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.

Collaborative Latin American Popular Theatre: From Theory to Form, from Text to Stage (American University Studies Series II, Romance Languages and Literature)

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Collaborative Latin American Popular Theatre: From Theory to Form, from Text to Stage (American University Studies Series II, Romance Languages and Literature)
Elena De Costa
Manufacturer: Peter Lang Publishing
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Currer Lyle: A History of My Life; Or, the Stage in Romance, and the Stage in Reality

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Currer Lyle: A History of My Life; Or, the Stage in Romance, and the Stage in Reality
Louise Reeder
Manufacturer: T. B. Peterson
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A second edition of this semi-autobiographical novel about the romance and the reality of life on the stage, by a participant

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Love at a Distance
A modern form of elegy
An original and profound love story

An Encyclopedia of Love: A Memoir

Manufacturer: Picador
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ASIN: 031219871X

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In encyclopedia form, the utterly original, captivating story of two people in loveA memoir like no other: in encyclopedic entries, a love affair comes to life, with details that range from "Abilities: Baking" to "Passions: Keaton, B" to "Transport: Bicycle." In alphabetical rather than chronological order, we see the joy of two people meeting in middle age and falling quickly, deeply in love, only to learn within two years that the man has an incurable, fatal disease. He was a British artist, she is an American playwright, but we never learn more of their specifics, or even their names; instead we witness the details, large and small, that make up a life and a romance, from a first date to food preferences to gardening to jokes. With a subtly funny, warm, and lively touch, the author pulls off an improbably delightful and engaging feat to draw an unforgettable and universal portrait of enduring love.

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Love at a Distance.......2000-05-12

The love story at the core of this novel is gleaned only with readerly patience and a certain tolerance for the "editorial" (the editor is in fact the author of the whole thing) gimmick of "entries." If emotions are chaotic, the shape of this work is not. The fussy details are often wonderful, as is the story. But the stubborn structure of this book - the "Encyclopedia" form - serves to distance the subject and her object in much the same way that it distances the reader from the author, who in fact has a lot to say that is important. The story is pure tragedy. Well worth reading, and disturbing on several levels.

A modern form of elegy.......1999-05-27

" I was first struck by the discrepancy between the book cover and the text, which might account for the disappointment expressed in this, the only review available on Amazon.com. Don't expect to learn all you had never dared to ask about love, in spite of the promising title of the Encyclopedia. You will find the same hiatus between Encyclopedia and Love as between the cover and the text. This discrepancy is further enhanced by the nameless characters, referred to only as "he" and "she". This anonymity serves as a frame, enclosing the short-lived, illuminated moments of a couple who have discovered true love. The various items arranged in alphabetical order give just enough of the story, which seems to be revealed in installments, so that the revelation is cut short before it becomes too emotional. But they also act as prolepses, making us want to know more and also enhancing the fragility of all the details of life, as we become aware of their impending loss. " Divine goodness covers his treasures with a drench of hail. " (V.Woolf) This consciousness lends meaning to the list of items about daily life such as recipes or descriptions of plants in the garden. However, the greatest achievement of the book is to have recreated as through the pieces of a puzzle, the presence of the man "she" mourns : an artist, a lovely, sensitive, humorous and kind person, who seems to have emerged through her love and is now given a second life, as close as possible to immortality, through the writing of this book. The Encyclopedia form is not new, it has been used in French Literature, for example by Flaubert, but as far as I know, not in American literature. The narrator has found an original way of using the dictionary form for what might have been another novel. I would call it a modern form of elegy.

An original and profound love story.......1999-05-23

I can't recommend An Encylopedia of Love too strongly. It is a highly unusual memoir, not so much the story itself - although that is remarkable enough - but more in the way it is told. It is about two middle-aged people, an American writer living in Britain and a British artist, who meet, fall in love and set up home together, only for disaster to strike when the man is diagnosed with cancer. The writing is so superb that even if the story were told in a straightforward linear fashion it would be absorbing and deeply moving, but Ms Scheil has done something quite different and much more original, challenging and profound both with her story and with her gifts as a writer. The lovers' story, its whole arc from their first meeting to the man's premature death, is broken up into all its details and recounted in alphabetized, indexed and cross-referenced encylopedia form, with about 450 entries, covering everything from their diets and attitude to money to their sexual life, all discussed with admirable frankness, humour and lack of sentimentality. The result is a remarkably detailed and comprehensive portrait of two intertwined lives.

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The Politics of Farce in Contemporary Spanish American Theatre is the first book-length study of the role of farce in Spanish American theatre. Spanish American playwrights have realized that farce's "lack of power" and marginality can become a resourceful way to confront aggression and censorship, while rejecting the possibility of eventually becoming part of the oppressive center. This book underscores the tendency of Spanish American farce for self-parody, its capacity to uncover and also carry out a profound critique of their nations' artistic, social, and political rituals. To use and transgress farce simultaneously, as a considerable number of Spanish American playwrights are doing, is to recognize the reality and power, as well as the limits, of laughter.

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The Romance of the American Theatre
Mary Caroline Crawford
Manufacturer: Little Brown & Company
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Binding: Hardcover
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