Forgers and Critics, New Edition: Creativity and Duplicity in Western Scholarship, Paperback - Anthony Grafton

DescriptionThe close links between forgery and criticism throughout historyIn Forgers and Critics, Anthony Grafton provides a wide-ranging explorat...

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Publisher: Taylor & Francis LtdAuthor(s): Alane Jordan (Eastern Michigan University, USA) StarkoIllustration(s): 42 Line drawings, black and white;...

Renowned historian Anthony Grafton invites us to see the scholars of early modern Europe as laborers. Bookish but hardly divorced from physical tas...

The individual volumes of Sir Anthony Kenny's acclaimed History of Western Philosophy have been hailed as "wonderfulauthoritativehugely rewarding" ...

From the late fifteenth century onwards, scholars across Europe began to write books about how to read and evaluate histories. These pioneering wor...

The author of The Footnote reflects on scribes, scholars, and the work of publishing during the golden age of the book.From Francis Bacon to Barack...

DescriptionIn 1998, the first edition of Anthony Kenny's comprehensive history of Western philosophy was published, to be met with immediate praise...

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Publisher: Taylor & Francis LtdIllustration(s): 46 Halftones, colorNumber of pages: 156Publication date: 2017Dimensions: 175 x 246 x 9Cover type: P...

Contributor(s): Author: Anthony GraftonThe weapon of pedants, the scourge of undergraduates, the b te noire of the "new" liberated scholar: the low...

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

Publisher: Taylor & Francis LtdAuthor(s): Cheryl RadeloffNumber of pages: 364Collection: Sociology Re-WiredPublication date: 2021Dimensions: 164 x ...

Offers commentary and an illustrated history of the representations of people of African descent ranging from the ancient images of Pharaohs create...

The style of reading in Renaissance Europe, as seen in the margins of books and in the texts of Renaissance intellectuals themselves, is deftly cha...

Reducere. On the eve of the biggest art event at Huckleberry Mountain Resort, potter Shandra Higheagle finds herself in the middle of a murder investigation....

The individual volumes of Sir Anthony Kenny's acclaimed History of Western Philosophy have been hailed as "wonderfulauthoritativehugely rewarding" ...

Tells the story of the birth of philosophy and its remarkable flourishing in the ancient Mediterranean world. This is the first of four volumes, wh...

Presents leading statements of rights-based liberalism and of the communitarian, or civic republican alternatives to that position

Reducere. When it comes to criticism in church ministry, false optimism hopes that pastors will be above reproach and their congregants fully supportive--whi...

A witty and magical collection of essays that investigates western culture through the broadest spectrum of literature, media and popular phenomeno...

This second edition of Field Guide to the Wild Flowers of the Western Mediterranean is the most comprehensive and up-to-date plant identification g...

Publisher: Taylor & Francis LtdAuthor(s): Anthony ElliottNumber of pages: 442Publication date: 2021Dimensions: 156 x 235 x 30Cover type: Paperback ...

Reducere. George Frederick Ruxton (24 July 1821 - 29 August 1848) was a British explorer and travel writer. He was a Lieutenant in the British Army, received...

A richly told literary thriller about the dark side of the rare book world.

The story of the two living popes, comparing their differing natures - Francis the fun-loving man of the people and Benedict the intellectual intro...

Reducere. Everything you should know--but PC professors won't teach--about our Western heritageWestern civilization is the envy of the globe. It has given to...

A collection of essays and fictions indebted to Tom Wolfe's notion of the 'double-tracker': a person who is once radical and part of the establishm...

Reducere. Throughout history people have wondered, What if the Bible was tampered with? The bestselling Why Trust the Bible? pamphlet offers compelling and r...

The second edition of Vygotsky and Creativity: A Cultural-historical Approach to Play, Meaning Making, and the Arts presents an enriched Vygotskian...

This is the story of clothing use when manufacturing for civilians nearly stopped and raw materials and workers across the globe were shifted to wa...

Reducere. Recent years have seen a spectacular rise of the New Age movement and an ever-increasing interest in its beliefs and manifestations. This fascinati...

Drawing on the work of herbalist Nicholas Culpeper, this updated introduction celebrates the holistic medical traditions of the West. With informat...

This book makes lesser-known philosophical texts on freedom of the will after Kant available in English for the first time, and will provide a valu...

Reducere. Here, finally, is a much-needed review and analysis of the divergent interpretations of Paul. With a clear head and winsome sense of humor, Stephen...

Publisher: Rowman & LittlefieldAuthor(s): Lanfranco SennNumber of pages: 621Collection: Urban Institute PressPublication date: 1999Dimensions: 150 ...

Reducere. By documenting the entanglement of the ecological crisis with modern addictions, My Name is Chellis and I'm in Recovery from Western Civilization g...

Reducere. The Western Maryland Railway was never a large Class 1 rail carrier, but during its 131 colorful years of existence, it provided extremely fast, ef...

Reducere. Last Western Empire A History of U.S. Foreign Policy by Anthony Gronowicz. The United States, founded as an extension of the British Empire, never ...

Publisher: University of Washington PressAuthor(s): Sanderien VerstappenIllustration(s): 11 Tables, black and white; 3 Illustrations, black and whi...

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. They're separated by almost a century. Yet, they'll both hunt the same stolen masterpiece . . .London, present day. Art recovery specialist Zoe And...

Reducere. "Rohlfing has the police procedural formula down pat." -BookLife by Publishers Weekly"A creepy, entirely thorough and nearly perfectly planned murd...

Today, race seems to be both everywhere and nowhere. There still exists a general abhorrence about discriminating between people according to their...

This edited collection showcases exciting new work on lesser-known histories of HIV/AIDS, from the earliest days of the crisis to the present day. ...

Publisher: Pearson Education LimitedAuthor(s): Anthony AtkinsonNumber of pages: 816Publication date: 2013Dimensions: 234 x 180 x 36Cover type: Pape...

England, 2003. Tom McIntyre is a worried man. Debts are piling up, his career is in free-fall, and his family life is under strain. Only his wife, ...

This book investigates how the story of the 19th century abolitionist and women's rights advocate Sojourner Truth has come to be an iconic feminist...

Conceives of theology as 'thinking with testimonies of Christian faith', offering new students and seasoned practitioners alike a 'new departure' f...

Reducere. This newly revised and updated edition is a compact history of the land owners who made settlement in Buffalo and Western New York possible, starti...