At Home on the Waves: Human Habitation of the Sea from the Mesolithic to Today, Hardcover - Tanya J. King

DescriptionContemporary public discourses about the ocean are routinely characterized by scientific and environmentalist narratives that imagine an...

This collection explores the variety of ways in which people have long made themselves at home at sea, bringing together both ethnographic and arch...

DescriptionThough early laws prohibited women from becoming soldiers, they still found ways to serve, even disguising themselves as men in order to...

Maritime Eurasia, a region that facilitates international commerce and contains some of the world's most strategic chokepoints, has challenged the ...

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Eight different bears of the world set out to display their likes, their homes and their status as the best at climbing, best at catching fish and ...

"A History of the Human Brain is a unique, enlightening, and provocative account of the most significant question we can ask about ourselves." --Ri...

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Resourceful and entertaining, Flotsam and Jetsam are the Borrowers of the seashore.Publisher: Walker Books LtdAuthor(s): Tanya LandmanNumber of pag...

Mapping Doggerland documents the methodology and results of an innovative project to investigate a large area of the Southern North Sea, submerged ...

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Battling the Wind and Waves on the Sea of Commerce is the last volume of the historical - love fiction trilogy, Sailing across the Red Storm Trilog...

'Mesmeric ... a macabre and illuminating survey of anatomical art' Guardian

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Presents a thorough chronology and atlas of naval warfare from the Age of Galleys to The Nuclear Age.

The ocean is humanity's largest battlefield. It is also our greatest graveyard. Resting in its depths lay the lost ships of war spanning the totali...

With a laugh, Laura Lewis says of her art, "I am uncomfortable painting mountains, because they get in the way of the view." The challenge for this...

Reducere. When Winslow Homer watches the sea, he studies it patiently, making sure to notice every detail before bringing it to life again in his paintings. ...

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Reducere. DescriptionFrom the beginning of history to the present, a sweep of the world's oceans and seas and how they have shaped the course of civilization...

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Reducere. It is with great joy that we present Clive Bonsall this volume, as a token of both our appreciation and friendship, for his contributions to the Ea...

What Is Work? offers a multi-disciplinary approach to understanding labor within the highly gendered realm of household economies.Editor(s): Manuel...

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Cycling Home from Siberia author Rob Lilwall's unique adventure through freezing China from Mongolia to Hong Kong - this time on foot.Publisher: Ho...

The Adventures of Olive the Sea Turtle: From the Nest to the Sea is a story about one of the most beautiful creatures on the planet, a creature tha...

From an author who has spent four decades in the quest for lost ships, this lavishly illustrated history of naval warfare presents the latest archa...

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A moving, heartwarming saga, perfect for fans of Katie Flynn.Can a second chance heal their broken family?Since their mother walked out on them as ...

Publisher: Triumph BooksAuthor(s): Terence MooreNumber of pages: 256Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 159 x 237 x 27Cover type: HardbackRedescopera...

A special two volume set on the Russian navy at war in the early 20th century Vladimir Semenoff's account of the famous naval Battle of Tsushima is...

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Publisher: Phoenix MapsNumber of pages: 48Collection: Rambling for PleasurePublication date: 2016Dimensions: 131 x 211 x 37Cover type: Paperback / ...

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Reducere. Respected scholar William Bennett reacquaints America with its heritage in the second volume of America: The Last Best Hope (Volume II). This engag...

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Reducere. The Life and Legacy of an American OriginalCo-founder and first CEO of Burger King, Jim McLamore, recounts the entrepreneurial journey of an intern...