An Eclipse of Destiny
An Eclipse of Destiny

Author: Scheherazade Al Tellawy

Publisher: Xlibris Corporation

Published: 2012-02-02

Total Pages: 276

ISBN-13: 1465359486

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Scheherezades Al-Tellawys remarkable life story is a powerful reminder of the depth of human strength in the face of adversity - however sustained and shattering. An engaging narrative, elegantly told, An Eclipse of Destiny recounts the span from a traditional family upbringing in Western Syria to her astonishing integration into life in an Irish community. Ever human and kind in the face of prolonged suffering, Sheherezade brings tolerance and understanding to every situation - an inspirational account of the struggle for personal freedom that also draws attention to cultural divergences and convergences of two societies generally conceived to be poles apart. -Max

Islands of Destiny
Islands of Destiny

Author: John Prados

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2013-10-01

Total Pages: 418

ISBN-13: 0451414829

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The Battle of Midway is traditionally held as the point when Allied forces gained advantage over the Japanese. In Islands of Destiny, acclaimed historian and military intelligence expert John Prados points out that the Japanese forces quickly regained strength after Midway and continued their assault undaunted. Taking this surprising fact as the start of his inquiry, he began to investigate how and when the Pacific tide turned in the Allies’ favor. Using archives of WWII intelligence reports from both sides, Prados offers up a compelling reassessment of the true turning in the Pacific: not Midway, but the fight for the Solomon Islands. Combat in the Solomons saw a series of surface naval battles, including one of the key battleship-versus-battleship actions of the war; two major carrier actions; daily air duels, including the aerial ambush in which perished the famous Japanese naval commander Admiral Yamamoto Isoroku; and many other hair-raising exploits. Commencing with the Allied invasion of Guadalcanal, Prados shows how and why the Allies beat Japan on the sea, in the air, and in the jungles.

Slavery and the American West
Slavery and the American West

Author: Michael A. Morrison

Publisher: Univ of North Carolina Press

Published: 2000-11-15

Total Pages: 411

ISBN-13: 0807864323

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Tracing the sectionalization of American politics in the 1840s and 1850s, Michael Morrison offers a comprehensive study of how slavery and territorial expansion intersected as causes of the Civil War. Specifically, he argues that the common heritage of the American Revolution bound Americans together until disputes over the extension of slavery into the territories led northerners and southerners to increasingly divergent understandings of the Revolution's legacy. Manifest Destiny promised the literal enlargement of freedom through the extension of American institutions all the way to the Pacific. At each step--from John Tyler's attempt to annex Texas in 1844, to the Kansas-Nebraska Act, to the opening shots of the Civil War--the issue of slavery had to be confronted. Morrison shows that the Revolution was the common prism through which northerners and southerners viewed these events and that the factor that ultimately made consensus impossible was slavery itself. By 1861, no nationally accepted solution to the dilemma of slavery in the territories had emerged, no political party existed as a national entity, and politicians from both North and South had come to believe that those on the other side had subverted the American political tradition.

Destiny Or Chance Revisited
Destiny Or Chance Revisited

Author: Stuart Ross Taylor

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2012-09-27

Total Pages: 319

ISBN-13: 1107016754

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This exciting tour of our Universe explores our current knowledge of exoplanets and the search for another Earth-like planet. Beginning with the basic concepts of planet formation and the composition of the Universe, Stuart Ross Taylor summarises our knowledge of exoplanets, how they compare with our planets and why some stars have better habitable zones. Further sections provide a detailed study of our Solar System, as a basis for understanding exoplanetary systems, and a detailed study of the Earth as our only current example of a habitable planet. The book concludes with a philosophical and historical discussion of topics surrounding planets and the development of life, including why our chances of finding aliens on exoplanets is very low. This is an engaging and informative read for anyone interested in planetary formation and the exploration of our Universe.

Eclipse of Man
Eclipse of Man

Author: Charles T. Rubin

Publisher: Encounter Books

Published: 2014-09-02

Total Pages: 242

ISBN-13: 1594037418

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Tomorrow has never looked better. Breakthroughs in fields like genetic engineering and nanotechnology promise to give us unprecedented power to redesign our bodies and our world. Futurists and activists tell us that we are drawing ever closer to a day when we will be as smart as computers, will be able to link our minds telepathically, and will live for centuries—or maybe forever. The perfection of a “post-human” future awaits us. Or so the story goes. In reality, the rush toward a post-human destiny amounts to an ideology of human extinction, an ideology that sees little of value in humanity except the raw material for producing whatever might come next. In Eclipse of Man, Charles T. Rubin traces the intellectual origins of the movement to perfect and replace the human race. He shows how today’s advocates of radical enhancement are—like their forebears—deeply dissatisfied with given human nature and fixated on grand visions of a future shaped by technological progress. Moreover, Rubin argues that this myopic vision of the future is not confined to charlatans and cheerleaders promoting this or that technology: it also runs through much of modern science and contemporary progressivism. By exploring and criticizing the dreams of post humanity, Rubin defends a more modest vision of the future, one that takes seriously both the limitations and the inherent dignity of our given nature.

Identity and Violence
Identity and Violence

Author: Amartya Sen

Publisher: Penguin Books India

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 244

ISBN-13: 9780141027807

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Amartya Sen argues that most of the conflicts in the contemporary world arise from individuals' notions of who they are, and which groups they belong to - local, national, religious - which define themselves in opposition to others.

The Book of Destiny
The Book of Destiny

Author: Carlos Barrios

Publisher: Harper Collins

Published: 2009-06-30

Total Pages: 372

ISBN-13: 0061574147

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Discover What the Prophecy of 2012 Means for Your Life According to the Mayan Elders, at the moment of birth every human being is given a destiny. Our life challenge is to develop ourselves and our skills in order to fulfill this destiny, thus fueling our individual contribution to the planet. At the heart of The Book of Destiny is the sacred Mayan calendar, an extraordinary tool that allows the reader to discover this destiny, along with one’s special Mayan symbol, origin, as well as the protection spirits that accompany them through life. Poetically narrated, the book describes how the calendar contains the scientific legacy of the Mayan people, preserved and transmitted over the centuries through oral tradition and written texts. Written at the request of the Mayan Elders, by member of the Guatemalan Elders Council and Mayan Priest Carlos Barrios, The Book of Destiny is a tool to help people understand their life purpose and to use this profound knowledge to make the best of their time on earth.

Destiny's Written Script
Destiny's Written Script

Author: Patrice Yehuda

Publisher: AuthorHouse

Published: 2012-09-14

Total Pages: 109

ISBN-13: 1477254730

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What would you do when the only path to your destiny is the path you never wished for? Each destiny has a price that we must pay. The path of the cross is that which leads to the crown. Life triumphs over death. Death only brings out life. Death helps to reveal the power of life. The path which is common to all men is the path which leads to nowhere. God had determined the seasons long before time began. He had also determined their appointed times and duration. In the eternal order the unfavorable must come before the favorable, darkness must precede light and evil happens before good. The blessing cancels the curse and sin shall abound that grace may thereafter much more abound. The script is the eternal master plan. There is nothing that can ever be added to or taken away from the script. It is eternally perfect and complete in its design and concept. There must be a time when evil is allowed to hold sway but good holds the trump card of finality.

Rahu and Ketu: Our Karmic Destiny Revealed Through Eclipses
Rahu and Ketu: Our Karmic Destiny Revealed Through Eclipses

Author: Joni Patry

Publisher:

Published: 2017-10-05

Total Pages: 202

ISBN-13: 9781976467493

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This book is structured to provide an understanding of Rahu and Ketu in the natal birth chart. Their placement in the zodiacal signs gives expression to the personality and illustrates the meaning of human behavior. The houses they occupy reveal the areas of life's experience that facilitate the soul's highest growth due to past experiences in previous lifetimes. A table is provided with the sign placements of Rahu and Ketu from 1940-2040 to locate your personal placements. You will understand your own karma through the sign and house placement of Rahu and Ketu.

Manifest Destiny
Manifest Destiny

Author: Shane Mountjoy

Publisher: Infobase Publishing

Published: 2009

Total Pages: 143

ISBN-13: 1438119836

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As the population of the 13 colonies grew and the economy developed, the desire to expand into new land increased. Nineteenth-century Americans believed it was their divine right to expand their territory from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific. "Manifest destiny," a phrase first used in 1839 by journalist John O'Sullivan, embodied the belief that God had given the people of the United States a mission to spread a republican democracy across the continent. Advocates of manifest destiny were determined to carry out their mission and instigated several wars, including the war with Mexico to win much of what is now the southwestern United States. In Manifest Destiny: Westward Expansion, learn how this philosophy to spread out across the land shaped our nation.