History: Fiction or Science? (Chronology, No. 1)
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History: Fiction or Science? (Chronology, No. 1)
Anatoly Fomenko
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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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3 out of 5 stars 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.

5 out of 5 stars 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.

5 out of 5 stars 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.

5 out of 5 stars 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.

4 out of 5 stars 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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5 out of 5 stars Excellent letters give intimate look at Federal-period woman.......1999-07-09

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Her letters were discovered in the 1970s, when her family's centuries-old manuscript collection was cataloged. Rosalie's voice, buried for almost two centuries, is heard again.

5 out of 5 stars Story of an extraordinary woman in early 19th century U.S........1998-08-23

This book is the letters of Rosalie Stier Calvert, mistress of a manor house in Maryland in the early 19th century. She was an emigre from Antwerp who eventually came to feel herself American. She married into one of the first families in Maryland. In addition to running her household and bearing 9 children, she handled her father's and brother's not inconsiderable investments. In her letters home, Rosalie made interesting observations on the politics and social scene of the day, as well as telling her family about her day-to-day life. Rosalie almost comes alive in the pages of this book.
The Laws of Evening
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The Laws of Evening
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In this dazzling debut collection, Mary Yukari Waters, a remarkably gifted, award-winning Japanese-American writer, opens a window onto a foreign culture as she reveals the universal humanity of her characters. These uncommonly elegant and assured stories explore Japanese society caught between the long shadow of World War II and the rapid advance of Westernization. The women and children who inhabit these crystalline tales have lost husbands and fathers in the war and now face a world dramatically altered by Western influence.

In "Aftermath," a mother watches her son play American dodgeball and eat Western food as she desperately tries to keep alive the memory of his father, who was killed in the war. "Since My House Burned Down" depicts a Japanese widow, permanently displaced from her kitchen by her daughter-in-law, reflecting on the deprivations of wartime as the acidic, foreign smell of tomato sauce wafts upstairs. In "Egg-Face," latent hope kindles for thirty-year-old, jobless Ritsuko when a matchmaker arranges for her to meet a handsome young man. And "The Way Love Works"explores favoritism in three generations of women when a Japanese American teenager returns to Japan with her mother.

These finely etched portraits of upheaval and renewal, estrangement and reconciliation, provide keen insight into the Japanese experience and sensibility. A virtuoso collection infused with a warmth that invites readers to feel at home in a world that might otherwise seem alien, The Laws of Evening will undoubtedly place Mary Yukari Waters in the company of our most revered writers.

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"In this dazzling debut collection, Mary Yukari Waters, a remarkably gifted, award-winning Japanese-American writer, opens a window onto a foreign culture as she reveals the universal humanity of her characters. These uncommonly elegant and assured stories explore Japanese society caught between the long shadow of World War II and the rapid advance of Westernization. The women and children who inhabit these crystalline tales have lost husbands and fathers in the war and now face a world dramatically altered by Western influence. In ""Aftermath,"" a mother watches her son play American dodgeball and eat Western food as she desperately tries to keep alive the memory of his father, who was killed in the war. ""Since My House Burned Down"" depicts a Japanese widow, permanently displaced from her kitchen by her daughter-in-law, reflecting on the deprivations of wartime as the acidic, foreign smell of tomato sauce wafts upstairs. In ""Egg-Face,"" latent hope kindles for thirty-year-old, jobless Ritsuko when a matchmaker arranges for her to meet a handsome young man. And ""The Way Love Works""explores favoritism in three generations of women when a Japanese American teenager returns to Japan with her mother. These finely etched portraits of upheaval and renewal, estrangement and reconciliation, provide keen insight into the Japanese experience and sensibility. A virtuoso collection infused with a warmth that invites readers to feel at home in a world that might otherwise seem alien, The Laws of Evening will undoubtedly place Mary Yukari Waters in the company of our most revered writers. "

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5 out of 5 stars About time and relationships........2006-10-20

The short stories deal with the vague passing of time and how things change. Set in Japan after World War Two the stories seem to be trapped between the trappings of the past and the changing landscape of the coming future. It focuses on the changing relationships between mother and children, between people and places, and between their minds and their own bodies.

4 out of 5 stars Beautiful Language.......2006-03-01

I enjoyed the stories in this book and loved learning about the Japanese-American experience. I especially loved "The Way Love Works."

5 out of 5 stars Breathtaking.......2005-09-29

This collection of short stories is poignant, delicate, breathtaking. I can never come up with exactly the right words to describe it, but the stories make my heart ache, they are so tremblingly, delicately beautiful.

5 out of 5 stars Startlingly memorable .......2005-02-12

The Laws of Evening is a memorable collection of poignant and moving stories. Set in Japan, they provide a compelling perspective on the experiences of different generations during World War II and its aftermath. Viewed through the eyes of grandparents, parents and children, the author explores themes of loss and separation, not only between generations, but also between those who fared differently in the war.

Out of a typically edgy landscape, rife with divisions and disconnections, both big and small, the author conjures recurring instances of the painful, hesitant acknowledgment of a changed reality ("The Laws of Evening are not the Laws of Afternoon"). From this acceptance ensues a transformation of the present and a renewed, broader connection to life.

My personal favorites in the collection are Seed, Shibusa and Rationing, each of which is associated with astonishing images of pain and growth that have a heart-breaking intensity to them.

The writing is careful, poised and conveys with precision the nuances of feeling of the protagonists. The author skillfully creates a backdrop to the stories that is cool and restrained (sometimes to the point of eerieness) prior to the reader being swept into the visceral resonance of experience that is profound and deeply moving. This, in my opinion, is writing at its best.

5 out of 5 stars Short Stories as Engaging as Novels.......2004-07-06

Other reviewers understandably and accurately comment on the way the author informs the reader on cultural and historical issues, but I believe this most remarkable masterpiece works because of the depth of its sensitivity to private human experience and its rare literary style. Not a word should be added, not a word removed.
Most of the stories speak of women who have confronted loss, but this is in no way a "woman's book." I have purchased a half dozen copies to share with friends here and overseas, and several of those have subsequently purchased more copies to send to their friends. All have loved it, both men and women. My only complaint about the work is that it ended too soon.
(While I myself generally prefer novels, in contrast to another reviewer I am not certain this author should be encouraged to write novels: she has developed too well the capacity to carve small fine gems.)
You will be glad to have read this rarely engaging and uncommonly touching short book.
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          But the education does not end after the first year.

          Law school is a three-year course of study, and the first year often bears little resemblance to the final two. Facing two more years of grueling class work, mounting student loans, increasing pressure to stand out from the crowd, and the never-ending search for the perfect job, upper-class students come to realize that surviving the fall into the deep end is no guarantee they will learn to swim.

          Letters from Law School is about the second year of law school, after the cold shock of the plunge. This book describes the struggle to come up for air.

          Customer Reviews:

          4 out of 5 stars Accurate depiction of second year.......2005-07-24

          This book is different from a great deal of the law novels out there, in that it explores the often overlooked second year of law school. Dieker very accurately shows the reader the pitfalls of the second year law student, which includes trying to find a summer internship at a firm that might hire the student permanently after the student gets a JD.

          There is a reason this book was not published by a major publishing company. Dieker has not yet mastered dialogue, and the book is dragged down by the details in a few spots. In addition, it's hard to feel for the protagonist, after he seems to half-ass everything. I really can't feel empathy for someone who is so high strung that every single reading assignment or family obligation sends him into a panic. It's called dealing with life, and Dieker needs to start doing so.

          If Dieker had gotten an editor for this book, it would have helped the readability enormously. I would recommend this book to people thinking about going to law school, but it probably is not compelling enough for the general public.

          2 out of 5 stars Uninteresting and marginally helpful.......2003-11-20

          It apppears that the primary purpose of this book is to warn prospective law students of the unlikelyhood of getting a summer internship. While a valuable lesson, it is the only one contained in the book. Nothing can be gained from this book except a reminder to take school seriously. For individuals trying to determine whether to go to law school, I recommend looking elsewhere.

          4 out of 5 stars Recommended.......2003-09-28

          As a 3L, I recently read this book to see how similar it was to my 2L experience. I would recommend that anyone thinking of starting law school - particularly if you are thinking of going to a law school that is not ranked in the top 20 or so - to read this book. The writing is crisp and clear and does capture the misery of the juggling 2L year, including the job search, journal experience, and trying to keep up with classes. It also drives home the point that not everyone will make law review, get A's, get a job through OCI, etc. My one complaint about the book is that by the end, I couldn't sympathize with author anymore. Although he certainly is subject to more misery than is deserved, he also brings a lot upon himself and refuses to admit it. He begins the book by going through an interview with a firm where he didn't bother to ensure the firm practiced in the area that he was going to mention an interest in, he admits to having a "don't care" attitude towards the firm he was at the previous summer, he can't keep his class schedule straight, he doesn't put forth the required effort for the law review/journal competition, he forgets to go to an interview, and he is actually dumb enough to include a sexual reference in a thank you letter to an attorney. When I read the last part, I seriously questioned his professional judgment and whether he had bothered to read any legal job search materials or talk to Career Services at all. He also insists on viewing his school as "one of the more outstanding law schools in the country" when in fact, the name of his law school doesn't help in a job search anywhere but Louisiana. That is one of the reasons I suggested that anyone who is planning on attending a law school ranked out of the top 15-20 read this book, because the fact of the matter is that firms don't view your school as outstanding unless it is somewhere in that ranking (and even then, many firms only view the top 7-8 schools as being truly outstanding). This greatly affects your job search.

          If nothing else, read this book in order to avoid the same mistakes the author makes.

          5 out of 5 stars For the rest of us.......2003-04-02

          I have not yet attended law school and therefore cannot judge the accuracy of this book from experience, but from what I do know now it appears to be close to, if not an exact description of life as a law student. I liked this book because this fall I will not be attending Harvard, like the well-known authors of "One L," and "Broken Contract." This book is written for the rest of us outside of the top five school elite. Although it's a work of fiction, the book does not read like it. Easily understandable and interesting, this book should be read by everyone contemplating law school. Maybe I'll even try to publish my memoirs in a few years, after I complete law school. If I survive, that is.

          4 out of 5 stars Painfully Accurate.......2003-03-03

          This fictionalized autobiography in diary form is absolutely spot-on about the trials and tribulations of the second year of law school.

          Once one learns to "think like a lawyer," a trite but real occurence sometime in one's first year, then what? Dieker is a poor man's Scott Turow as he drily depicts his struggles to write his way onto a journal, keep abreast of a torrent of reading matter, and, most important, get a summer job which will lead to a real job. One of the best uses of black humor in the book is the rejection letters regularly quoted in the text, each one more unctuous than the last.

          The book summoned up the angst of law school for me so effectively that I had a hard time finishing it. That speaks well for the power of the author's writing. Mercifully, he includes an epilogue to assure us that this was long ago and far away and that things turned out all right for him in the end. That's good. By the end of the book, I found I really cared for the protagonist.
          The Life And Letters of Francis Lieber
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            The Life And Letters of Francis Lieber

            Manufacturer: Lawbook Exchange
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            Binding: Hardcover

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            ASIN: 158477682X

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            [Lieber, Francis]. Perry, Thomas Sergeant, Editor. The Life and Letters of Francis Lieber. Boston: James R. Osgood and Company, 1882. iv, 439 pp. Reprinted 2006 by the Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. ISBN-13: 978-158477-682-6. ISBN-10: 1-58477-682-X. Cloth. $125.

            * Written with the participation of Lieber's wife, this biography is a compilation of excerpts from Lieber's letters and journals with connecting biographical sections by Perry. Though it was superseded by Frank Freidel's Francis Lieber, Nineteenth-Century Liberal, which is available as a Lawbook Exchange reprint, Perry's study retains certain advantages. In addition to its input from Lieber's widow the book reprints excerpts from Lieber's journals and letters that are not available elsewhere.

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