Author: Josiah Bushnell GrinnellPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Iowa
Languages : en
Pages : 678
Book Description
Men and Events of Forty Years
Author: Josiah Bushnell GrinnellPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Iowa
Languages : en
Pages : 678
Book Description
Fifty Years' Observations of Men and Events, Civil and Military
Author: Erasmus Darwin KeyesPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Fair Oaks, Battle of, Va., 1862
Languages : en
Pages : 538
Book Description
The Fourth Turning
Author: William StraussPublisher: Crown
ISBN: 0767900464
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 401
Book Description
NATIONAL BESTSELLER • Discover the game-changing theory of the cycles of history and what past generations can teach us about living through times of upheaval—with deep insights into the roles that Boomers, Generation X, and Millennials have to play—now with a new preface by Neil Howe. First comes a High, a period of confident expansion. Next comes an Awakening, a time of spiritual exploration and rebellion. Then comes an Unraveling, in which individualism triumphs over crumbling institutions. Last comes a Crisis—the Fourth Turning—when society passes through a great and perilous gate in history. William Strauss and Neil Howe will change the way you see the world—and your place in it. With blazing originality, The Fourth Turning illuminates the past, explains the present, and reimagines the future. Most remarkably, it offers an utterly persuasive prophecy about how America’s past will predict what comes next. Strauss and Howe base this vision on a provocative theory of American history. The authors look back five hundred years and uncover a distinct pattern: Modern history moves in cycles, each one lasting about the length of a long human life, each composed of four twenty-year eras—or “turnings”—that comprise history’s seasonal rhythm of growth, maturation, entropy, and rebirth. Illustrating this cycle through a brilliant analysis of the post–World War II period, The Fourth Turning offers bold predictions about how all of us can prepare, individually and collectively, for this rendezvous with destiny.
Men Explain Things to Me
Author: Rebecca SolnitPublisher: Haymarket Books
ISBN: 1608464571
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 145
Book Description
The National Book Critics Circle Award–winning author delivers a collection of essays that serve as the perfect “antidote to mansplaining” (The Stranger). In her comic, scathing essay “Men Explain Things to Me,” Rebecca Solnit took on what often goes wrong in conversations between men and women. She wrote about men who wrongly assume they know things and wrongly assume women don’t, about why this arises, and how this aspect of the gender wars works, airing some of her own hilariously awful encounters. She ends on a serious note— because the ultimate problem is the silencing of women who have something to say, including those saying things like, “He’s trying to kill me!” This book features that now-classic essay with six perfect complements, including an examination of the great feminist writer Virginia Woolf’s embrace of mystery, of not knowing, of doubt and ambiguity, a highly original inquiry into marriage equality, and a terrifying survey of the scope of contemporary violence against women. “In this series of personal but unsentimental essays, Solnit gives succinct shorthand to a familiar female experience that before had gone unarticulated, perhaps even unrecognized.” —The New York Times “Essential feminist reading.” —The New Republic “This slim book hums with power and wit.” —Boston Globe “Solnit tackles big themes of gender and power in these accessible essays. Honest and full of wit, this is an integral read that furthers the conversation on feminism and contemporary society.” —San Francisco Chronicle “Essential.” —Marketplace “Feminist, frequently funny, unflinchingly honest and often scathing in its conclusions.” —Salon
Old and New
Author: The Inspiration and Authority of the Bible
Author: Benjamin Breckinridge WarfieldPublisher:
ISBN: 9781258937836
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 460
Book Description
This is a new release of the original 1948 edition.
Random Reminiscences of Men and Events
Author: John D. RockefellerPublisher: DigiCat
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 109
Book Description
Random Reminiscences of Men and Events is a book by John D. Rockefeller. An autobiography that provides lessons on creating a business built on a solid foundation and long-term fiscal and structural strength.
Men and Events of Half a Century
Author: Frederick T. WallacePublisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 338541153X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 374
Book Description
Reprint of the original, first published in 1882.
Public Men and Events
Author: Nathan SargentPublisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3385253225
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 414
Book Description
Reprint of the original, first published in 1875.
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