Explore Europe, Paperback

DescriptionIn popular imagination few phenomena are as strongly associated with medieval society as knighthood and chivalry. At the same time, and ...

As a continent lying to the east of Europe, Asia has been malleable to different spatial and temporal imaginations and politics. Recent scholarship...

Reducere. Unique in scope, An Introduction to the Languages of the World introduces linguistics students to the variety of world's languages. Students will g...

The English born artist and writer Leonora Carrington (1917-2011) has received much critical acclaim and achieved stellar status in Mexico, where s...

Reducere. Europe is imbued with a multitude of social, cultural, economic and political meanings. The authors of this comprehensive text present an authorita...

Reducere. This groundbreaking book examines the full range of African-European encounters from an African perspective rather than from the customary European...

From contraception to cloning and pregnancy to populations, reproduction presents urgent challenges today. This field-defining history synthesizes ...

Reducere. In a century marked by totalitarian regimes, genocide, mass migrations, and shifting borders, the concept of memory in Eastern Europe is often syno...

Reducere. Plants seldom figure in the grand narratives of war, peace, or even everyday life yet they are often at the center of high intrigue. In the eightee...

This book examines Eastern European perspectives on European identity. The contributors map narratives of Europe rooted in Eastern Europe, examinin...

Archaeological Theory in Dialogue presents an innovative conversation between five scholars from different backgrounds on a range of central issues...

This volume offers 18 studies linked together by a common focus on the circulation and reception of motifs and beliefs in the field of folklore, ma...

The 23 chapters in this volume explore the material culture of sanctity in Latin Europe and the Mediterranean between c. 1000 and c. 1220, with a f...

This book represents the first international investigation of military recruitment advertising, public relations and propaganda. Comprised of eleve...

Reducere. The landlocked country of Austria, at the centre of Europe, produces a great variety of quality wines. While the wine scandal of the mid-eighties c...

Reducere. What is algebra? For some, it is an abstract language of x's and y's. For mathematics majors and professional mathematicians, it is a world of axio...

The Food and Folklore Reader is the first comprehensive introduction to folklore methods and concepts relevant to food. Mapping the study of food t...

In recent decades, policymakers all over the world have sought to strengthen the meaning and effect of public, non-medical healthcare. In this book...

Indirect discrimination (or disparate impact) concerns the application of the same rule to everyone, even though that rule significantly disadvanta...

This collection of studies on the cultural reconfigurations that occurred in western Europe between the 3rd and 2nd millennium BCE focuses on the e...

A pictorial and descriptive journey through the history and beauty of the Greek paradise islands of Crete and Santorini which are set in the warm b...

Reducere. There are over 45, 000 kilometres of navigable rivers and canals in Europe. That is more than a global circumnavigation's worth of inland waterways...

If postmodernism is indeed 'the cultural logic of late capitalism', why did typical postmodernist themes like ornament, colour, history and identit...

Reducere. The second volume of The Cambridge History of Communism explores the rise of Communist states and movements after World War II. Leading experts ana...

Over the past few decades, Daoism has become a recognizable part of Western ``alternative`` spiritual life. Now, that Westernized version of Daoism...

DescriptionFashion reveals not only who we are, but whom we aspire to be. From 1775 to 1925, artists in Europe were especially attuned to the gaps ...

Reducere. Debating Immigration presents twenty-one original and updated essays, written by some of the world's leading experts and pre-eminent scholars that ...

An introduction to the design, production and use of luxury embroideries in medieval England (c. 1200-1530) In medieval Europe, embroidered textile...

Far from creating a borderless world, contemporary globalization has generated a proliferation of borders. In Border as Method, Sandro Mezzadra and...

Reducere. This updated edition offers a comprehensive, penetrating, and informative guide to what is regarded as the classical period of German philosophy. K...

DescriptionThe collapse of the Berlin Wall has come to represent the entry of an isolated region onto the global stage. On the contrary, this study...

Reducere. Making wine on Europe's largest active volcano doesn't come easy. Frequent changes in topography, elevation, and weather influence each vintage and...

Understanding China and the Chinese is of paramount importance in today's world. With China's rapid economic growth and increasing political influe...

Reducere. Girolamo Cardano was an Italian doctor, natural philosopher, and mathematician who became a best-selling author in Renaissance Europe. He was also ...

What is the role of the radical left in Europe? How can regional groups parties and groups contribute to a common European left? Scholars and activ...

From the Arctic to the South China Sea, states are vying to secure sovereign rights over vast maritime stretches, undersea continental plates, shif...

Antonio Gramsci's Prison Notebooks have offered concepts, categories, and political solutions that have been applied in a variety of social and pol...

DescriptionThe Earliest Europeans explores the early origins of man in Europe through the perspective of 'a year in the life' how hominins in the L...

Reducere. A critical reader on culture and society in postwar Central and Eastern EuropeIn Cold Revolution, essayists examine the relationship between visual...

DescriptionThis book brings together activists, artists, and scholars of color to show how Black feminism and Afrofeminism are being practiced in E...

Description Throughout Germany's tumultuous twentieth century, photography was an indispensable form of documentation. Whether acting as artists, w...

Reducere. DescriptionFrom the mid-nineteenth century until the 1930s, many Latin American leaders faced a difficult dilemma regarding the idea of race. On th...

Reducere. La obra m s completa sobre sexo y misticismo publicada hasta hoy. M s de dos mil a os de conocimientos sexuales. Hasta ahora, los secretos para lle...

Reducere. Historical brewing traditions and techniques have been passed generation to generation on farms throughout remote areas of northern Europe. With th...

Reducere. One of the finest achievements of Western culture is its brilliant heritage of classical music. A Gift of Music looks at the lives of the greatest ...

DescriptionIn this book historians and social scientists examine boycotts from the eighteenth century to the present day. Employed in struggles aga...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Arthur KoestlerThe book is the first of a trilogy, including Darkness at Noon, and Arrival and Departure, which address ide...

To this day, Japan's modern ascendancy challenges many assumptions about world history, particularly theories regarding the rise of the west and wh...

This publication explores the interactions between the inhabitants of early medieval England and their contemporaries in continental Europe. Starti...

Reducere. Lonely Planet's Eastern Europe is your passport to the most relevant, up-to-date advice on what to see and skip, and what hidden discoveries await ...

Reducere. The world's art heritage is under attack from the very people charged with its preservation, argues this important book, which has ignited controve...

DescriptionAn accessible yet in-depth guide to this increasingly popular pre-Christian religious tradition of Northern Europe Heathenry, is one of ...

Reducere. Explore Your German Ancestry Follow your family tree back to its roots in Bavaria, Baden, Prussia, Hesse, Saxony, Wurttemburg and beyond. This in-d...

DescriptionThis book travels the world to explore over 60 archaeological sites that enshrine the remarkable achievements of ancient astronomers. In...

Reducere. Bram Stoker's Dracula is the most famous vampire in literature and film. This new collection of sixteen essays brings together a range of internati...

Reducere. A moving, elegantly written, and exhaustively researched account of what it means for a girl to lose a father to death or divorce--with advice for ...

Reducere. ** Please note Brand NEW 2018 version of RailMap Europe - Alpine Special: Specifically designed for Global Interrail and Eurail RailPass holders is...

Fully updated and expanded, this beautifully illustrated field guide showcases the full range of wildlife that can be found in the British garden. ...

Explora la Cruel Historia del Sendero de L grimas Uno de los cap tulos m s oscuros y m s crueles de la historia de los Estados Unidos ocurri cuando...

Contributors from the US, Britain and Europe explore a neglected aspect of transatlantic slavery: the implication of a continental European hinterl...

Investigate the factors that led to war Examine key turning points, including D-Day and Hiroshima Get to know the opposing forces -- the Allies and...

Reducere. Edicion, traduccion, adaptacion, prologo y notas por el celebre critico literario Juan Bautista Bergua. La epopeya nacional finlandesa, El Kalevala...

DescriptionAirplane Blonde. Intercorpse. Prostitot. Queef. Rainbow Kiss. There's a big world of obscenity out there--and you'll explore every profa...

Reducere. Twenty-three stories from one of science fiction's up-and-coming stars, Pushcart and Journey Prize-nominated author Rich Larson. Welcome to the Tom...

A mindful journal for a balanced life--based on the worldwide bestseller Mindfulness in Plain English. "People ask me how to practice mindfulness i...

DescriptionIn this trailblazing anthology, more than fifty self-identified sex workers from all walks of the industry (survival and trade, past and...

Reducere. The year is 1912, and the SS Birmingham is approaching India. On board is Edward Morgan Forster, a reserved man taunted by writer's block, attempti...

After 40+ years of writing about Europe, Rick Steves has gathered 100 of his favorite articles and essays together into one gorgeous collection: Fo...

Reducere. DescriptionEste es el primero de dos libros en una saga que explora las complicadas relaciones entre madres e hijas a trav s de cuatro generaciones...

Reducere. The barren, beautiful Cumbrian fells provide the bewitching setting for the adventures of Bell and Harry, two children who find enchanting wonder a...