Описание: Why has a tiny old mining town straight out of Gunsmoke or Deadwood -- Crestone, Colorado -- become home to twenty-five spiritual centers representing nearly all the brand-name faiths of the world? With the keen eye of a storyteller, the insights of a scholar, and the heart of a seeker, Jeffery Paine narrates a truly unique adventure. He explores Crestone's wintry, oxygen-thin mountain geography and introduces a cast of spiritual mavericks and unlikely visionaries. Paine finds in Crestone a remarkable dedication to coexistence. Paradoxically, the town's amazing spiritual diversity highlights fundamental commonalities in a way that will strike and even inspire believers, agnostics, and searchers of every stripe.
Описание: "A thrilling synthesis from a brilliant scientist who discovered one of the most important chapters in our history. An instant classic."-Sean B. Carroll
Описание: Atlas of Improbable Places shows the modern world from surprising new vantage points that will inspire urban explorers and armchair travellers alike to consider a new way of understanding the world we live in.
Описание: Beginning with Todd Frazier tricking umpires into calling an out with a rubber ball and culminating in Al `The Mad Hungarian` Hrabosky pitching into a scrum of two batters and a manager at home plate, this book describes the 150 most bizarre plays in the history of the game.
Автор: Theroux, Steven J. Название: A most improbable story ISBN: 1032218517 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781032218519 Издательство: Taylor&Francis Рейтинг: Цена: 6889.00 р. Наличие на складе: Нет в наличии.
Описание: This book is a "big history" of the evidence regarding how we came to be. It explores philosophical thought and how our past might affect our future. The text reviews different perspectives and the strengths and weaknesses of each. This journey highlights the history of life, the emergence of life forms, and the evolution of complex creatures.
Описание: For a time, "Dell Comics Are Good Comics" was more than a slogan - it was a simple statement of fact. This book tells the story of the most popular American comic books of the 1940s and 1950s, those published under the Dell label.
Описание: In Improbable Scholars, David L. Kirp challenges the conventional wisdom about public schools and education reform in America through an in-depth look at Union City, New Jersey`s high-performing urban school district. In this compelling study, Kirp reveals Union`s city`s revolutionary secret: running an exemplary school system doesn`t demand heroics, just hard and steady work.
Автор: Cotterman William Woods Название: Improbable Women: Five Who Explored the Middle East ISBN: 0815610238 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780815610236 Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan) Рейтинг: Цена: 4019.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Examines the lives of five women writers, all upper-class British women, who rebelled against the conventions of their own societies and lived, travelled and explored the Middle East.
Автор: Holger Afflerbach Название: An Improbable War?: ISBN: 0857453106 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780857453105 Издательство: Berghahn Рейтинг: Цена: 4796.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
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The First World War has been described as the "primordial catastrophe of the twentieth century." Arguably, Italian Fascism, German National Socialism and Soviet Leninism and Stalinism would not have emerged without the cultural and political shock of World War I. The question why this catastrophe happened therefore preoccupies historians to this day. The focus of this volume is not on the consequences, but rather on the connection between the Great War and the long 19th century, the short- and long-term causes of World War I. This approach results in the questioning of many received ideas about the war's causes, especially the notion of "inevitability."
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