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International Holidays : 204 Countries from 1994 Through 2015 : With Tabular Appendices of Religious Holidays, 1900-2100 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| This book of lists enables readers to determine where and when particular holidays are celebrated. "Holiday" seems to mean "official holiday;" bank holidays are included, festivals are not. Some arbitrarily selected "soft holidays" are included for convenience, including Mother's Day and Valentine's Day. | |||||||||||||||||||||
Calendar: Humanity's Epic Struggle to Determine a True and Accurate Year | |||||||||||||||||||||
In his latest book, David Ewing Duncan traces the development of our
modern-day calendar and describes how people's experiences are
shaped by their conception of time. Duncan postulates that all this
concern with time started when a Cro-Magnon man decided to mark off
the days of the lunar cycle on an eagle bone.After recounting the slow
evolution of the calendar through the centuries, the author laments on how
time-oriented our society has become.
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Chase's Calendar of Events | |||||||||||||||||||||
This is the directory that Americans have come to rely on for special events, holidays, ethnic
celebrations, anniversaries, birthdays, fairs and festivals, historic events, and traditional and
whimsical observances of all kinds. Extensively indexed by state and by category, entries include
direct-access phone numbers, addresses, attendance figures, and web sites for events such as
National Women's History Month, the Philadelphia Flower Show, and the Hong Kong Food
Festival. Additions to this 41st edition include National Poetry Month and Stand for Children Day.
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Questioning the Millennium: A Rationalist's Guide to a Precisely Arbitrary Countdown | |||||||||||||||||||||
In this slender volume, Stephen Jay Gould addresses three questions about the millennium with his
typical combination of erudition, warmth, and whimsy: As a calendrical event, what is the concept of
a millennium and how has its meaning shifted over time? How did the projection of Christ's
1,000-year reign become a secular measure? And when exactly did the millennium begin--January
1, 2000, or January 2, 2001?
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Astronomy and Empire in the Ancient Andes: The Cultural Origins of Inca Sky Watching | |||||||||||||||||||||
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An important synthesis of data on Inca astronomy, well-written and well researched by two experts
in the field, an archaeologist/historian and an astronomer. Recommended for serious students of
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Calendrical Calculations
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by Nachum Dershowitz, Edward M. Reingold4000, The Fifth Milenium, Six Revolooshunairy Iedeeas
Tim Travis' manifesto is at one and the same time one of the most
comprehensive and sweeping calls for reform to come along the pike in this
century, and one of the most passive. Rather than instigate change by
force, he merely wants to rewire the way we think, reprogram our heads,
in the hope that by thinking more clearly, more logically, we will be more
able to do the Right Thing. | First Thessalonians 5:21, The Resurrection, The Jews, and The Hebrew Calendar
| Do you know: -who are God's "Chosen People?" -was Jesus really "King of the Jews?" -what "An High Day" means? -when Jesus was crucified? Was it Wednesday, Friday, or anotherday? -the differences between the Hebrew, Julian, and Gregorian calendars? Islamic & Christmas Calendars: Ad 622-2222 (Ah1-1650)
Complete information on the Islamic and Christian calendars and how to translate
between them. | Astronomy and the Maya Calendar Correlation
| An Introduction to the Study of the Maya Hieroglyphs
by Sylvanus Griswold Morley, Eric S. Thompson (Introduction) | Paperback, 284 pages The American Ephemeris for the 21st Century 2000-2050 at Midnight and... American Ephemeris for the 20th Century : 1900 to 2000 at Midnight/5th Revised
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