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THE VOYNICH MANUSCRIPT What If It Depicts Paradise?

Exploring Its Similarities to Paradise in the Qur’an

by Nasir Anwar ...

For more than a century, the Voynich Manuscript has remained one of the world’s most mysterious books. Its unknown writing has resisted translation, while its unusual illustrations of plants, fruits, water, structures, celestial forms, and human figures continue to invite interpretation.This book explores a different way of looking at the manuscript not by attempting to decipher its mysterious ... Read more

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For more than a century, the Voynich Manuscript has remained one of the world’s most mysterious books. Its unknown writing has resisted translation, while its unusual illustrations of plants, fruits, water, structures, celestial forms, and human figures continue to invite interpretation.This book explores a different way of looking at the manuscript not by attempting to decipher its mysterious
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Atheist Manifesto

The Case Against Christianity, Judaism, and Islam

by Michel Onfray ...

This hugely controversial work demonstrates convincingly how the world’s three major monotheistic religions—Christianity, Judaism, and Islam—have attempted to suppress knowledge, science, pleasure, and desire, condemning nonbelievers often to death. Not since Nietzsche has a work so groundbreaking and explosive questioned the role of the world’s three major monotheistic religions. If Nietzsche ... Read more

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This hugely controversial work demonstrates convincingly how the world’s three major monotheistic religions—Christianity, Judaism, and Islam—have attempted to suppress knowledge, science, pleasure, and desire, condemning nonbelievers often to death. Not since Nietzsche has a work so groundbreaking and explosive questioned the role of the world’s three major monotheistic religions. If Nietzsche
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Travels in Hyperreality

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A "scintillating collection" of essays on Disneyland, medieval times, and much more, from the author of Foucault's Pendulum (Los Angeles Times).Collected here are some of Umberto Eco's finest popular essays, recording the incisive and surprisingly entertaining observations of his restless intellectual mind. As the author puts it in the preface to the second edition: "In these pages, I try to ... Read more

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A "scintillating collection" of essays on Disneyland, medieval times, and much more, from the author of Foucault's Pendulum (Los Angeles Times).Collected here are some of Umberto Eco's finest popular essays, recording the incisive and surprisingly entertaining observations of his restless intellectual mind. As the author puts it in the preface to the second edition: "In these pages, I try to
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Whose Middle Ages?

Teachable Moments for an Ill-Used Past

by Geraldine Heng ...

Series series Fordham Series in Medieval Studies
"An ethical and accessible introduction to a historical period often implicated in racist narratives of nationalism and imperialism." —Sierra Lomuto, Assistant Professor of Global Medieval Literature, Rowan UniversityA collection of twenty-two essays, Whose Middle Ages? gives nonspecialists access to the richness of our historical knowledge while debunking damaging misconceptions about the ... Read more

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"An ethical and accessible introduction to a historical period often implicated in racist narratives of nationalism and imperialism." —Sierra Lomuto, Assistant Professor of Global Medieval Literature, Rowan UniversityA collection of twenty-two essays, Whose Middle Ages? gives nonspecialists access to the richness of our historical knowledge while debunking damaging misconceptions about the
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The Guardian of All Things

The Epic Story of Human Memory

by Michael S. Malone ...

"An original, fascinating scientific history of how human memory and a series of inventions have driven the advance of civilization" ( Kirkus , starred).Memory makes us human. No other animal carries in its brain so many memories of such complexity nor so regularly revisits those memories for happiness, safety, and the accomplishment of complex tasks. Human civilization continues because we are ... Read more

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"An original, fascinating scientific history of how human memory and a series of inventions have driven the advance of civilization" ( Kirkus , starred).Memory makes us human. No other animal carries in its brain so many memories of such complexity nor so regularly revisits those memories for happiness, safety, and the accomplishment of complex tasks. Human civilization continues because we are
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The Voynich Manuscript

The Mysterious Code That Has Defied Interpretation for Centuries

by Gerry Kennedy, Rob Churchill ...

An examination of the many theories surrounding this enigmatic text, apparently written in code• Reveals the connections between this work and the Cathars, Roger Bacon, and John Dee• Explains the cryptanalysis methods used in attempts to break the code• Includes color images from the manuscript juxtaposed with other medieval writingsSince its discovery by Wilfrid Voynich in an Italian monastery in ... Read more

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An examination of the many theories surrounding this enigmatic text, apparently written in code• Reveals the connections between this work and the Cathars, Roger Bacon, and John Dee• Explains the cryptanalysis methods used in attempts to break the code• Includes color images from the manuscript juxtaposed with other medieval writingsSince its discovery by Wilfrid Voynich in an Italian monastery in
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Descartes' Bones

A Skeletal History of the Conflict between Faith and Reason

by Russell Shorto ...

Sixteen years after René Descartes' death in Stockholm in 1650, a pious French ambassador exhumed the remains of the controversial philosopher to transport them back to Paris. Thus began a 350-year saga that saw Descartes' bones traverse a continent, passing between kings, philosophers, poets, and painters.But as Russell Shorto shows in this deeply engaging book, Descartes' bones also played a ... Read more

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Sixteen years after René Descartes' death in Stockholm in 1650, a pious French ambassador exhumed the remains of the controversial philosopher to transport them back to Paris. Thus began a 350-year saga that saw Descartes' bones traverse a continent, passing between kings, philosophers, poets, and painters.But as Russell Shorto shows in this deeply engaging book, Descartes' bones also played a
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On Monsters

An Unnatural History of Our Worst Fears

by Stephen T. Asma ...

Hailed as "a feast" (Washington Post) and "a modern-day bestiary" (The New Yorker), Stephen Asma's On Monsters is a wide-ranging cultural and conceptual history of monsters--how they have evolved over time, what functions they have served for us, and what shapes they are likely to take in the future. Beginning at the time of Alexander the Great, the monsters come fast and furious--Behemoth and ... Read more

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Hailed as "a feast" (Washington Post) and "a modern-day bestiary" (The New Yorker), Stephen Asma's On Monsters is a wide-ranging cultural and conceptual history of monsters--how they have evolved over time, what functions they have served for us, and what shapes they are likely to take in the future. Beginning at the time of Alexander the Great, the monsters come fast and furious--Behemoth and
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Rocks of Ages

Science and Religion in the Fullness of Life

by Stephen Jay Gould ...

"People of good will wish to see science and religion at peace. . . . I do not see how science and religion could be unified, or even synthesized, under any common scheme of explanation or analysis; but I also do not understand why the two enterprises should experience any conflict." So states internationally renowned evolutionist and bestselling author Stephen Jay Gould in the simple yet profound ... Read more

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"People of good will wish to see science and religion at peace. . . . I do not see how science and religion could be unified, or even synthesized, under any common scheme of explanation or analysis; but I also do not understand why the two enterprises should experience any conflict." So states internationally renowned evolutionist and bestselling author Stephen Jay Gould in the simple yet profound
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On the Mark

From Periods to Interrobangs, How Punctuation Remade the World

by Florence Hazrat ...

A lively history of punctuation, from ancient times to the age of the emoji.**“**On the Mark is utterly delightful, filled with marvelous anecdotes.” —Air MailYou know the lively exclamation mark, the controversial semicolon, and the often-omitted apostrophe, but would you recognize a percontation point? How about an obelus? In this irreverent and delightfully intellectual book, Florence Hazrat ... Read more

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A lively history of punctuation, from ancient times to the age of the emoji.**“**On the Mark is utterly delightful, filled with marvelous anecdotes.” —Air MailYou know the lively exclamation mark, the controversial semicolon, and the often-omitted apostrophe, but would you recognize a percontation point? How about an obelus? In this irreverent and delightfully intellectual book, Florence Hazrat
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The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco (Book Analysis)

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Unlock the more straightforward side of The Name of the Rose with this concise and insightful summary and analysis!This engaging summary presents an analysis of The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco, which follows the Franciscan friar William of Baskerville and his disciple, the young novice Adso of Melk, during their stay at an Italian abbey in the year 1327. When several monks die in mysterious ... Read more

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Unlock the more straightforward side of The Name of the Rose with this concise and insightful summary and analysis!This engaging summary presents an analysis of The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco, which follows the Franciscan friar William of Baskerville and his disciple, the young novice Adso of Melk, during their stay at an Italian abbey in the year 1327. When several monks die in mysterious
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Literary Theory for Robots

How Computers Learned to Write

by Dennis Yi Tenen ...

**“Surprising, funny and resolutely unintimidating.” —Jennifer Szalai, New York Times Book ReviewIn the industrial age, automation came for the shoemaker and the seamstress. Today, it has come for the writer, physician, programmer, and attorney.**Literary Theory for Robots reveals the hidden history of modern machine intelligence, taking readers on a spellbinding journey from medieval Arabic ... Read more

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**“Surprising, funny and resolutely unintimidating.” —Jennifer Szalai, New York Times Book ReviewIn the industrial age, automation came for the shoemaker and the seamstress. Today, it has come for the writer, physician, programmer, and attorney.**Literary Theory for Robots reveals the hidden history of modern machine intelligence, taking readers on a spellbinding journey from medieval Arabic
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