Kirjahaku

Our planet is dying and this is no mere rendezvous with a date on a Mayan calendar in 2012. It's the mass termination of life on planet Earth. Nature is under a scientific directive. It is irreversible. It is the extinction protocol. In 2010, the planet was ravaged by the worst flooding seen in 1000 years. Profound earth-changes have already devastated the planet and even more catastrophic change is yet to come. We are entering a period of extreme volcanism. Chaiten (Chile) erupted after being dormant for 9500 years, Eyjafjallajokull (Iceland) erupted after 187 years, and Sinabung volcano (Indonesia) erupted after 400 years. Earth's magnetic field is faltering as we approach the solar maximum (2012-2013). Earthquakes are intensifying and the planet's climate is becoming increasingly inhospitable and will be soon pushed to the brink of collapse. Civilization is poised on the precipice of the most stupendous crisis in Earth's history and we are running out of time to save what remains left of the human race.

When the language was young and full of wonder, it crafted illustrious tales of beauty about once unimaginable immortal loves that unexpectedly lost their ardor across the battlefield of time, human frailties, and broken hopes. A thousand loves were born in the bosom of every legend and a thousand more died under bated breath in the feeble arms of aging myths. Like the mercurial forces of nature and man's own mortality, every auspicious thought of human imagination was subjected to the same cycle of love, beauty, decay, ruin and death. And from this spinning wheel of creation, bliss, and chaos, emotions and words were delicately weaved into poetry.

If the Age of Reason was the masculine Yang, then it can be said Romanticism, invariably, was its creative feminine counterpoint, the Yin. Plato's argumentative philosophical essays in The Republic on the dynamism and contrast between sense (the head) and sensibility (the heart) was Kant's discourse on phenomenon and its antipode, noumenon. Mathematics is abstract form but it is not beauty. A rose is beauty but it is not abstract form. The language of mathematics in scientific realism became a central component of the Age of Reason. In contrast, the language of the rose expressing abstract sentiment became a central component of Romanticism. Blake's tyger is seen as raging and burning bright while Poe's dreams come quietly in the dark of night. Both poets used Romantic language and allegories to convey different aspects of reason, sentiment, and intuition. The poet could not live his experience with his audience symbiotically but they could share in his experience empathically through his gift of words.

Early in the solar system's history, a series of violent apocalyptic explosions occurred in interplanetary space that have never been fully documented or explained by science. Phaeton, the giant planet between Jupiter and Mars exploded. Moons were crushed and planets were overturned in the celestial upheaval. The amount of energy released in the series of mysterious blasts was equal to the power of 10 Earth Suns. There is no force known to modern science that could account for the widespread devastation scattered over a region of space encompassing some 7.4 billion kilometers yet the tantalizing clues about the possible causes for the event are there and have been uncovered by our astrophysical investigation. In the ruins on far-flung moons, on distant scarred planets, and on Earth, we found evidence and prophetic warnings that this 'unthinkable' cosmic event will happen again.

"Major disasters like the Japanese earthquake, the Joplin tornadoes, and Sandy are likely to become more frequent, and global governments must prepare for an uncertain future," said the 2011 report issued by the International Development Ministry in Britain. Scientists, in the report, said recent natural disasters are "the beginnings of a new kind of future in which mega-disasters are going to be more frequent. The scale, frequency and severity of rapid onset humanitarian disasters will continue to grow in the coming years, and at an accelerating pace." What would you do if you were faced with the imminent threat of a mega-earthquake or tsunami, the threat of a thermo-nuclear war, a nuclear plant melt-down, a volcanic eruption, a chemical or biological terror attack or a global pandemic? How do you protect yourself and your family from the ever-increasing set of calamitous hazards facing our modern world? What are the planet's low risk zones and where do you find them?

Our world is mired in chaos, disorder, and endless conflict. We have depleted the planet's natural resources to a point of scarcity. Wars now threaten to erupt over Earth's last dwindling natural resources: fossil fuel, water, arable land, and rare-earth minerals. We have used the fear of mutual assured annihilation by destructive weapons to achieve a tenuous and shaky peace in the world. Our financial institutions are imploding, as nations sink beneath oceans of debt. It is becoming clear that the entire model human civilization was built upon is flawed and destined to soon catastrophically unravel. Is this humanity's destiny or did we lose our way in a maze of material distractions? We needn't languish in the shadows of despair, failure, and mediocrity. We can achieve greatness, and bring harmony back to the world by emulating the patterns God has woven into nature. Nature's patterns are rooted in the science of compassion. We can triumph in life's darkest and most trying hour. We, too, can sparkle.

Our world is mired in chaos, disorder, and endless conflict. We have depleted the planet's natural resources to a point of scarcity. Wars now threaten to erupt over the dwindling remaining natural resources: fossil fuel, water, arable land, and rare-earth minerals. We have used the fear of mutual assured annihilation by destructive weapons to achieve a tenuous and shaky peace in the world. Our financial institutions are imploding as nations sink beneath oceans of debt. It is becoming clear that the entire model human civilization was built upon is flawed and destined to soon unravel. Our past is plain, the present is ambiguous, and our future remains uncertain. Sooner, or later, we're going to have to confront the very challenges that now threaten our survival on this planet. The clock is ticking, and we are running out of time to avert disaster. This is the second book in the Sparkle Series.

Paris 1926: Les Annees folles as the French called it, "The Crazy Years." It was the Roaring Twenties. It was the dawn of the Age of Modernism, feminism, the flappers, the birth of cinema; it was the decade of the automobile and radio. It was the reckless years of wealth and exuberance, where stock markets toyed with ideas of fanaticism, and where legends lived, loved, and died. Paris France was at the heart of a new cultural revolution that was reshaping and changing the world. Thomas E. McCann came to Paris to change his life. His life ended up changing everyone around him. There were parties, class privileges, there were flowing rivers of champagne, there was extravagant wealth, and everyone lived and loved like no one thought the wild celebrations of this Golden decade would ever come to an end.

Life has meaning. You have a purpose. Have you discovered it yet? Alexander the Great, Julius Caesar, Napoleon Bonaparte, Andrew Carnegie, General George S. Patton, Michael Jordan, J.K. Rowling - What do all these people have in common? They arose to be great leaders, mastered their destiny and became wealthy, successful, and powerful people in life because of their extraordinary lifetime achievements. What makes some people successful over-achievers, while the vast majority of people ever born in history languish in mediocrity and obscurity? The answer is: Purpose. Here's 40 principles of wisdom that are destined to change your life - the way you see yourself, others, and the world around you. The most successful people in the world are not necessarily the strongest - but those who are wise enough to master their own strengths successfully.

The highly-acclaimed poetic literary collection from author Alvin Conway which spans a five year artistic period from 2011-2016. The Poetry Palace said: "No one writes or intellectually composes poetry like this anymore. In our opinion, this definitive body of work by Mr. Conway is truly one of the greatest collections of poems ever written."

The Rose Diary is an abridged poetic primer of Anthology, the first collective volume of poetic works by author Alvin Conway

Blade Runner (1982), Blade Runner 2049, the anime short films. Welcome to the world of Blade Runner: Now for the first time, a comprehensive masterwork of reference material has been collectively gathered and created for you to read, experience, and understand the Blade Runner universe like never before. Science Fiction World said, "This is an astounding reference book that is sure to delight, entertain, and amaze any fan of the Ridley Scott and Denis Villeneuve films. Consider this the 'must-have' guide you need to navigate the dystopian world of Blade Runner.""

Love, lost, pain, sorrow, ecstasy or detachment - our awareness and reaction to such sensations define consciousness and shape our very existence. These sensory experiences transit with such emotional velocity that it takes sentient minds a lifespan to comprehend their poetic significance.