1001 Ideas That Changed the Way We Think
1001 Ideas That Changed the Way We Think

Author: Robert Arp

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2022-06-07

Total Pages: 960

ISBN-13: 1667201743

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Trace the progress of humanity—from prehistoric times to the present day—through 1,001 ideas that changed how we connect to each other and the world around us. From the ability to control fire to augmented reality, the power of humanity’s ideas has revolutionized how we live and experience the world around us. 1001 Ideas That Changed the Way We Think looks at the innovations and concepts that have played a key role in our progress since before recorded history. Covering a wide range of topics—from political and religious ideas to modern innovations such as social media and clean energy—this captivating volume offers a comprehensive look at how human ideas have evolved over the millennia.

Tales from 1001 Arabian Nights
Tales from 1001 Arabian Nights

Author: Sir Richard F. Burton

Publisher: Jaico Publishing House

Published: 2000-12-31

Total Pages: 904

ISBN-13: 817224052X

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These tales comprise of fantasy and a whimsical plot arrangement; the story goes thus: Shahryar, king of India, inflamed with jealousy by his wife’s infidelity and wanton ways, executes her. After which he resolves to take revenge on all womankind. Hence, each night after having betrothed a beautiful girl, kills her the next morning. A stage comes when there is no eligible woman left for him (with many having fled his kingdom) except the daughter of his Wazir, Shahrazad. The Wazir, having no choice, gives his daughter to king Shahryar. Shahrazad, a beautiful but shrewd girl, learns of the king’s fondness for enchanting stories. Thus, she begins telling him one every night, keeping the climax in abeyance. Eager to know the outcome of the story’s ending, King Shahryar condones the killing everyday. Eventually, after a thousand and one nights, King Shahryar is cured of his euphoria, and Shahrazad in turn bears him three children.

1001+ Basic Phrases English - Traditional Chinese
1001+ Basic Phrases English - Traditional Chinese

Author: Gilad Soffer

Publisher: Soffer Publishing

Published: 2015-01-06

Total Pages: 279

ISBN-13:

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"1001+ Basic Phrases English - Traditional Chinese" is a list of more than 1000 basic phrases translated from English to Traditional Chinese. Phrases divided into sections such as numbers, colors, time, days, body, greeting, weather, shopping, health, emergency, restaurant and more.

Sapiensish: Developing a common language for whole human being (Homo sapiens) by simplification of modern English
Sapiensish: Developing a common language for whole human being (Homo sapiens) by simplification of modern English

Author: Johnson K. Gao

Publisher: Lulu.com

Published: 2018-02-11

Total Pages: 46

ISBN-13: 1387584618

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Language is a tool to deliver one individual's thought or idea or feeling to other individuals through certain kinds of medium, such that sound, image, gesture, touching, motion or even chemicals. In human being the speaking with tongue and mouth and written words or signs by hand are two main forms of language. However, broadly to say, languages also include ultra sonic wave transmission in dolphin, birds' singing, crickets' wings vibration, bees' flying pattern, ants' chemical markers on their trails, blind man finger-touching books, music sheets and performance with instruments - the music language, flag language, light-signal language, telegraphic code, computer language, etc. The criteria to judge the quality of human languages shall be evaluated by its speeding in speech, area-using efficacy in calligraphy, accuracy in meaning expression, easy understanding, and logic consistency, plus acoustic beauty and visual enjoyment. This is a try to develop Sapiensish as a common human language.

One Thousand and One Nights
One Thousand and One Nights

Author: Hanan Al-Shaykh

Publisher: A&C Black

Published: 2011-08-15

Total Pages: 306

ISBN-13: 1408826046

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The Arab world's greatest folk stories re-imagined by the acclaimed Lebanese novelist Hanan al-Shaykh, published to coincide with the world tour of a magnificent musical and theatrical production directed by Tim Supple

Other Russias
Other Russias

Author: B. Baer

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2009-04-13

Total Pages: 218

ISBN-13: 0230620388

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This book examines the unprecedented explosion of homosexual discourse in post-Soviet Russia and details how homosexuality has come to signify a surprising and often contradictory array of uniquely post-Soviet concerns.