Matokeo ya Utafutaji
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Affinity: The Friendship Issue (Conjunctions #66)
by Jonathan Carroll • Joyce Carol Oates • Rick Moody • Bradford Morrow • Robert Coover • Jedediah Berry • John Ashbery • Robert Clark • Elizabeth Gaffney • Stephen O'Connor • Robert Duncan • Sallie Tisdale • Matthew Cheney • Rachel Blau Duplessis • Elizabeth Robinson • Tim Horvath • Paul Lisicky • Darcey Steinke • Andrew Ervin • Roberta Allen • Brandon Hobson • Charles B. Stozier • Diane Josefowicz • Emily Houk • Gilles Tiberghien • Isabella Hammad • J. W. Mccormack • M. J. Rey • Michelle Herman • Spencer MathesonNew writings on the topic of friendship from Stephen O’Connor, Joyce Carol Oates, Robert Clark, Elizabeth Gaffney, Rick Moody and Darcey Steinke, and more. Aristotle proposed that a friend is, in essence, “another self,” and it is indisputable that our relationships with our friends are nearly as co... More
Language: ENGHakimiliki: 2016 -
The Zodiac of Paris: How an Improbable Controversy over an Ancient Egyptian Artifact Provoked a Modern Debate between Religion and Science
The clash of faith and science in Napoleonic FranceThe Dendera zodiac—an ancient bas-relief temple ceiling adorned with mysterious symbols of the stars and planets—was first discovered by the French during Napoleon's campaign in Egypt, and quickly provoked a controversy between scientists and theolo... More
Language: ENGHakimiliki: 2010 -
The Riddle of the Rosetta: How an English Polymath and a French Polyglot Discovered the Meaning of Egyptian Hieroglyphs
A major new history of the race between two geniuses to decipher ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs, set against the backdrop of nineteenth-century EuropeIn 1799, a French Army officer was rebuilding the defenses of a fort on the banks of the Nile when he discovered an ancient stele fragment bearing a dec... More
Language: ENGHakimiliki: 2020