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A dinosaur book like no other, this irreverent chronicle of science and pseudoscience takes the reader on a journey through numerous bizarre ideas about ancient reptiles. Were dragon legends inspired by human encounters with fire-breathing dinosaurs? Do the Bible and other ancient works of literature and art depict dinosaurs? Astoundingly, those and other strange notions have infiltrated grade-school science textbooks. This exposé unmasks the errors that underlie such notions and reveals the science that flattens them, while treating readers to explanations of rocket fuel, nuclear power plants, the electric eel’s shocking capabilities, and how the young-Earth creationist position contradicts the very scripture that it strives to uphold. Finding humor in absurdity, the book shows fans of science, religious studies, folklore, and fire that young-Earth creationist dinosaur pseudoscience is deeply comic once one gets to know it properly.
In this second book of the Ice Diamonds trilogy - the story of Samuel Frei, a dropout in his mid-fifties, of extraordinary love, of unspeakable greed and international money-laundering - the adventure takes yet another turn. Now that they have survived the volcanos and earthquakes of Iceland, Samuel Frei, his diving colleagues and his burgeoning love, Marie, have arrived in Interlaken, Switzerland. Aside from their traumatic experiences, they also carry the milky white stones they discovered in a lava fissure on their trek to Reykjavik. At Sam's lakeside home, they realize how thoroughly the stones could change their lives, awakening both bombastic dreams of endless riches as well as suspicions, endangering love and friendship. Trying to discover whether they really have diamonds, the divers are drawn into a whirlpool of greed, a hunger for power and the cold-blooded interests of a diamond syndicate that threatens to drown them all.
In 1727, the Pennsylvania Provincial Council passed a law requiring all "foreign" immigrants (i.e. those of non-British origin) to swear an oath of allegiance to the Crown. Lists of these immigrants were originally assembled for publication in the Pennsylvania Archives (Ser. 2, Vol. XVII), and they are reprinted here without change. This work, then, is an exhaustive list of "foreigners"-mostly Germans-who immigrated into the Province and, later, the State of Pennsylvania between the years 1727 and 1775 and again during the years 1786-1808. More to the point, it is a collection of ships' passenger lists, in many cases the lists being transcribed in entirety, with Captains' lists of passengers running up to the relatively late year of 1808. Along with the full name of the immigrant, including the names of all males over the age of sixteen, since that was the age they were obliged to take the oath, such information is given as name of ship, date of arrival, port of origin, and, in some instances, ages, names of wives, and names of children. An exhaustive index of surnames, running to more than 100 pages, contains about 35,000 references.
Wohin willst du flüchten, wenn dein größter Feind in deinem Inneren wohnt? // Jeder Teil der Mind Riot-Reihe ist unabhängig lesbar. // Samuel wird schwer depressiv in die Psychiatrie eingewiesen, wo man ihm aufgrund seiner Suizidalität keinen Ausgang gewährt. Lange scheint es, als wolle keine Besserung eintreten, doch die Begegnung mit einer jungen Frau entfacht den entscheidenden Lebensfunken in ihm. Es zeichnet sich ein schnelles Happy End ab - er wird entlassen, ist verliebt und arbeitet an einer Zukunft als Schriftsteller. Doch dann holen ihn die Dämonen des psychischen Abgrunds wieder ein, stärker als je zuvor. Erneut verliert Samuel alles. Wird es ihm gelingen, trotz allem die Schönheit und den Wert des Lebens zu erkennen - oder wird Sam dieses Mal womöglich nicht mehr aufstehen?
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Substantially revised and enlarged, this new edition of the Dictionary of Pseudonyms includes more than 2,000 new entries, bringing the volume's total to approximately 13,000 assumed names, nicknames, stage names, and aliases. The introduction has been entirely rewritten, and many previous entries feature new accompanying details or quoted material. This volume also features a significantly greater number of cross-references than was included in previous editions. Arranged by pseudonym, the entries give the true name, vital dates, country of origin or settlement, and profession. Many entries also include the story behind the person's name change.
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