![]() ![]() Anthony also describes his fascinating discovery of how the wear from bits on ancient horse teeth reveals the origins of horseback riding. He explains how they spread their traditions and gave rise to important advances in copper mining, warfare, and patron-client political institutions, thereby ushering in an era of vibrant social change. Linking prehistoric archaeological remains with the development of language, David Anthony identifies the prehistoric peoples of central Eurasia's steppe grasslands as the original speakers of Proto-Indo-European, and shows how their innovative use of the ox wagon, horseback riding, and the warrior's chariot turned the Eurasian steppes into a thriving transcontinental corridor of communication, commerce, and cultural exchange. The Horse, the Wheel, and Language lifts the veil that has long shrouded these original Indo-European speakers, and reveals how their domestication of horses and use of the wheel spread language and transformed civilization. But who were the early speakers of this ancient mother tongue, and how did they manage to spread it around the globe? Until now their identity has remained a tantalizing mystery to linguists, archaeologists, and even Nazis seeking the roots of the Aryan race. Roughly half the world's population speaks languages derived from a shared linguistic source known as Proto-Indo-European. Bag om The Horse, the Wheel, and Language ![]()
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![]() “The eerie descriptions of setting and chilling character backgrounds give the tale an almost supernatural edge. Casey Duncan returns in another heart-racing thriller from #1 New York Times bestselling author Kelley Armstrong. A Darkness Absolute A Rockton Novel (Casey Duncan Novels, Book 2) By: Kelley Armstrong Narrated by: Thérèse Plummer Length: 13 hrs and 35 mins 4. When the bodies of two other women turn up, Casey and her colleagues must find out if it’s an outsider behind the killings or if the answer is more complicated than that.before another victim goes missing. Taking shelter in a cave, they discover a former resident who’s been held captive for over a year. ![]() Now, in A Darkness Absolute, Casey and her fellow Rockton sheriff’s deputy Will chase a cabin-fevered resident into the woods, where they are stranded in a blizzard. What she didn’t expect is that Rockton comes with its own set of secrets and dangers. ![]() ![]() She knew living in Rockton meant living off-the-grid completely: no cell phones, no Internet, no mail, very little electricity, and no way of getting in or out without the town council’s approval. When experienced homicide detective Casey Duncan first moved to the secret town of Rockton, she expected a safe haven for people like her, people running from their past misdeeds and past lives. ![]() ![]() " Fascinating and hard to forget." - Publishers Weekly ![]() A must-have for teen and graphic novel collections." - Kirkus Reviews This unnerving, gripping title-Westerfeld's first original graphic novel-is bound to entice older comics fans, especially those interested in darker sci-fi and nuanced characterization. Harsh profanity and violence make this a more appropriate choice for mature readers. "Addison is particularly complex: though she is sympathetic, her decisions are intentionally presented as morally questionable. And don't miss the sequel, Spill Zone: The Broken Vow. Within the Spill Zone, Hell awaits-and it seems to be calling Addison's name.įind out what happens in Spill Zone. When an eccentric collector makes a million-dollar offer, Addison breaks her own hard-learned rules of survival and ventures farther than she has ever dared. Art collectors pay top dollar for these bizarre images, but getting close enough for the perfect shot can mean death-or worse. Addison provides for her sister by photographing the Zone's twisted attractions on illicit midnight rides. ![]() The Spill claimed Addison's parents and scarred her little sister, Lexa, who hasn't spoken since. Uncanny manifestations and lethal dangers now await anyone who enters the Spill Zone. ![]() Three years ago an event destroyed the small city of Poughkeepsie, forever changing reality within its borders. The first volume of an original graphic novel series for young adults, from New York Times-bestselling author Scott Westerfeld ![]() ![]() ![]() Now the ominous signs are appearing: the violent winter storms and volcanic eruptions that are said to herald the approach of the Red Star and its lethal spawn. For two centuries they have been practicing and training, passing down from generation to generation the formidable Threadfighting techniques. No one alive remembers that first horrific onslaught and no one believes in its return-except for the dragonriders. ![]() It's been two hundred years since the deadly Thread fell like rain upon Pern, devouring everything in its path. In Anne McCaffrey’s New York Times bestselling Dragonseye, join Weyrleaders, Holders, and Craftmasters in the creation of the legendary Star Stones and the teaching ballads of Pern! Sky Dragons: Dragonriders of Pern (Mass Market): The Chronicles of Pern: First Fall (Mass Market):ĭragon's Kin: A New Novel of Pern (Mass Market):ĭragon's Kin (Pern (Brilliance) #18) (MP3 CD):ĭragon's Time: Dragonriders of Pern (Mass Market): Moreta: Dragonlady of Pern (Mass Market): The Masterharper of Pern (Pern (Brilliance) #5) (Compact Disc): The White Dragon: Volume III of The Dragonriders of Pern (Mass Market): ![]() This is book number 14 in the Pern series.ĭragonflight: Volume I in The Dragonriders of Pern (Mass Market):ĭragonquest: Volume II of The Dragonriders of Pern (Mass Market): ![]() ![]() ![]() George Herbert was born 3 April 1593 in Montgomery, Montgomeryshire, Wales, the son of Richard Herbert (died 1596) and his wife Magdalen née Newport, the daughter of Sir Richard Newport (1511–1570). He was never a healthy man and died of consumption at age 39.īiography Early life and education Henry Vaughan called him "a most glorious saint and seer". He was noted for unfailing care for his parishioners, bringing the sacraments to them when they were ill and providing food and clothing for those in need. He gave up his secular ambitions in his mid-thirties and took holy orders in the Church of England, spending the rest of his life as the rector of the rural parish of Fugglestone St Peter, just outside Salisbury. Īfter the death of King James, Herbert renewed his interest in ordination. ![]() He sat in the Parliament of England in 1624 and briefly in 1625. ![]() He went there with the intention of becoming a priest, but he became the University's Public Orator and attracted the attention of King James I. He received a good education that led to his admission to Trinity College, Cambridge, in 1609. His poetry is associated with the writings of the metaphysical poets, and he is recognised as "one of the foremost British devotional lyricists." He was born in Wales into an artistic and wealthy family and largely raised in England. George Herbert (3 April 1593 – 1 March 1633) was an English poet, orator, and priest of the Church of England. Portrait by Robert White, 1674 ( National Portrait Gallery) ![]() ![]() ![]() He gets run over by a train and lives to tell about it he kisses his first girl, and survives that too. ![]() As the newlyweds' chaperone, conspirator, and confidant, Will is privy to his one-armed, renegade grandfather's second adolescence meanwhile, he does some growing up of his own. Boggled by the sheer audacity of it all, and not a little jealous of his grandpa's new wife, Will nevertheless approves of this May-December match and follows its progress with just a smidgen of youthful prurience. And young Will Tweedy suddenly finds himself eyewitness to a major scandal. ![]() Rucker Blakeslee announces one July morning in 1906 that he's aiming to marry the young and freckledy milliner, Miss Love Simpson - a bare three weeks after Granny Blakeslee has gone to her reward - the news is served up all over town with that afternoon's dinner. The one thing you can depend on in Cold Sassy, Georgia, is that word gets around - fast. Modern times come to a conservative Southern town in 1906 when the proprietor of the general store elopes with a woman half his age, and worse yet, a Yankee. ![]() ![]() Instructions and advice on how to best do an AMA. Want to do an AMA or know someone who does? Message the mods! ![]() Comments should be on-topic and contribute.ĭiscussions are limited to events over 20 years ago. ![]() If a post breaks one of our rules or guidelines you will be informed about it. So it is perfectly normally for your post to not show up in the new listing. Feel free to submit interesting articles, tell us about this cool book you just read, or start a discussion about who everyone's favorite figure of minor French nobility is!Īll posts will be reviewed by a human moderator first before they become visible to all subscribers on the subreddit. ![]() r/History is a place for discussions about history. Join the r/history Discord server to chat with other history enthusiast! ![]() ![]() ![]() Part of me hoped Bex was talking about her father, who stood by the skating rinks concession stand, or her mother, who was by the rink's east exit. Even though our school had trained us well. terrifying.Įven though my best friend was beside me. So, scary? Yeah, scary and I go way back.īut at that moment Rebecca Baxter and I were standing on ice skates on a rink that used to be the moat around the Tower of London. After all, in the last year and a half I'd been fake kidnapped once, almost truly kidnapped twice, targeted by one international terrorist and two incredibly cute boys. I mean don't get me wrong, I am prepared for a lot of scary situations. But staring at the crowd in the distance, I couldn't help but think I am not prepared for this. I could see the night getting darker - the lights grow brighter - and my best friend's confidence was almost contagious. Her resolve was as solid as the Tower of London's ancient stone walls that stood twenty feet away. My best friend's voice was as cool as the wind as it blew off the Thames. ![]() ![]() ![]() This appetite reduces all living things – frogs, daffodils and you, to objects existing solely for their exploitation. The oppressors were taught that their worth comes from what they own. The oppressed and oppressor have different ways of understanding the world and how they operate in it. They labour for the oppressors (capitalist landowners). ![]() What is pedagogy, oppressor and oppressed?Īnd the more the oppressors control the oppressed, the more they change them into apparently inanimate ‘things’. ![]() The book shares Freire’s experience working with rural poor residents in Latin America, selling over a million copies. A Brazilian educator and philosopher, Freire wrote Pedagogy of the Oppressed in 1968. Paulo Freire was born to the world on September 19, 1921, and died May 2, 1997. Paulo Freire Paula Freire Image: Elige Educar I learnt this place would not transform the world I came from – but only open doors to a different one… if I wasn’t careful. With dictionary and patience, this book anchored me throughout university: an institution that felt so detached from my reality. This book was a required reading at university. Critical thinking allows students to see their oppressor and take action.It requires equal and critical dialogue between teacher and student to end oppression.Education institutions often teach students to internalise and accept oppression. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Jean thought her marriage to Glen was the stuff of fairy tales: they’d married young, and he’d promised to always take care of her. With no immediate leads, the investigation, led by DI Bob Sparkes, flounders for weeks, which turn into months, until a tip leads Sparkes and his team to a blue van seen in the vicinity and thus to Glen, a delivery driver. At its core is the abduction of 2-year-old Bella Elliott from her Southampton backyard. Told from alternating perspectives-the widow, the journalist, the detective-and ping-ponging back and forth in time, Barton’s debut is unfortunately more conventional than it first appears. Only a week after Jean Taylor’s husband, Glen, stumbled in front of a London bus and died, the titular widow is beset by journalists begging for the exclusive rights to her story. A woman whose recently deceased husband was the prime suspect in a horrific crime struggles with how-and if-she wants to step out from behind his shadow. ![]() |