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THE history, the features, and the most famous examples of European architecture, during a period extending from the rise of the Gothic, or pointed, style in the twelfth century to the general depression which overtook the Renaissance style at the close of the eighteenth, form the subject of this little volume. I have endeavoured to adopt as free and simple a mode of treatment as is compatible with the accurate statement of at least the outlines of so very technical a subject.Though it is to be hoped that many professional students of architecture will find this hand-book serviceable to them in their elementary studies, it has been my principal endeavour to adapt it to the requirements of those who are preparing for the professional pursuit of the sister arts, and of that large and happily increasing number of students who pursue the fine arts as a necessary part of a complete liberal education, and who know that a solid and comprehensive acquaintance with art, especially if joined to some skill in the use of the pencil, the brush, the modelling tool, or the etching needle, will open sources of pleasure and interest of the most refined description.

This book, in affectionate tribute to the gallant courage, rugged independence and wonderful endurance of those adventurous souls who formed the vanguard of civilization in the early history of the Territory of Arizona and the remainder of the Great West."When I first broached the matter of writing his autobiography to John H. Cady, two things had struck me particularly. One was that of all the literature about Arizona there was little that attempted to give a straight, chronological and intimate description of events that occurred during the early life of the Territory, and, second, that of all the men I knew, Cady was best fitted, by reason of his extraordinary experiences, remarkable memory for names and dates, and seniority in pioneership, to supply the work that I felt lacking.Some years ago, when I first came West, I happened to be sitting on the observation platform of a train bound for the orange groves of Southern California. A lady with whom I had held some slight conversation on the journey turned to me after we had left Tucson and had started on the long and somewhat dreary journey across the desert that stretches from the "Old Pueblo" to "San Berdoo,"

Project Blue Beam is a contentious theory that proposes a collaborative initiative by NASA and the United Nations to form a New Age belief system, aiming ultimately for the establishment of a global government. This concept, presented by Canadian journalist Serge Monast in the 1990s, has fascinated conspiracy theorists and piqued the interest of skeptics as well. The concept of Project Blue Beam revolves around the notion that sophisticated holographic systems can generate incredibly lifelike visual and auditory experiences. According to the theory, these illusions would be employed to replicate a sequence of events aimed at destabilizing current religious convictions and facilitating the emergence of a new global framework. This emerging framework would be defined by the consolidation of all countries under one centralized, authoritative governance. Monasts book Project Blue Beam (NASA) details a systematic four-step approach to accomplish this objective. Each step involves the use of advanced tools to shape public perception and create a sense of global crisis, ultimately persuading individuals to embrace the proposed New Age belief system and a unified global governance.

The fifteenth century, the storm of the Renaissance, are not taught. Why, Rabelais himself might be but an unfamiliar name had not a northern squire of genius rendered to the life three quarters of his work.The list is interminable. Even the great Drama of the great century is but a text for our schools leaving no sort of trace upon the mind: and as for the French moderns (I have heard it from men of liberal education) they are denied to have written any poetry at all: so exact, so subtle, so readily to be missed, are the proportions of their speech.If you ask me why I should myself approach the matter, I can plead some inheritance of French blood, com-parable, I believe, to your own; and though I have no sort of claim to that unique and accomplished scholar-ship which gives you a mastery of the French tongue unmatched in England, and a complete familiarity with its history, application and genius, yet I can put to my credit a year of active, if eccentric, experience in a French barrack room, and a complete segregation during those twelve memorable months wherein I could study the very soul of this sincere, creative, and tenacious people.

THE NATURE OF YOGAIn this first discourse we shall concern ourselves with the gaining of a general idea of the subject of Yoga, seeking its place in nature, its own character, its object in human evolution.THE MEANING OF THE UNIVERSE:Let us, first of all, ask ourselves, looking at the world around us, what it is that the history of the world signifies. When we read history, what does the history tell us? It seems to be a moving panorama of people and events, but it is really only a dance of shadows; the people are shadows, not realities, the kings and statesmen, the ministers and armies; and the events the battles and revolutions, the rises and falls of states "are the most shad-owlike dance of all. Even if the historian tries to go deeper, if he deals with economic conditions, with social organisations, with the study of the tendencies of the currents of thought, even then he is in the midst of shadows, the illusory shadows cast by unseen realities. This world is full of forms that are illusory, and the values are all wrong, the proportions are out of focus. The things which a man of the world thinks valuable, a spiritual man must cast aside as worthless.

There never was an author who showed less predilection for a specific medium by which to accomplish his results. He recognized, early in his days, many things awry in the world and he assumed the task of mundane reformation with a confident spirit. It seems such a small job at twenty to set the times aright.He began as an Essayist, but who reads essays now-a-days?he then turned novelist with no better success, for no one would read such preposterous stuff as he chose to emit. He only succeeded in proving that absolutely rational men and womenalthough he has created few of the lattercan be most extremely disagreeable to our conventional way of thinking.As a last resort, he turned to the stage, not that he cared for the dramatic art, for no man seems to care less about "Art for Arts sake," being in this a perfect foil to his brilliant compatriot and contemporary, Wilde. He cast his theories in dramatic forms merely because no other course except silence or physical revolt was open to him. For a long time it seemed as if this resource too was doomed to fail him. But finally he has attained a hearing and now attempts at suppression merely serve to advertise their victim.

"Except ye see signs and wonders,ye will not believe."-John 4:48.The value of Yoganandas Autobiography is greatly enhanced by the fact that it is one of the few books in English about the wise men of India which has been written, not by a journalist or foreigner, but by one of their own race and trainingin short, a book about yogis by a yogi.As an eyewitness recountal of the extraordinary lives and powers of modern Hindu saints, the book has importance both timely and timeless. To its illustrious author, whom I have had the pleasure of knowing both in India and America, may every reader render due appreciation and gratitude. His unusual life-document is certainly one of the most revealing of the depths of the Hindu mind and heart, and of the spiritual wealth of India, ever to be published in the West.It has been my privilege to have met one of the sages whose life- history is herein narrated-Sri Yukteswar Giri. A likeness of the venerable saint appeared as part of the frontispiece of my Tibetan Yoga and Secret Doctrines.

When the old Chicago cut loose from her moorings in an Atlantic port it was a red letter day for me. She was a good sized craft, of the French Line, and was to carry a lot of other Ameri-cans, besides myself, from the United States to France. We were all in a spirit of expectancy, mingled perhaps with sadness, for we were going over to see and have a hand in the most stu-pendous event of history, the Great War. Although many dif-ferent motives actuated us, our destination was the same, and all of us would soon be within striking distance of the scene of action.Some of those on board were going primarily from a sense of duty and gratitude to the great European Republic, whose men had come over here in 76 to help America kick off the chains which George III had welded on her ankles, and secondarily, because they wanted to kill a few of the Germans whom they right well hated.Others were going, and made no bones about saying so, be-cause they were natural born soldiers of fortune and were in-clined to go anywhere that action and excitement were likely to be found. A few were to be mere onlookers who were crossing the sea as students of a great world movement, who, from an eco

The following Essay owes its origin to a conversation with a friend, on the subject of Mr Godwins essay on avarice and profusion, in his Enquirer. The discussion started the general question of the future improvement of society, and the Author at first sat down with an intention of merely stating his thoughts to his friend, upon paper, in a clearer manner than he thought he could do in conversation. But as the subject opened upon him, some ideas occurred, which he did not recollect to have met with before; and as he conceived that every least light, on a topic so generally interesting, might be received with candour, he determined to put his thoughts in a form for publication.The Essay might, undoubtedly, have been rendered much more complete by a collection of a greater number of facts in elucidation of the general argument. But a long and almost total interruption from very particular business, joined to a desire (perhaps imprudent) of not delaying the publication much beyond the time that he originally proposed, prevented the Author from giving to the subject an undivided attention. He presumes, however, that the facts which he has adduced will be found to form no inconside

Such a deed is possible to you, to me, to everybody. It is frequently performed without forethought or definite intention. It is the spontaneous manifestation of nobility, somewhere, of mind or heart. It may consist merely in the doing of some kind and helpful service at home or at school. It may be an unexpected test of heroism a warning of danger, a saving of somebodys life. It may be an act of benevolence, or a series of such acts, world-wide in application and results.This little volume is only a book of samples. Here are specimens of golden deeds of various kinds and of different degrees of merit, ranging from the unpremeditated saving of a railroad train to the great humanitarian movement which carries blessings to all mankind. To attempt to tell of every such deed, or of every one that is eminently worthy, would fill a multitude of books.The, examples which I have chosen are such only as have occurred on American soil, or have been performed by Americans, thus distinguishing the volume from Miss Charlotte Yonges "Book of Golden Deeds," published for English readers fifty years ago.

At the Earths Core is a 1914 fantasy novel by Edgar Rice Burroughs, the first in his series about the fictional "hollow earth" land of Pellucidar. It first appeared as a four-part serial in All-Story Weekly from April 425, 1914. It was first published in book form in hardcover by A. C. McClurg in July, 1922.Short summary:The author relates how, traveling in the Sahara desert, he has encountered a remarkable vehicle and its pilot, David Innes, a man with a remarkable story to tell.

No quarto volume de A Torre Negra, Roland Deschain é forçado a revisitar seu passado para garantir a sobrevivência de seu ka-tet. Entre enigmas mortais e memórias dolorosas, Mago e vidro revela as or

Ambientado entre os volumes quatro e cinco de A Torre Negra, O vento pela fechadura é uma história dentro da história. Em meio a uma tempestade mortal, Roland Deschain recorre ao poder das narrativas para proteger seu ka-tet e revisitar o passado do Mundo Medio.Contar historias e parte essencial do caminho de um pistoleiro. De volta ao Caminho do Feixe, apos escaparem do Palacio Verde, Roland Deschain e seu ka-tet se veem ameaçados por uma tempestade lendaria, to violenta quanto os mitos que cercam o Mundo Medio. Forçados a buscar abrigo, eles enfrentam o perigo da espera e e nesse momento que Roland assume seu papel mais antigo: o de contador de historias.Ao tecer um relato vindo de sua juventude, Roland conduz seus companheiros e o leitor a um tempo anterior a ruina, quando os pistoleiros ainda eram chamados para restaurar a ordem em um mundo a beira da insurreiço. A narrativa se desdobra como um conto dentro de outro, evocando as historias da infancia e os valores herdados do tempo de Eld.Com atmosfera de fabula, ecos de fantasia classica e profunda reverencia ao ato de narrar, O vento pela fechadura expande o universo de A Torre Negra ao celebrar o poder das historias como abrigo, memoria e resistencia. Um volume especial que dialoga diretamente com o coraço mitico da saga de Stephen King.

No quinto volume de A Torre Negra, o ka-tet de Roland Deschain é chamado a defender uma cidade ameaçada por criaturas misteriosas. Entre batalhas iminentes e novas revelações, Lobos de Calla aprofund

No segundo volume de A Torre Negra, Roland Deschain atravessa portais entre mundos e recruta três aliados improváveis, cujos destinos foram selados pelas cartas do ka. Entre violência, caos e escolha

No sexto volume de A Torre Negra, o ka-tet se fragmenta e a jornada entra em sua fase mais sombria. Separada de seus companheiros, Susannah Dean carrega um destino capaz de abalar mundos, enquanto todas as forças convergem para o confronto final.Apos a batalha contra os Lobos de Calla, o ka-tet de Roland Deschain se ve separado pela primeira vez. Susannah Dean desaparece, levada por Mia filha de ninguem, me de alguem que deseja a qualquer custo dar a luz uma criança profetizada para destruir ou salvar a Torre Negra. Presa a um destino que no escolheu, Susannah precisa recorrer a propria astucia e força para sobreviver.Enquanto Susannah e conduzida ao covil dos servos do Rei Rubro, Roland, Eddie, Jake, Oi e o padre Callahan iniciam uma corrida desesperada contra o tempo. Entre portas que ligam mundos, passado e futuro se entrelaçam, e a ameaça da Corporaço Sombra cresce a medida que o cerco a Rosa se fecha.Com ritmo intenso e estrutura fragmentada, Canço de Susannah leva a saga A Torre Negra a um territorio mais ousado e autorreferencial, aproximando todas as linhas narrativas do desfecho. Stephen King explora temas como identidade, maternidade, livre-arbitrio e criaço, preparando o terreno para a concluso de sua epica jornada.

No sétimo e último volume de A Torre Negra, Roland Deschain chega ao fim de sua jornada. Com o ka-tet fragmentado e o equilíbrio dos mundos em risco, o pistoleiro enfrenta o preço final de sua obsesso enquanto a Torre se ergue no horizonte.Roland Deschain sacrificou tudo para alcançar a Torre Negra amigos, amores, familia e partes de si mesmo. Agora, com o ka-tet do Dezenove separado e ameaçado, a misso de sua vida entra em sua fase mais cruel. Perdidos entre os mundos, Roland e Eddie lutam para proteger a Rosa, enquanto Jake e o padre Callahan seguem rumo a um covil mortal na tentativa de salvar Susannah.A medida que uma antiga profecia se aproxima de sua concretizaço, os planos do insano Rei Rubro ameaçam derrubar a Torre e romper o equilibrio entre todos os universos. Mordred veio ao mundo e sua fome anuncia a catastrofe. Se a Torre cair, tudo o que existe sera arrastado para o caos.Com tenso crescente e escolhas irreversiveis, A Torre Negra conduz a saga de Stephen King a um desfecho grandioso, sombrio e arrebatador. Ao refletir sobre obsesso, sacrificio e o eterno girar da roda do ka, o romance conclui uma das mais ambiciosas jornadas da literatura fantastica contemporanea.

Primeiro volume da série A Torre Negra, O pistoleiro apresenta Roland Deschain, o último de uma ordem lendária, em uma perseguição implacável através do deserto à procura do misterioso homem de preto

No terceiro volume de A Torre Negra, Roland Deschain lidera seu ka-tet através do Mundo Médio enquanto diferentes realidades entram em choque. Entre memórias conflitantes, loucura e destinos entrelaçados, a jornada ate a Torre se torna ainda mais perigosa e decisiva.Pela primeira vez em decadas, Roland Deschain no caminha sozinho e ja no e o unico pistoleiro. Ao lado de Eddie e Susannah, ele atravessa as terras arruinadas do Mundo Medio, assumindo o papel de lider e mentor em um cenario cada vez mais hostil. Mas, mesmo com o ka-tet formado, algo esta terrivelmente errado.Desde que impediu a morte de Jake Chambers, Roland vive atormentado por memorias contraditorias, como se duas realidades disputassem espaço em sua mente. A fragmentaço de sua consciencia ameaça no apenas sua sanidade, mas tambem o sucesso da misso rumo a Torre Negra. Enquanto isso, em outro mundo, Jake enfrenta um dilema impossivel: lembrar-se de uma vida que ficou no passado e buscar uma porta que o conduza ao destino que insiste em chama-lo.Entre mundos a beira da coliso, estradas repletas de perigos e a presença simbolica da rosa que sustenta a existencia, As terras devastadas aprofunda os temas do ka, da identidade e do sacrificio, consolidando a saga A Torre Negra como uma das narrativas mais ambiciosas de Stephen King.

Fendas no solo, rios e afluentes, redes, tranças, veredas e lugares onde a vida se insinua. Fendas e vincos é uma coletânea de poemas que explora as múltiplas aberturas do cotidiano. Na obra, Gildes