Granting The Seasons

Author : Nathan Sivin
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 663 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2008-12-19
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 9780387789569

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Granting the Seasons by Nathan Sivin Pdf

China’s most sophisticated system of computational astronomy was created for a Mongol emperor who could neither read nor write Chinese, to celebrate victory over China after forty years of devastating war. This book explains how and why, and reconstructs the observatory and the science that made it possible. For two thousand years, a fundamental ritual of government was the emperor’s “granting the seasons” to his people at the New Year by issuing an almanac containing an accurate lunisolar calendar. The high point of this tradition was the “Season-granting system” (Shou-shih li, 1280). Its treatise records detailed instructions for computing eclipses of the sun and moon and motions of the planets, based on a rich archive of observations, some ancient and some new. Sivin, the West’s leading scholar of the Chinese sciences, not only recreates the project’s cultural, political, bureaucratic, and personal dimensions, but translates the extensive treatise and explains every procedure in minimally technical language. The book contains many tables, illustrations, and aids to reference. It is clearly written for anyone who wants to understand the fundamental role of science in Chinese history. There is no comparable study of state science in any other early civilization.

Author : Charles L. Grant
Publisher : Crossroad Press
Page : 231 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2018-03-21
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Nightmare Seasons by Charles L. Grant Pdf

A new season, and the Grim Reaper smiles in anticipation of the harvest to come. No one is safe, no one can be trusted. The lovestruck office boy, the beautiful little girl clutching a posy of violets, the faceless motorcycle gang all seem harmless enough, and yet. Nameless fears stir uneasily, terror bubbles to the surface. and the nightmare is unleashed. Enter the world of Oxrun Station, where evil lurks in unexpected corners, where nerves are stretched to breaking point, where every season brings a nightmare more blood-curdling than the last. Four novellas, each taking as its theme one of the seasons of the year, recount the weird happenings that take place in the fantasy town of Oxrun Station.

Author : Tonya K. Davidson,Ondine Park
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 417 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2020
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781487594084

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Seasonal Sociology by Tonya K. Davidson,Ondine Park Pdf

Seasonal Sociology offers an engrossing and lively introduction to sociology through the seasons, examining the sociality of consumption practices, leisure activities, work, religious traditions, schooling, celebrations and holidays.

Author : Kellen Hertz
Publisher : Scholastic Inc.
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2017-09-26
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781338152098

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A Song for the Season (American Girl: Tenney Grant, Book 4) by Kellen Hertz Pdf

Buckle your seatbelts--In this fourth book in the series, Tenney & Logan are taking their show on the road! Christmas is just around the corner, and Tenney can't wait to share their music with fans all over Tennessee. But being on the road is harder than she expected--she's missing out on her favorite holiday traditions at home. . . and why is Logan being such a scrooge? After a series of disappointments, the duo begins to crack under pressure. Can they save the tour--and their holiday spirit--in time for Christmas?

Author : Samuel Mossman
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 524 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 1869
Category : Climatology
ISBN : UCAL:B4253608

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The Origin of the Seasons by Samuel Mossman Pdf

Author : Derek Nicholas
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2020-03-08
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1714528847

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Eating with the Seasons, Anishinaabeg, Great Lakes Region by Derek Nicholas Pdf

Eating with the Seasons, Anishinaabeg, Great Lakes Region is a field guide to seasonal eating, and anishinaabemowin language and culture. With over 24 recipes and language lessons the author, Derek Nicholas, hopes to share the knowledge he has accumulated.

Author : Nathan Sivin
Publisher : Springer
Page : 664 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2008-10-20
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 0387789553

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Granting the Seasons by Nathan Sivin Pdf

China’s most sophisticated system of computational astronomy was created for a Mongol emperor who could neither read nor write Chinese, to celebrate victory over China after forty years of devastating war. This book explains how and why, and reconstructs the observatory and the science that made it possible. For two thousand years, a fundamental ritual of government was the emperor’s “granting the seasons” to his people at the New Year by issuing an almanac containing an accurate lunisolar calendar. The high point of this tradition was the “Season-granting system” (Shou-shih li, 1280). Its treatise records detailed instructions for computing eclipses of the sun and moon and motions of the planets, based on a rich archive of observations, some ancient and some new. Sivin, the West’s leading scholar of the Chinese sciences, not only recreates the project’s cultural, political, bureaucratic, and personal dimensions, but translates the extensive treatise and explains every procedure in minimally technical language. The book contains many tables, illustrations, and aids to reference. It is clearly written for anyone who wants to understand the fundamental role of science in Chinese history. There is no comparable study of state science in any other early civilization.

Author : Donald Grant Mitchell
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 298 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 1868
Category : Electronic
ISBN : NYPL:33433074902002

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Dream Life by Donald Grant Mitchell Pdf

Author : Jaxon Grant
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 156 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2020-01-02
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1651552800

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Seasons Change by Jaxon Grant Pdf

It's Christmas time, so 'tis the season to be jolly, right? Well, Zach and Dwight beg to differ. As autumn turns into winter, this couple is in for the fight of their lives. This season will challenge them to their core. While Zach is preparing for a major change to his family, Dwight is trying to grasp the severity of his personal situation. As the happy couple travels up to mountains to spend the Christmas holiday, tensions will rise. Quite frankly, all hell breaks loose. Someone is holding on to a secret that can affect the rest of their lives. And once that secret is revealed, bombs will explode. Join us in the twelfth edition to the Life of a College Bandsman series as Jaxon Grant brings two of his top fan-favorite characters back to life as they embark on another unforgettable journey. Old flings will resurface. New life will form. However, when it's all said and done, will Zach and Dwight stand this new test, or will this union go up in flames?

Author : Milli Proust
Publisher : Hardie Grant Publishing
Page : 383 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2022-06-09
Category : Gardening
ISBN : 9781787137356

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From Seed to Bloom by Milli Proust Pdf

With 26 projects, From Seed to Bloom is a modern and practical guide to growing and styling your own floral arrangements. Starting by tackling the principles of floristry from seed to bloom, Milli takes you through the seasons and explores the top plants to grow and how to style them. Each chapter spotlights the growing highlights of the season with top tips on how to sow, grow and harvest. Milli also shares her own stories from the field to help inspire and encourage you to grow your own, with advice on soil health, composting, sustainable growing and how to plan your planting. From Seed to Bloom includes beautiful lifestyle photography shot through the year from Milli's field, as well as step-by-step photography that celebrates the art of creating beautiful floral pieces, to gift and to keep. This is a book for those who seek an approachable and accessible insight into the wonderful world of flower growing and floral arranging. Learn to play with colour and texture both in your planting and styling with From Seed to Bloom, as you learn how to create designs with confidence and bring nature into your home.

Author : Charles L. Grant
Publisher : Sphere
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 1982
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0708842550

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Nightmare Seasons by Charles L. Grant Pdf

Author : Kathryn Pauline
Publisher : Chronicle Books
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2022-08-23
Category : Cooking
ISBN : 9781797207728

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A Dish for All Seasons by Kathryn Pauline Pdf

A creative approach to seasonal cooking, A DISH FOR ALL SEASONS presents 26 adaptable recipes, each with four seasonal variations, for a total of more than 100 accessible recipes for creative weeknight cooking. This practical cookbook flips the script on recipe books organized by season. Instead of dedicated recipes to Spring, Summer, Fall, and Winter—which would mean three quarters of the book goes unused for three quarters of the year—this book features 26 go-to recipes, each with four variations. Every dish includes a base recipe—such as a simple frittata, Panzanella salad, sheet pan dinner, or loaf cake—plus four adaptations based on the season. Readers will also find simple instructions and formulas for creating original dishes, giving them the tools they need to improvise based on the ingredients they have on hand. With a photograph to accompany all 100 dishes, this is a versatile, repertoire-building cookbook will be a go-to resource for home cooks looking to create delicious, healthy food all year long. SMART STRATEGY BOOK: This book teaches home cooks to cook creatively. With a base recipe, seasonal variations, and instructions for adapting the recipe using whatever ingredients are on hand, readers can choose to follow a seasonal recipe exactly, swap out an ingredient or two depending on what's available at their local market, or experiment with their own, totally original combinations. GREAT VALUE: With more than 100 go-to recipes, plus instructions and formulas that let readers experiment, this cookbook is a great value. Like DINNER'S IN THE OVEN and other weeknight books featuring lots of photography and simple recipes, the package is as appealing as the content. RECIPES WITH WIDE APPEAL: These are the kind of recipes that people actually cook on a regular basis—easy weekday staples such as oatmeal, hummus, quesadillas, sheet-pan dinners, penne pasta with meatballs—but with a seasonal twist. Perfect for: • Beginner cooks who want to master a few staple dishes • Home cooks of all skill levels looking for easy, creative weeknight recipes • Amateur chefs interested in updated basics • People who like to cook seasonally and shop at the local farmer's market

Author : Virginia Woolf
Publisher : Good Press
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2023-12-05
Category : Fiction
ISBN : EAN:8596547687412

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Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf Pdf

This carefully crafted ebook: "Mrs. Dalloway" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents. Mrs Dalloway, Virginia Woolf's fourth novel, offers the reader an impression of a single June day in London in 1923. Clarissa Dalloway, the wife of a Conservative member of parliament, is preparing to give an evening party, while the shell-shocked Septimus Warren Smith hears the birds in Regent's Park chattering in Greek. There seems to be nothing, except perhaps London, to link Clarissa and Septimus. She is middle-aged and prosperous, with a sheltered happy life behind her; Smith is young, poor, and driven to hatred of himself and the whole human race. Yet both share a terror of existence, and sense the pull of death. The world of Mrs Dalloway is evoked in Woolf's famous stream of consciousness style, in a lyrical and haunting language which has made this, from its publication in 1925, one of her most popular novels.

Author : Barbara Haskell
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2018-01-01
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780300232844

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Grant Wood by Barbara Haskell Pdf

The social and political climate in which Wood's art flourished bears certain striking similarities to America today, as national identity and the tension between urban and rural areas reemerge as polarizing issues in a country facing the consequences of globalization and the technological revolution. Wood portrayed the tension and alienation of contemporary experience. By fusing meticulously observed reality with fables of childhood, he crafted unsettling images of estrangement and apprehension that pictorially manifest the anxiety of modern life.

Author : Nicolas Augusto
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 164 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2017-08-28
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1975893263

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Seasons of Heaven by Nicolas Augusto Pdf

In the year 2047 on a devastated planet earth, only a handful of humans and the strongest of the animals still survive. Despite the hunger that gnaws at their bellies however, these humans have learned to co-exist with the animals, respecting their own basic right to survive. Confused about this, one little girl turns to her father for answers. The story he shares begins with a tragic death, but it won't end there. It will take us on a fascinating and sometimes terrifying journey through the aftermath of death and the emotions of those left behind as they grieve and strive to understand and come to terms with their loss. In the center of the story is a special little boy named Yann Northman. Yann was born with Asperger's syndrome which made things difficult for him at times, most especially his ability to interact socially with other humans. Yann's best friend, a little French bulldog named Ani has medical issues of his own. We'll discover many things through the love and respect that is forged between these two, but most importantly they'll leave us believing that true love and friendship are capable of persevering time, distance and even states of being. The story will also introduce James, a brilliant man who became a doctor because he wanted to save people. Ironically, James was unable to save the two people that meant most to him in the world. As that knowledge slowly sends him spiraling into the dark abyss of alcoholism and depression the nightmares of his youth resurface and a group that calls themselves "The Banished," will force him to question his own sanity, as well as the sanctity of his own troubled soul. If you've ever asked yourself the questions: Where did we come from? Why are we here? And: Where are we going? Then this series is a must read for you. It will make you think, and question everything you thought you ever knew to be true about life, death, and everything in between.