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Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : UOM:39015014283801
Presents the etymology of over 500 words in the English language.
Author : Wendy Conklin
Publisher : Teacher Created Resources
Page : 146 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2005-03
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781420630480
Challenge students to explore several important unexplained events that helped shape history. Students use primary source materials, posters, and simulations to find clues and to make informed decisions about these events. There are no right or wrong answers. These real-life mysteries encourage students to research, think, debate, and form conclusions.
Author : Wendy Conklin
Publisher : Teacher Created Resources
Page : 146 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2005-03
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781420630497
Challenge students to explore several important unexplained events that helped shape history. Students use primary source materials, posters, and simulations to find clues and to make informed decisions about these events. There are no right or wrong answers. These real-life mysteries encourage students to research, think, debate, and form conclusions.
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : History
ISBN : 0618716815
"From the darkest corners of the dictionary, More Word Histories and Mysteries From Aardvark to Zombie brings the most interesting words in English into the spotlight and reveals the surprising and entertaining stories that lie behind everyday vocabulary like nacho or tabloid and commonplace expressions like red herring or stark-naked." "Word lovers can discover the unexpected linguistic links between pairs of words like human and bridegroom or love and libido, and they can follow other words like adobe and scallion all the way back to Egypt, India, and other cultures of the ancient world. Fans of the English language can also explore the richness of American regional terms, from New England lingo like hosey to New Orleans expressions like lagniappe. The techniques that linguists use to trace the origins of words are carefully explained along the way, while photographs and drawings enliven the pages and illustrate the eclectic pleasures of English etymology."--BOOK JACKET.
Author : Houghton Mifflin Company
Publisher : Turtleback Books
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2004-10-01
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 1417717661
Providing a panoramic view of the unique richness of English, this history uncovers the origins of 500 everyday words--from Abracadabra to Zeus--whose surprising and often amusing stories offer insights into the history of humankind.
Author : Kitson Jazynka
Publisher : National Geographic Kids
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1426331657
"Why were the Easter Island heads erected? What really happened to the Maya? Who stole the Irish Crown Jewels? The first book in this exciting new series will cover history's heavy-hitting, head-scratching mysteries, including the Lost Colony of Roanoke, the Bermuda Triangle, the Oak Island Money Pit, Stonehenge, the Sphinx, the disappearance of entire civilizations, the dancing plague, the Voynich manuscript, and so many more. Chock-full of cool photos, fun facts, and spine-tingling mysteries"--Provided by publisher.
Author : Craig P. Bauer
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 636 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2019-06-18
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9780691192291
"In 1953, a man was found dead from cyanide poisoning near the Philadelphia airport with a picture of a Nazi aircraft in his wallet. Taped to his abdomen was an enciphered message. In 1912, a book dealer named Wilfrid Voynich came into possession of an illuminated cipher manuscript once belonging to Emperor Rudolf II, who was obsessed with alchemy and the occult. Wartime codebreakers tried--and failed--to unlock the book's secrets, and it remains an enigma to this day. In this lively and entertaining book, Craig Bauer examines these and other vexing ciphers yet to be cracked. Some may reveal the identity of a spy or serial killer, provide the location of buried treasure, or expose a secret society--while others may be elaborate hoaxes. Unsolved! begins by explaining the basics of cryptology, and then explores the history behind an array of unsolved ciphers. It looks at ancient ciphers, ciphers created by artists and composers, ciphers left by killers and victims, Cold War ciphers, and many others. Some are infamous, like the ciphers in the Zodiac letters, while others were created purely as intellectual challenges by figures such as Nobel Prize-winning physicist Richard P. Feynman. Bauer lays out the evidence surrounding each cipher, describes the efforts of geniuses and eccentrics--in some cases both--to decipher it, and invites readers to try their hand at puzzles that have stymied so many others. Unsolved! takes readers from the ancient world to the digital age, providing an amazing tour of many of history's greatest unsolved ciphers"--
Author : Linda Lacour Hobar
Publisher : Bright Ideas Press
Page : 486 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2007-07-01
Category : Education
ISBN : 1892427044
Author : Michael Parenti
Publisher : City Lights Publishers
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2016-08-22
Category : History
ISBN : 9780872867185
In a lively challenge to mainstream history, Michael Parenti does battle with a number of mass-marketed historical myths. He shows how history's victors distort and suppress the documentary record in order to perpetuate their power and privilege. And he demonstrates how historians are influenced by the professional and class environment in which they work. Pursuing themes ranging from antiquity to modern times, from the Inquisition and Joan of Arc to the anti-labor bias of present-day history books, History as Mystery demonstrates how past and present can inform each other and how history can be a truly exciting and engaging subject. "Michael Parenti, always provocative and eloquent, gives us a lively as well as valuable critique of orthodoxy posing as ‘history.’"—Howard Zinn, author of A People's History of the United States "Deserves to become an instant classic." —Bertell Ollman, author of Dialectical Investigations Those who keep secret the past, and lie about it, condemn us to repeat it. Michael Parenti unveils the history of falsified history, from the early Christian church to the present: a fascinating, darkly revelatory tale." —Daniel Ellsberg, author of The Pentagon Papers "Solid if surely controversial stuff."—Kirkus Michael Parenti, PhD Yale, is an internationally known author and lecturer. He is one of the nation's leadiing progressive political analysts. He is the author of over 275 published articles and twenty books, including Against Empire, Dirty Truths, and Blackshirts and Reds. His writings are published in popular periodicals, scholarly journals, and his op-ed pieces have been in leading newspapers such as the New York Times and the Los Angeles Times. His informative and entertaining books and talks have reached a wide range of audiences in North America and abroad.
Author : Graeme Donald
Publisher : Michael O'Mara Books
Page : 223 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2018-04-19
Category : History
ISBN : 9781782439691
As Napoleon himself once said, 'History is a version of past events that people have decided to agree upon'. Noted down in historical documents, copied and widely repeated, it doesn't take long for a version of the truth to become accepted as fact. But who invents these false accounts in the first place, and why do they gain traction so quickly? Far from concerning the obscure and insignificant parts of our history, these fundamental inaccuracies and downright lies colour the depiction of many of those pivotal characters and events we learnt about at school. Cleopatra, Marco Polo, Captain Cook, Joan of Arc; most of us could probably reel off a fact or two about each. But as this intriguing book reveals, a closer examination of these core parts of our social and political history shows that often all was not as it seemed, and that the agendas of those responsible for recording these events had a huge impact on what was reported and what was covered up. The Mysteries of History is an entertaining romp through the centuries, uncovering the great mysteries surrounding some of the most inaccurate and misleading parts of our past.
Author : Jack Zevin,David Gerwin
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2010-12-07
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781135147464
Offering a philosophy, methodology, and examples for history instruction that are active, imaginative, and provocative, this text presents a fully developed pedagogy based on problem-solving methods that promote reasoning and judgment and restore a sense of imagination and participation to classroom learning. It is designed to draw readers into the detective process that characterizes the work of professional historians and social scientists ─ sharing raw data, defining terms, building interpretations, and testing competing theories. An inquiry framework drives both the pedagogy and the choice of historical materials, with selections favoring the unsolved, controversial, and fragmented rather than the neatly wrapped up analysis of past events. Teaching World History as Mystery: Provides a balanced combination of interestingly arranged historical content, and clearly explained instructional strategies Features case studies of commonly and not so commonly taught topics within a typical world/global history curriculum using combinations of primary and secondary documents Discusses ways of dealing with ethical and moral issues in world history classrooms, drawing students into persisting questions of historical truth, bias, and judgment
Author : Editors of the American Heritage Di
Publisher : HarperCollins
Page : 374 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2004-10-13
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 0547350279
Did you know that cats are related etymologically to caterpillars? Or that Thomas Edison played a key role in popularizing the use of the greeting “Hello”? Or that muscles were originally mice, since a flexed biceps looks like a little rodent scurrying under the skin? Word Histories and Mysteries provides a panoramic view of the unique richness of English, uncovering the origins of five hundred everyday words whose surprising and often amusing stories offer insights into the history of humankind. Arranged in convenient alphabetical order, the notes are written in a lively and entertaining style perfect for browsing. The reader can learn how words were coined, or trace the origins of English back to the Indo-European language spoken long before the invention of writing. A short introduction outlines the techniques linguists use to trace the history of words, and a handy glossary explains the linguistic terms that describe the ways in which language changes over time. Photographs and drawings help familiarize the reader with the ancient objects or cultural practices from which our words have sprung. Fascinating and fun to read, Word Histories and Mysteries is an ideal gift for high school or college students interested in language and for anyone who wants to know more about the curious sounds we make to communicate every day.
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Pleasantville, N.Y. : Reader's Digest Association
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 1978
Category : Reference
ISBN : 089577044X
Profusely illustrated text discusses lost cities and civilizations, the pyramids, Stonehenge, Easter Island, and other enduring mysteries of the world.
Author : Anna Claybourne
Publisher : History's Mysteries
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 142633463X
"Interesting and curious historical legends and their background, for children"--
Author : Priyankee Saikia
Publisher : Rupa Publication
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2021-04-05
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9389967945
In History's Mysteries, Priyankee Saikia seeks to navigate the answers to 51 of the most puzzling questions of the past from across the world. Are vampires real? The answer may surprise you. Are witches real? The executions of so-called witches in Salem will shock you. The past is filled with many fascinating stories, people, and objects-UFOs, secret societies, spirits, crime, adventure, you name it! From strange monuments to curious objects with intriguing stories, vanishing cities to mysterious disappearances, haunted villages to legends of missing treasure, and from secret societies to stories of mayhem, this book collects some of history's most spine-tingling mysteries that will arouse your curiosity, make you shudder and leave you with more questions than answers! The book will be very good for children and young adults with a curious mind to know about the mysterious events of the past. The book contains many fascinating stories, people, and objects-UFOs, secret societies, spirits, crime, adventure, you name it! Each chapter, retold brilliantly by the author, is bursting with stories, facts and trivia. It takes the readers on an adventurous trip around the world through time while they explore the most fascinating chapters about strange monuments, vanishing cities, mysterious disappearances, haunted villages and so much more!