Time Tamed

Author : Nicholas Foulkes
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2019-10-31
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN : 9781471170652

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Time Tamed by Nicholas Foulkes Pdf

'Downright fascinating...indispensable reading' Daily Telegraph 'Nicholas Foulkes' excellent...book is beautifully illustrated. Captivating' Daily Mail For more than 25,000 years, humanity has sought to understand and measure the passing of time, in the process creating some of the most remarkable and beautiful timepieces. Now, in Nicholas Foulkes' lavishly illustrated book, the battle to tame time is brought vividly to life. From the baboon bone dating back to the palaeolithic era that marked the lunar cycle and on to the 3500-year-old water clock at Karnak, from our earliest days mankind has sought to track the passing of time. More recently, the struggles to measure longitude and to create a workable train timetable across the vast, open expanse of the United States have inspired new developments. In Time Tamed, Nicholas Foulkes reveals how we have done this by focusing on some of the most significant developments in timekeeping across the ages. He also highlights the most stunning and lavish clocks and watches in history - from Big Ben to Rolex - for telling the time has never been purely about function, but also about design. The book is filled with remarkable tales, from the 14th century monk in St Albans who created one of the first mechanical clocks to the Holy Roman Emperor who built a clock into an automated ship that fired a cannon to summon guests to dinner. More recently, there was the Surrey woman who used a Napoleonic era watch to 'deliver' the accurate time to London shopkeepers in the wartime era of Churchill, or the Swiss denture maker who solved a tricky problem for the Indian Raj's polo players. Time Tamed is a book you'll want to spend many hours enjoying.

Author : Alice Roberts
Publisher : Random House
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2017-10-19
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781473538832

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Tamed by Alice Roberts Pdf

**'A masterpiece of evocative scientific storytelling.' BRIAN COX** **'Will appeal to fans of Yuval Noah Harari's Sapiens'. Mail on Sunday ** The extraordinary story of the species that became our allies. Dogs became our companions Wheat fed a booming population Cattle gave us meat and milk Maize fuelled the growth of empires Potatoes brought us feast and famine Chickens led us to wonder about tomorrow Rice promised us a golden future Horses gave us strength and speed Apples travelled with us HUMANS TAMED THEM ALL For hundreds of thousands of years, our ancestors depended on wild plants and animals to stay alive – until they began to tame them. Combining archaeology and cutting-edge genetics, Tamed tells the story of the greatest revolution in human history and reveals the fascinating origins of ten crucial domesticated species; and how they, in turn, transformed us. In a world creaking under the strain of human activity, Alice Roberts urges us to look again at our relationship with the natural world – and our huge influence upon it. AN ECONOMIST AND MAIL ON SUNDAY 'BOOK OF THE YEAR' 2017

Author : John Fletcher
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2014-05-29
Category : Drama
ISBN : 9781408143803

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The Tamer Tamed by John Fletcher Pdf

The Tamer Tamed is the subtitle or alternative title to John Fletcher's The Woman's Prize, a comedic sequel and reply to The Taming of the Shrew. The plot switches the gender roles of Shakespeare's play: the women seek to tame the men. Katherine (the "shrew" of the original) has died, and Petruchio takes a second wife, Maria. Maria denounces her former mildness and vows not to sleep with Petruchio until she "turn him and bend him as [she] list, and mold him into a babe again." After many comedic exchanges and plot twists, Petruchio is finally "tamed" in the eyes of Maria, and the play ends with the two reconciled. The play is seen to reflect how society's views of women, femininity, and "domestic propriety" were beginning to change. It is said that Fletcher wrote this play to attract Shakespeare's attention - the two went on to collaborate on at least three plays together. This brand new New Mermaid edition offers unique and fresh insight into the critical interpretation of the play. It builds on current critical foundations (the relationship with Taming of the Shrew, gender relations etc) and suggests different areas of interest (popular associations of the shrew, the question of reputation, and a re-examination of the play's structure). as well as examining stage history and recent productions.

Author : Cornel Zwierlein
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 563 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2021-01-11
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9789004431225

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Prometheus Tamed by Cornel Zwierlein Pdf

Large city fires were a huge threat in premodern Central European every-day life; only quite late, institutional forms of fire insurances emerged as a post-disaster instrument of damage recovery. During the nineteenth century, insurance agencies spread through the World forming a plurality of modernities, safe or unsafe.

Author : Saraciea J. Fennell
Publisher : Flatiron Books
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2021-11-02
Category : Young Adult Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781250763419

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Wild Tongues Can't Be Tamed by Saraciea J. Fennell Pdf

Edited by The Bronx Is Reading founder Saraciea J. Fennell and featuring an all-star cast of Latinx contributors, Wild Tongues Can’t Be Tamed is a ground-breaking anthology that will spark dialogue and inspire hope In Wild Tongues Can’t Be Tamed, bestselling and award-winning authors as well as up-and-coming voices interrogate the different myths and stereotypes about the Latinx diaspora. These fifteen original pieces delve into everything from ghost stories and superheroes, to memories in the kitchen and travels around the world, to addiction and grief, to identity and anti-Blackness, to finding love and speaking your truth. Full of both sorrow and joy, Wild Tongues Can't Be Tamed is an essential celebration of this rich and diverse community. The bestselling and award-winning contributors include Elizabeth Acevedo, Cristina Arreola, Ingrid Rojas Contreras, Naima Coster, Natasha Diaz, Saraciea J. Fennell, Kahlil Haywood, Zakiya Jamal, Janel Martinez, Jasminne Mendez, Meg Medina, Mark Oshiro, Julian Randall, Lilliam Rivera, and Ibi Zoboi.

Author : Emma Chase
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2014-07-15
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781476763606

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Tamed by Emma Chase Pdf

Matthew Fisher --the best friend of Drew Evans--wants to settle down, but he'll have to overcome the mistrust of the colorful and unique Dee Dee Warren"--

Author : Swami Swaroopananda
Publisher : Central Chinmaya Mission Trust
Page : 52 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2024-07-02
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9788175976825

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Mind - Can It Be Tamed? by Swami Swaroopananda Pdf

It is not with unnoticed irony that the seers of India have likened the human mind to a monkey. For, even as man has evolved and progressed in the outer world, his inner world remains largely fettered by primitive instincts and self- limiting tendencies.... thus preventing his from rising to his true potential, from social animal to transcendental being. Indeed, this mysterious, made to tease mind, while serving at the medium of all activity in the universe, is also the membrane that obstructs man from recognising and expressing his inherent divinity. Drawing on ancient wisdom, Swami Swaroopananda presents, in simple and easy to understand language, an investigation into the nature of the mind, and offers the reader a range of tips and tools to help tame the monkey within. For dedicated seekers of Truth, Swamiji's advice constitutes more than just a metaphorical leash; it is a veritable lifeline to true living.

Author : Pierre Claude Reynard
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2009-04-24
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780773575745

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Ambitions Tamed by Pierre Claude Reynard Pdf

When Lyon's population experienced significant growth in the eighteenth century, architect Jean-Antoine Morand made a radical proposal: France's second city would expand across the river Rhône, making him rich in the process. Intense work and bitter rivalries resulted, although they bore fruit only long after Morand had died on the guillotine in 1794. In Ambitions Tamed, Pierre Reynard profiles Morand's career to provide a case-study of the possibilities of urban reform and refashioning within the courtly society of the Old Regime. Morand's story offers fascinating insights into social and professional advancement in a society defined by privilege, the workings of a complex urban political culture, relationships between a provincial city and the capital, the role of factions in determining the success or failure of enterprises and reforms, and the technical and financial aspects of late eighteenth-century urban projects. Ambitions Tamed illuminates the literature and methodologies of urban development, economic and entrepreneurial history, intellectual history, and environmental history in order to explain more fully the relationships among enlightened principles, established power structures, and new initiatives at the dawn of urban expansion.

Author : Keith Tudor
Publisher : SAGE
Page : 253 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2001-11-28
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781446239278

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Transactional Analysis Approaches to Brief Therapy by Keith Tudor Pdf

`This book, edited by Keith Tudor (who is also one of the ten contributors) is excellent reading for a number of reasons: for those who know nothing about TA, it is a highly informative and readily accessible introduction. For those who read or studied it some time ago, it is an excellent refresher. I am impressed by the diversity of people and applications of TA, and the developments outlined in this book are, certainly for me, cause for hope because, as well as offering frameworks for making ′simple′ sense of humans in action – and human inaction – TA is a complex and profound system that offers people a way of solving the problems of the present, re-evaluating the struggles of the past, and reshaping the future with permission and power based on a greater sense of self′ - Nurturing Potential `I wholeheartedly recommend this book to all therapists as enriching and interesting reading′ - European Association for Transactional Analysis Newsletter `It is a book which would offer helpful introductions to both the practice of transactional analysis, and the attitude needed when planning brief therapy of any kind′ - The Jounal of Analytical Psychology Of all the approaches to therapy, transactional analysis is arguably one of those most suited to time-limited work. At a time when short-term therapy is increasingly dominant as a form of practice, Transactional Analysis Approaches to Brief Therapy provides an insightful guide which both informs and challenges. Rather than a single theory, TA has developed as a group of four schools which share a common philosophy, but place different emphasis on what occurs during the therapeutic process. Written by therapists at the leading edge of developments in TA, the book presents and differentiates each of these four approaches. Through transcripts and commentaries, it shows how theory applies to practice, for example in treating post-traumatic stress or in achieving a one-session cure. The book also includes a useful glossary of TA terms, as well as an appendix of Eric Berne′s short script-questionnaire. In some ways critical of the zeitgeist of short-termism and the commercial pressures for therapy to be brief, the book seeks a balance between the challenge TA offers as an actionistic approach to quick and efficient therapy and the importance of relationship in therapy which is time-conscious. It will be enlightening reading for all those training and those already trained as therapists and counsellors in TA.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 944 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 1885
Category : Encyclopedias and dictionaries
ISBN : NYPL:33433003241142

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Johnson's New General Cyclopaedia and Copperplate Hand-atlas of the World by Anonim Pdf

Author : Lily Cahill
Publisher : Nameless Shameless Women
Page : 183 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2017-05-09
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Tamed by Lily Cahill Pdf

My tongue will tell the anger of my heart, or else my heart concealing it will break … Kat Francisco hates love. Love killed her friend, drove her mother away, and brought down a curse on her and her sister. So when a stranger comes to town and won’t stop flirting with her, Kat, a powerful witch, isn’t having it. Except … except Tru St. John is so annoyingly clever. She’d rather trade barbs with him than coo sweet nothings at anyone else. But when she finally gives in to her desires, she finds that love is bigger and more complicated than she ever imagined. Tru St. John, a bear shifter, is in town for one reason: to woo Kat Francisco. He’s been promised a meeting with the powerful head of the Carpathian clan, but only if he distracts Kat for a bit to give his college buddy time to finally seal the deal with Bianca, Kat’s little sister. Yet with every encounter with Kat, Tru finds himself wanting not just to distract her, but to keep her forever. He was supposed to make Kat fall for him … but he’s the one falling, and fast. Will the truth bring Kat and Tru together, or drive them apart? Find out in this modern-day adaptation of Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew. The Shifters of Verona series is best read in order and contains steamy paranormal romance retellings of the following Shakespeare classics: Romeo & Juliet (Star-Crossed), The Taming of the Shrew (Tamed), A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Only Fools Fall) and Much Ado About Nothing (Alter Me). Each book has an HEA with a new featured couple every book.

Author : Liz Garton Scanlon
Publisher : Schwartz & Wade
Page : 40 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2018-02-06
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781101934814

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Kate, Who Tamed The Wind by Liz Garton Scanlon Pdf

Award-winning author Liz Garton Scanlon presents a young, rhythmic read-aloud about a girl who solves a windy problem with an environmentally sound solution: planting trees. A wild wind blows on the tippy-top of a steep hill, turning everything upside down for the man who lives there. Luckily, Kate comes up with a plan to tame the wind. With an old wheelbarrow full of young trees, she journeys up the steep hill to add a little green to the man's life, and to protect the house from the howling wind. From award-winning author Liz Garton Scanlon and whimsical illustrator Lee White comes a delightfully simple, lyrical story about the important role trees play in our lives, and caring for the world in which we live. Praise for Bob, Not Bob by Liz Garton Scanlon: "This is read-aloud gold!" --Publishers Weekly, Starred Praise for All the World by Liz Garton Scanlon: "A sumptuous and openhearted poem . . . (that) expresses the philosophy early readers most need to hear: there's humanity everywhere." --The New York Times

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 346 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 1969
Category : Forest fires
ISBN : MSU:31293201495524

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Fire Control Notes by Anonim Pdf

Author : Agnieszka Brylak,Julia Madajczak,Justyna Olko,John Sullivan
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 544 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2020-11-23
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9783110591484

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Loans in Colonial and Modern Nahuatl by Agnieszka Brylak,Julia Madajczak,Justyna Olko,John Sullivan Pdf

The dictionary expands on the original idea of Karttunen and Lockhart to map the usage of loans in Nahuatl, by using a much larger and diversified corpus of sources, and by including contextual use, missing in earlier studies. Most importantly, these sources enrich the colonial corpus with modern data – significantly expanding on our knowledge on language continuity and change.

Author : Robert Garran
Publisher : University of Hawaii Press
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 1998-12-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0824821602

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Tigers Tamed by Robert Garran Pdf

Can the economy of a region go from miracle to meltdown in a few short months? As he traces the dramatic events of late 1997 into 1998, Robert Garran uses firsthand knowledge of Asia and its economics to demonstrate that the miracle was in many ways a myth.