Impossible Heights

Author : Adnan Morshed
Publisher : U of Minnesota Press
Page : 390 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2015-01-15
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781452942964

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Impossible Heights by Adnan Morshed Pdf

The advent of the airplane and skyscraper in 1920s and ‘30s America offered the population an entirely new way to look at the world: from above. The captivating image of an airplane flying over the rising metropolis led many Americans to believe a new civilization had dawned. In Impossible Heights, Adnan Morshed examines the aesthetics that emerged from this valorization of heights and their impact on the built environment. The lofty vantage point from the sky ushered in a modernist impulse to cleanse crowded twentieth-century cities in anticipation of an ideal world of tomorrow. Inspired by great new heights, American architects became central to this endeavor and were regarded as heroic aviators. Combining close readings of a broad range of archival sources, Morshed offers new interpretations of works such as Hugh Ferriss’s Metropolis drawings, Buckminster Fuller’s Dymaxion houses, and Norman Bel Geddes’s Futurama exhibit at the 1939 New York World’s Fair. Transformed by the populist imagination into “master builders,” these designers helped produce a new form of visuality: the aesthetics of ascension. By demonstrating how aerial movement and height intersect with popular “superman” discourses of the time, Morshed reveals the relationship between architecture, art, science, and interwar pop culture. Featuring a marvelous array of never before published illustrations, this richly textured study of utopian imaginings illustrates America’s propulsion into a new cultural consciousness.

Author : Gary Gilligan
Publisher : Troubador Publishing Ltd
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2018-04-17
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781785895333

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Extraterrestrial Sands by Gary Gilligan Pdf

Quartz sand is anywhere and everywhere imaginable on the surface of the Earth. It forms the vast sandy Sahara and Arabian deserts where dunes can reach a staggering 180 meters in height. It makes up the world’s immense sandstone deposits, forms our beaches and is present in most soils around the globe. But where did all the sand come from?

Author : Jonathan L. Kvanvig,Professor of Philosophy Jonathan L Kvanvig
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 233 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2006-02-09
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 0199282595

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The Knowability Paradox by Jonathan L. Kvanvig,Professor of Philosophy Jonathan L Kvanvig Pdf

The paradox of knowability, derived from a proof by Frederic Fitch in 1963, is one of the deepest paradoxes concerning the nature of truth. Jonathan Kvanvig argues that the depth of the paradox has not been adequately appreciated. It has long been known that the paradox threatens antirealist conceptions of truth according to which truth is epistemic. If truth is epistemic, what better way to express that idea than to maintain that all truths are knowable? In the face of theparadox, however, such a characterization threatens to undermine antirealism. If Fitch's proof is valid, then one can be an antirealist of this sort only by endorsing the conclusion of the proof that all truths are known.Realists about truth have tended to stand on the sidelines and cheer the difficulties faced by their opponents from Fitch's proof. Kvanvig argues that this perspective is wholly unwarranted. He argues that there are two problems raised by the paradox, one that threatens antirealism about truth and the other that threatens everybody's view about truth, realist or antirealist. The problem facing antirealism has had a number of proposed solutions over the past 40 years, and the results have notbeen especially promising with regard to the first problem. The second problem has not even been acknowledged, however, and the proposals regarding the first problem are irrelevant to the second problem.This book thus provides a thorough investigation of the literature on the paradox, and also proposes a solution to the deeper of the two problems raised by Fitch's proof. It provides a complete picture of the paradoxicality that results from Fitch's proof, and presents a solution to the paradox that claims to address both problems raised by the original proof.

Author : Colin Kirk
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2013-12-12
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781483693347

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Death of Augustus his Conversion to Christ by Colin Kirk Pdf

Myth and the Church Augustus Caesar, Son of God, started the Christiancalendar. Moreover, he also contributed massively to thepersona of Christ, to Christianity and to the ChristianChurch. Indeed, Jesus, a Jewish prophet, was transformedin the process to become the God of Christian Europe. Augustus, the Godfather of Europe, spawned a religion aliento Rome and the world of Rome he had created. This was not the work of Augustus himself. However, Augustus was the luminary of the Roman state religion before he was transformed into the second person of the Trinity. The processes involved in these changes are followedthrough the first four centuries of the Christian era. A brieflook at developments since highlight the Christian church’s continued influence on the western European knowledgebase. Here you can check out your own mindset, against factors that are still crazily influential. The cover illustration is of a restored cult figure of Augustus, one of thousands destroyed by Christian zealots let loose in 395. Most of the hood of the toga of Pontifex Maximus is missing. This example is at Thyatira, to where John sent a copy of his Revelations. All seven churches of the Apocalypse were in the Roman province of Asia. Just off the coast is the island of Samos, where Augustus lived when he was in the area. Patmos, where John wrote his Revelations during his exile there, is a bit further out in the Aegean Sea. The reverse of an Augustan aureus, on the spine, shows the winged victory standing on the globethat Augustus had installed as centerpiece of the Roman Curia. It was carried at his funeral to leadthe procession from the forum to his mausoleum. At the end of the fourth century it was removed from the Curia and reinstated three times. Finally Ambrosius, Bishop of Milan, insisted it be takenout and utterly destroyed. Rome and the world of Rome collapsed shortly afterwards. Augustus’ last 100 days were extremely busy. He was supposedto have suffered from the weariness of old age before then. But after official functions in Rome he went to Capri for a few days, thenon to the Games in Naples, where heindulged in horse play with the athletes and on to Beneventum to review his armies, before they set off to war. His death at the old family home atNola is well documented, down totime and day. It’s the year that’s in dispute here. Christian historians strove to proveJesus was the Messiah by his dateof birth. They also wanted to knowwhen the Second Coming of Christwould occur. In the process they hadto alter the date of Augustus death. Much was destroyed to cover their tracks. Fortunately enough remainsin the debris to reconstruct the real chronology of the period. Surprisingly much else remainedto be unearthed. Cicero, not Herod,ordered the massacre of the innocents. Wise men from the east visited Augustus. It’s all there for the digging.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1276 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 1925
Category : Agriculture
ISBN : STANFORD:36105019618979

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Yearbook of the United States Department of Agriculture by Anonim Pdf

Author : Joe Basile
Publisher : Odyssey Books
Page : 331 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2019-10-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781925652666

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The Last Qumranian by Joe Basile Pdf

Time travel has been used to stop the birth of Christ, altering the timeline of human history. Lukas is the last Qumranian, an ancient sect sworn to secrecy and to protect the prophecies that bind the worlds together. When they develop a powerful technology that can control time, their discovery attracts unwanted attention. When the Unclean -- a militant force powered by dark magic -- attack the hidden Qumranian compound under what once was the Dead Sea, Lukas barely escapes. But at what cost? With his life intact, he finds himself a prisoner in an alternate timeline not his own. Alone in a foreign landscape ravaged by wars, advanced by technology, oppressed by a corporation partnered with a ruthless religious group slaughtering any who oppose them in the streets, sinister supernatural forces, and an artifact that literally can -- and has -- changed human history, Lukas must not only struggle to stay alive, but locate the only thing that can prevent the Unclean and the powers that control them from destroying the world. Will Lukas manage to retrieve the artifact before more damage is done to the timeline of history, or will he be too late, forever lost in a nightmarish alternate reality?

Author : Annie Lucas
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 556 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 1880
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OXFORD:600064155

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Wenzel's Inheritance, Or, Faithful Unto Death by Annie Lucas Pdf

Author : Benjamin Briggs Herbert
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 688 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 1896
Category : Journalism
ISBN : MINN:31951001793894S

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The First Decennium of the National Editorial Association of the United States by Benjamin Briggs Herbert Pdf

Author : Sam Walter Foss
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 278 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 1894
Category : Electronic
ISBN : UOM:39015035395295

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Back Country Poems by Sam Walter Foss Pdf

Author : Florence Montgomery
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 298 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 1872
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BSB:BSB11715530

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Misunderstood by Florence Montgomery Pdf

Author : James Andrew Corcoran,Patrick John Ryan,Edmond Francis Prendergast
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 926 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 1894
Category : Periodicals
ISBN : NYPL:33433081752796

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The American Catholic Quarterly Review by James Andrew Corcoran,Patrick John Ryan,Edmond Francis Prendergast Pdf

Author : Scott Lynch
Publisher : Del Rey
Page : 754 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2007-06-26
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780553588941

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The Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott Lynch Pdf

“Remarkable . . . Scott Lynch’s first novel, The Lies of Locke Lamora, exports the suspense and wit of a cleverly constructed crime caper into an exotic realm of fantasy, and the result is engagingly entertaining.”—The Times (London) An orphan’s life is harsh—and often short—in the mysterious island city of Camorr. But young Locke Lamora dodges death and slavery, becoming a thief under the tutelage of a gifted con artist. As leader of the band of light-fingered brothers known as the Gentleman Bastards, Locke is soon infamous, fooling even the underworld’s most feared ruler. But in the shadows lurks someone still more ambitious and deadly. Faced with a bloody coup that threatens to destroy everyone and everything that holds meaning in his mercenary life, Locke vows to beat the enemy at his own brutal game—or die trying. Praise for The Lies of Locke Lamora “Fresh, original, and engrossing . . . gorgeously realized.”—George R. R. Martin “Right now, in the full flush of a second reading, I think The Lies of Locke Lamora is probably in my top ten favorite books ever. Maybe my top five. If you haven’t read it, you should. If you have read it, you should probably read it again.”—Patrick Rothfuss, New York Times bestselling author of The Name of the Wind “A unique fantasy milieu peopled by absorbing, colorful characters . . . Locke’s wit and audacity endear him to victims and bystanders alike.”—The Seattle Times “A true genre bender, at home on almost any kind of fiction shelf . . . Lynch immediately establishes himself as a gifted and fearless storyteller, unafraid of comparisons to Silverberg and Jordan, not to mention David Liss and even Dickens.”—Booklist (starred review) “High-octane fantasy . . . a great swashbuckling yarn of a novel.”—Richard Morgan

Author : Terry Brooks
Publisher : Del Rey
Page : 577 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Elves
ISBN : 9781101965610

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The Wishsong of Shannara by Terry Brooks Pdf

Horror stalks the Four Lands. The Ildatch, immemorial book of evil spells, has stirred to eldritch life, sending its foul Mord wraiths to accomplish at last mankind's destruction. Only Jair and Brin can attempt to halt the resulting evil

Author : Nicholas Griffin
Publisher : Steerforth
Page : 452 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2010-06-15
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781581952353

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Dizzy City by Nicholas Griffin Pdf

The year is 1916, Europe is at war, and American industrialists are getting rich. Englishman Benedict Cramb deserts the trench warfare of northern France and stows away on an outbound transatlantic ship. When the ship docks in New York City, a place untouched and largely unaware of the horrors of war, he realizes this is the place to reinvent himself. In the process, he soon falls under the sway of the urbane and mysterious Julius McAteer, who sees in Ben his chance to finely hone the tools of someone who can master the art of the con. They concoct a ruse, pick their mark – a blustering midwestern cattleman named Henry Jergens – and the game is afoot. In the process, Ben falls in love with teh beguiling actress Katherine Howells, who in turn is connected to even more men of vast means. But the further Ben follows the money in New York, the closer he moves back to the war in Europe and his shattering experiences there. This page-turner is rich in historical detail and filled with suspense, romance and adventure.

Author : P.D. Stewart
Publisher : DK
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2018-12-04
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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The Staff of Mordenren by P.D. Stewart Pdf

The Realm of Lungast trembled as word spread: The Therin have arrived. With a cloud of dust which could be viewed for miles, they thundered into the realm. Their goal was no less than to destroy their ancient enemy and enslave all who opposed this. But there is still hope. Within the Fallen Giant Mountain lies the Horde of Karabine. A horde which spans the ages and holds as many dangers as it does treasures. Here Prince Eric, War Wizard and next in line to be king of the Free-Realm, travels to find a stone. The stone, along with a branch from a rare white oak tree, could be used to create the Staff of Mordenren. With this magic, Eric might be able to push back the advancing army. However, travelling across an unknown land is not without its dangers. Captured by centaurs, their quest to create the staff could already be over. Three armies join forces to fight this new foe and attempt a plan of their own. Once again, pages in a book lead a few down a different path in hopes of defeating this enemy. With Glomain and two dwarves attempting to access a strange magic, and Eric off finding what he needs to create the Staff of Mordenren, all the soldiers can do is hope they can hold off the Therin long enough for one to succeed.