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.

The Japanese Samurai Code: Classic Strategies For Success

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Boye Lafayette De Mente does it again
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The Japanese Samurai Code: Classic Strategies For Success
Boye De Mente
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Japan has achieved a number of triumphs due to the cultural traits inherited from their samurai ancestors. Examples include the country's transformation from a warrior-dominated agrarian society to a modern industrial nation, and its rebound from the destruction of World War II to its status as the second largest economy in the world.
Japanologist Boyé Lafayette De Mente identifies the character traits in the samurai code of ethics that made these incredible transformations possible. He explains how these traits can be applied by anyone to enhance their own personal skills and performance, making The Japanese Samurai Code a success manual for everyone.

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Boye Lafayette De Mente does it again.......2007-08-07

Such a prolific writer of fascinating and interesting books all of which as so easy to read and understand. No mumbo jumbo or faffy long technical words, just GREAT writing.

I've only become aware of this writer over the last couple of years and must have all of his books by now, his style is so infectious, you just have to investigate them. He's just a natural when it comes to explaining the Japanese & their mysterious way of life - one would think he was a native.

This book was written for an audience who may be interested in doing business with Japan. The truth is that this book is an absolute "cracker" for anyone interested in life and how to learn to live it properly.

The author does get a little carried away at the end of most chapters and gives his personal opinions - as I'm doing now - but in spite of all of that I loved it. It could even make it onto a school curriculum.

Make sure that you also check out his "Samurai Strategies: 42 Martial Secrets from Musashi's Book of Five Rings" - a successful book on how to achieve successful & happy & fulfilling life.

Samauri Code review.......2007-01-14

This book was written for an audience who may be interested in doing business with Japan. Truth is this book is a cracker for anyone interested in life and how to learn to live it properly. The author does get carried at the end of most chapters and gives his personal opinions - as I`m doing- but for all that I loved it. It could even make on to a school ciricculum.

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A packet of 5 participant materials from the Grand Canyon Adventure Series.

Take participants on an unforgettable learning adventure! Set in the Grand Canyon, these stimulating group activities provide an adventurous backdrop for enthusiastic participant involvement and memorable skill building. Use Grand Canyon Adventures for active learning in:

Creativity and Problem Solving
Collaboration
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Leadership
Conflict Resolution
Consultation
Grand Canyon Adventures were researched on location and written by Carmine Consalvo.

More than the usual consensus-building activities
The creative design of the participant scenario booklets gives these learning activities a distinct advantage over other consensus-building simulations by supporting participants throughout the activity with helpful techniques and key learning points.

Collaboration
Designed for two leaders or two teams, this exercise provides experience in working together and resolving conflict. Participants will assess their own effectiveness based on three measures of collaboration. 1-2 hours.

Overboard in the Roaring River

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In 1860 farmers accounted for 60 percent of the American workforce; in 1910, 30.5 percent; by 1994, there were too few to warrant a separate census category. The changes wrought by the decline of family farming and the rise of industrial agribusiness typically have been viewed through historical, economic, and political lenses. But as William Conlogue demonstrates, some of the most vital and incisive debates on the subject have occurred in a site that is perhaps less obvious--literature.

Conlogue refutes the critical tendency to treat farm-centered texts as pastorals, arguing that such an approach overlooks the diverse ways these works explore human relationships to the land. His readings of works by Willa Cather, Ruth Comfort Mitchell, John Steinbeck, Luis Valdez, Ernest Gaines, Jane Smiley, Wendell Berry, and others reveal that, through agricultural narratives, authors have addressed such wide-ranging subjects as the impact of technology on people and land, changing gender roles, environmental destruction, and the exploitation of migrant workers. In short, Conlogue offers fresh perspectives on how writers confront issues whose site is the farm but whose impact reaches every corner of American society.

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In 1987, astronomer Alan Dressler made the electrifying announcement that much of the cosmos is being drawn down toward a massive stellar body comprising thousands of galaxies. In this lucid and intellectually suspenseful book, he tells how he and his colleagues ("the Seven Samurai") discovered this Great Attractor, whose make-up may answer fundamental questions about the origins of the universe. 23 photos.

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Intergalactic Samurai .......2005-05-21

This is the story of the journey of the Seven Samurai. I am glad that Dressler is the one to tell it. Alan knows how to turn a phrase, construct a sentence, and piece together paragraphs that I found myself highlighting, not only for what was said, but how he said it. For all its prosaic goodness, the Great Attractor is a completely alluring topic in the Big Bang revelations.

A great book on the topic of mapping the cosmos........2000-03-01

This is a wonderful book for anyone who is interested in astronomy. It tells the story of seven astronomers who would come to be known as the 7 Samurai for their work in researching the topography of the cosmos. Come to find out, the 7 scientists discovered that the Milky Way (as well as the entire Virgo Supercluster) is being pulled towards a huge black "wall" in space that is over 450 million light years across. That phenomena has come to be known as the Great Attractor. Amazingly, the galaxies (and we, too) are moving towards it at an astonishingly 750 miles per second!

The book is filled with great facts about astronomy & its history (particularly the groundbreaking discoveries of the 20th century such as the Hubble Redshift). I learned a lot about how astronomy "works" and how the people involved in the field come to understand the data that is rendered them by their equipment.

One of the things that Dressler did very well was incorporate the "human element" to the celestial quest for knowledge. He described very nicely the personalities and quirks of the other 6 astronomers & also did a great job of being honest about what happened when things went wrong (often blaming himself for quarrels which broke out). I felt as though I knew all 7 of them personally by the end of the book. This is a nice feature in a science book as in this day & age so many books of the genre come across as cold and indifferent.

This is a great book. Buy it, read it and you just might feel compelled to invest in a telescope! (I did!)

Voyage to the Great Attractor: Exploring Intergalatic Space.......2000-01-17

This is an astonishingly good book. Having spent most of my life ignoring the sky, based on simplistic reasoning of "what's the point?", besides the fact that I found it less than interesting squinching my eyeball into an eyepiece to look at spots of lights, I picked up this book and found that there was much more to Astronomy than met my eye. Having at the same time discovered that CCD (charge coupled device) cameras and compound Schmidt-Cassegrain telescopes could photograph deep space objects instantly at a reasonable cost, and could be displayed and edited on my home computer with ease, I became addicted. Alan Dressler has the knack of explaining the complex in terms that can be understood, and he makes Astronomy come alive, particularly when it comes to deep space and the sheer magnitude of space-time. Photons really did leave that galaxy 10 million years ago and are just now reaching your retina, but what does the galaxy look like now and where is it in the time that has elapsed since those photons took off in your direction? You may find yourself rereading parts of it just to try and understand, but I have never seen many of these concepts better explained, and I have done some considerable amounts of reading since my awakening. I am getting a copy for my Astronomy professor (yes, I am auditing a college course despite the fact that it has been 25 years since I graduated from college)as I think that this book is just as useful for novices as professionals. You will not be disappointed, particularly if you are a novice and considering getting into the field of amateur astronomy (astrophotography in my case) but you have to learn the basics first before you charge out there with your brand spanking new telescope and camera. This is a very non-boring way of getting started and turned on! We really are made of the stuff of old stars! Dr. Dressler...you need to write some more books!

Managing a 7-year, intercontinental project of 7 astronomers.......1999-04-01

The journey was marvelous and the serendipitous discovery of the enormous structure of the universe was dazzling. The Seven Samurai's formal output included the seminal paper by the Lynden-Bell et al. Et al. being the six other authors including Dressler. And what did they discover? Not what they were looking for. They found evidence of the biggest structures in the galaxy. In this case they found a "wall of galaxies" 200,000,000 light years distant that is accelerating the Milky Way and its companions toward it.

For me, the story of how the Seven Samurai who undertook a seven year journey of discovery had a more comfortable human scale. Consider there are a variety of projects. These range from the repair of earthquake-felled overpasses and releases of new versions of software package to - well, to treks of discovery like Lewis and Clark undertook. We follow their footsteps into intergalactic space.

One of the themes of this book is how a woman astronomer assembled a team of Americans, an Argentine, and an Englishman. The achievement was their ability to sustain a collaboration long enough for them to make and understand a discovery that fewer folks could not have accomplished.

Dressler interweaves the history, the scientific background and the process of contemporary science with his own personal story as a loner in a shared enterprise. I only wished that I could have had a time machine and sent him a copy of "Knights of the Tele-Roundtable" by Jacqueline Kostner. If he'd had it Alan and his colleagues might have been able to better prepare for the hardest part of science - the art of how to work together.

A first-hand view of the astronomer's world.......1999-03-03

Alan Dressler excellently illustrates the politics and personalities behind the scenes in the astronomical world, as well as the actual SCIENCE behind his Great Attractor work. The book is an easy read for those of scientific mind, and will not bog down the novice reader. I heartily recommend VOYAGE TO THE GREAT ATTRACTOR to those interested in galactic astronomy.

Voyage to The Great Attractor: Exploring Intergalactic Space

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Voyage to The Great Attractor: Exploring Intergalactic Space
Alan Dressler
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Makes Ninjas Look Bad

An Interesting Overview of the Exotic Arts of the Ninja

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The Mystic Arts of the Ninja
Stephen Hayes
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Ninja . . . that single word conjures up images of mystery and power. The ability to move swiftly and silently, to mesmerize one's victim, to strike infallibly, and then to disappear into the night--this is the legend of the ninja. These nearly sorcerous aspects of the ninja, as well as the exotic weapons they use, are the focus of The Mystic Arts of the Ninja. Its author, Shidoshi Stephen K. Hayes, is the sole American to be granted teaching credentials by the 34th grandmaster of the Togokure School of Ninjutsu in Japan. Going beyond the basic conditioning and training techniques of his best-selling Ninjutsu: The Art of the Invisible Warrior, Hayes explains the most sought after secrets of his ninja training:

Hypnotism: Saiminjutsu, the ninja's hypnotic powers are described and explained. Sample exercises are provided to help develop your hypnotic powers.
Invisibility: Stealth walking and camouflage are discussed. Hayes provides examples of how to move silently across various kinds of terrain and how to blend into your surroundings to become invisible.

Weaponry: The Hanbo cane, the sword, and the infamous shuriken throwing stars are ninja trademarks. Hayes fully describes their use in grappling as well as in attacking.

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judging the book from its cover and reviews here.......2007-09-09

Good and Great!.......2007-05-04

Makes Ninjas Look Bad.......2006-09-05

An Interesting Overview of the Exotic Arts of the Ninja.......2005-11-14

Pretty good.......2005-11-13

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Good Starting Point, I Hope

Possibly the best thing of its kind

A handy and practical guide

Genealogy for neophytes

Genealogy 101: How to Trace Your Family's History and Heritage
Barbara Renick , and National Genealogical Society
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ASIN: 1401600190

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A recent Maritz Poll reported that 60% of Americans are interested in their family history. And with good reason. Through genealogy, you can go back into history to meet people who have had more influence on your life than any others -- your ancestors. And the better you get to know your ancestors, the better you will get to know yourself: the who's and what's and why's of you.

Barbara Renick, a nationally-known lecturer on genealogy, tells the uninitiated researcher the steps needed to find out who their ancestors really were, and brings together for even the more experienced genealogical researchers the important principles and practices. She covers such topics as the importance of staying organized and how to go about it; where and how to look for information in libraries, historical societies, and on the internet; recognizing that just because something is in print doesn't mean it's right; and how to prepare to visit the home where your ancestors lived.

Genealogy 101 is the first book to read when you want to discover who your ancestors were, where they lived, and what they did.

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Good Starting Point, I Hope.......2006-02-21

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Genealogy for neophytes.......2003-05-15

Renick assists readers in developing a research strategy and tutors in the importance of accurate documentation. Get this book!!

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Playing for Keeps (Sweet Dreams Series #104)
Janice Stevens
Manufacturer: Aladdin
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Binding: Mass Market Paperback
ASIN: 0553269801
Release Date: 1986-01-01

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