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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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John Hercules Po's kindergarten class is made up of 19 girls . . . and him. His older brother warns him not to let all those girls turn him into a sissy, but as John Hercules Po discovers, he needn't worry. As he and the girls let their imaginations run wild during recess, they end up digging all the way to The Great Wall of China, floating on the Amazon river, singing to the Man on the Moon, and racing a car 600 miles per hour.
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19 girls and me.......2007-06-08
This book was read to elementary students grades k-6, every one of the students loved this book and requested it be read again the very next week. We discussed the pictures (first gray and then color when playing and at the end), the connections with siblings and finally friendships. I highly recommend this book.
A Delightful Story About Friendship.......2007-01-01
19 Girls and Me is a story of a kindergartener named John Hercules Po who finds himself in a class of nineteen girls. He is the only boy. His brother worries that he will become "sissified" from playing with all of those girls. In the end, everybody realizes that playing together can be a lot of fun.
19 Girls and Me is a delightful story that shows kids that it is okay for girls and boys to play together. Girls won't become tomboys just because they are playing with boys, and boys won't become sissies just because they are playing with girls. Everyone can get along and have a good time.
My five-year-old daughter likes this story. She also enjoys looking at all of the details in Steven Salerno's playful illustrations.
19 Girls and Me + Me + My Daughter = FUN!.......2006-12-19
I love this book for a number of reasons, not the least of which is that my daughter, in first grade, totally digs the story of John Hercules Po and his adventures with his 19 friends in Mrs. Ray's Kindergarten--19 friends who just happen to be GIRLS! The repetition is fun, and the imaginative adventures that the kids think up delight both of us! I've already taken the book to school twice and read it in a few different classes, and the kids eyes are big--and their smiles are bigger--as I regale them with the developing friendship between John Hercules Po and his 19 new friends! The book imparts an excellent message without clobbering the reader over the head with it--nicely done! Salerno's illustrations add to the fun!
excellent picture book.......2006-10-31
19 Girls and Me is a story for both girls and boys. Kids will enjoy reading about the wonderful adventures John Hercules Po and his new friends have at recess each day. In addition to a great story, there are glimpses into places around the world that may teach kids a thing or two. This is a book that kids will enjoy again and again.
Clever story - wonderful illustrations.......2006-09-30
John Hercules Po - can his name get any better? John Hercules has a great imagination and takes his all-female classmates on wonderful adventures during recess. But playing with girls can elicit name-calling from brothers. This is a very enjoyable ride of a picture book with a satisfying ending and illustrations that lushly depict the imaginary world while the real world of school remains dull and drab. Great for entering kindergarteners, early grades and a definite read over and over book!
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Today's market watchers have increasingly come to rely on the opinions of brokerage firm analysts. But in this startling and revealing new book, Benjamin Cole explains why relying too heavily on what they say often isn't the best course of action. He demonstrates the economics of the brokerage business and shows why and how securities analysts frequently put the interests of the firm ahead of the interests of regular investors.
Many seasoned investors are already leery of the impersonal giants of the Wall Street brokerage business; they're looking for unbiased guidance and trustworthy sources of information for investment decisions. This book gives the reader solid guidance on separating reliable information from salesmanship. Cole offers a riveting, eye-opening view of the workings of Wall Street, challenges the supposed objectivity of analysts, and concludes by providing balanced, objective information sources the investor can turn to with confidence. To illustrate his points, the author traces the motivation and histories of specific analysts who have harmed or helped investors, with significant moves in the market following key pronouncements.
Carefully researched, documented, and constructed, this book is a fascinating expose of compromise and the unwritten agendas just below the surface of brokerage and underwriting businesses.
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Wall Street Hype Artists.......2002-04-26
An excellent book that demonstrates that Wall Street's much touted analysts are basically PR guys for the folks brokerage firms really care about--investment banking clients. Written before th NY attorney general's investigation, the book nonetheless exposes the same corruption that is now making headlines. Before you buy a stock because some analyst recommends it, you really should read this book.
Sell-Side Analysts Chase the Quick Investment-Banking Buck.......2001-10-18
Let the investor beware of sell-side analyst recommendations!
This book is a little late in arriving. Ten years ago few reporters and almost no individual investors understood that brokerage firm analysts got a lot of their income for bringing in investment banking business (IPOs, mergers, debt financings, and fair value opinions). Then Wall Street Journal reporter, John Dorfman, broke the story. In the old days, sell-side analysts were supposed to be ignorant of what was going on with investment bankers (the so-called Chinese wall) so that the analysts could write objective reports without being compromised by inside information. That Chinese wall doesn't really exist any more.
More than ten years ago, few institutional portfolio managers and buy-side analysts paid much attention to what sell-side analysts have to say. They pay even less attention now.
As the book points out, a sell-side analyst "is just a banker who writes reports." Those reports usually just regurgitate the latest line from the company.
Mr. Cole embroiders the consequences of this long-past fundamental shift with a history of how investment banking fees came to dominate the securities business relative to trading commissions, scam artists posing in different roles, underwritings of lousy companies that later failed, the nasty tricks of short sellers, and how institutional investors can make a few bucks from flipping IPOs.
Although all of the material is accurate, the book's other problem is that it views what is going on from the outside in, rather than the inside out. A lot of the mistakes that happen occur because everyone relies on the companies to explain what earnings will be (thanks to Regulation FD), analyst coverage is very thin, and many analysts are extremely inexperienced. These "analysts" will become even more investment banker-like in the future. What temporarily resuscitated the role of the sell-side analyst as stock picker was the arrival of the on-line individual trader during the Roaring 90s. A long bear market will continue to undermine any economic role for sell-side analysts other than as advisers to company executives. Most CEOs still think that sell-side analysts are important (mostly because of the short-term momentum reports can temporarily create) and court them. Mr. Cole failed to pick up on this point. That's the reason why Jack Grubman at Solomon Smith Barney made $25 million in one year. Was he worth it? You decide.
I was pleased to see that the book included several studies that showed the weaknesses of both the estimates and recommendations of sell-side analysts.
Will the financial media continue to flock to sell-side analysts? Darn right they will. Everyone else in the industry has real work to do, and there's lots of air time to fill up.
Where else is advice not very helpful? How much do you rely on used car sales people? Vinyl siding sales people? Fortune tellers?
Look straight at the facts . . . and take the right action. Be sure to read John Bogle's book, Common Sense on Mutual Funds, if you want to beat almost all other stock investors.
Must Read for Investors.......2001-08-08
Benjamin Mark Cole is an outstanding prize-winning investigative business reporter and it's a pleasure to read his first book. Although sophisticated investors do know about stock analysts' conflict of interests, most business media quote analysts without mentioning their conflicts, so I think many people still may not know about this problem. Everyday on CNBC you hear, XYZ Company's stock went up because so and so analyst upgraded a stock. The timing of this book is great because many investors were snookered by analysts rosy outlooks, even as stocks came tumbling down in the past year and a half. This book sets the record straight.
Okay--But Not Good Enough.......2001-07-19
This book gives an average overview of the conflicts of interest that take place on Wall Street. Much better volumes include Robbing You Blind and Tricks of the Trade by Mark Dempsey. There should be more detail and examples, but sadly there are not!
I rate this book a strong "buy".......2001-07-10
"The Pied Pipers of Wall Street" is a blockbuster of a book. Benjamin Cole has produced a searing indictment of an industry whose inherent conflicts have turned it into a deathtrap for unsuspecting investors. Though a tidy 219 pages, this is a thoroughly researched book and is full of stinging and poignant anecdotes about two-timing stock analysts and debunking short sellers. Cole also offers up a crash history lesson on the stock brokerage and investment banking businesses that gives readers a solid appreciation of how those practices evolved and why they became so conflicted.
Besides his sure-handed command of the subject matter, the author lends additional credibility to his book by steering clear of hyperbole and hyperventilation, instead letting his research and shocking case studies raise the decibel level. The book also offers sources of honest stock research and analysis that investors can trust, then concludes by outlining several regulatory strategies being contemplated by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to remedy the problem.
All in all, "The Pied Pipers of Wall Street" is a great work of public service by a journalist who has held the stock houses up to the public humiliation they richly deserve while throwing a life raft to investors.
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One of the best series I have ever read........2007-03-30
Anyone that likes science fiction and intrigue will not be able to put this series down. I have read the entire series at least four times and look forward to when I have time to read it again. I am one of the few fortunate people out there that own the entire series and I agree with the other readers, I would not sell this set.
A sure-fire Golden Quill winner for Outstanding Storytelling.......1999-11-03
There are only a few series-stories out there in existence that excells from the very first book to the last, the first chapter to the last, the very first page to the very last. George Lucas's infamous Star Wars series, the entirety of JMS's Babylon 5 series...and the Gandalara Cycle. To find a single one of this seven-book, out-of-print series is a treasure; to find an entire set is incomprehensible, because virtually all I have heard who had read it refuse, outright, to part with their copies. 'The River Wall', the conclusion to the series, not only brings to a climactic close the ongoing storyline and the plot-twist revelation, it delves into the very nature of sentient existence with the ease of a boat being pushed onto the water; Ms. Heydron carries the reader to the conclusion that we are more than just tool-using, verbose descendants of apes. That our nature is not defined by our DNA, or our physical shape, but that it's how we think, and what we do, that defines us as worthwhile beings. We are Human, and we are Gandalaran, too. Ms. Heydron and the late Mr. Garrett have written a series sentient beings can be proud to read.
Not as good as Cycle 1 but a must read..........1999-03-13
... if only to know how things turned out (I've read Cycle 1 and "Return to Eddarta"). There have been absolutely no clues in the earlier books (at least to someone as ignorant in geography as moi) but although I relegated the connection between our world and Gandalara as only incidental it shows up again in a surprising way in this final book.
Rikardon and Tanari's relationship have become less interesting now that they're on each other's side but the development of their characters doesn't stop and things are always happening from the first book to this seventh.
I hope I can find the whole cycle 2 trilogy to complete my collection.
An exceptional ending to a great series.......1998-08-02
With the unfortunate and untimely death of Randall Garrett, Vicki Ann Heydron writes an outstanding end to the Gandalara Cycle. Vicki, Randall's wife, creates a wonderful conclusion using their collective notes from their years of work on the series.
All of the questions from the first books are answered with a surprising twist of enlightenment. This book is written exceptionately well and is very entertaining. One could read it as an individual work and still be very well entertained. However, it is suggested the reader purchase the entire set of books that makes up the Gandalara Cycle to fully enjoy the whole storyline.
I only wish there were more copies available for public purchase. You'll find the availability of the series to be rare with good reason. Those who do own the entire Gandalara Cycle will not easily give up their copies! If there is a good resource for finding it, Amazon.com is it.
Good luck and happy reading!
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Earthen Walls, Iron Men.......2007-09-03
Much too often, so called historians/authors take the lazy way out of writing, particularly as it applies to the War for Southern Independence. They frequently cite the writings of other so called historians/authors for validation of their facts. The problem with this is that many of the other writings they cite are based on incorrect information or out right lies. The result is that incorrect history becomes accepted fact. Mayeux refreshingly starts from scratch in his book on Fort DeRussy. He does fresh leg work, getting to the real facts of what occurred there and the surrounding events as accounted for by both sides in the conflict. As a result, he uncovers many inaccuracies in other histories pertaining to the events surrounding the fort, and he clearly documents why these previous writings are incorrect. If one is interested in learning the no nonsense facts about Fort DeRussy and this period in our history, this book is highly recommended. It is lively and entertaining reading.
DeRussy - Gibralter it wasn't.......2007-08-31
There's a lot to like in Mayeux's book. His involvement with a preservation and restoration effort for DeRussy puts him in a unique position to get feedback from sources most historians might miss. The good things start with the cover - a blow-up drawing with artistic merit that appears to have been executed by someone who was actually present during the May, 1863 clash between the fort, two Confederate cotton-clads and a Union navy gunboat squadron. Prior to this useful depiction I'd never picked up on why the Fort's guns had been positioned relative to the first Red River raft. To attempt to run past the fort (a favorite Union tactic on the rivers), an attacking vessel was required to move upstream against the current, make a sharp turn to starboard, face a "raft" obstruction, after breaking through the raft, advance down a straight waterway toward the fort under fire for the whole process. All things being equal - DeRussy should have held them. Read the book to see why it didn't. From Board postings on the internet, it is clear that Mayeux has a wide knowledge of events along Red River during "the late unpleasantness". He shows admirable restraint by confining himself to his primary topic. The appendices are useful in terms of identifying individuals on both sides of the conflict serving in the DeRussy area. Amazingly, he includes a list of contracted slaves working on the fort and river obstructions that died. As such it is a unique tribute to a small portion of the vast number of Negro workmen who labored to execute the designs of the Confederate Army Engineer Department. I suspect that there will eventually be an update to this book. When it appears, I think it might be useful to add 2 or 3 pages on the kinds of ordnance used at the fort in its various incarnations and the tactical implications. Good job. Well worth the price.
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What’s in a (street) name? In London, plenty. This, and
Nairn’s London, are the first two volumes in A Common Reader’s new
London Library series for serious lovers of London. With an new Introduction by Thomas Meagher.
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Legend of Li River
Jeanne M. Lee
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