As the World Turns: The History of Proving the Earth Rotates, Hardcover - Peter Kosso

We know the Earth rotates, but how do we know? When and how did it become reasonable to believe that the Earth rotates?This book offers a historica...

Reducere. DescriptionThis is a reproduction of the original book, all text and charts are as they were first published in 1865. Zetetic Astronomy, the earth ...

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Reducere. "Zetetic Astronomy" is an 1881 treatise by Samuel Birley Rowbotham. Samuel Birley Rowbotham (1816 - 1884) was an English writer and inventor. He is...

DescriptionAn illustrated collection of stories about dogs that knew how to sit, stay, and witness history Most dog lovers know Fido and Laika, but...

Reducere. German philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer wrote a strong text to explain his belief system in "The World as Will and Representation." Rather than view...

Reducere. For nineteenth-century adventures, Tibet was the prize destination, and Lhasa, its capital situated nearly three miles above sea level, was the gra...

DescriptionViolent non-state actors have become almost endemic to political movements in the Middle East and the Horn of Africa. This book examines...

Historical biographies and aeronautical tales-make room for this incredible airplane book. Experience open-cockpit flying with the men and women wh...

Reducere. The Boids are back in town . . . The follow-up to the award-winning Extinct Boids, this book features more of the incredible art of cartoonist Ralp...

DescriptionA thrilling adventure story chronicling the perilous journey of the scientists who set out to prove the theory of relativity--the result...

Reducere. An intimate narrative history of World War I told through the stories of twenty men and women from around the globe--a powerful, illuminating, hear...

Bestselling Australian author Peter FitzSimons reveals the real James Cook in this new biography.

Reducere. DescriptionIn 1762, British forces mobilized more than 230 ships and 26, 000 soldiers, sailors, and enslaved Africans to attack Havana, one of the ...

Reducere. Sun and Moon have been together for a lifetime. Can they resolve their differences? A whimsical tale written with a universal theme about restoring...

Reducere. Temple's Tigerbelles: An Illustrated History Of The Women Who Outran the World is a celebration of a unique rags to riches story unlike any other.T...

Reducere. This updated and expanded edition of The History of Spain offers an in-depth examination of Europe's fifth largest economy, providing important cov...

DescriptionPublished in association with Imperial War Museums, The Story of the Second World War for Children sensitively teaches kids about histor...

DescriptionEyewitnessing evaluates the place and potency of images among other kinds of historical evidence. By reviewing the many varieties of ima...

Reducere. Two little puppies, Sissy and her brother Dandy, wake up from a nap in a container and realize they are unfamiliar with their surroundings and do n...

DescriptionA collector's edition of the classic, illustrated, and comprehensive history of magic and the occult - Written by renowned Surrealist an...

Complete with rare photographs, diagrams and glossary, follow author James Stejskal as he covers the establishment of these agencies and their inte...

Reducere. Named one of the Ten Best Books of 2013 by The Economist World War I altered the landscape of the modern world in every conceivable arena. Millions...

The book analyses the medieval vision of the world as depicted in Dante Alighieri's poetic works. In detail it discusses two works, The Banqued and...

Reducere. In Maps of the Imagination , Peter Turchi posits the idea that maps help people understand where they are in the world in the same way that literat...

Here, Peter Moore sets out to explore the different lives of this remarkable ship - from the acorn that grew into the oak that made her, to her ric...

'A rich harvest of harrowing adventures recounted in fascinating detail' Daily TelegraphPublisher: John Murray PressAuthor(s): Peter HopkirkIllustr...

Reducere. DescriptionDiscover the Captivating History of Russia Russia, or the Russian Federation as it is officially known, is the world

For readers of such crusading works of nonfiction as Katherine Boo s "Beyond the Beautiful Forevers" and Tracy Kidder s "Mountains Beyond Mountains...

DescriptionA lively reimagining of how the distant medieval world of war functioned, drawing on the objects used and made by crusadersThroughout th...