Creation Stories: Landscapes and the Human Imagination, Hardcover - Anthony Aveni

An accessible exploration of how diverse cultures have explained humanity's origins through narratives about the natural environment Drawing from a...

DescriptionFollow an epic animal race, a quest for a disembodied hand, and an emu egg hunt in constellation stories from diverse cultures We can se...

Reducere. The Cabaret of Plants is a masterful, globe-trotting exploration of the relationship between humans and the kingdom of plants by the renowned natur...

Rabkin weaves a chronological tale of many threads, including mythology, astrology, astronomy, literary criticism, and cultural studies. More than ...

The acclaimed study of the birth of astronomy in three ancient societies One of the founding fathers of the study of ancient astronomy, Anthony Ave...

Reducere. How did it all start? What was there in the beginning? What exactly is the universe? The brilliant stars, distant galaxies, the sun, the moon and o...

Reducere. 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 ...

DescriptionJeff Woolwine is a resident of Phoenix, Arizona, living near South Mountain. Since the spring of 2004, Jeff has experienced many UFO sig...

Reducere. The Nasca Lines are one of the world's great enigmas. Who etched the more than 1, 000 animal, human, and geometric figures that cover 400 square mi...

An exploration of the landscape of central England and the writing it has inspired.

The Archaeology of Mediterranean Landscapes: Human-Environment Interaction from the Neolithic to the Roman Period - Kevin Walsh

A Roxane Gay's Audacious Book Club Pick!Named a Best Book of Summer by: Wall Street Journal * Thrillist * Vogue * Lit Hub * Refinery29 * New York O...

Reducere. Skywatchers of Ancient Mexico helped establish the field of archaeoastronomy, and it remains the standard introduction to this subject. Combining b...

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. The Call of Stories presents a study of how listening to stories promotes learning and self-discovery.

The author of award winning novels (such as Spies), plays (Copenhagen and Noises Off) and films (Clockwise) here produces his first work of non-fic...

The creators of the podcast The Dollop present illustrated profiles of the weird, outrageous, NSFW, and downright absurd tales from American histor...

Reducere. DescriptionOneida Utopia is a fresh and holistic treatment of a long-standing social experiment born of revival fervor and communitarian enthusiasm...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Brent Hayes EdwardsIn 1941 Thelonious Monk and Kenny Clarke copyrighted "Epistrophy, " one of the best-known compositions o...

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. The stories in this book, recorded by the author from personal interviews with Native American storytellers, hold the conflicts and compliments of ...

Reducere. The Parachute Paradox tells the inspiring life story of the renowned award-winning artist and writer Steve Sabella, born under Israeli Occupation i...

Spirited and courageous, she is determined to fight for 'the greatest cause the world has ever known'. Will Maitland, the rising star of county cri...

DescriptionThough reaching ever further toward the skies, today's cities are overshadowed by multiple threats: climate change, overpopulation, soci...

Demands of Justice draws on original interviews and the documents of leading advocacy organizations, to show how global appeals for human rights de...

Reducere. This book examines the many ways Byzantines lived with their trees. It takes seriously theological and hagiographic tree engagement as expressions ...

Reducere. We stand fully identified in the new creation renewed in knowledge according to the pattern of the exact image of our Creator (Col 3: 10, MIR). The...

Reducere. DescriptionJeff Woolwine is a resident of Phoenix, Arizona, living near South Mountain. Since the spring of 2004, Jeff has experienced many UFO sig...

Reducere. DescriptionOswald Chambers reveals the psychological processes in the Bible, framing his commentary through the Biblical concept of the soul, man, ...

DescriptionLearn how to illustrate a variety of landscapes, from coastal vistas and rolling hills to city skylines and summer meadows, in this upda...

Reducere. "Sylvia Wynter's work is distinctively Caribbean. From her exciting and rigorous interventions on 'folk culture' and its profound meaning for the s...

Reducere. The town of Roswell is haunted by the lingering ghosts of generations long dead. In this historic Georgia town, spirits roam through ruined mills, ...

Written during the Second World War while Hikmet was serving a thirteen-year sentence as a political prisoner, his verse-novel uses cinematic techn...

In his ground-breaking 1936 study The General Theory, Keynes argues that traditional economics has misunderstood the causes of unemployment. Employ...

Reducere. From a celebrated documentary artist, twelve portraits from the front lines of migration form an intimate record of why people leave behind the pla...

Reducere. In this colorfully illustrated children's picture book, an evil seven-headed snake named Ibabi appears out of the ocean and starts blockading the c...

Reducere. During the global Black Lives Matter protests of 2020, many called upon the United States to finally face its painful past. Tim Gruenewald's new bo...

Reducere. A cookbook designed for humans and dogs, Maeby & Me finds a new way to spend time with your best pal. Based on Maeby, a 7-year-old terrier mix, and...

Explores the power of Bible stories, fairy tales, and the Odysseus, Parsifal and Oedipus stories, considering how that power can be used to help ch...

How do humans behave when under threat of attack or disaster? How does the social context affect individual behavior? Anthony Mawson provides an il...

Human beings are the 'all-rounders' of the natural world - while they aren't naturally the quickest, biggest or strongest creatures, they can achie...

Publisher: Austin Macauley PublishersAuthor(s): Joan B. PritchardIllustration(s): 0Number of pages: 358Publication date: 2021Dimensions: 156 x 235 ...

Reducere. J.K. Rowling, one of the world's most inspiring writers, shares her wisdom and advice. In 2008, J.K. Rowling delivered a deeply affecting commencem...

Third-grader Aven Green has been solving mysteries for a whole month--cracking such cases as The Mystery of the Cranky Mom. But can this perceptive...

Anthony Tudor stands as one of the pillars of twentieth century ballet choreography. An English born choreographer who found a home in the United S...

Reducere. The "perilously beautiful" (Boston Globe) first story collection by the author of the acclaimed Pulitzer Prize-winning #1 New York Times bestseller...

Reducere. Gangs, killers, and vampires. One war-torn detective is the only hope of survival for a crime-ridden orbiting city... Blade Runner meets Se7en in t...