Great World Wonders
Great World Wonders

Author: Michael Turtle

Publisher: Hardie Grant Books

Published: 2021-08-05

Total Pages: 288

ISBN-13: 9781741177312

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In Great World Wonders, travel enthusiast and writer Michael Turtle offers a curated guide to the best UNESCO World Heritage sites around the globe, each with a fascinating tale and insight into our shared humanity. Opulent palaces let us peek into the lives of the rich and famous, while the centers of great empires show the evolution of civilizations. There's the surprising beauty in industrial sites from the past century, and the dazzling buildings that were constructed in the name of love. And through it all is the inescapable influence of human behavior, with many of the World Heritage Sites directly linked to important historical events and people. From icons like the Egyptian Pyramids and the Taj Mahal, to undiscovered gems like gold mines and ancient rock paintings, Great World Wonders is a beautiful collection and exploration of the best (and sometimes worst) of history. Featuring stunning photography, this selection of the most interesting World Heritage Sites is not just a source of travel inspiration, it's an incredible journey through the amazing story of our world.

The Great Book of World Heritage Sites
The Great Book of World Heritage Sites

Author: Marco Cattaneo

Publisher:

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 512

ISBN-13: 9788854401006

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Unesco's Convention of the World's Natural and Cultural Heritage was adopted in 1972 and now numbers almost 800 sites in more than 150 countries. White Star has taken the 160 most significant natural, cultural and archaeological sites from around the world and brought them together in a spectacular volume illustrated with magnificant photographs.

The Silence of Great Zimbabwe
The Silence of Great Zimbabwe

Author: Joost Fontein

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2016-06-03

Total Pages: 265

ISBN-13: 1315417200

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This book examines the politics of landscape and heritage by focusing on the example of Great Zimbabwe National Monument in southern Zimbabwe. The controversy that surrounded the site in the early part of the 20th century, between colonial antiquarians and professional archaeologists, is well reported in the published literature. Based on long term ethnographic field work around Great Zimbabwe, as well as archival research in NMMZ, in the National Archives of Zimbabwe, and several months of research at the World Heritage Centre in Paris, this new book represents an important step beyond that controversy over origins, to focus on the site's position in local contests between, and among individuals within, the Nemanwa, Charumbira and Mugabe clans over land, power and authority. To justify their claims, chiefs, spirit mediums and elders of each clan make appeals to different, but related, constructions of the past. Emphasising the disappearance of the 'Voice' that used to speak there, these narratives also describe the destruction, alienation and desecration of Great Zimbabwe that occurred, and continues, through the international and national, archaeological and heritage processes and practices by which Great Zimbabwe has become a national and world heritage site today.

American Heritage Book of Great American Speeches for Young People
American Heritage Book of Great American Speeches for Young People

Author: Suzanne McIntire

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2002-07-15

Total Pages: 304

ISBN-13: 9780471217107

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The history of the United States has been characterized by ferventidealism, intense struggle, and radical change. And for everycritical, defining moment in American history, there were thosewhose impassioned voices rang out, clear and true, and whose wordscompelled the minds and hearts of all who heard them. When PatrickHenry declared, "Give me liberty, or give me death!", when MartinLuther King Jr. said, "I have a dream", Americans listened and wereprofoundly affected. These speeches stand today as testaments tothis great nation made up of individuals with bold ideas andunshakeable convictions. The American Heritage Book of Great American Speeches for YoungPeople includes over 100 speeches by founding fathers, patriots,Native American and African American leaders, abolitionists,women's suffrage and labor activists, writers, athletes, and othersfrom all walks of life, featuring inspiring and unforgettablespeeches by such notable speakers as: Patrick Henry * Thomas Jefferson * Tecumseh * Frederick Douglass *Sojourner Truth * Abraham Lincoln * Susan B. Anthony * Mother Jones* Lou Gehrig * Franklin D. Roosevelt * Albert Einstein * Pearl S.Buck * Langston Hughes * John F. Kennedy * Martin Luther KingJr. These are the voices that shaped our history. They are powerful,moving, and, above all else, uniquely American.

Discovering the Rich Heritage of Orthodoxy
Discovering the Rich Heritage of Orthodoxy

Author: M. Charles Bell

Publisher: Light & Life Publishing Company

Published: 1994

Total Pages: 91

ISBN-13: 9780937032992

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Having come to Orthodoxy from the Evangelical and Charismatic traditions, the author discovers that the rich heritage of the early, apostolic Church exists today in its original, pristine form in the Orthodox Church. He writes about the journey that brought him to Orthodoxy. His chapters on the true Church, Worship, Mary, the Saints, Spirituality, the Eucharist, Scripture and Tradition, etc., capture insights that provide a powerful response to Evangelical claims.4th printing.