Cornish Wrecking, 1700-1860 - Reality and Popular Myth, Hardback - Cathryn J. Pearce

Shows how the image of Cornish wreckers as villains deliberately luring ships on to the rocks is a myth.

This book looks at the relationship between statute law and legal practice. It examines how law is applied in reality and more precisely how law is...

Nations and Nationalism since 1780: Programme, Myth, Reality - E. J. Hobsbawm

This book is about the reorganisation of a society, which includes what is termed the Highland Clearances. By the 1700s, the life of clansmen was m...

DescriptionThis book describes real-world killer robots using a blend of perspectives. Overviews of technologies, such as autonomy and artificial i...

This arresting exploration of the story of Troy examines the mythology, archaeology, and universal human significance of the tale over millennia.

Reducere. The Civil War's single-shot, muzzle-loading musket revolutionized warfare-or so we've been told for years. Noted historian Earl J. Hess forcefully ...

In these works an old woman is frequently portrayed who has traditionally been held to be Rembrandt's mother, Neeltje Willemsdr. van Zuijdtbroek. W...

Building on critiques of other sceptical scholars, the feminist, folkloristic approach of this book deepens how our remythologizing of the ancient ...

This volume examines the library of the Abbasid caliphs, known as 'The House of Wisdom' ('Bayt al-Hikma'), exploring how this important institution...

Explores the link between revolutionary change in the Victorian world of print and women's entry into the field of mass-market publishing This book...

The essays in Goddesses and Monsters recognize popular culture as a primary repository of ancient mythic energies, images, narratives, personalitie...

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Reducere. Speculative fiction--encompassing both science fiction and fantasy--has emerged as a dynamic field within Chicana/o and Latina/o studies, producing...

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An exploration of the essence of effective leadership, distinguishing between 'Founders', 'Zealots' and other categories.

From the time of the Treaty of Utrecht in 1713, people of British origin have shared the area of New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Prince Edward Isla...

Reducere. Dragon Energy: Myth and Reality Foreword by Lawrence Edwards, PhDThe authors of this extraordinary book have created a portal into a profoundly mea...

Publisher: Penguin Books LtdAuthor(s): David J. ChalmersNumber of pages: 544Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 164 x 242 x 39Cover type: HardbackRed...

An exploration of the historical truths that underpin the pervasive, culture-shaping myth's legacy, accompanying an exhibition at the British Museum.

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Scholars who explain that brainwashing theories have long been rejected by most academics and courts of law find it difficult to be heard. This Ele...

Radical reassessment of the history of the Waterloo campaign. Dispels the myths and misunderstandings associated with the battle.

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Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...

Reducere. Using approaches from the Hebrew interpretive tradition to discern the actual events surrounging Jesus' death, Bishop Spong questions the hitorical...

Publisher: Farrar, Straus & Giroux IncAuthor(s): Danielle J. LindemannIllustration(s): Notes, References, IndexNumber of pages: 352Publication date...

Tells one of the great, dark secrets of World War II: neutral Switzerland shot down US aircraft entering Swiss airspace and imprisoned the survivor...

Publisher: Wrecking Ball PressAuthor(s): John NewshamNumber of pages: 132Publication date: 2021Dimensions: 144 x 224 x 21Cover type: HardbackRedesc...

Publisher: Wrecking Ball PressAuthor(s): Roger HyamsNumber of pages: 336Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 146 x 225 x 36Cover type: HardbackRedesco...

Hountondji... writes not as an 'African' philosopher but as a philosopher on Africa.... Hountondji's deep understanding of any civilization as nece...