Crusoe's Books. Readers in the Empire of Print, 1800-1918, Hardback - ***

Surveys 'mobile readers' in the age of the British Empire to explore what books meant to shipboard readers, Scottish emigrants, convicts en route t...

"Routley's whimsical tone lends a dark comic quality to this intricate fantasy, and the outlandish characters and captivating worldbuilding." -Publ...

This volume challenges the widespread belief that scientific knowledge as such is international. Employing case studies from Austria, Poland, the C...

A comprehensive study of the connection between Calvinist missions and Dutch imperial expansion during the early modern periodPublisher: Yale Unive...

Reducere. "NEW YORK TIMES "EDITOR'S CHOICE"SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE "RECOMMENDED BOOKWINNER OF THE BANCROFT PRIZEOne morning in 1805, off a remote island in t...

"Action, adventure, betrayal, and poison add up to a winner. --BooklistNew York Times-bestselling author Rae Carson makes a triumphant return to th...

Reducere. This book has been considered by academicians and scholars of great significance and value to literature. This forms a part of the knowledge base f...

Valerian and Laureline are exploring Syrte, captial planet of a system of 1000 worlds. Their mission is to discover whether the Syrtians could pres...

Reducere. Description"Strong evidence that the Roman Empire is of Edomite origin ... left our minds in bewilderment ... is one to be studied." -Church of Eng...

Reducere. The New Testament Gospels came into existence in a world ruled by Roman imperial power. Their main character, Jesus, is crucified on a Roman cross ...

Reducere. The New Testament Gospels came into existence in a world ruled by Roman imperial power. Their main character, Jesus, is crucified on a Roman cross ...

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A superbly illustrated, innovative history of British art, seen from the perspective of the home.Publisher: Reaktion BooksAuthor(s): Nicholas Troma...

Empire Unbound argues that European empires were not the bounded, stable entities that imperialists imagined. Gavin Murray-Miller demonstrates that...

The rise of agrarian capitalism in Britain is usually told as a story about markets, land, and wages. This study reveals that it was also about boo...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: P. James OliverOliver's well-researched biography of Mansa Musa reads like an exotic tale of gold, glory, and adventure. Du...

Reducere. In prezenta lucrare, focarul investigativ este dat de analiza tipologica a femeii-cititor postulata de trei romanciere victoriene – Charlotte Bront...

Reducere. Description"Strong evidence that the Roman Empire is of Edomite origin ... left our minds in bewilderment ... is one to be studied." -Church of Eng...

DescriptionHow finance and politics have caused the global housing crisisThe most comprehensive survey of the current crisis, Urban Warfare charts ...

Established in 1800, edinoverie (translated as "unity in faith") was intended to draw back those who had broken with the Russian Orthodox Church ov...

A history of the Habsburg monarchy from the end of the Holy Roman Empire to the monarchy's dissolution in 1918. It offers an insight into the probl...

A lavishly illustrated celebration of each of the world's sixty-eight currently recognized eagle species in all their magnificence and beguiling di...

Publisher: Lexington BooksNumber of pages: 370Collection: Comparative Urban StudiesPublication date: 2008Dimensions: 238 x 159 x 33Cover type: Hard...

Reducere. The author presents a behind the scenes look at the secretive international policies of the British government and how their successes allowed them...

Reducere. The author presents a behind the scenes look at the secretive international policies of the British government and how their successes allowed them...

Female Readers in the Victorian Novel - Madalina Elena Mandici

Reducere. By the late 1810s, a global revolution in cotton had remade the U.S.-Mexico border, bringing wealth and waves of Americans to the Gulf Coast while ...

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. Determined to stake their claim on the dark waters, renegade Vampirates are expanding. But the Pirate Federation and the once-neutral Nocturnal Vam...