Iceland History, Culture and Tourism: Travel Information, Tourism, Environment, People, Government, Politics, Landscapes of Settlement in Northern Iceland Evan Adams
History of Iceland, Culture of Iceland, Tourism in Iceland, important information on Iceland, Iceland government, Politics, Tradition, how came about his country and what makes it what it is today, who are the leading political figures for the past and presents, touristic environment issues related to security, sights, locations: Near the close of the eighth century C.E., Nordic pirates, traders, and settlers began the expansion from their Scandinavian homelands that gave the Viking Age its name and permanently changed the development and history of Europe. In the North Atlantic, by circa C.E. 800–C.E. 850, settlers colonized the islands of the eastern North Atlantic (Shetland, Orkney, Hebrides, Man, Ireland, and Faroes). Iceland was traditionally settled circa 874, Greenland circa 985, an...
The Idiot (Coterie Classics) Fyodor Dostoevsky and Coterie Classics and Eva Martin
The Idiot by Fyodor Dostoevsky from Coterie Classics All Coterie Classics have been formatted for ereaders and devices and include a bonus link to the free audio book. “Lack of originality, everywhere, all over the world, from time immemorial, has always been considered the foremost quality and the recommendation of the active, efficient and practical man.” ― Fyodor Dostoyevsky, The Idiot Dostoevsky’s The Idiot is an examination of human complexity by one of Russia’s masters.**From Publishers WeeklyRichard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky, justly acclaimed for their translations of such Russian classics as Gogol's Dead Souls and Dostoyevski's The Brothers Karamazov, Crime and Punishment and Notes from Underground, have now undertaken another major Dostoyevski novel, The Idiot. Their trademar...
Improve Your Social Skills Daniel Wendler
Anyone can learn social skills. Improve Your Social Skills is here to help. Improve Your Social Skills is a comprehensive guide to social skills. It explains topics like conversation and body language in practical, easy-to-apply lessons. Think of it like an owner's manual for your social life. I wrote it to share the discoveries that helped me overcome to social challenges of Asperger's Syndrome. See, when I was growing up I was the most awkward kid you could ever hope to meet. But one day, I decided to study social skills deliberately, like you might study a foreign language. I looked for patterns that might explain the way people behaved, techniques I could use to connect with others, and metaphors I could use to make sense of it all. I poured thousands of hours into study, observation...
In Pursuit of Josephus Manny Drukier
In Pursuit of Josephus is a tense and gripping read. Manny Drukier breaks new ground with his latest novel. It pairs the 1980s travails of Joe Coyn with the enigmatic heroics of 70 A.D. Josephus, the renegade general who chronicled notable events of Roman Judea. Joe is in total bewilderment after being tossed out by his wife, Nadine, and is reaching out to their retro daughter, Debbie. Along with his spent passions, and personal and business difficulties, Joe must contend with his own history: his savvy parents Max and Celia. It would be grand if everyone would get back to business. Impatient for the perplexing scenario to wind down, we realize Joe’s local affairs are not dissimilar to “Wars of the Jews” as recounted by Josephus. It takes King Solomon’s wisdom to bring on the semblance of ...
In the Land of Shiva: A Memoir James O'Hara
A Memoir of Seven Years in India and Nepal When Brother Jim leaves his comfortable life teaching in Catholic high schools and travels to India, he finds himself unprepared for the challenges he faces.As he immerses himself in a land of unfamiliar customs and ancient religious traditions, he soon discovers that his mission has become deeply personal. Brother Jim questions not only all his vows, but his deepest beliefs.On the eve of celebrating twenty-five years as a brother, Jim must decide what he truly holds as important and how he wants to live the rest of his life.India and Nepal, with all their clamor, fascination, and surprises, come alive on every page in this unusual memoir set in the ‘80s.**
Información: La clave para entender la Complejidad Santiago Roel R
En el afán de explicar el éxito del modelo de prevención social de la violencia y la delincuencia - Semáforo Delictivo- desde un punto de vista teórico, el autor utiliza conceptos de la Teoría del Caos y la Teoría de los Sistemas Complejos. Publica un ensayo previo titulado ¿Cómo emerge el Orden en los Sistemas Sociales? En ese primer ensayo el autor propone dos conceptos nuevos a la teoría: La intención y la información como elementos claves para la emergencia del orden.Ahora, en este libro el autor explora el tema de la información desde todos los ángulos de la ciencia moderna pero va más allá, pues encuentra elementos que no se mencionan en la teoría y que son útiles no sólo a los sistemas sociales sino para el resto de las disciplinas. Lo hace desde una perspectiva fresca y desligada d...
Inheriting the Ancient Near East After Alexander the Great: The Rise and Fall of the Seleucid Empire and the Ptolemaic Kingdom Charles River Editors
Includes picturesIncludes ancient accountsIncludes a bibliography for further readingIncludes a table of contents In 323 BCE, Alexander the Great was on top of the world. Never a man to sit on his hands or rest upon his laurels, Alexander began planning his future campaigns, which may have included attempts to subdue the Arabian Peninsula or make another incursion into India. But fate had other plans for the young Macedonian king. One night, while feasting with his admiral Nearchus, he drank too much and took to bed with a fever. At first, it seemed like the fever was merely a consequence of his excess, and there was not much concern for his health, but when a week had elapsed and there was still no sign of his getting better, his friends and generals began to grow concerned. The fever gr...
The Inspiring Life of Texan Héctor P. García (American Heritage) Cecilia Garcia Akers
As a Mexican immigrant, Dr. Hector P. Garcia endured discrimination at every stage of his life. He attended segregated schools and was the only Mexican to graduate from the University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, in 1940. Garcia's passion for helping others pushed him to advocate for equal rights. After serving in World War II, the doctor worked to help minorities achieve greater access to healthcare, voting rights and education. He started a private practice in Corpus Christi and in 1948 founded the American GI Forum. Cecilia Garcia Akers shares a daughter's perspective on her father's remarkable achievements and sacrifices as an activist and physician.**
The Intellectual Origins of the European Reformation Alister E. McGrath
The sixteenth-century Reformation remains a fascinating and exciting area of study. The revised edition of this distinguished volume explores the intellectual origins of the Reformation and examines the importance of ideas in the shaping of history. Provides an updated and expanded version of the original, highly-acclaimed edition. Explores the complex intellectual roots of the Reformation, offering a sustained engagement with the ideas of humanism and scholasticism. Demonstrates how the intellectual origins of the Reformation were heterogeneous, and examines the implications of this for our understanding of the Reformation as a whole. Offers a defence of the entire enterprise of intellectual history, and a reaffirmation of the importance of ideas to the development of history. W...
Introducing Chomsky: A Graphic Guide John Maher
Paperback. Pub Date :2013-09-05 Pages: 176 Language: English Publisher: Icon Books Linguist Noam Chomsky maintains that the human brain has an innate language faculty. and that part of this biological endowment is a universal grammar. a theory of principles common to all languages. Thus. all human languages ??and the ways in which children learn them are remarkably similar. Chomskys book Syntactic Structures was a turning-point in 20th-century linguistics. challenging assumptions in many areas such as philosophy. psychology and intellectual history . Heir to the Enlightenment tradition. Chomsky has introduced new perspectives on language. the creative individual and the nature of human freedom in society. Introducing Chomsky traces Chomskys understanding of the cognitive realities involved...
Introducing Continental Philosophy: A Graphic Guide (Introducing...) Christopher Kul-Want and Piero
What makes philosophy on the continent of Europe so different and exciting? And why does it have such a reputation for being 'difficult'? Continental philosophy was initiated amid the revolutionary ferment of the 18th century, philosophers such as Kant and Hegel confronting the extremism of the time with theories that challenged the very formation of individual and social consciousness. Covering the great philosophers of the modern and postmodern eras – from Nietzsche, Heidegger, Derrida and Deleuze right to up Agamben and Žižek – and philosophical movements from German idealism to deconstruction and feminism – Christopher Kul-Want and Piero brilliantly elucidate some of the most thrilling and powerful ideas ever to have been discussed.**ReviewChristopher Kul-want is the course director ...
Introducing Economics: A Graphic Guide (Introducing...) David Orrell
Brand-new INTRODUCING guide to the subject that really makes the world go round. Economics was described by the English economist Lionel Robbins in 1935 as 'the science of scarcity' but these days economics is everywhere, and it's never been more popular - as bestselling books such as Freakanomics attest. But what is economics really all about? What do the great economists think, and what can economics do for us today? David Orrell, author of Economyths, explains all in Introducing's trademark intelligent but witty stle, accompanied by brilliant illustrations from the legendary Borin van Loon.**ReviewDavid Orrell is a Canadian mathematician who lives in Oxford, where he also obtained his doctorate. His work in the prediction of complex systems such as the weather, genetics, and the economy...
Introducing Empiricism: A Graphic Guide (Introducing...) Dave Robinson
Our knowledge comes primarily from experience – what our senses tell us. But is experience really what it seems? The experimental breakthroughs in 17th-century science of Kepler, Galileo and Newton informed the great British empiricist tradition, which accepts a ‘common-sense’ view of the world – and yet concludes that all we can ever know are ‘ideas’. Dave Robinson, with the aid of Bill Mayblin’s brilliant illustrations, outlines the arguments of Locke, Berkeley, Hume, J.S. Mill, Bertrand Russell and the last British empiricist, A.J. Ayer. They also explore criticisms of empiricism in the work of Kant, Wittgenstein, Karl Popper and others, providing a unique overview of this compelling area of philosophy.**About the AuthorDave Robinson: Dave Robinson has taught philosophy for many year...
Introducing Epigenetics: A Graphic Guide (Introducing...) Cath Ennis
Epigenetics is the most exciting field in biology today, developing our understanding of how and why we inherit certain traits, develop diseases and age, and evolve as a species.This non-fiction comic book introduces us to genetics, cell biology and the fascinating science of epigenetics, which is rapidly filling in the gaps in our knowledge, allowing us to make huge advances in medicine. We’ll look at what identical twins can teach us about the epigenetic effects of our environment and experiences, why certain genes are 'switched on' or off at various stages of embryonic development, and how scientists have reversed the specialization of cells to clone frogs from a single gut cell.In Introducing Epigenetics, Cath Ennis and Oliver Pugh pull apart the double helix, examining how the epigene...
Introducing Game Theory: A Graphic Guide Ivan Pastine
Why did countries engage in a nuclear arms race? How do we make decisions when we don’t have all the information? What makes international environmental cooperation possible? Game theory is the study of how we make a decision when the outcome of our moves depends on the decisions of someone else. But it’s not just about predicting your opponent’s next play in a game of chess; conflict and cooperation lie at the heart of game theory, which is useful for understanding behaviour in everything from our social lives to business, global politics to evolutionary theory. In Introducing Game Theory, economists Ivan and Tuvana Pastine explore this fascinating area, which looks beneath the surface of human behavior — calling upon psychology, evolutionary biology, political science and sociology to...
Introducing Genetics: A Graphic Guide Steve Jones
Introducing Genetics takes readers on a journey through this new science to the discovery of DNA and the heart of the human gene map. In everyday life, many of us increasingly have to make moral decisions where genetics plays a part. This book gives us the information to do so.**
Introducing Hinduism: A Graphic Guide (Introducing...) Vinay Lal and Borin Van Loon
Introducing Hinduism offers a guide to the key philosophical, literary, mythological and cultural traditions of this extraordinarily diverse faith. It untangles the complexities of Hinduism's gods and goddesses, its caste system and its views on sex, everyday life and asceticism. It answers questions including: Why do Hindus revere the cow? Must Hindus be vegetarian? And much more...**About the AuthorVinay Lal teaches at UCLA. He writes widely on Indian history, contemporary politics, Bollywood and the Indian diaspora. Recent books include The History of History: Politics and Scholarship in Modern India (Oxford University Press, 2003). Borin Van Loon has worked on numerous Introducing titles. He is a freelance illustrator, surrealist painter and collagist who produces the comic strip 'The ...
Introducing Machiavelli: A Graphic Guide Patrick Curry and Oscar Zarate
Nicolò Machiavelli's The Prince remains controversial in its electrifying frankness as a practical guide to power. Is it a how-to manual for dictators, or a subtle analysis of successful government? Introducing Machiavelli traces the colorful life of this paradoxical realist whose clear-sighted patriotism made him the first truly modern political scientist.**
Introducing Modernism: A Graphic Guide (Introducing...) Chris Rodrigues
Modernism is usually thought of as a shock wave of innovations hitting art, architecture, music, cinema and literature - the work of Picasso, Joyce, Schoenberg, movements like Futurism and Dada, the architecture of Le Corbusier, T.S. Eliot's The Wasteland and the avant-garde theatre of Bertolt Brecht or Samuel Beckett. But what really defines modernism? Why did it begin and how long did it last? Is Modernism over now? Chris Rodriguez and Chris Garratt's brilliant graphic guide is a brilliant exploration of the last century's most thrilling artistic work - and what it's really all about.**About the AuthorChris Garratt is an illustrator and cartoonist whose Biff comic series ran for twenty years in the Guardian.
Introducing Political Philosophy: A Graphic Guide (Introducing...) Dave Robinson
Essential illustrated guide to key ideas of political thought. Philosophers have always asked fundamental and disturbing questions about politics. Plato and Aristotle debated the merits of democracy. The origins of society, the state and government authority were issues addressed by Hobbes, Rousseau, Hegel, Marx and many other philosophers. Introducing Political Philosophy explains the central concepts of this intriguing branch of philosophy and presents the major political theorists from Plato to Foucault. How did governments get started? Why should they be obeyed? Could we live without them? How much power should they have? Is freedom a right? Which is the best form of government? In the wake of consumerism and postmodernism, our need for a better grasp of political ideas is greater than...
Introducing Romanticism: A Graphic Guide (Introducing...) Duncan Heath
Philosophy, art, literature, music, and politics were all transformed in the turbulent period between the French Revolution of 1789 and the Communist Manifesto of 1848. This was the age of the 'Romantic revolution', when modern attitudes to political and artistic freedom were born. When we think of Romanticism, flamboyant figures such as Byron or Shelley instantly spring to mind, but what about Napoleon or Hegel, Turner or Blake, Wagner or Marx? How was it that Romanticism could give birth to passionate individualism and chauvinistic nationalism at the same time? How did it prefigure the totalitarian movements of the 20th century? Duncan Heath and Judy Boreham answer these questions and provide a unique overview of the many interlocking strands of Romanticism, focusing on the leading fi...
Introducing Rousseau: A Graphic Guide Dave Robinson
Musician, poet, novelist and botanist, but above all, a philosopher who denied being one, Jean-Jacques Rousseau was the first to ask: “What is the value of civilization?” His answer shocked Enlightenment contemporaries and still challenges us today. Introducing Rousseau guides us through a turbulent life of lost innocence, persecution, and paranoia.**
Introducing Shakespeare: A Graphic Guide Nick Groom
Shakespeare's absolute pre-eminence is simply unparalleled. His plays pack theatres and provide Hollywood with block-buster scripts; his works inspire mountains of scholarship and criticism every year. He has given us many of the very words we speak, and even some of the thoughts we think. Nick Groom and Piero explore how Shakespeare became so famous and influential, and why he is still widely considered the greatest writer ever. They investigate how the Bard has been worshiped at different times and in different places, used and abused to cultural and political ends, and the roots of intense controversies which have surrounded his work. Much more than a biography or a guide to his plays and sonnets, Introducing Shakespeare is a tour through the world of Will and concludes that even after ...
Introducing Statistics: A Graphic Guide (Introducing...) Eileen Magnello
From the medicine we take, the treatments we receive, the aptitude and psychometric tests given by employers, the cars we drive, the clothes we wear to even the beer we drink, statistics have given shape to the world we inhabit. For the media, statistics are routinely 'damning', 'horrifying', or, occasionally, 'encouraging'. Yet, for all their ubiquity, most of us really don't know what to make of statistics. Exploring the history, mathematics, philosophy and practical use of statistics, Eileen Magnello - accompanied by Bill Mayblin's intelligent graphic illustration - traces the rise of statistics from the ancient Babylonians, Egyptians and Chinese, to the censuses of Romans and the Greeks, and the modern emergence of the term itself in Europe. She explores the 'vital statistics' of, in p...
Introducing Stephen Hawking: A Graphic Guide J. P. McEvoy
Stephen Hawking is the world-famous physicist with a cameo in "The Simpsons on his CV", but outside his academic field his work is little understood. To the public he is a tragic figure - a brilliant scientist and author of the 9 million-copy-selling "A Brief History of Time", and yet confined to a wheelchair and almost completely paralyzed. Hawking's major contribution to science has been to integrate the two great theories of 20th-century physics - Einstein's General Theory of Relativity and Quantum Mechanics. J.P. McEvoy and Oscar Zarate's brilliant graphic guide explores Hawking's life, the evolution of his work from his days as a student, and his breathtaking discoveries about where these fundamental laws break down or overlap, such as on the edge of a Black Hole or at the origin of t...
Introducing Time: A Graphic Guide Craig Callender and Ralph Edney
Introducing Time traces the history of time from Augustine's suggestion that there is no time, to the flowing time of Newton, the conventional time of Poincaré, the static time of Einstein, and then back, full circle, to the idea that there is no time in quantum gravity.**
Introducing the Enlightenment: A Graphic Guide (Introducing...) Lloyd Spencer
"Introducing The Enlightenment" is the essential guide to the giants of the Enlightenment - Voltaire, Diderot, Adam Smith, Samuel Johnson, Immanuel Kant, Benjamin Franklin, and Thomas Jefferson. The Enlightenment of the 18th century was a crucial time in human history - a vast moral, scientific and political movement, the work of intellectuals across Europe and the New World, who began to free themselves from despotism, bigotry and superstition and tried to change the world. "Introducing The Enlightenment" is a clear and accessible introduction to the leading thinkers of the age, the men and women who believed that rational endeavour could reveal the secrets of the universe.**From School Library JournalGrade 10 Up?This is not a cursory overview of 18th-century Europe; rather, it is a skill...
Introduction to Microsoft Power Bi: Bring Your Data to Life! M. O. Cuddley
Microsoft Power BI provides organizations with useful insights that can help them make better and more informed business decisions. It provides organizations with the ability to analyze, transform and visualize data from its processes, using tools that make it easy to find the answers.With this book, you will learn how to transform your company's data into rich visuals that will help your organization detect trends as they happen. You can maximize the power of your data, using this practical and easy to read step by step guide to Power BI. This book is meant to serve as an introductory guide which will take you from the point of having zero or very little knowledge about Power BI, to the point where you can comfortably produce reports and dashboards that provide useful organizational insi...
Isaac Newton: Secrets of the Universe (The True Story of Isaac Newton) (Historical Biographies of Famous People) Alexander Kennedy
Isaac Newton is one of the chief architects of our world, the man whose life marked the definitive transition from the Dark Ages to the modern scientific era. His laws of motion and gravity laid the foundations for the entire discipline of physics, and his work on optics, color, thermodynamics, and the speed of sound greatly advanced their respective fields. Along the way, he co-invented calculus and built the first useful reflecting telescope. Yet this towering genius was also all too human, prone to lashing out at rivals, paranoia, and even nervous breakdowns. He secretly worked with alchemy and the occult even as his public experiments swept away the mysticism of the medieval age. In this compact, highly readable biography, Alexander Kennedy chronicles Newton in all his paradoxical glo...
Isambard Kingdom Brunel: A Life From Beginning to End Hourly History
BrunelIsambard Kingdom Brunel. One of the most famous engineers the United Kingdom has ever produced. A man who put his stamp on his own country in the most visible way possible; through the construction of bridges and tunnels that stand to this day and by transforming both the landscape and the nature of society. In 2002, Brunel was voted the second Greatest Briton of all time in a BBC survey, second only to Winston Churchill and putting names such as Darwin, Shakespeare, and Newton behind him. In 2006, numerous events were held across the United Kingdom in celebration of Brunel’s 200th birthday. There are few engineers with such a long-lasting and widespread legacy. Inside you will read about...✓ The Foundations ✓ Brunel and Son ✓ The Great Western Railway ✓ Brunel the Shipbuilder ✓ Brid...
Islam, Christianity and Tradition: A Comparative Exploration Ian Richard Netton
Offers a unique comparative exploration of the role of tradition in Islam and Christianity. The idea of 'tradition' has enjoyed a variety of senses and definitions in Islam and Christianity, but both have cleaved at certain times to a supposedly 'golden age' of tradition from the past. The author suggests there has been a chain of thinkers from classical Islam to the twentieth century who share a common interest in ijtihad (or independent thinking). Drawing on past and present evidence, and using Christian tradition as a focus for contrast and comparison, the author highlights the seemingly paradoxical harmony between tradition and itjihad in Islam.The author draws on a variety of primary and secondary sources including contemporary newspaper and journalReviewPromises to be a ground-breaki...
Islamic Finance and the Global Financial Crisis Hussein Elasrag
The world economy is still suffering the crisis, considered the most severe since the Great Depression, where economic downturn at historic magnitude and many countries across the globe, irrespective of their development level, are still under strain dealing with this crisis.This book tries to note the main causes and the impacts of the current financial and economic crisis. In addition to discuss the belief that the Islamic Finance and its prospective is a viable alternative to the ailing global financial system
It's Cool to Learn About Countries: Ethiopia (Explorer Library: Social Studies Explorer) Barbara A. Somervill
Visit the African country of Ethiopia and learn about its geography, people, and history.**About the AuthorBarbara A. Somervill has been writing for more than 30 years. She has written newspaper and magazine articles, video scripts, and books for children. She enjoys writing about history, science, and investigating people's lives for biographies. Ms. Somervill lives with her husband in South Carolina.
Italy: A History Vincent Cole
The history of Italy begins with the arrival of the first hominins 850,000 years ago at Monte Poggiolo. Italy shows evidence of habitation by anatomically modern humans beginning about 43,000 years ago. It is reached by the Neolithic as early as 6000–5500 BC Cardium Pottery and Impressed ware. The Italian Bronze Age begins around 1500 BC, likely corresponding to the arrival of Indo-European speakers whose descendants would become the Italic peoples of the Iron Age; alongside the early Italic cultures, however, the Etruscan civilization in central Italy, Celts in northern Italy and Greek colonies in the south flourished during 8th to 5th centuries BC. **
Ivan the Terrible: A Life From Beginning to End Hourly History
Ivan the Terrible * Download for FREE on Kindle Unlimited + Free BONUS Inside! * Read On Your Computer, MAC, Smartphone, Kindle Reader, iPad, or Tablet.** Just what was so terrible about Ivan the Terrible? Most of us are familiar with this infamous nickname, but most fall short of being able to describe how he received such an ominous moniker. Maybe you’ve heard the stories of how Ivan killed his own son, poisoned his wives, and waged war on his neighbors, but these anecdotes are just minor details in the scheme of this man’s complicated life. Inside you will read about...✓ Ivan, the Neglected Orphan✓ Ivan’s Liberation of Slaves✓ War in the Baltic✓ Intrigue and Diplomacy✓ Ivan’s Final Redemption✓ Ivan’s Last DaysAnd much more! Ivan IV, otherwise known as Ivan the Terrible, was born w...
