The Alteration
Title | The Alteration PDF eBook |
Author | Kingsley Amis |
Publisher | New York Review of Books |
Pages | 257 |
Release | 2013-05-07 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 1590176170 |
BOOKER PRIZE–WINNING AUTHOR Set in a world in which the Reformation failed, this award-winning science fiction tale is “one of the best . . . alternate-worlds novels in existence” (Philip K. Dick) In Kingsley Amis’s virtuoso foray into virtual history it is 1976, but the modern world is a medieval relic, frozen in intellectual and spiritual time ever since Martin Luther was promoted to pope back in the sixteenth century. Stephen the Third, the king of England, has just died, and Mass (Mozart’s second requiem) is about to be sung to lay him to rest. In the choir is our hero, Hubert Anvil, an extremely ordinary ten-year-old boy with a faultless voice. In the audience is a select group of experts whose job is to determine whether that faultless voice should be preserved by performing a certain operation. Art, after all, is worth any sacrifice. How Hubert realizes what lies in store for him and how he deals with the whirlpool of piety, menace, terror, and passion that he soon finds himself in are the subject of a classic piece of counterfactual fiction equal to Philip K. Dick’s The Man in the High Castle. The Alteration won the John W. Campbell Memorial Award for best science-fiction novel in 1976.
Elementary Gunsmithing - A Manual of Instruction for Amateurs in the Alteration and Repair of Firearms
Title | Elementary Gunsmithing - A Manual of Instruction for Amateurs in the Alteration and Repair of Firearms PDF eBook |
Author | Perry D. Frazer |
Publisher | Read Books Ltd |
Pages | 236 |
Release | 2011-11-08 |
Genre | Crafts & Hobbies |
ISBN | 1447494423 |
Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.
The Alteration of the Constitution of the House of Commons, and the Inequality of the Land-Tax, Considered Conjointly
Title | The Alteration of the Constitution of the House of Commons, and the Inequality of the Land-Tax, Considered Conjointly PDF eBook |
Author | FitzJohn BRAND |
Publisher | |
Pages | 184 |
Release | 1793 |
Genre | |
ISBN |
A Treatise on the Alteration of Money
Title | A Treatise on the Alteration of Money PDF eBook |
Author | Juan de Mariana |
Publisher | Christian's Library Press |
Pages | 138 |
Release | 2011 |
Genre | Law |
ISBN | 1880595885 |
In this treatise we find an insightful analysis concerning how monetary debasement and inflation increase prices, which proceeds to illustrate how such increases do not affect everyone equally-in effect, causing a revolution in fortunes. In a parallel argument, Mariana explains how government, if given control of other forms of private property, would also debase the values of those forms and use them according to its own interests.
The Alteration
Title | The Alteration PDF eBook |
Author | Kingsley Amis |
Publisher | New York Review of Books |
Pages | 257 |
Release | 2013-05-07 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 1590176375 |
BOOKER PRIZE–WINNING AUTHOR Set in a world in which the Reformation failed, this award-winning science fiction tale is “one of the best . . . alternate-worlds novels in existence” (Philip K. Dick). In Kingsley Amis’s virtuoso foray into virtual history it is 1976, but the modern world is a medieval relic, frozen in intellectual and spiritual time ever since Martin Luther was promoted to pope back in the sixteenth century. Stephen the Third, the king of England, has just died, and Mass (Mozart’s second requiem) is about to be sung to lay him to rest. In the choir is our hero, Hubert Anvil, an extremely ordinary ten-year-old boy with a faultless voice. In the audience is a select group of experts whose job is to determine whether that faultless voice should be preserved by performing a certain operation. Art, after all, is worth any sacrifice. How Hubert realizes what lies in store for him and how he deals with the whirlpool of piety, menace, terror, and passion that he soon finds himself in are the subject of a classic piece of counterfactual fiction equal to Philip K. Dick’s The Man in the High Castle. The Alteration won the John W. Campbell Memorial Award for best science-fiction novel in 1976.
Divine Mania
Title | Divine Mania PDF eBook |
Author | Yulia Ustinova |
Publisher | Routledge |
Pages | 459 |
Release | 2017-10-16 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1351581260 |
‘Our greatest blessings come to us by way of mania, provided it is given us by divine gift,’ – says Socrates in Plato’s Phaedrus. Certain forms of alteration of consciousness, considered to be inspired by supernatural forces, were actively sought in ancient Greece. Divine mania comprises a fascinating array of diverse experiences: numerous initiates underwent some kind of alteration of consciousness during mystery rites; sacred officials and inquirers attained revelations in major oracular centres; possession states were actively sought; finally, some thinkers, such as Pythagoras and Socrates, probably practiced manipulation of consciousness. These experiences, which could be voluntary or involuntary, intense or mild, were interpreted as an invasive divine power within one’s mind, or illumination granted by a super-human being. Greece was unique in its attitude to alteration of consciousness. From the perspective of individual and public freedom, the prominent position of the divine mania in Greek society reflects its acceptance of the inborn human proclivity to experience alteration of consciousness, interpreted in positive terms as god-sent. These mental states were treated with cautious respect, and in contrast to the majority of complex societies, ancient and modern, were never suppressed or pushed to the cultural and social periphery.
Fitting & Pattern Alteration
Title | Fitting & Pattern Alteration PDF eBook |
Author | Elizabeth G. Liechty |
Publisher | Fairchild Books & Visuals |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 1992 |
Genre | Clothing and dress |
ISBN | 9780870057755 |
This book is the answer for professionals and students who want beautifully fitted and comfortable clothing. The multi-method approach is logical and easy-to-follow. Each alteration procedure is accompanied by identification of the figure variation for the hips, legs, upper-torso, mid-torso or arms causing the fitting problem.