jesus and the events associated with him within a world context, not in terms of Jesus' world influence, which did not exist at this time, but purely as a means of interesting comparison.

Author : Jennifer Ingleheart
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 370 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2011-10-20
Category : History
ISBN : 9780199603848

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Two Thousand Years of Solitude by Jennifer Ingleheart Pdf

Two Thousand Years of Solitude: Exile After Ovid is an interdisciplinary study of the impact of Ovid's banishment upon later Western literature and explores the responses to Ovid's portrait of his life in exile. Two millennia after his banishment, Ovid is still a potent symbol of the punished author, suffering in exile.

Author : Ted Byfield
Publisher : CHRISTIAN HISTORY PROJECT
Page : 302 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Church history
ISBN : 0968987389

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The Christians, Their First Two Thousand Years by Ted Byfield Pdf

The Christians is the history of Christianity, told chronologically, epoch by epoch, century by century, beginning at Pentecost and concluding with Christians as we find ourselves in the twenty-first century. It will consist of approximately twelve volumes, produced over a 10-year period at the beginning of the third Christian millennium. It is written and edited by Christians for Christians of all denominations. Its purpose is to tell the story of the Christian family, so that we may be knowledgeable of our origins, may well know and wisely profit from the experiences of our past both good and bad, and may find strength and inspiration to face the challenges of our era from the magnificent examples set for us by those who went before. - Back cover.

Author : Peter Longley
Publisher : Hovenden Press Incorporated
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 1998-08
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0966677005

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Two Thousand Years Later by Peter Longley Pdf

Author : Richard Mertz,Barbara Mertz
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 408 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 1968
Category : Rome
ISBN : UOM:39076005476671

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Two Thousand Years in Rome by Richard Mertz,Barbara Mertz Pdf

Author : Haïm Zafrani
Publisher : KTAV Publishing House, Inc.
Page : 364 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : History
ISBN : 0881257486

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Two Thousand Years of Jewish Life in Morocco by Haïm Zafrani Pdf

The origins of the Jewish community of Morocco are buried in history, but they date back to ancient times, and perhaps to the biblical period. The first Jews in the country migrated there from Israel. Over the centuries, their numbers were increased by converts and then by Jews expelled from Spain and Portugal. After the Muslim conquest, Morocco's Jews, as "people of the book," had dhimmi status, which entailed many restrictions but allowed them to exercise their religion freely. In the mellahs (Jewish quarters) of Morocco's cities and towns, and in the mountainous rural areas, a distinct Jewish culture developed and thrived, unquestionably traditional and Orthodox, yet unique because of the many areas in which it assimilated elements of the local culture and lifestyle, making them its own as it did so. Most of Morocco's Jews settled in Israel after 1948, and many others went to other countries. Wherever they went, their rich cultural heritage went with them, as exemplified by the Maimuna festival, just after Passover, which is now a major occasion on the Israeli calender.

Author : John P. Snyder
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 1997-12-05
Category : History
ISBN : 9780226767475

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Flattening the Earth by John P. Snyder Pdf

Cartographers have long grappled with the impossibility of portraying the earth in two dimensions. To solve this problem, mapmakers have created map projections. This work discusses and illustrates the known map projections from before 500BC to the present, with facts on their origins and use.

Author : Tom Standage
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2013-10-10
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781408842072

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Writing on the Wall by Tom Standage Pdf

Today we are endlessly connected: constantly tweeting, texting or e-mailing. This may seem unprecedented, yet it is not. Throughout history, information has been spread through social networks, with far-reaching social and political effects. Writing on the Wall reveals how an elaborate network of letter exchanges forewarned of power shifts in Cicero's Rome, while the torrent of tracts circulating in sixteenth-century Germany triggered the Reformation. Standage traces the story of the rise, fall and rebirth of social media over the past 2,000 years offering an illuminating perspective on the history of media, and revealing that social networks do not merely connect us today – they also link us to the past.

Author : Frances Wood
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : History
ISBN : 0520243404

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The Silk Road by Frances Wood Pdf

This gorgeously illustrated oversized book brings the history and cultures of the Silk Road alive -- from its beginnings to the present day -- covering more than 5000 years.

Author : Mike Leigh
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 146 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Drama
ISBN : UCSC:32106018529054

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Two Thousand Years by Mike Leigh Pdf

"In Two Thousand Years Mike Leigh explores, in a gentle tragi-comic way, a wide range of issues, including politics, religion, identity and the vexed question of Israel and the Middle East."--BOOK JACKET.

Author : Donald Miller
Publisher : Thomas Nelson
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2009-09-28
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781418585877

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A Million Miles in a Thousand Years by Donald Miller Pdf

After writing a successful memoir, Donald Miller's life stalled. During what should have been the height of his success, he found himself unwilling to get out of bed, avoiding responsibility, even questioning the meaning of life. But when two movie producers proposed turning his memoir into a movie, he found himself launched into a new story filled with risk, possibility, beauty, and meaning. A Million Miles in a Thousand Years chronicles Miller's rare opportunity to edit his life into a great story, to reinvent himself so nobody shrugs their shoulders when the credits roll. Through heart-wrenching honesty and hilarious self-inspection, Donald Miller takes readers through the life that emerges when it turns from boring reality into meaningful narrative. Miller goes from sleeping all day to riding his bike across America, from living in romantic daydreams to fearful encounters with love, from wasting his money to founding a nonprofit with a passionate cause. Guided by a host of outlandish but very real characters, Miller shows us how to get a second chance at life the first time around. A Million Miles in a Thousand Years is a rare celebration of the beauty of life.

Author : Aleksandr Vladimirovich Avakov
Publisher : Algora Publishing
Page : 403 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780875867526

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Two Thousand Years of Economic Statistics by Aleksandr Vladimirovich Avakov Pdf

This statistical volume contains data usually unavailable in other statistical publications. It gives statistics for two groups of countries in their 2007 borders. First, since year 1950 (for 1950, 1960, 1970, 1980, 1990, 2000, and 2007), it provides statistical data for all countries of the world (232 countries). Second, since year 1 AD (for 0001, 1000, 1500, 1600, 1700, 1820, 1870, 1880, 1890, 1900, 1913, 1920, 1929, and 1938), it provides data for a smaller group of countries (133 countries). This book is based on the groundbreaking works of Angus Maddison but it differs from his books in that it gives data up to the most recent year available and calculates GDP (gross and per capita) in the prices of that most recent year. For the recent years, the World Bank, CIA, and Encyclopedia Britannica were principal sources. But, despite the author's great debt to these sources, the preponderance of data in the book is not direct citations from them but rather the result of calculations. Among other computational techniques he uses a new logarithmic interpolation which takes care of cross-country statistical distortions when calculating in the prices of the most recent year. For every line of data (for every country, each year), he provides a note on the technique used in obtaining his estimate (i. e., proxy, exponential interpolation, direct estimate with source citation, etc.). Dr. Avakov's annual title Quality of Life, Balance of Powers, and Nuclear Weapons gives a current snapshot of world statistics. This new work, Two Thousand Years of Economic Statistics, gives the population and current price GDP data in a historical perspective.