History: Fiction or Science? (Chronology, No. 1)

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Recorded history is a finely-woven magic fabric of intricate lies about events predating the sixteenth century. There is not a single piece of evidence that can be reliably and independently traced back earlier than the eleventh century. This book details events that are substantiated by hard facts and logic, and validated by new astronomical research and statistical analysis of ancient sources.

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Calculations are only as good as your numbers.......2007-08-03

Yes, we can all agree that mainstream history is nearly 100% BS due to politics, economics, ego, problems with dating techniques, and various conspiracies. Agreed. But, I've been researching the distinct possibility that human history (in terms of civilizations) are much more ancient than we've been told, so coming across this book was very interesting to me. I wondered how Fomenko could be wrong (if at all) because he is very persuasive in his presentations. Then it dawned on me. If at previous times in prehistory, due to the various catastrophies that are well documented (comets, asteroids, planetary disruptions, plasma discharge, pole reversals, etc) the Earth was in a different position in relation to the sun, different tilt on its axis, different orbit, different rotation (in terms of velocity and DIRECTION), and the continents were in different positions, then would this not cause the ancients to see the sky (constellations) differently? In other words, is Fomenko making erronious assumptions about the physics of the Earth in pre-history, which then corrupt his data with regards to dating the relevant astrology? The last event to seriously disrupt our planet occured roughly 3500 years ago, according to other good researchers, so is it possible Fomenko has been confused by this? The vastly different physics of our planet in the not so distant past may explain this confusion, which is not to say the "mainstream" version of history is correct; on the contrary. I am not an expert in these fields, but wanted to see if this idea could spark discussion.

Pants on fire?.......2007-07-19

Will people ever read before spamming? Yes, Jesuits could not rewrite world history alone, they had help. Anyway, Dr Prof Acad A.Fomenko does not point to jesuits as the driving force of world wide history manipulation in published volumes 1,2,3;, actually he barely mentions the poor devils. Check it with 'Search inside' feature, please. China is rarely mentioned either, in fact, Dr Fomenko is completely eurocentric. Right, his theory contradicts all mainstream schools of history, because in their actual state they are all built on blatantly erroneus chronology. You don't need a mysterious cabal (conspiracy) to falsify history, the falsification is its modus operandi. It is inherent to history(ians) to falsify (distort) events, as it is inherent to humans to boast as it is inherent to power (authority) to legimize itself by referrring to glorious past made to its own order. Dr Prof Fomenko and team have identified scores of instances of such manipulation in Russian, European, etc.. history, and delivered valid statistical proof thereof. His own 'reconstruction' is completely another story. Forget c14 as a valid method of dating. W.Libby has initially discovered a brilliant method of INDEPENDENT dating. Too bad, c14 method has become a joke after a forced marrige with dendrochronology with consensual chronological scale inbuilt. Radiocarbon method can't stand blind tests, but is so very productive as a rubberstamp.

Accepted History & Chronology Must Be Changed. .......2007-04-09

There is no doubt that history as most know it is a sham, & institution's version of History both University & Church is fradulent & inaccurate. Everything was established with an agenda, The real "Dark Ages" are now when we have access to incredible amounts of information past authorities & more important 'common folk' didn't have but our institutions & educators are slow to evolve because of what has ignorantly & arrogantly been taught for too long. This is on many subjects not just Chronology.

For anyone to question "Why would a Mathematician have anything credible to say of History?" The answer is from Dr. Fomenko's preface in the book: "It would be worthwhile to remind the reader that in the XVI-XVII century Chronology was considered to be a subdivision of Mathematics." These volumes could possibly be some of the most important works to date & should be read by everyone with an interest in History, especially professors & educators who have a duty to the public. I have read both books & must say that 'Chronology 1' has some very eye opening & revolutionary information. Even if these volumes are part true the implications are profound & opens the doors to further investigations & questions which must be done. I speak several different lanquages & must say the logic Dr. Fomenko uses with "inflection" of words & words being read from left to right in one region & right to left in another then written backwards, the removal of vowels & get down to basics of words, or different cities & locations having the same name etc. is correct. Vowel usage has always been optional & varied, actually complicating linquistics & study. The first thing one has to understand is that words never had a fixed spelling in history like we do now, the spelling of words was mutable & regional, as well as names & titles of people were vast, varied & changed, NOTHING WAS FIXED or understood linear. Matters of Life & Death as well as financial profiteering yesterday & today were & are made with ignorant, illogical & conspiratorial views of history & reality, it's time people get closer to the Truth & society collectively grow up.

Very Interesting.......2007-03-07

It is a good proposal and I believe it will mature into something even better in the future. I think it deserves to be read.

History as Science Fiction.......2007-01-10

Anatoly Fomenko has written a very intriguing book, full of pictures, charts, and computer 'proof' of his thesis: backwards of AD900 we don't really know what happened or when. Between AD900 and AD1600 there is more certainty, but there is still a lot of fuzzy ground, and things don't get reliable until we get past the 1600's where the printing press made it very difficult for the perpetrators of this timeline manipulation to change anything that had been committed to print. The Dark Ages did not happen. Books were burned for a reason. One organization has doubled the actual length of its existence by expanding the real chronology. Read why.

I had always wondered why Christ died about AD33 and yet men waited until the 11th century to form the Knights Templar, the Cathars, etc and go after the Holy Land by force. Why the 1000 year gap? Turns out there wasn't more than a 10-12 year gap and he proves it using astronomy. This also implies that the planet is not as old as we have been told, and current Christian and other creationist scientists are already championing that idea without being aware of Fomenko's book. The two groups, creationist scientists and the Russian mathematical analysts corroborate each other. Fascinating.

Of course, all this flies in the face of what we have been told traditionally is the 'proper' chronology of western civilization, and most readers will experience 'cognitive dissonance' in reading this book. It means that our history going backwards from AD1600 becomes progressively more incorrect and unreliable until it cannot be trusted at all... in the space of 700-800 years.

Naturally, the curious, open-minded reader will want to know WHO did this, WHY, and did any of the events we think of as really ancient ever happen?
Dr. Fomenko is a respected scientist/mathematician at Moscow State University who has already answered these questions to the satisfaction of his initially skeptical colleagues. Most of them are now believers, a few still refuse to believe (the usual diehards), and of course the western press has ignored Fomenko's work -- for obvious reasons when you read the book. The ones who perpetrated this chronology ruse have a lot to answer for. They are still with us. That's why this book is a well-kept secret.

I gave the book a 4-star rating because I was unable to check out some of his claims; those I checked were as he said. But if even 1/3 of his claims are true, this punches a big hole in what we think is our history, the meaning of western civilization, our educational process (for repeating the ruse as gospel), and the trustworthiness of the organization that perpetrated this ruse, well-intentioned or not.

This book relates to current research into a Young Earth paradigm, to John Keel's discoveries about our planet, and Fr Malachi Martin's insights (in his now out-of-print books). We are indeed sheep who are manipulated and kept ignorant -- for a reason. While knowing what these men have to say may be the "booby prize" (as in: 'what can you do with this knowledge?'), it will provide interesting reading. Didn't someone say: "...and the Truth will set you free."?? For you to judge if this book contains the truth.

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Luxury Houses: City (Luxury Houses)

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ASIN: 3832790624

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In the past luxury usually meant ostentatious displays of heavy ornamentation. But the modern definition of luxury doesn't have to mean sumptuous or overblown style. Refined architecture and interior design are the contemporary way to create a sense of luxury. Luxury Houses City shows us a beautiful selection of residential projects from cities around the world, where we can see luxury based on well-chosen details. All these stunning spaces show that a more restful and sophisticated ambience is the hallmark of contemporary luxury.

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Was hoping for more..........2006-03-28

I really loved, "Luxury Houses: Country," by the same publisher, but was disappointed with this book. I expected more diversity of city design. What I found was alot of pictures of the same thing...no excitement...no uniqueness. Where is the creativity that is found in the Country volume? They missed the mark in this one, :( Spend your money elsewhere. Sorry.

Dallas Turns Brownfield Into Luxury Housing.(Brief Article): An article from: Planning

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Dallas Turns Brownfield Into Luxury Housing.(Brief Article): An article from: Planning
Linda Mastaglio
Manufacturer: American Planning Association
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This digital document is an article from Planning, published by American Planning Association on July 1, 1999. The length of the article is 457 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Dallas Turns Brownfield Into Luxury Housing.(Brief Article)
Author: Linda Mastaglio
Publication: Planning (Magazine/Journal)
Date: July 1, 1999
Publisher: American Planning Association
Volume: 65 Issue: 7 Page: 26

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Watercolor artists will find it easy to paint realistic, atmospheric nature scenes when artist Susan D. Bourdet takes them under her wing. She starts with the basics of watercolor nature painting, then illuminate the finer points from start to finish. It's just the kind of instruction they're looking for. They'll learn how to: * Create a reference library of photos, sketches and field notes * Choose and mix colors * Combine reference materials to design realistic compositions * Master invaluable watercolor techniques, including 12 steps for successful washes * Render realistic birds, flowers, leaves and other foliage * Capture realistic textures of atmospheric snow, fog, bark, moss, lichen, rock, wood, cobwebs and weather * Create close-up compositions that suggest a story * Capture the essence of the seasons in four full-size step-by-step demonstrations No matter what their skill level or experience, Susan D. Bourdet can help make every artist's watercolor work richer in personality, drama and realism.

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Capture the Intricate Details of Nature... with Watercolor!.......2004-11-26

I've always been captivated by the beautiful realism of nature art, but the majority of books I read that covered detail-style nature painting focused mostly on opaque media, particularly oils and acrylics. While I do enjoy both of these media, I've longed for a good book that captured the meticulous detail and inherent beauty of nature, in watercolor. This book is exactly what I was longing for.

If you love meticulous detail and realism in nature painting, and the soft, flowing feel of watercolor, but never envisioned putting them together, hold on to your paintbrushes! Susan D. Bourdet captures the incredible details and textures of nature with watercolor, while also embracing the soft, free-flowing beauty unique to this amazing medium. Better yet, in Painting the Allure of Nature, she shares her mastery of both subject and medium, to take the reader on a step-by-step journey through various techniques and breathtaking projects, one right after another.

The chapters in this book include:
- Materials, Preparations and Choosing Pigments;
- Ideas from Nature;
- Background Techniques for Nature Painters;
- Painting Flowers and Leaves;
- Painting Birds;
- Painting Nature's Textures; and
- Putting it All Together, Step by Step.

I found the chapters on backgrounds and textures to be particularly enjoyable as they really show the uniqueness of the medium, and how it can be harnessed to create incredible, realistic nature paintings. If you're interested in capturing the realism of nature with watercolor, this is the book you've been looking for. It is definitely one of the better books on the subject. I can't recommend it enough.

Great for any Watercolorist.......2001-11-15

I love this book! Wildlife is one of my favorite painting subjects (along with florals and still life) but I've always used acrylic or scratchboard for my wildlife art. I've never been able to see how watercolor could be used to create convincing wildlife art - until now. The detail the author achieves on a bird wing or beak, for example, is amazing (the book only shows bird wildlife). The techniques she uses to create feathers, peeling paint on wood, bark, etc is so lifelike I was amazed.

I was also very pleased with her chapter on composition. Composition has always been a particularly weak subject for me so I'm always looking for insight in how to create stronger designs for my paintings. For example, I liked her suggestion of lightly penciling an "X" from two corners to their opposites. If your painting has several minor points of interest this will help you arranging them for maximum impact to help the main point of interest so all areas of the painting will have a strong design. She covers how to take reference photos and pull them together for one original painting. She also covers painting from life.

She covers everything from paper selection to stretching and masking. She covers brush selection, color theory (hue, chroma, value), color mixing strategies (occasionally she will use a tiny bit of white gouache for fine details), properties of pigments and using them to maximum effect to brushing techniques such as glazing, drybrushing, scraping, splattering, rock salt, etc for textures. There are a lot of mini-demonstrations with step-by-step close ups of popular wildlife subjects such as waterdrops on leaves, eyes, feathers, cobwebs, peeling paint, rotting wood, fog, snow, blurred hummingbird wings, out-of-focus backgrounds, etc. The later chapters of the books have full step-by-step demonstrations of complete paintings.

In short, even though the subject is about wildlife painting a large part of the book has information and techniques that could be used for other types of paintings as well. And I'm still amazed she does this all in watercolor. If I did not know better I would swear she achieved some of the details in oil or acrylic. Many of the birds in the focus area look like they were painted in oil or acrylic while the rest of the painting would have the more typical "watercolor-ish" look. I am surprised anyone can have such control over watercolor they could make it look like oil or acrylic if they choose to do so! She certainly has that control. Some of the techniques she demonstrated for detailing a bird wing almost remind me of egg tempera painting. Yet she makes sure that the paintings never lose the special charm that watercolor has. Painting the Allure of Nature is definitely one of my top 3 wildlife how-to books in my collection. If you enjoy painting birds and their environments I think you would enjoy this book's insights.

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Painting the Allure of Nature

Manufacturer: NORTH LIGHT BOOKS (D
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The Nude Photography of Rankin is a collection of portraits by the celebrated photographer Rankin. The result of an anonymous ad in London's Time Out magazine for "nude models, all ages, all sizes, for photographic exhibition," this book is a collaboration between Rankin and the women who agreed to stand naked in front of his camera. The faces (and figures) collected in this book range from familiar film, fashion and pop icons to highly individual "ordinary" women, all of whose portraits reflect their feeling and fantasies with style and humor.

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An old idea, poorly executed. .......2005-10-23

There is nothing original in the concept behind this book--photographing supposedly ordinary people in the nude has been done many times before by better photographers. Contrary to the the complaint of another reviewer that some of the models are too ordinary, ordinariness is the point. If there is anything to complain about the models it is that too many of them are young, slim, white women. No, the problem here is that the models are poorly posed in silly locations--this photographer seems to think that best thing to do with ordinary people is to pose them as Helmut Newton would. I know the work of Helmut Newton and Rankin is no Helmut Newton. This book is an insult to the models who posed for it--they deserve better. (By the way, when will photographers, designers, and publishers ever learn that printing an image over two pages with a cavernous gutter in the middle destroys the image--it's a waste of paper.)

Bad models, bad photos.......2002-11-27

After reading some of the other reviews of this book, I have to wonder if they were looking at the same book! I found this volume hugely disappointing, so much so that I returened it the very next day for a refund. There are models that are so fat that you can't find their belly-buttons, models with bruises on thier legs, all lit to look like medical specimens. If that's your cup of tea, then this book is for you. To me it looked like a collection of the photographs that would normally be edited from a book of this sort.

gorgeous nudes.......2001-07-13

This is one of the best art books I have seen for ages. I love the idea behind the book and I wish I could have been involved in this project- that's how good the photos are!

Great models, great photos!.......2001-06-22

The charm of this book is that it features "real people" - not simply supermodels. Photos and the arranged shots were the ideas of the photographer (Rankin), and also the subjects' own.

Some of the "models" are in "artsy" roles and things - bathed in jelly, smeared with ketchup, etc. Nonetheless, all shots are witty, sensual, and provocative. A must have for the Nude library.

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WANT A GOOD, UNDERRATED COMIC STRIP?!? LOOK NO FURTHER!!.......2002-10-29

This book is funnier to me than my other Drabble, "Mallcops, Ducks, & Fendeheads." Drabble is just as funny as big-time strips "Get Fuzzy," "FoxTrot," & "Peanuts." HIGHLY RECOMMENDED FOR ANYONE WHO WANTS/NEEDS TO LAUGH!!

A real funnie! Will tickle your funny bone all pink over!.......2000-05-24

Hurry! Get a ticket to Drabblesville! You're invented on a big tour though Mayor Kevin Fagan's daffy surburan world of the even daffier family! Meet Ralph Drabble the overweight, heavy-breathing teddy bear with a very gruffy attitude and a hairy potbelly! Give his sweet wife behind her eyeless glasses a big, warm fuzzy hug! And come shake hands with the daffiest citizen in the whole Drabblesville, Norman Drabble the bumbling young son of the daffy family who somehow managed to get a driver's license without driving right through the local supermarket and go flying right off a high bridge on his driver's test! Aw, want to see someone who's not too daffy? Say hi to little brother, Patrick and tousle his hair, only he's got his head permenantly locked under a bicyclist's helmet! And kiss baby Penny, the youngest Drabble in the whole daffy family! Oh, and don't forget the daffy pets, a ducky duck and a kitty kitten! Too bad they just can't talk! So enjoy your daffy stay and daffier adventures with the daffiest family in the whole Drabble Land!

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The Prodigal Son (Stories Jesus Told)
David Hately , and Helen Drabble
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Son of Drabble
Kevin Fagan
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