Give and Take. Poverty and the Status Order in Early Modern Japan, Paperback - Maren A. Ehlers

Give and Take offers a new history of government in Tokugawa Japan (1600-1868), one that focuses on ordinary subjects: merchants, artisans, village...

DescriptionBetween the early seventeenth and the mid-nineteenth century, the field of natural history in Japan separated itself from the discipline...

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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 lush portrait introducing one of the most important Japanese artists of the Edo periodPublisher: Yale University PressAuthor(s): Frank FeltensNum...

Reducere. Hayes Davis is America's sweetheart, the #1 hockey player in the country, and my fake fiancé.Simple, right?It would be, if my betrothed were anyone...

Reducere. Imagine being in love with your best friend's brother.Then.. keeping it a secret for years.Ridiculously charming, a total player and a hockey super...

Be careful what you order. Full of menace and suspense, this is horror at its best--and a trade paperback original! A fancy hotel + no parents = pa...

While the loss of sight may be understood as a disability, blind people in the Tokugawa period (1600-1868) could thrive because of disability. The ...

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Publisher: University of California PressAuthor(s): Christine M. E. GuthIllustration(s): 40 color illustrations, 11 b-w illustrationsNumber of page...

Reducere. Why givers - not takers or matchers - win big. Perfect for anyone who enjoyed QUIET or THINKING FAST AND SLOW. The motivations behind today's most ...

Reducere. Now in paperback This outstanding and original book, presented here with a new preface, examines the history of material culture in early modern Ch...

Publisher: Europe BooksAuthor(s): Maren RudstadenNumber of pages: 528Collection: Draw SpacesPublication date: 2021Dimensions: 141 x 210 x 40Cover t...

A pioneering work that contains a wealth of in-depth analysis and original interpretation. The book will open up new avenues of discussion among st...

Winner of the Pulitzer PrizeIn this groundbreaking biography of the Japanese emperor Hirohito, Herbert P. Bix offers the first complete, unvarnishe...

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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. Vampiluna und ihre Freundinnen leben glücklich und zufrieden ihren gruftigen Vampiralltag bis eines Nachts ein paar freche Fremde im Funzelwald auf...

When Caroline, a gifted ornithologist who wants a life of travel and adventure, gets pregnant against her wishes, her husband, Chuck, assumes she w...

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Reducere. Maggie and her mischievous horse, Bramble, are back for another spirited romp through the ins and outs of friendship. Maggie loves introducing her ...

Explores the ambivalent legacy of indigenous peoples' natural rights articulated by Europeans in Spanish and English colonial contexts. It will app...

Understanding Montessori: A Guide for Parents will help parents understand the stages of childhood growth and learning, and how Montessori educatio...

DescriptionBeing a super hero isn't easy, especially when you are a teenager And the Champions all start feeling the pressure. The founding members...

The first comprehensive history in English of modern Japanese design.Publisher: Reaktion BooksAuthor(s): Sarah TeasleyNumber of pages: 272Publicati...

In 1967, escape artist Fay Stonewell leaves her disabled teenage son, Dickie, with her sadistic boyfriend and heads to Vietnam to entertain the tro...

Designed for students and scholars and anyone with an interest in Shakespeare and Renaissance England, this book examines the role of the child in ...

The only book that comprehensively studies the soliloquy's history and diversity of form, its theatrical functions, rhetoric, and socio-cultural si...

Reducere. Based on dozens of shocking interviews with some of the most influential names in sports, this is the urgent and revelatory examination of racial i...

Reducere. Sit a Tall Horse is an interwoven set of fictional stories that explore the shrinking world of the cowhand over the past 80 years, built of intense...

Based on extensive survey data, this book examines how the population of Japan has experienced and processed three decades of rapid social change f...

Galvani and Volta underwent two revolutions. This text is concerned with the revolution in published communications and in its research, aims to sh...

DescriptionA New York Times Book Review Editors' ChoiceShortlisted for the 2018 FT & McKinsey Business Book of the Year Award A brilliantly reporte...

DescriptionIn early modern Europe, international law emerged as a means of governing relations between rapidly consolidating sovereign states, purp...

Peacey unearths and reconstructs a strange early modern dispute over a small estate in Gloucestershire that was contested over a period of 160 year...

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLCIllustration(s): 20 bw illusNumber of pages: 336Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 139 x 216 x 22Cover type: Pap...

Publisher: Austin Macauley PublishersAuthor(s): Maren Greve EnthovenIllustration(s): 0Number of pages: 124Publication date: 2021Dimensions: 156 x 2...

The Rule of Moderation: Violence, Religion and the Politics of Restraint in Early Modern England - Ethan H. Shagan

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Contains the decisions of the Court in both the English and French texts. Each decision is published as soon as possible after it has been given, i...

Contains the decisions of the Court in both the English and French texts. Each decision is published as soon as possible after it has been given, i...

Alexander Des Forges reads shiwen from a literary perspective, showing how the examination essay redefined prose aesthetics, transformed the work o...

This comprehensive volume demonstrates that the question of how to care for the poor has had significant implications for German history throughout...

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLCIllustration(s): 48 bw illusNumber of pages: 280Collection: The Cultural Histories SeriesPublication date: 2022...

Publisher: Centre for Strategic & International Studies, U.S.Author(s): Maren LeedNumber of pages: 64Collection: CSIS ReportsPublication date: 2010...

Reducere. From grief and mourning to aging and relationships, poet and Redbook contributor Judith Viorst presents a thoughtful and researched study in this e...

Reducere. "Lucid and lyrical...a vivid history of Japan's turbocharged (and painful) modernization." --The Daily Telegraph In A History of Modern Japan, cult...