Forests: The Shadow of Civilization, Paperback - Robert Pogue Harrison

Reducere. In this wide-ranging exploration of the role of forests in Western thought, Robert Pogue Harrison enriches our understanding not only of the forest...

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Reducere. How old are you? The more thought you bring to bear on the question, the harder it is to answer. For we age simultaneously in different ways: biolo...

DescriptionHumans have long turned to gardens--both real and imaginary--for sanctuary from the frenzy and tumult that surrounds them. Those gardens...

Publisher: Austin Macauley PublishersAuthor(s): Robert GordonIllustration(s): 0Number of pages: 180Publication date: 2021Dimensions: 156 x 232 x 30...

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From the shadow of that Avondale mountain, Jerry Doyle shares his telling and touching journey through the streets of Dublin, the mines of Labrador...

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What secrets lie beneath the deep blue sea? Underworld takes you on a remarkable journey to the bottom of the ocean in a thrilling hunt for ancient...

At age eighty-two and in failing health, Olivia Morrow knows she has little time left. The last of her line, she faces a momentous choice: expose a...

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Reducere. This second volume of Sapiens: A Graphic History, the full-color graphic adaptation of Yuval Noah Harari's #1 New York Times bestseller, focuses on...

This book, first published in 2007, offered the first and only summary of decades of archaeological research in the Oman Peninsula. The original el...

Publisher: ScribnerAuthor(s): Roland EnnosNumber of pages: 336Publication date: 2020Dimensions: 153 x 228 x 28Cover type: PaperbackRedescopera farm...

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Reducere. The Fate of Empires asks why many civilizations throughout human history have risen to greatness but later collapse into ruin. Can there be a perma...

Reducere. Here, presented for the first time in paperback format, and limited edition hardcover, is an unabridged edition of Count Eric Stenbock's third and ...

Out of the thrilling and tempestuous eighteenth century comes the sweeping family saga of beautiful Maria Theresa, a sovereign of extraordinary str...

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When his master disappears and a slave called Tog arrives with a secret message, Cadmus is swept up on a quest that leads to Emperor Nero and his c...

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Reducere. From one of the world's leading experts on Native American law and indigenous peoples' human rights comes an original and striking intellectual his...

Reducere. The Tainted Cup is the 1st book in the Shadow of the Leviathan Series. A peculiar crime. A brilliant investigator. A mystery of epic proportions. I...

Reducere. A groundbreaking historical documentation of the secret history of pre-Pharonic Egypt and the race of angels that built it. -By the author of From ...

Tallitha's quest has brought her within the grip of the Morrow Swarm, whose power is entwined in deceit and dark magic. To make matters worse, they...

Publisher: Austin Macauley PublishersAuthor(s): Florie ParkerIllustration(s): 0Number of pages: 222Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 129 x 202 x 24...

Reducere. "A masterfully crafted, brutally compelling Norse-inspired epic." --Anthony Ryan THE GREATEST SAGAS ARE WRITTEN IN BLOOD. A century has passed sinc...

Publisher: Austin Macauley PublishersAuthor(s): Florie ParkerIllustration(s): 0Number of pages: 222Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 133 x 209 x 26...

Reducere. A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice"A grounded and expansive examination of the American economic divide . . . It takes a skillful journal...

Publisher: Vesinet BooksAuthor(s): Antoinette ConstableNumber of pages: 240Publication date: 2020Dimensions: 138 x 216 x 18Cover type: Paperback / ...

Reducere. The best history of Ethiopia in English. A unique perspective on Africa and its future. "The elegant lightness of the writing makes the reader want...

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