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Paradise Fever
Ptolemy TompkinsTells of four years in the mid-1970s, when the author was growing up inside the outlandish utopian household that his father has created.
This Tree Grows Out of Hell: Mesoamerica and the Search for ...
Ptolemy TompkinsA profoundly spiritual and ecological thread runs through this enlightening work like a river: despite their amazing achievements, these civilizations eventually crumbled because they lost touch with their sense of community, their true ...
The monkey in art
Ptolemy TompkinsThis delightful and engaging book travels around the world and throughout history, from ancient Egypt to eighteenth century France and beyond, to tell the story of the monkey's role in art.
A Dog Lover's Collection
Ptolemy TompkinsIn the tower of Poggio Petroio, a Renaissance castle in the hills of ltaly's Chianti region, is to be found the Vanessa dei Barabba Florine, the world's only museum devoted to objects created for, about, and in celebration of dogs.
The Modern Book of the Dead: A Revolutionary Perspective on ...
Ptolemy TompkinsDraws on the teachings of major religious and philosophical traditions to outline a comprehensive "map" of the afterlife that explains that experiences of growth and change continue after death.
The Divine Life of Animals: One Man's Quest to Discover ...
Ptolemy TompkinsChallenges non-secular perspectives on animal spirituality while drawing on historical, cultural and religious sources to share true stories about beloved deceased pets who their companions believe have revisited them in inspirational ways.
Proof of God: The Shocking True Answer to the World’s Most ...
Ptolemy TompkinsProof of God is the unlikely story of how this serious scientist and this broken writer, in a series of conversations stretching over several months, come to understand that the universe—from the smallest sub-atomic particles that make up ...
Proof of Angels: The Definitive Book on the Reality of ...
Ptolemy TompkinsIn March 2015, millions worldwide were captivated by the dramatic rescue of Lily Groesbeck, an eighteen-month-old girl who'd somehow survived fourteen hours in an overturned car that was partially submerged in an icy-cold Utah river after ...
Ptolemy's Theory of Visual Perception: An English ...
PtolemyAn English Translation of the Optics with Introduction and Commentary Ptolemy, A. Mark Smith. 64. APPENDIX. 3. Calendar of Documents on "Fernandus de Medina Diocesis Cordubensis" and "Fernandus de Corduba" at the Spanish College ...
The Book of Answers: Getting Wise in a Wisdom-crazy World
Ptolemy TompkinsHaving absorbed many books of wisdom such as the "Tao Te Ching" and "Secrets of the Great Pyramids", the author set out to turn the genre on its head with this title.
Proof of Angels: The Definitive Book on the Reality of ...
Ptolemy TompkinsWeaving real-life stories into a rich narrative exploring the history, nature and significance of angels in our lives, this book will appeal to the enormous audience who have bought books such as PROOF OF HEAVEN.
Ptolemy's Almagest:
PtolemyThis translation, based on the standard Greek text of Heiberg, makes the work accessible to English readers in an intelligible and reliable form.
Dovada existenței îngerilor
Ptolemy TompkinsTyler Beddoes, unul dintre polițiști, este convins că în ziua aceea a auzit un înger, iar asta a schimbat tot ceea ce credea că știe despre lumea spirituală. Împletind povestea lui Tyler cu istorisiri adevărate ale unor ...
Scientific Method in Ptolemy's Harmonics
Andrew BarkerThis book examines the scientific procedures devised by Ptolemy for investigating the structures underlying musical melody.
Ptolemy's Almagest
More editionsIt is designed to stand by itself as an interpretation of the original, but it will also be useful as an aid to reading the Greek text. "Whatever we now understand of Ptolemy ... is in this book."--Noel Swerdlow, University of Chicago
Aim for the Heart: Write, Shoot, Report and Produce for TV ...
Al TompkinsAl Tompkins reminds students about a disarmingly simple truth about broadcast journalism: people remember what they feel.
West of Everything: The Inner Life of Westerns
Jane TompkinsTompkins brings these insights to bear in considering film classics such as Red River and Lonely Are the Brave, and novels such as Louis L'Amour's Last of the Breed and Owen Wister's The Virginian.
Ptolemy and the Foundations of Ancient Mathematical Optics: ...
A. Mark SmithSmith was translating Ptolemy's Optics into English when the idea arose to create a general, text-based study of Greek mathematical optics, and so he used the first as a springboard for the second.
Coming of Age in the Milky Way
Timothy FerrisFrom the second-century celestial models of Ptolemy to modern-day research institutes and quantum theory, this classic book offers a breathtaking tour of astronomy and the brilliant, eccentric personalities who have shaped it.
Long Ago Tales
David Carver CaldwellIts origins are unknown, but the Romans did penetrate parts of Caledonia, and Roman foundations have been unearthed at Abernethy. The place is shown on Ptolemy's map of the second century A.D. as "Orrea". (Greek for granary) During the ...
History of Assurbanipal: Translated from the Cuneiform ...
George SmithAssurbanipal whom Esarhaddon joined with himself in the government. If Sininadinapal be the same as Assurbanipal king of Assyria, and the Isiniladanus king of Babylon of Ptolemy, then we ought to find inscriptions of Assurbanipal claiming ...
A Complete Dictionary of Astrology
James Wilson1885 Arranged in alphabetical order of the true dictionary, the book is comprehensive and easy to use. Citing prime authorities such as Ptolemy and Placidus, Wilson enumerates and explains the various systems of Astrology.
Mysteries of the Mexican Pyramids
Peter TompkinsReproductions of primitive and nineteenth-century drawings and modern photographs illustrate an inquiry into the histories, construction, and purposes of ancient Mexican and Central American pyramids
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