A sizzling, twisting crime thriller about a deadly business.Smoking kills – but a bullet is quicker…Anti-smoking activist Susan Farrell reluctantly agrees to spy on Big Tobacco. She discovers too late who she can trust – and who she can't.Tobacco boss Tony Burton ends up fighting for his company's existence, and his own life, in this fast-paced crime thriller. Will he win or lose?On a roller coaster ride between London, Birmingham, P...

I call our world Flatland, not because we call it so, but to make its nature clearer to you, my happy readers, who are privileged to live in Space.Imagine a vast sheet of paper on which straight Lines, Triangles, Squares, Pentagons, Hexagons, and other figures, instead of remaining fixed in their places, move freely about, on or in the surface, but without the power of rising above or sinking below it, very much like shadows—only hard and with luminous edges—and you will then have a...

Flatland: A Romance Of Many Dimensions (Illustrated) by Edwin A. Abbot.

The discipline of sociology was born-and has been recurrently reconstituted-in response to the fragmentation of ideas about the social world. For two centuries, sociologists have sought refuge in "synthesis:" programs designed to integrate multiple perspectives within a unifying framework. Yet even as this cause has inspired many of the discipline's major thinkers, past and present, its objective has proven elusive, leaving nearly as many syntheses as synthesizers. This volume considers an...

"Flatland_ A Romance of Many Dimensions", authored by Edwin A. Abbot. This edition delivers a compelling exploration of its central themes and offers readers an immersive and thought-provoking experience. It examines a nuanced exploration of love and human relationships. Readers can expect a clear structure: an engaging opening that establishes stakes, a sequence of scenes or essays that develop central ideas, and a concluding section that synthesizes insights and suggests practical or phi...

I call our world Flatland, not because we call it so, but to make its nature clearer to you, my happy readers, who are privileged to live in Space.Imagine a vast sheet of paper on which straight Lines, Triangles, Squares, Pentagons, Hexagons, and other figures, instead of remaining fixed in their places, move freely about, on or in the surface, but without the power of rising above or sinking below it, very much like shadows—only hard and with luminous edges—and you will then have a...

“Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions,” penned by Edwin A. Abbott, is not merely a science fiction novella but a profound exploration of social hierarchy, perception, and the limitations of human understanding. Published in 1884, this work uses the guise of a two-dimensional world to satirize Victorian society and to introduce readers to the concept of higher dimensions. The story is narrated by a Square, a member of the professional class in Flatland, who embarks on a journey of intelle...

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Romans Who Shaped Rome assembles biographical portraits of the republic and empire's decisive figures, tracing the interplay of ambition, military command, civic virtue, rhetoric, and autocracy. Its range extends from classical historical testimony to lucid nineteenth-century popular scholarship, allowing statesmen, reformers, emperors, and cultural actors to emerge through contrasting narrative registers. Episodes of constitutional crisis and imperial expansion give the volume particular ...

Step into the imaginative world of Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions by Edwin A. Abbott, a satirical novella that explores the limitations and possibilities of dimensionality. First published in 1884, this classic work uses a two-dimensional universe to offer a witty critique of Victorian society and its rigid hierarchies.In Flatland, Abbott introduces readers to a world where geometric shapes represent different social classes and dimensions are confi...

How would a creature limited to two dimensions be able to grasp the possibility of a third? In Flatland, A Square's linear world is invaded by a Sphere bringing the gospel of the third dimension. Part geometry lesson, part social satire, the novel enlarges readers' imaginations beyond the limits of our 'respective dimensional prejudices'. - ;'Upward, yet not Northward.' How would a creature limited to two dimensions be able to grasp the possibility of a third? Edwin A. Abbott's droll and d...

Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions, though written in 1884, is still considered useful in thinking about multiple dimensions. It is also seen as a satirical depiction of Victorian society and its hierarchies. A square, who is a resident of the two-dimensional Flatland, dreams of the one-dimensional Lineland. He attempts to convince the monarch of Lineland of the possibility of another dimension, but the monarch cannot see outside the line. The square is then visited himself by a Sphere...