Cambridge Companion to the Aegean Bronze Age, Paperback - Cynthia W Shelmerdine

Reducere. Covers the history and material culture of Crete, Greece and the Aegean Islands from 3000-1100 BCE. This is a major subject in the study of Classic...

Ever since Sir Arthur Evans first excavated at the site of the Palace at Knossos in the early twentieth century, scholars and visitors have been dr...

The explosion of research in the field of ancient and historic glasses has opened up glass studies in recent years.Publisher: Oxbow BooksAuthor(s):...

DescriptionIn this book the much-debated problem of political organization in Mycenaean Greece (ca. 1400-1200 BC) is analysed and contextualised th...

Reducere. The Greek Bronze Age, roughly 3000 to 1000 BCE, witnessed the flourishing of the Minoan and Mycenean civilizations, the earliest expansion of trade...

Addresses the types of written and non-written communication used during the Aegean Bronze Age.Illustrations: B/w and colourEditor(s): John Bennet

Reducere. DescriptionThis pioneering work revises our notions of the origins and early development of textiles in Europe and the Near East. Using innovative ...

During the seventeenth century, the Dutch Republic was transformed into a leading political power in Europe, with global trading interests. It nurt...

The Cambridge History of Religion in the Classical World provides a comprehensive and in-depth analysis of the religions of the ancient Near East a...

The Cambridge Companion to the Harpsichord - Mark Kroll

This Cambridge Companion offers a comparative cultural history of north-western Europe in the crucial period of the eleventh century. With contribu...

Organized in five parts, this Companion enhances understanding of Schubert's Winterreise by approaching it from multiple angles. Part I examines th...

This Companion provides an engaging account of the postcolonial novel, from Joseph Conrad to Jean Rhys. Covering subjects from disability and diasp...

Reducere. St Paul was a pivotal and controversial figure in the fledgling Jesus movement of the first century. The New Cambridge Companion to St Paul provide...

Featuring fourteen essays from international experts, this Companion provides an accessible overview of English-language short fiction outside of N...

The book provides an accessible, comprehensive, and high quality introduction to the major themes of legal philosophy, written by a stellar interna...

This accessible and thought-provoking companion explains the major themes of Yeat's life and work: his lifelong engagement with Ireland, his compli...

Reducere. This Companion offers a concise and engaging introduction to the Hebrew Bible or Old Testament. Providing an up-to-date 'snapshot' of scholarship, ...

A new, 2nd edition of this standard work, fully updated with 4 new chapters, taking account of new research and critical methodologies.

Reducere. Few genres of the last 250 years have proved so crucial to the course of music history, or so vital to public musical experience, as the symphony. ...

The Cambridge Companion to the Circus provides a complete guide for students, scholars, teachers, researchers, and practitioners who are seeking pe...

Comprehensive introduction to the ancient Greek economy. Covers the whole of the Greek world from the Iron Age to the Hellenistic period, with sepa...

This book provides new insights about the relationship between humans and birds in Northern Europe during the Bronze Age. It argues that birds as w...

This book provides an up-to-date synthesis of the rich histories of the peoples who lived on the Iberian Peninsula between 1, 400, 000 (the Paleoli...

This Companion provides orientation for those embarking on the study of Beethoven's much-discussed Eroica Symphony, as well as providing fresh insi...

Reducere. Since the graphic novel rose to prominence half a century ago, it has become one of the fastest growing literary/artistic genres, generating intere...

DescriptionWritten by fourteen leading experts in the field, this Companion covers almost every aspect of the harpsichord - the history of the inst...

Reducere. The Cambridge Companion to the Clarinet is a practical guide to the world of the clarinet. It offers students and performers a composite survey of ...

The drum kit is ubiquitous in global popular music and culture, and modern kit drumming profoundly defined the sound of twentieth-century popular m...

Reducere. This fourth edition of The Mule Companion is a comprehensive book on mules with new photos of many real people and mules doing real mule activities...

Reducere. From Barbara W. Tuchman, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Guns of August, comes history through a wide-angle lens: a fascinating chronicle of B...