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Thirteen-year-old Aidan, joined by two orphaned friends, sets out on an adventurous journey to find a way to fulfill his destiny and bring peace to his war-torn country of Lionsgate.
Thirteen-year-old Aidan, joined by two orphaned friends, sets out on an adventurous journey to find a way to fulfill his destiny and bring peace to his war-torn country of Lionsgate.
In 1996 physicist Alan Sokal published an essay in Social Text--an influential academic journal of cultural studies--touting the deep similarities between quantum gravitational theory and postmodern philosophy. Soon thereafter, the essay was revealed as a brilliant parody, a catalog of nonsense written in the cutting-edge but impenetrable lingo of postmodern theorists. The event sparked a furious debate in academic circles and made the headlines of newspapers in the U.S. and abroad. In Fashionable Nonsense: Postmodern Intellectuals' Abuse of Science, Sokal and his fellow physicist Jean Bricmont expand from where the hoax left off. In a delightfully witty and clear voice, the two thoughtfully and thoroughly dismantle the pseudo-scientific writings of some of the most fashionable French and American intellectuals. More generally, they challenge the widespread notion that scientific theories are mere "narrations" or social constructions.
Ralphie is afraid of the dark. Something's scratching at his bedroom window, and there are strange sounds coming from under his bed. Good thing for Ralphie that his friend, Mooky, isn't afraid at all.
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From one of England’s most celebrated writers, a funny and superbly observed novella about the Queen of England and the subversive power of reading When her corgis stray into a mobile library parked near Buckingham Palace, the Queen feels duty-bound to borrow a book. Discovering the joy of reading widely (from J. R. Ackerley, Jean Genet, and Ivy Compton-Burnett to the classics) and intelligently, she finds that her view of the world changes dramatically. Abetted in her newfound obsession by Norman, a young man from the royal kitchens, the Queen comes to question the prescribed order of the world and loses patience with the routines of her role as monarch. Her new passion for reading initially alarms the palace staff and soon leads to surprising and very funny consequences for the country at large. With the poignant and mischievous wit of The History Boys, England’s best-loved author Alan Bennett revels in the power of literature to change even the most uncommon reader’s life.
His daughter's request for a book prompts a stonemason to reveal the secret of the stone to her.
Volume two of Alan St. Jean's Barnyard Collection
Biografie van de Franse veldheer (1763-1844), die in 1810 koning Karel XIV Johan van Zweden werd.