Downs. The history of a disability, Hardback - David Wright

Down's Syndrome is a mental disability with very distinctive characteristics. David Wright looks at the care and treatment of Down's sufferers - de...

Reducere. China is both the world's oldest continuing civilization and an emerging global super power. Over the last two millennia, this rich and complex nat...

Publisher: Holiday House IncAuthor(s): David A. AdlerNumber of pages: 32Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 228 x 278 x 5Cover type: Paperback / soft...

A brief yet comprehensive history of Swansea from prehistory to the present dayIllustrations: 30 Illustrations, black and white

This collection of essays investigates the historical genealogy of our contemporary ideas of intellectual or learning disability. The essays engage...

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 ...

A biography of Katherine SwynfordPublisher: The History Press LtdAuthor(s): Jeannette LucraftNumber of pages: 252Publication date: 2010Dimensions: ...

Established in the 19th century to carry passengers and freight across the Atlantic and Pacific, this is the story of the development of the compan...

Publisher: The University of Chicago PressAuthor(s): Sandra M. SufianIllustration(s): 5 halftones, 2 line drawings, 1 tablesNumber of pages: 360Pub...

History lessons have never been so hilarious thanks to this collection of insults through the ages - the targets of your barrage of vintage invecti...

Reducere. In this brilliant, engrossing work, Jack Turner explores an era from ancient times through the Renaissance when what we now consider common condime...

Reducere. Authoritative and immediate, this is the classic account of the most powerful of the American Indian tribes. T.R. Fehrenbach traces the Comanches' ...

It was during the Battle of Britain in 1940 that the Spitfire became an enduring legend and a symbol of the British fighting spirit, partnering wit...

The first book to tell the history of Britain through its headwearIllustrations: 120 Illustrations, unspecified

Reducere. A Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year for Nonfiction ...an essential and engaging look at recent disability history.-- Buzzfeed One of the most...

Catch a rare glimpse into the training of the nation's defence personnel, as pilot turned flying instructor Mike Brooke shares with us some of his ...

Reducere. This unique book of 100 monologues invites elementary school students to explore a wide range of emotions, developing empathy as well as acting ski...

Reducere. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is ...

A Chernobyl survivor and award-winning historian "mercilessly chronicles the absurdities of the Soviet system" in this "vividly empathetic" account...

Judy Simons thought to leave her grandchildren a legacy of reminiscences about her Jewish upbringing in 1950s Sheffield. But when her mother died s...

Like an assorted tin of biscuits, this charming and beautifully illustrated book has something to offer for everyone, combining recipes for hardtac...

Master horseback riders who lived in teepees and hunted bison, the Comanches were stunning orators, disciplined warriors, and the finest makers of ...

The conventional history of nations, even continents, is a history of warfare.

A book about history, friendship, family and what it means to belong, from the award-winning journalist and author of ExpectingPublisher: Canongate...

Reducere. An exhaustive survey of the history of disability in a single volume. An eye-opening look into how various cultures have conceived of the concept o...

This collection of essays investigates the historical genealogy of our contemporary ideas of intellectual or learning disability. The essays engage...

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...

Reducere. Author of an acclaimed history of the Battle of the Atlantic during World War Two (OUP 2016), Jonathan Dimbleby now offers a compelling account of ...

English Begins at Jamestown explores how people tell and have told the story of English, from its Indo-European origins to its present-day status a...

Publisher: Princeton University PressAuthor(s): Mary DunnNumber of pages: 224Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 148 x 222 x 25Cover type: HardbackRe...

Essential reading for anyone planning a trip on a cruise ship into polar waters

Reducere. One of the most influential disability rights activists in US history tells her personal story of fighting for the right to receive an education, h...

The Bright Ages recasts the European Middle Ages for what it was, capturing this 1, 000-year era in all its complexity and fundamental humanity, br...

In the mountain of books that have been written about the Third Reich, surprisingly little has been said about the role played by the German nobili...

Tom Wright develops a distinctive approach to natural theology grounded in an 'epistemology of love'. This approach arises from reflection upon the...

Examines the life and career of ground-breaking female classicist, Wilmer Cave Wright.Publisher: Cambridge Philological SocietyAuthor(s): David Nea...

A history of nineteenth-century photography as told through one hundred works from one of the most significant collections in the USA.Publisher: D ...

The essays in this volume examine interreligious relationality, hope and doubt, human labour and mortality, structures of nature, movements of hist...

Blue has had a long and topsy-turvy history in the Western world. The ancient Greeks scorned it as ugly and barbaric, but most Americans and Europe...

Reducere. DescriptionAfter more than thirty years of existence, the Zelda saga has been renewed from top to bottom with its last episode, so acclaimed, Breat...

A history of the modern concept of water that traces how a scientific abstraction has helped to produce a global crisis.Publisher: University of Br...