Xlibris Jun 2001 (10 results)

Buch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - The book, The Wharf at Port Townsend Bay, describes an 1869 Makah whale hunt that leads to the discovery of a derelict sailing ship with about 400 dead on board and to a ship log explanation. The story moves to 1982 to describe a father and mother who lavished affection on their son, Michael Storey, who, later, 2008, serves as assistant to the head of the FBI at a point in time when many male high school social study teachers are being killed. The rest of the book describes how Michael Storey, on vacation in Port Townsend, unintentionally solves the cases.…

Buch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - In 'The Shores of Wisdom', Derek Adie Flower gives a delightful story of the rise and fall of the Ancient Library of Alexandria - the world¿s power of knowledge and culture twenty-three centuries ago. Flower tells the story with a unique style, giving us glimpses of the forces which made the place prosper with great philosophers and scientists (Euclid, Archimedes, Eratosthenes.) and the causes of decline when politics and religion became in conflict with rationality. Flower displays his enthusiasm for the city by the hope for the future in the new project of building modern Bibliotheca Alexandria. As a graduate of the University of Alexandria in modern time, I, too, hope that the future will reach the greatness of the past, but with a renaissance in modern science and knowledge. The book is indeed an enjoyable piece to read.Prof. Ahmed H. Zewail1998 Nobel Prize for Chemistry. Egypt.…

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