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Nineteenth Century British archaeologist Sir Austin Henry Layard discovers twenty-five thousand clay tablets buried deep in an ancient Sumerian Library. After years of tedious study of the tablets, Sir Henry begins to pen a journal, evidencing Man’s birthplace and manipulation by a ruling class of Blue Bloods. Today in the midst of a deadly H1N2 outbreak, twelve elite Financiers hold a Summit in Western Europe, headed by the Marquis de Illuminati. Their secret agenda for a microchipped population takes shape until the World Bank refuses to back the loans needed for the human implantation process. When Doc Mitchell, Senior Intelligence Officer with the National Security Agency, learns of th...
Making History offers a fresh perspective on the study of the past. It is an exhaustive exploration of the practice of history, historical traditions and the theories that surround them. Discussing the development and growth of history as a discipline and of the profession of the historian, the book encompasses a huge diversity of influences, organized around the following themes: the professionalization of the discipline the most significant movements in historical scholarship in the last century, including the Annales School the increasing interdisciplinary trends in scholarship theory in historical practice including Marxism, post-modernism and gender history historical practice outside the academy. The volume offers a coherent set of chapters to support undergraduates, postgraduates and others interested in the historical processes that have shaped the discipline of history.
Amartya Sen "Equality," I spoke the word As if a wedding vow Ah, but I was so much older then, I am younger than that now. Thus sang Bob Dylan in 1964. Approbation of equality varies not only with our age (though it is not absolutely clear in which direction the values may shift over one's life time), but also with the spirit of the times. The 1960s were good years for singing in praise of equality. The spirit of the present times would probably be better reflected by melodies in admiration of the Federal Reserve System. And yet the technical literature on the evaluation and measurement of economic inequality has grown remarkably over the last three decades. Even as actual economic policies ...
How did climbers from the world's flattest, hottest continent become world-class Himalayan mountaineers, the equal of any elite mountaineer from countries with long climbing traditions and home ranges that make Australia's highest summit look like a suburban hill? This book tells the story of Australian mountaineering in the great ranges of Asia, from the exploits of a brash, young colonial with an early British Himalayan expedition in the 1920s to the coming of age of Australian climbers in the 1980s. The story goes beyond the two remarkable Australian ascents of Mt Everest in 1984 and 1988 to explore the exploits of Australian climbers in the far-flung corners of the high Himalaya. Above all, the book presents a glimpse into the lives - the successes, failures, tragedies, motivations, fears, conflicts, humor, and compassion - themselves to the ultimate limits of survival in the most spectacular and demanding mountain arena of all.