![]() ![]() After selling Carnegie Steel, he surpassed John D. He built Pittsburgh's Carnegie Steel Company, which he sold to J. He accumulated further wealth as a bond salesman, raising money for American enterprise in Europe. Carnegie started work as a telegrapher, and by the 1860s had investments in railroads, railroad sleeping cars, bridges, and oil derricks. His 1889 article proclaiming " The Gospel of Wealth" called on the rich to use their wealth to improve society, expressed support for progressive taxation and an estate tax, and stimulated a wave of philanthropy.Ĭarnegie was born in Dunfermline, Scotland, and emigrated to Pittsburgh, United States, with his parents in 1848 at age 12. During the last 18 years of his life, he gave away around $350 million (roughly $5.5 billion in 2021), almost 90 percent of his fortune, to charities, foundations and universities. ![]() He became a leading philanthropist in the United States, Great Britain, and the British Empire. ![]() Carnegie led the expansion of the American steel industry in the late 19th century and became one of the richest Americans in history. Carnegie as he appears in the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C.Īndrew Carnegie ( Scots:, English: / k ɑːr ˈ n ɛ ɡ i/ kar- NEG-ee November 25, 1835 – August 11, 1919) was a Scottish-American industrialist and philanthropist. ![]()
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![]() ![]() Thompson Please see your regional Amazon website. Evolutionary prejudices, deeply held by powerful groups of scientists left us with a racically incomplete set of facts for building our ideas about human orinis ". FORBIDDEN ARCHEOLOGY The Hidden History of the Human Race by Michael A. Why? Because they contradict dominant views of human origin and antiquity. But the scientific establishment has suppressed, ignored, or forgotten these remarkable facts. From the dust jacket: "Over the past two centuries, researchers have found bones and artifacts proving that humans like ourselves existed on earth millions of years ago. Full Book Name:Forbidden Archeology: The Hidden History of the Human Race Author Name:Michael A. Bound in the original gilt-stamped dark red leatherette (imitation leather). Pages are crisp, clean and unmarked - apparently never read. Fine condition in a bright and shiny Near Fine dust jacket. This is the scarce "First edition, revised 1996" (so stated on the copyright page). Los Angeles, California: Bhaktivedanta Book Publishing, 1996. ![]() Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine dust jacket. ![]() ![]() ![]() John C Reilly played the part of Larten Crepsley Chris Massoglia was Darren Josh Hutcherson was Steve. Lauren Shuler Donner produced (she made the X-Men movies). Paul Weitz (American Pie, About A Boy) wrote the script and directed it. Universal Studios bought the film rights to my first three vampire books, and combined them to make one single movie, called Cirque Du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant. Q: Have any movies been made of your books?Ī: Yes. The rest include some books that I am working on for the future, along with some I might one day return to and publish, and others that I wrote when I was young and will probably never do anything more with. 45 of those have been or are due to be published in the near future - you can find the titles in the BOOKS section of this site. Q: How many books have you written?Ī: As of January 2012, I have written first drafts of more than 60 books. So, if you wish to suspend credibility and believe in vampires and circus freaks, then yes, the story COULD be true. HOWEVER, there's an inner logic at work within the Saga of Darren Shan, which becomes apparent at the end of the series. ![]() Frequently Asked Questions Q: Is the story told in The Saga Of Darren Shan REALLY true?Ī: That's for you guys to decide!!! I don't expect readers to believe that I've survived the trials which Darren in the books must endure, or that the Cirque Du Freak is real, or that vampires exist. ![]() ![]() ![]() So she and her best buddy, a crow named Bongo, begin to scheme about helping Samar make a connection to the community, with poignant results.Īpplegate often untangles thorny subjects for young readers. As much as she doesn't want to be chopped down, Red still persists to help Samar. Amidst all this, the woman who owns the property threatens to cut down Red, having forgotten the story of her ancestors and the beginning of all the wishes. When a teenager carves a hateful message into Red’s trunk, she worries about its effect on Samar and her family. Samar, a recent Muslim refugee, is lonely and in need of a friend. The pacing starts out slowly, with early chapters focused almost entirely on the natural world, but eventually we get to meet the human at the novel’s center. “Two hundred and sixteen rings, and I still haven’t figured them out.” ![]() She knows well the habits of creatures in her world and treats readers to an insightful analysis - though the habits of humans could be a bit trickier for her. It’s easy to suspend disbelief with her wise voice, active mind and caring soul. ![]() Red is a caring oak who describes her life as a leafy shelter for generations of animals, and as a wishtree for humans. With Red, Katherine Applegate introduces another quiet, resilient protagonist who - like the caged gorilla in “The One and Only Ivan,” - speaks movingly to a noisy, belligerent world. ![]() ![]() ![]() Obviously, a lot of what you have going here has been working. ![]() “But I want you to know, I’m not here to change everything. I’m not just a new player, I’m a new coach - and I know how that can shake things up more than anything else.” I won’t pretend like I’m blind to how uncomfortable and uneasy this all must be for you. “I know I’ve already met a few of you during my tours here, but I’m excited to finally get real time with each and every one of you. The rest of the coaches lined the wall behind him, giving him our full attention. “And lady,” he added with a pointed look at Riley. “At ease, gentlemen,” Coach Lee said with a smirk, holding out his hands and signaling us to sit once he was in the center of the room. Warm, endlessly deep brown, framed by thick lashes that swept across her cheeks with every blink. It wasn’t her hair, or the graceful line of her neck, or the arrogant indifference with which she strode into the room. In every possible way, she was a complete knockout.īut it wasn’t her body that held me captive. ![]() ![]() ![]() her writing style is often nothing short of beautiful - evocative and emotional.' Adam Kay, ObserverĪt seven months pregnant, intensive care doctor Rana Awdish suffered a catastrophic medical event, haemorrhaging nearly all of her blood volume and losing her unborn first child. 'I read the first chapters at such a pace that I almost had to remind myself to breathe.' Sunday Times ![]() A compelling call to arms for a more empathetic practice of medicine, from the intensive care doctor who nearly died as a patient in her own hospital. ![]() ![]() The 360-degree view of the property from the top of the lighthouse structure was also a source of inspiration for the couple. Jennifer liked to use it as a launch pad for throwing sticks into the water for her three dogs to chase. The property comes with a private dock for tying up a boat. With the door wide open and the breeze gently blowing in, she could let her mind wander and heal in peace. The place where she found the most refuge was a tiny former boathouse just a foot away from the lapping waters of the lake that she turned into her writing studio. It's such a gem with all the wildlife and plants." "I hope people can appreciate the artistic touches in this home but also the nature around here. ![]() "This house has been a sanctuary for me and really a healing place," said Jennifer, who has listed the three-bedroom, three-bathroom spanning 3,400 square feet. ![]() ![]() Floored newsletter Get our Floored newsletter Go inside Minnesota's most eye-catching homes, plus get tips on how to spruce up your own place in your inbox every Saturday. ![]() ![]() The two are closely linked: but what the rebels most objected to in the foreign domination of their country was the way the British threatened their religions - the words din and dharma appear constantly in rebel proclamations, and were used as war cries by the combatants. ![]() So was it less a rebellion against foreign domination as commonly believed? There were no doubt a multitude of private grievances, but it is now unambiguously clear that the rebels saw themselves as fighting a war to preserve their religion, and articulated it as such. In the rebels' own papers, they refer over and again to their uprising being a war of religion. ![]() In the research for my new book, The Last Mughal, my colleague Mahmoud Farooqi and I have used the 20,000 rebel documents in Urdu and Persian which survive from the sepoy camp and palace in Delhi, all of which we found in the National Archives. Up to now most of the data used by historians exploring 1857 has come from British sources. ![]() ![]() ![]() I never passed a dog down the street and found that I couldn't be attracted to men because they just weren't going to cut it for me anymore. Maybe I'm just weird and completely unromantic, but I've never looked at Fido and found a kindred spirit. Perhaps Stiefvater was trying to show that Sam and Grace's connection transcends all the things love actually isn't supposed to transcend. I can't even begin to express how creepy her obsession with a wolf is. for YEARS before she ever finds out it's a boy or that things like werewolves exist. As I read this book I had the strange urge to lock up my German sheppard should Grace ever decide to visit my home because she really does fall in love with a dog. ![]() Shiver, the story of a girl drastically into beastiality, only to find out her wolf lover was really a boy. Suddenly my house was sparkling clean, my bills were filed away, I started playing Farm Story and reached level 13 in one day, I did my tax, I spent two hours chatting to the chatbott, Jabberwocky.Anything, and I mean ANYTHING to avoid the boredom of reading Shiver. ![]() I started reading this book and a curious thing happened. ![]() ![]() ![]() Yet once home he too finds success - as the kind of 'Big Man' in Lagos he'd scorned in his youth. His journey leads him through back alleys of illegal employment in London to a fake marriage for the sake of a work card and finally to a set of handcuffs as he is exposed and deported. He'd hoped to join her in America, but post-9/11 America wouldn't take him. Obinze - handsome and kind-hearted - was Ifemelu's teenage love. ![]() She feels for the first time the weight of something she didn't think about back home: race. But what came before is more like a nightmare: painful departure from family humiliating jobs under a false name. She seems to have fulfilled every immigrant's dream: Ivy League education success as a writer of a popular political blog money for the things she needs. Ifemelu - beautiful, self-assured - left Nigeria 15 years ago, and now studies in Princeton as a Graduate Fellow. A young woman from Nigeria leaves behind her home and her first love to start a new life in America, only to find her dreams are not all she expected ![]() |