The Emperor's shadow - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Emperor's shadow write by Mrs. Jennie Chamberlain Brown. This book was released on 1971. The Emperor's shadow available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
In the Shadow of the Gods
In the Shadow of the Gods - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook In the Shadow of the Gods write by Dominic Lieven. This book was released on 2022-05-05. In the Shadow of the Gods available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. From the acclaimed Wolfson Prize-winning author, a dazzling history of the world's emperors For millennia much of the world was ruled by emperors: a handful of individuals claimed no limit to the lands they could rule over and no limit to their authority. They operated beyond normal human constraint and indeed often claimed a superhuman or divine authority. In practice they ran the gamut from being some of the most remarkable men who ever lived, to being some of the worst and least remarkable. Dominic Lieven's marvellous new book, In the Shadow of the Gods, is the first to grapple seriously with this extraordinary phenomenon. Across the world peoples, willingly or unwillingly, fell into orbit around figures who reshaped or destroyed entire societies, imposed religions and invaded rivals. Lieven describes the anatomy of imperial monarchy and the principles by which it functioned. He compares the great emperors of antiquity, the caliphs and the warrior-emperors of the steppe before he turns to the Habsburg, Russian, Ottoman, Mughal and Chinese emperors, packing the book with extraordinary stories, astute observations and a sense of both delight and horror at these individuals' antics. The entire breadth of extreme human behaviour is here - from warlords to patrons of the arts, from political genius to feeble incapacity and pathological violence. As one of the great experts both on empires and on Russian history, Lieven is brilliantly qualified to write a book that brings to life a system of rule that dominated most of human history, as well as some of history's grandest and most dismaying figures.
Shadows of the Mind
Shadows of the Mind - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Shadows of the Mind write by Roger Penrose. This book was released on 1994. Shadows of the Mind available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Presents the author's thesis that consciousness, in its manifestation in the human quality of understanding, is doing something that mere computation cannot; and attempts to understand how such non-computational action might arise within scientifically comprehensive physical laws.
Watchers of the Throne: The Regent's Shadow
Watchers of the Throne: The Regent's Shadow - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Watchers of the Throne: The Regent's Shadow write by Chris Wraight. This book was released on 2020-09-01. Watchers of the Throne: The Regent's Shadow available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The much anticipated second story in the Watchers of the Throne Series. As Guilliman, Regent of Terra, heads off to lead the Indomitus Crusade, he leaves behind a world still in turmoil, beset by cult activity. Stripped of its huge armies for the galactic offensive, recovery is precarious. The Custodians do what they can while keeping the Palace secure, and the Sisters of Silence rebuild their citadel on Luna. When the warship Phalanx returns, it seems that stability will at last be assured. However, as reconquest forces push out further into the slums, they come across signs that another mysterious foe is active. The truth dawns – not every enemy is corrupted by Chaos, for there are many on Terra who do not share Guilliman’s vision of a new order and the prospect of a Terran civil war looms...
The Emperor's New Mind
The Emperor's New Mind - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Emperor's New Mind write by Roger Penrose. This book was released on 1999-03-04. The Emperor's New Mind available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Winner of the Wolf Prize for his contribution to our understanding of the universe, Penrose takes on the question of whether artificial intelligence will ever approach the intricacy of the human mind. 144 illustrations.
