![]() ![]() With extraordinary depth and erudition, Robinson examines each of these mysterious scripts in up-to-the-latest detail, at the same time exploring the process of decipherment, and presenting the colorful cast of characters that are currently competing for the glory that cracking these ancient codes would bring. Lost Languages focuses on eight of the most famous examples, whose persistent inscrutability continues to torment would-be decipherers and keeps us from understanding the long-buried cultures they represent. ![]() ![]() Though much has been learned about the languages of lost cultures such as Ancient Egypt and the Mayans, there remain many scripts that have resisted modern efforts to decipher them. Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. ![]()
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![]() ![]() You can literally get through all those famous stories from the Bible in ten minutes if you are even a slightly below average reader. Ever read the story of Adam and Eve? Or Noah and the flood? Or Moses and the Ten Commandments? If not, spare yourself about ten minutes and give it a go. The reason why Goodnight Moon prevails and persists even in the age of parody, ironic and vicious satire is the very same reason why the Old Testament has always been one of the best-selling books of all time. ![]() No, that’s not the answer although it does fit. What could possibly account for its almost semi-mystical appeal across generations, skin color, economic status and intellectual levels of its demographic? Simplicity itself. Such a phenomenon, in fact, that one need not even preface that assertion with the disclaimer, “for a work of children’s literature.” The small, colorful book is by this point as much a necessity for new parents as Dr. Love it or hate it or even if you have never heard of it, Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown is a certifiable publishing phenomenon. We are thankful for their contributions and encourage you to make your own. ![]() These notes were contributed by members of the GradeSaver community. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() In my mind they went to posh dinners, fancy clubs and never had to worry about a boring day in an office. How lucky they are to spend all day in front of a (then) typewriter, making up stories that hoards of fans will read. When I was younger I always imagined being an author was the most glamorous thing. ![]() ![]() ![]() Knowing more about how an event proceeded should help illuminate why it happened. It might be assumed that going deep and going wide have a symbiotic relationship. Historians often go wide on recent events because their preferred method of going deep - raiding the archives - isn’t yet possible. This is the interpretive heavy lifting in which the historian links an event to broader trends, ideas, and forces that created the intellectual, cultural, political, and economic atmosphere in which the primary actors operated. ![]() The second, favored by historians, is to “go wide”: to place an event in wider contexts, including the immediate context and the preceding decades or even centuries. Going deep tends to shed light on how an event happened, how personalities interacted, how information was collected and evaluated, how decisions were made and by whom. The first, favored by journalists, is to “go deep”: to squeeze every drop from the available sources and cast a wide net for interview subjects. In the face of these obstacles, historians, journalists, and other scholars usually take one of two paths. The two most glaring challenges of writing recent foreign affairs history are the lack of available archival sources and the interestedness of the human sources, who usually aim to portray events in a favorable light. Robert Draper, To Start a War: How the Bush Administration Took America Into Iraq (Penguin Press, 2020). ![]() ![]() ![]() In some cases the collections may be stored off-site and will take up to 48 hours for retrieval.Ĭontact: Email for questions or to request material. ![]() See Visit Special Collections for more information. Harold Lee Smith - mayor of Smyrna from 1970-1971 and author of Historic. ![]() Rare Books: To search for rare books in the Mortimer Rare Book Collection, please see the Five College Library Catalog.Īccess: Although materials in Special Collections can't be checked out, our staff are available to help you find and use materials in our reading room. Oral histories were collected as a project by the Friends of Smyrna Library and. Don’t hesitate to ask our staff if additional description is available for a collection.ĭigital materials: Browse or search under Digital Objects in the menu above or via Five College Compass. Lee Smith was born in 1944 in Grundy, Virginia, a small coal-mining town in the Blue Ridge Mountains, not 10 miles from the Kentucky border. Please note that not all finding aids are available online yet. Oral History, the lyrical saga of a Virginia mountain family, follows four generations of Cantrells over more than a century. ![]() ![]() ![]() Pilgrim is trained in Krav Maga, an Israeli system of self-defence - ''according to people who know, the most highly regarded form of unarmed combat among New York drug dealers north of 140th Street'', and Saracen can metamorphose from a seemingly humanitarian doctor in strife-torn areas into an almost invisible street-dweller or manual labourer in order to achieve his aims. They're both supermen - super-smart, super-strong and with super-stoic pain tolerance. His nemesis, codename Saracen - whose father was publicly beheaded in Saudi Arabia when he was a child, and who as a teenager cast aside his mother and sisters because they were too Western, and whose wife was killed by a ''Zionist rocket'' - is almost perfectly cast, except for one chink: his love for a vulnerable child. He once headed a secret espionage unit for US intelligence and is the author of the definitive book on forensic criminal investigation. The American, codename Pilgrim, is the adopted son of a wealthy family. ![]() Hayes, an accomplished screenwriter, has given his two lead characters efficient if slightly perfunctory back-stories. Much as most apocalyptic scenarios would have us do, it involves choosing sides, although both sides are wrong. ![]() ![]() ![]() Er könnte der Schlüssel sein zum Rätsel der Harvester… Und irgendwo da draußen, auf einer weit entfernten Kolonie, gibt es einen letzten TIM, der dem Robocaust nicht zum Opfer gefallen ist. ![]() Doch viele Jahre nach dem Angriff wird der Maschinencode der Harvester geknackt - und die Wissenschaftler des Rats machen die verblüffende Entdeckung, dass er dem Code eines ihrer eigenen Modelle den TIMs, Roboter, die als mechanische Gefährten für Kinder gebaut wurden. ![]() ![]() Und alle anderen Roboter - von Menschen für unterschiedlichste Zwecke entwickelt - werden zur Zielscheibe des Hasses und gnadenlos verfolgt und vernichtet. Denn niemand weiß, woher sie kamen und wer sie erbaut hat. Seither lebt die Galaxis in Furcht, dass die Harvester wiederkommen. Die Harvester - gigantische Roboter - legen Welten in Schutt und Asche, und dann verschwinden sie so plötzlich, wie sie gekommen sind. Der kleine Roboter TIM-21 und seine mechanischen Gefährten kämpfen ums Überleben - in einem Universum, in dem alle Roboter verboten sind und von Kopfgeldjägern verfolgt werden! Eines Tages erscheinen sie wie aus dem Nichts über den neun wichtigsten Planeten des Vereinten Galaktischen Rats und beginnen ihr Werk der Zerstörung. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() If your students have read at least 5 of the 2020 titles, please feel free to vote at any time.The announcement of the winning title will be made virtually on June 8, 2020. Voting will be extended until June 1, 2020.Thank you to all of you who continue to support our award and our dream of getting outstanding Canadian literature into the hands of our amazing Canadian children. ![]() Then the world was brought to a standstill by COVID-19, further complicating our work of keeping the Rocky Mountain Book Award vibrant and inspiring. Since then we have been scrambling to understand all that he did for RMBA. In November the anchor of the Rocky Mountain Book Award, Richard Chase, passed away unexpectedly. Moving into the Growth Zone, Lethbridge Herald May 6, 2020 Advice from Cheryl Gilmore, Superintendent for Lethbridge School Division …whenever or wherever possible, read, read, and read some more… encourage the escape and joy that can be found in the magic of a story. ![]() ![]() ![]() Hours of business: Mon-Fri 10 to 6 Number 46 is at the northern end of Shepherd Market, formerly the location of Shepherds bindery, a five minute walk from Green Park tube station (Jubilee, Victoria and Piccadilly lines) and only slightly more from Bond Street station. The first episode in The Barrytown Trilogy, it is about a group of unemployed young people in the north side of Dublin, Ireland, who start a soul band. We also display a selection of stock at our Mayfair shop: 46 Curzon Street The Commitments (1987) (originally to be called The Partitions ) is a novel by Irish writer Roddy Doyle. Number 48 is on the south side of Bedford Square, a five minute walk from Totten ham Court Road or Goodge Street underground stations and a ten minute walk from Russell Square. Great Britain Hours of business: Mon-Fri 9:30 to 5 Our primary address is our Bloomsbury shop: Were back And its a big old celebration One of the most iconic Irish films of all time, TheCommitments, turns 30 this week, so were taking you through. Stock Code: 239646 Members of: Antiquarian Booksellers Association Provincial Booksellers Fairs Association International League of Antiquarian Booksellers Some creasing to the spine and extremities, otherwise an excellent copy of a delicate binding. ![]() The moniker 'King Ferouk' is traditional Dublin slang for 'book'. Self-published after numerous rejections from commercial publishers. ![]() ![]() ![]() However, with that out of the way I soon realised to my dismay that the story is told through the eyes of a reporter, by way of separate interviews conducted with people who lived through the disaster. ![]() While reading the prologue I found it difficult to determine whether the content was fiction or true-to-life, however another quick check on Amazon’s synopsis confirmed that it was indeed fiction, as initially suspected. While searching for something different to read over the holidays, I picked up this intriguing novel, promising a thrilling story full of mystery and horror akin to Lord of the Flies and Battle Royale, and found to my surprise that initially once I started reading, I didn’t want to stop. Left to their own devices for a considerable length of time, these employees resort to drastic measures in a bid to survive. ![]() I was initially drawn to the book cover for Mike Bockoven’s FantasticLand, with its eerie image of an empty fairground Ferris Wheel, before Amazon’s synopsis intrigued me further The book’s description sets the scene of a disaster stricken amusement park in Florida, where a large number of college-age employees must fight for survival, after being cut off from both modern technology and the rest of society. ![]() |