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Empire: With Linked Table Of Contents
by Clifford D. SimakWho controls power controls the Solar System, and Interplanetary Power, through its power accumulators controls power. Spencer Chambers, the president of Interplanetary Power, used that control to rule the Solar System with an iron thumb that allowed no dissent. When Russell Page and friend Harry Wilson develop an alternative source of power they find themselves drawn into a conflict that will decide the fate of the system, and whether man will live in freedom or as slaves.
Empire: With Linked Table Of Contents
by Clifford D. SimakWho controls power controls the Solar System, and Interplanetary Power, through its power accumulators controls power. Spencer Chambers, the president of Interplanetary Power, used that control to rule the Solar System with an iron thumb that allowed no dissent. When Russell Page and friend Harry Wilson develop an alternative source of power they find themselves drawn into a conflict that will decide the fate of the system, and whether man will live in freedom or as slaves.
Encounter with Nothingness: An Essay on Existentialism (Routledge Library Editions: Existentialism #3)
by Helmut KuhnThis book, first published in 1951, discusses the fundamental concepts which have crystallized around the fatal ‘crisis’. It proceeds by critically examining the theories which, from Kierkegaard to Heidegger, Sartre and their associates, have placed Existentialism in the focus of philosophical thought.
Encyclopaedia of Religion and Religions (Routledge Revivals)
by E. Royston PikeFirst published in 1951 Encyclopaedia of Religion and Religions is the book where in one volume may be found information- clearly written, unbiased, and accurate- on the Founders and great personalities, the theological tenets and philosophical ideas, the rites, ceremonies and practices, the scriptures and creeds, the Churches, and organizations, of all the religions that have played a vital part in the life of the human race. Whenever possible, the articles, which range in length from a paragraph to comprehensive studies of several thousand words, have been submitted for approval by recognized authorities, and this is particularly so in the cases of the Christian Churches and Denominations. But the work is essentially a whole, written by one who has devoted many years to the subject and is a trained encyclopaedist, with an encyclopaedist’s dispassionate yet sympathetic and understanding approach to facts that are of immense and perennial importance and interest. This is an essential historical resource for scholars and researchers of religion.
English Literary Criticism: 17th & 18th Centuries
by J. W. AtkinsOriginally published in 1951, this volume covers the transition period between the years of Renaissance influence and the dawn of 19th Century Romanticism. The book analyses the theories and judgments of various critics and their bearing on literary appreciation. The opening chapter concentrates on the account of French doctrines of the 17th Century which is essential as the necessary background of English critical activities for the best part of two centuries. Later chapters discuss the main lines of the development and the more significant critics.
Everything Has a History (Routledge Revivals)
by J. B. HaldaneIn this collection, first published in 1951, the central theme is that everything has a history, and that we cannot fully understand anything without some knowledge of its history. Professor Haldane writes mainly on geology, astronomy and zoology, but includes a variety of other topics, including eugenics, Einstein, and C. S. Lewis. His outlines of zoology, of the geology of England, and of the evidence for astronomical theories, will be of great use to students and teachers.
Ex-Italian Somaliland
by E. Sylvia PankhurstEx-Italian Somaliland describes the struggle of Somaliland under the Italian government, who encouraged traffic of slaves, evicted people from their land, and eventually used the colony as a base of aggression against Ethiopia. Estelle Sylvia Pankhurst (May 5, 1882 - September 27, 1960) was a notable campaigner for the suffragette movement in the United Kingdom. She was for a time a prominent left communist who then devoted herself to the cause of anti-fascism, and for peace. In the mid-1920s, Pankhurst drifted away from communist politics but remained involved in movements connected with anti-fascism and anti-colonialism. In 1932 she was instrumental in the establishment of the Socialist Workers' National Health Council. She responded to the Italian invasion of Ethiopia by publishing The New Times and Ethiopia News from 1936, and became a supporter of Haile Selassie. She raised funds for Ethiopia's first teaching hospital, and wrote extensively on Ethiopian art and culture; her research was published as Ethiopia, a Cultural History (London: Lalibela House, 1955). From 1936, MI5 kept a watch on Pankhurst's correspondence. In 1940, she wrote to Viscount Swinton as the chairman of a committee investigating Fifth Columnists, sending him a list of active Fascists still at large and of anti-Fascists who had been interned. A copy of this letter on MI5's file carries a note in Swinton's hand reading I should think a most doubtful source of information. After the post-war liberation of Ethiopia, she became a strong supporter of union between Ethiopia and the former Italian Somaliland, and MI5's file continued to follow her activities. In 1948, MI5 considered strategies for muzzling the tiresome Miss Sylvia Pankhurst. Pankhurst became a friend and adviser to the Ethiopian Emperor Haile Selassie and followed a consistently anti-British stance. She moved to Addis Ababa at Haile Selassie's invitation in 1956, with her son, Richard, (who continues to live there), and founded a monthly journal, Ethiopia Observer, which reported on many aspects of Ethiopian life and development. She died in 1960, and was given a full state funeral at which Haile Selassie named her 'an honorary Ethiopian'. She is the only foreigner buried in front of Holy Trinity Cathedral in Addis Ababa, in the area reserved for patriots of the Italian war.
Fallen Into the Pit: Fallen Into The Pit, Death And The Joyful Woman, And Flight Of A Witch (The Felse Investigations #1)
by Ellis PetersWhen an obnoxious Nazi landworker is murdered in the small village of Comerford, Sergeant George Felse faces one of the toughest investigations of his career <P><P>It is 1952, and the shadow of World War II still lies over the green fields of the small village of Comerford on the Welsh borders. When ex-prisoner of war Helmut Schauffler is murdered, local policeman Sergeant George Felse has his work cut out: Schauffler was Nazi to the core and the majority of the villagers had good reason to despise him. Sergeant Felse's fourteen-year-old son, Dominic--who found Schauffler's body in a shallow brook--is fascinated by the case. Much to his father's disapproval, he resolves to find the murderer--a decision that places his own life in great danger. . . . Fallen Into the Pit is the 1st book in the Felse Investigations, but you may enjoy reading the series in any order.
Five Centuries of Keyboard Music (Dover Books On Music: Piano)
by John GillespieMost listeners can readily distinguish between the works of such keyboard giants as Bach, Beethoven, and Liszt and between various national schools, but when it comes to defining what the differences are, relating the various interconnections, discovering information on the hundreds of other keyboard composers, and actually finding playing editions, the task becomes much greater. To aid the performer, the listener, and the student in all these important aspects, John Gillespie, practicing pianist and harpsichordist and Professor of Music at the University of California, has prepared this, the first work in English to comprehensively survey the development of solo keyboard works.Introductory chapters of Gillespie's literate and authoritative survey cover the backgrounds and development of keyboard instruments and early keyboard music. Later chapters cover the history as it progressed stylistically through the hands of individual composers and various schools from the sixteenth to the twentieth centuries. Emphasis is given to the masters whose works continue to be heard most often today -- Bach, Handel, Mozart, Haydn, Beethoven, Schubert, Schumann, Brahms, Liszt, Chopin, Debussy, Ravel, and others. Major consideration, too, is given to composers who were influential in developing national styles. All of the Western countries -- from Germany, Italy, France, and England to Norway, Russia, the United States, South America, and Canada -- are included. Finally, there are discussions of now little-known composers who were important in their times. Altogether over 350 composers are discussed. Important, also, in John Gillespie's survey are his various other aids -- guides to a carefully selected body of playing editions and other historical works, a great number of musical illustrations, and a 195-item glossary of musical terms.Individual chapters and articles will be helpful in quickly locating information about particular composers, schools, and works. Footnotes and bibliographies will be important for the performer, student, or professional looking for either playing editions or further information. The book as a whole, however, when read as it should be from cover to cover, will give the reader a very good understanding of the development of works for the solo keyboard, of the traditions, and the interconnections, with accurate coverage from the first known works of the sixteenth century up to the exciting modern composers.
Five On A Hike Together: Book 10 (Famous Five #10)
by Enid BlytonMeet Julian, Dick, Anne, George and Timothy. Together they are THE FAMOUS FIVE - Enid Blyton's most popular adventure series. All 21 titles also available as audiobooks!In book ten, Dick is woken by a light flashing through his window. Is someone trying to send him a coded message? When the Famous Five hear of an escaped convict in the area, they are on red alert.The police won't help, so the Five have no choice - yet again, they'll be solving this mystery by themselves...Fantastic new cover art by Laura Ellen Anderson will draw young readers into this accessible timeless classic.
Five On A Hike Together: Book 10 (Famous Five #10)
by Enid BlytonJulian, Dick, Anne, George and Timmy the dog find excitement and adventure wherever they go in Enid Blyton's most popular series.In book ten, Dick is woken by a light flashing through his window. Is someone trying to send him a coded message? When the Famous Five hear of an escaped convict in the area, they are on red alert.The police won't help, so the Five have no choice - yet again, they'll be solving this mystery by themselves...(P) Hodder Children's Books 2013
Fly and the Fish: Angling Instructions and Reminiscences
by John Atherton Mike VallaThe classic book from a revered artist and fly-tying master. An internationally renowned artist, John Atherton (1900-1952) was also a legend in the world of fly fishing. This lost classic, originally published in 1961, combines his evocative memoirs of Vermont fishing expeditions with practical directions for fly-tying. Atherton’s reminiscences and instructions are complemented by his exquisite sketches of tools and scenes from the angler’s life. The author’s wife, artist Maxine Atherton, notes in her introduction that in addition to his skills as an accomplished artist and fine sportsman John Atherton was a romantic realist, whose exuberant outbursts of wonder over natural phenomena celebrated our planet’s everyday magic. Indeed, Atherton’s work was featured in the Museum of Modern Art’s 1943 exhibition of American Realists and Magic Realists. On a more practical note, Maxine Atherton adds that the Impressionistic fly patterns such as those featured in this book have worked wonders for her fishing, fooling trout in rivers throughout North America and Europe.
Form and Spirit: A Study in Religion (Routledge Revivals)
by J.H. BadleyFirst published in 1951, Form and Spirit deals with two primary questions regarding religion- a) the nature of religion as a permanent need in human life, and its relation to the cults and creeds in which it has been embodied, and b) whether what is admittedly a crying need of our time can be met by the revival of religious forms which have lost their hold. An attempt is made to trace the evolution of religion, and a brief survey is given of the development of the chief world religions. The object is not to show that any of these can be accounted ‘truer’ than the rest but rather to see what were the reasons for the forms that they have taken, and what elements and tendencies are common to them, as throwing light both on the meaning of religion and on the needs of man's spiritual nature. This is an essential read for general readers interested in religion.
Framed in Blood (The Mike Shayne Mysteries #19)
by Brett HallidayWhen a blackmail scheme goes wrong, Mike Shayne is left to pick up the pieces Bert Jackson could have been a great reporter, if he had the patience for it. Married to a woman with expensive taste, Jackson has spent himself into the kind of debt that he'll never pay off at $62.50 a week. He needs a big score, and he needs it tonight. Working the city hall beat, Jackson has stumbled upon the greatest corruption scandal in Miami history. If he publishes it, he could win a Pulitzer. But it's money that he wants, and he'll risk death to get it. Using the information in his story, Jackson plans to blackmail a powerful local official for $10,000, and he asks Mike Shayne for help. Shayne has seen too many blackmail artists wind up dead to get involved with something like this, and he warns Jackson to stay away. When the reporter turns up dead, it's up to Shayne to uncover his final scoop.
Francie
by Emily HahnSeventeen-year-old Francie Nelson is charming, saucy, and spoiled. Her father thinks it would be a good idea for her to see how other people live--in this case, the other people are the English. So she packs up and, with heels dragging the whole way, travels to what looks, at first, like the land of gloom. Her British fog lifts when she meets some boys. If only she didn't feel so dumb and dumpy in Fairfields' school uniform! But, like her English hosts, she keeps a stiff upper lip. It's all she can do to control that lip when a school chum named Jennifer refers to her as a "Yank." With the help of a friend she meets on a cruise, Francie adjusts in a tough boarding school where she faces prejudice, anxiety, and loneliness. She begins to experience more and more ups, until at last, she realizes she has grown emotionally, and has transformed herself.
Freddy Rides Again (Freddy the Pig #18)
by Walter R. BrooksThe Freddy the Pig books have long been considered classics of American children&’s literature and with each new edition, this wonderful pig is charming his way into the hearts of more and more readers, adults and children alike. In Freddy Rides Again, a new family has moved into the neighborhood, complete with a rude son, a timid cat with a secret name, and a foxhunter father, who takes no notice of the damaged vegetables he and his hunter friends leave in their wake. It&’s up to Freddy and his trusty steed Cy to find a way for everyone to live together in peace. In Freddy Rides Again, Walter Brooks once again gives us an exciting high-stakes showdown between the brave Freddy and a formidable foe.
Freedom Power & Democ Plan V 4
by Karl MannheimFirst published in 1951. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
From Here to Eternity: The Restored Edition (The World War II Trilogy #1)
by James JonesA novel of army life in the calm before Pearl Harbor: A New York Times bestseller, a National Book Award winner, and &“one of the great books of our time&” (Newsday). At the Pearl Harbor army base in 1941, Robert E. Lee Prewitt is Uncle Sam&’s finest bugler. A career soldier with no patience for army politics, Prewitt becomes incensed when a commander&’s favorite wins the title of First Bugler. His indignation results in a transfer to an infantry unit whose commander is less interested in preparing for war than he is in boxing. But when Prewitt refuses to join the company team, the commander and his sergeant decide to make the bugler&’s life hell. An American classic now available with scenes and dialogue considered unfit for publication in the 1950s, From Here to Eternity is a stirring picture of army life in the months leading up to the attack on Pearl Harbor. This ebook features an illustrated biography of James Jones including rare photos from the author&’s estate.
Fundación (Ciclo de la Fundación #Volumen 3)
by Isaac AsimovFundación es el tercer volumen del «Ciclo de la Fundación», pero también la primera parte de la original «Trilogía de la Fundación» o «Ciclo de Trántor», que puede leerse independientemente y que fue galardonada con el Premio Hugo a la mejor serie de ciencia ficción de todos los tiempos. Desde hace doce mil años el hombre se ha dispersado por los planetas de la galaxia, unificada alrededor de un Imperio pacífico cuya capital es la majestuosa ciudad de Trántor. El sistema funcionó y prosperó durante incontables generaciones, pero ahora se ha convertido en el centro de todas las intrigas y en símbolo de la corrupción imperial. Solamente Hari Seldon, creador de la psicohistoria -la ciencia revolucionaria que se basa en el estudio matemático de los hechos históricos-, fue capaz de prever el derrumbamiento del Imperio y el retorno a la barbarie durante varios milenios. Tratando de minimizar los efectos de esta catástrofe,Seldon reúne a las mentes más brillantes del Imperio y establece dos Fundaciones en ambos extremos de la galaxia. Fundación narra la historia de la primera.
Galactic Storm
by John BrunnerGALACTIC STORM tells the tale of a young genius who uses a supercomputer to discover an alarming trend of global warming that will see half the world's ice-caps melted within fifty years. This leads to an expedition to the South Pole to investigate the problem, and from there to the discovery of a sinister plot of extraterrestrial origin...
Galactic Storm
by John BrunnerGALACTIC STORM tells the tale of a young genius who uses a supercomputer to discover an alarming trend of global warming that will see half the world's ice-caps melted within fifty years. This leads to an expedition to the South Pole to investigate the problem, and from there to the discovery of a sinister plot of extraterrestrial origin...
Gandhi and Marx
by K. G. MashruwalaWhat can be a more fascinating study to us in the present age than that of a comparison between the ideologies of Gandhi, the great soul (mahatma), and Marx, the great thinker (mahamuni)? If the last hundred years or so of the social life of humanity were boiled away, the residue will most likely be these two great names. Lenin is ingested in Marx. And the shadow of Tolstoy spreads over Gandhi. The two ideologies stand face to face, each bent on swallowing up the other. — VINOBA
Gandhijiki Sankshipt Aatmakatha: गांधीजीकी संक्षिप्त आत्मकथा
by Kashinath Trivediबापूकी 'आत्मकथा' एक बड़ा ग्रंथ है। इस पुस्तकमें उसका सार तैयार किया गया है। ऐसा करते समय बापूके लेखन-क्रम, भाषा इत्यादिको प्रायः मूलके जैसा ही रखा गया है। केवल विषयको संक्षिप्त करने और सिलसिला जोड़नेके लिए कहीं-कहीं नयी भाषाका प्रयोग किया गया है। अतः सहज रूपसे यह कहा जा सकता है कि इस संक्षिप्त आत्मकथा' का ९९.९९ से भी अधिक भाग मूलका अवतरण ही है। इस 'संक्षिप्त आत्मकथा' को नये ढंगसे विभक्त किया गया है और कुछ अध्यायोंको उन विषयों के अनुरूप नये नाम दिये गये हैं। अध्यायों की गिनती प्रत्येक खण्डकी अलग-अलग न करके समूची पुस्तककी एक ही रखी गई है। बापूकी 'आत्मकथा' एक ऐसा ग्रंथ है, जो बापूको समझने में बहुत सहायक होता है। इसका संक्षिप्त संस्करण तैयार करनेका यह प्रयास इस अभिलाषासे किया गया है कि यह विशिष्ट व्यक्तियोंको और खासकर नयी पीढ़ीको बापूका अभ्यास करनेके लिए प्रेरित करे।
Geography in the Twentieth Century: A Study of Growth, Fields, Techniques, Aims and Trends (Routledge Revivals)
by Griffith TaylorThis title, first published in 1951, examines the growth, fields, techniques, aims and trends of geography at the time. The book is divided into three parts, of which the first deals with the evolution of geography and its philosophical basis. The second is concerned with studies of special environments and with advances in geomorphology, meteorology, climate, soils and regionalism. The last part describes field work, sociological and urban aspects, the function of the Geographical Society and geo-pacifics. Geography in the Twentieth Century will be of interest to students of both physical and human geography.
Georg Büchner
by A. H. KnightOriginally published in 1951 this full length study gives an account of Büchner’s life and personality, together with an account of his three plays, his unfinished short story, his scientific publications and his translations of Hugo.