Bones of the earth, spirit of the land : the sculpture of John Van Alstine / by Van Alstine, John, 1952-

The last samurai : the life and battles of Saigo Takamori / by Ravina, Mark, 1961-

Table of Contents: “…"Powerfully sentimental", Saigo's early years in Satsuma -- "A man of exceptional fidelity", Saigo and national politics -- "Bones in the earth", exile and ignominy -- "To shoulder the burdens of the realm", the destruction of the Shogunate -- "To tear asunder the clouds", Saigo and the Meiji State -- "The burden of death is light", the war of the southwest.…”

The landscape of words : stone inscriptions from early and medieval China / by Harrist, Robert E.

Table of Contents: “…Chronology of Chinese Dynasties -- Introduction : Writing on the Bones of the Earth -- Public Works and Public Writing at the Stone Gate -- Roaming with Immortals on Cloud Peak Mountain -- The Virtual Stele on Mount Tie and the Merits of Scale -- Imperial Writing and the Ascent of Mount Tai -- Postscript.…”

The last samurai : the life and battles of Saigo̿ Takamori / by Ravina, Mark, 1961-

Table of Contents: “…"Powerfully sentimental", Saigo's early years in Satsuma -- "A man of exceptional fidelity", Saigo and national politics -- "Bones in the earth", exile and ignominy -- "To shoulder the burdens of the realm", the destruction of the Shogunate -- "To tear asunder the clouds", Saigo and the Meiji State -- "The burden of death is light", the war of the southwest.…”
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Zwicky the outcast genius who unmasked the universe by Johnson, John, 1947-

Table of Contents: “…Noted young men of science -- Glarus thrust -- On the trail of Zwicky's ghost: the bones of the earth -- The bigger and better elephant -- Quantum steak and matrix salad -- The expanding universe and tired light -- On the trail of Zwicky's ghost: the skeleton of the universe -- New alliances, new physics -- Tilting at windmills -- Rocket man -- Home fires -- Secret missions, finding Von Braun -- The march into space -- Bridges in space -- Domestic life -- On the trail of Zwicky's ghost: dark matter rattles its chains -- McCarthy and Sputnik -- Blue stars and quasars -- Banishment: even the old lion must roar -- Young America going to pot -- Magnificent desolation -- On the trail of Zwicky's ghost: mystery unsolved -- A scientific individual…”
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