Bøger af John Gent

The Scythic Nations: Down To The Fall Of The Western Empire (1870) is a historical text written by John Gent. The book explores the rise and fall of the Scythic nations, a group of nomadic tribes that inhabited the Eurasian steppe during ancient times. The author traces the origins of these tribes and their migration patterns, as well as their interactions with other cultures and empires, including the Roman Empire. Gent delves into the political, social, and economic structures of the Scythic nations and examines their impact on the wider world. The book also covers the decline of the Western Roman Empire and the role that the Scythic nations played in its downfall. This comprehensive study of the Scythic nations provides a valuable insight into the ancient world and sheds light on the complex interactions between different cultures and civilizations.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.

THE CROSS ROADS OF DESTINY Little children, their minds filled with wonder soon start trying to find out the truth about the strange and intriguing world in which they find themselves. They regularly consult the giants of this land, whom they regard as the established Gods. They constantly bombard them with questions and get all sorts of weird answers, which serves only to increase their puzzlement. Christmas comes around and that huge and benevolent old gentleman with thick red coat and bushy white beard stealthily delivers presents of the child's choice in the dead of the night. Amongst the fascinating toys, one inevitably finds a large book often called the Golden Treasure Book. This book is filled with pictures of dinosaurs, ancient cities and stars and planets. At least in this book the child must find out all that he wishes to know. Twenty years later our little child is now himself an established God with little children of his own who ask the same eternal questions. Unfortunately, he has learned very little in all this time and the answers which he gives his children are the same inadequate ones which he received himself. This is the lot of the average man, he never learns the real and basic truths of life, and after he reaches maturity he usually ceases trying. The dirty devices of adult humanity are by now much more intriguing to his mind.

This well-researched and very readable book tells the entire story of the Croydon's development over the centuries