Interrogating Human Origins

Interrogating Human Origins
Author: Martin Porr
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 388
Release: 2019-12-06
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1000761932

Interrogating Human Origins encourages new critical engagements with the study of human origins, broadening the range of approaches to bring in postcolonial theories, and begin to explore the decolonisation of this complex topic. The collection of chapters presented in this volume creates spaces for expansion of critical and unexpected conversations about human origins research. Authors from a variety of disciplines and research backgrounds, many of whom have strayed beyond their usual disciplinary boundaries to offer their unique perspectives, all circle around the big questions of what it means to be and become human. Embracing and encouraging diversity is a recognition of the deep complexities of human existence in the past and the present, and it is vital to critical scholarship on this topic. This book constitutes a starting point for increased interrogation of the important and wide-ranging field of research into human origins. It will be of interest to scholars across multiple disciplines, and particularly to those seeking to understand our ancient past through a more diverse lens.

The Secret History of the Reptilians

The Secret History of the Reptilians
Author: Scott Alan Roberts
Publisher: Red Wheel/Weiser
Total Pages: 224
Release: 2013-02-25
Genre: Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN: 1601635427

"Fortunately, Scott Roberts boldly goes where few men have surfaced from, providing a well-balanced, innovative, and insightful approach to the topic." —Philip Coppens, author of The Ancient Alien Question Where the bloodlines of the Nephilim leave off, the real story just begins. Or does it go back even further than that? The very real probability that non-human intelligences visited and even copulated with primordial humans is detailed in civilization's most ancient cultural and religious records. These historical records further reveal that these intelligences were reptilian in nature--or, at the very least, have been represented throughout human history in reptilian form. From the Serpent, Nawcash, in the Garden of Eden; Atum, the Egyptian snake-man; and Quetzalcotl, the feathered serpent god of the Mayans to the double-helix snake symbol of Enki/Ea in ancient Sumerian literature, the serpent has been the omnipresent link between humans and the gods in every culture. In The Secret History of the Reptilians, Scott Alan Roberts investigates and examines the pervasive presence of the serpent in human history, religion, culture, and politics. Are we the product of an extraterrestrial race that moves and breathes--and even breeds--beneath the surface of all of human history? Put on your thinking cap and take an historical, anthropological, archaeological plunge into the heady waters of extraterrestrial origins.

Agrotopias

Agrotopias
Author: Abby L. Goode
Publisher: UNC Press Books
Total Pages: 295
Release: 2022-08-24
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1469669838

In this book, Abby L. Goode reveals the foundations of American environmentalism and the enduring partnership between racism, eugenics, and agrarian ideals in the United States. Throughout the nineteenth century, writers as diverse as Martin Delany, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, and Walt Whitman worried about unsustainable conditions such as population growth and plantation slavery. In response, they imagined agrotopias—sustainable societies unaffected by the nation's agricultural and population crises—elsewhere. Though seemingly progressive, these agrotopian visions depicted selective breeding and racial "improvement" as the path to environmental stability. In this fascinating study, Goode uncovers an early sustainability rhetoric interested in shaping, just as much as sustaining, the American population. Showing how ideas about race and reproduction were central to early sustainability thinking, Goode unearths an alternative environmental archive that ranges from gothic novels to Black nationalist manifestos, from Waco, Texas, to the West Indies, from city tenements to White House kitchen gardens. Exposing the eugenic foundations of some of our most well-regarded environmental traditions, this book compels us to reexamine the benevolence of American environmental thought.

Horsemen of the First Frontier (1788-1900) and the Serpent's Legacy

Horsemen of the First Frontier (1788-1900) and the Serpent's Legacy
Author: Keith Robert Binney
Publisher:
Total Pages: 612
Release: 2005
Genre: Horsemen and horsewomen
ISBN: 9780646448657

An economic and social history of early New South Wales, told through the life stories of pioneer 19th century horsemen. Traces the origin and development of the horse in Australia and a special tribute to Australia's internationally acclaimed thoroughbred expert C. Bruce Lowe.

Assassin's Creed Valhalla: Geirmund's Saga

Assassin's Creed Valhalla: Geirmund's Saga
Author: Matthew J Kirby
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 448
Release: 2021-03-23
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1839080604

Discover the epic tale of legendary viking Geirmund Hel-hide in this new novel set in the world of Assassin's Creed Valhalla Mid-9th Century CE. The Viking attacks and invasions are shattering England’s kingdoms. Born into a royal lineage of Norwegian kings, Geirmund Hel-hide sets out for adventure to prove his worth as a Viking and a warrior. A perilous journey across the sea brings him into contact with a being out of myth and grants him a mysterious ring that promises both great power and bitter betrayal. As Geirmund rises in the ranks of King Guthrum’s legendary army, he will have to use all his cunning to face the many dangers of a land ravaged by war. Fighting alongside his band of loyal warriors, his path will soon lead him into a conflict as old as the Gods themselves.

Royally Lost and Romanly Found

Royally Lost and Romanly Found
Author: Roman Jew
Publisher: AuthorHouse
Total Pages: 190
Release: 2016-01-05
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1504967968

Because the pedigrees of Owen the Great and his father, Howel the Good, they were both Welsh Kings from the Griffith family of Garn and Planswydd and descended from Anna of Arimathea and her husband, Bran the Blessed, that do join together the aristocratic lineages of Jewish royalty from the Davidic House of Nathan and Welsh royalty into one successive bloodline that leads to the Holy Bibles depicted one, the Carolingians Welsh successor from Daniel and revelation.

The Grimoire

The Grimoire
Author: Tempest V. Everett
Publisher: Cultural Works
Total Pages: 332
Release:
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN:

Embark on a thrilling adventure -- The Grimoire -- a mesmerizing middle-grade-fantasy that will transport you into a world brimming with magic, mystery, and peril! Alowishus, a spirited student at Browning Academy, uncovers ancient secrets, unleashes dormant powers, and faces daunting challenges in a quest to save her friends and unlock her destiny. Dive into this tale of captivating courage, friendshipm and self-discovery, where the line between good and evil blurs and the fate of the entire world hangs in the balance. Get ready for an unforgettable journey filled with twists, surprises and heart-pounding excitement!

Bloodlines

Bloodlines
Author: Anthony M. Platt
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 281
Release: 2015-12-03
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1317263049

At the end of World War II, an American military intelligence team retrieved an original copy of the 1935 Nuremberg Laws, signed by Hitler, and turned over this rare document to General George S. Patton. In 1999, after fifty-five years in the vault of the Huntington Library in southern California, the Nuremberg Laws resurfaced and were put on public display for the first time at the Skirball Cultural Center in Los Angeles. In this far-ranging, interdisciplinary study that is part historical analysis, part cultural critique, part detective story, and part memoir, Tony Platt explores a range of interrelated issues: war-time looting, remembrance of the holocaust, German and American eugenics, and the public responsibilities of museums and cultural centers. This book is based on original research by the author and co-researcher, historian Cecilia O'Leary, in government, military, and library archives; interviews and oral histories; and participant observation. It is both a detailed, scholarly analysis and a record of the author's activist efforts to correct the historical record.

Rise of a Necromancer

Rise of a Necromancer
Author: Rosie Scott
Publisher: Independently Published
Total Pages: 416
Release: 2019-03-27
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9781090995490

Many people want Cerin Heliot dead. While studying to be a mage at a prestigious university, Cerin is seized by an obsession with necromancy. When his secret knowledge of the forbidden magic is discovered, he becomes one of the nation's most-wanted criminals overnight, sending his life into a tragic downhill spiral. In this gritty story of survival, Cerin learns the hard way that to make it in a cruel world, he must become its match. Rather than run from the law forever, he builds an undead army to face it and make it fear his name. When all living loved ones are lost, Cerin must rise to be a master of the dead. Rise of a Necromancer is a standalone character-driven origin story in the Six Elements universe. Reading the completed Six Elements series is recommended but not required. While the beginning of the novel features a juvenile protagonist, like all of Rosie Scott's works it contains extreme mature content. Rise of a Necromancer explores adult themes (tragedy, psychological trauma, emotional and substance abuse) and contains graphic violence, gore, and cursing.